Album: Unveiling
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Becca's "Unveiling" is an expression of feminism and an examination of relationship complexities
Becca's latest work "Unveiling" possesses piercing motifs while still not losing its entertaining edge. It is the work of an artist in control, one whose decade of experience in the industry shines through the project's creative maturity.
Artiste: Becca
Featured artistes: Bisa Kdei, Patoranking, Mr Eazi, Kofi Kinaata, Joyce Blessing and Ice Prince.
Producers: Masta Garzy, Bisa Kdei, Killer Tunes, Richie Mensah, Kaywa, Quophi Okyeame, Kayso, Askana and Sammy Gyang.
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Executive Producers: Zylofon Music and Becca
The world seemed to be against her right from the onset, but she fought back with grit through thick and thin. Today,
Becca’s rise to fame began with a rough genesis familiar to most Ghanaians. A decade ago, she was controversially booted out of the second season of TV3’s popular music competition 'Mentor’.
She didn’t give up. She only grew stronger.
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Under music mogul Kiki Banson's EKB Records, Becca dropped her first single “You Lied To Me” featuring Kwabena Kwabena shortly after the Mentor Fiasco, a powerful debut that succeeded in convincing many that she didn't need the validation of a reality show to cut it. She went on to cement her place in the limelight with a successful debut album that same year (2007) titled “Sugar”. Five years and many hit singles later, she was back with an equally vibrant sophomore effort titled “Time 4 Me”.
The fact that it has taken Becca four whole years to cook up her third album only shows how seriously she takes her art; how meticulous and patient she is; how committed she is to excellence. Her latest collection is a 13-track tour de force of feminism and relationship talk titled “Unveiling”, released under her new management, Zylofon Music.
The album is a fine expression of Afrobeats sophistication, laden with discernible effort.
Through broken hearts, insecurities, the viral obsession with 'relationship goals', ungratefulness, hatred, cheating, the struggle for perfection and social media’s negative influence in relationships, Becca examines such themes with a combination of well-thought-out lyrics underlined by entertaining melodies. Her method of immersion in every single track makes the album breathe with substance and relevance.
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The album opens with “No. 1”, the product of a collaboration with Mr Eazi that seeks to propagate confidence and contentedness as a sine qua non for success in relationships. This is Becca telling you to be proud of your partner, to be loud about them - while at the same time making you dance.
She dives into feminine individuality and independence on the next track, where she sings: “Boy you promised me say/ you go never use me play/ And if you hurt me, you beg me ‘please’/ Now see the way you dey act with me/ cos I love you/If you no want stay, make you leave, don’t pretend that you need me/If you no want me, make you free me, don’t say you wanna see me…I don’t know how far I can take this (relationship)" Yet there is an interesting irony in how her guest on the song, Kofi Kinaata, offers lines that latently seems to carry the sense of disapproval that men have had for the recent explosion of extremist feminism on social media. Kinaata says: “Sɛ Adam and Eve yɛ China foↄ, anka wↄde Eve mpo bↄↄ nkwan mpo wee dada, ansa na wabɛdaada ne dɛɛ ↄmmegye apple no ↄmfa nkↄ mma Adam na ↄnwee”.
In "Bɛhye Wo", Becca carries a fierce, warning-like tone that says: 'I know my worth'. “Medo gye gye me, ↄyɛ neɛma bi di gye gye me/Ↄde m’akoma ɛbↄ chaskele/Sunsum pɛ nanso honam yɛ mrɛmrɛmrɛ/Obi ntu no fo mma me eh/Na sɛ me tu nkesen a, w’ani bɛba wo ho so no na aka akyiri oh/Obi bɛgye me ama w’asu eh/Obi de akrokro bɛgye me/Ↄbɛ gye me ama w’ani awu eh/Ↄde ne sika bɛgye me…Obi de akrokro beygye me." She seeks to get women empowered to value themselves as brands in demand; to get men to work for them. The message to men is clear: snooze and you'll lose, because this here is a hot commodity that commands a heavily populated queue of eager potential patrons.
The 33-year-old songstress' answer to social media's bad influence on relationships is “Na Wash”, featuring Afrp-Dancehall act Patoranking. This piece explores the phenomenon of relationships that start all rosy and unrealistic on social media and culminate in reality checks off it.
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More interestingly, Becca conveys a profound truth in tracks such as “You & I”, “Sumyɛ”, “Me Ne Waa”, “Crazy” and “With You”: the truth that relationships are difficult and imperfect, fraught with ups and downs, thus requiring consistent and persistent commitment to make them work.
There's also space on the tape for Becca's faith - two religiously themed tracks. “Mo” talks about her appreciation to God for seeing her through her career's tribulations, with its remix carrying an influential gospel music voice to bless it: that of Joyce Blessing.
In all, Becca's latest work possesses piercing motifs while still not losing its entertaining edge. It is the work of an artist in control, one whose decade of experience in the industry shines through the project's creative maturity.
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3.5 stars (out of 5)
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