April the 10th
was probably a regular day closer to the weekend for some BUT for the lovers, dancers and producer(s) of AWESOME
Zimbabwean music not so much! Michael
Kanyama aka Dutch released his Live Love Dance album; a fusion of
Hip-Hop, R&B as well as EDM to the great anticipation of many, myself
included. When I finally had a listen, it was safe to say this album blew my
mind which is why I HAD to share!
It kicks off with the
infamous Simba Tagz strutting his
rhyming talent in the introduction, his influence and presence is truly felt
and heard; featuring on nearly half of the 12 track Album in songs such as the
sincere ‘Find me ’ and blunt ‘Keep it moving’. The Emperor’s speech (Intro) has
a very Mr. Hahn from Linkin Park feel to it; contrasting Tagz’s rap with a very
solemn deep sound, which I enjoyed.
ZiFm’s anchoress
Lochnation sultrily says “Live, Love, Dance” both at the Intro and Outro a
fitting welcome and send off respectively.
In a closely Dancehall
beat thumping sound, 0-25 (Oliver Maboreke) sang ‘My
Baby’ and ‘Move Your Body’ with a touch of auto-tune in the right doses.
In hot pursuit Producer/Rapper FTR went on
about the woes of the music industry with ‘Backstabbers’; a doloroso of the O’Jay’s
‘Sing my heart out’ gave it a nice feel
.
Not being a being a
big fan of Hip-Hop, I had my first encounter with Kapital K and I liked it (wink)
in ‘High’! Damn! That was a real club-banger with a Kanye West ‘Flashing-lights’ feel that made me want to get high for real! The
violin in the background kept the beat together; chances are this one will be
my ringtone sometime soon.
A bit of Electro dance,
hits the ears as we descend the track list featuring Andre on ‘Lights’; ‘Overdose’
is a real dance banger, so awesome I need more, more, more! However I’m still
not sure what a ‘Ntsiri’ is BUT the song sounded good to me though I wish there
was deeper bass to it! With beats like that Dutch could give the likes of Avicci
and Benny Benassi a run for their money (the African equivalent of course)!
Junior Brown, not to
be left out raps about being the “Hardest Working Man in Town” (HWMIT) on
another booty bouncing beat! My bet is the T-shirts are already being printed somewhere
out there.
In ‘Take Off’ by T.R.K.
a lot of cussing was involved BUT anyone who can make that sound cool is okay in
my books!
Finally as an Outro Simba Tagz, G.O.R.E. and
0-25 had a cipher moment another fusion of Genres which left me giving a
standing ovation to my laptop. Other artists that made Live Love Dance an even
more stellar act were Tehn Diamond, Andre and Maximus. The album was also mixed
and mastered by Showtime giants Reverb 7 and Simba Tagz.
Overall? This was a
F@%#ing AWESOME album! If it was for sale I would tell you to shake your tail feather
and buy one!
But since this is FREE go ahead and Download it here, and tell me
what you think!
Have a listen to what
Dutch had to say about the album down here
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