Judikay and Mercy Chinwo team up on a new thanksgiving song called “Ekele Gi (Your Praise).”
The record is built around gratitude, with both singers directing praise to God. There is no word yet on a producer, so the pairing itself carries the weight here. Thanksgiving songs live or die on how honest they sound, and that is the real test. Two worship ministers trading lines about God’s goodness is a familiar format, yet the writing has to carry it.
Judikay, born Judith Kanayo-Opara, has made a name for herself in contemporary Nigerian gospel with songs like “Capable God,” “Omemma,” “Song of Angels (Ndi Mo Zi)” and “More Than Gold.” Mercy Chinwo, on the other hand, is behind “Excess Love,” “Obinasom,” “Confidence” and “Amazing God.” The two have worked together before, so this is a reunion rather than a first meeting.
If the lyrics stay personal and specific rather than settling for general praise, the record will do what it sets out to do. That is the bar for this kind of song.
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