Originality (album)


Originality is the third studio album by Nigerian R&B Superstar Faze released on October 6, 2008. The album gained the tag of being 'THE MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2008' as well the most personal album by Faze.

Production

The production of the album is much different from his last two platinum albums as he dropped some his regular producers such as OJB JEZREEL, COHBAMS, I.D. CABASA & MR DAZ and embraced new producers for his chart bursting Originality album such as Waz Beat and J.Sleek, while maintaining productions by Spankie and Jah Mix.
The beats signal a clear change in producers as it features more Africanized beats than ever in any Faze album, thereby indicating true Originality as the album title denotes.
The mixing and mastering of the album were done by Foster Zeeno, Jah Mix, Indomix, Klem, Richie.

Track listing

Reception and charts

After a successful multi-Platinum selling Independent, Originality has received the tag "The Most Anticipated Album of the Year 2008. The first time the performing artiste will get such recognition for releasing any of his albums. The album also paved way for Faze as the first Nigerian Contemporary artiste to have three of his albums go platinum consecutively.
Having pushed out over One million copies by the end of October its first lead single Originality has been a success in charts reaching the top three of charts like Super 7, Global countdown, Cosmo FM chart etc.
Spend my money, Play Ball, Yawa Eh, Valentine's Day, Am in love, Dutty wine are also expected to make the singles list and if all do make it as singles it will pave way for another history for being the only album by Nigerian to have up 7 singles in an album. Originality also certifies Faze as one of Nigeria most consistent artiste releasing an album every two years the last 'Independent' was released on October 5, 2006.

Vocals and lyrics

Originality is Faze's most personal, reflective and revelatory collectory to date and combines his strong lyrics in his songs all mixed with his raspy voice.
"Yawa Eh", "Originality", "I'm in Love" and "Valentine's Day" are his best lyrically noted tracks. Other songs like "Dutty Wine", "Spend My Money", "Story of My Life" reflect Faze's energetic vocals.