Rarely do I watch trailers but as a huge geek for anything remotely cerebrally charged and sci-fi orientated, Reminiscence looked to be the perfect summer sci-fi flick. And that’s a bitter pill to swallow because Reminiscence has heaps of promise. While Reminiscence isn’t as bad as that flaccid finale, it is a film that completely wastes its potential. Remember what else was produced by HBO, looked visually stunning with a staggering budget? Game of Thrones Season 8. The set design is beautiful, the drowned city of New Orleans looks stunning and the interiors are lavishly dressed. You can follow the writer, Tola Sarumi on Twitter :- The opinions expressed in this article/review are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of has a budget of 68 million dollars, and boy does this film make the most of it. Hard-hitting rap joints like Asalamalekun, Feego, Oloun, Where I Come from are for the rap purists who might have felt ignored on his last record.Įl Hadj is a very good album, well-produced and delivered, Reminisce almost delivers the perfect body of work his talent is capable of. Coming at a time when other top rap cats are crooning on tracks, Reminisce has stayed true to his first love.
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Reminisce has pretty much found his niche with El Hadj, his versatility and depth on full display without alienating those he fondly refers to as ‘ awon temi’ (the streets) but the street is more than dance, many a fan will be able to see himself in his journey on I Remember and in the neighbourhood as unpacked on Where I Come From as well as these joints This is a grown man rap album for the most part. The record is also contemporary Nigerian rap album. He’s also signed the rather lyrically impressive Ola Dips, the young protégé who steals the show on Oloun, a hustler’s prayer of a song. He’s since parted with Edge, his long term management to be repped by his own imprint, Les Roses Rouges. Telephone featuring Olamide, a lamba joint with that signature YBNL sound is a mediocre joint that appears to have been done out of habit as opposed to a creative need the guest having appeared on at least three Reminisce albums.Įl Hadj is a journey, a reawakening, a commitment to being a better Baba Hafusa and it’s a rebirth in many ways.
It’s a joint we’ve heard before in one guise or the other, and it would not have been missed had it been left off. Old habits die hard though, Owo Reis a joint that sounds like one he left off Baba Hafusa its base vulgarity not quite fitting on this mature offering. If Sossick gave this album a feel, Terry Apala gave it a delicious jolt, an almost show-stealing turn with his neo-apala feature on Skit that this isn’t a full song is mild disappointment.Įl Hadj is the album Reminisce was always capable of making, a really good marriage of production, lyrics and relevance and he owed it to his own legacy to make music with more than the usual testosterone rap or party jams. Then there’s Simple Boyfeaturing 9ice, a song sweet enough to forgive 9ice’s ridiculous ‘ See your nipple, see your dimple’ line. This isn’t to say Reminisce is all grimy rapper dude on this record Ibadi with Sossick on the hook represents a high – A contemporary trap joint, delivered in a husky self assured drawl as joints for the ladies go, it is a success. He can be excused for going the overtly commercial route when he does, his success was a long time coming. He’d been capable of being this kind of storytelling all along, but the story itself reveals his reluctance ‘ ma ka poly ti’n ba shey tan, igba me lo lo ma fi n blow, but calculations me wrong, learnt that now with each song, rap game yi ya weyrey gan, seven year mi fi blow’ (I’ll attend a poly, how long does it take to blow? But my calculations were wrong, learnt that with each song this rap game is a madness). It wouldn’t be too much to say Reminisce and Sossick made a Nigerian rap classic with this song. I Remember is an appropriately sparse production with the piano keys wringing even more feeling from the song. Sossick, a criminally underrated producer who has been behind crafting the prevailing sound for the second wave of Yoruba rap – think back to the dark, unapologetic punchiness of Pon Pon Pon and his turn on Ghetto Dream’s chorus. This song is to Reminisce as Ghetto Dreams is to Da Grin and it’s unsurprising that the same man was behind crafting the mood for the track. On the heart rending I Remember, a coming of age tale that details his personal loss, perseverance, and triumph. Reminisce made an album for the time, the mood very nearly matches that of the country no overt materialism, hope over despair and there’s plenty of it.
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