This girl is on a scintillating roll. She came. She conquered and, needless to say, she is in our ears and on our faces and..phew, you get it, don’t you? Sheebah Kalungi, formerly of the pop girl group Obsessions, after her rocky tenure with the cast of five girls failed, she decided to yak in the musical waters alone. At first, her canoe seemed leaking. Oh, yes, it did. She seemed as though she was going nowhere, like she was wandering in the stretched wilderness. Stakes were against her. Self-styled plaudits and musical Nazis and critics were baying for her blood when she decided to go solos.
This is the girl who seemed struggling. When she showed face, she seemed to be trying so hard. But, as Ugandans, aren’t we used to certain seemingly musical mammals? Souls that call themselves musicians but fail at it miserably like a cat taking a selfie. Sheebah was mouthed in the same category. But then again, she remained at it. Her eyes on the prize and, even though stakes were against her, she knew it certainly that the dust will settle and the world, the ruthless world, will come to its terms and accept her. It has eventually accepted her and she has reached a point of no return.
Over the past months, Sheebah Kalungi, if you do a survey and do it rightfully well, you will come to a realization that she has been at the helm of Ugandan music, swiftly kicking the usual suspects off the throne. She has been on radio, on airwaves. She has been in clubs. Friends, Sheebah has been in clubs and bars and house parties and, well, earpieces plugged in ears in gridlocked traffic. Ever since she came with the seductive Ice Cream, her music has been like ice cream indeed; sweet and crisp.
She comes off with Twesana. This girl has her signature of churning out seductive ballads that sear through chests and find a calm solace in our hearts. Twesana literally meaning “We Deserve Each Other” is a somewhat dancehall tune (typical of Sheebah) which, regardless of the vague lyrics, will keep you on the dance floor dancing like a retarded mammal. The beat, here, takes much credit because at some point in the song, long when your ears and subconscious is weary of lyrics, it will do the job. And Sheebah has always done the job. At least for the past weeks. She is the proverbial new thing and, dudes and dudettes, Twesana joins the legion of Sheebah’s well-crafted pieces of musical art.
I guess Twesana’s success is widely blamed at the fact that Ugandans have a way of falling in love with vulgarity and seductive songs which leaves their mouth wide-open like a fish spewing out uncontrollable utterances and driving them to pervert city. Twesana, as you have probably guessed by now, fits here. Even though it isn’t as vulgar as its older sister, Ice Cream, it lends ideas and shares the same originality. Good song, this one. And for Sheebah Kalungi, it is your time to shine. Make use of it before the candle burns out.
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Reviewed by BigEye Team
