Asake became one of Nigeria’s biggest breakout stars in the early 2020s, thanks to a street-pop sound that mixes up snatches of local styles with big, bold hooks and vivid dispatches of life in Lagos. Mr. Money With the Vibe became the highest-charting Nigerian debut on the Billboard 200, and for good reason: Long on pleasure and presence, it offers everything from a Burna Boy cameo (the remix of “Sungba”) to hypnotically grooving burners (“Joha”) to incantatory slow ones (“Dull,” about refusing to be) and never lets up. It all adds up to a debut you shouldn’t miss. —C.H.
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