Cameroonian Hip-Hop Artist Big Game’s is re-introducing his first EP called Original Mutumbu. The EP which was released in Q4 of 2018, has been steadily making waves and getting the attention of many in Cameroon and beyond. “Original” means authentic, genuine, real, bona fide, true etc; it is the earliest form of something from which copies maybe made and “Mutumbu” is a pidgin word that means music. So, in essence “Original Mutumbu” means “authentic” “genuine” “real” or “true” art of music.
It’s Big Game’s first official project and it comprises of 8 songs of which two out of the eight were earlier on released as singles by the rapper. As a recap:
The EP opens with a trap song called Competition No Dey produced by a young and fresh new producer in the industry called Mayo Beatz and it was mixed and mastered by Dijay Karl. On the record Big Game is showing off his true rapper identity with a perfect mastery of what he terms “Hip Hop Theory” which is a combination of all the different skills a top-notch emcee is supposed to possess from technique to bars to flow to delivery to punch to syllabus and so on. It’s Hip Hop in its purest form and color with Big Game confidently affirming his place as one of the baddest emcees of his generation from the Central African sub region. It’s the first track on the project because the rapper wanted the audience to see the original side of his music and where he comes from as an artist.
The second song on the project is Limi Da Ya Tori produced, mixed and mastered by Mageek Feengaz. The song is built on an instrumentation that is influenced by the sawa sound of the Littoral Region of Cameroon. The local Bassa influenced
instruments are evident on the record from the flutes to the melodies, rattles, drum line and bass. On this record Big Game went in like he always does with witty bars, talking about the usual everyday life of the average girl living in the hood in Cameroon and depending on boys or men for money to sustain her needs and keep her head above water.
The project further unfolds with Mado; produced, mixed and mastered by Mageek Feengaz. Mado was earlier released by the rapper as a single in prelude of the EP. On the record Big Game is talking a girl he lavished his money on from eating in the La Chose Là finest restaurants to sleeping in the finest hotels and later on ended up with nothing. Big Game is also trying to make men understand that it’s wise for them to go after women who fit their budget to avoid them ending up in embarrassing situations.
