So much happened
in the music cycles in 2017 and the pen was really busy. Along the way the Pen
angered local Hip-Hop star Fredokiss for what it felt was his unprofessional
and childish conduct but the fact remained that he stole the limelight in the
year.
Much as everyone
else did their best, there can always be one winner with the pen as is the case
with any other awards and recognitions. I might not be in agreement with
several people but according the Lyrical Pen, these were its 2017 stars.
Anybody can come up with their list.
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ENTERTAINMENT ACT - Patience Namadingo
Unlike other
musical awards organisers who struck off initial awardees from the list because
they had disagreed, it is not the case with the Lyrical Pen. At the moment the
pen has issues with Namandingo for painting the whole media fraternity on
Facebook with one brush of condemnation for a mix-up of his mother’s picture in
one daily.
Regardless of
this fact this has been Patience’s year. We saw a different brand of the all
new Namadingo that performed to mammoth crowds in Blantyre and Lilongwe venues.
He also worked wonders singing in different places to raise money for the Queen
Elizabeth Children Cancer Ward. He also showed the world the comedian in him.
For all this he is the pen’s top entertainer for 2017.
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MALAWIAN MUSICIAN – Atoht Manje
The pen concluded
that Ellias Missi known in showbiz cycles as Atoht Manje shot himself to the
top of the game.
Not many really
considered Atoht as one to make a mark amongst the youthful musical group of
Lilongwe where he emerged from until he started dropping tracks like Majelasi, Lululu, Tizipepese, and
etcetera.
Atoht is endowed
with a crackly voice which is suitable for dancehall or ragga genre. The tracks
like Majelasi and Lululu really came riding this genre
until Tizipepese, which his fans call
Mabvuto came in. It’s fast pace
bordering on something that can best be equalled to a Congo beat or merely a
local hurried up beat like fast paced Manganje
as he would love to call it.
When one listens
to Atoht’s productions with a trained ear, you would easily notice that his
lyrical structure is messed up. He literally follows his heart, the result of
which is a general appeal to his fans but an immediate shock to music teachers.
The same applies with
Che Patuma, the track that he made to grab the top musician for Malawi in 2017
according to the pen.
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URBAN MUSICIAN – Fredokiss
The pen settles
for Fredokiss not to appease him for getting angry at its ‘venomous’ ink, but
because he proved that the local hip-hop genre is so influential that it would
be foolish for anyone to pay it a blind eye.
He held three free
shows in Ndirande, Masintha and Mzuzu where he parked the venues in a way that
no meeting, be it political or religious could achieve. With politics and
religion you know their manipulative power where they will try to profess
popularity by parking vehicles with people that they ferry to such spots for
obvious reasons. For Fredokiss it was just consumers of his niche products
walking by foot to the venue.
In the year, Fredokiss who is also known as
Ghetto King Kong released hit song “Njira Zawo” which features Lucius
Banda. This is the rendition of Lucius’ “Ali ndi njira Zawo”. An additional to
Dear Jah Jah, another hit.
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LOCAL ALBUM – Sunset in the Sky
Lawi’s second musical toil in ‘Sunset in the
Sky’ is the pen’s pick for the best local album of the year slot. The album launched
at Bingu International Convention Centre (BICC) on 2nd December in Lilongwe is
a show of artistic progress of one talented artiste.
The Afro-Soul musician and producer has
in the album tracks like Timalira, Dance with me, Therere and Yalira Ng’oma to mention but a few. The
album has 25 tracks in total that touch on spirituality, life and wide range of
issues.
The
album has taken a good four years to put together and the proof of well thought
composition is evident, making Lawi a top brand.
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