Lagos-born artist Patoranking returns with his brand new album World Best, featuring smash track, 'Babylon'.
Racking in over 500 million YouTube views, a quarter billion DSP streams for his previous 2020 album Three, Nigerian star Patoranking lives up to his anointed moniker “World Best” from his devoted fans (consisting of 8.7 million + followers on Instagram alone).
Through his long standing reputation of layering afrobeats, dancehall and reggae, the Lagos-born artist is in a class of his own. He was instantly drawn to the pulsating native rhythms of galala, an uptempo reggae-inspired music and dance that took over the streets of Lagos in the 1980s and 1990s. His fourth studio album, aptly titled World Best, is a masterfully modern culmination of this genre fusion – driven by love, life and conscious lyricism.
Listen to ‘Babylon’ by Patoranking on the Shoot Music New Releases Playlist on Spotify.
On World Best released on September 6 – the 33-year-old taps international icons like American hip hop legend Ludacris and Jamaica’s own dancehall don Beenie Man and Kingston’s unruly boss Popcaan. His homegrown sound is nurtured with more talented collaborators hailing from Africa – including hitmakers Kizz Daniel (Nigeria) and Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania) plus rising stars Victony (Nigeria), Gyakie (Ghana) and Zion Foster (UK by way of Nigeria).
From lush instrumentation to synthesized beats, the LP’s range of production holds a celebratory tone and is provided by an all-star cast of up and coming and well known African producers. The list includes Phantom (Nigeria), Kel P (Nigeria), Killertunes (Nigeria), C-Tea (Ghana), Mix Master Garzy (Ghana) and many more.
The album’s standout track, ‘Babylon’ features one of Nigeria’s latest musical exports Victony and is an alluring wonder into the unknown. The seductive sounds are crafted by Nigeria’s renowned Phantom, the man behind Burna Boy’s ‘Ye’ and Camidoh’s 2022 anthem ‘Sugarcane’.
