Nigeria-born, New York City-based songwriter, producer, and cypher, Osamede Omorodion, known professionally as OSÁ, has released his latest music project, Feel, a seven-track record that plays out less like a conventional EP and more like a diary — one that traces the arc of falling, losing yourself, and slowly finding your way back.

Blending Afrobeats, R&B, and hip-hop into a sound built around identity, growth, love, and vulnerability, OSÁ uses Feel, which arrived on Wednesday, September 2, to explore emotional terrain that many artistes talk around but few commit to this directly.

The project doesn’t rush toward resolution. Instead, it lingers in the discomfort of each stage — the fall, the disorientation, the slow climb back to self — before arriving anywhere close to peace. That structure is what gives the EP its shape as a body of work rather than a loose collection of songs.

Each track functions as a chapter, building toward something closer to catharsis than a typical run of singles strung together. It’s an approach that rewards a full listen over a shuffled one, asking the listeners to sit with the project’s arc rather than skip straight to a highlight.

The rapper enlists a strong supporting cast to help carry that arc, bringing in features from Toyé, Aema, and Nosa, among others. Rather than functioning as guest verses bolted onto the songs, each collaborator appears to slot into the EP’s emotional register, reinforcing the project’s throughline instead of pulling focus from it, a sign of intentional curation rather than a features list assembled for visibility.

What ultimately distinguishes Feel is its willingness to sit in vulnerability without rushing to tidy it up.

Where a lot of Afrobeats-adjacent R&B leans on the sound of heartbreak more than its substance, the project seems more interested in tracking the actual process — what it feels like to lose your footing, and what it takes to find it again.

Born in Benin City, Edo State, OSÁ grew up in a music-enthusiastic family in Ikpoba Hill, where he experimented with instruments and coordinated music sections at school assemblies. He spent his early teenage years working independently alongside childhood friends to learn the craft of record production.

He relocated to the United States and is currently based in New York City, where he has established a distinct sonic footprint by smoothly blending Afrobeats, contemporary R&B, and hip-hop into what is often described as an emotional, sound-bending afro-fusion style.

His journey into professional music production only truly accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic quarantine. He used that period to hone his skills and channel his creative mind into a structured sound.

As an artiste, OSÁ frequently states that he is a “big fan of expressing emotions” and prides himself on injecting vulnerable, authentic human feelings into energetic club rhythms. Now in his fifth year as an independent artiste, he has racked up millions of streams while also running MGM (More Good Music), a creative platform and community built around the ethos “Tell A Friend.”

His key music projects and singles include: Roll Bounce (EP), which stands as one of his complete flagship projects. Recorded in New York City, the EP acts as a perfect cross-continental bridge, bringing together his rich Nigerian heritage and the urban, fast-paced atmosphere of New York. Tracks like the titled video single Bounce showcase his groovy, multidimensional production style.

Black Bird (EP), an early independent release that helped put him on the map, successfully amassed over half a million streams on Spotify. Naija Boy, a breakout single that effortlessly laces Afrobeats with pop, dancehall, and EDM textures. Produced alongside Calliemajik, the accompanying music video gained widespread rotation across major television channels in both Nigeria and the United States.

Other notable tracks/songs include: Explode and Bless Am, highlighting his ability to alternate between raw rapping, smooth R&B vocals, and traditional African cadences. Now on all major streaming platforms, Feel arrives as a strong statement of intent from OSÁ as an artiste clearly more interested in depth than easy hooks — a project built to be felt in full, not consumed in fragments.