British Gambian rapper Pa Salieu has introduced a brand new mixtape: the 11-song Afrikan Alien arrives subsequent Friday, November 15. The venture contains latest singles “Belly,” “Round & Round,” and “Allergy,” in addition to tracks that includes contributions from Black Sherif, Byron Messia, and Odumodublvck. Afrikan Alien follows Salieu’s 2020 debut mixtape Ship Them to Coventry. The mixtape additionally marks the artist’s first full-length file since he was launched from jail earlier this yr. Discover the tracklist and canopy art work beneath.
“Afrikan Alien is my story, my purpose. I started putting it together the moment I got out of prison, building it on real reflections and real experiences I processed while I was away,” Salieu mentioned in a press launch. “These bars were born in a cell and completed when I was released, with each collaboration—from Byron Messiah to Odumodublvck to Black Sherif—being organic and true, like home-cooked food from the motherland, filled with love and truth.”
Salieu was launched from jail in September. He was sentenced to 33 months of incarceration, in December 2022, after being convicted of violent dysfunction and possessing a bottle as an offensive weapon, stemming from a 2018 incident.