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as "the product of someone who cares deeply about every single detail on display" and called it "ridiculously entertaining from start to finish" as it "begins at top speed then hits the accelerator" and is "peppered with fantastic hooks". Murray felt that "if there's one fault here it's that
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wrote that the album "rides on momentum and offers sufficient quality for Asake to stabilize his superstar status. And even though it lacks the excitement of his debut album, the mainstream is still largely shaped by his sound so there will be little room for checkmating". Robin Murray of
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are cheery", like the song "Sunshine". Kim concluded by pointing out that "Asake grew up listening to Nigerian artists who continually evolved the country’s music, like
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felt that "Asake understands that his winning formula needs no adjustments" and "some of the most irresistible songs on
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remarked that "perhaps the speed and urgency with which makes music accounts for the fact that
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review – Nigerian star's brilliance means every track could be a single"
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doesn't shift dramatically away from the blueprint laid out on
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Index

Deborah Cox

Studio album
Asake
Yoruba
Label
YBNL Nation
Empire
Producer
Asake
Mr. Money with the Vibe
Lungu Boy
Singles
Amapiano
Lonely at the Top
Asake
YBNL Nation
Empire Distribution
Amapiano
Olamide
Lonely at the Top
H.E.R.
Clash
The Guardian
Pitchfork
Alexis Petridis
The Guardian
Mr. Money with the Vibe
Pitchfork
Fela Kuti

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