Okey Sokay consistently plays with infectious riffs at the end of the lines of the chorus.. I love the distant feel of the back ups, their sometimes rhythms and blues-esque responses at the refrain and their choralesque halleluyahs…
Mercy starts raspy against the piano playing softly on this Ballad fit for a musical. She then becomes soft, along with the backups and slightly soft digital trumpet. Her voice becomes slightly animated as the digital instrumentation does a pizzicato number. It’s almost like a whole orchestra comes in at ‘Oh, what a father I have in you’, immediately giving me the imagery of the whole of Heaven’s Armies coming to your rescue when you choose God over anyone else. I love how she spontaneously recites God’s lovely names in Igbo, as the proud badges He owns, especially ‘Onyekwaranta’ and ‘Ekueme’. This is the most classical piece on this album, and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed the juxtaposition of igbo and classical music.
He has been referred to as the Nigerian John Legend, endowed with dreamy vocals and a mastered skill in employing licks, riffs and runs as well as superior knowledge in blending different genres of music…
