Wizkid "Made in Lagos" VS Burna Boy "Twice as Tall", Which Do You Prefer?

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Wizkid "Made in Lagos" VS Burna Boy "Twice as Tall", Which Do You Prefer?

The beauty of music is the fact that different genres of music can still penetrate the same market. The genre of music someone listens to, as we are meant to believe, isn't necessarily a definition of their age but a revelation of their mood. This is why Wizkid "Made in Lagos" album could still thrive in the same market as Burna Boy's "Twice as Tall" album.

These two are widely known in Africa and beyond for preaching love, unity, and motivation in their sounds. Already, we know this article is not to talk down on any of these albums but simply a quest to find out which album we prefer. With Burna Boy bouncing back with the "Twice as Tall" with hope to regain a Grammy nomination as well as win the World album category and Wizkid finally dishing out his most highly anticipated fourth studio album "Made in Lagos", 2020 hasn't been a bad year after all.

After releasing "Wonderful", the first and only single on the "Twice as Tall" album, Burna Boy partnered with a renowned music executive on his fifth studio album. The album which had diddy as an executive producer was primarily produced by Burna Boy's longtime friend Telz. Other producers who worked o this critically acclaimed body of work include Rexxie, Timbaland, Leriq, and others. The album was released on August 14, 2020, under his own imprint Spaceship Collective, Warner Music, and Atlantic records.

The album peaked at number one in the apple music album charts for United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates, and forty-four other countries.

Ayo "Wizkid" Balogun on the other hand released his fourth studio album "Made in Lagos" two years after confirming the name of the album. He had earlier pushed the date of the release from October 15, 2020, to an indefinite date due to the national #ENDSARS protest that took a better part of the month of October. He later released the album on October 29, 2020. The 14-tracks body of work featured Burna Boy, Projexx, Damian Marley, H.E.R, Ella Mai,Skepta, Tay Iwar, and Terri. Wizkid linked up P2J, Kel P, Blaq Jerzee, Juls, Legendury Beatz, and others.

The album peaked at number one in the apple music album charts for the United Kingdom, South Africa, Ghana, United Arab Emirates, and nineteen other countries.