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Taylor Swift have over the years built a carrier out of heart break stories. She has achieved huge success with her music carrier. Just like Eminem she channeled her biggest problems in to lyrics and made a fortune out of it. This new sixteen track album that she recently released can be said to be a little bit sadder than her previous works. Titled “Folklore”, Taylor taps into a lot of country and Blues music gerne to convey her message. This made the songs to have almost slow tempo vibes. She uses the songs in this album to reflect on what was, what could have been and what never happened in her relationships with her lovers.

The reason this project is different is the purity of sound. Beyonce and Jidenna did some very good African songs but the confusion of switching from Hiphop/RnB to Afrobeates/Afropop was just not original. Akonda features pure African song with Africa sauces and Juice. He collaborate with Kizz Daniel, Skales and Afro B to provide pure Afropop sounds. POSSIBLE HITS AND FLOPS “Control”, “Kyrptonite”, “Boogie down” and “Low key” all have potential of becoming Hit songs. For a song like “Take your place”, there is also a possibility of it becoming a hit because of Kizz Daniel and his followers. The Flop of this Album is “Bottom”. Akon trying to speak Yoruba was just out of it. Although it had a great beat, Akon did not have the originality in vocals to make it a Hit song. Another song that can join “Bottom” as a flop is “Scammers”. The reason for this is because of its close resemblance to Olamide’s Mega Hit “Wo!”

The only thing that was gotten right was the production. He wanted to create album that sounded like music from late 90s and it sure sounded so. Some of his Raps sounded like child’s play when compared to the bars dished out by rappers of this age. Chance is obviously one of those rappers who will surely do better as singers. He has a good voice but his poetry is weak. “Do you remember” and “the big day” is good for meditation and is worth listening to. They have good messages about life in them. Although I have serious issues with Chance the Rapper’s delivery; I could see these song becoming hits. One problem with albums made by made musicians is that their fans always make their songs go viral. This album is not a good album. The album contains Twenty-two songs that will be forgotten easily.