Afropop superstar Mr Eazi has cemented his place in the Nigerian and African music landscape. Carving out a niche sound for himself; Banku music, the music exec and entrepreneur has consistently delivered quality music to his fans across continents.
Setting the tone for his upcoming debut album, The Evil Genius, Mr. Eazi blends cool highlife rhythm, and smooth sax lead in Fefe Ne Fefe, icing the latest track with palm-wine guitar sound, the uptempo yet easygoing track transports listeners, Eazi taps into the retro vision of West Africa befitting the beachside locale where it was made.
Fefe Ne Fefe appears on the album, which plays out across three distinct narrative acts, as the fourth in a five-track suite of love songs. The title, translating to “beauty is beautiful,” comes from an Akan proverb: “Fefe ne fe, se obaa tu amirika ne oso ni nufumua, eye fe, enye se ebe ti ato ntia”, which loosely translates to “When a woman is running, she holds her breasts not because they would fall but because she’s a woman. That’s what makes her beautiful.”
Recorded between Ouidah and Cotonou, Benin; Kigali, Rwanda; Accra and Kokrobite, Ghana; Lagos, Nigeria; London; Los Angeles; and New York City, the 16-tracker, The Evil Genius features some of Mr Eazi’s most personal work, as he dives deeply into subjects like love, betrayal, loneliness, and family, expressed through three distinctive acts.
With Fefe Ne Fefe, Mr. Eazi sets the tone for what to expect from The Evil Genius which arrives on the 27th of this month.
Listen to Fefe Ne Fefe here