By Chinonso Ihekire 13 February 2021 | 4:25 am
It feels like a breath of fresh air, as you begin to listen. After five long years, Darey Art Alade’s music finally returns to the listening ears of his teeming audience. This 7-tracker extended playlist (EP) is a blend of the musician’s profound storytelling and intricate sound-direction, which have long remained his artistic trademarks.
Beginning with Wild West, to Show Me Love (Featuring Teni) and Jojo (featuring Patoranking), Darey paints portraits of love experiences, while he fills the other parts of the playlist – from Mo Oh, to Gone, to Jah Guide Me, and Way Home – with profound notes on appreciating one’s cultural and self-identity. The entire album, mélange of Afro RnB and Pop-soul, sounds exactly as “fresh and vibrant” as the musician describes it. He also baptizes it as a genre called African and Blues (Afro and B).