Shatta Wale, First African to Headline the Great Jamaican Reggae Album
26 May 2020
By Naliaka Kitui
The twenty-five tracks reggae dancehall album titled Tropical House Cruises to Jamaica: The Reggae Collector’s Edition, featuring Wayne Wonder, Capleton, Beenie Man, Elephant Man, Vybz Kartel, Mojo Morgan, Tommy Lee Sparta, Don Yute, Singing Melody, Royce Da59, Voicemail, Skillibeng, Sizzla, Peetah Morgan, and many more is scheduled to drop in a few days according to the executive producer Sean Edwards.
In an interview with Dancehallmag, Edwards, popularly known as the Contractor said that choosing Wale as the headliner is a first in history as he is the first African artiste to headline a Jamaican reggae-dancehall project. He added that the negotiations began with Akon but broke down at some point which led to Wale being selected.
“The vibes were good but negotiations broke down as they do in music business and so we decided to make Shatta Wale as the headliner since Beyonce used him last year on her Lion King album.” He noted that Wale was trendy among the younger age groups and he had what he termed a “cult following”, which is what they need for entry into the African market.
Showing his gratitude to the entire team for choosing to work him and for supporting him, the dancehall artiste also known by his birth name as Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr. twitted “To lead such great legends in this field humbles me a lot, I will continue to be grateful to the producers of this album compilation @contractor4 it’s like a dream come true.
I will urge all the fans to keep supporting this album #TropicalHouseCruisesToJamaica #ShattaWaleIsBack.”
See Shatta Wale’s tweet on twitter
https://twitter.com/shattawalegh/status/1264161300474626048/photo/1
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