Se time never reach make M.I comot
with new album fa?
Wetin you sef dey talk, abi you no know
sabi eim be Chairman?
Evrytin suppose set first before eim fih
use am nack us for insyd market
As e no dey market so, e mean say e
never set abi?
You get head so? Wetin we bin dey talk
since?
This banter, hardly humorous as it
should have been ensued between two
fellas at a Lagos garage and as expected,
it got me thinking… See how quickly
we’re moving on from King James? The
instrumental now, has become bait for
upcoming rappers to lace their wicked
bars spitting prowess on. How long
does Mr Incredible think that throne will
be left vacant and without someone best
suited to fill up the (his) spot? Isn’t it
really time for M.I to wake from his
slumber and put out that album?
Other of his industry counterparts are
steady changing the stakes of the game.
2face had dropped his Ascension album
only last month after the previous one in
2012. DJ Jimmy Jatt came out with three
stars added to his rank when he put out
The Industry Volume 1 – otherwise what
we now call the biggest collaborative
effort from the shores of Africa. Fellow
rapper, Vector reintroduced his status as
the overall best student in rap on #A7 –
a mixtape that illustrates varying forms
of life art. Singing duo, P-Square are
enjoying a new found fame. I honestly
thought there wasn’t more to be
enjoyed given their revere on the streets
but they are especially with their latest
release Double Trouble.
Not that M.I would give a flipping jack
but since the facts are being presented,
it should interest him to know that
Wizkid will be coming out with Ayo soon
enough (bless Jesus for that, finally!) and
the news of Timaya’s Epiphany broke
waters, causing ripples. Even the blind
man can attest that we’re in the season
of albums overflow. What’s even more
appalling is how quickly the hype for
King James fizzled out as quickly as the
record was released, save for the
numerous covers where aspiring acts
like eLVeektor showed prospect in
similar kinging manner, radio stations
who offer a kind arm of gesture by
giving it airplay and perhaps DJ Spinall
who samples a listen at his DJ gigs every
other time.
I’m not blowing smoke. These fans are
thirsty. We had enough of his features
and if it were half as close to Olamide’s
trumping track record, then maybe I’d
have taken a Xanax. 2014 shouldn’t
come and go just like that without The
Chairman getting stacked in shelves or
catalogued in the industry’s album
archives. It would just be plain unfair
and that’s why I’m moving for the re-
emancipation of our M.I, bring him back!