A lot happened for African music back in 2004. Opposed to the international perception that our sounds began thriving recently, projects from that year were huge and much more sonically-aware than so many have given the 2000s credit for. A lot of musicians then were minting life experiences into the compact shape of an album, presenting variant techniques and perspectives which enriched the currency of our shared identity as Africans.
2004 was the year a seminal Nigerian pop album by one of its finest luminaries dropped. It was also the…
