{"id":57123,"date":"2020-08-11T15:52:42","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T14:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/burna-boy-twice-as-tall\/"},"modified":"2020-09-26T06:37:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-26T04:37:30","slug":"burna-boy-twice-as-tall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/burna-boy-twice-as-tall\/","title":{"rendered":"Burna Boy: a new album featuring Diddy, Youssou N&#8217;Dour and Timbaland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Twice as Tall<\/em> will be released this Friday.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>After the release of <em>African Giant<\/em> in 2019, Burna Boy is back in the spotlight with his new album <em>Twice as Tall<\/em>. A colossal project that brings together a wide range of artists such as Chris Martin, Stormzy, Youssou N&#8217;Dour, Naughty by Nature and Sauti Sol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the executive production side, we find Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Comb, as well as Burna himself and his mother, Bosede Ogulu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casting doesn&#8217;t stop there. Timbaland, Mike Dean, LeriQ, Telz, P2J, Rexxie, Skread and Jae5 worked on this album, most of which was recorded in Lagos during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of fifteen songs, eleven were produced by Nigerians, including eight from Spaceship Collective, the African giant&#8217;s record label.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Burna Boy - Wonderful [Official Music Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k33o1IgtUEM?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first single from the album, &#8220;Wonderful&#8221;, produced by Telz, was widely acclaimed by the critics. Burna Boy described the song as &#8220;<em>the story of how wonderful it is to see the impact of my music on people&#8217;s lives on tour, and it also serves as a note that no matter how far you go, or how hard you work, you have to be ready to go home. Above all, Africa is home, it&#8217;s the motherland of all people.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Twice as Tall <\/em>be available on August 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to Burna Boy in our Songs of the Week playlist on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Deezer (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\" target=\"_blank\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Tracklist:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>01. Level Up (Twice as Tall) [ft. Youssou N\u2019Dour]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>02. 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