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TOBi Paints a Candid Picture of Growth and Vulnerability in Debut Album ‘Still’
Toronto based Nigerian-Canadian artist, TOBi has finally put out his debut genre-bending album dubbed Still. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TOBi (@sincerelytobi) The album follows a long build-up with the releases of one-off singles like the psyche inspired Sweet Poison, Werking and City Blues. A broad look at the album finds TOBi […]
Toronto based Nigerian-Canadian artist, TOBi has finally put out his debut genre-bending album dubbed Still.
The album follows a long build-up with the releases of one-off singles like the psyche inspired Sweet Poison, Werking and City Blues. A broad look at the album finds TOBi experimenting with various sounds from Rap and RnB, to Jazz and Afrobeats spiced with a bit of Yoruba while taking listeners on a journey through his life, inspirations and aspirations.
Speaking with Billboard, he describes the challenges that served as inspiration for the new album
“The process of assimilation into a new culture, not feeling like I belonged for a long time — which has an effect on your core being, your mental health, how you interact with the world around you. [You] feel like, “Yo, like what am I doing here? Where do I belong? Like, where’s my place?”
Featured in the 13-track album are VanJess in the song Come Back Home and TOBi’s mum as well in the song Conflict, Still.
You can listen to TOBi on his debut album Still below:
