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Sierra Leone: Who is a Small Borbor?
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Concord Times (Freetown)
14 May 2008
Posted to the web 14 May 2008
Olusegun Ogundeji
Freetown's number one hit-rockers, the DX-3 crew launched their album DX-3 Big Boy Mixtape Volume 1 on May 3rd at Paddys International.
Many of the group's fans stormed the venue to cheer their lyrical masters to glory. In fact, the launching was successful with other renowned musicians such as the Bingo Man, K-Man, Wahid, Peoples, Star Zero and so on, gracing the occasion.
Though Sheng Daddy (Ibrahim Koroma), Abubakar Barrie (Father G) and Ishmael Suma (Daddy Ish) have been doing their thing for quite a while, there is something special about this latest effort.
The album is very extra-ordinary in the sense that it has the tendency to go places even beyond the shores of Sierra Leone.
One of the hit tracks in the album is Small borbor which has now turned out to be an anthem for virtually every Sierra Leonean. Even foreigners are getting jiggy with it because the lyrics flow in an easy-to-understand manner.
However, there are questions about the message in the song. Some say the attention of the teeming fans was directed towards another musical group, others say DX-3 is going political hence the saying that SLPP na small borbor or APC na small borbor.
But Daddy Ish differs on the notions. He told Mid Week entertainment that their group does not sing to attack anybody or political parties. "It is not to attack. We don't sing for persons, we sing for people. That is why we don't sing political songs because we represent those who are voiceless; those who are not well represented," he said.
So who is a small borbor? "Small borbor are men who are not real in the society; those who do so many ungodly things in the society and so on. There are some musicians too who are not really doing good but they try to force themselves into doing what they can't do," Ish explained.
The other hit track that draws attention every time it is on air play is Jump up which was released a bit late because of its promotional value. "It is advisable to release songs on interval basis for the album to gather much momentum," says Ish as he made it clear that experience taught them wise to release their songs one after the other.
Talking about the idea behind the song, Sheng Daddy said the inspiration for jump up came up after considering the divide that was being created by the east and west end crusade for musical competitions.
"But we represent white, green and blue. We represent Sierra Leone and not just a portion of the population.
The song is meant to unite the various groups in the two regions," Sheng Daddy said.
Father G explained further that after their launching, copies of the album have been sent out to Nigeria and Ghana to disturb their airwaves. He also mentioned some of their plans. "We plan to produce a very good video especially for small borbor because many people consider it good for the international market. We are also planning to work on the remix version of small borbor to feature Kao de Nero. Tours have been scheduled for some parts of the provinces - Bo, Kenema and Kono," he added.
On the issue of video production, Ish added that good videos is very important for them so they are planning to reach out to guys in Ghana to produce a very good video that would be able to market the song for them.
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The final words from the group which has been working with Comium on 'a small contract' is to show respect to their teeming fans and every one that have supported them. They also appreciated their managers and CEO of Big Boys Entertainment, lawyer M. S. Turay.
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