Adekunle Gold wouldn’t need any nominations for an award designated “Best in in-depth lyrics” or even “Most thought-provoking lyrics.” The award is sure to be carved with his name on it. Every track he records to every verse he takes in collaboration is a work of art. From his first song, “Sade,” under YBNL records to his latest, “Mercy.”
“Catch Me If You Can” marks the 4th album of Adekunle Gold, commonly known as AG-Baby. The album comprises 14 songs, including four (Mercy, Sinner, High, It Is What It Is).
You would already know by now if you’ve listened to the album that every single track makes perfect sense, with AG-Baby giving us crucial life lessons with cords to make them strike, as he said in the song “Win.”
“If I talk true, they’ll come for me, but if they talk true, they want my company.” Which is what we’ve seen happening in recent times.
Although all tracks can be termed good, these three tracks should be given all the awards (just saying);
1. The third track, “Mase Mi;” It’s a prayerful song that might seem unfair with the chorus line that says
“Mase Mi esu mase mi, omo elomi ni o sé” in his local dialect, which interprets “Devil stay away from me, settle with someone else.” But, in the real sense, that is one prayer every individual says, whether consciously or unconsciously. The song also brings the memory of that one point every individual gets to when things seem rough, and efforts have been exerted, and all they can mutter is, I don’t want to lose. Mase Mi is the track for Musicwormcity in the album.
2. The last track, “Catch Me If You Can,” is one track that shows direction, what it feels like to keep hitting the tree with an axe, and until the last hit that brings the tree down, nobody seems to notice. The Yoruba insert towards the ending and the monologue of a close relation talking about how Adekunle Gold is a fantastic fellow that served as the outro gave it the emotional touch it needed to pass the message intended clearly to its audience.
3. The first track “Born Again ” ft Côte d’Ivoire artist Fatoumata Diawara. Although the song is the shortest in the album with 1 min 51 seconds, it stands out effortlessly. Fatoumata singing the chorus gave it an African touch that is very pleasing to the ears.
Although it’s still too early to judge the album’s acceptance, so far, it has over 200k streams on Boomplay in less than 15 hours of release, and Musicwormcity believes it is going to be an album to be remembered for a long time.
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