The Sleeping Giant is the third studio album by

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

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Sunny Boy. It was released on Sunny's new label

Yaziza Entertainment Sunday Shipushu (born 13 March 1983), known as Sunny Boy is a Namibian rapper from Ongwediva. He performs a brand of music known as hikwa, which he engineered by fusing hip hop and Kwaito.

in December 2008. The album features production from Namibia's top producers such as

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The Dogg Martin Morocky (born 31 March 1983), known by his stage name as The Dogg (or King TeeDee), is a Namibian musician. Considered a kwaito artist, his debut album, '' Shimaliw' Osatana'', was released in 2004 to mixed reviews. The Dogg was part ...

, Kboz, Morgan, and B-Phill. It features appearance from Qonja, Jericho, Hedek, Tre VDK, Nasti, Jossy Joss, TeQuila, Lady May, Luvy, Vanessa, Lokos, and Chipoloplo.

Reception

The album was well received by fans and critics alike, critically acclaimed and considered to be a classic. It reminds listeners to his first hits like "Balance" and "Serious". Every track on the album is driven by smooth social lyrics, story telling poets, love and sympathetic lyrics. Sunny accompany every track with a raw flow. On this album Sunny Boy prove to be the best lyricist among his peers. The album is considered by the media as one of the greatest albums ever produced in Namibia. Sunny Boy also undertook some production on the album. He co-produced two songs with The Dogg, and two with Elvo. In addition to that, he individually produced two songs . In total he produced on 6 songs out of the 17.

Other

The album features controversies aimed at Gazza and Isaac Nyambali (former Sunny Boy and

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manager), and critics. On the Intro's second verse, Sunny relates himself to some entertainment superstars, local and international like

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, Kabelo,

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, Jay-Z,

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, Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J,

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, Bow Wow,

, Jericho, Ras Sheehama, and Qonja. In a quoted line he raps: "am like The Dogg barking and talk a lot of shit/ but I refuse to be like Gazza cos he ain't saying shit/". On "Heat It Up" he calls Nyambali out for stealing his money and calls him a gay. He raps the following: "because of Isaac Nyambali/ shikona who stole my money/ its ok I'm making money/ but don't play me kandihole eemofi/". In the same verse he aims the following to critics: "underRATED, player HATED, manipuLATED, but never FADED".

Track listing

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