Blaqbonez opens "LIKE 2021" with one of the most relatable lines in recent Afrobeats memory: "Me and SAPA was filing for divorce." Just like that, the mood is set. This is a song about closing the chapter on financial struggle and stepping back into the light, custom Balenciaga boots and all.
The track leans into that sweet spot between nostalgia and ambition. He calls back to 2021 as a personal high point, then pushes the vision further, rapping that while he was already in 2026 mode back then, he is now aimed somewhere nobody else can reach. It is the kind of quiet confidence that does not need to shout.
What makes the record infectious is how it balances the flex with the feeling. Boat cruises, a coupe on a Wednesday, the homies, the gbedu, all of it reads less like boasting and more like exhaling. He even nods to carrying a pain he plans to eventually address, which gives the celebration a little weight underneath all the joy.
The "Yippie-yah" chant is the kind of earworm that sneaks into your head on a Friday afternoon when the weekend is finally within reach. Blaqbonez has always had range, and here he proves that sometimes the most honest thing you can do is just tell the world you made it out and you are going to enjoy every second of it.
If this song is the mood for the rest of the year, we are not complaining.
Originally published by NotJustOk.