Invasion

Invasion

For this duo of Afrobeats pioneers, 2011's Invasion represented twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye at the peak of their powers. After multiple awards and a string of chart-topping singles, this fifth album would expand on their formula of fusing elements of afropop, hip hop, dance and highlife. With their sound themed around nightlife, familial bonds and matrimonial bliss, P-Square crafted inescapable club bangers (“Shake It Down Low”), rhythmic pop cuts (“Do As I Do”) and stirring ballads ("Forever"). It's their nifty genre-straddling that made the group irresistible across the continent; putting an Afrocentric spin on familiar musical styles. The reggae-tinged “Me and My Brother”, for instance, melded with the europop of "Jeje" without losing the album's essence of African rhythm. Helping to keep that homegrown feel were the voices of Eva Alordiah, Naeto C, Tiwa Savage, Waje, Muna and May D; whose styles the twins would adapt to with aplomb. It’s the Fliptyce-produced “Chop My Money (I Don’t Care)” and “Beautiful Onyinye”—whose remixes featured Akon and Rick Ross respectively—that would propel the waves of an Afrobeats crossover. These songs combined use of melody, emotion and dance-ability perfectly embodied both P-Square’s penultimate album and the sound of a continental renaissance.

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