For a teenager that spends his afternoons listening to rap on Hot 100, Radio city, X fm and the like, the name lyrical G might not easily click.
What this kid doesn’t know is that, before Navio went solo, Keko learnt how to do it or Big trill pushed harder, hip-hop had its lyrical Genius in Jeff Kintu.
Jeff aka L.G (Lyrical Genius) is one of the Rap/hip-hop genre pioneers in Uganda. He’s a double PAM Award winner who has locally collaborated with artistes, Juliana, Mesach, Blu*3, Nandujja, Petermiles, Steve Jean among others.
He’s also opened for international acts like, Awadi, Mafikizolo, Proverb and hip-hop sensation and two time BET awards nominee Resheeda.
His rare style of rap has seen him perform at the Zanzibar international film festival fest and he’s co-stared in a hip-hop documentary with South Africa’s proverb.
“Music has enabled me to travel around the world,” he says.
On March 8th, Lyrical G will be releasing his seventh studio album, Grown man talk. The album is dropping on the date which is also doubles as his 35th birthday; it’s more educational than the usual swag rap.
“The album is celebrating my career, from the time I came out with Bataka and now,” he says.
“I want people to tell the difference between a 25 year old and a 35 year old Lyrical G,” he adds.
The inspirational album focuses on the struggles of the youth, partying and Lyrical G becoming a fully grown man.
He did all the choruses of the album songs.
The album opens with his introduction: Grown man talk, it sets the mood for the entire album. Lyrical G uses his intro to defend his career path as a rapper than law or medicine. Further into it, he continues to mourn his mother.
“I had a very close relationship with my mother so, I continuously, pay tribute to her using my music. I want to make her proud,” he says.
The album also has songs like Hey girl; it’s on such songs that Lyrical G shows off his versatility by singing his own hooks, verse as well as rap. Its one song that would get Drake unsettled.
Have mercy is a hip-hop / Reggae fusion with Kemishan and Nutty Boi of the Ami she want fame, it’s a danceable song that will definitely get many on the dance floor. Survivor is a song about a struggle and has cameos of Black, I am Enygma and Tasha.
Unlike the 25 year old Lyrical G, at 35, he has an 18 months old boy, like all proud fathers, he did a song with his son and for him. The song features sounds of his son, Jarl trying to speak, he aptly named it Daddy loves you; song for Jarl.
The thirteen track album has more than one highlight; the project features some of the strongest Lyrical verses the Ugandan audience has ever heard. The cypher 2013 features some of the most talented underground rappers in the industry like St. Nellysade, Jhay Efekts, Rugged and Crac. His collaboration with Big Trill, so crazy is a typical blend of old and new skool rap.
He sums it up with monster, his MC track. According to him, an MC talk is the most important song on any rap album.
“Am MC track, is a battle song, all rappers have such songs where they assure other rappers calling them whack.” He says.
The album was produced by rappers Easy Tex, Lyrical G, J.T of Yego studios and Urban accent music under his GMC entertainment.
Grown man talk is meant to inspire young rappers to follow their dreams no matter what.
“Am talking from a grown man’s perspective, the up coming rappers should keep their heads on their shoulders. If they have a dream, let them go ahead to chase it. No goal is too hard to achieve,” he says.
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