I realized that there wasn’t any song that was sung by Werrason himself from the start until end, without vocals from his musicians or guest stars (Nathalie Makoma & Manu Dibangu) in Kibuisa Mpimpa. This while Kibuisa was his solo album.  It explains why people don’t see a huge difference between A La Que Leu Leu & Kibuisa Mpimpa and fans of rival-band saying that hasn’t the right to be counted as a solo album.I think that this motivated him to sing Telephone in Temoignange by his own, because he was often critized by rivals (JB Mpiana & Koffi Olomide) for not singing a song on his own since he started Maison Mere.

That's an interesting perspective! I consider Werrason the African version of Dr. Dre; Kibusia Mpimpa and Dre's 2001. Both albums have a lot of features to work around their limitations as vocalist, but maintain a unique arrangement that fulfills the structure needed to be classified as a solo album.

For example, Dr. Dre has one song where he handles the verses, while the chorus are left to R&B singer Mary J. Blige and Rell.



Werrason does something similar on Waka Waka with Baby Ndombe, Ferre, and Bill Clinton assisting on chorus as well as the call and response of "C'est Bon, Ca J'adore".



Then there's songs where his vocals is almost non-existent, but his presence is felt.



Same with Werra



The way the songs are structured, Werrason is very much the central figure. This is unlike Solola Bien and A La Queue Leu Leu, where each song is molded to the credited artist's aesthetic. But that's another thread topic...

Any thoughts?

That's an interesting perspective! I consider Werrason the African version of Dr. Dre; Kibusia Mpimpa and Dre's 2001. Both albums have a lot of features to work around their limitations as vocalist, but maintain a unique arrangement that fulfills the structure needed to be classified as a solo album.

For example, Dr. Dre has one song where he handles the verses, while the chorus are left to R&B singer Mary J. Blige and Rell.



Werrason does something similar on Waka Waka with Baby Ndombe, Ferre, and Bill Clinton assisting on chorus as well as the call and response of "C'est Bon, Ca J'adore".



Then there's songs where his vocals is almost non-existent, but his presence is felt.



Same with Werra



The way the songs are structured, Werrason is very much the central figure. This is unlike Solola Bien and A La Queue Leu Leu, where each song is molded to the credited artist's aesthetic. But that's another thread topic...

Any thoughts?

Loool Naa man don’t compare Werra to Dr Dre. If anyone’s the African Dr Dre it’s JB Mpiana just look at their careers, Jb and Dre both left Wenge 4x4 and Nwa respectively splitting both groups with musicians following both. Both only having 2 solo albums to their names, taking too long to release a third, funny thing is both Chemin De Fer and Detox were announced at the same time.... and also the habit of letting incredible musicians leave under their watch Jb with Les pipiyu, Afande, Makaba, Blaise. Dr Dre with Rakeem, King T, Busta Rhymes, Raekwon, Eve, Loool the list is very long.

It’s true Werra never sang on his own in Kibuisa but yet people were still complaining saying he didn’t give the singers enough space

Werra is more like Puff daddy with Notorious Big, Mase... he was successful thanks to his musicians  giving lots of space to his rookies ( especially ferré and bill ).


he has many stories of non-payment from his artists like Diddy with Mase for example.

Like Diddy, he likes trends and he likes to explore new genres of music even if the result is often disappointing

Werra did spend 2 decades in Wenge (4x4 and Maison Mere) by the time he started recording Kibuisa, so I guess him letting his singers do a great deal of the work is a by-product of his environment. And knowing him, he probably wanted to send a message to JB (and Koffi to an extent).