Mother Nature

Angélique Kidjo Cements Her Legacy As One Of The Most Singular And Extraordinary Voices In International Music With Mother Nature

Mother Nature

Mother Nature is Angélique’s first album of original music in 7 years, following 2019’s Grammy-winning Celia, and her 2018 radical reimagining of Talking Heads’ landmark LP Remain In Light. Mother Nature features Yemi Alade, Mr Eazi, Salif Keita, Burna Boy, Shungudzo, Zeynab, Lionel Loueke, Sampa The Great, Blue Lab Beats, Ghetto Boy, EARTHGANG, and -M-. Producers that worked on the album include Kel P (Burna Boy), James Poyser of The Roots, Vtek, Rexxie, Synematik, Blue Lab Beats, -M-, Brad Thomas Ackley, David Donatien and Dany Synthé. She began writing it in 2019 and it was created over the past year in quarantine.

TRACKLIST

  1. CHOOSE LOVE

  2. DIGNITY (with Yemi Alade)

  3. AFRICA, ONE OF A KIND (with Mr Eazi & Salif Keita)

  4. MOTHER NATURE

  5. DO YOURSELF (with Burna Boy)

  6. MEANT FOR ME (feat. Shungudzo)

  7. OMON OBA (with Zeynab & Lionel Loueke)

  8. FREE & EQUAL (with Sampa The Great)

  9. FIRED UP (feat. Blue Lab Beats & Ghetto Boy)

  10. TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT (with EARTHGANG)

  11. MYCELIUM (with -M-)

  12. ONE AFRICA (Indépendance Cha-Cha)

  13. FLYING HIGH

GUESTS INCLUDE

Yemi Alade, Mr. Eazi, Salif Keita, Burna Boy, Shungudzo, Zeynab, Lionel Loueke, Sampa The Great, Blue Lab Beats, Ghetto Boy, EARTHGANG, and -M-

Music Videos

ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO JOINED FORCES WITH NIGERIAN SINGER YEMI ALADE FOR A POWERFUL NEW TRACK “DIGNITY.” THE SPIRITED ANTHEM WAS INSPIRED BY THE YOUTH-LED MOVEMENT TO DISBAND THE SPECIAL ANTI-ROBBERY SQUAD AND IS ACCOMPANIED BY A POIGNANT MUSIC VIDEO STARRING KIDJO AND ALADE.

AFRICA, ONE OF A KIND” FEATURING MR. EAZI AND SALIF KEITA. PORTIONS OF THE VIDEO WERE FILMED ON LOCATION IN CONTONOU, BENIN AND IN MALI. IT WAS DIRECTED BY DRAHMAS OMOFRESH OF BENIN, AND THE DANCE FEATURED IN THE VIDEO IS CALLED GOGBAHOUN, WHICH ORIGINATES FROM ANGÉLIQUE’S HOME VILLAGE OF OUIDAH.