Veteran rapper Jude Abaga popularly known as Mi Abaga dropped his ninth project ‘Judah The EP on March 6 2020.
The EP after months of teasing and heavy anticipation from rap enthusiasts finally came to light housing eight tracks and five guest artists.Laced with biblical references Mi reaffirms his greatness with this EP as he takes us on a journey emphasizing loyalty, brotherhood, and a reflection on self-consciousness.
The eight-track EP opens up with the first track ’ The parable ’, 38 seconds of spoken word by a child symbolically going on about how he ( MI) is wrongly misjudged by most people and how his kindness is often taken for weakness. The short seconds is a perfect opener for what he ushers next on the album.
On track two ’The Lion’, Mi bares it all open going on about the responsibilities he has to take being the head, irrespective of his vulnerabilities, he has to still stand firm and lead his people. I held down the affairs of popular label Chocolate city for over five years combining his role as an artist with running one of the biggest labels.
Track three is probably the best track on the project as he shows he could still go bar for bar dropping July punchlines and candace flows. The trinity is the name of the track and he employs the services of ace lyricist A-Q, together they go back and forth exerting their rap prowess giving warning to other rappers and affirming his position as the king of hip hop in the country.
Next is ’ the blood’ an emotional piece where MI lets it all outgoing on about loyalty, a recurrent theme in most of his body of works.
The fifth track is the commander, on this track he dishes out rules to live by so as to checkmate fake people in one’s life. Featuring Liberian rapper buck n wild together they both go on about the 4 commandments to abide by.
Track 6 is probably the most emotional track on the Ep. On this track titled ‘The Sacrifice’ MI explores his love life going on a tale of heartbreak. With the epilogue done by an unknown female, MI goes on about how despite the sacrifices he’s made for his ex-lover she nevertheless leaves him for another. He warns her not to come begging back when things go south with her new lover.
Second, to last track on the ep is ‘The Tribe’ a dedicated track to his fans whom he refers to as ‘the tribe’, he features rising rapper and producer Alpha Ojini On the track, he shows appreciation to his fan base emphasizing how they are the driving force behind his still pushing on in music.
To cap the Ep of MI goes on on ’The warrior’ featuring teenager ’Kauna’, he raps on how he’s not going to back down despite all the challenges, hurdles and distractions with Kauna resonating the track with her sonorous vocals.
All in all, Judas The EP is an awesome project one that reeks of adult contemporary rap, a break from rappity rap and corny bars. It’s a matured body of work and doesn’t fall short of a disappointment. It’s definitely worth checking out.
Here’s the link to the album on Apple music
