Fire of Zamani

Ice Prince first announced the album's title while speaking with Toolz on Ndani TV's The Juice. He said he put everything into the record, working on it as if it were his first. Additionally, he claimed to have heard the term "Fire of Zamani" while listening to 2Face's album The Unstoppable. Originally slated for release on September 9, 2013, Fire of Zamani was meant to honor people who died in the 2001 Jos riots. On October 17, 2013, Ice Prince revealed the album's artwork as a collage consisting of small posters and released the track list four days later. Fire of Zamani is available on the Spinlet platform, a digital media library application similar to iTunes. Chocolate City held an album launch concert on November 23, 2013, at the Eko Hotels and Suites' Expo Hall. The concert featured performances from Ice Prince, Chip, M.I Abaga, Don Jazzy, Olamide, Burna Boy, Sunny Neji, Yung L, Ruby, Morell, Jeremiah Gyang, DJ Caise and DJ Edu. Ice Prince hosted an album listening session at the Hilton Sandton in Johannesburg in December 2013. He gave a detailed account of each song on the album and signed autograph copies of the album for each guest. The event was hosted by South African rapper Da L.E.S. ==Singles and other releases==

The album's lead single "Aboki", which translates to Friend in Hausa, was released on August 28, 2012. The song was produced by Chopstix and celebrates some of the most successful individuals from Northern Nigeria. The music video for "Aboki" was directed by Phil Lee and filmed in Los Angeles. The album's second single, "More", was also released on August 28. Its music video was recorded in London by Moe Musa. British-Nigerian singer Lola Rae played Ice Prince's love interest in the video. "Gimme Dat" was released as the album's third single on April 23, 2013. The song was also produced by Chopstix and features vocals by Yung L, Burna Boy and Olamide. An alternative version of the song, featuring Wande Coal, surfaced on the internet after the release of the official version. The French Montana and Shaydee-assisted track "I Swear" was released on September 9, 2013, as the album's fourth single. The music video for the song was filmed in the U.S by J.R Saint. On February 20, 2014, Ice Prince premiered the Sesan-directed music video for "Jambo". On May 28, 2014, he released the music video for "Whiskey", which was directed by Aje Filmworks and features cameo appearances from Sunny Nneji and DJ Caise. In an interview with MTV UK in April 2014, Ice Prince said he would release the music video for "Mercy", a song that includes a rap verse by British rapper Chip. On August 6, 2014, Ice Prince released a video for the AKA-assisted remix of "N Word". ==Critical reception==

Fire of Zamani received mixed reviews from music critics. Reviewing for YNaija, Wilfred Okiche characterized the album as "easily accessible and ridiculously catchy" and said it "shines as bright as Ice wants it to". In a negative review, Ayomide Tayo of Nigerian Entertainment Today gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5, saying the "lack of a solid theme running through the LP makes the whole project sound all over the place." ==Track listing==

• Zamani • Jahmaal Bailey }} • Zamani • Sunny Nneji }} • Zamani • Olubowale Akintimehin • Morell }} • Zamani • Yung L • Damini Ogulu • Olamide Adedeji }} • Zamani • Ayodeji Balogun }} • Zamani • Karim Kharbouch }} • Zamani • Jude Abaga • Jesse Garba Abaga }} • Zamani • Olanrewaju Fasasi }} • Zamani • Jeremiah Gyang }} }} ;Notes • "—" denotes a skit ==Personnel==

The following people contributed to Fire of Zamani: • Audu Maikori – executive producer • Paul Okeugo – executive producer • Yahaya Maikori – executive producer • Panshak Zamani – primary artist, writer • Olubowale Victor Akintimehin – featured artist, writer • Sunny Nneji – featured artist • Jude Abaga – executive producer, featured artist, writer • Jahmaal Bailey – featured artist, writer • Ruby Gyang – featured artist, writer • Ayodeji Balogun – featured artist, writer • Karim Kharbouch – featured artist, writer • Olamide Adedeji – featured artist, writer • Olanrewaju Fasasi – featured artist, writer • Damini Ogulu – featured artist, writer • Yung L – featured artist, writer • Jeremiah Gyang – featured artist, writer • Shaydee – featured artist, writer • Morell – featured artist, writer • Chopstix – mixer, producer • Michael Collins Ajereh – producer • Jay Sleek – producer • Sammy Gyang – mixer, producer • E-Kelly – producer • Sean Stan – mastering ==Release history==