2unez Unlimited hands on Timzy Survival EP.
10 June 2025
By Daraloye Emmanuel
This extended play is the work of two talented artists who are moved by a desire to make music that moves their souls rather than just the audience. Having worked as music producers and songwriters with 2unez unlimited group at Jay Music Empires, these talents also give it what it takes to stay on their vocal grind, not just behind the boards but in front of the mic where it matters. The EP was played in full in a private listening session setting, giving a first but complete experience of the body of work as intended.
What stands out early on this project is how both Timzy Survival Olagoke and FedasWRLD Aregbesola are not just performers on the record but active hands in shaping the sound itself. Timzy brings a grounded songwriting approach, rooted in lived experience and cultural awareness, at the same time Fedas leans into the sonic architecture of the project, handling co-production across multiple records and taking charge of the mixing and mastering decisions, which are what give the EP its final texture and the emotional weight it carries. It’s audible in the transitions, the way the drums sit, how the vocals are spaced, then how it feels owned and not outsourced. As the tracks rolled out that night, each record revealed itself with clarity rather than fragments.
In ‘Therapy’ off Survival The EP, Timzy again calls on Fedas to co-produce and lay a verse that carries the weight needed to tell a story of pain and healing. Their synergy here is not accidental. There is a clear understanding of each other’s strengths, Timzy holding the narrative centre while Fedas builds around it, both sonically and emotionally. So when they decided to collaborate again on a full EP, it already felt like something that had been in motion before now.
Timzy Survival is the personification of the diversity that abounds in Nigerian music, albeit grossly underappreciated. There’s a rawness in his delivery, a certain refusal to over-polish emotion, and that works in his favour, even if at times it leans slightly into repetition in phrasing across tracks. Fedas, on the other hand, operates from a different but complementary space. One of Afrobeats’ more instinctive romantics, she brings melody, structure, and a producer’s ear into everything she touches. Beyond the vocals, her imprint is in the details, how the beat evolves, how the instrumentation supports the mood, how the final mix holds everything together without losing feeling. When you combine all of these, you get colourful cultural essence, vibrant genre-blending, and swoony soft tunes that still carry technical intention. There was also a noticeable reaction in the room as certain moments landed in a quiet recognition when something connects.
In ‘Something Romantic,’ Timzy being the Egun (the “Big Masquerade” as he’s called), and Fedas being the romantic, two distinct worlds collide to create a kaleidoscopic result where vulnerability, introspection, and love tell stories of Nigeria’s countryside music and its presence in shaping urban desires. There is also a noticeable production balance here, Timzy’s voice sitting firmly in the centre while Fedas’ arrangement choices give the record its lift, its softness, its replay value, even though in moments the layering feels slightly too safe, as if holding back from pushing the sound into something more daring.
Their songwriting prowess shines on folk opener ‘In Your Arms’ where they mold melodies over soulful strings and soothing percussions to create pastoral music with all the necessary cultural context. On ‘Wherey re’, Fedas doesn’t just perform, she actively steers the sonic direction, pulling from Ondo’s hinterland influences, spirituality, and Gyration music, while ensuring the mix retains clarity even with layered traditional elements. It moves and jerks the underground mainstream into paying attention to a sound that is both rooted and reworked. You can tell the mixing choices here were deliberate, nothing feels crowded, every element has its place.
The cultural beauty of Highlife drives ‘Love in distress’ where Timzy leans deeper into storytelling, carrying the emotional weight of the record, while Fedas supports with melodic phrasing and production restraint, allowing the song to breathe without overcomplicating it. It’s that kind of balance that defines the EP.
Throughout the tracks they manage to deliver a rich sonic diversity that offers both a robust and coherent experience. From offering sweet love while interpolating Bob Marley’s famous “no woman no cry” line on the Konto bounce of ‘Obirin,’ to Ruger’s brilliant Wewe on the Reggae-leaning ‘Awayu,’ Timzy and Fedas express the many colours of romance through records that feel intentional, not rushed. Again, credit goes to their hands-on approach in production, you can hear that this is not a case of artists just jumping on beats, but actually shaping them, even if a slightly longer tracklist could have allowed some of these ideas to stretch a bit further.
Ultimately, it’s the closer ‘Forever’ that sums up the mindset that drives both artists. It is not just about collaboration for convenience, it is about alignment. The love of music. The desire to make music that moves their souls rather than just the audience. That is also where Fedas’ role in mixing and mastering becomes more apparent, the record closes in a way that feels sonically resolved, like everything has found its place.
This is why they achieve a level of quality that reminds listeners of the spirituality, originality, and purpose found in Nas and Damian Marley’s Distant Relatives. Not in imitation, but in intention. By the time the closing track played out in the room, the direction of the project already felt fully formed.
Individually, Timzy establishes himself here as a songwriter with depth and cultural awareness, someone who understands how to carry narrative without losing musicality. FedasWRLD, on her part, stands out not just as a vocalist but as a producer-artiste, someone who understands the full lifecycle of a record from creation to final output. That dual role, especially in handling aspects of production, mixing and mastering, gives her a distinct edge and a clearer artistic identity going forward.
RATINGS: /10
• 0–1.9: Flop
• 2.0–3.9: Near fall
• 4.0–5.9: Average
• 6.0–7.9: Victory
• 8.0–10: Champion
Platform Rating: /10
Album Sequencing: 1.7/2
Songwriting, Themes, and Delivery: 1.7/2
Production: 1.6/2
Enjoyability and Satisfaction: 1.7/2
Execution: 1.7/2
TOTAL – 8.4
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