Music Review:  Sipimika Remix - Sheebah and Yung Mulo

The reinvention of Sheebah continues. This Sipimika Remix with Yung Mulo is bangin’, and then some. The groove is particularly interesting. First, that’s a rare thing to say about a dancehall groove, but this one hits different. It’s simply put together differently – the result is a dancehall groove with teeth.

But before we go into the details, let's rehash the backdrop to delightfully-arranged track. This song is actually a beef track. I grinned with sheer evil when I found this out. 
It's about time we got a little malice back into the music industry.

On Sipimika, Sheebah is apparently hitting back at Spice Diana. As you can imagine, female beef has a longevity to it in terms of the turns and corners it takes. This is what happened.

Spice Diana’s last concert (the one with the fancy stage and all, the one that announced
the arrival of ATS to the world) was somewhat controversial – there were claims that it looked good, had great choreography, but her singing was somewhat, um mediocre is the word we are looking for here.

I was of the view that with a stage like that (ATS really went out of their way to impress) and as long as she is wearing something short, everything will be well with the world.

Anyway, Ritah Dancehall (I strongly doubt that name is on her national ID, but let's stay calm now) is a dancer that works closely with Sheebah. She was also one of the people that was pretty vocal about the apparent mediocrity of Diana’s performance.

Outraged, Spice Diana allegedly arranged to have Ritah Dancehall arrested (yep, it is that easy to do in this town – only the good Lord knows what the charge was). While the world stood back appalled that someone had dared, Sheebah stepped in and publicly backed her dancer’s opinion. Sheebah went to the police station, posted bail (probably by dancing for the policemen) and got Ritah out. The beef was officially on.
And that is how we got the diss track that is Sipimika Remix.

I haven’t listened to the original, but Yung Mulo is perfect for this remix. He is the Yin to Sheebah’s Yang. He’s been keeping a low profile, so this is an excellent way for him get back on the scene. The sass with which Sheebah attacks her ad libs on that song hits is near perfect. The arrangement is old school, but the attack of the percussion is about as up to date as it gets.

The song’s funk, along with its sassy message, have combined to make it a dance floor favourite. But more importantly, we finally have some beef once again in the music industry – we were almost becoming vegetarians!