Just when you thought that
February is the month of love, here comes a girl going all out, guns blazing
saying “you better lose my number…QUICK!” Could she be the next coolest thing
in the Zim Hip Hop game, given her banger of a first track, it is kind of hard not
to think so.
Of the new hip hop songs that
have hit radio, this is one where we feel like the eight out of ten it got was
worth it. We introduce to you Amard (Nonkululeko Dube). The Gweru born,
Bulawayo raised and Harare based femcee teamed up with Crismson-Blu, (remember
her, the girl who did the chorus for the award winning song H-town with Tatea
Da MC, same girl who is the only female in The Maples, a group that was signed to
Universal last year, yeah, her…take that haters!) to come up with a very anti
douche-bag song called “Lose my number”.
What we found interesting was how
the two never actually sat down together in the studio to write the song. We
were informed by Amard (reverse version of the word DRAMA) that the verses and
chorus were recorded at different times with the only guideline being the
concept communicated between the artist over the phone, of which, the two hadn’t
actually met or known each other before hand. (That’s whats called progress).
Going to the song itself,
beautifully mastered, the instrumental a Rehab ENT production, Amard went hard
on the vocals consistently keeping her “bitter” at the men tone throughout the
two verses on the song. The chorus has no kind words for the unnamed man in
question with the story behind it being of guys who treat their women wrong
then after the break up, they come back to try and get the lady. It is to
those men that the ladies are saying “lose my number”. The merger of the
artists is top notch, the talent in Amard is evident, being a rookie rapper,
her first offering is better than a good number of seasoned rappers songs.Crimson Blu
shows us how versatile she can be on this song which shows a different side of her music which is usually soulful and soft, and we see why it was her group
that won last years edition of “U Can Do It”. Amard is under the mentorship of
award winning Hip Hop artist Dizzy Don and although we don’t know when the follow
up is going to come, we will sure be waiting for it.
Get this newcomer’s song on https://soundcloud.com/amardzw/lose-my-number-ft-crimson-blu
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