Onitsha | Church Girl
Straight from the Hidden Beach, family’s ‘Stillwaters’ program comes a young, gifted songstress who sang back-up with Mary Mary before this debut named Onitsha (Check the intro)! She brings an offering of worship & praise, her style, directly from the sanctuary entitled “Church Girl“!
Shep Crawford continues to bring plates of soulfood productions & songwriting credits to various tracks. “Gotta Believe Me” & “Lay Your Troubles Down” have certain R&B elements which took away any chance of paying attention to vocal ranges from Onitsha because the groove mattered more; “This One” was very nice! I dug that track & its vocal arrangements! Along with “God Is On Your Side“….
Many of the other tracks sounded more R&B mainstream than Gospel. The complete Urban Gospel fit. A little “Mary – Mary” afterglow. But that’s OK, it doesn’t mean this is not a solid effort. It just means the project is different in taste!
There is a bright future for this young lady & I wish her Godspeed! However, please bring “Search Me Lord” back & flow it all the way through!!
Take It Easy….
~ Terrill J. Hanna
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