Album lore

NATIVEWORLD, issued on NATIVE RECORDS in August 2022, assembles a formidable cast of Nigerian and diasporic artists across 15 tracks. The collective NATIVE Sound System curates a mosaic of alté, afrobeat, afrobeats, and afropop, threading through Nigerian drill and afro soul with a deft hand. Contributions from SHŌLZ, The Cavemen, Obongjayar, Teezee, Ayra Starr, and others animate the record with a layered interplay of voices and rhythms. The featured cut “TGIF” with Gabzy exemplifies the album’s vibrant confluence of styles, balancing buoyant grooves with lyricism rooted in contemporary African urban life.The project’s scope is both a testament to and a document of the alté scene’s expansive reach in 2022, embracing collaborations that stretch from afro r&b to afroswing. Tracks like “Wedding Ring” and “Honest” showcase the collective’s penchant for assembling diverse personalities whose individual idioms fuse into a broader, evolving lineage of sound. NATIVEWORLD stands as a signal artifact for those tracing the shifting contours of African popular music’s present moment.

Album lore

NATIVEWORLD, issued on NATIVE RECORDS in August 2022, assembles a formidable cast of Nigerian and diasporic artists across 15 tracks. The collective NATIVE Sound System curates a mosaic of alté, afrobeat, afrobeats, and afropop, threading through Nigerian drill and afro soul with a deft hand. Contributions from SHŌLZ, The Cavemen, Obongjayar, Teezee, Ayra Starr, and others animate the record with a layered interplay of voices and rhythms. The featured cut “TGIF” with Gabzy exemplifies the album’s vibrant confluence of styles, balancing buoyant grooves with lyricism rooted in contemporary African urban life.The project’s scope is both a testament to and a document of the alté scene’s expansive reach in 2022, embracing collaborations that stretch from afro r&b to afroswing. Tracks like “Wedding Ring” and “Honest” showcase the collective’s penchant for assembling diverse personalities whose individual idioms fuse into a broader, evolving lineage of sound. NATIVEWORLD stands as a signal artifact for those tracing the shifting contours of African popular music’s present moment.