On this collaborative album, Show Dem Camp’s Ghost and Tec bring their “palmwine sound” to the culture-preserving highlife sounds of The Cavemen. (brothers Benjamin James and Kingsley Okorie). Driven forward by celebrated guitarist Nsikak David and producer Spax, 2024’s No Love in Lagos sees the duos intersperse hip-hop with its African oratory traditions against a backdrop of highlife—from the personal (“Blessings”) to the upbeat (“OMFTR”). “[We’re] opening a dimension of what potentially African hip-hop could sound like,” Show Dem Camp’s Tec tells Apple Music. “A lot of times, [in Africa] we lean on popular sounds from the West. As Show Dem Camp, we’re Nigerian rappers, [and so] our influences are closer to home.” The project casts the titular Nigerian metropolis as something of an additional collaborator, with storytelling that unpacks the highs and heartaches of daily life in the big city.