ALBUM REVIEW: Vector’s THE SECOND COMING

Folks, it has been about 3weeks since the drop of Record Label YSG’s; Olanrewaju Ogunmefun a.k.a Vector Tha Viper’s Album, I’ve been ...

Folks, it has been about 3weeks since the drop of Record Label YSG’s; Olanrewaju Ogunmefun a.k.a Vector Tha Viper’s Album, I’ve been jamming it ever since then and if I was to summarize this whole review into one word it’ll be… *clears throat* ONDUN!!. But then this write up will be useless so… Ya!

INTRO 1972:

The track is an intro to the album but Vector also made clear that the album was his official intro into the Nigerian Rap Game, He mentioned how he has come to change the rap in Nigeria and I think so far, he is doing a good job. There weren’t too many Bars in the emotional song, but it made good musical sense. I give it a 3 Stars Rating.

JAWONLE:

This track show’s a little of vector’s commercial rap ability. Even though the chorus was done In Yoruba language, vector still dropped his ill bars and flowed perfectly with the commercial beat. Jawonle meaning “left them behind” featured upcoming vocalist Muno and was produced by Da Piano. I rate it 3 Stars.

BORN LEADER:

I think we all know the hit single born leader, one of the hottest tracks off the album and also one of the hottest rap songs in Nigeria right now, why? This track has it all; it’s a typical rap song with sick Punchlines and wordplay, but it’s also a club banger being seriously jammed in clubs Plus, its features the famous Jamaican artiste Mavado, I need not say more. I rate it complete 5 stars.

WE MADE OH:

This is arguable the greatest rap song ever made in Nigeria, and probably the rap song with the most bars ever, I mean, almost all the lines in the song has a puncline or wordplay, Including the Hook, plus it can totally be jammed anywhere, the beat was made by Del B. It’s a great track and I give it a complete 5 star rating. Ondun!

HUSTLE:

Hustle which featured very inspirational Nigerian musician Sound Sultan, is a very enlightening song, it passes a across a very encouraging message, it’s a very inspirational song. And yes, sound sultan killed his verse, the collaboration was a successful one as the song came out great. I rate it 4 stars.

DON’T ENVY ME:

Not the best track off the album, don’t envy me featured Rockstedy, it sends a warning message to haters. Don’t get me wrong it has some nice lines but I don’t think it’s up to the standard of a warning track, one would expect deeper hardcore bars. I rate it 2 stars… and yeah, I know how ironic this is.*shrugs*

SHAYE:

English translation meaning “Enjoy Life”, shaye is another track with a Yoruba chorus and that little swerve to the commercial side, I would leave the genre under Hip-Hop tho’. The track has vector talking about enjoying and relaxing after the work and pain. Average track, I give it 3 stars.

I LIKE GIRLS:

Every artiste has a track where they talk about girls right? Well, I can tell you there’s nothing cliché about this track. I was impressed by vector’s uniqueness of such a common subject, I guess he really does like girls. He delivered sexual lines in a playful manner. It’s an interesting song with a mad beat by the whiz beat maker Del B. I rate it 4 stars.

YOU BAD:

You bad is a love rap track for that special girl, Vec dropped good lines saying sweet things about the girl while dissing other girls. The beat was by Da Piano, It’s a typical love rap track but still makes sense. 3 stars.

FOLLOW ME DEY GO:

The nice reggae beat made by Da Piano gives the track and international spice, not sure of the message but I think it’s about his infatuation with a groupie. It had really nice bars and vector flowed on that reggae level, made it kind of unique. Good song. 3 Stars.

NA YOU:

This one is the romantic track of the album, it featured Upcoming vocalist Muno. It makes more sense than the first love rap song on the album, this one has deeper lines, talking about marriage and stuff. A really nice song plus it has a catchy chorus, 4 stars.

LIKE PLAY:

Like play play, very nice chorus. One thing I really like about this track is; Vector sang the chorus, sang the hook too, it was all vector, cray. Of all the tracks about girls, this one had the most bars, it is also the last track about girls. Vector killed the track from the first to the last second. 4 stars.

ALONE:

One Word; DEEP. … This track says it all, Handling the fame, money, groupies, decision making, criticism, hate, being misunderstood and so on. It’s a sad song that’ll touch anybody, and vector chose the best vocalist for the song, Emmsong, who really fit into the track with his voice. A great song, 4 Stars.

V9 CYPHER:

When i got the album I went straight to this track cos of the feature, I wasn’t too disappointed too, but I expected more from the “legendary” (Sarcasm) mode 9. Mode 9 flowed but vector totally killed it, believe me, listening to this track you’ll pay more attention to vector. To be totally honest tho, one would expect more from this kinda cypher. 3 Stars.

SO FE KU:

Now this is what I call a Raw Rap Track, The message is clear from the name of the track to the chorus. Vector came with cray bars, marking his territory and all, telling everyone he is not to be fucked with and what will happen to anyone who fucks with him. Straight up hardcore territorial Rap. 4 Stars.

ONYEONLU:

Featuring Badman Floss, Onyeonlu is one of my favorite new tracks off the album. If you’re looking for a good Hip Hop/Rap song with bars and a good chorus, this is definitely your track. It’s a good song that’s going to get a lot of plays on the Radio. 4 stars.

FEAR NO EVIL:

This track already has the most plays on my iTunes. Of all the new tracks, I believe this is the best rap track off the whole album, the spice of reggae, the beat, the hardcore deep bars that vector dropped, talking about how he was discouraged from doing rap but went ahead and proved how good he is. it’s a great track that was very well produced. I rate it 5 Stars.

AMEN:

Amen, the track with the deepest lyrics, containing a lot of prayer lines, Vector seemed a little sober while delivering his lyrics. And close to the end came a line where vector mentioned people he lost, Sad. This track has so much prayer lines it can be jammed in churches. 4 Stars.

ANGELI:

I don’t this hit track needs a review, We’ve all heard this mad jam featuring 9ice. 4 Stars.

SKIT:

The skit was a short rap and an intro to the next track.

RORA:

Oshamo! Rora featuring shank is a cray jam, I can’t enough of the chorus. Vector came through with really nice playful lines and shank you had a verse to himself didn’t fail to deliver. Of all the songs that sound commercial on the album this one is the best, you just have to nod to this jam. 5 Stars.

 WA SERE:

Wa sere the last track of the album served as an outro, the fact that it was the shortest track of the album didn’t stop vector from delivering ill lines. The track talks bout how vector shouldn’t let all the fame get into his and remember how he started from nothing. This track is 2 minute 59 seconds of Genius. 5 Stars.

This 5 star album is arguable one of the best Rap Albums produced in Nigeria. Notice the production, the beats, the great delivery of vectors Lyrics, down to the arrangement of the Tracks. Big ups to vector, He’s not only a Lyricist On The Roll, he is also a Genius. Ondun!

                                                                                                                         Review By;  (@Atd_Skates)