T.I.N.A.

Album: T.I.N.A. (2014)
Charted: 9
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Songfacts®:

  • The title track of Fuse ODG's debut album, the song's name is an acronym for 'This Is New Africa,' which represents his vision for showing Africa in a different light.
  • The song features vocals from Angel, who is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Shepherds Bush, West London. Angel is best known for his UK Top Ten hit "Wonderful," but he has also had success as a songwriter with his production team Parallel music. Amongst Angel's songwriting and production credits are Roll Deep's UK #1 single "Green Light, Pixie Lott's duet with Jason Derulo, "Coming Home" and Wiley's Top 10 hit "Lights On."
  • ODG Fuse's real name is Nana Richard Abiona; the ODG part of his stage moniker stands for a musical collective he was once part of: Off Da Ground.

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