Slizer, Vee come up with a sizzler Ha Re Kopane

MONKAGEDI GAOTLHOBOGWE
Staff Writer | Thursday November 4, 2010 00:00

 

As soon as one is done listening the title track for this collaboration, there is that immediate feeling that we have a song that is going to be counted amongst the likes of Ekentolo's Matebele, as the Festive season songs.

Encouraged by the massive success of their last Festive season's collaboration album, Vee and Slizer, as well as Dargie Studios have joined forces yet again to produce a sizzling dance album that slightly deviates from your usual kwaito-kwasa or house kwasa, yet does not fail to stimulate.

How they work their magic is not that simple.  Other powerful combinations like Franco and Jeff Matheatau have tried this concept twice and had not been so successful.  Last year, Shumba Ratshega and Kaiser did something similar for the Festive season, but the album just flopped.

The title track, Ha Re Kopane, featuring Bibo and DJ Kazuku, is undoubtedly the best production ever and showcases Slizer's vocal performance in a new and more exciting fashion never experienced before.

She also performs a sweet flowing rap chorus there that is sure to leave the fans screaming 'encore'.  Bibo, one of the featured artists in the hit track happens to be Slizer's seven-year-old son.  For a seven-year-old, Bibo, at least in this song, is unleashing himself as one talented boy with a bright future ahead.

The instrumentation is also unique. Who said House-kwasa thrives only on the use of rhumba guitars?  The opening track, Ba Ile Ntlong, is a typical afro-pop beat that challenges both Vee and Slizer to showcase their singing talent, and both performers do not disappoint.

Tshuba Lebone takes on a higher tempo, but slightly deviates from the House-kwasa tradition as it abandons the use of live guitars, yet achieves its purpose as a well-crafted afro-dance tune.  The late Brigadier Cisco B, who perished in a car crash on Saturday while travelling from a promotional show in Bobonong, is featured in two tracks, Rotlhe and Re A Mmoka.