Mobi Dixon Thanks Lasy Du For Pushing Him To Drop ‘Abakithi’. It has been less than a year since he released his previous album, When House was House. Many felt it was too soon for him to release another project.But DJ and producer Mabi “Mobi Dixon” Ntuli is constantly working, ready to release anytime and he felt it was the right time to drop a new body of work.
On the 30th of September, Mobi released his 10-track Afro-Tech album titled Mobi Tek. In the project, he features the likes of Digital Sangoma, KGZoo, JNRSA, Morena The Squire, Mafikizolo, and Lady Du to name a few. Mobi describes this project as one with international appeal. “I had a lot of critique for dropping this when my previous album was not even a year old,” he says. “A lot of people were surprised because I normally take two to three years to drop an album but that song Abakithi was telling a story of what was happening in my life at the time.”
After many years in the game, he says he is still unsure about how to determine a hit because at times he has been proven wrong.“There’s no way really of telling if a song will be a hit or not. But as a preprofessional you understand your goal and the ingredients you need to get to where you want to go,” he said. “You need to understand the elements for a commercial record of for underground and you gain that through experience. One must always be open-minded as a musician and producer.”
In the song Abakithi, Mobi features Amapiano’s leading lady Dudu “Lady Du” Ngwenya. “I was going through something in my life when she and I recorded the song. We didn’t know why she automatically sang about my ancestors, acknowledging them and their divine intervention in my life and constantly protecting me. It was a song that carried me through a difficult time of two to three months and it gave me the confidence and motivation to do this album. This is the song that pushed me to do this album.”
