According to renowned Ghanaian music producer Hammer of the Last Two, Black Sherif’s musical potential is still untapped.
Hammer feels that music lovers are still not fully aware of all the facets of the hitmaker Kwaku the Traveler.
Prizing Black Sherif’s musical abilities and rapid rise, Hammer told Kwame Dadzie on Joy FM’s Showbiz A-Z that he would be the talk of the town if he decided to go further into highlife and other afro-influenced beats.
“Black Sherif has now evolved into something else. But he has other side that people haven’t seen yet and I tell you if people see that side they will run away. All you have heard is Black sing on trap beat. Let him sing on Afro beat, you will run away.
Even when he sang small on a hip hop beat from Sarkodie, the ‘Country Side’, you realise that he sounds different from what he know him to be singing all the time,” he said.
Hammer compared the relationship between Obrafour and Hammer to that of Black Sherif and his producer Samsney.
Hammer claimed that when Obrafour first began making music, he was only able to provide hip-hop beats for the rapper. One day, however, Obrafour mentioned that he wanted to go to Appietus and try his voice on highlife.
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Hammer said that’s when he realized just how adaptable Obrafour was.
“Obrafour’s knowledge was vast and I was limiting him to my style. So I think Blacko’s producer is showing us one part of him. If Black enters highlife or Afro beat, for real, dem nogo see ein back,” he said.
Black Sherif, since his emergence onto the music scene in 2019, has chalked great successes. He has topped global charts, won both local and international awards and performed at some of the biggest stages in the world.
Although most of his compositions are woven on drill beat, he strongly traces the root of his style of singing to highlife music.
On a few occasions, he has performed on highlife beats. His verse on DJ Breezy’s ‘Abonton’ is one that carries the highlife vibes.
On ‘The Villain I Never Was’ album he also took a foray into reggae on ‘Don’t Forget Me’.
Hammer, however, is convinced there is more that the ‘Soja’ singer can do with regards to his versatility.
