Jidenna has announced that his third studio album is on the way, supplying fans with another single from the effort to hold them over in the meantime.
“Front End” arrived on streaming services on Friday (April 21), a funky, eclectic track that finds Jidenna making magic with longtime collaborator Roman GianArthur again.
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The two previously worked together on the rapper/singer’s breakout hit “Classic Man” as well as “Chief Don’t Run.”
Check out the new song below:
“Front End” will live on the forthcoming ME YOU & GOD, available everywhere May 5.
“The last couple of years have been dreamy and I don’t know if I’m ready to wake up. I began every song during magic hour and finished it after I loved you back to sleep,” Jidenna said of the album in an Instagram post.
“The days were simple, the time was slow, the streets were empty aside from the daily clash of rebels and police. Nowadays, it feels like the Mandela effect. Did the pandemic really happen? Did it shift something in us or were we just tripping? Well, we were definitely tripping. And love is one hell of a road trip.”
He added: “We’ll never got those days back. But I captured a few moments in this time capsule. I miss those days before the world opened back up. When it was just me, you and GOD.”
ME YOU & GOD follows 2019’s 85 to Africa, Jidenna’s sophomore effort released through Wondaland and Epic Records, which includes appearances from GoldLink, St. Beauty, Mr Eazi, Mereba and Seun Kuti.
While reviews were mainly positive from critics and fans, the effort debuted and peaked at No. 112 on the Billboard 200 and failed to produce a single that reached the success of “Classic Man” off his 2015 EP, Wondaland Presents: The Eephus.
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Check out the ME YOU & GOD tracklisting below:
1. “I’M LOOKING FOR CONNECTiON”
2. “MiSS BEHAVE”
3. “FRONT END” (Feat. ROMAN GIANARTHUR, BUENO)
4. “SAFE” (Feat. BOOTSY COLLINS)
5. “RiPE”
6. “BLUSH”
7. “MONEY”
8. “MAYBE SWANKAFORNiA”
9. “PULLOUT” (Feat. ROMAN GIANARTHUR)
10. “SWEETBiTTERS”
11. “SiTUATION”
12. “SUMMER HUNGER”
13. “YOU SCARY”
