Nigerian producer extraordinaire, Pheelz aka Pheelzonthebeat, known for his riddim-ma-cool-la-yor tag releases his debut EP as promised and trust me, it is definitely work the worth. The EP has the title—Hear Me Out.

On reasons behind choosing Hear Me Out as the title for his debut project, Pheelz (born Phillip Kayode Moses) explains, the world has heard his beats, his sound, now is the time for the world to hear the voice behind the Rii tag

HEAR ME OUT !!! Out Now Worldwide https://t.co/K1S6Yvqp7g 🤘🏾🖤🔥. #Hearmeout #HMO pic.twitter.com/llMQ9xY5QW

— Pheelz (@Pheelzonthebeat) February 18, 2021

Hear Me Out is filled with five songs that is sung across different genre of music but Pop as their foundation sound. ‘Wayward Girl’ blends Pop with Afrobeat (Afro-Pop if you may); ‘Somebody’ mixes electronic with Pop; ‘La Vida’ brings back the Afro-Pop vibes; on ‘One Life’, Pheelz visits the surging Amapiano sound from South Africa; with ‘Many Men’ Pheelz explores the Carribean-born Reggae sound.

While keeping the lyrics cordial, sensual and carefree according to the subject matter of each song, Pheelz really did an excellent job on his debut project, not forgetting the fact he did all this without features, even making it more impressive.

Another impressive feat, Pheelz accomplished apart from being the sole and only producer on his debut project, he also stands as the sole songwriter on Hear Me Out (according to credits).

Probably if I could change or add anything as a suggestion, it would come on the second track – ‘Somebody’. I would have loved to hear more of the electronic production, instead of Pheelz who opt to add the electronic guitar instrumentation majorly at the beginning of the track and to close it.

Listen to and stream Hear Me Out:

Nigeria Afrobeat and Pop, coined into Afro-Pop phenom, David Adeleke, known worldwide as Davido makes the grand list for the 2021 TIME100 NEXT by Time Magazine.

Proud to be included in the inaugural #TIME100NEXT list!!!! @time pic.twitter.com/m4jo7kugSc

— Davido (@davido) February 17, 2021

Speaking on what Davido has achieved so far in his career, Laycon who gave the speech translated into written words, said: “You can tell Davido puts 100% into every song he makes. And the results are clear . . . Afrobeats is a worldwide phenomenon, and Davido is one of many Nigerian artists who has made that possible.” “By bringing Afrobeats to the global stage, he’s paved the way for people like me.” Laycon concluded

Davido continue to soar as one of the few Nigerian artistes to have gone global yet stuck to their roots. Like the piece from Time Magazine says, “the results are clear”; one of Davido’s latest achievement is having his 2017 released smash-hit—“If”— achieve Gold status in the U.S i.e. the record has sold a cumulative over 500,000 units or its equivalent in streams.

My 2nd Gold record !!! Oh God I am Grateful !! The Only two Afro beats solo singles to go Gold in the USA in Afro beats history !! God is good !!! ❤️❤️ 🇺🇸 🇳🇬 MORE TO COME ! pic.twitter.com/INmeSMeuaZ

— Davido (@davido) February 17, 2021

Although Davido did not make the “ARTISTS” cut on the ‘2021 TIME100 NEXT’, he got inducted through the ‘PHENOMS’ category for his role in making Afrobeat a global genre of music enjoyed by a vast array of music listeners.

Other Nigerians to make this year’s list are: FK Abudu, Odunayo Eweniyi and Damiliola Odufuwa under the ‘ADVOCATES’ category for the role they played during the #EndSARS protest; Flutterwave CEO, Olugbenga Agboola for being one of the breakout and outstanding ‘INNOVATORS’ in 2020 and Nigerian-American writer, Ijeoma Oluo made the ‘ADVOCATES’ list.

Check out the write-up on how and why Davido made the ‘2021 TIME100 NEXT’ here.

Douglas Agu, better known as Runtown has announced he will perform Live for the first time since the pandemic but without physical audience, as he takes his craft Live, performing his hit songs virtually for fans all around the world.

The event tagged—Runtown Live—will hold on the 2nd of April 2021 via Live Connection and tickets are to br available from March 1.

Th event will also see Runtown performing alongside his musical band, that for sure is set to be an exciting experience.

Join me and the band on 2 April 2021 for my first ever virtual show powered by Live Connections. Tickets available from 1st March #CountdownToRuntownLive pic.twitter.com/QvCrt8H7R9

— Runtown (@iRuntown) February 15, 2021

Music-wise, Runtown had a relatively quiet 2020 probably due Covid-19 uncertainties but released his last single on December 23rd, titled “If E Happen For Lagos”. Runtown also kept himself busy by using his platforms to promote justice during the ‘EndSARS’ protest while also making himself available physically by protesting with the crowd.