 What's up everybody? Welcome to SPM Buzz and this is Buzz with Stars. I am hanging out with a star gospel artist but before I introduce him, make sure to comment or rather subscribe because we are heading to 200k subscribers and when you bless us with that subscription to Nakwa Tume Freya Sana, subscribe too. Alright, thank you so much for that subscription. Now my guest artist on Buzz, it stars today goes by the name Manolo. He has done one of some of your favourites, you know, gospel music and we can't wait to talk to him today and hear what about the new album that is out in Ajuli Kanakama Karibu. Sendeyo, Karibu Sana SPM Buzz. Finally, thank you so much for having me. Hi, hi Kethingi, Asante Sana, Miss Kethingi. Asante Sana, thank you for having me. Finally, we are part of the content. Yes, you are. We consume a lot of SPM Buzz, so we learn a lot from the studio and we are happy. Anywa, meet in person. We are so grateful to have you as well. Natuna Freya kongiana, we get to know more about you but let's start with your new album, Karibu. How many gems are in there? Hey, naonu me fichawasani, wakubu, wakubu. Hey, daddy, all my knowledge kimanzi. I mean, they have believed in you. How does that make you feel and also tell us more about the album? Asante, so Karibu is an album I've been working on from 2021. So it's a compilation of 22 tracks. Okay. Yes, and Karibu, when you're not doing it means welcome. Basically, the theme around Karibu is God's attitude towards us, his children, all of us in the whole world, mimi, wewe, kilam to atapa ispiyambaz. He has this huge sign saying welcome. Kam, niko na table na a seat for you. So come home. And basically those 22 tracks zina speak about that. The collabs, I have nine collaborations in the album. I'm so blessed by that and I'm super grateful to each and everyone when you believe in me na kengiakani wekea some work. You know, it's something when people believe in you after me onumefanya some work with other big people, it's nice. But when they believe in you and it's your debut project and maybe they've not, how not the millions of views yet, how jafika hapo bado, it's quite something. You're like, they believe in my potential. They see that kuna maalina enda. No, na penda hapo maalina enda. So I shout out to each and everyone. I have Evan Steemam on the album, Alice Kimanzi as you mentioned, Dadio and the legend whenewe. I have two of my brothers from Tanzania. I have Paul Clement and Zoravo on the album as well. Yes, and for those who know me, I started out in a group called Recap and we were together for six years. We did urban gospel music in our five stones tonight. So I have them featured on a track as well. Shout out to Edu and Ted. Yes, I'm grateful. Sana, sana, sana. Okay. Good stuff Manolo. Now let me ask you because this is your first album. Yes. Tell us about that pressure of you know you are actually releasing an album and we have so many other artists who've been singing and they've never gotten the confidence to actually release an album. Tell us how it was working on this and what are the days you just wanted to release these singles one by one wachanena mambaya album? Tell us about that. Wow, of course it was very intimidating. You were doing yourself any albums. I feel like the album is too much for the listener. They feel a lot of people, this is a different artist actually. In fact, there are very many people who want to chop the album into two. We see waste content. Twenty two songs man. Chop it into half and this is because there's just that misconception that people are not listening to albums, that watu apianda song ya kwanza, kabla fike song 18. And I thank God for the people here. I remember this time when I was going through your process ya man, nikona izi song zote. Because how the album started I produced a friend of mine, Wodo Molo who has produced a huge chunk of the album. To limit na fnangia sinma bejte from way back 2013 before and they could produce. To limit na mambia Buddha nimeski ya sauti ya kwa sauti sol nimeski ya mkono ya kwa album ya nviri ya ni kila time wa kitu wa kitu na sima wadu wa niwewe? He's a voice that's niwewe. So I'm congratulating him then na mambia man zi sufanya kitu gospel mi na joeni youth pastor ukona heart for God as in spanya kitu isiding na na mimi ziya pattern too serious ukiku japa billa jokes to ta fanya told him bro I'm serious give me a session now akambe kuza nika yanda and that's how we started recording we said let's just record as much as we can so I had all these songs more than 50 and now we narrowed them down to 22 and in my head I'm like should I release it as it is nliku wa sana yo presyu na sema amakuna song zita potele apanda nojo isu propaganda zote and thank God sana sana at that time I had a good friend of mine Paul Clement around Minister Paul Clement oh let's give credit to his due and Paul Aline at the time he was releasing his album called Zawadi and he told me nini amoelewi kambia nini kambia amoelewi bana nina jo yo kisuelia kambia amoelewi sababu God akona songs mingi sana owezi kumaliza ata content God akona mobs sana owezi kumaliza so akambe release doi akupi zingine akona songs mingi na he did it by example kami manolo minatoi albumi angu as it is around 18 tracks shikeni dionitoi zingine and at the same time he has a live recording with 26 songs he has another one with 13 songs and it's like all these songs are to be out there CVJK and I was like yeah you know what thank you God for confirming it so 22 tracks out there shikeni okay okay do you have a favorite? wow ine nangeki change kila siku leo ni gani leo ni gani na utupi acapele iyo moja favorite iangu leo ni actually featuring that artist ni me sema featuring Paul Clement ni toa meza na sema meza ume anda bele awa tesi wangu taza ma o kiti na jina langu wewe babaome ni ta karibu hey sema vocals guys make sure to check out you know manolo's new albumi ni toa karibu 22 tracks wezi kosa sabasita zenyotakuna rewind every single time where can they find your music? across all digital platforms ili enyu una penda ili eko karibu na boom play whether it's audio mark whether it's you know Spotify whether it's iTunes Ender stream download share the album Nita let me know your favorite song yes now you see we are looking at you looking no dappa today you know in front of camera but manolo athea days that you have low days end how do you go about it what keeps you going during those days ah wow queli that's that's a good question yes um definitely in kuna low days yeah i have low days when i'm not feeling 100 i'm not you know even my mental health when i'm you know i have this imposter syndrome anxiety just something that's just pushing me and keeping me down there uh you know but i love the word of god because it the word of god is an encourager it encourages us ina se mahauta kufa utaishi and christ came so that you have life and not just life but life in abundance and sometimes what we want anikatuna kwa tizi vitwa and you are gospel how is it kwa sakavas no for real for real for real these are tools i use in my life kabisa that nasemanga sa ina ptei tough situation sa ina on a county ina inda ina elekiya negative sa ina on a vituz ina ka an kazi songi but you know what sita kufa i'll live tomorrow na zawadi zawadi yuhai ndi yuh ndi yuh the fuel yaku get wealthy yaku fanya kila kitu yaku fanya ta job kukua successful boro kuna yuhai ukweli boro kuna tri yu zahadi yuhai boro kuna ukuna life so mi se maha mongu meni per chance na breath leo ina manisha kitu na manisha kuna opportunity for me to be better tomorrow to do better so sita kufa na you see we have that african notion of be a man men don't speak up men don't say when they are going through problems do you stand for that or what do you actually stand for when it comes to men going through problems and you know telling other people how do you go about it rather what you do think men should do ah nice i i do believe from even how we were created by god men and women we process things very differently that's something we have to accept whether you like it or not we process things differently how we behave is different and at the end of the day how we digest things is very different that i i stand on that but you see about men not talking about men not being open about manu mea li i'm not for all that no manu reita toxic masculinity i'm not for all that because at the end of the day you're a human being you go through things you have emotions you know at the end of the day we all have a brain and there's that mental space that nese itaja on a psychological that cognitive space in endelia so i me advocate sana don't do life alone ee na jo na jo watwa kuna trust issues you've been betrayed before ta mimi kuna tu nime letting to my life before na ah me na tu kukunje na pata na nise ama ah se ma mbo na randli ala umtu kwa life yung kwa space yung but at the end of the day me na stand na don't do life alone yes na si se mi wukuena wa 250 wa willi wa tattoo wa willi wa tattoo enye mneza walk pamoja kuna vitu kuna vitu in this life is taku pata do hi easy kukumfort through them yeah very true don't no amount of money no amount of niumba kubwa ni ni nothing will comfort you through some spaces you'll go through in this life and it's just life life yuku iwa tu iwa ni painful iku iwa ni hard so don't do life alone yung tu miwa mbe ma boys miwa mbe ma men mii kuna willi wa tattoo enye tu me walk together tangu before even ma nolo yes okay na talking about not doing life with yourself alone lemi take you up now on this other side of courtship does courtship mean to you because again you see uh when it comes to church matters they don't believe in people like moving in together and getting to know each other as they live together they like it to be you know the marriage to be ordained for they get married first in short ones do you think people get to know each other if they don't get to live with each other so wow all right i have thrown you under the bus siku anone ekikam but these are my thoughts on that miskitenji courtship niku build friendship that's the biggest thing for me yes build friendship jua mtu ako jua na pendanini jua kijami uka haji ongeni and that's why kuna part miu support church sana miu zemata kasinge kwa a christiana believer heeninge support 100% that i don't think what you want to fakwa fully intimate until you have okay marriage you're number one jua spend time uki jua mtu ako eh spend time uki jua ana and any dates and any kule and any kai spend hours talking know your person jua kama jua kama ease of itutu zaki akonazo that you can handle them and you can live with them another thing about courtship that ni mekam kujua how do i fully jua mtu ako ato would date 5 years ato would date 9 years until we shinae until we shinae how do i fully know your person you'll never fully until you live together and so why i don't advocate for what to kumuvin ni because kuna eza moving na mtu na uki sham jua wu jwebitu zingina zi nyu ko sasa wu yu a kusinye kabisa i have a lot of married friends and so what u ni ambiya you'll be tested kabisa wuki wa married eo mtu ata kutua uchi zi ako yote ata kutest beyond so unezengi yosei dingine na me moving tu na uone yosei di om tu eni hau jaye yona bad juwam ko married uko uko uko na right yaku bebavitu na window se metu lijaribu tukashindo so utafa njivu for how many times mingitana ee domi ambiya say well juwaneni married ingini kwa keza sazenim kuna certificate kuna ishara watu eni wana juwa ndiyo uki shaw na yu uchi zi yo om tu wuna juwa i signed up for this nili enda ko ni kase mama nni pe ni mempenda nimi ni li metafuta but don't go into it usiku eni yo liwe ya ku toka juwling ya tu kukimanda zi guys what are your thoughts do you agree with what Manolo is saying on that conversation make sure you let us know down on the comment section now religion has been quite a tricky conversation late especially even in our country I have spoken to for example I spoke to you 30 just a few like a month ago and I asked him what are some of the traits or rather what are some of the characteristics this is not the right church for me to go do you believe or rather do you think that we have preachers that actually do not follow the word of God and you as a believer what would you like to say about that yo iko sana imekua atatimza kulikuana kulikuana kulikuana isorangul atatimza kulikuana from that time kama ilikua it's there what I'd say as Manolo what I look for juu ni me go through shout out to my parents kufind my space in gospel and in the church and to understand salvation for myself my dad is white white white white white white white white white white white and my mom is strong Catholic so even them coming together this work journey church and community is very personal so from my young age Manolo ni wapu na feelu na receive God and the thing I look for sana is a bible believing church do you believe in the bible? chenyem na preachapu pasiya na tombi as to risake the whole salmon amana to preachia from the word and na tombi you know when I was 20 this is what I was doing na tombi as to risake amatu nengia kwa word na tombi say word ina se maivi ana tupea revelationi niya me parta through your word the other thing I look for is a church that ukweli na believe in grace that Christ died for us sinners to be saved na believe in church ina se maivi ina se maivi ina se maivi faith kuna churchza faith plus works equals salvation na angali angasana faith in Christ Jesus plus His salvation equals the works so as if it funafanya iya iya the faith and salvation in Christ see at Hezo works ina ni justify ati umsia me okokaju anafanya angaivi miyondio miyongali as Manolo alright Manolo ni meskia na piya nini meskia tombi apu kwa comment section alright Manolo let's get to the five quickfire questions are you ready are you ready number one what is your highlight my biggest highlight this year is performing with Pompi Pompi was here for an event called Love Nairobi Festival for those who don't know Pompi kwa uji Pompi kwanza but Pompi is a huge gospel musician out of Zambia and being on stage with him meant a lot because I looked up to him to akitambu I look up to him and so just being there with him singing those songs was a language mkamba and gongabemba it was very interesting I enjoyed that one thing that is a deal breaker for you in a relationship a deal breaker for me in a relationship is he's a new ideologies new school ideologies that mkoka relationship but I have a lot of male friends please please please that's a deal breaker for me really you know imagine when I went to Zambia I saw Michelle you know Michelle I am a best way to hang out so let's say who is he who is he who is he but he is also a friend also a friend he hang out to see he is a kid he is a new school ideologies he works well and good for you God bless but for me I have a family I have a family I have a family I have a family so for me he is a he is a Taturamba he is a new school ideologies he works at 2 old school but he works for me that's a deal breaker he is a 50 he has a day-to-day he has a day-to-day he has a day-to-day he has a day-to-day he has a day-to-day premium heartbreak we get it what is the one moment one moment that you consider something that changed your life something that changed my life could be a moment in your life I'd say a recent one so this year February we were heading out for minister in Kakamega and tuna chapa, tuma story kwa gari and on our way just after kapsabit say oboda ke ingia kani abstract and I pumped the brakes it was drizzling the road is very narrow so I slide and I slide on to the middle of the road shuttle ina toko ju at speed yeni naji kia tu iku jenaya man, wali tu lima kama pool kama bolia pool nili kwa nai watch ni kani movie ni kani kongia mani pia ni kondani agari and so at that time adrenaline kicked in I'm trying to see all the passengers six in the car mat na wimende mesimo masiju api yuko so adrenaline kicked in I'm there trying to look at people kutawase kwa gari and in all of that none of us were hurt both in the mat na pia sisi and that was a defining moment for me why because I was just thinking ilin fanya ni ka fikiria kale ifi angu inga end leo infact yo night ni kwa nikiwa sisi nime tulia na shaw and yo ni tulie tu kama ninge end leo Christ unge se ma nini about me why God unge kwa na nini a kusema juyango unge se ma well done good and faithful servant amo unge se ma we enda uko na nijua yet brand yangu na kila kitu about me on earth is based and centered on my relationship with you so that was very life changing for me and bado bado mi fikiria sana accident mba vitu zi pata leta kumeni lumia oh my goodness we thank God for that just getting you guys safe namba 4 based on your experience or maybe your friends experiences what is that one thing you feel women do not understand about men ah wow women upandani kuna 3 ladies and 2 men otu hangu after this niki potea muna juwam tauliza nani I feel like sometimes not all women I don't like generalizing kus ukweli they are they are very nice ladies out there ma dey ma poa sana but most women I feel don't understand what men really want is just peace nini kwa ni muna semange po nini ukweli ma uli zai po you know everyone keeps saying men just want peace but you know for you to get peace manolo you have to create a home that is peaceful let me actually men want peace and peace looks different to different men peace what they call home what they call manze naskia 2 poa apa is so different for different men and I feel like as a lady where jerebu find out what is peace for this guy is it umse na penda kelele ama na penda kuhandol vitu aje peace kwa umse inaka aje and strive to create that strive to be that by the utapata umse ae ni ukutafuta every time akua pimtu hangu e juw your peace your home for that person now to the men for you to get someone who wants to be peace for you doctor maiz mondra say ma women are natural incubators na pia seed na pia mtu ii na pia cagea na pia home na multipletia na pia so pia as a man lasmu ukuwe peace indi uwe na upewe peace times a million manolo with a wisdom last question on the quickfire number five give us your best quote that you feel you know motivates you in life or it can motivate someone else your best quote kwi shi po wa na watu ni free okay okay live well with people it's free you're not charged for it just live po wa na watu ishi tu po wa na watu all right add it from manolo kwi shi na watu fiti ni free thank you so much for sharing your wisdom with us we can't wait to jam to your new album karibu why kwanza lasmu ni ambie your favorite song ni gani na headphones alafu tuta yoyo story thank you so much for having me thank you so much guys for watching bars with stars right here with manolo make sure to catch his new music new album and leave a comment down below imeku bamba wakate gani my name is miss kithinche thank you so much for watching bars with stars until next time it's goodbye from us bye