Kizz Daniel released his second studio album, ”No Bad Songz” in the early hours of Friday, November 30, 2018.
The singer has grown major leaps since he released his debut album, ”New Era” in 2016. Without help from any A-list artiste, Kizz Daniel [then Kiss Daniel] forced the attention of the industry towards his direction with chart topping singles like, ‘Woju’, ‘Laye’ and ‘Mama’.
The album itself was adjudged in some quarters as a near classic cementing his name as one of those who succeeded at the first time of coming out.
A lot has however happened since that time. From his well documented contract situation with former label G-Worldwide, to setting up his own imprint, ‘FlyBoy Inc’, changing his stage name and having unbridled control over his features, the boy has fully grown and this much has been witnesssed in his music.
1. ‘Gods’ – There is something about Kizz Daniel and his opening songs. On his debut album, the first track was called ‘New King’ and now he takes it a step further opening the project with a dedication to the gods.
The song begins with a comical stutter, the beat is banging and Kizz is talking his talk. This is that braggadocious and swaggy ‘walking through your hood’ to reintroduce myself kind of talk. This is that type of music that reminds you of a traditional setting where liquors are poured on the floor to pay homage to the gods. A confident way to kick things off and announce his return.
Kizz Daniel is a special talent. One who possesses an understanding of his craft to adequately develop into a truly great artist, especially now that he is unhinged by any label restrictions.
Even though he could have done better with the title of his album, ”No Bad Songz”, it also serves as a nod to his self confidence.
The album unfolds in several layers, with feel-good anthems being its major drive. But, it is not singular in theme, there is enough music for you when you are down, when you are in search of a girlfriend or when you get to the club.
His views on life have been further honed by his experiences in the last couple of years and you can sense this on songs like ‘Ghetto’ and ‘Ja’.
Kizz Daniel’s vocal presence on the tape well matched by his artistic maturity and the specificity in his lyrics makes for colourful moments of abstract imagery. He is also quite skilled in applying the neccessary elements of life and love to score hit precords far better than a lot of his contemporaries and production on the tape is also pretty solid all round.
However, ‘No Bad Songz’ is lengthy. Too lengthy actually. 20 tracks long and these days, too much usually leads to excess weight, and it shows in at least five songs that serves best as fillers.
I won’t consider the album a classic or the best that the gifted singer can offer, but this is an impressive follow-up to ‘New Era’ that allows for his pop-star influences to shine bright.
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