Tanzania Lateef has created instantly recognizable music for this album, “Free Angela,” by expertly combining smooth, melodic sounds from modern hip hop with a significantly hard-hitting, ageless, and anthem-like intensity. This track easily crosses hip hop, r&b, or soul cuts without changing dynamic, combining jazzy soul samples, chops, and groovy drumming from Santiago, Chile (South America) with soulful riffs and harmonies from Tanzania.
Stormy Monday (Tanzania Lateef) is an American singer, songwriter, co-producer, and Cinema 7 recording artist. She was born in Washington, D.C., grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and San Bernardino, California, and now calls Philadelphia home. Her mixtapes and appearances at The Black Lilly in Philadelphia and backup vocals for Patti Labelle and Bilal have made her a household name.
‘Tanzania Lateef’ The Songbird’s new single “Free Angela,” released under the Cinema7 Multimedia Group brand, is as poetic and reflective as you could hope for. Catchy lines provide insight and hazy pondering that can be easily adapted to a positive mood.
America’s ‘Tanzania Lateef’ gives familiarity and late-night, relaxing sensations with her new song. “Free Angela,” which blends an other-worldly usage of effects for a surreal current hip hop tinged RnB sound and unmistakably soulful vocals with a surprisingly precise method of story-telling.
Aside from the vocals, the arrangement of the lyrics, the inflection in the line, the cadence of the words, and the laid-back tone of the delivery all combine with an already uplifting, mesmerizing instrumentation. The end product is something whose melody lingers long after the music has finished.
“Free Angela” is everything the title promises and then some. Impressive tunes, realism, emotional honesty, talent. A potent reminder of the skill and passion that exists just beneath the mainstream radar.
