Slam Is Back And Better

Singer, Udoka Christopher Oguamanam a.k.a Slam, is set to release his fourth album later in the year. The I Bu Chineke crooner who has been busy doing movie sound tracks despite rumours of a lull in his career, said the yet-to-be-titled album will have a new twist that will be different from his usual style.

Already, he has released a single titled: Tamara, in a compilation that will have more gospel and inspiration songs. This follows his stage performance in the Miss West Africa international pageant in Gambia and a meeting with the country’s President, Yaya Djameh.

“This is just one song called Tamara, the second would be called Blessings. It is not going to be a gospel album all through but will have a lot of gospel songs and inspiration songs as well. I have not decided the name yet but the one on top of my head is reaction,” Slam said.

Much of the songs were inspired by the Gambian experience and other events in the singer’s life. A key one was an auto accident he had in December 2010 in Rivers State. With the driver of the vehicle passing on, Slam was fortunate to escape with injuries.

“Actually, I decided to do this after my accident when I was going to Port Harcourt. It was along that Ogoni Expressway. They are actually having some construction stuff going on there. I stayed in the hospital all through Christmas day. After the accident, it sprung up a kind of reaction and inspired my best shot, to thank God for everything. This is the only way to thank him because if I had died, what would have been my contribution to the world? I started feeling so empty and decided to do this,” he recalls.

With the usual feel-good songs, still featuring on the upcoming album that should drop in June or July, he also revealed that plans are underway for a collaboration with award winning singer, TuFace Idibia, and a novel marketing approach.

“For now I am still under the management of Now Muzik but right now I am going to be doing stuff on my own because it is a different dimension .