Olu Maintain for 'Yahooze, that relentless party popper
that had former U.S Secretary of state Colin Powell
dancing along. Post-Yahooze, he worked with everyone
fom eLDee to P-Square before putting out his own album.
'The Journey' isn't much. Well, it is much in terms of
quantity. At 20 songs long, much of them similar sounding
club hopping material, LKT quickly wears out the most
patient of listeners.
Sure he fills the landscape with guest appearances by
everyone from P-Square to 9ice, Davido to Olamide but
the end result is still an extended bore. The twins of P-
Square have never been known to sound great on a guest
appearance and so they just chop and slice a bunch of
their past hits on 'Follow follow'. 'Just like yesterday'
sounds like it failed to make the cut for 9ices 'Versus'
album. Davido is undistinguished, beating his chest and
reminding us of his omo baba olowo status (not that we
ever forgot) on 'Alaye remix and Olamide huffs and puffs
to no engaging effect on 'Woni were'.
There is a hint of excitement to be gleaned though on
'Asiko' the up tempo opening single and the sing along
chorus of 'Bamifa might work for some.' 'Iwonikan' is
one of the disc's better experiences and 'Omo lomo yen'
has a pleasing high life feel.
'The Journey' doesn't do much for LKT. While his efforts
at doing pop music in his indigenous language are
commendable, the album falls short, repeatedly sounding
like early-career 9ice. There is a distinct lack of the wit or
energy that has made the likes of Olamide and Reminisce
major crossover stars and the audience comes out of the
experience feeling mildly frustrated. Hopefully, this one is
just a primer for better material in the future.
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