Album
review: Olamide – YBNL (YAHOO BOY NO LAPTOP)
Interestingly, Olamide did not forget the
exact route that led him to the current stardom he is enjoying, following the
same concept as his debut; Rapsodi
on his sophomore album YBNL. In
the features he’s had earlier this year, he displayed a diverse energy on songs
with the introduction of drastic aggressiveness in his delivery. Despite the fact that he seems to be
concentrated on the amount of cash flow and number of shows call-up he is
earning, YBNL is a subtle pointer to the fact that he’s not really paying
attention to what ought to be revitalising at this point in his career: His lyrical prowess.
The album kicks-off on a nice note with a
nicely synchronised Wale’ Ambition on Money
giving a lucid explanation of his daily routine as a hustler on the street
which some what sounds like a skit, nevertheless it was enough to provide an
apposite transmission to the laid back brag-infused fucking with the devil where he rapped with a Reminisce alter-ego.
Olamide continued with his alter-ego
sampling this time around with a lively delivery. The various imageries he
tried portraying on the Buckwylla assisted
lights in the air were all elementary
as they virtually seemed too be grandiose compared to it’s intended meaning. Buckwylla
on the other hand had an energetic verse and hook, handling both with utmost dexterity
giving it a pleasant reggae feel.
While he continued to tell stories on street love, owotabua picture, and the
anthemic jale, they are all a
variations on a theme, besides some guest on the YBNL maintained a guest status
all through, while some others acted like they were the host. The likes of
Davido and Tiwa Savage were really not at their best, Kay Switch brought life
to the tape when everything seems to be monotonous bringing a dance hall vigour
to Remember.
He outwitted himself on ewo idi were he chose to sing and rap,
while a little production error on Fuji
House which had Dammy Krane doing the same thing he did on Overdose’ I Like
Your Way ruined what would have turned a very nice party rocker, though the
combination of strings and other elements were all okay, but the ineffective
bass line destabilized the song.
Teaming with controversial rapper,
Reminisce and Baseone on industreet
has him dragged into the protracted Reminisce-Vector on-going beef. He
brought out the beast in himself as well as in the other two, but not without
stepping on the toes of Vector.
Perchance the only thing that changed in
him aftermath Rapsodi is the
aggressiveness and a little compromise in his lyrics. Avid listeners probably might have noticed those changes as it added cohesion into a basically
attenuated style he started with, even though he didn’t completely exploit it
to the optimum despite having a lethal track arrangement.
“they call me five star general/hustler I’m
martian/emi oun form diva/ shey mojo Kim Kardashian/gogbo show ti mo ti lo I
killed ‘em with passion/” – “it is well I got back up plan/galagala/in the name
of the father, son and of the holy spirit/omo oro legbe church/I pray to God
that I make it to heaven for going through hell/ let my success shame the
devil” –Jesu O Kola
Thots (tha wordsmith)
Tha Watcha
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