by Phil Chard

With its uptempo sound that borrows from caribbean steelpan and bass heavy electro the Spax produced song I Want U promises to be one of Poe’s biggest hits to date. The song also features Tesh Carter, Tec, Saeon and Mojeed on what is a gathering of what I consider to be some of the most promising new faces i n NIgerian Hip Hop. I got hold of Poe to discuss his new single and when we can finally expect his highly anticipated Talk About Poe debut album.

AHHB: You've been consistently releasing quality work, it doesn't seem like you're getting the recognition someone of your talents deserves. Do you agree?

Poe : To be honest with you, yes and no. I do feel like any artist that considers themselves of a certain level feels that they should be getting much more recognition than they are currently getting. At the same time, key people from behind the scenes have approached me and said we see what you're doing and we want to help you take it to the next level and I think that's just as important.

AHHB : I just came across you new song I Want U and off the bat I feel like this might be your biggest hit to date.

Poe : I Want U was a collaborative effort. It's me and Tech from SDC, a very dope rapper called Mojeed, Saeon - her whole movement is picking up and Tesh Carter who sings as well and raps, she sings on this record. We were just in the same space at the time with the producer producer Spax. It was Mojeed’s birthday, we happened to be chilling and we were like we all make music, we are all here let's do something

AHHB: So What Is The Plan For the Single?

Poe we are trying to push this so far. We just dropped the track and we're getting a tonne of love from radio already. We haven't gone to all the radios yet but a number of OAPs [On Air Personalities] have been hollering at us to request it. One of the bigger ones has already put it as song of the week. We all believe it's a great song.

#ToolzSongOfTheWeek #NP 'I Want U' by @LadiPoe @TeshCarter @ShowDemCamp @SAEONMUSIC & @whoismojeed

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AHHB: When can we expect your debut project?

Poe: Man I want it so bad this year. There's been so many setbacks that have taken us a few steps back with the project. But I really hope I'm back on course. I'm working with two main two producers but I'm 6 tracks, 7 tracks in and I want to hit 10. I'm in London right now but I'll be back in Nigeria end of the month to finish up those tracks. I'm saying this year, Talk About Poe [The album title], let's do this!

The full interview can be found on the latest episode of the AHHB Podcast form the 1:01:00 mark

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