“We didn’t get a lot of good feedback,” when My Life was sent out to artistes for a remix collaboration, according to Trigmatic.

He indicated the invitation went out to “new” artistes like Kuami Eugene, KiDi, King Promise and others, however, only “King Promise responded”.

The multiple award-winning rapper, singer-songwriter and media personality spoke to Zeal Nana Kweku Bliss on Class 91.3 FM’s Class Xtra.

Trigmatic said originally, he had been led by his desire for the remix’s commercial success “as a business person”. Eventually, however, he added, he had to mind the “spiritual” nature of the song and settled for conscious artistes: Worlasi, Ayisi and M.anifest.

Ultimately, “I wanted someone who could connect with the song, and not someone who would be forced to do a verse. So I left it open,” he said. Thus, recognising “when it comes to artistry, vocally, and whatever, I respect Worlasi and Ayisi,” he gave them the song to see their reaction.

“With M.anifest, we had always said we needed to work on something together,” the entrepreneur and founder of the African Music Business Dialogue explained.

Noting Worlasi’s excitement to be on the song, Trigmatic, also, revealed, “M.anifest gave his verse in a few days.”

He said apart from the vocal performers, as a matter of serendipity, a Danish saxophonist and Ghanaian flutist joined the song.

“The day we were actually mixing the song, my friends from Denmark were in town [including] Katrine Suwalski, so the saxophone was played live, the guitars were played live, and also the legendary Dela Botri, did flutes live. They were in the studio so when they heard it, they instantly wanted to jump on it. It’s the reason I say that the song is quite spiritual and it’s very loaded,” Trigmatic narrated.

| Danish tenor saxophone player Katrine Suwalski

| Ghanaian flutist Dela Botri

The final cut for My Life Remix, he emphasised was a product of “divine” orchestration and “intentional” decision-making.

The original My Life (2010) won for Trigmatic his first Ghana Music Award for Best Rapper in 2011. Hear the 2019 remix below: