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Jidenna jumped on the scene looking extra clean with his debut single "Classic Man." The undisputed song of the summertime of 2015,  you couldn't escape the track. However, "Archetype Man" soon overshadowed the artist, equally many would refer to him by the proper noun of the song rather than what his mama and daddy named him. Though his feature on Janelle Monáe's "Yoga" was another highlight for the spiffy gent, much of his own output failed to ignite audiences for his debut The Chief. Undeterred, he went dorsum to the drawing board and created a whole new anthology. The last project was an affiliation of the best of both albums. Though we could tell the seams of the project (and felt some kind of way that "Knickers" was left off the final tracklist) information technology is still one of the better albums released in 2022 and largely slept on.

While it felt like information technology took forever and a day for Jidenna to release The Chief, now merely 9 months after its February drop we accept a new projection, the EPBoomerang. With such a quick turnaround, we are both pleasantly surprised and utterly perplexed. Would this new EP incorporate some of the songs that he scrapped? Would be getting something fresh and new? Just, most importantly, is it a bop? The truth is somewhere in the middle.

Boomerang opens with a hilarious skit from a scorned woman. Information technology seems Jidenna may have been leading the immature adult female on and she's talking cash south**t to him via voicemail. We're treated to chuckle-worthy comments like, "I would accept flown out the mean solar day after Afropunk. You got me missing Afropunk. Got me missing Solange! Really? Solange! Like a seat at the tabular array. You got me non at the tabular array crusade you not hither correct now," earlier ending her message with "Dear you, though."

The comical intro then segues into the uptempo "Decibels," a braggadocios rap track almost making dominate moves. "Smoke loud / Move loud / Too proud / They tell her piping it downwards but she make decibels," Jidenna spits. Over a rolling beat of booming drums, maracas and bass, our boy praises a woman on her grind from 9-to-5 and subsequently hours. He also lets you know he's on his game, likewise, and isn't here for play-play, proclaiming to a scrub, "Likewise busy grabbing your balls to ball with us." The championship track "Boomerang" is a low-cal Afro-Caribbean ditty about an on-over again-off-again romance. It's a tale equally old as fourth dimension: Jidenna has found "the one," unfortunately, he's not gear up to settle downward. She wants the kids, the auto and the crib, all the things that Jidenna knows she deserves and that this is ultimately where the relationship should be going.

The third song, "Spy Candy" featuring Tiwa Roughshod, just might exist the party starter of the agglomeration. The midtempo track is an ode to the fine art of cyber stalking, whether it be a random detect or a beloved ex. "Everybody desire a follow / Spy candy / I spy on you sometimes / Y'all spy on me sometimes." While the track is a banger, its sonic similarities to "Archetype Homo" could be the reason it was left off of The Primary. Thankfully, Jidenna found a place for the track on this project.

Of the remixes on the EP, they're pretty much the original tracks with the addition of a special guest or 2. On "Bambi Also" featuring Maleek Drupe, Quavo and Sarkodie, all the boys add their own tale of love lost, with the Migos representer outshining his beau guests with a verse that matches the original menses while adding his own flair to the proceedings. The "Fiddling Scrap More – Remix," while a great showcase for Burna Boy, is a missed opportunity to do something fresh with the track.

Bringing things full circle, the last track of the EP begins with another trash talking session past the scorned woman lighting into Mr. Mobisson over again. "Marco Polo, b***h! This my last post. Crusade I'm done with your due south**t. I'g done with your black James Bond s**t," she exclaims before ending her tirade by blasphemous him smooth the f**k out in Nigerian."Out of Body" featuring Wale and Dot Cromwell closes the brusque collection and is the more introspective version of the intro track, "Decibels."Over sparse, stuttering drums, he talks about a woman out here just trying to survive in a globe total of ghetto life, doing her own thing to survive. "She washed had a long day, a long day / Merely I swear she ever did information technology her own way," nosotros're informed. Unfortunately, Jidenna, who should be the light of her life, only comes around when the sun goes downwards. Wale delivers a good, if not peachy invitee verse on the rail. While he flows over the beat out with aplomb, it lacks the depth of Jidenna's ain take on the field of study matter, feeling like it would fit on near any vocal on the radio today.

Boomerang is a drove of songs that previously missed the cut and a couple bonus remixes, which is non a bad matter. To call these tracks leftovers would be a disservice. A lot of idea and care was put into creating a cohesive EP. There is a thematic through line virtually Jidenna and his lothario ways, and the music flows perfectly from runway to runway. While the remixes may not go that much burn, new tracks "Decibels," "Spy Candy" and "Out of Trunk" will get us hot and bothered at someone's lodge or house party. Boomerang sees Jidenna continuing his journey of condign more than just the "Archetype Human" of his bombastic debut single and continuing to expand his territory every bit he did onThe Chief. What he does next is anybody'due south guess, simply we like where he's going.

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