September 2026 has been one of the busiest months for African album releases in a while. Black Sherif opened it with a new EP, Seyi Vibez dropped his latest album in the middle of the month, and the last week brought four projects in two days. Kelvyn Boy, Young Jonn and Essumann all released on the same Friday, 25 September.
Five of the seven releases here come from Ghana and two from Nigeria. Between them you get hard-working rap, Lagos street-pop, a stacked Ghanaian guest list, a tight solo EP from a Chocolate City star and a short, smooth set of love songs. Below is what each one is, who is on it, and where it fits in the artist’s story so far. Every release has its own page on AfroYard with the full tracklist, 30-second previews and links to Spotify, Apple Music, Audiomack and YouTube Music.
Black Sherif: SUN SHERIF (EP)
Black Sherif started the month with SUN SHERIF, a six-track EP released through Blacko Management and EMPIRE. It runs around 16 minutes, so it’s a quick listen, and it’s his first body of work since Iron Boy, the second album he put out in April 2025.
The interesting detail is how it has been filed. Apple Music lists SUN SHERIF under R&B/Soul, not hip-hop, which is a long way from the Blacko who broke out with “Second Sermon” and “Kwaku the Traveller”. Titles like “Jolie”, “Forever” and “Love Again” lean the same way.
There are two guests. AratheJay, who had Black Sherif on “Jesus Christ 2” in 2024, gets the favour returned on “Forever”. Full Blown features on the closing track, “Love Again”. The other four songs, “Expresso”, “Run Around”, “Jolie” and “Frontline”, are Blacko on his own.
It’s also worth noting what isn’t on it. Black Sherif released three singles earlier in 2026, “PopStar” in March, “SWAGGA” in May and “Find A Way” in June, and none of them made the EP. SUN SHERIF is a separate thing, not a collection of songs fans have already heard.
Kweku Smoke: NO DAYS OFF
The same week, on 4 September, Kweku Smoke released NO DAYS OFF on Scatter Der, his own imprint. It is 13 tracks long and lasts about 33 minutes, which works out at roughly two and a half minutes a song. Nothing drags.
The title is a statement of work ethic, and the tracklist reads like a diary of the grind: “Soul Healer”, “Survivor”, “Life Of A Hustler”, “Set it Straight”, “Through The Pain”. He keeps it close to home too, with Twi titles like “Okwantunii” and “Mmereniho” sitting next to the English ones.
Kweku Smoke carries most of the album alone. Only three guests appear. Dikoo is on “Mmereniho”. Kwesi Arthur shows up on “Power House”. Lasmid closes the record on “Faith”, which came out as a single on 28 August, a week before the album. Mog Beatz produced “Faith”, and Kayomi is behind “Bombele”.
The numbers suggest the audience was ready for it. By late September the album had already passed 3.8 million plays on Audiomack, which is a strong start for a rap record with so few features.
Seyi Vibez: SWAGUU
Seyi Vibez does not take long breaks. SWAGUU arrived on 17 September through NSNV Inc and EMPIRE, only ten months after FUJI MOTO, and it is another full-length record: 14 tracks, around 34 minutes.
For most of the album, Seyi Vibez is the only voice. The one exception is a big one. Quavo appears on the closing title track, “Swaguu”, which is also the shortest song on the record at 1:18. It is an unusual way to use a guest of that size, a short sharp closer instead of a lead single, and it keeps the focus on Seyi for the other 13 songs.
Two of the tracks were already out. “GTA”, released at the end of July, sits at number two, and “Back 2 U” appears later in the running order. The rest of the tracklist mixes Yoruba and English titles in the way his fans know well: “Ilome”, “Alafia”, “Alubarika” and “Akpan Akpari” alongside “Volume”, “Diamonds”, “Melanin” and “GOD”. Balogun produced “Ilome”.
Context matters here. Seyi Vibez won Best Street-Hop Artiste at the 16th Headies in 2023 for “Chance (Na Ham)”, and he finished 2025 as the second most-streamed artist on Spotify Nigeria. SWAGUU is the follow-up from one of the biggest names in Nigerian street-pop, and he has released it without leaning on a crowd of features to sell it.
Camidoh: Amina (EP)
Camidoh’s Amina came out on 24 September through TopBöy Sound and Grind Dont Stop. At four tracks and about ten minutes, it is the shortest release here.
Only the title track is new. The other three, “A Thing I Like” with PBee, “Phony” and “Ride Solo”, were singles earlier in the year. The EP brings them together and gives them a lead song, which makes sense for an artist who has been releasing steadily all year and needed a single home for that run.
“Amina” was produced by Nawtyboi Tatoo, and it keeps things relaxed: a laid-back Afrobeats groove with plenty of room for Camidoh’s voice. The lyrics are about romance and good living, with money, luxury and attraction all in the mix. It’s the same smooth, melodic lane that made “Sugarcane” his breakout in 2022.
Kelvyn Boy: 2nd Step
The biggest guest list of the month belongs to Kelvyn Boy. 2nd Step was released on 25 September through Blakk Arm Entertainment, under exclusive licence to Ziiki Media. It has 12 tracks, runs just over 35 minutes, and follows Blackstar (2020) and For the Kulture (2023).
The features read like a guide to modern Ghanaian pop and rap. Medikal is on “Allo”. Lalid and Strongman share “I”. Cina Soul features on “Millions”, Kuami Eugene on “All Over”, and KOJO BLAK on “Weather For 2”, which came out as a single before the album. Mellisa sings on “Sorry”, which at 4:18 is the longest song on the record.
The album is bookended by faith. It opens with “Jehova” and closes with “Hallelujah”, with “Pioneer”, released a week earlier on 18 September, in second place. Between those points he moves through the blend of Afrobeats, hiplife and R&B that he has worked in since his days with Stonebwoy’s Burniton Music Group, a relationship that ended in 2019.
Not every recent single made the cut. “Backa” from June and “2AM II” with MFg Thugga from July are left off, so 2nd Step is mostly new material for his listeners.
Young Jonn: Dear London (EP)
Young Jonn went the opposite way to Kelvyn Boy. Dear London, released on 25 September through Chocolate City Music, has seven tracks, runs just over 18 minutes and has no guests at all.
That choice stands out after Blue Disco. His November 2025 album was a 21-track project with Wizkid, Olamide, Asake, Rema, Focalistic, Shenseea and DJ Tunez, and it debuted at number one on the Apple Music Nigeria albums chart. Ten months on, he has gone back to a tight, solo record.
Two songs were released before the EP. “Elumelu”, out on 29 May, is an upbeat track about money and ambition, named after the businessman Tony Elumelu. “Hold Somebody” followed on 9 September. Both sit in the middle of the tracklist, with “Destiny” opening, “By 4”, “Shege” and “Glass in the Air” filling out the first half, and “Ws in the Chat” closing. “Let It Go”, his single from the week before, is not on it.
It is easy to forget that Young Jonn spent the 2010s as a producer, working on Olamide’s “Story For The Gods” and “Bobo”, and Davido’s “Biggest Backside”, among others. A short solo EP like this is a reminder that he now works as an artist in his own right.
Essumann: Ghetto Therapy P.T. II
The third release of 25 September came from Essumann, the Tema rapper with roots in Anomabo who was raised in Community 9. Ghetto Therapy P.T. II is an independent release with 11 tracks, running just under 30 minutes, and it picks up the thread of his earlier Ghetto Therapy.
Alongside Kweku Smoke’s album, it is the most rap-focused record on this list. “Intro” and “Pray For Me” set a personal tone at the start, and “Too Many Riches”, “Push To Start”, “Second Chance” and “Get Rich” come at the same climb from different angles. His sound mixes Ghanaian hip-hop, trap and melodic rap, and his writing draws on his life in Tema.
The biggest song on the tape is one people already know. “Big Bricks” with Lalid came out in November 2025, and its sequel “Big Bricks II”, which added Medikal, became a viral hit early in 2026. It sits at track five. AratheJay and Kojo Trap join him on “Too Many Nights II”, and Quamina Mp and Kofi Mole are on “On Ma Mind”. A solo bonus version of “On Ma Mind” closes the tape.
For an independent act, that is a serious list of collaborators, and it shows how far “Big Bricks” has carried him in less than a year.
How to listen
All seven releases are on AfroYard with full tracklists. Click any song on an album page for a 30-second preview in the player bar, then use the Spotify, Apple Music, Audiomack or YouTube Music buttons to hear the whole thing. The artist pages for Black Sherif, Seyi Vibez, Kelvyn Boy, Young Jonn, Essumann and the rest carry their earlier albums too, if one of these sends you back through a catalogue.
