by Phil Chard

Since leaving Blayze Entertainment about two years ago, the trajectory of Lil Trix’s career has been somewhat unclear. The talented young artist and producer doesn’t seem to have the direction he needs to steer his burgeoning career in the right direction. We are now three years removed from his debut project Colour Me Bad which displayed all of Trix potential, yet it does not seem that much has been achieved to build on that offering since.

In the 3 years since its release, Trix has failed to recapture that raw magic that had us sitting up and paying attention. Trix last single Life which he touted as his “best single to date” failed to impress me with it's much used Daft Punk baseline and his Kanye like flow borrowed from another song where ‘Ye sampled the French electro duo too. Couple this release with a very underwhelming performance by Trix at the African Star 8th Anniversary Dinner ( Trix is now one of their clients. The irony of his move from Blayze to African Star was not lost on me) The performance was supposed to be his introduction to the industry's A-list but it fell very flat.

With all this in mind, I approached Trix new single with an obvious level of bias as the previews that I had already heard had done little to change my outlook on his career. Somehow, however this song has changed my mind and reinstilled my initial optimism in Trix and his position in the South African Hip Hop scene.

On a song with a steel pan caribbean influence, Trix and his ensemble of collaborators that include Beey Royce, Mikhale Jones and VersaTyle deliver a song that plays directly to Trix strengths - a laid back delivery and catchy melodies. What Triz has always lacked in lyricsm he has made up for in his ability to blur the line between singing and rap coupled with his skills a s producer

Looks like Zunaid might still have something in his little bag of Trix