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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>With impeccably curated songwriting, wordplay, production, mixing and down to the minute detail of picking the best backing vocals, the release of Tim\u2019s hugely anticipated album is a local music milestone. It\u2019s easy to throw around complimentary words about the songs on the album but this is simply an artist effortlessly moving in stride with his enormous talent.<\/p>\n

You may not even be a hip-hop head, heck you could be a country music fan, but you\u2019ll agree that this is an artist pouring his soul into your sound system. With TikTok\u2019s biased algorithm and the fast social media churn of modern music, it\u2019s often you listen to an artist that\u2019s simply ticking a box, giving in to fan pressure for a record or keeping up with the pace of their contemporaries. Tim\u2019s craft as a musician alone is worth the wait \u2013 this is an artist that has taken their gift and taken it to the furthest peak they can.<\/p>\n

The 21-track album \u2018Sonder\u2019<\/b> is as a good a Sunday sermon and testimonial you\u2019re likely to hear on the other side of your favourite papa.<\/p>\n

With a rap delivery style that\u2019s never self-indulgent, the album opens with \u2018Little Me, Big God\u2019 featuring Sam Sakala (Dope G) and moves seamlessly through a personal and shared story of faith, tribulations, loss, joy and quite simply, the flight mode in the peaks and turbulence of valleys in the human experience.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to pick the standout songs on the album because it\u2019s littered with gems throughout. As you settle into the album though, you\u2019re suddenly sitting up when the laid-back delivery on \u2018Heaven\u2019 segues into a glorious, infectious chorus. Produced by the talented Mag 44, the saxophone by Mutemwa Cymbala is a classy touch for one of the album\u2019s finest songs.<\/p>\n

Further on, a motley crew of Jae Cash, Young Verbal and Tiwah Hillz deliver an industry-standard collaboration on \u2018Amen\u2019. It\u2019s a call on God for a nudge in navigating the loss of loved ones to resisting the temptation of money and riches. If you\u2019re looking for a contemporary gospel song that goes in hard on millennial and Gen Z spirituality, put this on repeat.<\/p>\n

When \u2018Power\u2019 kicks in with a triumphant intro, it\u2019s easy to question how Chef 187 and Esther Chungu will fit into a song that is unlike anything the two have ever laid vocals on, but oh it works. Esther Chungu delivers a rallying hook with seamless ease in that beautiful baby blue voice of hers. And Chef? He who co-wrote the song and is mercurial with his familiar, streetwise stye. Light work.<\/p>\n

Tim is a gracious host on the album, giving his featured artists room to shine, experiment even and ultimately remind us of our diverse Zambian musical talent. With rap albums, it\u2019s easy to kill the messenger but still get the message. \u2018Sonder\u2019<\/b> delivers a gospel message so subtly clever and contemporary you\u2019ll probably playlist it for your happiest and sad moments in equal measure. And that\u2019s modern-day ministry, with its seamless resonance in the dark times of your boarding house kitchen or your relaxed drive to a Saturday afternoon birthday party with family and friends.<\/p>\n

Even with an eclectic lineup including MC Wabwino, Pompi, Scarlet, James Sakala and Izrael delivering memorable cameos, Tim is arguably at the peak of powers as a writer. He has a hand in all 21 songs on the album and it speaks to his vivid and personal storytelling abilities that by the time you\u2019re listening to \u2018Ride\u2019 further into the album, you\u2019re no longer with Tim from Zone Fam but Tim, a rapper scaling new heights in his craft.<\/p>\n

During his time with Zone Fam, Tim\u2019s diminutive stature may not have seen him center stage in the music videos, promotional photos or on stage jointly accepting a Channel O award but with this triumphant album, Tim can stand tall as a giant in not only in the local hip-hop scene but as a Zambian musician we can all be proud of.<\/p>\n

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