Collaborations are Disadvantageous - Shasha Marley

Shasha Marley has explained why he is always reluctant to feature other artistes in his tracks.

According to him, he has no problem featuring on other artiste's tracks but he does not just like employing other artistes on his tracks because of his fans.

He argued that collaborations limit the experience that fans get during an interview with Y97.9FM’s Haruna Babaginda on the Reggae Republic Show.

“If I make a collaboration and the song becomes a hit when I’m going to perform at shows and I don’t have that person I collaborated with to perform with me, I feel like it’s a big disappointment to my fans."

"Even though collaborations sell, both artistes have to be present whenever there is a performance of that song. For instance, if I collaborate with an international act like Sean Paul and I go to London to perform but I’m unable to go with him probably because he has other shows to perform at, I’m also not a rapper so in that case, I won’t be able to perform to the fans’ satisfaction”.

The reggae artiste further bragged that his songs are universal because he doesn’t do his music for Ghanaians only.

“Even though I live in Ghana, I play for the whole world to listen”

“When you look at Lucky Dube, he isn’t a Ghanaian and he doesn’t do highlife, he doesn’t sing in twi but Ghanaians listen to him”, he maintained.

Per his words, Lucky Dube is a South African but people in Ghana really do purchase his songs and that is because he does reggae and reggae is a universal song.

“When Lucky Dube released his album, Taxman, he sold more in Ghana than even in South Africa where he comes from, but he isn’t even a Ghanaian”,

Shasha Marley further called on artistes to use their voices for good.

He revealed that musicians are more powerful when it comes to influencing the affairs and economies of countries than politicians.

“If the country is not going well, it is not the politicians who will make things better. It is the voice of the musician that will straighten up the economy of the country. Let me give you an example, when the army coast in Cote D’Ivoire went into the crisis and they were fighting, it took the voice of Alpha Blondy to unite them."

"When you look at the big issues in the past, it took the voice of Bob Marley to unite the world. When Bob Marley played a song like Zimbabwe, it didn’t take long for Zimbabwe to gain independence”, he concluded