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Gemma Griffiths Pamwe EP Review

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Gemma has had quite an interesting journey. She has come far from the Musarove Big man cover days into being a respected vocalist all over Zim. She is a testament of where the right collaborations will take you, most know her from MuGarden the track that catapulted her to the top and earned her the female Artist of the year nomination.  Since then she has embraced working with a lot of local artists, it has sort of become her brand and she is excelling at that. This year she has featured on quite a number of projects and has also delivered her own tracks. One of her big tracks is Tirangarirei a track she showed she can also do dancehall music. The next single was the super lovely Ndinewe which is part of this EP. Just as her various collaborations were gaining traction she then released her EP, got my copy and today will be sharing with you my views and thoughts.  As usual will be doing a track by track review.  1 Only You This first track sets the tone perfectly, this so...

Sulumani Chimbetu - Entanglement Album Review

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This album was waaaay overdue, if it wasn't for the many personal scandals in Sulu's life we probably would have got this two years back. Dendera fans all over were complaining that the Chimbetus were letting them down and now in a space of a month we have got two projects from the Chimbetus, first was Urgent Matter by Allan "Professor" Chimbetu and now Entanglement by Sulumani "Sulu" Chimbetu. Will be reviewing the projects simultaneously to see who delivered the better project.  In this review will however be concentrating on Entanglement. Sulu's last album took was more political and because of that it faced some form of censorship as us the case in Zim. The tracks on that album were not instant hits despite the censorship but as time went by the tracks started to grown on me and started appreciating the album more.  On this album he switched back from the political route and went back to his usual stuff. Given the title its seems he will be singing a...

Allan Chimbetu - Urgent Matter Album Review

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 Many Dendera fans were complaining about the Dendera royal family the Chimbetus on letting them down when it comes to new music. I'm definitely one of those fans. It has been long without a new full length project from the Chimbetu family.  Allan the brother to legend Simon Chimbetu decided to change that as he dropped his Urgent Matter Album, his full length album in quite some time. Have got myself a copy of the album and today will be sharing with you my views and thoughts on the album.  So since I also got to know Sulumani Chimbetu was gonna release his album I waited to do the reviews side by side to see who delivered the better dendera project.   As usual will be doing a track by track review.  1 Hello (feat Desolo B)  This is Sungura mixed with rhumba, Sungura Rhumba you might call it. The first half of the track feels like a pure rhumba jam, it's only when the tempo is raised towards the end that one gets the Dendera elements. The track is abo...

Freeman - Freeman & Friends Mixtape Review

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The HKD Boss always blesses us with a project every year, he rarely let's us down and his consistency in terms of quality & releases is one many artists can only dream of. This year is no exception despite the never-ending lockdown he has managed to get into the studio and make something for us.  This time around the project is bundled as a mixtape named Freeman and Friends. From the title you get to know he teamed with a couple of his friends in the arts industry more like what the late Mtukudzi did on the Abi Angu album. These days trying to differentiate between a mixtape, EP and album is difficult, quality wise and number of tracks no longer give a clear distinction between these formats. He has called this a mixtape and we'll take it as he named it without much analysis.  The mixtape has dropped and I rushed to get my copy and today will be sharing with you my views and thoughts on the project. As usual will be doing a track by track review: 1 Zii Zii (feat ...

Ishan - Bundu Pop Sounds From The Jungle Album Review

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Ishan introduced himself to the Zim masses wit the hit jam Kure featuring Ti Gonzi. The track dominated the airwaves and won over the hearts of many. He then followed that up with the remix for Kure which I enjoyed but received mixed reviews and the underated jam Shore. Given the success of Kure many questioned whether he was gonna sustain the hype or create another jam as good as Kure. With Kure Ishan brought a refreshing clean sound and will be interested to see whether he will carry on with that sound.  Leading up to this album he released the jam  Maidei/Peanut Butter , a track which I enjoy, and which many people are loving. As we got nearer to the album launch he then released another solid jam December featuring veteran rapper Gze, which is getting a lot of love and rotation on all urban radio stations. These two tracks also came with some solid visuals and both have that clean sound that Ishan is now known for.  So got my copy of the album, got ...