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Dozie Brings Back the Jazzy Soul Flavor
By Linda A. Annan
Published: May 15, 2007
Dozie 's soothing music reminds you of the calm you feel when listening to Maxwell, Seal or Sade, with an added flair of contemporary African melodies. Redemption sounds nothing like an ordinary debut but more of a seasoned craftsmanship that echoes originality. Each track effortlessly melts into the next in smooth transition of professional musical mastership and smells only of sweet success.
The well-constructed lyrics of the songs either have spiritual connotations or words in Igbo or Pidgin as in the tracks “Heaven Knows” and “Nowhere.” In “Magdalena” he sings (in Pidgin) about a girl he is interested in: “Anything wey you wan make I do I fit do am…If you wan make I follow you I go follow you sef…I beg make we commot here.”
“I just try to give a little bit of extra flavor, because you don't really hear that stuff if you were listening to a normal record from an American,” Dozie comments about incorporating Igbo and Pidgin into his music.
The 11-track album is filtered with a mix of love songs and life issues, making references to traditional African beliefs. “Tar,” a poignant track is one Dozie says was inspired by a rural man of his village in Nigeria, who appeared to be stuck in life without the same opportunities others had to excel. Speaking from this man's perspective, Dozie asks whether this was the life the continent could offer him, even with its promises. In this song he says: “Even suffer never see the suffer¦ Wey I suffer for this land ¦ So hard I try ¦But I'm not seen as a man…¦ And Africa, my Africa ¦ It holds me down like tar.”
Dozie 's record is a must-have for this summer –a musical album made of rich and smooth beats of smooth jazz mixed with soul. It is currently available at www.cdbaby.com/dozie2 until he seals a record deal.
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