Shatta Wale has never been one for subtlety, and his new EP, Echoes of The African Ghetto, is a raw, thunderous reminder of his status as the “King of African Dancehall.” Subtitled African Dancehall, the project is a deliberate pivot away from the more commercial Afropop sounds he has experimented with in the past. It is a gritty, unapologetic return to the sounds of Nima and the Accra streets that raised him. Across the project, Shatta uses his platform to amplify the voices, struggles, and triumphs of the ghetto, delivering what feels like a sonic manifesto for the…
