Timi Trigger Project Mockingbird is variety marked by expert co-ordination to produce sonic wholesomeness.
Kehinde ‘Trigger’ Oluwatimilehin is an all round musical genius - rapper, guitarist and producer. Music is his most comfortable form of expression and making/listening to music brings a certain amount of bliss and clarity, and he always hopes that whatever music he puts out will bring some ounce of peace, joy and clarity to its listeners.
He is also a part of a Nigerian Pop/Rock band, RepJ360 based in Lagos, Nigeria.
Project Mockingbird is his latest body of work, released on the 9th of June 2023.
THE STARTER
'Be Still' the EP opener is a calm, reassuring and sonically thoughtful assemblage of two rappers with eastern flavours; Kella Thrillz and Kris Grant, to speak on the various issues that plague the heart of young adults, and they proffer one solution - stillness in the idea of the sovereignty of God. With Timi Trigger as a mediator.
Picture a lead actor in the battle ring about to fight a career deciding match. That’s how emotive the next song 'Test Me' is.
Featured acts Tobi Toun and Salauden Zaqueux tap into the combative nature required to bring this song idea into life.
It’s convincing Hip-Hop from the stance point of gospel acts.
Sumol Boy is a lyrical spin of the popular Sunday Service rhyme “I serve a biggie God, who no know am call am Sumoi boy”
It’s more than a representation of sizing. It’s the appealing idea of being the pop culture representation of ‘small boy, big engine’ - a man helped by God. Emboldened by the Holy Spirit.
Tobi Toun is not combative as he was on ‘Test Me’, but equally delightful to listen to. Izee Smith and D’guitroman hook and instrumental inputs are greatly pivotal in the replay value that characterises this song.
'Stand' is a ballad with alternative leanings, guitar riffs hidden in plain sight. It’s the type of song that Rareroot probably wrote from the perspective of ‘Lazarus coming forth’.
'Stand' is the story of someone who has been battered and has decided to make better out of it. Making lemonade from lemon. Self-love but from a place of love from the heavenly father.
Timi Trigger butts in this conversation with his rap verse.
One of the lead singles released a few days before Project Mockingbird is 'Ijo'.
'Ijo'means dance in Yoruba. But it's storyline is far more entrenched in body movements. It is a call to becoming a living sacrifice, one that has been paid for in full.
The chorus loosely translates to ‘The dance that I would offer to an idol/lesser gods, I would rather give that to God’
Obareengy on the remix is very declarative as he switches to rapping in his native language - Yoruba and pidgin English.
The unassuming Majemu is the star here. He is a brilliant poet who recounts brilliantly the idea of being willfully sold out to Christ.
'Wings' is yet another previously released offering, albeit the last one on the project.
'Wings' is Simidele and Timi Trigger inviting you to question what supernatural dependence looks life for you.
How confident and self assured can you be when you are soaring on wings that aren’t yours?
FINAL LAP
The dynamism of collaboration shone brightly throughout this project.
Putting into consideration that all songs with the male acts are rap songs. And the ones with the female featured artists are more of alternative ballads.
But regardless of this fact, not one song felt familiar or repetitive. Dynamic is the word once again.
Arrangement is equally brilliant. From a place of music soundnesses.
Timi Trigger knows when to hide in the background and like a naughty child knows when to saunter into plain sight after confirming the coast is clear.
But perhaps the bone of contention is how would it fare, post release? How would Timi Trigger keep this perfectly co-ordinated project afloat in the sea of this earth?
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