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Originality is the third studio album by Nigerian R&B Superstar Faze released on October 6, 2008. The album gained the tag of being 'THE MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2008' as well the most personal album by Faze.
The production of the album is much different from his last two platinum albums as he dropped some his regular producers such as , , & and embraced new producers for his chart bursting Originality album such as (he produced most of the songs in the album) and J.Sleek, while maintaining productions by (the producer of one Nigeria's greatest hit ever) and (who produced the Remix to the hit Kpo Kpo Di Kpo).
The beats signal a clear change in producers as it features more Africanized beats than ever in any Faze album, thereby indicating true Originality as the album title denotes.
The mixing and mastering of the album were done by , , Indomix, Klem, Richie (from Ghana).
After a successful multi-Platinum selling Independent, Originality has received the tag "The Most Anticipated Album of the Year 2008. The first time the performing artiste will get such recognition for releasing any of his albums. The album also paved way for Faze as the first Nigerian Contemporary artiste to have three of his albums go platinum consecutively.
Having pushed out over One million copies by the end of October its first lead single Originality has been a success in charts reaching the top three of charts like Super 7 (Africahit.com), Global countdown, Cosmo FM chart etc.
Spend my money (official second single), Play Ball, , Valentine's Day, Am in love, Dutty wine are also expected to make the singles list and if all do make it as singles it will pave way for another history for being the only album by Nigerian to have up 7 singles in an album. Originality also certifies Faze as one of Nigeria most consistent artiste releasing an album every two years the last 'Independent' was released on October 5, 2006.
Vocals and lyrics[]
Originality is Faze's most personal, reflective and revelatory collectory to date and combines his strong lyrics in his songs all mixed with his raspy voice.
"Yawa Eh", "Originality", "I'm in Love" and "Valentine's Day" are his best lyrically noted tracks. Other songs like "Dutty Wine", "Spend My Money", "Story of My Life" reflect Faze's energetic vocals.
References[]
Faze-Originality album "Stepping up the game", Vanguard News. Retrieved on 28-9-2008.[1]
Lolade Sowoolu 'Faze Premiere's Originality', Vanguard News. Retrieved on 12-9-2008.[2]
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