Draft:Take Over (album)

Take Over is the debut studio album by Nigerian singer Kcee. It was released by Five Star Music on 1 November 2013, and is a mixture of Afrobeats, Afropop, highlife, and hip hop. The album was produced by Del B, Blaq Jerzee and Soso Soberekon. Take Over features collaborations with Don Jazzy, Flavour, Harrysong, Skiibii, Davido, Phyno, Timaya, Wizkid, and D'Banj. The album housed nine singles: "Totori", "Give It To Me", "Limpopo", "Okoso", "Pull Over", "Ogadinma", "Emmah", "Hakuna Matata", and "Ogaranya".

Background and promotion
After Kcee's breakup with former music partner Presh, Kcee started a solo career. He started to release singles such as "Okpekete" and "Carnival", and he kept releasing songs until he finally blew up with his track "Limpopo" released in March of 2013. Once he released "Limpopo" people started to give him the alias "Limpopo king" and "Okpekete master". Then he started releasing more songs such as "Pull Over" and "Okoso" to prove his dominance in the music industry. Since he released all of these singles, he had to get ready to release his debut solo album. On 15 October 2013, Kcee released a promotional ad for the album.

Singles
The lead single "Totori" features vocals from former label mate Harrysong. The song was released on 18 April 2012 and was produced by the label owner Soso Soberekon. The second single "Give It To Me" features vocals from Nigerian highlife singer Flavour. It was released on 12 September 2012 and was produced by Del B. The music video for "Give It To Me" was released on 9 October 2012 and was directed by Godfather Productions. The third single "Limpopo" was released on 1 March 2013 and produced by Del B. The song was nominated for "Hottest Single of the Year" at the 2013 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and won Song of the Year at The Headies 2013. The music video for "Limpopo" was released on 15 March 2013 and directed by Piguar Films. The fourth single "Okoso" was released on 6 August 2013 and produced by Del B. The music video for "Okoso" was released on 29 August 2013 and directed by Soso Soberekon. The fifth single "Pull Over" features additional vocals from Wizkid and was produced by Del B and released on 19 September 2013. The music video for "Pull Over" was released on 31 October 2013 and directed by Clarence Peters. The video features cameos from Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme, and the song was nominated for Best Pop Single at The Headies 2014 , won "Duo/Group or Featuring" at the 2014 Channel O Music Video Awards , and won Hottest Single of the Year at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards. The sixth single "Ogadinma" was produced by Del B and released on 26 October 2013. The music video for "Ogadinma" was released on 25 July 2014 and directed by Aje Filmworks. The seventh single "Emmah" features vocals from D'Banj and was produced by Del B. The song was released on 16 January 2014 and the music video was directed by Godfather Productions. The eighth single "Hakuna Matata" was produced by Blaq Jerzee and was released on 28 February 2014. The music video for "Hakuna Matata" was directed by Soso Soberekon. The ninth and final single "Ogaranya" features Davido and was released on 22 August 2014. The music video was directed by Godfather Productions.

Awards
The album was nominated for Best Album of the Year at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards and won Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year at The Headies 2014, and was nominated for Best R&B/Pop Album at The Headies 2014.

Personnel

 * Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo – primary artist, writer
 * Michael Collins Ajereh – featured artist, writer
 * Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo – featured artist, writer
 * Abbey Toyyib Elias – featured artist, writer
 * Harrison Tare Okiri - featured artist, writer
 * David Adedeji Adeleke - featured artist, writer
 * Inetimi Alfred Odon - featured artist, writer
 * Chinedu Izuchukwu Okoli - featured artist, writer
 * Chibuzor Nelson Azubuike - featured artist, writer
 * Ajebo - writer, skit
 * Soso Soberekon - producer
 * Okhuofu Isaiah Oshoriameh - producer
 * Jo Pee - producer
 * Ayodele Joseph Basil – producer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer
 * Dr Amir - mixing engineer, mastering engineer
 * Zeeno Foster - mixing engineer, mastering engineer