Nigerian afro-dancehall superstar PATORANKING today shares his third album, Three, via his own Amari Musiq imprint and US-based indie powerhouse, EMPIRE.
Eclectic and wide-ranging, Three features collaborations with some of contemporary African music’s most essential acts, including fellow Nigerians TIWA SAVAGE (on “Matter”) and FLAVOUR (“Mon Bébé”), Kenya’s SAUTI SOL (“Whine It”) and Ghana’s KING PROMISE (“Odo Bra”), spanning genres from reggae to afropop and highlife. “Yo Body” delivers a heavyweight slice of dancehall energy, while “Black Girl Magic” is a slinky funk anthem that lives up to its title. Nigeria’s fast-rising TELZ (Burna Boy, Olamide) and Zimbabwe/South Africa’s MR KAMERA (Mr Eazi, Yemi Alade, Netflix’s Blood and Water) head up the project’s international production team. He calls this Black Girl