Burna Boy fails to offer the best part of either world in 'I Told Them'

Burna Boy smugly revels in what he perceives to be widespread national schadenfreude directed at him.Through an examination of Afrobeats and Hip Hop that falls short of creating a compelling body of work, Burna Boy gloats in "I Told Them" about what he perceives to be a long-standing national dislike for him.Burna Boy omitted to mention this in his boasting, though, which is that he was never the target of a national schadenfreude. Nigerians never questioned his talent's ability to propel him to the level of success he currently enjoys. They questioned his ability to get out of his own way and control his demons.