Maswe apology track overshadows Beauty Queens album
Koketso Kgoboge | Tuesday July 25, 2017 15:39
Unfortunately the track that is carried in his dancers (The Beauty Queens and Kings) album named Tshutshu overshadowed the entire project. In the past edition of Toropo ya Muka Maswe was involved in an altercation with Leungo ‘King B’ Pitse that started on stage and later went viral on social media.
Maswe’s brand paid heftily for the rant as a lot of organisations and individuals disassociated with the mbaqanga muso and he also received a lot criticism from scores of people who were following the developments on social media.
With I’m Sorry (Apology) Maswe has gone out of his mbaqanga comfort zone and he has gone hip hop/motswako with a reggae hook-up on the track that is buried at number six in the Beauty Queens new album. The album is a mixture of genres from mbaqanga, house-kwasa, kwasa kwasa and hip hop/motswako.
In the track the ‘Mr Seven Albums’ as it is mentioned somewhere in the album sleeve candidly apologises to King B, Toropo ya Muka, its organisers and the nation. In his lyrics he mentions that although he lost his cool at the wrong platform his actions have always been dedicated to the growth of the music industry.
He said he has learnt from his mistakes, but he is and will remain an outspoken personality who will not shy away from righting the wrong.
In the three-minute, 12 seconds track he dedicated the entire first hip hop/motswako stanza to King B. “…Shout out to my nigg** King B, no love lost still brother no beef, I just wanna dedicate this track to you, after what happened between I and You, ka thaloganya go bothokonyana mare go tla siama, I didn’t mean to hurt you boy, even though batho ba re ga ke a siama, we still brothers man let’s get it together go rene kagiso between us now and forever…”
The next and last stanza is an apology dedicated to the nation, fans of Toropo ya Muka and the festival organiser, DJ Colastraw. The album that seemingly is more devoted to those who dance is composed of four tracks and four instrumentals.
The title track Tshutshu is first and then Ndino Gorera, Ndo Shaka Nthu, a house mix titled House Gorera and I’m Sorry (Apology) and then the instrumentals. The album is produced by MC Maswe and is recorded at Emjoe Records.