Becoming The Muse

Forward We Continue

Multi-Platinum selling and multiple award-nominee South African Reggae / Hip Hop Artist Menelik Nesta Gibbons affectionately known as Don Dada is back with a bold new project, Forward We Continue.

Following the 2024 dual genre double album The Heart & The Mind an introspective metaphor on the duality of nature, Don Dada keeps the momentum in with this EP Forward We Continue, a six track offering which explores pride and resistance, love found and lost, and the unshakeable will to rise again.

“Forward We Continue is about resilience, unity, and keeping the vision alive.”

Don Dada

Forward We Continue Tracklist Highlights

#	Track	Featured	Producer
1	Forward	Jessica Mbangeni, Geeza Graham	Yowlevite
2	Your Love (Dangerous)	Urban	Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespear
3	Love, Respect & Care		Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespear
4	High School		SammyJay
5	Social Message
6	Loyalty		SuperProducerRapz

The opening track Forward once again features Jessica Mbangeni the late globally renowned South African imbongi (praise poet) whose commanding spoken word serves as track intro. The track also features Geeza Graham a Jamaican, Founder and CEO of SEED For Africa.

Your Love (Dangerous) featuring South African vocalist Bheki Nene aka Urban is a soulful ballad on a reggae rhythm.

High School is a groove‑driven fast tempo track that lifts the mood as a club bounce bop balancing the album’s social consciousness with personal storytelling.

Social Message is a social commentary track that leans into Don Dada’s activist streak, weaving a raw commentary on challenges faced by the youth in the modern world.

The EP is a collaborative body of work that packs acclaimed heavy weights such as:

• Leroy Scarlet an industry Guru, teaming up with the Riddim Twins; Sly & Robbie a Jamaican production duo, renowned for their groundbreaking contributions to the reggae and dub genres.
• Yowlevite a Billboard-charting music producer with Jamaican roots.
• SuperProducerRapz the multi-award-winning producer behind Don Dada’s multi-platinum hit VIVA Mandela.

Forward We Continue was coordinated across continents and countries a testament to a message highlighted in Don Dada’s music, solidarity, unity and all the things we could achieve when we come together and rise….

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