SALATIEL – AFRICA REPRESENTED ALBUM REVIEW

The Album “Africa Represented” is a 19 – track compilation from the High Man General which has features from renown Local, African and International stars like Stone Bwoy, Rutshelle Guillaime ,Teni and more. It includes the production of contemporary new African sounds like Afrobeat, Danchall, Reggae ,Makossa Etc and most of the production was done by Salatiel himself.

Themes:

1. Love, Unadulterated Love and it’s magic, pain, and abundance in Black people

2. Unity of the African Continent

3. Fight against African Crisis like War,Political Instability etc

4. Party,Party ,Party

Production Direction: Use of a lot of strings huge influence of the guitar ,punctuating keyboard chords, large drum heavy templates that are quite catchy all through. Very crisp.

The Production Quality is Top Notch as You see growth in his production . Compare the songs on this album with the ones he did a few years ago and there’s a huge difference.

SONG RATINGS

1. AYAGAYO – 7/10

2. Bad Oh – 7.5/10

3. Good Girl Ft Rutshell – 8.5/10

4. Kilimanjaro ( Ft Pascal) – 8.5/10

5. Africa Represented (Ft. CFX) – 7/10

6. Bomaye – 7.5/10

7. Fire on The Mountain (Ft Teni) – 6.5/10

8. Descend – 7.5/10

9. Planner (Ft Aveiro Djess and DJ ARTHUR) – 9/10

10. Interlude – 6/10

11. You Got Me Singing – 7.5/10

12. -Vamos (Ft Soul Bangs) – 7/10

13. Prisonnier – 9.5/10

14. Say I Do ( Ft Locko and Sauti Sol) – 9/10

15. Party Hard – 7.5/10

16. Love ya  (Ft Dready Christ)- 8/10

17. Warriors Ft (Mr Leo and Stonebwoy) – 9/10

18. Take Me Home – 8/10

19. Where is the Love – 7.5/10

20. Water Remix – 8/10

Pros from th

1. His singing is incorporated, deliveries are upped a notch

2. Production is near perfection

3. The Project sticks with its theme to represent Africa

4. We get to see who is Salatiel the person.

Cons from This Project

1. Some songs like “Fire on the Mountain Ft Teni and Part Hard ” fell abit below the average standard expectation of the album

2. It could’ve have been 4 songs shorter

Conclusion: This album is filled with marvelous feature placements, impressive production, subject matter though not new in this music space is refreshingly addressed from the perspective of A Cameroonian Singer as he mixes and plays with numerous sounds in other to Represent Africa and he does a good Job in Accomplishing this Mission.

Rating: 8/10 ★★★★★★★★☆☆

Replay Value: Very much playable over and over