{"id":5065,"date":"2024-10-16T08:28:08","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:28:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5065"},"modified":"2024-10-16T08:28:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T08:28:27","slug":"controversial-zim-hip-hop-star-holy-ten-delays-album-release-to-prioritize-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/?p=5065","title":{"rendered":"Controversial Zim Hip-Hop Star, Holy Ten, Delays Album Release to Prioritize Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br>Arts and Entertainment Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a bold move, Holy Ten has postponed the release of his highly anticipated album, &#8220;Proud Father&#8221;, initially scheduled for yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rapper emphasized that the delay is crucial to ensure his latest work meets his lofty standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I was supposed to release the album today, but I recognized that I missed a lot of details surrounding the drop,&#8221; Holy Ten revealed to H-Metro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;While I know the music is solid, I neglected to market it effectively in the lead-up to the release.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holy Ten acknowledged overlooking essential promotional elements, including revealing the tracklist and participating in promotional interviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I ignored the artistic side of promotion. Only a few people were aware of the drop, and I want to avoid a situation where great music goes unnoticed,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite facing competition from fellow rapper Saintfloew, who releases his album this Saturday, Holy Ten remains committed to his decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have delayed the release for two weeks to ensure proper marketing\u2026 I have faith in the project and want to connect with the media and fans to make sure quality music doesn&#8217;t get overshadowed by poor marketing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key Highlights:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Two-week delay to focus on marketing and promotion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Features Michael Magz, with other collaborations remaining a mystery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Proud Father&#8221; promises to be Holy Ten&#8217;s best work yet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Artist prioritizes quality over meeting original release date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Holy Ten assured fans that &#8220;Proud Father&#8221; will not be a street album and that he&#8217;s taking necessary steps to ensure its success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I have never done music as good as what&#8217;s on this new project. Trust me, it&#8217;s solid,&#8221; he concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zim GBCTAINMENT\u00a92024<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arts and Entertainment Reporter In a bold move, Holy Ten has postponed the release of his highly anticipated album, &#8220;Proud Father&#8221;, initially scheduled for yesterday. The rapper emphasized that the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5066,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-and-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5067,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5065\/revisions\/5067"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zimgbcnews.co.zw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}