Desire (Iyanya album)

The meaning behind Desire stems from the concept of one having an alter ego. In a nutshell, Iyanya compares and contrasts his dualistic personalities, saying, "Desire was just an R&B guy with a great voice who took time to write music and talk about his feelings but just a few people appreciate Desire. Desire always begged for shows, hustles for everything but Iyanya is global. Iyanya is accepted by all."{{cite web | url=http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/my-manager-tricked-me-into-doing-kukere-iyanya/ | title=My Manager tricked me into doing Kukere – Iyanya | publisher=Vanguard Media Limited | date=12 January 2013 | accessdate=17 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203235431/http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/01/my-manager-tricked-me-into-doing-kukere-iyanya/ | archive-date=3 February 2014 | url-status=live }} Iyanya started working on the album after recording his debut album, My Story, and was inspired to record the hit single "Kukere" during a visit to his hometown of Calabar. Iyanya realized that the Etighi dance didn't have a unique song. To popularize the dance, he teamed up with producer D'Tunes to record "Kukere".{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se0qoNO229g | title=iROKtv - Iyanya Interview | publisher=YouTube | work=iROKtv - Iyanya Interview | date=18 May 2012 | accessdate=17 January 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225194137/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se0qoNO229g | archive-date=25 December 2013 | url-status=live }}

Iyanya and his management team created a two-concert series named Iyanya vs. Desire to commemorate the completion of the record. The first concert was held at the Abuja International Conference Centre on 24 February 2013, and featured additional performances from D'banj, M.I, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Flavour N'abania, May D, Vector, Kcee, Slo-Flo, Addiction, I-Sick and Tekno Miles. Eko Hotel and Suites hosted the second concert on March 2, 2013; D'banj, M.I., Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Timaya, Flavour N'abania, Davido, Seyi Shay, May D, Bracket, Vector, Iceberg Slim, and Lola Rae were among the other performers.{{cite web|title=IYANYA Vs DESIRE Album Launch Concert in Lagos.|url=http://zenmagazineafrica.com/events/iyanya-desire-album-launch-concert-lagos/|publisher=ZenMagazineAfrica|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130225215855/http://zenmagazineafrica.com/events/iyanya-desire-album-launch-concert-lagos/|archive-date=25 February 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=BN Red Carpet Fab: "Iyanya vs Desire" Album Launch in Lagos|url=http://www.bellanaija.com/2013/03/06/bn-red-carpet-fab-iyanya-vs-desire-album-launch-in-lagos/|publisher=BellaNaija|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130906173441/http://www.bellanaija.com/2013/03/06/bn-red-carpet-fab-iyanya-vs-desire-album-launch-in-lagos/|archive-date=6 September 2013|url-status=live}} Iyanya performed at Manchester's HMV Ritz and London's Indigo02 Arena to promote the album in the United Kingdom. The latter concert was held on 9 June 2013, while the former was held on 14 June 2013.{{cite web|title=Iyanya 'Kukere' Live In Concert tickets - The o2|url=http://www.theo2.co.uk/indigo2/view-event.html?eventId=6699|publisher=the02Areana|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811101222/http://www.theo2.co.uk/indigo2/view-event.html?eventId=6699|archive-date=11 August 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=VIDEO: Iyanya Kukere Concert, London {{!}} Backstage Interviews, Performances & More|url=http://notjustok.com/2013/06/14/video-iyanya-kukere-concert-london-backstage-interviews-performances-more/|publisher=NotJustOk|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130809054856/http://notjustok.com/2013/06/14/video-iyanya-kukere-concert-london-backstage-interviews-performances-more/|archive-date=9 August 2013|url-status=live}}

The D'Tunes-produced track "Kukere" was released on 4 December 2011 as the album's lead single. Its music video was directed by Patrick Elis.{{cite web|title=BN Video Premiere: Iyanya – Kukere|url=http://www.bellanaija.com/2012/03/24/bn-video-premiere-iyanya-kukere/|publisher=BellaNaija|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915135051/http://www.bellanaija.com/2012/03/24/bn-video-premiere-iyanya-kukere/|archive-date=15 September 2013|url-status=live}} The album's second single "Ur Waist", which features vocals by Emma Nyra, was released on 8 July 2012. The song's music video was directed by Clarence Peters.{{cite web|title=VIDEO: Iyanya – Ur Waist|url=http://tooxclusive.com/2012/09/14/video-iyanya-ur-waist/|publisher=tooxclusive|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807105653/http://tooxclusive.com/2012/09/14/video-iyanya-ur-waist|archive-date=7 August 2013|url-status=live}}A remix "Kukere" featuring D'banj was released on August 20, 2012, as the album's third single. "Flavour" also produced by D'Tunes, followed as the fourth single on November 10, 2012, with its music video directed by Moe Musa.{{cite web|title=VIDEO: Iyanya – Flavour|url=http://tooxclusive.com/2012/12/23/video-iyanya-flavour/|publisher=tooxclusive|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719113016/http://tooxclusive.com/2012/12/23/video-iyanya-flavour/|archive-date=19 July 2013|url-status=live}} "Sexy Mama" and "Jombolo" were released on 6 February and 12 June 2013, as the album's fifth and sixth singles, respectively. Wizkid sings on the former, while Flavour N'abania sings on the latter.{{cite web|title=New Video: Iyanya ft. Flavour – Jombolo|url=http://www.360nobs.com/2013/06/new-video-iyanya-ft-flavour-jombolo/|publisher=360nobs|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812074113/http://www.360nobs.com/2013/06/new-video-iyanya-ft-flavour-jombolo/|archive-date=12 August 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=NEW VIDEO: Iyanya – Sexy Mama Ft. Wizkid [Official Video]|url=http://www.360nobs.com/2013/04/new-video-iyanya-sexy-mama-ft-wizkid-official-video/|publisher=360nobs|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722034425/http://www.360nobs.com/2013/04/new-video-iyanya-sexy-mama-ft-wizkid-official-video/|archive-date=22 July 2013|url-status=live}}

{{Album ratings

| align=right

| rev1 = Nigerian Entertainment Today

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}

|rev2 = Jaguda

|rev2score= {{Rating|2.5|5}}

}}

Desire received generally mixed reviews from music critics. A writer for TayoTV, who goes by Amb Noni, said some of the album's tracks were "awesome and some were below par."{{cite web|title=Review (Iyanya) - Iyanya vs. Desire|url=http://www.tayotv.net/2013/02/review-iyanya-iyanya-vs-desire.html|publisher=TayoTv|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130824073428/http://www.tayotv.net/2013/02/review-iyanya-iyanya-vs-desire.html|archive-date=24 August 2013|url-status=dead}} In a less enthusiastic review, Nigerian Entertainment Today{{'}}s Ayomide Tayo said the album is "nothing more than a product of the times we live in" and characterized it as a "pop driven LP aimed at pleasing a demography that loves beats and dance, at the expense of lyrics".{{cite web|title=Iyanya Vs Desire – A product of its environment [Album Review]|url=https://thenet.ng/iyanya-vs-desire-a-product-of-its-environment-album-review/|publisher=The Net Nigeria|access-date=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730173056/http://thenet.ng/2013/02/iyanya-vs-desire-a-product-of-its-environment-album-review/|archive-date=30 July 2013|url-status=live}}

A writer for Jaguda, who goes by Ogagus, criticized Desire for being a "jam-packed project with very shallow and monotonous club and radio friendly cuts which will hold grounds individually, but as a body of work, it falls flat on its face."{{cite web|title=Album Review: Iyanya – Desire|url=http://www.jaguda.com/2013/02/19/album-review-iyanya-desire/|publisher=Jaguda|accessdate=31 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728152730/http://www.jaguda.com/2013/02/19/album-review-iyanya-desire/|archive-date=28 July 2013|url-status=live}} Reviewing for YNaija, Wilfred Okiche called the album "mediocre" and said the majority of the artists on the project "cannot see past their hunger for fame and today’s club banger".{{cite web |author1=Wilfred Okiche |title=Album review: Let me tell you why ‘Iyanya vs Desire’ sucks |url=https://ynaija.com/album-review-let-us-tell-you-why-iyanya-vs-desire-sucks/ |publisher=YNaija |accessdate=2 March 2019 |date=24 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044519/https://ynaija.com/album-review-let-us-tell-you-why-iyanya-vs-desire-sucks/ |archive-date=6 March 2019 |url-status=live }}

Desire was nominated for Album of the Year and Best R&B/Pop Album at The Headies 2013.{{cite web|title=The Headies 2013 - View Nominees List|url=http://notjustok.com/2013/12/05/the-headies-2013-view-nominees-list/|publisher=Notjustok|accessdate=6 December 2013|date=5 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207081734/http://notjustok.com/2013/12/05/the-headies-2013-view-nominees-list/|archive-date=7 December 2013|url-status=live}}

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 70:00

| title1 = Badman

| note1 = featuring M.I

| writer1 = {{hlist|Iyanya Mbuk|Jude Abaga}}

| extra1 = Mr. Chidoo

| length1 = 3:59

| title2 = Ekaette

| note2 = featuring Tekno

| writer2 = {{hlist|Mbuk|Augustine Kelechi}}

| extra2 = D'Tunes

| length2 = 3:22

| title3 = Gasegbe

| note3 =

| writer3 = Mbuk

| extra3 = Laxio Beats

| length3 = 3:03

| title4 = Marry Me

| note4 =

| writer4 = Mbuk

| extra4 = Mr. Chidoo

| length4 = 3:08

| title5 = Flavour

| note5 =

| writer5 = Mbuk

| extra5 = D'Tunes

| length5 = 4:18

| title6 = Limbo

| note6 =

| writer6 = Mbuk

| extra6 = Young D

| length6 = 2:50

| title7 = Whine

| note7 = featuring May D

| writer7 = {{hlist|Mbuk|Akinmayokun Awodumila}}

| extra7 = D'Tunes

| length7 = 3:08

| title8 = Jombolo

| note8 = featuring Flavour N'abania

| writer8 = {{hlist|Mbuk|Chinedu Okoli}}

| extra8 = GospelOnDeBeatz

| length8 = 3:33

| title9 = Some More

| note9 = featuring Yung L

| writer9 = {{hlist|Mbuk|Christopher Omenye}}

| extra9 = D'Tunes

| length9 = 4:46

| title10 = Ur Waist

| note10 = featuring Emma Nyra

| writer10 = {{hlist|Mbuk|Emma Obi}}

| extra10 = D'Tunes

| length10 = 4:14

| title11 = I Gat It

| note11 =

| writer11 = Mbuk

| extra11 = Mr Chidoo

| length11 = 3:07

| title12 = Somebody

| note12 = featuring Tiwa Savage

| writer12 = {{hlist|Mbuk|Tiwatope Savage}}

| extra12 = GospelOnDeBeatz

| length12 = 3:50

| title13 = Little Things

| note13 =

| writer13 = Mbuk

| extra13 = D'Tunes

| length13 = 3:02

| title14 = Sexy Mama

| note14 = featuring Wizkid

| writer14 = {{hlist|Mbuk|Ayodeji Balogun}}

| extra14 = D'Tunes

| length14 = 3:31

| title15 = Kukere

| note15 =

| writer15 = Mbuk

| extra15 = D'Tunes

| length15 = 3:43

| title16 = Your Man

| note16 = featuring Vector

| writer16 = {{hlist|Mbuk|Olanrewaju Ogunmefun}}

| extra16 = D'Tunes

| length16 = 3:05

| title17 = Drowning

| note17 =

| writer17 = Mbuk

| extra17 = Tee-Y Mix

| length17 = 4:03

| title18 = Kukere (Remix)

| note18 = featuring D'banj

| writer18 = {{hlist|Mbuk|Oladapo Oyebanjo}}

| extra18 = D'Tunes

| length18 = 4:28

| title19 = Bust Me Brain

| note19 =

| writer19 = Mbuk

| extra19 = D'Tunes

| length19 = 5:11

}}

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• Iyanya – primary artist
• Emma Nyra – featured artist
• M.I – featured artist
• D'banj – featured artist
• Wizkid – featured artist
• Tiwa Savage – featured artist
• Flavour N'abania – featured artist
• May D – featured artist
• Tekno – featured artist
• Yung L – featured artist
• Tee-Y Mix – producer
• D'Tunes – producer
• Mr. Chidoo – producer
• GospelOnDeBeatz – producer
• Young D – producer
• Patrick Elis – video director
• Mr. Moe Musa – video director
• Clarence Peters – video director
• Sesan – video director

{{div col end}}

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