blowing update:::: If the album’s title didn’t give it away, Burna Boy has no use for modesty. With the recent release of his fourth studio album, African Giant , the Nigerian singer born Damini Ogulu has delivered a swaggering, electric, and passion-fueled statement that lives up to the towering persona being put forth at its outset. African Giant arrives in the winding days of summer and, like a bizarro version of a groundhog seeing its shadow, the phenomenal new record feels like it was made specifically to extend the season. Burna Boy’s his enigmatic voice hovers over majestic, low-tempo funk that blends dancehall and Afropop production; the result is the most magic summer soundtrack to come around in awhile. African Giant ranges from being tough (“Killin Dem”) to deeply romantic (“Gum Body,” “Secret”) to reverent of Nigerian and afrobeat history (“African Giant,” “Another Story”), while still centering party-ready vibes with that follo...