Nigerian rapper and songwriter, Tombra Asikpi popularly known as Payper Corleone released his long anticipated album, ”In Don We Trust”. The fifteen track album was released on Wednesday the 20th of January, 2021. 
This is his second album since dropping his first album, Fly Gangsta From The 90’s in 2019. On this album which lasts for 46 minutes, Payper mixs a lot of genre and styles of music to give a blend of some new but unique. He uses the popular Amapiano beat, hip-hop, drill and others adding spice to the entire body of work.
Looking at songs like In Don We Trust, Drip, That’s Wassup, Shake It, we get the regular hip-hop feel in these song with Payper unleashing his full rap skill on each track. He focuses on topics such as girls, sex, success featuring the Zoom master, Cheque, Iceberg. Payper alludes to themes like African giant, mask in the track Shake It, talking about fellow musicians and current happenings. He says, ‘Oh what a feeling, I’m in the mood/, Know where to find me, I’m in the hood/, Who born the boy? The African Giant that’s not in the zoo/, I’m with the goons, Not for the flu, They gon on a mask”.
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Featuring talented rapper Vector on the track Mafo was a good decision on his path. Payper is a talented rapper but Vector just gives that special feel to the sound and beat on this track. Talking about more Nigerian musicians in his music, Payper says in So Bossy,
”I’m so Jay-Z, I’m so Eldee, Such a big boy wetin small wan tell me, I’m so Nasty, I’m so Naeto, African American, I’m so Sauce Kid, How you dress is how they gon’ address you
My lady hot still even when the cheques cool” With foreign feel his songs come with these allusion makes us feel Payper is still one of us.
The use of the famous and awesome Amapiano beat on the track Feel Good where he features Wuka is a plus to this album. Amapiano is always a good choice no matter the genre or style. Payper proves more that he is part of the struggle as he dedicates a whole track to and names it Endsars. This track amongst others resonates the title of the album over and over again.
Other artistes such as TJK, Sinzu, Hotyce, Tetta are all present on this album.
Final Thoughts
Payper Corleone’s ”In Don We Trust” is a good album for people who are rap lovers. Fans of people like Vector, MI etc. will be able to resonate with the vibes and feel of this album. But to none rap lovers, kindly slide to the next one. Centering his topics on girls, life, God, ambition are typical of most rapper. We can only say here that Payper has done a good job but not a great job. The album just stands there and doesn’t at any point move higher than the word Okay. But its creates a good jamming feel especially when you are stuck in traffic or busy in the house.
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