VARIOUS – Where We Come From Vol. 1 – LP – Baby Blue Galaxy Vinyl [JUN 9]

LP – Limited Edition Baby Blue Galaxy Vinyl with double-sided insert.

Empire assembled some of Africa’s finest singers and songwriters, the musical equivalent of Ocean’s Eleven, at a writing camp in San Francisco. The result is Where We Come From, Vol. 1, a 15-track compilation featuring Afrobeats royalty Wande Coal, Tiwa Savage and Olamide as well as Tanzanian duo Navy Kenzo, Cape Verde‘s June Freedom and a host of other stars across Nigeria and Ghana – KiDi, Fireboy DML, Kizz Daniel, Tolani and more. The sounds traverse East, West and South of the continent, incorporating drill, amapiano, trap and Afrobeats in fashioning an album that at once sandwiches luxury between lust and love while also being a flagpost to hedonism. The cover art, created by Nigerian artist Dricky Stickman, incorporates all 15 songs into the final product, illustrating unity, community and culture.

Tracklist:

Side A
1. I Feel Nice – Kuami Eugene & Group Chat
2. Cough (Odo) – Kizz Daniel
3. Slow Motion – Tolani & Wande Coal
4. Bank Alert – L.A.X.
5. Dance 4 Me – KiDi & BNXN fka Buju
6. Umbrella – Wande Coal
7. Faya – Bad Boy Timz
8. Hold On – Navy Kenzo & Fireboy DML

Side B
1. Thing for You (Feat. L.A.X.) – June Freedom
2. Wound Someone – Olamide
3. Run – Black Sherif
4. In the Middle – Leil & BNXN fka Buju
5. Off White – Cheque
6. Ring My Phone – Yaw Tog
7. Loaded – Tiwa Savage & Asake