Folarin Falana, better known as Falz, is a Nigerian rapper and activist who has disclosed that he purposefully decided to reduce the amount of socially and politically conscious lyrics in his recently released Extended Play, “Before the Feast.”
He said that he tried not to talk much about Nigerian affairs because he felt that complaining would take away from the emotion he was trying to express.
Falz stated in an interview that his main goal was to instill in those who would listen the perspective that, by 2024, Africans should have.
The ‘This is Nigeria’ crooner said; “On this project, I am not doing much of the social or political commentary that I typically do. There are socially conscious lyrics, but not particularly about the affairs of the country.
“That is intentional as well. I resolved not to complain, because the emotion I am trying to convey has to be one that comes without that element of complaining. I want to put the listener in the mindset I feel they should have as African existings in 2024.”
On why he fused different genres of music on the EP Falz said; “It was very intentional. What I want to do with the EP is to cleanse the palette of the listener. I aimed to make it as diverse as possible with the sounds.
“It is interesting that only one producer worked on more than one song on the project. Each song has a new producer, which was not even intentional. That allowed us to achieve a wide range of sounds. So, yes, it was intentional.”
He also discussed how the fact that he connected with Adekunle Gold on the song “Who go Pay” and enjoyed it surprised him.
Falz stated, “I never would have guessed it would be this kind of vibe, before the song, if I had been asked what kind of vibe I would feature Adekunle Gold on.” However, as soon as we got started, I really enjoyed it.
