Popular singer Ric Hassani has hailed street-hop artist Portable. He recently described their collaboration on his latest album as seamless.
Speaking during an interview with HIP TV, Ric revealed that Portable was actually the easiest artist to work with among all the singers he featured with.
According to him, the controversial artist actually delivered his verse within 60 minutes, and his musical ability was very obvious on the record.
Ric stated that despite the singer’s controversial public image, he is super dedicated and committed when it is time to work.
“It’s like Nigerian Idol—you look beyond the surface and see the talent.
I have Portable on the album as well, and by the way, he was the easiest to work with of all these people I just mentioned. He sent it back to me in like an hour. Very, very easy to work with. Incredibly. And you enjoyed the verse? Yes, now. No, Portable is very, very… Portable is very good. Like, I’m… You know, I’m not even someone who would do something just for… You know what I mean? Like, I, yeah, you’re a music person” he said.
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Likening Portable to his work as a judge on the popular reality TV show, Nigerian Idol, Hassani noted that he can tell if someone embodies music once he meets them and hears them sing.
He concluded by saying that Portable is a fantastic artist, stressing that they’ll do incredible things together.
“Oh, yeah. I’ve known how good he is musically. I’ve been able to see through all of those. It’s almost like Nigerian Idol, right? Like, however somebody presents themselves, I can tell if the person can sing, or they’re really about this music life. Exactly, true that. So I’m able. Portable is incredible. I’m telling you, like musically. Absolutely, and I knew that we’re able…We’re going to do something incredible. Absolutely, fantastic,” he added.
