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ODUMODUBLVCK drops debut album INDUSTRY MACHINE with a heavyweight guest list

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ODUMODUBLVCK drops debut album INDUSTRY MACHINE with a heavyweight guest list

ODUMODUBLVCK has released his first full-length, INDUSTRY MACHINE, via Native Records / Def Jam / Kalacious Entertainment.

It lands as a 23-track statement with an all-star roll-call from Skepta, Wizkid, Davido, Stormzy, Giggs, Saweetie, Cash Cobain, Seun Kuti, and more,  and artwork painted by Slawn and Soldier.

The record arrives off the back of a year spent mixing home-turf momentum with UK cosigns, festival slots, and big-room features.

What’s on it (full tracklist + features)

    1. INDUSTRY MACHINE
    2. UNAWARE ft. Pa Salieu
    3. BABY REINDEER
    4. BANZA BOY
    5. GROOVING ft. Davido, Seun Kuti
    6. BIG TIME ft. Wizkid
    7. VINICIUS
    8. TIFFANY ft. PsychoYP
    9. ADENUGA ft. Anti World Gangstars, Skepta
    10. MARADONA ft. Justin Quiles, Saweetie
    11. PAY ME ft. Stormzy, Zlatan
    12. LAYI WASABI ft. Reminisce
    13. TOO SPOILT
    14. IF YOU LIKE GYM ft. Modenine
    15. CANDY MUSIC
    16. DO YANGA ft. Patoranking
    17. MY ANGEL ft. Chike
    18. GHETTO MAN YUTE
    19. BAGGIO ft. Prettyboy D-O, Giggs
    20. BOMBASTIC ELEMENT
    21. 2 PEOPLE ft. Cash Cobain
    22. EJOR ft. Ayo Maff, Smada
    23. HALLELUJAH ft. Tobe Nwigwe, Jeriq, Phyno

“Pay Me” with Stormzy and Zlatan put a flag down on both sides of the Atlantic, debuting at No. 6 on the Official UK Afrobeats Chart and making noise on Nigerian charts and Shazam.

INDUSTRY MACHINE follows his 2025 warm-up tape THE MACHINE IS COMING, a project many listeners treated as a staging ground and a proof of concept, with some early reviews asking for more variation than the EZIOKWU era but conceding the raw energy was intact.

Beyond his own catalogue, ODUMODUBLVCK has been visible on other big releases: Davido’s 5ive (“Funds” with Chike) and Rema’s Grammy-nominated HEIS.

The album kicks off its charge with “Pay Me,” featuring Stormzy and Zlatan, the most explosive cut of the lot, all chant-ready hooks and shoulder-to-shoulder energy, already showing legs after debuting at No. 6 on the UK Afrobeats chart (Official Charts).

“Big Time” with Wizkid aims for a smoother lift, the kind of radio-facing groove playlists snap up when the timing is right.

“Grooving” pulls Davido into ODUMODUBLVCK’s orbit again and adds Seun Kuti’s fire, stitching pop muscle to live-band spark in a way their past link-ups hinted at.

“Adenuga,” with Anti World Gangstars and Skepta, feels like a London handshake: drum-led, cipher-ready, built for head-nods rather than gloss.

And “2 People” with Cash Cobain slides into the current club pocket without dropping the grit that keeps his records sticky on first contact.

Some listeners are delighted by the sheer size of a 23-track debut, treating the sprawl as range, while others are asking for a tighter cut with fewer breathers in the middle.

The guest list is part of the draw, though a strand of fans wonders whether star turns leave less room for his solo presence, a question that bubbled up during the MACHINE prelude earlier this year.

What’s winning wide approval is the bridge he keeps building between Lagos and London: Stormzy landing on a street heater, Skepta in the mix, Cash Cobain on a club-leaning cut, Davido and Seun Kuti appearing on the same record, all of it helping “Pay Me” travel quickly on UK charts.

For those who come to him for darker, high-tempo rap-and-Afrobeats hybrids, the album stays in that lane often enough to scratch the itch while testing a few new edges.

INDUSTRY MACHINE plays like a victory lap and a stress test. The highs are undeniable: a bruising single already chart-proven; a Wizkid hookup built for mass appeal; grime links that make sense; street-level writing with enough chant-ready lines for festivals.

The trade-off is sprawl. At 23 cuts, there’s a risk of fatigue if you’re not already inside his world, and a couple of tracks feel like sketches next to the A-sides.

When the production leans lean and percussive, he sounds the most dangerous; when it gets too glossy, the bite softens.

Still, ODUMODUBLVCK’s INDUSTRY MACHINE album does what debuts are supposed to do: lay out the range, plant the flag internationally, and leave headroom for the next phase.

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