These album covers have been carefully handpicked as the best from 2015 for their uniqueness and the extreme creativity that went into designing each of them. They are far from the regular portrait art we have been forced to get used to and they are all layered with deep meaning. These artists served us good music in thought-provoking plates and we know you will agree with our selection if you love artworks too.
South African hip-hop artist, ProVerb, celebrated ten years in the music industry with the launch of this album, The Read Tape. The first single from the new album, Nothing New – which he described as “cheeky” – received a lot of airplay on radio stations. The single is a reminder to the new school of hip-hop, that some of the current trends are recycled and what some many think is new and groundbreaking, has in fact been done before by the older generation. “We’ve been doing it/ nothing new,” he sings
Seyi Shay released her debut album titled ‘Seyi Or Shay‘ which contains 18 songs and 1Bonus single that I know many people have already jammed with great pleasure.
Features: Cynthia Morgan, Phyno, Sound Sultan, Wizkid, Olamide,Patoranking, Shaydee, Timaya, BOJ, D’banj And Legendary Femi Kuti.
Falz released his sophomore album – Stories That Touch – on the 16th of November 2015.
Features: Phyno, Chigul, Yemi Alade, Shaydee, Simi, Oyinkansola, Reminisce, Reekado Banks, Poe, Chyn, Bez, M.I and Show Dem Camp.
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Queen of Nigeria’s music industry, Tiwa Savage released her sophomore album titled -“R.E.D” (Romance, Expression, Dance).
Features: Olamide, Busy Signal, Dr. SID, D’Prince, and Reekado Banks.
Darey pulled a surprise on us late last year by dropping a 13 track album out of nowhere. The new album is titled ‘Naked’ and of course he poses on the cover nude as the day he was born.
Features: of Olamide, Asa and the Soweto Gospel Choir.
Greo is an Alternative HipHop Artiste from Benin City. He released Soul Therapy EP in 2012 which featured Boogey, Fame, Mofame, Duno etc. He has also worked with the others artist like of Lord V, Paybac and McSkill Tha Preacher
Reminisce’s #BabaHafusa album was officially released on April 30th.
Features: Sossick, Sojay, IcePrince, Viktoh, Olamide, Phyno and Sean Tizzle
“Ghetto University” was produced by Eric Many Entertainment and released in November 2015 boasting 19 solid tracks.
Features: Davido, Wizkid, DJ Khaled, Burna Boy, Phyno, Barbapappa (Group From Morocco) & Mugeez (R2Bees) from Ghana.
Award-winning Cameroonian rapper, Stanley Enow, released “Soldier Like Ma Papa” on the 25th of July 2015.
Features: DJ Neptune, Ice Prince, Sarkodie, 2face, and more!
Lastly, the much anticipated controversial album from one of Nigeria’s finest, Davido, The Baddest, produced by his loyal and longstanding friend Shizzi
Features: Akon, Runtown, Meek Mill, Timaya and many more.
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