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With his fifth studio album, dancehall superstar Stonebwoy reveals an unwillingness to slow down. \u201cThere\u2019s no other name that could describe my fifth studio album,\u201d he tells Apple .<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the space that I find myself, I want to continue to contribute to my culture, and my time, and my generation. The fifth dimension goes beyond the physical\u2014it goes into the astral; it goes into the spiritual. It deals with all aspects of emotions and thoughts. This is vibration; this is levels; emotions; this is waves.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n
Stonebwoy has consistently shown he has no fear when it comes to diversifying his sound, a trait that\u2019s ever present across the album\u2019s 17 tracks.<\/p>\n
He even ventures into amapiano territory alongside South African superstar DJ Maphorisa on \u201cApotheke\u201d\u2014displaying as much passion as he does on his signature dancehall-meets-Afrobeats records. Below, he breaks down key tracks form 5th Dimension.<\/p>\n
\u201cLife and Money\u201d (feat. Stormzy)<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you critically listen to the song, you find out that I acknowledge where I\u2019m headed. I acknowledge how hard I\u2019m investing into myself by virtue of hard work. And then I also understand that there\u2019s a need to actually live life and make money in the end. And also, I\u2019m wishing this for all of my people. And I just pray that we all have long life to be able to enjoy whatever we work hard for.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFar Away<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2019Far Away\u2019 takes you on a meditational path. It\u2019s taking into consideration everything that\u2019s going on and knowing for a fact that you are a champion or you are a winner and you are mentally gone\u2014basically, far away. You\u2019re vibrating on the higher levels. And all this can only happen inside of your mind. Whatever you do, it\u2019s your mind that starts the thought that takes you there.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMore of You\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMore of You is a double entendre. I think love runs the world, and many things that go on actually centre around the existence and the management of relationships. And I think love is the biggest commandment. So you give what you get basically, and whilst you\u2019re expecting to be given the most, you also should be understanding enough to know that you have to also reciprocate it to that level. It\u2019s like a highlife kind of sound, but it\u2019s embedded in today\u2019s kind of rhythm, so it\u2019s a proper blend of the styles that I\u2019m known for.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAva Wum Lo\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018Ava womlo\u2019 means, \u2018You go kill me\u2019 in my native Ewe language (I\u2019m from the Volta region of Ghana). It\u2019s also a very nice love song, sung in my dialect, and gives us that traditional feel and [sense of belonging] for my people as well, so that they can really feel connected and attached to the vibes. It is a sensual love tale, honouring women and then praising them for the amount of love that they show, and the way women express love.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cForget\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe beat gives me the vibes of a typical jama\u2026these are songs that are on the streets, like when you\u2019re going for school competitions or football matches\u2014all the type of songs that are played when the Black Stars plays football matches. I needed a subject that could fit that style of rhythm. \u2018Forget\u2019 speaks about making a firm decision not to go back to your ex. It\u2019s telling them, \u2018Yo, when I didn\u2019t have nothing, you were not there for me, but now that I got something you want to find your way through\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cRun AM\u201d (feat. Mereba)<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always loved to just dig deep and do something unique. Not every artist can take risks, but my career is built on risks, because combining reggae and Afrobeats in the first place to create a certain sound is really very important. Mereba\u2019s voice is different and her style of music complements a dancehall song.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cActivate\u201d [Stonebwoy & Davido]<\/p>\n
\u201cShoutout to Davido; that\u2019s a brother of mine. \u2018Activate\u2019 [has been] a huge success and we couldn\u2019t leave it alone, so we had to bring it on here, and we all have enjoyed this [combination] of a typical Afrobeats with my dancehall flavour. You can see when I get into the first verse, there is a different dancehall style that brings some energy to the whole situation. I\u2019m always intentional about continuing to represent for the African sounds that were formed both in Africa and in the diaspora.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy Sound\u201d (feat. Shaggy)<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a typical Afro-dance style. I\u2019ve been [making music] for over a decade, and we\u2019ve seen the tempo of Afrobeats go from 120 bpm down to 85. And the same way it transitioned from the hardcore, to today, where the dancehall rhythm is more laid back, I had to go back. The song has an Afrobeat feel produced by Praiz, a Nigerian musician and sound engineer. I sent it to Shaggy and he really just blessed us with this one, because Shaggy is one of the artists [who made me love] dancehall. These types of collaborations go a very long way to unify us, both the African people and the people in the Caribbean. It adds more sauce to that intentionality of knowing that we are all one people, and we share sounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cApotheke\u201d [Stonebwoy & DJ Maphorisa]<\/p>\n
\u201cAfrobeats really is an umbrella name for all the sounds that are generated in Africa, in today\u2019s terms. And I believe that Amapiano is also one of the very huge ones. So DJ Maphorisa and I had to jump on one like this. Recording in South Africa, I realised that we don\u2019t really understand the Zulu and the Xhosa, but we love it. We love what we hear. The intention of the song is: we\u2019re going to have fun. We\u2019re going to party. And it\u2019s like a drug; the vibe is going to be like a drug. Apotheke is a pharmacy\u2014\u2018apothecary\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAfrican System\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt speaks to government and power and politics, even some very pertinent things that happen within the African system, whereby the political policies and agendas that have to be implemented only [exist] on paper, but are hardly executed to the maximum on the ground. I will never depart from my consciousness no matter what it is. My music addresses every and anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere Is The Love\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is actually a very soulful song to me. It is my personal story, and it also is very relatable. The more you grow, the more you go, the more you realise that many people give us love, but they don\u2019t really have it for us. It\u2019s conditional. And thus I\u2019m inspired to speak about my terms myself, and I ask the question, \u2018Where is the love that was supposed to show?\u2019 Enemies are in the circle, because we\u2019ve been beaten a lot of times by people who [posed] as innocent people, or people who loved us\u2014but you realise that they\u2019re the same ones who would hurt us, at any given opportunity to fulfil their own desires.\u201d<\/p>\n
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