Stella Damasus "The Alternative" isn't the best option in Gospel music

“The Alternative” album is a decent personal success for Damasus, but it falls flat when given more responsibility other than joining the blanding mass of Gospel records.

Album – “The Alternative”

Artiste – Stella Damasus

Producer – Daniel 'DaBishop' Ademinokan

Record Label – Index Two Studios (2016)

Duration - 79 minutes

Stella Damasus, is one of Nigeria’s most loved and hated celebrities ever. The singer made her bones over a decade ago, starring in the Nigeria movie industry – Nollywood – where she starred in some of the glorious movies to ever come out.

But these days she is a Nollywood pariah. Stella has been accused of husband-snatching, an act deeply regarded as an unforgivable moral crime. Her current partner, movie directorDaniel Ademinokan was once husband to actress Doris Simeon. The couple separated in 2010 and divorced soon after. Whilst the actress still lives in Nigeria, the movie director moved with their son to the United States and took with him actress Stella Damasus whom he allegedly married in the heat of all the controversy following the divorce.

“The Alternative” is her debut LP. And 18-track EP that starts off with emotion via a prayer by her daughter Isabel in ‘Genesis’. That mild, solemn, feel, backed by an immersive percussive inclination continues through the album, as vehicle to convey worship. ‘Ka biyo osi’, is a spin-off of classic Nigerian Christian worship. ‘I am’, ‘Pure fire’, ‘We cry holy’, ‘Jaa Gi Nma’, are all similar in this regard. A serene beckoning and inspirational song designed to pull at the heartstrings in worship.