Kemuel’s “Escape EP,” is an exceptional chronicle of his love escapades.
Rating: 4/5 Replay value: Outstanding.
On a comprehensively cohesive 6-tracker, Kēmuel, also delivers as one of Port Harcourt’s most peculiar voices. He rendered his debut EP in a very unique and alluringly distinct manner that every listener after paying careful attention would lean to watch his back. Because this is the next global hotshoot on the cusp of stardom.
Firstly, he expands seemingly personal tales around love. And, yet escapes from all the moments he created as an excellent and very creative artiste. He made a very conducive listen for both his old fans and the new coming converts that would also appreciate and love his talents. With the manner he makes grooves, with obvious interest to for revelers. Also, very effortless.
Currently, Kēmuel’s pedestal has been rightly positioned. As one of the brightest young stars to look out for in the forthcoming year, 2023. A year in Nigeria where the citizens of her country have marked out for the embrace of a new era of leadership. A year which every youth yearns because they are tired of the fad, the inconveniences of corruption and bad leadership. And, it is when a new reign of another young Afrobeats voice from the garden city has been mapped out. Stars like Kemuel Emmanuel, Kaestyle, Dr. Barz, are on their way.
For Kēmuel, a graduate of Rivers State University. Last year, He told Port Harcourt Gist that he admires Sia, because of her privacy and he intends making globally recognized music and loves to also be on a song with the legendary Australian sweet heart.
He is one of Port Harcourt’s most beloved exports gradually walking to dominate the mainstream soundscape. In the time of a better government due to our obidence as youths by using our PVC to vote in the right leaders. With bright voices like Kemuel dominating as the time comes, our joy would never cease to be full as youths.
On Escape EP, he gladly makes music for the young generation although the older folks are also welcomed. They can try their hands in his music. They can as well find relationship with the art because he is an expert in love story telling. On the last track ‘Escape,’ after welcoming love and admiring it on the other five tracks, he detested it and escaped from all it shackles. On “Finally,” he appreciates the beautiful thing (love) totally and held on to his lover. On “Mumu,” as well he intensified it all and became very obsessive. Wherein, he dug in deeper without catching breaks.
Kemuel is special with the manner and mode of his delivery, lyricality, his style alongside the way which he builds songs with great peculiarity. ‘Champagne Girl’ was a promo single that seeded the release of the project and now it tops the notch. As he adulates his woman on the track, showered her praises and worships her as intended.
For this writer, Kemuel makes a higher version of love song like some of your already favorite artistes like Fireboy, Rema, Joeboy, and co. While their sounds are all in unique measures, Kēmuel’s orchestration as a pure Afrobeats artiste is fresher and international. His sounds are powerful and what he proposes to his generation is exactly what they might find very interesting, perhaps as we launch in further. The music industry is currently watered with trends and when the tide dies down, Kēmuel should be on the look out.
Rating: 4/5
Replay value: Outstanding.