Paxslim is yet another testament to the fact that African continent is breeding the next generation of global Trapstars, his latest album D5NCIN is a bold statement of an artist focused on his style and craft. Paxslim is Nigerian periodt. From the streets of Lagos to the world., Paxslim is proving that African hip-hop isn’t just watching the global stage — it’s taking over it. On his latest project D5NCIN, the Nigerian-Swiss rapper brings confidence, purpose, and groove in equal measure.
The album kicks off immediately with an D5NCINintro that depicts Paxslim’s style then straight to 2WEEKS a trap banger with the video out on YouTube.
There’s only one feature on the D5NCIN project and its only guest appearance a feature from French rapper Sherrifflazone, who brings his unique brand of DMV-inspired energy laced with a Francophone twist. Much like how artists like Serane have flipped the plugg sound into something distinctly European, Sherrifflazone runs the pulse of Washington, D.C.’s crank music through a French lens, landing as a natural match for Paxslim. Their collaboration, “PAC FLIP,” is a cross-cultural exchange that feels organic rather than forced. Sherrifflazone’s raw, French-language verses cut sharply against Paxslim’s elastic English delivery — a bilingual bounce that feels like a sonic handshake between Paris and Lagos, via Zurich. It’s a perfect example of the kind of borderless creativity Paxslim thrives on.
Elsewhere on the album, Paxslim continues to push his versatility. He glides effortlessly over the triumphant horns and blown-out drums of “JUST HERE TO PARTY,” a track that wouldn’t sound out of place in a set with Ken Carson or Yeat — except with a distinctly Afroeuropean flavor. Then there’s “NO TROLLS,” where he navigates moody piano chords and heavy, dragging drums with a cool detachment. “My bad for hurting your feelings, you triggered,” he shrugs, delivering one of the album’s most nonchalantly dismissive bars before coasting into the line: “I been having a good time, I don’t see no trolls.” It’s a flex rooted not in aggression, but in peace — and it lands all the more powerfully for it.
Whether rapping in English or trading bars with French-speaking collaborators, Paxslim isn’t just experimenting — he’s building something new. D5NCIN makes it clear: this is the sound of an Afrofusion future, where street rap, club music, and continental influences collide without apology.
On tracks like “MOTIVATION”, Paxslim spits with the urgency of someone who knows he’s not going anywhere — because he’s already arrived. “Do not think I’m going somewhere, yes, I’m just ‘round here to stay,” he raps with a razor-sharp delivery over piano stabs and syncopated handclaps that feel ready-made for drill playlists but still unmistakably African in bounce.
The production on D5NCIN blurs lines between worlds — borrowing textures from Atlanta trap and Afrobeats, but never sounding like a copy of either. Paxslim fuses heavy 808s and Afrocentric drum patterns into something fresh — a sound that’s as likely to slap in Accra as it is in Atlanta.
