{"id":3326,"date":"2021-07-29T02:23:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T02:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lauradowrich.com\/?p=3326"},"modified":"2021-08-09T20:31:05","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T20:31:05","slug":"hey-choppi-delivers-raw-emotion-on-debut-album-love-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lauradowrich.com\/hey-choppi-delivers-raw-emotion-on-debut-album-love-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Hey Choppi delivers raw emotion on debut album Love Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On his debut album, Love Trip, Hey Choppi is taking listeners on a journey of self-love and how that impacts relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an album themed on personal experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt talks about the journey of finding love but through finding love for yourself. I have somebody special in my life and just being able to understand somebody on a certain level you have to understand yourself. It takes patience and self\u2013reflection. I have always been an understanding person but as you get older you have different experiences that you learn from, you burn to learn,\u201d said Choppi, birth name Sean Padmore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The eight-track album, produced by Brooklyn Decent and Tano, weaves between a mesh of genres and contains songs such as the emotionally raw title track \u201cLove Trip\u201d, in which he sings about going through a tabanca and finding love again, \u201cCake Up\u201d, featuring Jahllano, in which he praises his significant other for holding him down and having his back and \u201cOnly One\u201d in which he sings \u201cMake my heart surrender to your love, you are the only one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Choppi, songwriting credits on the album are attributed to Tano, 1st<\/sup> Klase, Jahllano, Wong Nebula, Raskality and a rising artiste called 33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Love Trip cover art<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choppi with his trademark sensual lyrics and tone shows on the album that it is okay to be vulnerable and express one\u2019s feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYes, the album is personal but I feel like I am speaking on behalf of a lot of people especially men. A lot of men don\u2019t know how to express themselves, there\u2019s so much peer pressure being a man. I feel like it was important to me to be a voice for that, so men could listen to this and say this man really talking about the way I feel,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His favourite is the Afrobeats-flavoured track number seven, \u201cOnly One\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: \u201cThat song embodies everything\u2026.for me it is almost like you have been you tied to somebody, chasing them through lifetimes\u2026I am searching for this person, the connection is so deep\u2026that is how love makes you feel. The first line says: \u2018Chasing you, chasing you through lifetimes, travelling light-years away, our moons are aligned\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love Trip is Choppi\u2019s first album since going solo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formerly one-half of the group Nebula 868, he went solo in 2018<\/a>, going first by the moniker Chopikal. Since then he has released a slew of songs such as \u201cCaptain\u201d and \u201cSiddung\u201d on the Tender Touch Riddim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choppi said he never really thought about doing an album, it just happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was creating so much during the pandemic and we felt that we wanted people to get to know who I am as an individual. I have new fans now that I am solo and I have to start from scratch now so it is important for me to put together a body of work so people would know who I am as an individual,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to be experienced. As an individual, I am an experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Choppi is signed to a distribution deal with Machel Montano\u2019s Monk Music label and has collaborated with the soca king on many projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said working with Montano has taught him a lot about the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery time we link that is a learning experience. Just learning about the business, being able to learn from people\u2019s past, what mistakes not to make, being able to have his mum as a mentor, his whole team has been supportive and helpful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being able to learn from those who went before is golden for Choppi who wants to do the same for those coming up after him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ultimate goal is that I want to change the industry where music is concerned. I feel like this music is way bigger than me as an artiste, it is about the other talented artistes, if people like myself and 1st<\/sup> Klase don\u2019t make the right moves, the youth under us wouldn\u2019t have the opportunity to do better than we did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tracklist for Love Trip<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I was coming up I had no artiste helping me, giving advice. This generation is different, we love each other, and we want to see each other rise. I want to have a label and take the talent from here and help it to become something. My hope is that artistes that are 21 could be rich. The main mission is never myself but I have a few steps to take right now to open a few doors for the ones behind me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love Trip is available now on all streaming platforms and has features with Machel Montano (Gud Gud), Jahllano (Cake Up), and Raskality (Spending Money).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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