Kuami Eugene has shared an amusing behind-the-scenes account of how Shatta Wale approaches music creation, painting a picture of a studio process driven more by impulse than pen and paper.
In a discussion with George Quaye, the Ghanaian artiste opened up about his experience working with the dancehall artiste, describing a style that breaks away from conventional songwriting methods.
According to him, Shatta Wale relies entirely on spontaneity rather than written lyrics.
“Shatta Wale, he doesn’t write too. I’m not sure he has a pen. He freestyles, the energy comes, and then he plays the music, and if he likes it, he just flows.
“He comes to the studio, he plays the music loud and he will just be there like that. Doing his thing, then he just goes ‘pa pa pa pa,'” he said.
Kuami Eugene added that while the process may look unstructured from the outside, the outcome is consistently powerful, with Shatta Wale’s raw energy clearly translating into the final record.
“You can sense the energy. That same energy you are hearing in the studio, that’s what you’re hearing on the song. He carries it, so you can feel him in the song. The energy and everything in the song,” he added.
