Omosexy returns with second album

If you think her entry into
professional music was a
gamble and Gba – her debut
album, a fluke, think again.
Nollywood’s beauty and screen
diva, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde has
decided to reiterate her
commitment to music by
releasing a thirteen-track album
tentatively titled ‘Feel Alright’.
This follow up album is coming
after five years of musical
silence (her debut album was
released 2005).
The sexy mother of four, has
teamed up with a group of
professionals including, singer
and guitarist Harrisong- who
doubles as her voice coach,
producer DelB and singer cum
producer Paul PlayDairo, to
produce, mix and master her
sophomore album which
consists songs divisible into the
Pop and Rock genres.
And unlike Gba which was
targeted at commercial success,
Omosexy says ‘Feel Alright’ is a
different kind of project.
“The songs (in her new album)
are not the type that’ll become
popular easily. They are songs
deliberately written to send out
particular messages. The focus is
not to get attention”, she said in
a telephone chat. Ask her who
writes her songs and she says,
“I write them myself except for
the parts where I featured other
persons”
Some of the tracks contained in
the coming album are Feel
Alright, Get Busy, Harmony,
Through the Fire and Barren
Land. Barren Land was specially
written for the United Nations
to address food crisis in
affected countries.
Already the lead track titled Feel
Alright is receiving air play and a
second single will be joining it
on radio in the first week in
March, says the actress turned
singer and songwriter.
Rights to her debut album were
sold to Sound Factory- a music-
oriented company which
operates in Nigeria and the
United Kingdom- for a sum she
wouldn’t disclose but ‘enough to
reward my hard work’. It was a
three-year agreement. The
album, according to the singer
‘was one of the best deals in
20005’ and sold ‘over a million
copies’.
Omotola does not plan to sell out
her new work. Now she’s
interested in the music business
and how it works especially in
Nigeria. As it is now, the singer
is talking to certain international
music companies and a few
Nigerian fellas on the
commercial details of the new
album, she further revealed. Feel
Alright is expected to drop in
May, ‘by God’s grace’.