Johannesburg - When Tumi Molekane pulled a Drake on us and dropped a surprise album earlier this week, the hype was huge. And by huge we mean he was trending on Twitter and the album, Return of the King soon made its way to the top of the iTunes chart. (More deets here)
Now Tumi is giving us deets about the album. Using the hashtag #20FactsonROTK, the muso is giving us an inside look into the making of the album and fast facts about how it all happened.
Most notably, Tumi says he recorded the album when Kelly Khumalo was four months pregnant. He says Senzo Meyiwa came into studio and it was the first and last time he met him.
To see the full list for yourself, search the #20FactsonROFTK on Twitter. In the meantime, here are some goodies...
#20FactsOnROTK 1. Before a single song was made, I wrote an imagined track list and kept to the titles as I wrote the songs.
— #ReturnOfTheKing (@TumiMolekane) June 17, 2015
#20FactsOnROTK 3. @Kelly_Khumalo recorded the feature in studio 4 months pregnant. It was the first and last time I saw Senzo Meyiwa.
— #ReturnOfTheKing (@TumiMolekane) June 17, 2015
#20FactsOnROTK 6. Return Of The King was recorded in Maseru, Johannesburg, Toronto, Zurich, Paris and Dakar.
— #ReturnOfTheKing (@TumiMolekane) June 17, 2015
#20FactsOnROTK 7. I named it after watching a Vigo Mortensen movie marathon. Ironically it took three years to make the album. Mara T!
— #ReturnOfTheKing (@TumiMolekane) June 17, 2015
#20FactsOnROTK 13. I made the Intro for @akaworldwide Levels album, and he returned the favour by doing my Intro.
— #ReturnOfTheKing (@TumiMolekane) June 17, 2015
#20FactsOnROTK 20. @Mr_Instro was spent the most time on this album and is the only human being I trust wholeheartedly in a studio.
— #ReturnOfTheKing (@TumiMolekane) June 17, 2015