Why Skales didn’t feature Banky W and Wizkid in his album

Banky W, Wizkid and Skales used to be good friends under EME records. Not until the split and also recently, Wizkid and Skales embarked on a tweet fight which made headlines.

Now, Skales has released the tracklist for his debut album, "Man of the Year" with 22 tracks.

None of his ex- label mates featured in any of the tracks in the album. I'm not surprised tho.

But Skales’ management team revealed that the main reason why Wizkid and Banky W were not on the album was because they had difficulties in selecting tracks to be included in the album.

“He had over hundred songs and it was quite difficult for his management to pick which should go in his album,” his management team said.

Another source also said Skales strives to maintain a cordial relationship with both parties but they didn't give him a chance.

The source said, “There are 22 tracks on the album. Skales really wanted Banky W to be on the album but I don’t think Banky W recorded his part of the song to feature in the album. Skales sent Banky W the song he wanted him to feature in but there was no response from Banky W’s camp till date. As for Wizkid, not being on the album was the genesis of the fight they had on twitter. It was learnt that Skales became frustrated and snapped when Wizkid kept postponing recording his part of the song. To be honest, the two are acting as if they do not have time for Skales but they have forgotten the story of the stone that was rejected and later became the cornerstone. Without them on his album, there are still a lot of hit songs on it. He featured some of Africa’s best on the album and I am sure it would be a success.”