Toolman releases ‘Password’
Feb 14, 2008
TOOLMAN spent the earlier years of his music career projecting himself as the ‘hard’ man of Ugandan music — a local Shabba Ranks of sorts.
By Vision Reporter
TOOLMAN spent the earlier years of his music career projecting himself as the ‘hard’ man of Ugandan music — a local Shabba Ranks of sorts.
But soon after, he re-branded himself as the ladies’ man, the anti-dote to their every problem. The result of this was hits like Muwe, Kisumuluzo and Mukuule; all sexually suggestive songs, delivered through imagery. The songs soon became Toolman’s trademark.
His latest hit, Password, is no exception. It fits this bill. Produced by Aydee at the Makindye-based Goodenuff studios, Password is delivered in Toolman’s usual hard-banging dancehall ragga style, only this time, spiced up with Goodenuff’s trademark addictive hooks.
Toolman uses the word password as a figure of speech to mean a man’s nakedness.
In the song, he challenges every man to reveal how many women know their passwords. “The more women know a man’s password, the more lustful he is,†Toolman says.
He says most men would be very rich if the number of women who knew their passwords was the standard.
“I sing about real life. Every man is lustful by nature and will cheat if the opportunity is there, but of course, you cannot cheat when you have not stripped,†he says of the song.
Toolman confesses his feelings for ladies thus: “I love women, that is why I sing about them. Can you live without a woman? We are all in this world because of some woman somewhere.â€
Password is steadily gaining momentum in dance clubs although it remains quite unlikely that its popularity can spill over to the radio airwaves.
Producer Aydee’s production efforts may have yielded a radio-friendly sound, but most of the not-so-liberal radio stations are likely to find the song’s lyrics a bit too explicit.
On this, Aydee says: “I think I have heard more sexually explicit stuff on our airwaves. The good thing is that Toolman’s songs have a tendency of drawing the bulk of his fan base from the dance floor.â€
TOOLMAN spent the earlier years of his music career projecting himself as the ‘hard’ man of Ugandan music — a local Shabba Ranks of sorts.
But soon after, he re-branded himself as the ladies’ man, the anti-dote to their every problem. The result of this was hits like Muwe, Kisumuluzo and Mukuule; all sexually suggestive songs, delivered through imagery. The songs soon became Toolman’s trademark.
His latest hit, Password, is no exception. It fits this bill. Produced by Aydee at the Makindye-based Goodenuff studios, Password is delivered in Toolman’s usual hard-banging dancehall ragga style, only this time, spiced up with Goodenuff’s trademark addictive hooks.
Toolman uses the word password as a figure of speech to mean a man’s nakedness.
In the song, he challenges every man to reveal how many women know their passwords. “The more women know a man’s password, the more lustful he is,†Toolman says.
He says most men would be very rich if the number of women who knew their passwords was the standard.
“I sing about real life. Every man is lustful by nature and will cheat if the opportunity is there, but of course, you cannot cheat when you have not stripped,†he says of the song.
Toolman confesses his feelings for ladies thus: “I love women, that is why I sing about them. Can you live without a woman? We are all in this world because of some woman somewhere.â€
Password is steadily gaining momentum in dance clubs although it remains quite unlikely that its popularity can spill over to the radio airwaves.
Producer Aydee’s production efforts may have yielded a radio-friendly sound, but most of the not-so-liberal radio stations are likely to find the song’s lyrics a bit too explicit.
On this, Aydee says: “I think I have heard more sexually explicit stuff on our airwaves. The good thing is that Toolman’s songs have a tendency of drawing the bulk of his fan base from the dance floor.â€