Burna Boy - Love, Damini [2LP]

Atlantic Records

£49.30

Format: 2 x LP
ICPN: 75678626616
Release Date: 08 Dec 2023
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B

On the 8th December, Buna Boy’s latest hit album, ‘Love, Damini’ will be released on vinyl. The album features the smash hits ‘Last Last’, ‘For My Hand’ and ‘It’s Plenty’. “Last Last” features a sample of Toni Braxton’s “He Wasn’t Man Enough” and the track was produced by Nigerian producer Chopstix. Conceptually the song is Burna’s response/his emotional take on the original song sampled. In this, he speaks about life after a breakup and the idea that she could be wifey material in the future but for now…she’s for the streets.

Burna Boy was born Damini Ogulu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, in 1991 and began making music at just ten years old. As a teenager he honed his craft on Nigeria’s southern coast, delving into dancehall, reggae and Afrobeat’s. In the early 2010s Burna Boy emerged as one of Nigeria’s fastest-rising stars, combining influences from his Nigerian heritage with hook-filled pop stylings to create unforgettable tracks. His 2012 single ‘Like to Party’ broke into the global mainstream and paved the way for his full-length debut L.I.F.E, a year later.

Over the next five years, Burna Boy released two more albums and collaborated with a long list of high-profile artists including J Hus, Skales, Fall Out Boy and Lily Allen. African Giant was released in 2019 followed by his fifth album Twice as Tall in 2020 (which featured collabs with Chris Martin and Youssou N'Dour), both charted in several countries across the globe andgarnered worldwide acclamation, with the latter winning a Grammy Award for ‘Best Global Music Album’. Breaking cultural boundaries, he became the first Nigerian to headline a show at New York’s Madison Square Garden, he released his sixth album, Love, Damini, earlier this year (featuring collabs with the likes of Ed Sheeran and Khalid). It deservedly became the highest-charting Nigerian album in history and currently holds the record for the only African artist to earn a no. 1 on iTunes in 16 countries worldwide.

Tracklist:
1. Glory (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
2. Science
3. Cloak & Dagger (feat. J Hus)
4. Kilometre
5. Jagele
6. Whiskey
7. Last Last
8. Different Size (feat. Victony)
9. It’s Plenty
10. Dirty Secrets
11. Toni-Ann Singh (feat. Popcaan)
12. Solid (feat. Blxst & Kehlani)
13. For My Hand (feat. Ed Sheeran)
14. Rollercoaster (feat. J Balvin)
15. Vanilla
16. Common Person
17. Wild Dreams (feat. Khalid)
18. How Bad Could It Be
19. Love, Damini (feat. Ladysmith Black Mambazo)