Crozbred drops introductory album
Koketso Kgoboge | Wednesday February 15, 2017 16:21
Crozbred, an afro-dancehall kwasa muso, said the Introduction of Crozbred album is geared more towards introducing him to the industry rather than making profit.
“This is my first full project and all I want is a good foundation for my music career. This album introduces Crozbred, it’s about building credibility, branding myself, my stable and positioning the Afro dancehall kwasa genre in the local music industry. It’s not about sales yet,” he said.
The 23-year-old said the album has already enjoyed airplay and it is satisfactorily making inroads in the market. He said the album was launched recently at Waterhole Pub in Francistown and the response has been good as evidenced by the feedback he is getting already.
“I am getting adequate airplay in radios and I have also received inquiries from popular music selling hotspots such as Setlhareng.com and that shows we doing good. However at the moment we still selling the album streetwise and we are happy with how it is going.”
Crozbred said the eight-track album, although it is more of a dance than a lyrical compilation defines his music hustle. He defined himself as a jack-of-all-trades in music and said he has mixed different genres in his first album to accommodate a wide listenership before he settles on a specific genre.
First track, Corner to Corner, is about building credibility from street to street. Relo-Dilema is a house piece that is more of a relationship gone badly, but it is a dance song.
The third track Good Days is a sampling mix of Yvonne Chaka Chaka’s Mr DJ mixed into a hip hop version for a taste to suit contemporary lifestyle. Ready to Rock defines my intentions, he explained, I am ready to rock.
Track five, Cha-Cha-Cha was released last year alongside a video. “I made this track after some people negatively criticised my music but after it hit the market they turned around and some have jumped into our bandwagon and we are now working together. That was one of the things that influenced the recording of this album.”
He said track seven Catch Up is more of a follow up after Cha-Cha-Cha, which quashes the pull down syndrome and instead advises to help uplift others with a positive criticism. While track six and eight, Music Makes Me Happy and Sheika Marago are happy songs that also introduce his new dance moves.