After pushing back her album release date to from February 9th to April 7th, the wait was definitely worth it. “OYO” is Angie’s newest master piece which hits the stores today. It is a 16thtrack album infused with intoxicating rhythms, soul, jazz and Angie’s Benin trademark.
In this album Angie pays tribute to the song’s of her youth and the different style of music that keep on inspiring her. One of the stand out tracks in the album is a song titled “Move On Up” an oldie by Curties Mayfield from the early 70’s, which features BONO and John Legend. Other Artist featured on the album are Dianne Reeves and Toy Hargrove.
Like she has done with all her albums, Angelique Kidjo celebrates and embraces mother Africa, on her tracks such as “Out of Africa”, “Agbalagba” ( a Uwem Akpan inspired track from his boom “Say You’re One of Them”) and of my favourite is the re-make of one of South Africa’s historical song’s “Mbube”, which was made famous by the late Mama Mirriam Makeba. On this track Angie in her own way pays tribute to Mama Makeba by executing the song in a mind blowing way.
Don’t hesitate to get Angelique’s newest master piece and to return here to share your thoughts on it. Here is one of Angie’s master piece: Angelique Kidjo ft Bono and John Legend – \”Move on Up\”