After two years of the darkness, I believe in love again, and surprisingly, I have Phyno to thank for that. As I laid on my bed this morning, my body battling my mind for the power to rise up, shower and head to the office, I was uncomfortable in my spirit. Somewhere else, another battle was raging, and it had everything to do with love. I had gone to bed the night before, with one song on repeat, and as I rose up this morning, I was a new man in my heart. When was the last time I sat down or lay on my bed and allowed the concept of love to flow through me? When did I allow love to penetrate my thick heart and find happiness from caring about another person? But this song has achieved it. I am thinking of love again. And it is all down to that one song. The song I forgot to mute before I was embraced by sleep. The song that pervaded my bedroom, and sent messages to my unconscious, ridding me of all the pain that love has caused me, and given me belief again in finding happiness in the arms of a woman. It’s difficult to believe that this man is one of Nigeria’s finest rapper’s. It’s been many months since he came through with the superhit ‘Fada fada’ together with Olamide, mostly because it has proven to be one of those songs with evergreen potential. Since December 2015, the King of The East has been receiving mad love from making nigh-religious aspirational and thanksgiving music. ‘Connect’ was the first, which ensured that he went through the winter months with a hit ringing all around. ‘Fada fada’ came next and proved to be a bigger hit than its predecessor. His amazing follow-up ‘E sure for me’ is yet to receive the same acceptance and love shown to the rest. But Phyno is moving on with a love song, as the Penthauze hit maker is on a very romantic path right now. He switches the narrative with ‘Pino Pino’, a new track off his forthcoming album “Playmaker P” (which is scheduled for a November release.) Just as the three singles before it, ‘Pino Pino’ distils the sonic magic of old Eastern Highlife music, and places it in a contemporary context. The song is produced by Benjamz, with the guitars being the most prominent of all the percussions on it. Played by Soularge, it carries the song effortless, complimenting every vocal from the singer. This fits in perfectly as a ‘wedding’ song template. With ‘Pino Pino’, Phyno further strengthens his foray into singing, as each song brings a new dimension to his singing prowess. This makes it four straight singles without a rap line shared or a bar destroyed. What’s being killed are vocals and notes. As with the previous singles, Phyno is cherry-picking the best parts of the vibrant old Highlife movement of the east and turning these elements into fresh song. He even shouts out the Oriental Brothers at the end of this one.