WRITTEN BY: Regula Rebel
Smartly setting up for a timely release, a well-woven project that deep and chief tier music critics would definitely call “Solid Body Of Work”, ” “Full Plate Dinner” and “Worth The Long Listen”, close musically-inclined heads around Yaw Mondo that had his special call to the private EP listen session of his of project have confidently predicted his 9-track “Pain Before Glory” EP as a blockbuster release, citing the EP’s high potential to usher his brand and sounds out into many accepting homes and earn him some rapid street credo in and outside Ghana.
Of the private EP listeners giving the unison assurance and positive remarks that Yaw Mondo’s “Pain Before Glory” has a blockbuster effect and a replay value and it will instantly get him some street credo, their assurance remarks stemmed from the EP’s theme content of easily relatable life stories that easily sit home with a great number of music lovers worldwide, as the EP’s tracks are of universal lyrics that were drawn from usual and undeniable everyday life experiences which happens in every part of the world.
Strategically laced with beautifully-woven tracks like “Can’t Lie”, “Brother Man”, “Loner”, ” Burning” “Free We”, ” God Is Working” and “Ten Toes” which are sandwiched between a highly empowering intro and a warrior mentality outro dubbed “The Street Must Win”, ” Pain Before Glory “, isn’t then a mere body of work that’s passing by the music industry’s park, but one that will stay and stand tall and be used as a critical mass testimony during lyrical content comparison conversations that Yaw Mondo really started up his discography solid with a great pleasing rizz.
Yaw Mondo, the versatile Ghanaian multi-genre artiste, serves Afrobeats, Afropop, Afro Fusion, Reggae, Dancehall, Hi-Life, and he’s well-versed in the exploration of other underground and popular music genres that are influenced by other cultures outside the confines of the African content.
“Pain Before Glory” is stuffed with themes of faith, poise, grit, stoicism, focus, resilience, victory mentality, hope and the very basic recipes everyone needs to cook up a tasteful gravy life.
The EP isn’t just coming out in audios, some of its tracks have visuals queued down for immediate release soon after the EP is out. In the “Ten Toes” visuals which was shot by Regula Rebel, Yaw Mondo is depicted in scenes that shows the obvious phase of a humble but hopeful warrior life being blossomed in the ghetto.
The release date for “Pain Before Glory” isn’t yet officially scheduled, but the EP must be a sure September release.
