Women Chune Wednesdays EP.8
- Olayinka Yomi-Joseph
- Nov 14, 2018
- 2 min read
“The focus of Women Chune Wednesdays is on taking the adoration of women on Wednesdays i.e #WCW, and placing it on women in music. 3 amazing projects (song or tape) by female artistes from any time period in music will be shared weekly. Look out for your favs!” - A lover of women & music.”
Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster (2009)
Lady Gaga’s artistic eccentricity is her star power.
On The Fame Monster; a double disc reissue of her 2008 debut album, The Fame, Lady Gaga showed her stylistic range by making edgy & darker music. The gothic themed cover artwork shot by French photographer Hedi Slimane drives home the concept of the album. In Gaga’s words, the album deals with the dark side of fame, and her aura and theatrics keeps things interesting as she uses her ear for club-ready, synthpop melodies to spawn essential records like Bad Romance & Alejandro on the first disc, and Just Dance, Poker Face & Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) on The Fame disc.
Rihanna - Loud (2010)
Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a metonym for pop icon. Since busting on the scene in May 2005 with debut single Pon de Replay she’s held it down almost like none other the 13 years that’s passed since then. She is a prolific entertainer who released a music project every year between 2005 & 2012. Loud is the fifth of eight studio albums to her name. The album differed from its predecessor, 2009’s Rated R which had a hostile & dark feel to it. Loud has more uptempo moments with sonics cut across R&B, electro, reggae and dancehall. The album is filled with addictive hooks, like on Drake featured What’s My Name?, the reggae infused Man Down & Only Girl (in the World) which earned her a Grammy for Best Dance Recording.
Preyé - Mortia (2015)
Preyé is a soul/R&B artiste from Nigeria blessed with a dulcet voice. In the spirit of familiarity, we schooled together and we been knew all along that she packed a powerful voice but she first caught public eye when she featured on two cuts (God of Self & Addicted) off rapper, Omari’s, No Man’s Sorrow mixtape in 2015. Produced by Tay Iwar, Mortia is Preyé’s debut single and it’s a song about death laden with emotions delivered with shiny & breathy high pitched vocals. Since then she’s collaborated with names like Major Distraction, Lady Donli, Davina Oriakhi, DJ Yin & Bankyondbeatz.
Listen to the full WCW playlist on Apple music
Previously on Women Chune Wednesdays:
WCW EP.7 - Madonna, Asa & Noname
WCW EP.6 - Queen Latifah, Angélique Kidjo & Adele
WCW EP.5 - Teyana Taylor, Beyoncé & Davina Oriakhi
WCW EP.4 - Nina Simone, Florence Welch & Joyce Olong
WCW EP.3 - Lady Donli, Nicki Minaj & Solange
WCW EP.2 - Amy Winehouse, Bebe Rexha & Amaarae
WCW EP.1 - Dami Oniru, Rapsody & Kali Uchis
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