This album is destined for greatness and it has started setting records barely 24 hours after its release. Black Sherif’s debut album, has surpassed over 72 million streams on Audiomack.
Black Sherif has become the only Ghanaian artiste to record such a high number within the stated time on an online streaming platform.
‘The Villian I Never Was’ has been well received by music lovers across the country and beyond. Twitter was filled with positive comments and reviews for the. Album.
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Celebrities in the country have also patted the sensational musician on the back for putting out such a masterpiece, as described by rapper Sarkodie on social media.
“#TheVillainINeverWas Is what I woke up to … About to dive into it today and I know a true artist made this so it’s already safe to call it a masterpiece!! Congrats International BLACKO” the tweet read.
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Soja, track 4 off the album, made its first appearance on the Billboard US Afrobeats Chart at number 23.
He beat Asake’s Ototo and Sungba, Bella Shmurda’s Philo and Victony’s Soweto to bag the spot.
Ghanaian rap icon Reggie Rockstone has also advised sensational musician Black Sherif to create a name for his music style just like he did in the 90s.
The pioneer of Hiplife music genre in Ghana, in an interview on Accra FM, described Black Sherif as a unique artist and advised him to set the trend instead of staying in the box.
“When you listen to my son Black Sherif, he doesn’t do Afrobeats, the music is also not exactly Hiplife, he is clearly moving in his own lane.”
“You can see how the world is receiving him. So me, I’ve always said this, I don’t chase trends, I create trends. When others are making music in this direction, I’m going in the other direction,” Reggie Rockstone said on Accra FM.
“When you finally do it, give the evidence so 30 years later, after your hard work, no one will come and claim you are not the originator. Have you heard?”
SOURCE: GhanaCelebrities.Com