Sounds From The Other Side Wizkid [2021] May 2026

However, the project was not without its critics. Some hardcore Afrobeats purists felt the EP was too short and too reliant on American features, arguing that Wizkid had watered down his sound to court Western radio. But this misses the point entirely.

The EP directly paved the way for his 2020 masterpiece, Made in Lagos (which featured the record-breaking hit “Essence”). Without the bridge-building of Sounds from the Other Side , the global embrace of “Essence” would not have happened as smoothly. Sounds from the Other Side is best viewed as a bridge—a short, efficient, and beautifully produced connector between two musical worlds. It represents Wizkid’s realization that to conquer the “other side,” he didn't need to erase his identity; he just needed to translate it. sounds from the other side wizkid

While it didn’t generate a “One Dance”-level solo hit, it successfully repositioned Wizkid from “African star” to global pop star . However, the project was not without its critics