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2face is a legend and in
Later this year, 2baba, formerly known as 2face Idibia will be celebrating his 20th anniversary in the industry.
Two glorious decades that has seen him become one of the all-time legends in the game, and even though his personal life comes with headline-grabbing controversies, it is the music that has defined him and that is what we will champion today.
With a catalogue that holds six solo albums, one reloaded project and two group albums, this article will not consider the albums released during his time as a Plantashun Boy but only focus on his solo career that kicked off in 2004, when he released his debut album, ‘‘Face2Face” under the label, Kennis Music.
Here is a ranking of every 2baba album, ranked from Good to Best. [P.S: He does not have any bad album]
6. Ascension [2014]
His last studio album till date fills the last spot not necessarily because it was underwhelming or that terrible, but because it was 2Baba and his standards are quite high and when he delivers anything less than his legacy demands, then it’s bound to cause a mixed reaction.
The album spawns singles like ‘Let Somebody Love You’ and ‘Hate What You Do To Me’. It was an experimental album, one that saw a lot of ‘continental’ sounds, an attempt to appeal to an audience beyond the Nigerian space but somehow most of the songs were lethargic and at best mediocre, failing to make any necessary impact on the scene.
5. The Unstoppable album [2008]
2face Idibia Unstoppable album cover [iTunes/2faceIdibia]
At the time it was released, this was a personal favorite for me. The 19 track project was filled with bop heavy Afropop singles from ‘Enter The Place’, ‘Can’t Do Without You’ featuring Melissa Briggs, the conscious ‘Go Down There’ with UK rapper Sway, the spiritual anthems ‘Free’ and ‘Oh Papa’ with some interesting international collaborations including ‘Flex’ that features R. Kelly.
What was there not to like about this album? But coming from the heavy high of his first two albums, ‘The Unstoppable’ struggled to match the expectations of his fans and failed to fit into the trending era of canned, commercialized music.
