Kel whose real names are Kelechi Ohia is a female Nigerian rapper. She is an Economics student of the Lagos State University. Kel who started rapping about eight years ago is currently signed to Capital Hill Music, the record label under which she released her debut album.

DISCOGRAPHY:
The Investment is Kel’s debut album. From the sleeve design to the content, no other album title could be more appropriate. The album boasts of a total of19 tracks- 15 songs and 4 skits.

1.Intro
2. Waa Wa Alright
3. Nobody Else
4.Turn by Turn
5.Beautiful Life
6.Jeun Soke
7.Too Fine
8.Omo Yapayask
9.Love Hour Skit
10.Need U In My Life
11.Boy Meets Girl
12.Love
13.Area Mama Skit
14.Dem Don Dey Move
15.Die Hustling
16.Push
17.Waa Wa Alright Rmx
18.Sitting On Top
19. Outro

Vocal Assistances:
Skin, Shank, Tha Suspekt, Wizkid, Y.Q, Aique, Alaye, May D, Durella, Shola Thompson, Six, Darey, SLK, M.I, O.C, Tosyn Bucknor, Illbliss, Uchie, Nyore, Ice Prince, Waje, Jesse Jagz

The album kick starts with the club banger Waa Wa Alright. Ever since this joint dropped a year ago, it has become the favourite of radio hosts and has received mad rotations from outdoor deejays alike. What makes this song spectacular is the hook. The delivery was down to earth, something the streets can relate to.
Kel takes it to the guys on Nobody Else, the first love song on the album. With a nice beat and a vital appearance from Shank, this song is an appetizer to what’s coming up next.
If you loved J Martins’ Good or Bad, you would definitely love the “…tinini tanana…” Turn by Turn. Kel tells of her journey to fame. With lines like “…Now it’s the time to take whats mine…2009…mine…shine!” she relates her migration from the proverbial ‘back then’ to the succesful now.
All my R&B cats stand up! Beautiful Life is for you. A perfect sample of R&B on a rather Hiphop album.Here Kel goes a lil proverbial dropping quotes and cliches like bomb shells.
We get back into the groove with Jeun Soke. The highlight of this joint was the beat left to fade out.After listening to this joint, you might wanna take your time before you “…break it down”.
Too Fine, the 7th wonder of The Investment boasts of tightly packaged lyrical verses from the duo of Kel and Alaye. With lines like “…I give it to them raw…exactly what they asking for…they keep on coming back for more…oh no…they aint ready for a flipping encore…” , this joint deserves a good listen.
Omo Yapayasi…”Kel Yapayaski…Durella yapayaski”, what else do you expect on a collabo with Durella. He kinda murdered the joint though.
Need You In My Life gets us back to the blue paradise. A creative joint done in the R.Kelly conversational style. For all y’all ‘free night calls’ subscribers, whenever you go short of gist, you might wanna take a listen to this joint.
Boy Meets Girl is one song most fans would want to listen to not just because of its beautiful high pitched chorus from SLK but also because of its story line. Kel tells us the explicit details of events that took place before ‘you’ got hooked and of course after then.
Mr. Incredible delivers a nice first verse on Love, another song for the heart and the heartbroken. With her “…heart broken more than twice…”, Kel is “…not saying all love is sad…”.
Another of my favs – Dem don dey move? With ” Illbliss, Kel on a Suspekt track…”, another radio friendly joint is borne. This joint is simply “…lyrical head bashing…gate crashing… thumb smashing!” You better check it out.
Die hustling is a Hiphop banger! With an appearance by Hiphop veteran Illbliss, the lyrical mass of this song is better weighed than described. “…got my damn self…can’t stop chasing this wealth…Kel…finally we’re ringing the bell…Alaba can go to hell!” . This joint is butter!
A lil Jamaican feel won’t kill on Push. With a tint of sexuality, Kel comes hard and Nyore delivers like never before.
Some crunk beats on the album please? Yeah, you got it on Sitting On Top. With vocal assistances from the talented Waje and Jesse Jagz, this joint is simply magnificient. A good wrap up for the album.
The Investment is a 64-minute ride into the anticipated world of Kel, the new rap diva on the block. Taking a listen across the album, it would be easily noticed that the album was divided into 3 parts. The first part was the Commercial Section then the Lovesongs Section and then the Hardcore section.
Big ups on the album:
The beats were dope.
The general mixing/audio quality of the CD is also commendable.
Kel has got flow and appeal.
Lyrically, for a female rapper, the album was ok.
Creative skits too.
Downsides of the album:
There was too much dependency on collaborations.There was barely a song without one or more guests appearances. Jeun Soke which is an exception turned out to be boring with frequent listening. An emcee should be able to prove mastery over her own songs.
Secondly, most of the songs were structured in a verse-hook-verse-maybe bridge-hook pattern. Nothing like freestyle sessions, songs without choruses, these are a few of what you need to get an endorsement from Hiphop heads.
Thirdly, the lyrical content of the album were just average. Less punchlines, weak metaphors, infact, almost no wordplay.
AUTHOR’S RATING: 3/5
Good value for money though. Go cop yours!
- Buchi Steve