Burna Boy: Fifth Album ‘Twice as Tall’ Out Amid Expectations

Burna Boy, Nigerian Grammy Awards nominee’s 5th Album “Twice As Tall” is officially released today and hitting the airwaves amid great expectations. 

Born Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu Rex, the Afro-fusion music star’s new album follows the success of his critically acclaimed fourth album, ‘African Giant,’ which was nominated for the 62nd Annual Grammy awards and won him BET and MTV Europe Music Awards but narrowly lost the world’s most prestigious music award to Beninese singer and social activist, Angélique kidjo in 2020, TheConscienceNG reports.

Already, the album’s first single, “Wonderful” is getting positive reviews from international media, including Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, TIME, Entertainment Weekly, and others.

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The 15-song album inspired by Burna Boy’s Grammy loss features American music icon and businessman, Diddy, Youssou N’Dour, Naughty By Nature, Sauti Sol, Chris Martin and Stormzy, TheConscienceNG gathers.

Sharing insights on what music lovers should expect, Burna on social media social, “Honestly, I wanted the art to speak for itself, this album was a journey through a bunch of emotions and energies at different points in time.

It has now morphed into something bigger than me. It serves as a bridge for mankind to show that we’re all different but still very much the same. I’m grateful for the unreal talents that came together from ALL over the world to pull this off.

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“Shout out to the OG @diddy for coming on board and sprinkling his own unique spice on this! I hope I’m able to spark something in you when you listen.”