Not Water Closet Material

Wande Coal
Mushin to Mo-Hits (M2M)
Contrary to popular expectation once again, Wande Coal has “wowed” his fervent critics. He has produced a long playing record which is not W.C (water closet) material. Rather this album is going to stay where it deserves—in our hearts and on our CD trays.
Perhaps he might have disappointed his earlier fans who expected his chosen genre of music to be the sparse and unrewarding segment of R and B crooners, but all the same he has produced an album worthy of his record label, the indomitable Mo Hits.
Wande’s watchword for this album must have been PARTY. Hence club-bangers abound and even when the songs are not particularly up-beat to initiate or sustain body-wiggling, bumping of heads would suffice. This attribute is courtesy Don Jazzy, an acoustic maven who deserves to be called the High Chief of Nigeria Contemporary Production. His ingenious and Wande’s lofty croonings are the pieces that make the master-piece in this album.
The Mo hit cohorts also got their field day out on several tracks. More than not however, their efforts were below par and their contributions strike more often than not as fillers, of course except for D’Banj’s, a stud who has consistently justified his claim to being an entertainer.
I, for one, would have preferred if Wande collaborated with more homegrown, non-Mo hits affiliates. But this is something not obtainable from his record label; they rarely obliterate the confines of their Koko mansion, and even when they do, they limit interactions with the Storm record’s Ikechukwu and Nateo-C.
The album is an effort that can be repeatedly relished in one-sitting. With various high and lows that can cater to the listener’s needs, from love songs to party tracks to serious songs replete with real talk, every song hits its target and every target is accounted for in terms of record sales.