A Boy from Tandale

A Boy from Tandale
Cover art of "A Boy from Tandale"
Studio album by
Diamond Platnumz
ReleasedMarch 14, 2018 (2018-03-14)
Studio
Various
  • Wasafi Records
  • Burn Records
  • Abby Daddy
  • The Industry
  • S2kizzy
Genre
Length60:08
Label
  • Universal Music Group
  • Songa Music
Producer
Singles from A Boy from Tandale
  1. "Number One Remix"
    Released: January 6, 2014
  2. "Nana"
    Released: May 29, 2015
  3. "Kidogo"
    Released: July 12, 2016
  4. "Marry You"
    Released: February 2, 2017
  5. "Fire"
    Released: June 21, 2017
  6. "Eneka"
    Released: July 10, 2017
  7. "Hallelujah"
    Released: September 28, 2017
  8. "Waka"
    Released: December 7, 2017
  9. "African Beauty"
    Released: March 15, 2018
  10. "Iyena"
    Released: May 31, 2018
  11. "Baila"
    Released: July 12, 2018

A Boy from Tandale is the third studio album by Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz - following Kamwambie (2010) and Lala Salama (2012). It was released on March 14, 2018, by Universal Music Group. After joining Universal Music Group in 2017,[1] Diamond began working on the songs which would be used on the album. Musically, A Boy from Tandale is an afro-pop, Bongo Flava album that displays influences of music from West of Africa - especially Nigeria.

The title of the album refers to Tandale, in the Kinondoni district of the Dar es Salaam Region of Tanzania, Tandale being Diamond Platnumz's birthplace. The album consists of eighteen tracks, eleven of them already released as singles. The album features several artists from the United States such as Ne-Yo ("Marry You"), Morgan Heritage ("Hallelujah"), Rick Ross ("Waka") and Omarion ("African Beauty").[2] From Africa, the artistes featured on the album are Vanessa Mdee ("Far Away"), Rayvanny ("Iyena"), Jah Prayzah ("Amanda"), Mr. Flavour ("Nana"), Young Killer ("Pamela"), P-Square ("Kidogo"), Tiwa Savage ("Fire") and Richie Mavoko ("Sijaona").

Most of the tracks from the album were produced by his label producer Laizer Classic[3] who also served as the executive producer for the album. The album was launched in Kenya.[4] Songa Music of Kenya sponsored the launch.[5]

Two songs from the album were banned by the National Arts Council Tanzania (BASATA), the songs including "Waka" and "Hallelujah" citing "obscene lyrics" issues.[6] [7]

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  3. ^ "Diamond Platnumz – A Boy From Tandale » Naijaturnup". Naijaturnup. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  4. ^ "How Diamond schooled Kenyan artistes on perfect album launch - VIDEO - Nairobi News". Nairobi News. 2018-03-17. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  5. ^ "A Boy From Tandale: How The Diamond Platinumz Album Launch & Songa Bash Went Down - Potentash". Potentash. 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  6. ^ AfricaNews. "Tanzania bans 'obscene music', 2 Diamond Platinumz songs affected | Africanews". Africanews. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  7. ^ "Ban on Diamond Platnumz' songs to remain". The Citizen. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-06-11.