By Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
What will rhumba be without a chanter?
Besides sounding awkward, it will be like a nation without a president, bread with no butter, tea with no sugar.
This is what Patati Patata, a new rhumba track by Roki featuring Koffi Olomide and Rayvanny sounds like.
Three hugely talented artists who ended up sounding weird on a track that could have brought the best in them.
And notwithstanding the legendary Koffi Olomide whose mumblings on the word Mnangagwa was not only disastrous but a pity.
What was the ED Mnangagwa all about?
Frankly speaking, he who pays the piper calls the tune and this has played out throughout the song as Koffi Olomide showered praises to Boss this and Boss that.
Besides ED, Koffi also calls out Passion Java, the guy behind the whole project.
Instead of name dropping and all that, Koffi Olomide was supposed to bring his chanter to spice up things because the track which is sung in Shona with an accent fails to hit the right chords.
This is not to say you cannot sing rhumba in Shona, NO! Diamond Musica always sing rhumba in both Shona and Lingala and at times KiSwahili.
But on Oskid produced Patati Patata something is definitely amiss and it is that spark that rhumba chanters bring to the songs.
That said, the video has compelling visuals and typical of all Koffi Olomide’s videos where he dresses up in designer wear.
Even Roki and Rayvanny dressed the part while the dances were not out of the ordinary. But the inclusion pole dancer Beverly Sibanda and a group of other dancers was good as it brought the much needed colour.
Sadder still, the appearance of Passion Java and his gang in the video overshadowed Roki who struggled to own the song especially with the inclusion of Rayvanny.
Haters are going to hate and lovers will fall in love with the video!
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