Burna Boy African Giant album: Everything you need to know
Burna Boy is about to release a new album, and the musician revealed that it would on Friday 26th July 2019. Burna Boy African Giant will be dropping soon, and the accomplished African artist is prepared to entertain his fans even more. Fans wait anxiously for the official release of African Giant as they know that the hit-maker never lets them down.
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With the huge tracks 'On The Low' and 'Dangote', not forgetting his collaboration with the UK rapper Dave titled 'Location' are just but a few of the tracks that continue to place his upcoming new album perfectly. It is no secret that Burna Boy continues to take up space in the world music circles as he currently ranks as one of the world's hottest artists. As such, this anticipated release continues to attract attention globally. Burna had an exclusive listening party back in April. This was on 18th April 2019.
Which songs are in the Burna Boy African Giant?
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For now, it appears as though Burna Boy has chosen to keep his silence on this one. However, he has made a few revelations about the album. One of the revelations is that the album will be officially released on 26th July 2019. It is the followup of his third studio album titled 'Outside' that was released back in 2018. So how many tracks are in his upcoming album? According to Burna's revelation, his album has 19 tracks. These are:
- African Giant
- Anybody
- Wetin Man Go
- Dangote
- Gum Body ft Jorja Smith
- Killin Dem ft Zlatan
- Omo
- Secret ft Jeremih & Serani
- Collateral Damage
- Another Story ft M.anifest
- Pull Up
- Blak Ryno Skit
- Destiny
- Different ft Damien Marley & Angelique Kidjo
- Gbona
- On The Low
- Show & Tell ft Future
- This Side ft YG
- Spiritual
Of the above tracks, 'Gbona' was the first released single of the project. It came before 'On The Low' which was then followed by 'Dangote'.
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What about collaborations?
With numerous collaborations happening in the upcoming album, Burna Boy revealed that the people he features in his songs would not be what many people expect. However, with his tracklist already out, it has been revealed and confirmed that Jorja Smith, YG, Future, Manifest, Serani, Jeremih, Zlatan, Damien Marley, and Angelique Kidjo would be appearing on the African Giant.
In addition to that, Burna Boy had a track on Beyoncé's soundtrack for the 'The Lion King' Hollywood film. However, this particular tune will not be part of the African Giant. Also, Burna Boy feature on Mahalia's recent song titled 'Simmer' will not be part of his new album. The musician has not explained why he left out the two songs.
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Here are some of the reactions for the new album
People have had a lot to say about the upcoming album. Here are a few of the sampled comments on Instagram:
- leader_ofthenewschool: African giant
- burnaboygram: I’ll just leave this here. #africangiantthealbum out on Friday
- xploit_comedy: Keee me with good music
- mc_lively: Burnnnaaaaa...
- lilkeshofficial: Let’s gooooooo
Instagram is not the only place where fans have showed their anticipation about the album that is to drop this Friday. Here are the comments from YouTube:
- A1 Media: Hit Like if You are ready for AFRICAN GIANT ALBUM
- Kevin Agyapong: Mandem is talking like fela
- Kenneth Ezeadum: Grammy certified....stay tuned.
- Samuel Johnson: a collab 4rm burna, wale, jidenna is gonna be a bombblast
- Okosu Bamidele: I see somebody like jidenna, he trully, loves burna boy .....blood never lie
- Jad Jabr: Anyone know the opening scene song??Burna boy killin it
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His album may be coming three months after his exclusive viewing proving that he really took time to make it perfect before the big release. It was scheduled to be out in August according to previous plans, but it is good news for fans as it comes a few days earlier.
Burna Boy African Giant is highly awaited. As fans and followers hold on for the album to be officially out on Friday 26th, 2019 and can be pre-ordered on Apple music, the anticipation cannot be hidden. For now, you can stream the tracks that have already been released. Find them on YouTube as we wait to download the entire album.
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