Play Nigerian artist Odeal’s spectacular 4-track Afrobeats EP ‘Sunday at Zuri’s’ more than once

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Last week (July 5), Germany-born Nigerian singer-songwriter Odeal shared the remarkable four-track Afrobeats effort with the world. On the self-produced opener (‘Sondela’), the London-based talent basks in showering his sweet and sexy lady with compliments and having her pop out and show out over the beat made with legwork in mind. Number two, (‘Soh-Soh’), is a “grown” and sultry banger, calling for slow-dancing and ear whispers on the dancefloor produced by PD & Gerald. It contains lyrics about the chase and his competition (“a hundred n****s on you”).

For the next track (‘ONOME’), at the start, the genre-explorer croons in more West African Pidgin English sprinkled with Yoruba to describe the pressure he feels around his “treasure”, his deep obsession with her and how her waist moves, and shares why he cannot leave her alone. Closing out the eleven-minute and thirty-second masterpiece, Odeal slows it down again to tell about falling out of love, ending his endearing relationship with her and how it made him feel. ‘Sunday at Zuri’s’ had to be mixed and engineered with God’s grace because every record hits hard. How he chose to express himself as a musician cemented him as a pioneer of the then-burgeoning Alté scene in the United Kingdom. Stream the mellow danceable tracks handsomely blending modern R&B and Nigerian styles, to believe me.

If you like new-age R&B American artists like PARTYNEXTDOOR and Brent Faiyaz, you may enjoy how this one feels.