Falz creates an album fueled by his environment and motivated by the fearless spirit of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. While a majority of established Nigerian rappers continue to earn appeal by becoming singers or saying next to nothing in their songs, Falz has chipped in as the odd one out with his fairly consistent strings of socio-conscious messages right from when he started his career in 2009.
Nigerian rap has been at its most ‘commercial’ point in recent years. A lot of them who start as purists of the genre stopped identifying with its essence as their celebrity status ballooned, hence very few are able to hold any form of sustained musical relevance.
But some have left legacies with how vocal they have been with their messages with the likes of the more known Eedris Abdulkareem and the lesser recognised, Kahli Abdu.
While Eedris’s ‘Jagajaga’ is a classic, Kahli Abdu is the name that however comes close to mind when you unfold Falz’s direction on this album, especially with the samples on three of the songs. In 2010, Kahli released his ‘’Ministry of Corruption’’ mixtape, the conscious themed project was inspired by the Abami Eda with every song carrying a sample from his classic records, sadly there were never properly cleared and have largely been yanked offline.
Luckily, that is not the same case with Falz, who revealed how he had to go through the troubles of meeting his Estate in Nigeria, France and US where a company still has rights to his Masters.