--- title: "Album Review: Moliy – 'BADDIES ♥ MOLIY'" description: "Moliy's debut mixtape has the club-ready production and the features. The songwriting underneath is too thin to carry 12 tracks." canonical_url: "https://grugbox.world/reviews/album-review-moliy-baddies-love-moliy" --- When Moliy's breathy cadence floated across the 2021 remix of *Sad Girlz Luv Money* alongside Amaarae and Kali Uchis, listeners got an early look at West Africa's new-school alté scene. She brought a light touch, crystalline melodies and a celebration of feminine autonomy. Turning that charisma into a durable, full-length musical statement is harder than it looks. On her official debut mixtape, **BADDIES ♥ MOLIY** (released on July 31, 2026), the Ghanaian-American singer-songwriter leans on high-fashion internet branding, late-night VIP tropes and hyper-kinetic club tempos. The packaging is polished to a mirror shine. The music underneath struggles to hold up across 12 tracks, and style ends up outpacing substance again and again. ## The illusion of the VIP section The central conflict of *BADDIES ♥ MOLIY* is its insistence on keeping up appearances at all costs. The mixtape builds an exclusive, bottle-service universe where vulnerability counts as a defect and emotional detachment is the currency. That aloof posture works for a three-minute viral banger. Across a whole project it wears thin. Moliy delivers almost every line in the same whisper-cadence, rarely modulating her vocal dynamics or letting the listener into the interior life behind the designer sunglasses. The production bounces constantly between Caribbean dembow and brisk Afro-house, and the mixtape rarely pauses to breathe. There is little room left for melody or memory to take root. ![BADDIES ♥ MOLIY Official Tracklist Artwork](/content/moliy-baddies-love-moliy-tracklist.jpg) ## The tracklist ### 1. TOMETO & 2. JETSKI (FRIKI) (feat. Yailin La Más Viral & Theodora) The mixtape opens with *TOMETO*, a breezy, sing-song flex that feels more like an extended social media teaser than an album opener. It bleeds directly into *JETSKI (FRIKI)*, an uptempo Latin-Caribbean dembow workout featuring **Yailin La Más Viral** and **Theodora**. The beat knocks with club authority. Moliy's vocals sound strangely detached, swallowed by the aggressive production. ### 3. POPSTAR XOXO & 4. BUKSHOT *POPSTAR XOXO* attempts a glossy Y2K pop crossover, but the hook leans on repetitive refrains that grow grating after a couple of spins. The track cuts off abruptly to make way for *BUKSHOT*, where Moliy adopts Jamaican patois inflections over distorted 808s. The posturing feels theatrical rather than lived-in, all sonic cosplay and no conviction. ### 5. PARTYGYAL (feat. bees & honey) & 6. BODY GO (feat. Tyla) The tape finds temporary salvation on track six. *PARTYGYAL* dissolves into generic sound-system filler. *BODY GO* is the one that works. Teaming up with South African star **Tyla**, the pair find real chemistry over a sultry bed of Amapiano log drums and Afro-R&B keys. It is the one moment where Moliy's sensual vocal approach is fully in command of its surroundings. ### 7. 911 (CALL THE LAW) & 8. BOUNCE *911 (CALL THE LAW)* pumps urgent Afro-house tempo into the room and works reasonably well as a dancefloor detonator. *BOUNCE* follows immediately with nearly identical rhythmic phrasing. It is the mixtape's pacing problem in miniature: tracks blur into one another without distinct melodic architecture. ### 9. ACCRA GIRLS (feat. Sarkodie & Mellissa) & 10. PRETTY MAMI (feat. MAVO) *ACCRA GIRLS* is the project's strongest cultural anchor. Ghanaian rap veteran **Sarkodie** brings vintage charisma, and rising alté singer **Mellissa** complements Moliy's hook on an affectionate ode to Accra's cosmopolitan women. It is a highlight, undercut immediately by the forgettable, hurried filler of *PRETTY MAMI*. ### 11. BACKIE & 12. SHAKE IT TO THE MAX (REMIX) The final stretch exposes the tape's structural problems. *BACKIE* clocks in as a repetitive, skeletal sketch that ends before it develops into a full song. The mixtape closes with the all-star remix of *SHAKE IT TO THE MAX*, recruiting dancehall heavyweights **Skillibeng** and **Shenseea**. Their verses bring real energy, but the track still feels like an outsourced rescue job. ## The verdict **BADDIES ♥ MOLIY** has real high points: *BODY GO* and *ACCRA GIRLS* prove Moliy has the star power to share a stage with anyone. At 5.8/10, though, the mixtape is held back by rushed song structures and repetitive themes, and by a preference for style over musical substance. It works as background fuel for late-night pre-drinks. As a statement from one of West Africa's brightest lights, it leaves the listener wanting more. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/sitemap.md) for all pages.