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| Gospel Gold interview in progress |
4 May 2016, Johannesburg - Gospel Rap powerhouse Mawat held a listening session at Poolside Maboneng, in the newly revamped Maboneng Precinct in downtown Johannesburg on the 4th of May 2016. Since it was also his birthday, the evening day was both celebratory and musically insightful.
Mawat poured his hear out as he explained the inspiration of the album as well as his frame of mind when he wrote and produced the album. The evening was graced by jolly crowd of fans, media and musicians including the legendary Jabu Hlongwane (Joyous Celebration); Dube Brothers and Masandi (Cashtime) to mention a few.
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| Mawatian's take a selfie behind the listening session posters |
Media outlets came in numbers including SABC1's biggest gospel music magazine Gospel Gold. Making the evening a profitable one, was the time that the event attendees took to complete rating each of the songs from the album focusing on Lyricism; Musicality; and Radio Friendliness.
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| Jabu Hlongwane blessed the event with prayer [Top] The Blessed album cover became Mawat's birthday cake [Bottom]. |
The album track-list from BLESSED will be announced on the 1st of June.
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| Some of the comments collected from the listening session |
