{"id":107611,"date":"2023-10-06T16:14:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/06\/blackos-the-villain-i-never-was-one-year-on-a-heros-story\/"},"modified":"2023-10-06T16:14:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:14:15","slug":"blackos-the-villain-i-never-was-one-year-on-a-heros-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/06\/blackos-the-villain-i-never-was-one-year-on-a-heros-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Blacko&#8217;s &#8216;The Villain I Never Was&#8217;: One year on &#8211; A hero\u2019s story"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been a year since Black Sherif launched his much-anticipated debut album, \u2018The Villain I Never Was&#8217;, which has amassed over a billion audio streams across the digital streaming divide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 21-year-old announced he was ready for war with the first single off the album, &#8216;Soja&#8217;. Black Sherif went above and beyond by pouring all his perceived virtues into the project. It embodies all he stands for: originality, honesty, hope, pain, attention to detail, and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-08-10-at-05.17.05.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032356702\" style=\"width:481px;height:600px\" width=\"481\" height=\"600\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The multi-award-winning artist began working on the album in 2020, with his decorated emo-love song \u2018Oh Paradise\u2019 being the first off-album to be recorded with his longtime friend and producer, Samsney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The potpourri of 14 tracks, which were recorded between the Anglophone sonic capitals\u2014Accra and London\u2014has Burna Boy as the only featured artiste, with production credits to UK-based producers AoD, Dystinkt Beats, JAE5, LiTek, RNDM, WhYJay &amp; Zaylor, Nigerian powerhouse, London, German-based Ghanaian producer, Ghanaian Stallion, and his in-house master duo, Joker Nharnah and Samsney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking about the \u2018Villain\u2019 in his album title, Sherif told DadaBoy Ehiz on Africa Now that, \u201cWe as individuals are all connected in some way, and some way somehow we are all fighting different battles &#8211; internal, external &#8211; and with me everything I\u2019ve learned or say are more like experiences, things I\u2019ve seen or things I\u2019ve seen people go through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/blacko-sherif-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10032308152\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rapper and singer Black Sherif. Credit: @flynimaboy \u2014 Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With my life, I feel like sh*t bro. I feel like I\u2019m fighting myself, and I\u2019m a human, I need to feel like that sometimes. It shouldn\u2019t always be up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll of the time I\u2019m the villain &#8211; in my story, in people\u2019s story &#8211; everywhere I\u2019m the villain, but when I sit and think about it I know \u201cNah bro, I don\u2019t just wake up to be a villain.\u201d I\u2019m fighting for my life, I\u2019m trying to make sense, I\u2019m trying to be a better person so I really wasn\u2019t the villain that people paint me to be or that myself is telling me. I\u2019m not the villain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Villain I Never Was saw scintillating visuals that served as the bedrock for the stories told on the album, with creative direction from Ghanaian award-winning videographer and director David Nicol Sey, who shot Kwaku the Traveller and Oh Paradise, and Nigerian decorated music video director TG Omori, who brought the visuals of 45 to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0The album enjoyed several laurels, including placing 49 on Fader\u2019s top 50 global albums for 2022, earning him the Best International Flow Act at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2023, Artiste of the Year at the 25th Ghana  Awards, and Best West African Act at the Headies Awards, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Black Sherif\u2019s \u2018The Villain I Never Was\u2019 highlights the meteoric rise of the Konongo native into global music, and it\u2019s the perfect chaperone by the sad boys.<\/p>\n \n                               <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n                <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                         \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a year since Black Sherif launched his much-anticipated debut album, \u2018The Villain I Never Was&#8217;, which has amassed over a billion audio streams across the digital streaming divide. 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