Wheels of Fortune (Remastered) Fortune Muparutsa

• 1 Simbarashe 04:53
• 2 Easy Money 04:40
• 3 Sangoma (Remix) 04:56
• 4 Chamutumba 04:10
• 5 Wangu Ndega 04:49
• 6 Upenyu 04:22
• 7 I like the way 05:10
• 8 Still in Love 04:55
• Total Runtime 37:55

Info for Wheels of Fortune (Remastered)

Some 32 years after its release, Fortune Muparutsa’s classic album, Wheels of Fortune, is now finally available.

Born in Mutare on June 14 1968 Fortune was exposed to music at an early age since his family members were also into music. Muparutsa, who at age seven was able to play the guitar —— was also a musical engineer and producer. Besides recording his own music, Fortune produced songs for a number of local artists, among them Alexio, Solomon, Prince Tendai, Tia, Innocent Utsiwegota, Langton Deo and a number of other notable artists.

Most of his hit songs were released in the early 1990s and had a great impact on the trajectory that local music took from there. He is credited as being one of the pioneers of the “Urban Grooves” genre particularly with his album Wheels of Fortune.

Fortune Muparutsa

Digitally remastered

Fortune Muparutsa
was well respected in the music circles in Zimbabwe. Many artists we came across always expressed their desire to work with him, though for most, his prices were unaffordable(but soooooooooo worth it!). If you wanted an assured hit Fortune was the go-to man. This is evidenced by all the hits he produced like In My Dreams by Innocent Utsiwegota, Kumba Kwenyu by Alexio, Boy U Got To Know by Tia & Come To Party by Major Playaz to mention a few. He was also a mentor to many many people in the industry for example Flash Gordon, Sanii Makhalima, John Jay and other people he closely worked with. The great thing about the songs he produced was they were all of such a high standard and could easily compete internationally by any bar. When i listen to Dzimbaremabwe by V.O.L.U.M.E i still think it eclipses many Hip Hop songs produced even to this day. He really impressed when he worked with Alexio on the song Kumba Kwenyu. The original which Alexio had recorded elsewhere was hard to stomach even with Alexio’s great voice. Production quality was poor and at best it typified a sub-standard backyard recording with poor mixing and no mastering at all. Fortune then laid his hands on it and redid the whole song from the production to recording to the mixing then the mastering. The end product made me wonder if it was a different song altogether. That is just one example of the finesse and ability Fortune had.

Many describe him as not having anything close to a bad bone in his body and a very energetic and humble fellow. Us as fans knew him through his music and we loved what we knew and still do. To hear of his death hurt us as if we actually knew him. That is the impact his music had on us. His passing is a sad loss for Zimbabwe, but God made his decision and Fortune is now in a better place. Condolences to his family, friends and colleagues, we share your pain. Fortune Muparutsa will forever be loved and remembered.

This album contains no booklet.