Mushe continues to give a pleasant offering of rich Oshiwambo lyrics. He has, as with his past three albums, with a very good command of the Oshiwambo language managed to tell stories through his songs.
His fourth album, ‘The Truth of Chapter “4”’ is a 19-track album which again shows consistency in the sound he has managed to make his own.
Track two ‘Ino Kalako’ tells the story of a young person going to the city, asked not to stay there too long. The beat is very pleasant and makes it easy for the listener to get the message the song carries.
With the third track ‘Mbatanda’, Mushe showed off his multi-linguistic abilities by singing most of the song in Otjiherero. For track four ‘Freedom’, the singer featured fellow artists Mistake and Daphne to sing about freedom. The song has traces of old township and liberation struggle songs with a pleasant African instrumental sound in the background, the Otjiherero lyrics are also a pleasant surprise.
The beat picks up with track five ‘Mbai Konganda’ which speaks of coming to the capital city and not finding employment or finishing school and deciding it is time to go back home. The message of the hustle which has been present in his past three albums continues in track nine ‘Ituye’, where Mushe talks of his soul being tired of suffering and realising it is time to go home, mentioning towns like Outapi. The sound of the piano drives the deep message of taking a tough situation home.
In track 12 ‘Atukutanga’, Mushe sings praise to “Hamba ye hamba” which translates to king of all kings, he says this is a prayer for blessings and asks for forgiveness of his sins.
Mushe features industry upcoming act Trakfoo in track 17 ‘Aye Aye’. “Momeya omuna ongatu ndere anamu kakama” (in the water, there are crocodiles) are some of the lyrics in the chorus that Mushe used to encourage his listeners not to be moved by the surrounding circumstances.
Track 18 ‘Twaalelange’ takes the listeners back to the Mushe sound we know from the first album ‘Omunangeshefa’ with a strong similarity to when he first went solo.
The album is ended off on a pleasant, hype and rich instrumental sound in track 19 ‘Lukilenge’ featuring Newturn who offered beautiful vocals. We are taken down memory lane with Newturn referring to Mushe as ‘omnangeshefa’, the title of his first solo album.
Overall the album is a quality, well-polished and entertaining product that can appeal to all music lovers. Whether it is in your car, at home at a shebeen or a day out at the dam, the sounds of ‘The Truth of Chapter “4”’ will entertain you.
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