{"id":96286,"date":"2023-08-31T14:52:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/31\/black-sherif-opens-up-on-why-he-decided-to-feature-burna-boy-in-his-album\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:52:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T14:52:04","slug":"black-sherif-opens-up-on-why-he-decided-to-feature-burna-boy-in-his-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/31\/black-sherif-opens-up-on-why-he-decided-to-feature-burna-boy-in-his-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sherif Opens Up On Why He Decided To Feature Burna Boy In His Album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_30\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>In an exclusive interview with CNN\u2019s Larry Madowo, VGMA Artiste of the Year Black Sherif provided insight into why he decided to include solely Burna Boy on his debut album, \u201cThe Villain I Never Was.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 box-3 box-3901 adtester-container adtester-container-901\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-box-3\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-box-3-0\" ezaw=\"728\" ezah=\"90\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;min-height:90px;min-width:728px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The record, which debuted impressively at number 12 on the Billboard World Albums Chart, has gained attention for both its success on the charts and the 21-year-old\u2019s original artistic decisions.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 medrectangle-3 medrectangle-3909 adtester-container adtester-container-909\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-medrectangle-3\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-medrectangle-3-0\" ezaw=\"580\" ezah=\"400\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;min-height:400px;min-width:580px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The singer of \u201cKweku Frimpong,\u201d who is renowned for his moving storytelling and reflective lyrics, claims that he originally intended to work with a variety of singers on his debut album.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 medrectangle-4 medrectangle-4910 adtester-container adtester-container-910\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-medrectangle-4\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-medrectangle-4-0\" ezaw=\"728\" ezah=\"90\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;width:100%;max-width:1200px;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;min-height:90px;min-width:728px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He ultimately opted against it, though, in order to completely express his personal viewpoint.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 box-4 box-4911 adtester-container adtester-container-911\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-box-4\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-box-4-0\" ezaw=\"580\" ezah=\"400\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;width:100%;max-width:1200px;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;min-height:400px;min-width:580px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that came during the process of making the album. It was very intense for me at that time where I was in my head. I had the studio right in front of my bed. So when I wake up that\u2019s my studio,\u201d Black Sherif further revealed during the interview \u201cI made so many songs at that time and I felt like, the story I was going to tell I could tell it alone, I had plans of getting features in the album, but making the album and getting to like 70% of the album, I felt I could do it solo, because I had a lot to talk about,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The album features a famous collaboration with Nigerian Afrofusion superstar Burna Boy.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 banner-1 banner-1912 adtester-container adtester-container-912\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-banner-1\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-banner-1-0\" ezaw=\"300\" ezah=\"250\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;min-height:250px;min-width:300px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to Black Sherif, their relationship went beyond music and focused on mutual respect and shared creativity.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOil In My Head\u201d singer, who was up in rural Konongo Zong, said of the effects of his music that he is still in disbelief over how far his songs have spread.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-913\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span class=\"ezoic-ad ezoic-at-0 large-leaderboard-2 large-leaderboard-2913 adtester-container adtester-container-913\" data-ez-name=\"ghbase_com-large-leaderboard-2\"><span id=\"div-gpt-ad-ghbase_com-large-leaderboard-2-0\" ezaw=\"300\" ezah=\"250\" style=\"position:relative;z-index:0;display:inline-block;padding:0;min-height:250px;min-width:300px\" class=\"ezoic-ad\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-124\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an exclusive interview with CNN\u2019s Larry Madowo, VGMA Artiste of the Year Black Sherif provided insight into why he decided to include solely Burna Boy on his debut album, \u201cThe Villain I Never Was.\u201d The record, which debuted impressively at number 12 on the Billboard World Albums Chart, has gained attention for both its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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