This Is What Will Happen When Wizkid Releases His Much Awaited Album

When Wizkid finally drops his sophomore album, two things will happen.

One, the long and exhaustive wait for a follow up to the highly successful debut album will finally be over; and two, he will have an opportunity to prove to fans that he still is (or not) a major player in the highly competitive music industry in Africa.

Looking at the track lists of the album, 7 of the 19 tracks have already been released. Good songs but not big hits as would have been expected of a Wizkid who cleaned out all awards and sold out shows after his debut album. The singles have done fairly well, but it remains to be seen if the album will do better.

Prior to the recent update, there have been a lot of inconsistencies regarding the album. Almost a year ago, Wizkid tweeted he was dropping two albums, ‘The Chosen’ and ‘Starboy’ in 2014. Not anymore, since the new album is now titled ‘Ayo (Joy)’.

Also, he had tweeted about Wande Coal, Olamide and Burna Boy features on the album. I guess either those collaborations didn’t happen or the tracks didn’t make the final cut. Disappointingly, his recent frolic with American singer, Chris Brown did not pay off in track collaboration. Whatever happened to the Rihanna collaboration that was earlier rumoured to be in the works? I guess that didn’t work out too.

Now, the starboy is finally ready for a release, but it troubles me to say that the outcome of this album will some what define his career. One challenge the ‘Caro’ singer will encounter is proving to the fans that despite a continous push in release date and change in album title, that the wait was certainly worth it. The quality of the new tracks has to measure up for the long wait.

As much as we will hate to compare Wizkid with his major rival, Davido, the reality always kicks in because every now and then fans are consumed on social media with comments on who’s a better artiste between them. Perhaps, Wizkid’s biggest challenge will be to at least maintain a healthy competition withDavido who has had a phenomenal year topping almost every feat that Wizkid had earlier accomplished.

By Victor Enengedi