The Villain I Never Was is a brand new and inspiring Hiphop/Rap debut album project released with 14 tracks on 6 October 2022 by a talented Ghanaian rapper and song-writer, Black Sherif featuring Burna Boy, Under the Blacko Management/Empire Records.
He balances the realities of his upbringing in Konongo, Ghana, and the lessons he’s learned since, with a fresh take on the sounds that shaped him. “I don’t want to box it, but the bedrock of my sound is highlife, reggae, and hip-hop,” he explains. “I do drill [also], but it’s like I do highlife and reggae on [top of] drill. One thing from time I’ve learnt about the reggae sound is the consciousness, and when I started making art, that was the first thing in my head: be real and raw about whatever you do.” Here, he talks through key tracks from The Villain I Never Was.
Tracklist:
02. Oil On My Head
03. 45
04. Soja
05. Prey Da Youngsta
07. Konongo Zongo
08. Wasteman
09. We Up
10. Toxic Love City
11. Don’t Forget Me
12. Oh Paradise