By the time you are done reading this article, Olamide might be on the verge of releasing yet another hit single. This lad knows no limit. According to Fireboy DML, “Olamide records so frequently like an upcoming artist; it’s scary the amount of music he registers in a week. He’s an inspiration for us, new artists, to do more”.

Words by Sesan Adeniji

As of May 2019 when he dropped the single “Oil and Gas”, looking back from the last quarter of 2018, he has successfully released one hit single in the space of every two months to date. It’s arguably a record defining statistics seldom found on the résumé of any artists from this side of the divide.

August 2018, the chart-topping ‘Motigbana’ found its way into party venues across the country. November ushered in the comical hit ‘Poverty Die’. In February 2019, he dropped the street symphony ‘Woske’ and then came ‘Buga Small Small’ (freestyle) in March reminding every rapper his hard-hitting #punchlines are not watered down. April 2019, he dropped “Spirit” to reiterate his versatility.

In a country where his colleagues are struggling to frequently release songs that resonates with the mass music devotees, swiftly as nighttime and daybreak – at the momentum of a moving train, Olamide continues to drop chart-topping singles effortlessly. But does this lad achieve these feats? Understanding the headspace of this hitmaker will reveal so much.

About eight years ago when ID Cabasa invited me to meet with Olamide in his studio located around the university of Lagos environs. It was then I understood his incredible work ethics. Calm and collected, Olamide spends much of his time researching all the lingos on the street. Then follows up with writing and recording more songs than he was scheduled studio time for.

As of today, his strategies remain the same – reasons why he’s registered more hit songs in the year in review than his contemporaries. Olamide is on the loose and he’s churning out hit songs back-to-back.