Inumidun

"2020 has been a year of resets across board, and Skales has not been immune to the feelings of the times. On Healing Process, his June-released seven-track extended play, the veteran was in a contemplative mood, critically examining the trade-offs and choices that had helped him become a fixture of Nigerian popular music over a nine-year span where he went from boy wonder to icon in his own right. “Inu Mi Dun,” his newest release, is a return to pop-singing form for Skales as the mellowed-out crooning from Healing Process is replaced by a more boisterous form of singing that is centered around his joy at spending time with a lover despite obstructions set in place to prevent them from spending time together. On “Inu Mi Dun,” Skales interpolates popular lingo into the core of the song to at once make it familiar and rooted in oral tradition as is typical of Nigerian pop. He keeps up with the pace of the beat, briefly interjecting the joyous chorus with verses that are earnest and delig