MNEK: Language review – people-pleasing pop and camp braggadocio

(Virgin)Uzoechi Emenike is best known for his Top 10-scaling duets with more famous artists including Stormzy and the Swedish singer Zara Larsson. It’s a state of affairs the musician is immediately keen to flag up and rectify on his debut album. The cringey but admittedly memorable opener Background is half moody electro track, half skit revealing the right way to pronounce his moniker (it’s emin-e-kay), before Correct delivers an onslaught of camp braggadocio outlining why listen...

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