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On October 15, 2020, Ayodeji Ibrahim popularly known as Wizkid dropped the much-awaited album Made in Lagos. The release date of the album had been pushed back earlier. Fans of the afrobeat star had been anticipating what would be the biggest afrobeat album for close to three years since the announcement was first made in an interview back in 2017.
Upon release, the reception was lukewarm, particularly in Nigeria, the home of the Afrobeat legend. There was #endsars protests in Nigeria, Black Lives Matter in the United States of America, and Covid-19 lockdown. These chaotic situations in different parts of the world stifle people’s attention and its promotion nevertheless the album spread slowly to different parts of the world.
Wizkid made in Lagos
To core afrobeat fans in Nigeria, the album sounded new and not so familiar. Most of the tracks were slow, had a different melody and a different flow from the regular afrobeat sound they were used to.
Just like all great works of art, it takes time to appreciate the finesses and brilliance that went into the album. The same can be said of Made in Lagos. Core Afrobeat fans have come to realize the richness embedded in the album.
The album is versatile in its theme, lyrics, and sound. On tracks like “blessing”, “Gyrate” “Reckless” Wizkid recounts his blessings and praises the almighty for his blessings and the grace to run his race. On “mighty wine” “sweet one” wizkid sings about love in a melodic sensual manner. “Ginger” and “Roma” carry the regular afrobeats sound.
Made in Lagos was not made for only Lagos. It was made for the world and over the last few months, it has proved one thing — it will stand in the coming years as one of the pioneer afrobeat showcase to the world.
One of the biggest songs in the world right now is “essence”, a song off the album. A testament to how commercial the album has gotten over the months.
The album has witnessed commercial success unmatched by any other African act. The first African album to debut on the Spotify Global Album charts. So far it has spent 37 weeks on the world album, and it looks like it will stay there for much longer as more people in different parts of the world are discovering the gem for what it is.

Lifted From - https://medium.com/@ologunsegun/review-of-wizkids-made-in-lagos-10-months-later-3c375c3802d7

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"America. The land of dreams and opportunities, the land of the free. The beautiful home of money trees that rained dollars to all that stood beneath it. The land flowed with milk and lots of dollars. It is indeed the promise land.”

Kunle listened in awe as his cousin, Jide narrated the beautiful stories of America over the phone to him. Just some months ago, Jide was roaming the streets of Lagos with his CV in search of a good job. Somehow by sheer luck, he met someone who promised to get him a Visa to America if he could come up with the sum of 2 million naira.

At the time, Jide didn’t have a dime to his name but the thought of going to America filled Jide’s head. He couldn’t think of anything else, he was tired of this forsaken country anyway. So he started hunting for loans or anything he could do to raise the money but none came to fruition as he didn’t have anything substantial as collateral. The next viable option that surfaced was selling his Dad’s second car, a Toyota Camry which he used on special occasions. And that was what he did. He pulled a drama that convinced everyone that the car got stolen then sold the car for far less than its worth.

Today Jide is in America enjoying the reward of taking a bold risk. Jide’s parents are proud of him, his dad would often chip it in any random conversation that his son now has a lucrative job in America, even when it had nothing to do with the conversation.
“Take risk just like me. Try to get the money.” Jide motivated Kunle over the phone.
“Okay.” Kunle replied.
Kunle ended the call on the note that he would try to raise the money for the visa so that he could join Jide in America.
Kunle sinks deep in thoughts, how would he raise 2 million?. He had never seen that kind of money in his life.
The financial situation of Kunle is totally different from that of Jide even though they are cousins. Kunle’s dad died when he was only 4, Kunle and his mom had been struggling since then. His mom sold Akara by the roadside so they could have something to eat by the end of the day.
The highest he ever owned was N50, 000 which he saved from carrying blocks at building sites. There was no way he would ever make it to America, even if he starts lifting blocks in all the sites in Ajegunle, it would take him months before he would be able to save up to N50,000. He quickly resigned the thought of ever going to America but the fantasy never left his head.
The answer to his predicament came some few days later as he was going through some old books in the house, he found the documents of the bungalow they lived in. It was the only valued property they had to their name and it was built by his father before he died.
Different thoughts started pouring in but the one that stood out the most was the echoing voice of Jide “Take risk like me.”

A debate ensued in his mind, to do it or not. He became restless. The thought of America filled his head so much he could barely think straight anymore. He would go there, pick money on the floor and send dollars home so they would buy another house. In fact, his mom would be proud of him and the risk he is about to take very soon.
Two weeks later, he had sold the house, gotten the necessary documents, and was on his way to America.
He got there only to find out that the land of America didn’t flow freely with milk and dollars as Jide portrayed. No free dollars anywhere in America, one had to work hard for every cent earned plus taxes. It was almost harder than being in Nigeria.
The lucrative Job which Jide claimed he worked at, was being a cleaner at a local restaurant. This came as a shocker to Kunle who wondered what was lucrative about being a cleaner.

He painfully discovered that he had been heavily deceived and when he challenged his cousin for deceiving him, Jide playfully replied “I didn’t think that you’d take me seriously.”
So now he’s stuck, he can’t go back home because of the shame of returning empty-handed after selling the only property they had. He decided to do unto others as it was done to him.
He’d call up old friends in Nigeria, tell them about the gold paved roads in America and how it rains dollars, defraud them of some money, block and move to the next victim. This is his life and job now. To his friends and relatives in Nigeria, he now has a lucrative job in America. He had become a prayer point in his old local church, everybody used his story as a point of contact.