Nigerian Afrofusion sensation Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu musically known as Burna Boy has unveiled the release date for his new album “Twice as tall”.

The artist in a tweet during the late hours of August 5th announced that the album will the ready for consumption on the 14th of August.

#TWICEASTALL 14/08 🦍 pic.twitter.com/YOMdN1s2xL

— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) August 5, 2020

The album, when released will be the Burna Boy’s fifth studio album, preceding his widely successful “African Gaint” album which earned him a Grammy nomination.

 

Burna Boy recently previewed the “Twice as tall” by releasing a track from the incoming album, “Wonderful”. The song is currently enjoying massive airplay and has taken to the Nigerian music mainstream like fish to water. He first announced he’d an incoming album in March during a tweet-chat with fans.

Details of the album

The album is said to contain 15 tracks and features foreign artistes including Sauti Sol, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Naughty by Nature and also, Youssou N’Dour. While speaking to the New York Times about the album, Burna Boy said his success has brought him “a very huge responsibility that I didn’t think I would have. I’m basically continuing the mission I started, which is building a bridge that leads every Black person in the world to come together, and to make you understand that without you having a home base, you can’t be as strong as you are.”

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For the album, he enlists the help of Sean ” P Diddy” Comb, Anderson Paak who supplies the drums and Timbaland. Speaking to the New York Times, P Diddy says “I’m on record that I like hit records. If they’re not hit records, I don’t like them. A lot of times when an artist wants to be coached or pushed to maybe a greater level. That’s where I’ve come in.”

 

“He, as every artist, he wants his music to be heard by the world. He doesn’t care about crossing over. You know, he’s not trying to get hot. He’s not, like, ‘I want to be a big pop star’ — he’s already a star. He wants his music to be heard, his message, his people.”

 

A large part of “Twice as tall”  was recorded during the pandemic and was already 80 percent done before P diddy was brought in as a set of “fresh ears.” The mega-producer says the LP is “a modern but pure, unapologetic African body of work.”

 

“The thing that I learned about him is the importance of what he’s doing for his nation and representing the people that aren’t really heard globally,” he also said. “Through this album, I think it’s important for Africa to be heard. And so it’s bigger than just an album. He’s not just on a musical artist trip. He’s a revolutionary. His conviction is serious.”

 

Other producers on the album include Leriq, Telz, P2j, Jae, and also, Rexxie.

 

 

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