Lagos got a new anthem at midnight. Patoranking released \u201cWelcome To Lagos,\u201d featuring Olamide, at midnight on November 10 via Amari Musiq \u2014 a high-energy reunion between two of Nigerian music’s defining voices, a decade after they last shared a record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The production comes from Ctea, and the record does what its title promises: it plays like a homecoming, built for the city that made both men. Patoranking’s dancehall-rooted delivery over an Afrobeats engine, with Olamide \u2014 the YBNL founder whose street-pop blueprint shaped a generation \u2014 riding alongside him, is a pairing that carries history in every bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWelcome To Lagos\u201d is the fourth single from Patoranking’s forthcoming fifth studio album, which means the rollout is past the warm-up stage. Each single has widened the picture of what the album is aiming at, and a reunion record with Olamide is the kind of statement single artists save for when the album is close enough to feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An official video, directed by UAX, is due this week. HipHopStories will add it here when it lands \u2014 for now the audio carries the story, and it carries it well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For American readers who came in through the Afrobeats wave of the last few years, this is a record worth your time: not a crossover play, but two architects of the Lagos sound doing it for home, at full strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWelcome To Lagos\u201d is out now across streaming platforms. When the video drops and the album date firms up, HipHopStories will have both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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