Aunty Rayzor // Viral Wreckage LP [COLOR]

Rapper Aunty Rayzor from Lagos, Nigeria will join a dance label in Kampala, Uganda in September 2023.A record released from Hakuna Kulala.

Contains 12 songs from Avant R&B to Afrobeat to Trap.It's a red board.

Below is a commentary by the label.

"Bisola Olungbenga started composing when he was just nine years old.She was encouraged by her mother to play the piano, competed with her sister when she got home from school, and came up with poems and choruses to reward her with sweets.She has sinceOlungbenga celebrates Aunty Rayzor, a genre-defying innovator and one of Nigeria's hottest emerging artists, who fuses hip-hop, Afrobeats, and R&B with experimental sounds to create an energetic portrait of modern Lagos. and has evolved. Viral WreckageOlungbenga's debut album follows the huge success of the street anthem Kuku Corona released in 2021.This time, she's assembled some of the world's most exciting producers to bring her vision to life: Congolese singer, guitarist, and producer Titi Bakorta, young Ugandan producer Ile Gee, and veteran Japanese innovator. , Scotch Rolex, Sao Paulo-based baile funk producer DJ Chris Fontede Funk, French beatmaker Deb Master, Nigerian singer and producer Slim Case, and Kenyan avant-pop futurist Kabeauche. is.

Olungbenga raps assertively in Yoruba and English against the backdrop of the chrome-plated trappings of a Scotch Rolex.Not far removed from her producer work with Kenyan/Uganda underground star MC Yallah, Aunty Rayzor's inflammatory, tongue-in-cheek raps invite listeners to a musical expression that is hard to define. , it becomes even more expansive when it enters "Doko."Featuring Slimcase, who has collaborated with Nigerian superstars like Wizkid and Mr Eazi, the track melds swinging West African rhythms with Slimcase and Razor's complex poetics.Olungbenga go into another mode with 'Bounce', one of the album's most dancefloor-friendly cuts, whispered over a putrid neo-baile shuffle by DJ Chris Fontedefunk. .São Paulo is home to some of the most vibrant dance music in the world right now, and with Razor on vocals, it's a predictably explosive piece that bridges the two continents' important street music.

Titi Bakorta, who recently signed with Nyege Nyege, will appear on “Fall Back”It takes Olungbenga into a different zone, linking it with vintage Afrobeats with a bassy guitar riff that perfectly complements Razor's soaring vocals.Bakorta's voice is the perfect foil, centering the track on traditions dating back to Nigeria's history without sounding nostalgic. Kabeaushé delivers a similar compliment on "You not worth of my love," a fresh avant-R&B tune with Rayzor's Autotune-style rhymes.Olungbenga is eclectic yet sharply focused, incorporating sounds from a wide world of musical innovation without sacrificing their Nigerian identity.This album is almost effortlessly creative and a straight-from-the-heart message from an artist who deserves a bigger platform. "

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12" translucent red vinyl. 

Tracklist: 

1. Stuttrap 01:47
2. Doko feat Slimcase 03:55
3. Nina 02:08
4. Bounce 02:20
5. Never 02:21
6. Titi Bakorta - Fall Back feat Titi Bakorta 04:00
7. Tobaya 02:12
8. Melodious Monk 02:34
9. You Not Worthy of My Love 02:18
10. Tonedo 02:10
11. Murder 02:16
12. Sise feat Titi Bakorta 02:30

Hakuna Kulala:

"Bisola Olungbenga was just nine years old when she started writing music. Encouraged by her piano playing mom, she would come home from school and compete with her sister, dreaming up verses and choruses for rewards of candy. Since then, Olungbenga has evolved into Aunty Razyor, one of Nigeria's most vibrant emerging artists - a cross-genre innovator who blends hip-hop, Afrobeat, R&B and experimental sounds into an energetic portrait of contemporary Lagos. "Viral Wreckage" is Olungbenga's debut album, and follows the breakout success of her viral 2021 street anthem 'Kuku Corona'. This time she's assembled a lineup of some of the world's most exciting producers to help realize her vision: Congolese singer, guitarist and producer Titi Bakorta, young Ugandan producer Ill Gee, veteran Japanese innovator Scotch Rolex , São Paulo-based baile funk producer DJ Cris Fontedofunk, French beatmaker Debmaster, Nigerian singer and producer Slimcase, and Kenyan avant pop futurist Kabeaushé.

'Stuttrap' is the first blast of sound we hear, and Olungbenga quickly pilots us into her sonic universe, rapping assertively in Yoruba and English over Scotch Rolex's chrome-plated trap backdrop. It's not far removed from the producer's work with Kenyan/Ugandan underground star MC Yallah, but Aunty Rayzor's incediary, tongue-twisting raps coax listeners into a musical expression that's hard to define and only gets more expansive when we hit 'Doko'. Featuring Slimcase, who's collaborated with Nigerian superstars like Wizkid and Mr Eazi, this track melts together swinging West African rhythms with complex poetics from both Slimcase and Rayzor. Olungbenga slips into a different mode again on 'Bounce' - one of the album's most dancefloor-ready cuts - almost whispering over a corrosive neo-baile shuffle from DJ Cris Fontedofunk. São Paulo is responsible for some of the world's most effervescent dance music right now, and with Rayzor on vocals the result is predictably explosive, making connections between vital street music from two separate continents.

Recent Nyege Nyege signing Titi Bakorta brings Olungbenga into another different zone on 'Fall Back', linking to vintage Afrobeat with low-slung guitar riffs that perfectly compliment Rayzor's soaring vocals. Bakorta's voice is the perfect foil, centering the track in traditions that stretch back through Nigerian history without sounding nostalgic. Kabeaushé hits a similarly complimentary note on 'You not worthy of my love', twisting Rayzor's AutoTune-mangled rhymes into fresh-faced avant R&B that sits a few paces from the mainstream without losing its infectious sing-along quality. And that's the key to unravelling "Viral Wreckage" - Olungbenga is able to be eclectic but sharply focused, bringing in sounds from across a wide world of musical innovation without sacrificing her Nigerian identity. It's an album that's almost effortlessly creative, and one that comes straight from the heart of an artist who's deserves a way larger platform."

Artist: Aunty Rayzor

Label: Hakuna Kulala