Canadian artist Jay J. Ra delivers the reggae song “Sweet Stories” another time through “Sweet Stories 2” alongside Ghanaian artist African Child who gives it an Afrobeat twist. The reimagined track combines the lively African music elements with deep emotional content to produce an entirely fresh piece that respects the original essence.
Producer Dan Bassey led the project where Quab Sea handled the mixing and mastering work to deliver this rich sound experience. The production achieves its perfect balance through Ra’s soft vocal delivery which narrates messages about love and loyalty and African Child’s performance that adds Ghanaian dancehall intensity to the entire song. The song strikes that ideal equilibrium which lets audiences delve in deeply through the headphones but still dance wildly to its irresistible beats.
Each component of the warm production achieves prominence in the song by offering space for the Afrobeat rhythms to thrive and enabling the beautiful vocal exchanges between performers. This song presents a complete fusion lesson which shows how musical traditions evolve into original yet recognizable new forms.
With “Sweet Stories 2” Ra continues his artistic development by maintaining his R&B and pop direction but extends his musical boundaries. The final product combines multicultural musical collaboration with a message about music’s ability to convey stories of global human connection.
Listen to Sweet Stories 2
Follow Jay J. Ra on
Spotify
Bandcamp
Youtube
Tiktok
