Davido dropped one of the lead singles to his just-announced forthcoming album 5ive on Friday. The record titled Funds features OdumoduBlvck and singer Chike and is an uptempo record with Highlife and Amapiano influences.
Davido opens the song with his usual braggadocios and swag. He does decent work on his pen game and his melodies are top-notch. He’s talking to a woman, and trying to convince her to allow him to mismanage his money on her.
Odumodu follows after the chorus with a solid 8-bar verse and does justice to the Amapiano-infused instrumental. Chike follows up with another 8-bar verse and we see Davido come back to the chorus, going melody for melody with rapper OdumoduBlvck.
The Brenda Fassie’s “Vuli Ndela,” sample at the beginning of the song triggers childhood memories, bringing back a familiar experience to the mind. The entire record draws influence from Davido’s 1 Milli of his A Good Time album.
Snippets on X dating as far back as September and November show that the song was initially recorded by OdumoduBlvck and Mizzle, as said by Odumodu himself here, and it’s very possible Davido bought the song from them, re-did Mizzle’s part and put Chike on the song for extra flavor.
Our rating of Davido’s funds
This is one of Davido’s best records in a while. He maintains a very African theme and delivery even in his writing and it’s amazing to see. His synergy with OdumoduBlvck is beautiful to witness and the record builds much anticipation for his forthcoming album.
With top-level production, classic features, and good writing, Davido delivers a record that will get the streets moving all through December.
While it’s interesting to see Davido embrace the same type of music he called out his colleagues for some years back, saying they were making “wombolombo music” to win Grammys, it’s also nice to observe how he adds his own elements to it and delivers a fresh new sound.
Funds is a solid record and would definitely be an immediate banger due to the quality of the song and the star power behind it. It does its job properly, building up anticipation for the album and increasing Davido’s attempt to reclaim the charts. Whether it would stand the test of retention and time would be another discussion for another day.
Song Rating: Good
Delivery – 1.5
Production – 1.2
Satisfaction – 1.3
Songwriting – 1.3
Execution Of Release – 1.5
Total – 6.6/10
