“Wonders shall never end” is a very popular extract in African sayings and it is best reflected in situations where you least expected something to happen. With ease I pen down a review of the album that would leave many tails wagging and many bleeding profusely, the Wonderboy album creativity authored by multiple award-winning reggae-dancehall legend and Shatta Movement President Shatta Wale.
The Wonderboy album is a 13 track masterpiece made to quench the thirst of music lovers across the world. Prior to its release, the project has shown signs of being magical as it peaked number one on iTunes Ghana as well as number 98 on World Most Downloaded Albums on the release day. The reception from the Shatta Movement Loyalists has been amazing.
The album started with a spoken word poetry brewed from the rich African creative pots by the intelligent wordsmith The Postman. The poem is a masterpiece which summarises the life of Shatta Wale and the Wonder Boy album in general.
Many music lovers across the globe knows Shatta Wale as a musician who churn out groovy songs to keep you dancing for years and this attribute was evident in the album as he used the popular street term “Something must kill a man” to churn out a club banger in a song titled By All Means which happens to be the second on the album. The album is also endowed with danceable classic like Jata Bi which is already making waves across the nation.
It is not very surprising to see a hard guy like Shatta Wale looked up in a romantic frenzy and the love songs on the album alone would make you want to ask him to stop releasing dancehall songs compose love songs only. Songs like the record breaking Melissa, California and Only One Man.
Shatta Wale, the only Ghanaian featured on Beyonce’s Lion King album dished out hot dancehall songs to serve his core fanbase and the street. The chart topping song Be Afraid was produced with class and top notch expertise as well as Blessings Upon Me and Bad Man.
He included the popular spirit filled song Aye Halfcast, the street banger which unites all SM Loyalists across the nation. The spirit in this particular song can wake the dead, it is a force to reckon with and it is of no secret that the fans called for its inclusion in the album.
Many secrets was unearth prior to the release of the album, the success story of Shatta Wale is widely known by the populace although not many are on the street. He takes his fans through his life and also expressed outmost gratitude to his fans for holding him down when everybody turned their back on him.
The Wonder Boy album is an embodiment of creativity, lyricism, inspiration and melody.
Grab your copy now
https://music.apple.com/us/album/wonder-boy/1482686403
(Source: ghreloaded.com)
