Everyone falls in love sometime, I don’t know bout you but it ain’t a crime… Well, well, it seems all of you can sing the song but what do you know about its singers Tanto Metro and Devonte? RAFSANJAN ABBEY TATYA spoke to the duo ahead of their concert with Joe and Tanya Stephens at Lugogo Cricket Oval tomorrow:
For how long have you guys been in music?
We’ve been doing music for the whole of our lives but we started serious music over 20 years ago. Tanto started in 1982 and I (Devonte) started in 1988. We came together in 1995 and released our first collaboration work in 1996. Our first album Everyone Falls In Love came out in 1999. We also have two other albums titled The Beat Goes On and Musically Inclined.
Where else in Africa have you performed?
This is our first time in Africa. Uganda is like Jamaica, it’s beautiful. People give you a warm welcome.
So what should Ugandans expect from you?
Expect nothing but the best! We’ll give them a show to remember. We want to come back here so we have to give them a splendid show.
Are you married?
We’re both single and will marry at the right time. I am (Tanto) 39 and Devonte is 35 but we’re not rushing things.
Have you met some Ugandan girls already?
No, we’ve just been chilling at the hotel. And we’re having a good time here.
How do you manage to maintain your youthful look?
It’s a blessing from God. But we also keep clean.
As Jamaican artistes, what do you think of marijuana?
Some people smoke it because an artiste smokes it and others smoke it for medication. It also gives you the vibe to do more music and feel the energy. It’s not allowed but everybody smokes it. To us, it’s not a drug, it’s a herb. It’s like a teabag. It’s a healing herb and people in Jamaica use it a lot. It’s not legal but the doctors and policemen who would have arrested people also smoke it.
So, is Uganda better than Jamaica?
Uganda is the same as Jamaica, I mean, people here are on bikes and there are ghettos here just like Jamaica.
Who is the biggest artiste in Jamaica at the moment?
The biggest artiste in Jamaica currently is called Mvado but Bob Marley is the greatest of all time.
What is new about Tanto and Devonte?
Right now we’re working on a new album, which we’re yet to give a title. We have singles with the potential to become the next big thing.
Why is it that most Jamaican songs have the same instrumental?
It’s the producers who decide. We like juggling to keep the groove. And there’s no problem as long as you credit the person who made the original beat.
What do you say about parents refuse their children to do music?
That thing happens everywhere but as long as you have a dream and the drive to do it nobody should stop you. What parents need to do is to support and guide the talented young ones; for instance, my parents supported me (Devonte) by paying my studio fees at the beginning.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/its_friday/Tanto_Metro_and_Devonte_have_news_for_you_76211.shtml
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