Sona The Voice
African Juju
Following the success of “Dreams,” off of his first album, Man in the Mirror, Sona the Voice starts his sophomore album, African Juju, firing rhymes over an upbeat production. You can feel his energy and attempt to follow the footsteps of Akon and K’Naan, as the next hip hop star to come out of Africa. Fortunately, Sona the Voice was first introduced to hip hop through one of its biggest icons, Tupac. Unfortunately, most of his tracks sound too much like Tupac, without the heart.
You can’t help but to reminisce the “Makaveli” sound we were so familiar with in the mid-’90s on some of tracks while on others, there is a heavy influence of southern rap, laced with synth-heavy productions. A perfect example would be “Monkey See Monkey Do” which you can almost envision Manny Fresh producing. The most ironic thing about this song is Sona disses many rappers for being fake, calling out many recognizable rappers at the end of the song. It’s a bit odd to see a rapper makes these accusations while his album seems very imitated as well.
For a rapper who raps mainly about Africa, it was a little surprising to not hear much of an African influence in the production. But nonetheless, the production was the best part of the album. African Juju had a nice mixture of fast and slow songs that keeps a listener from turning off the music player, although one would hope he’d develop and add a little more depth to his work in the future. As for the lyrics, his words have depth and flow but he must stray away from trying to sound like Tupac and use a little more creativity in putting together the lyrics.
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