One of the more slower songs, Helicopter/ Beware is the longest song on the album. It’s a great first song for the the album as it’s quick and to the point.īambi deals with Jidenna blaming his old world beliefs and himself for costing him the love his life. Also formatting here is a pain so expect errors.īased on true events, the Bull’s Tale is about Jidenna’s trip to Nigeria to bury his Father, one filled with paranoia based on past traumas. Note: I could go on and on about what the lyrics mean, but I’ll let you guys figure out the greater details in them. I believe it’s a metaphor for how the songs are sung. He’s an old man who spouts proverbs which don’t really make sense but have some truth to them. *In the album, between the songs, a character named “Uncle Palmwine” talks.

In all, The Chief is about an immigrant from 2 different worlds and the words he offers. This is in my opinion, best exemplified in the promotional song Bambi, arguably the best song in the album. Jidenna is a man who has lived many different kinds of lives and is reflected in the romanticizing stories he sings. I thought he was just a playboy but his personal history and where he comes from is much more complicated than what you could only assume just by looking at him. I first saw him perform on Luke Cage and immediately went, “Who's this guy?” Then I searched and found out he was the guy who sang I’m a Classic Man with Kendrick Lamar. Jidenna is probably one of the more underappreciated artist out there. If you want some details on Jidenna from himself, he does a neat interview here. The album is under an hour long so it does not require much effort to listen to it.

You can find the entire album on YouTube provided by Sony Music Entertainment. I have links to some songs/teasers and some words prepared below if you have never heard of particular songs or even the entire album. Even if you don’t understand where the beats come from, that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate this album's lyrics and the Hip-Hop it features or the other genres like Pop and R&B that are mixed in. So it's been more than a year since Jidenna released The Chief on February 17, 2017.

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