High on talent, low in punch
THIS is a fusion album because it features as many genres as a single CD can probably accommodate. Rachel K’s self- titled Fusion album has soft-rock, Afro-beat and live jazz music.
By Michael Kanaabi
THIS is a fusion album because it features as many genres as a single CD can probably accommodate. Rachel K’s self- titled Fusion album has soft-rock, Afro-beat and live jazz music.
Coming back, a soft rock single that depicts a frustrated lover who is heading back to her parents’ home, kicks off this album. It is followed by Feel Me, that turns out good.
It is not until you listen to You Lied to Me that you come to appreciate Rachel K as a serious aspiring rocker.
Pindula, an Afro-pop song sounds more like the nursery rhyme Ekimbewo, her mother Halima Namakula’s biggest hit to date.
The biggest song on the album is Unaniumiza, a fusion of Afro-pop and dance hall with a feel of Bongo Flava, thanks to its Swahili title and hooks. This collaboration with the dynamic singing duo, Mozey Radio and Weasel, is supposed to sell the album.
Unfortunately, I do not think it got all the airplay and mileage it deserved. It is no wonder they are planning to remix and re-release the song. Is it me? is another lively track that borrows some of Bobi Wine’s lines.
Kamuwane is a sweet mellow R&B song worth one’s time. Together with the three rock songs on the CD, it clearly tells us Rachel K has the vocal ability and potential to make it big.
The other songs on the album include a hip-hop collaboration with little known Young Nick called Love the Way, an R&B joint called Every time and a nice jazz track called Love.
To crown it off is Maisha, a good gospel Afro-pop collaboration with Unik and Karyn. On the whole, Rachel’s self-titled fusion album is likeable. Its biggest eyesore is the fact that it lacks enough punch; that ex-factor that is necessary to push it to the top.
THIS is a fusion album because it features as many genres as a single CD can probably accommodate. Rachel K’s self- titled Fusion album has soft-rock, Afro-beat and live jazz music.
Coming back, a soft rock single that depicts a frustrated lover who is heading back to her parents’ home, kicks off this album. It is followed by Feel Me, that turns out good.
It is not until you listen to You Lied to Me that you come to appreciate Rachel K as a serious aspiring rocker.
Pindula, an Afro-pop song sounds more like the nursery rhyme Ekimbewo, her mother Halima Namakula’s biggest hit to date.
The biggest song on the album is Unaniumiza, a fusion of Afro-pop and dance hall with a feel of Bongo Flava, thanks to its Swahili title and hooks. This collaboration with the dynamic singing duo, Mozey Radio and Weasel, is supposed to sell the album.
Unfortunately, I do not think it got all the airplay and mileage it deserved. It is no wonder they are planning to remix and re-release the song. Is it me? is another lively track that borrows some of Bobi Wine’s lines.
Kamuwane is a sweet mellow R&B song worth one’s time. Together with the three rock songs on the CD, it clearly tells us Rachel K has the vocal ability and potential to make it big.
The other songs on the album include a hip-hop collaboration with little known Young Nick called Love the Way, an R&B joint called Every time and a nice jazz track called Love.
To crown it off is Maisha, a good gospel Afro-pop collaboration with Unik and Karyn. On the whole, Rachel’s self-titled fusion album is likeable. Its biggest eyesore is the fact that it lacks enough punch; that ex-factor that is necessary to push it to the top.