

At the centre of See What We’ve Done—the joint album by King Promise and Mr Eazi—are two individual approaches to feeling, rhythm and expression, the pair’s artistic inclinations meeting somewhere in between Afrobeats and R&B. Together, King Promise and Mr Eazi balance humour and sensuality, as on “Mad Ting”, where King Promise leans into provocative songwriting, crooning, “Bad girl, call me panty-wetter” with cheeky, sensual bravado. By contrast, Mr Eazi plays the counterbalance: relaxed and understated. On “Baby I’m Still Jealous”, King Promise leads over a plaintive, resonant guitar, referencing a specific reality: Mr Eazi’s marriage to Temi Otedola, daughter of famed Nigerian businessman and philanthropist Femi Otedola. It is both vulnerable and meta: a specific emotional landing spot on an R&B album that can shift between personal confession and observational storytelling. The album’s production leans into a staccato percussive groove; short drum and clap hits that land in quick bursts, adding rhythmic urgency. Then there’s “That Way”, where the pair interpolates the Backstreet Boys, siphoning a millennial pop staple into a Ghanaian midtempo set. They weave between Twi and English so that the language itself becomes part of the rhythm. A pattern of collaboration holds across See What We’ve Done: King Promise leans expressive, sometimes risqué and always emotionally precise; Mr Eazi remains smooth, grounded and effortlessly cool. One brings the spark, the other the glide. Somewhere in between, they find a balance that gives the project both bite and brio.