ABEG is track 11 on G.O.A.T, Erigga's studio album released March 28, 2025. Produced by OG Sterling and running 2 minutes 34 seconds, it brings the Port Harcourt Afropop duo Ajebo Hustlers — known for Parachute, Loyalty and Celine Dion (ft ODUMODUBLVCK) — onto a record that sits in the mellower, melodic lane of what is otherwise one of Erigga's grittier projects. Erigga — born Philip Eriguna in Warri, Delta State — has built his entire catalogue on uncompromising street rap and social commentary rooted in the realities of Niger Delta life, with projects like The Erigma, The Erigma II and Paper Boi establishing him as one of Nigeria's most respected lyricists. Your original draft's image used the Therapy Sessions artwork — ABEG is from a different project entirely.
ABEG brings out a side of Erigga that his most hardcore fans sometimes overlook — the ability to sit in a melodic, audience-broadening record without losing his voice or identity within it. Ajebo Hustlers' melodic hooks give the track the commercial lift it needs without softening Erigga's presence, and the G.O.A.T album framing — Greatest Of All Time — gives the track's title a second layer of meaning: "abeg" as both a street plea and a confident assertion that there is nothing left to argue about.
Rating: 7.5/10.
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