TVC E. Adekunle Kosoko, popularly known by his stage name Adekunle Gold, the Nigerian singer, songwriter has revealed the title of his forthcoming debut album as “Gold” with the artwork having the graphic image of the metal gold.
The singer tweeted saying:
In interview, Adekunle also made it known he would be pushing his debut album release date until early July after the Ramadan season.
“I am pushing it forward a bit because of Ramadan, it was supposed to drop for June 1 before, but apparently it occurred to me that my muslim friends don’t listen to music during Ramadan, so it makes sense to push it forward because of them as well, so by God’s grace in July after Ramadan, and all of us can enjoy it together,” the singer said.
the ‘pick up’ singer then goes ahead to talk about the album making process and dynamics, and dealing with criticisms in the industry from fans. Gold also revealed who his music influences are and which international acts he would love to collaborate with, amongst other entertaining tidbits.
according to reports, Adekunle may be following the footsteps of Lil Kesh in exiting YBNL label after releasing his debut album. According to a source “After his album drops in June, Adekunle may leave YBNL to focus on his own label too”.
The singer’s popular singles such as ‘Sade’, ‘Pick up’ among others are expected to make the cut to the album. Earlier in the year, the gifted singer revealed producers like Oscar, Seyi Keys, B.Banks and expectedly in-house producer Pheelz are to work on the album while most of the songs will be mastered and mixed by Simi who will also have songwriting credits on the album.
The singer, describes his genre of music as urban high-life
Adekunle’s music quality has earned him good recognition and reviews, and more recently he was the award winner for Best Alternative Song for ‘Sade’ at The Headies 2015.
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