Marhaba is the second track on Kizz Daniel's Marhaba x We Must two-track EP, released September 26, 2024 under Flyboy Inc. Produced by Ramii and Suhel Nafar — a production team blending West African and North African/Middle Eastern sensibilities — the song takes its title from the Arabic word for "welcome" or "hello," one of the most widely used expressions across Northern Africa and the Middle East. Kizz Daniel encountered the word during his time in the region and it stayed with him, eventually becoming the seed of the record.
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Kizz Daniel – We Must (ft. Thyself)The production on Marhaba is the most globally conscious thing Kizz Daniel has made in terms of sound palette. Vibrant percussion, Afrobeats structure, North African melodic influence — the combination sits naturally rather than feeling like a genre experiment. Stupiddope called it "a celebration of confidence, success, and self-reliance," describing how Kizz Daniel used his experiences in Northern Africa and the Middle East to shape the song's emotional direction. Marhaba followed Double in his 2024 release cycle and the two songs together showed an artist using his tenth anniversary not to look backward but to deliberately expand the sonic territory of Afrobeats.
Rating: 8.5/10.
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