American magazine Rolling Stone started its list of 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004. Due to time and music changes and the birth of newer artists Rollings Stone revamped its List and received nearly 4000 songs for entries. The result is a more expansive, inclusive vision of pop, music that keeps rewriting its history with every beat.
Essense was ranked at the 414th position on the list. Essence is popularly acclaimed as “the song of the summer”. The song is off Wizkid’s Made in Lagos album, released in 2020. The afro-pop tune is a soothing mid-tempo song that has taken over the music scene on a global scale.
