Choke Boi – LONELY

Nigerian musician Choke Boi teams up with Emijay and BEA as “LONELY” arrives on streaming platforms for afrobeats listeners everywhere.

The record is a collaborative afrobeats album, and it follows January’s “Bend Am” which was recorded with Ruger and Fido. This time around Emijay and BEA join Choke Boi on the record, so the lineup shifts to three voices instead of repeating the team behind his last song.

Production sits under the Afrobeats banner, and the beat moves at a steady tempo. That pacing lets the various vocal portions settle into the arrangement. The structure keeps on the common performance, yet it does not bog the record down with extraneous alterations. So the groove carries the weight, while the guests find their space inside it.

The release also earns early exposure through inclusion in Apple Music Afrobeats’ latest picks. Because of that placement, the collaboration introduces Choke Boi to the listeners of Emijay and BEA. It maintains the slow build of his catalog following the notice around his last release this year.

What do you make of the beat and the three-artist setup on “LONELY”? Drop your thoughts in the comments below.