Popcaan Drops 2 Collabs Wid Beres Hammond & Nigerian Singer Bella Shmurda
In aneda dynamic duet, Reggae/Dancehall artistes Beres Hammond and Popcaan have come togedda yet again to release a touching tribute dedicated to dem madda dem inna di single, “A Mother’s Love” dat premiered August 27.
Di entertainers surprised music lovers earlier dis year wen dem team up pon di single God Is Love.
Di unlikely pairing saw artists of two generations, almost three decades apart, and from different subgenres coming togedda fi di first time. Di move did prompt fans fi push fi a subsequent music video and Popcaan’s mother, Miss Rhona fi enlist di track among di ‘three songs fit fi har ears’ dat were recorded by her son.
Now Popcaan has undeniably complemented Miss Rhona’s playlist once again wid a fourth song in him latest collaboration wid Hammond on, A Mother’s Love.
Produced by Shane Brown Music in association wid Harmony House and Unruly Entertainment, di song is a trip down memory lane weh di two man dem reminisce about dem life growing up as yutes. Blessed wid strong independent mothers, Popcaan and Beres were raised to be resilient and were never ‘left by di way side’, though times were hard.
“This beautiful little lady creating miracles out of nothing, relentless, that she is. The real beauty about her is, she does it with a smile. Turns trash into treasure, sorrow into pleasure,” Beres croons inna di verse dem.
Photo: Beres Hammond (left) and Popcaan (right). Photo courtesy VP Records.
Di Prof and Kryss Ras-directed music video displayed vivid imageries of such fi bring di narrative of di song alive. Side by side, their journeys begin di same – one going all di back to 1970 when Beres was a yute of about 10 years old, and di other ahead in 1998 fi si Popcaan at di same age.
Mama mek dem breakfast wid a hot cup a tea on a wood fire outside, and covers dem in prayer before sending dem off to school. Life would den take on different paths but dem upbringing for di most part was di same. Di two a dem share some resonating lessons from dem matriarchs, for Popcaan, “I remember when I was younger and miss Rhona was overseas and grandma told me how great I’m gonna be.”
Beres pick up, “I can remember myself as a young man growing up. If I fell she said get up! Get up, boy! ‘There’s nothing down there but dirt, so get my boy and show your worth’.”
Shot by Tower Music Media Group and edited by Leb Studios, watch di new visuals of A Mother’s Love with Popcaan and Beres Hammond yah suh –
In aneda new release wah day, Popcaan and Nigerian singer Bella Shmurda teamed up on a sorrowful yet rhythmic Afrobeat-infused single called “So Cold”.
Di TJ Records and Dangbana Republik-produced single sounds off about dis “ahh so cold” world dat we all live in. Wid thoughtless government bodies running ship, di injustice many face is simply intolerable and they’re “not giving up di fight until it’s over”’
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Source: dancehallmag.com | Claudine Baugh
