HOPE!!
by Angelique Kidjo
- Type: Album
- Released: 24 April 2026
- Label: Self-Released
- Country: Benin
- Length: 53:06
- Community rating: 4.14/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Collaborating with a new generation of West African producers, Kidjo integrates contemporary afrobeats with traditional Beninese vocal techniques on 'HOPE!!'. The record serves as a bridge between the historical foundations of Fon music and the digital sounds of the modern Lagos scene. Lyrics are performed in Fon, Yoruba, French, and English, emphasizing pan-African unity.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, powerful, polyphonic, collaborative, dance, vocal, melodic, collaborations, accessible
Tracklist
- Bando (feat. Pharrell Williams & Quavo) (3:17)
- Aye Kan (Are You Coming Back?) [feat. Ayra Starr] (3:04)
- No Stopping Us (2:21)
- Fall On Me (feat. PJ Morton) (3:07)
- Oyaya (feat. Nile Rodgers & IZA) (3:26)
- Superwoman (feat. Dadju) (2:51)
- I鈥檓 On Fire (feat. The Cavemen.) (2:38)
- You Can (3:16)
- Kakua (feat. Diamond Platnumz) (3:28)
- Sunlight to My Soul (3:25)
- For Me (feat. Charlie Wilson) (3:22)
- Big Heart (3:24)
- Jerusalema (5:29)
- Joy (feat. Davido) (2:49)
- Nadi Balance (feat. Sheila Maurice-Grey) (3:16)
- Mala茂ka (feat. Florent Pagny) (3:45)
Credits
- Angelique Kidjo - primary artist, lead vocals, songwriter
- Thierry Vaton - arranged by [horn arranger]
- Olivier Defays - baritone saxophone
- Francesco Di Giovanni - engineer [assistant mixing engineer]
- Ramiro Fernandez-Seoane - engineer [assistant mixing engineer]
- Chab - engineer [mastering engineer], Engineer [Engineer Mastering Engineer]
- Manny Marroquin - engineer [mixing engineer]
- Benjamin Thomas - engineer [recording engineer]
- Cyrille Traclet - engineer [recording engineer]
- Mike Larson - engineer [recording engineer], engineer [mixing engineer]
- Jean Hebrail - engineer [vocal recording engineer], Lyrics By, Producer, Songwriter, Programmed By [Programming], Engineer [Recording Engineer]
- Eli Wolf - executive-producer
- Amen Viana - guitar
- Pharrell Williams - lead vocals, producer, engineer [mixing engineer], songwriter, Vocals
- Quavo - lead vocals, songwriter, Vocals
- Nicolas Gueret - tenor saxophone
- Fabien Cyprien - trombone
- Christian Martinez - trumpet
- LOUDDAAA - composed by [composer], producer, programmed by [programming]
- Johnny Drille - engineer [mixing engineer]
- Kehinde Alabi - engineer [recording engineer]
- Femi Leye - guitar
- Ayra Starr - lead vocals, songwriter, Vocals
- DEEN-O - lyrics by
- Bishop Sax - saxophone
- Promise Ekpe - songwriter
- Shungudzo Kuyimbia - backing vocals [background vocals], engineer [vocal recording engineer], songwriter
- Sheila Maurice-Grey - featuring, Trumpet
- Ang茅lique Kidjo - Primary Artist, Vocals, Lead Vocals, Songwriter, Lyrics By, Engineer [Vocal Recording Engineer]
- Shungudzo Kuyimba - Backing Vocals [Background Vocals], Producer [Vocal Producer], Engineer [Vocal Recording Engineer], Songwriter, Arranged By [Arranger], Lyrics By, Arranged By [Vocal Arranger]
- Jackson Haile - Engineer [Assistant Mixing Engineer], Producer, Engineer [Mixing Engineer]
- Jesse Ray Ernster - Engineer [Mixing Engineer]
- Ian Rosales - Engineer [Recording Engineer], Engineer [Vocal Recording Engineer]
- Reginald Nicholas Jr. - Engineer [Vocal Recording Engineer]
- Magatte Sow - Percussion
- Oluwaseyi Akerele - Producer, Programmed By [Programming], Songwriter
- PJ Morton - Songwriter, Vocals, Lead Vocals
- Angelina Sherie - Violin
- Bruno Oliveira - Backing Vocals [Background Vocals]
- Philippe Saisse - Composed By [Composer], Keyboards, Programmed By [Programming], Marimba
- Kaique Del Giudice - Engineer [Vocal Recording Engineer]
- Lucas Fernandes - Engineer [Vocal Recording Engineer]
- Rafael Tudesco - Engineer [Vocal Recording Engineer]
- Nile Rodgers - Guitar, Lead Vocals
- Iza - Lyrics By, Vocals, Lead Vocals
- Jenni Mosello - Lyrics By
- Osinachi Nwaneri - Programmed By [Programming]
- Brandon Fields - Saxophone
- Nick Lane - Trombone
- Jamie Hovorka - Trumpet
- Wayne Bergeron - Trumpet
- J茅r茅mie Tuil - Engineer [Mixing Engineer]
- Renaud Rebillaud - Guitar, Programmed By [Programming], Keyboards, Bass, Producer, Engineer, Songwriter
- Dadju Nsungula - Lead Vocals, Vocals, Songwriter
- Tomilola Ogunmoyin - Backing Vocals [Background Vocals]
- Kingsley Chukwudi Okorie - Bass, Percussion, Vocals, Songwriter, Drums, Double Bass
- Benjamin Chukwudi James - Drums, Vocals, Songwriter
- Spax - Engineer [Mixing Engineer]
- Nsikak David - Guitar
- The Cavemen. - Lead Vocals, Producer, Vocals