{"id":1169001,"date":"2022-08-06T22:22:18","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/06\/atimbila-unveils-tracklist-for-his-debut-studio-album-destiny\/"},"modified":"2022-08-06T22:22:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-06T22:22:18","slug":"atimbila-unveils-tracklist-for-his-debut-studio-album-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/06\/atimbila-unveils-tracklist-for-his-debut-studio-album-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Atimbila Unveils Tracklist For His Debut Studio Album &#8220;Destiny&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"692\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FB_IMG_1659819797943.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"FB_IMG_1659819797943\"\/><\/div>\n<p><strong>Atimbila\u2019s long-awaited and highly anticipated debut studio album,\u00a0<em>Destiny<\/em>, is now available for the world to hear. The album arrived last week Thursday (July 28). The 10-song LP marks his first solo album in 10 years, following his exceptional performance during the maiden edition of the MTN Hitmaker reality show in 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Atimbila has previously recorded hit singles with the likes of Sarkodie, Ruff and Smooth, Strongman, Keche, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The album launch comes after Atimbila inked a deal with Koby Maxwell Productions, a US-based recording and management company that is home to movies and music.<\/p>\n<p>Atimbila\u2019s debut,\u00a0<em>Destiny<\/em>, is a draft mixture of tradition and modernity producing aesthetic, fusing electronic beats with his gravelly voice \u2013 a trademark of his home region, Bolgatanga.<\/p>\n<p> journalists and critics have said of previews that\u00a0<em>Destiny\u00a0<\/em>signifies a musical evolution for a global superstar, with predictions of a \u201cblockbuster album.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As an energetic performer and one of Bolgatanga\u2019s biggest Kologo players, he has pivoted away from revamping his musical journey in his homeland to global ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Chatting with journalists and bloggers at the Gold Coast Restaurant and Cocktail Bar in Accra, Atimbila said \u201cyou\u2019ll be able to hear in my voice that I\u2019m realising what I am and what I could be and what I need to work hard to be. My star is rising, and I\u2019m kind of documenting that process and showing you where I want to take it next. I\u2019m stepping into being a star comfortably. I want to entertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The risen star from Bolgatanga added \u201cIt was a beautiful journey of exploration. I hope you find joy in this album. I hope it inspires you to dream big. Ha! And it is a conversation with the younger generation \u2013 the transmission of culture as our grandparents have done. It is to make us feel unique, strong, and proud as Ghanaians. Making this album allowed me to dream and escape during a frightening moment in my life. It allowed me to feel free and adventurous at a time when the world was also struck by Covid-19\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Thematically, the LP finds the powerful-voiced singer mull over four primary subjects: destiny, love, happiness and responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Sang in his native language Frafra, Twi and English, the album unfolds with a wide array of sonic influences ranging from traditional African sounds such as Highlife, Soukous and Afrobeat to contemporary pop\u2014making the entire album much more listenable.<\/p>\n<p>Atimbila, coming off a career-redefining singles run in 2012, knows a thing or two about\u00a0luxury, and he has taken on the challenge. Knowing the stakes, he curates a buoyant, unsinkable record, one of the genre\u2019s finest ever. Indeed, \u201cDestiny\u201d is a nearly gapless immersion into his potent, wavy signature sound.<\/p>\n<p>Unmistakably, he is one of the most charismatic performers in African traditional music with the Kologo instrument, but\u00a0<em>Destiny\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>polished and exquisite simplicity is owed to a crack team of Ghanaian producers: Martin Kofi Mawutor, Emmanuel Kwadwo Ofori, and Koby Maxwell, in particular.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Destiny\u2019 is a dope project you will want to add to your playlist and play endlessly.<\/p>\n<p>Stream below and don\u2019t forget to share your thoughts with us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Destiny tracklist:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>01 Abomameh<\/li>\n<li>02 Destiny<\/li>\n<li>03 Ansela<\/li>\n<li>04 Kanbang Yeli wa<\/li>\n<li>05 Nlaba<\/li>\n<li>06 Asaala<\/li>\n<li>07 Advice<\/li>\n<li>08 Mabre<\/li>\n<li>09 Akukor Nsa<\/li>\n<li>10 Tikanaba<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atimbila\u2019s long-awaited and highly anticipated debut studio album,\u00a0Destiny, is now available for the world to hear. The album arrived last week Thursday (July 28). The 10-song LP marks his first solo album in 10 years, following his exceptional performance during the maiden edition of the MTN Hitmaker reality show in 2012. Atimbila has previously recorded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1169003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8334,22197,3210,1577,3966,10429,1948],"class_list":["post-1169001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-album","tag-atimbila","tag-debut","tag-destiny","tag-studio","tag-tracklist","tag-unveils"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1169001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1169001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1169001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1169001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1169001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}