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Most Ghanaian albums open with a hype intro. Somebody shouts the label name, a DJ drops a siren, the artist tells you he is the king of the streets before you even sit down. Nathino chose a different door. The very first words of his Bless Me EP , released on Friday, 10 November 2023 through BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP , are a cry, not a brag: “Eli Eli” . My God, my God. We have spent today rewinding the EP one chapter at a time. “Weary”, “Follow Me” and “Sing Aloud” have all had their moment. Now we finish the series where the project itself begins, at the very first track. 🎤 “Eli Eli” in a Nutshell “Eli Eli” is track one of four, the opening statement of the Bless Me EP . Nathino carries it alone, no features, in a lean 2:27 , the shortest song on the project. Apple files the EP under Afrobeats, but the camp behind it, RFGM / Rap For God Music, tells you what the real assignment is: urban gospel wit...

Every Ghanaian church has that one brother. The keyboardist starts the praise session, the choir is still finding the key, and this man, two rows from the back, is already singing like the roof belongs to his father. No microphone, no shame, just volume. Some people call it noise. The Bible calls it obedience. Nathino clearly sides with the brother, because the final song on his Bless Me EP , released on Friday, 10 November 2023 through BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP , is titled simply “Sing Aloud” . We have already rewound “Weary” and “Follow Me” today. Now we close the book the same way the EP does: with the volume up. 🎤 “Sing Aloud” in a Nutshell “Sing Aloud” is track four of four, the closing word on the Bless Me EP . Nathino handles it solo, no features, in 2:47 . Apple files the project under Afrobeats, but the home it comes from, RFGM / Rap For God Music, tells you the real assignment: urban gospel that does ...

In Accra, “follow me” is a dangerous sentence. Your guy says it at Circle and suddenly you are jumping gutters, entering a lane you never knew existed, and greeting three aunties selling kelewele before you reach the “shortcut” that is somehow longer than the main road. On Instagram, “follow me” is worse: it usually comes with “I go follow back”, and you know say e no go happen. So when Nathino put a song called “Follow Me” on his Bless Me EP , released on Friday, 10 November 2023 through BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP , the two words arrived with plenty of street baggage. Nathino came to give them back their church clothes. Today’s Catalog Rewind takes the second song on that EP out of the shelf, dusts it, and asks one simple question: who exactly are we following? 📍 “Follow Me” at a Glance “Follow Me” is track two of four on the Bless Me EP . Nathino carries it alone, no features, an...

Some tiredness no be the type sleep fit cure. You know the one. You slept eight full hours, you even skipped the late-night Twitter quarrel, yet you wake up feeling like you personally pushed a broken-down trotro from Kaneshie to Madina. Phone on 100%, spirit on red battery. Nathino gave that feeling a name. On Friday, 10 November 2023 , the Ghanaian urban-gospel artist and mixing/mastering engineer released the Bless Me EP through BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP , and sitting at track three is a song called “Weary” . This catalog rewind is for everybody whose body reached the office but whose soul is still on the bus. Sit down small. ⚡ “Weary” in 30 Seconds “Weary” is track three of four on Nathino’s Bless Me EP . Solo record, no features, 3:05 long, which makes it the longest song on a project where everything else finishes under three minutes. Afrobeats on paper, urban gospel at heart, released by the BLACK NETWORK MUSIC GROUP and R...

Every Lagos commuter knows the prayer. Before you climb into that danfo or that suspiciously friendly private car at night, you whisper one quick request to heaven: Father, abeg, no one chance today. Now imagine that same street prayer landing on a Kirk Franklin record, surrounded by a full American gospel choir. That is exactly what happens on “Hope In You” , the new collaboration between gospel legend Kirk Franklin and Afrobeats heavyweight Davido . Church people, street people, office people — everybody is invited to this service. “Hope In You” arrived on Friday, 30 October 2026 as track 3 on I Am What I Am , Kirk Franklin’s new 14-track album split into seven studio songs and seven live recordings. Davido sits on a guest list that also includes GloRilla, Jelly Roll and Tobe Nwigwe — yes, the same Tobe Nwigwe whose ‘THE BRIDGE’ album we covered earlier this month. Four artists who rarely share a playlist, one pulpit. Only Kirk Franklin fit arrange that kind of seating plan. ...