Nalule, Kizito In Duo Album
Two heads are better than one, goes the African traditional saying of the wise.
By Elvis Basudde Kyeyune
Two heads are better than one, goes the African traditional saying of the wise. Gertrude Nalule, 23, of Tofumita Lindaazi fame and budding star, Craise Kizito Kubwa, 23, have put their heads together for a musical album. Men are easier to work with than women. Those are the words of Nalule of Kat Production, a village drudge turned singer whose popularity is slowly eclipsing that of some of the already established female singers.
On the other hand, Kubwa, formerly with the CBS Cruise, and now a solo artist, says that Nalule’s melodious voice and inspiring lyrics forced him to utilise her (Nalule) in his maiden album titled Amanda Mapya.
“We have had a matual admiration for each other’s work, having her female vocal in collaboration with my heavy rhythms and horn accents is really quite a coup,†says Kubwa.
Nalule does the lead vocals on the six-track album opener, Amanda Amapya, which is a duct between the two. Literally meaning fresh blood, Amanda Amapya is a love song in support of sugar mummies who go out with youngmen, hence the tittle ‘fresh cells (blood).
Nalule says she is dangerously in love, with a young man whatever it takes. At one point she sings: “Okugenda n’omulenzi omuto mba sitabuse mutwe-gwemba nsiimye†meaning “being in love with a young man doesn’t mean I have lost my head.†It is my choice. Let people talk.
In an interview this week, Kubwa said the song was an inspiration by people who criticise others because they differ
in taste and preferences. He says he doesn’t see why one would make a fuss for not eating meat while his friend does. Other tracks on the album are; Simusango, Tukole, Nkutya, Surrender and abantu Bazibu’ all written and material composed by Kubwa. They are produced by Moses Moslo in a style between reggae, rumba and zouk beats.
Nalule has cut for herself a niche as a musician to reckon with although she boasts of only three albums. All her albums: Tofumita Lindaazi (2000), Mutalabani (2002) and Bwotonta Nkuluma (2003) have proven to be very successful and have received a good deal of airplay and in discotheques, and this for a good reason.
But this is a singer who stepped off a bus from Kitooro, Kyazanga in Masaka barely five years ago (1999) at just 17 years of age, following the death of both her parents, which forced her to drop out of school.
She then proceeded to Buikwe where she stayed and survived by toiling with her grandmother until she was summoned to Kampala by her singing uncle, Nkambwe, of Fred Sebatta’s group.
“Like many upstart artists, my main handcap in the initial stages was lack of exposure. I started off with the gentle stars band in Ndeeba as a dancer of Ndombolo and traditional Bakisimba dance,†Nalule traces her beginning.
She then joined Kato Lubwama’s Diamond Production (2002) where she released her debut album, Tofumita Lindaazi, which became an instant smash hit and turned her into an overnight pop star.
“I was very shy. I could not imagine standing infront of an audience. But now I am very comfortable with a very strong stage sense. There is no going back,†boasts Nalule.
As for Kubwa, he started singing in primary school and in churches where he used to woo audiences with songs and drama. But later he was lured into secular music by an American musician, sisqo.
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Two heads are better than one, goes the African traditional saying of the wise. Gertrude Nalule, 23, of Tofumita Lindaazi fame and budding star, Craise Kizito Kubwa, 23, have put their heads together for a musical album. Men are easier to work with than women. Those are the words of Nalule of Kat Production, a village drudge turned singer whose popularity is slowly eclipsing that of some of the already established female singers.
On the other hand, Kubwa, formerly with the CBS Cruise, and now a solo artist, says that Nalule’s melodious voice and inspiring lyrics forced him to utilise her (Nalule) in his maiden album titled Amanda Mapya.
“We have had a matual admiration for each other’s work, having her female vocal in collaboration with my heavy rhythms and horn accents is really quite a coup,†says Kubwa.
Nalule does the lead vocals on the six-track album opener, Amanda Amapya, which is a duct between the two. Literally meaning fresh blood, Amanda Amapya is a love song in support of sugar mummies who go out with youngmen, hence the tittle ‘fresh cells (blood).
Nalule says she is dangerously in love, with a young man whatever it takes. At one point she sings: “Okugenda n’omulenzi omuto mba sitabuse mutwe-gwemba nsiimye†meaning “being in love with a young man doesn’t mean I have lost my head.†It is my choice. Let people talk.
In an interview this week, Kubwa said the song was an inspiration by people who criticise others because they differ
in taste and preferences. He says he doesn’t see why one would make a fuss for not eating meat while his friend does. Other tracks on the album are; Simusango, Tukole, Nkutya, Surrender and abantu Bazibu’ all written and material composed by Kubwa. They are produced by Moses Moslo in a style between reggae, rumba and zouk beats.
Nalule has cut for herself a niche as a musician to reckon with although she boasts of only three albums. All her albums: Tofumita Lindaazi (2000), Mutalabani (2002) and Bwotonta Nkuluma (2003) have proven to be very successful and have received a good deal of airplay and in discotheques, and this for a good reason.
But this is a singer who stepped off a bus from Kitooro, Kyazanga in Masaka barely five years ago (1999) at just 17 years of age, following the death of both her parents, which forced her to drop out of school.
She then proceeded to Buikwe where she stayed and survived by toiling with her grandmother until she was summoned to Kampala by her singing uncle, Nkambwe, of Fred Sebatta’s group.
“Like many upstart artists, my main handcap in the initial stages was lack of exposure. I started off with the gentle stars band in Ndeeba as a dancer of Ndombolo and traditional Bakisimba dance,†Nalule traces her beginning.
She then joined Kato Lubwama’s Diamond Production (2002) where she released her debut album, Tofumita Lindaazi, which became an instant smash hit and turned her into an overnight pop star.
“I was very shy. I could not imagine standing infront of an audience. But now I am very comfortable with a very strong stage sense. There is no going back,†boasts Nalule.
As for Kubwa, he started singing in primary school and in churches where he used to woo audiences with songs and drama. But later he was lured into secular music by an American musician, sisqo.
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