Futuristic Old World Pop
Nigerian-based Jaye Crown has recorded one of the most unusual pop songs I’ve ever heard in “Oko mi ose,†a bizarre but irresistible combination of happy, upbeat African drum beats and gratuitously autotuned vocals. "Oko mi ose" (which Google translates as "Let's go" in Japanese), swirls in a robotic kaleidoscope of autopitched lyrics, so warped that it's hard to tell what language she is actually singing in: is it Japanese (as the title suggests), English (the most common language in Nigeria), or something else? It's quite difficult to say, though certain parts of the song definitely sound like words I can understand. The track exudes the kind of high-energy, clubby techno tracks often heard playing out of Old World taxicabs in certain metropolitan areas of the developing world; a wonderful melting pot of traditional African rhythms and digital enhancements from the discoteque. Careful; this song might get stuck in your head and stay there.

