‎Billion Greenback Child by Seyi Vibez on Apple Music

For his third venture, Nigerian singer Seyi Vibez locations his ambitions entrance and heart, and the album’s 11 tracks function a prophetic manifestation of his subsequent massive purpose. “It’s telling the world I’m residing a dream,” he tells Apple Music. “I don’t have the billion {dollars} but in my account, however I feel speaking all these items into existence will certainly make it actual. As a result of there was this time I needed to drive quick automobiles. I wished really to stay in the costliest a part of Lagos—and I’m already there. So, I simply really feel like the subsequent factor I’m going to do is make a billion. I need to be a billionaire musician. Any time I possess one thing that I need to do, I simply put it out, and later, I see that it [becomes] actual. So, me saying, ‘Billion greenback,’ I’m talking it into existence—from my type of sound and my manner of placing it out.”

Together with representing his homeland, the Ikorodu-bred artist incorporates cross-continental sounds all through Billion Greenback Child. “I’m from Lagos, however South Africa’s sound has had some affect on me,” he explains. “Numerous songs on the album have a combination of some amapiano, pop, and Afrobeats. So, it’s Afro-soul.” Under, Seyi Vibez (Balogun Afolabi Oluwaloseyi) talks via the venture, observe by observe.

“BD Child”
“The observe is just like the calling to the album. It’s like a road motive, I might say that. It’s like a road motive, like at any time when the road hear, it’ll be like, ‘Yeah, yeah, that’s it.’”

“Darling” (feat. Simi)
“I simply needed to ship ‘Darling’ to Simi. I wanted a feminine voice on it. It’s a love track.”

“Ife”
“‘Ife’ means ‘love.’ Ife is like an historic love blended with some hustler feeling—like a hustler attempting to succeed and [taking care of] his household and his spouse, his children. It’s a heavenly love track.”

“Saro”
“That is majorly for the road. [With] ‘Darling’ and ‘Ife,’ I’m singing it for the women. However ‘Saro,’ I’m actually singing for the motive of the ditch, of the ghetto. ‘Saro’ means ‘troubles.’ Like, ‘Let’s go. By no means lose your religion. You need to simply hold transferring.’”

“Probability (Na Ham)”
“I recorded this track at 2 am. I used to be uneasy that day. I simply awakened, then I received my guys to comply with me to the studio. The vibe got here straightforward ’trigger I used to be in a special frame of mind at that interval. The beat simply got here, and I used it to console myself. Listening to the beat first made me relaxed and never fear myself with what I used to be going through at the moment. It’s a playful street-motive sound and a really relatable and significant dancehall track. I’ve fairly a flexible music style. Dibs produced. It was our first time assembly, and it was a straight hit.”

“Billion Greenback”
“The track inspiration got here with [the sample of “Pass the Dutchie” by Musical Youth]. [The producer] TBM was taking part in some samples, and mistakenly he simply performed that: ‘This era guidelines the nation.’ I really like that as a result of Nigeria as a complete is harsh on the youth, and the one manner we may communicate up is thru our songs. So, in the event you really up there, such as you’re well-known and folks can really hearken to your track, that’s the one manner you possibly can really deliver up issues. I can bear in mind when the #EndSARS factor got here up—Wizkid and different artists got here up with the thought. So, [these movements] really come from the artists as a result of we’re the one ones [who] can really communicate for the youth. [The chorus translates to] ‘It’s been written that I’ll really achieve success, and nothing will really take that away from me. And I’m working daily. Give me the type of cash, like billion greenback cash.’”

“Bullion Van”
“This has some cash motives additionally. I used to be taking part in with melodies and a few amapiano log drum. Everyone seems to be utilizing TikTok in Nigeria. [In one video], this lady was on [the courtroom reality TV series] Justice Courtroom, and he or she was so unhappy. Her husband had, like, 10 to fifteen girls in the home, and he or she caught him. They had been attempting to settle the case, and he or she was telling the choose what occurred. She was like, ‘I’m emotionally careworn. I’m emotionally downcast. I’m so confused.’ The video went viral on TikTok, so folks began utilizing the sound. The day I heard the sound was the day I used to be really recording ‘Bullion Van.’ So, I’m like, ‘What? I really like that.’ And we used it to open the track.”

“Gangsta”
“Gangsta sounds gangsta, however it’s like a love track for the women. It’s gangster love. It calms the center.”

“+234”
“Yeah, that’s my amapiano dance track. I really like the track. I really like the power. At any time when I am going to live performance, just like the membership or anyplace. 234 is the nation code to Nigeria, so it talks in regards to the setting and what’s occurring in society—what the boys are doing, what the women are doing.”

“Ten” (feat. Mayorkun)
“It’s the oldest track within the album. One yr in the past, I recorded a track with Mayor. After which, later, he referred to as me that, ‘OK, Seyi, I would love you to drop the track as a result of, yeah, I wish to drop it.’ It has this sort of poppy feeling, a membership feeling—each feeling. There’s additionally a message of gratefulness. You need to hold thanking God in each scenario you’re at.”

“Financial institution of America”
“It’s a playful track. It’s a playful track, and on the identical time, I’m attempting to talk in my type of Seyi manner. I’m speaking in regards to the angels. I might say that, maybe, 80 % of the Nigerian youth need to go to America—they only need to go overseas. I wouldn’t say for artists as a result of we’re used to the approach to life. However I’m speaking about regular residents. As a result of [Nigeria] is in a tough situation. There’s this understanding within the track—it’s not simply based mostly on America; that’s simply the way in which I need to [elevate] in my coronary heart. I take advantage of my delivery title [in the lyrics]—Oluwaloseyi, which suggests ‘God did.’ So, I’m utilizing ‘Financial institution of America’ to spherical up the album, and I really like the sensation it’s at all times given to me.”