Wizkid - More Love, Less Ego.zip
More Love, Less Ego, is an extension of Made In Lagos; instead of advancing, Wizkid opts largely to remain idle. The album is so reposed it is nearly sedated, but its relaxed stride gives ample breathing room for his vocals. The gains he's made as a singer, though incremental, are precise, and it's satisfying to hear that improvement. He's more in control of his vibrato and the extremities of his range have softened, making his voice sound effortless across the album. On the amapiano-inflected "Bad To Me," he seamlessly floats between octaves. Later, on the tender love song "Frames (Who's Gonna Know)," he extends his falsetto with incredible delicacy and patience producing some of his most emotive music. But the work that so clearly went into sharpening his delivery bristles against the listlessness applied to his writing, especially when considering the proverb-like mandate of the album's title. His voice alone can no longer sustain him. Wizkid has long been a standout in a small field, but with a new crop of young stars budding quickly, he can't afford to rest on his laurels anymore.
Wizkid - More Love, Less Ego.zip
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Wizkid reunites with his Made in Lagos partner P2J on More Love, Less Ego, and the British-Nigerian producer's layering of velvety basslines, sweet chords and gentle drum patterns provide cushion for Wizkid to play with his vocals. It also ensures that the singer doesn't have to take any risks. Mirroring Wizkid, P2J makes slight adjustments from their prior collaborations. The saxophone permeated the last album, but the most notable instrumental addition here is the amapiano log drum. The stuttering digital drum has set American dancefloors alight in the past year, and in Wizkid and P2J's hands, it's less party starter than party favor, an inessential yet nice flourish to boost the music. It's refreshing to hear the two incorporate the sound to suit their own style, but the underuse of the drum feels like a missed chance to evolve. The dynamic drum preset could've aided a push into new spaces for the artists; diluting it not only minimizes the percussive tool's power, but leaves the duo in the same place creatively. The diminishing returns of this combo prevent the album from crossing a threshold and becoming more than mood music.
A typical Wizkid record is a meandering compendium of how virile men and women can find common ground. It often assumes form as a repeated expression of love, or an accompaniment to the mating dance, where erotic feelings meet local poetry and expansive production sew it all together for a run in the public square. Long-time listeners have heard him endlessly explore \u201Cboy-meets-girl-makes-her-his-lover-and-spends-on-her,\u201D from the final stretch of his teenage years, through navigating adulthood, fatherhood and global stardom. This approach has spawned 5 projects, a world of awards, and led the charge for the installation of Afrobeats in the global music world order. And for More Love, Less Ego, Wizkid mostly cracks open that same bottle, recruits familiar faces as supporting cast, offering his expertise in soundtracking romance. It\u2019s another spin on the same tale, retold with masterful experience and a sound that continues to polarise local listeners.
How do love and ego intersect? Does the abundance of one culminate in the erosion of the other? Are they twin internal forces, pushing and pulling within the human experience? A ying and yang type deal? Enter Maya Angelou, the American memoirist. \u201CI am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates,\u201D she explains on \u2018Everyday.\u2019 This exploration of personal liberation via love turns up across the entire length of the project where Wizkid extends himself as a longing troubadour. While time and experience have provided him with refinement in delivery, he maintains the rawness of vulnerability. \u201CNo do me something wey go make me stress. Give me less of that. Give me more of you,\u201D he sings on \u2018Frames (Who\u2019s gonna Know).\u2019
There\u2019s a hangover from the expansive approach of the previous project, a one-note insistence on curating \u2018chilled vibes\u2019 over any other demand for more. 10 years after he made history in Nigeria, not much has changed about Wizkid\u2019s approach to creativity, even with advancement in personal life and career. You will take his love, and you\u2019ll be happy with it.
Wizkid can provide so much more, and there are growing calls from his audience demanding he shows up in more ways than one. When fans listen to \u2018Ojuelegba,\u2019 a Starboy career essential, they dream of diversity of thought. Fans who fell in love with his art from inception can track the self-evident growth of his sound. But they will have to be content with the unchanging content of his heart. The defence of this one-theme creative policy lies in his insistence for artistic freedom and space. Space to be truly himself as a romance singer, especially when it provides winning moments like \u2018Flower Pads.\u2019 Space to love, listen to women and amplify all the ways he\u2019s found succour, nourishment and happiness in bosoms, bodies and femininity. And then there\u2019s the little matter of how much it all commercially checks out. Love, humanity\u2019s highest level of vibration, continues to bring in the streams, pack out arenas, haul in trophies, and keep the books in the black. Who wouldn\u2019t play a winning hand? 041b061a72