Nigeria Entertainment Today ranked the album 10th on its list of the 12th Best Albums of 2013. L.I.F.E was produced entirely by Leriq and features guest appearances from 2face Idibia, M.I, Timaya, Olamide, Reminisce, and Wizkid, alongside others. The album's release was preceded by five singles: "Like to Party", "Tonight", "Always Love You", "Run My Race", and "Yawa Dey". Aristokrat Records later sold its marketing rights to Uba Pacific for ₦10 million. The album sold 40,000 copies on the first day of its release. Career 2012–2015: L.I.F.E and On a Spaceship īurna Boy's debut studio album, L.I.F.E, was released on 12 August 2013, serving as the follow-up to his second mixtape Burn Identity (2011). He launched his music career after returning to Lagos. He then returned to Port Harcourt and took up an year-long internship at Rhythm 93.7 FM. He later studied media technology at the University of Sussex from 2008 to 2009, then studied media communications and culture at Oxford Brookes University from 2009 to 2010. He attended Corona Secondary School in Agbara ( Ogun State) and relocated to London to further his studies. Ogulu grew up in southern Nigeria and began making his own beats using FruityLoops. His mother Bose Ogulu would later become his manager. His maternal grandfather, Benson Idonije, once managed Nigerian multi-instrumentalist Fela Kuti. His mother, Bose, worked as a language translator and his father, Samuel, managed a welding company.
I’ve got you, always.Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. Catch a vibe, buss a whine, party like it’s your birthday, or even grab a tissue. I want you to listen to this and feel like it’s a rollercoaster ride.
People may never get it, but do it anyway!
Just don’t forget that life can feel like a cloak-and-dagger mission. Relations and relationships are fragile compartmentalising the different shades of grey around this concept in “For My Hand”, “Science” and “Last Last”. Shout-out to the iconic group from South Africa, the legendary Ladysmith Black Mambazo, for bringing their energy to tracks 1 and 19 (the beginning and end). I’m eternally grateful to him for that, and so, on this album, I thought about a few things: I started working on a Punjab mixtape with the late great Sidhu Moose Wala, halfway through recording this project, because I needed to open my mind more. “I want you to feel like it’s a rollercoaster ride.” Read on as Burna Boy himself breaks down his sixth album-as told to Apple Music.Īfter turning 30, birthdays seem to make you reflect on your life choices, or a lack thereof-your goals, dreams, hopes, achievements and fears.Įven though it put me in a vulnerable place, it also challenged me to do and feel more.