Shake It To The Max (FLY) - Remix

Born and raised in Accra, Ghana, Moliy has a musical sensibility that carries the humidity of both West Africa and South Florida, where she lived after turning 18. Her sound is what people call "Afrofusion," which essentially means she picks the best bits from Afrobeat, pop, soul, dancehall, and whatever else is lying around, and stirs it all into something fresh and distinctly hers. Moliy first popped onto the global radar after featuring on Amaarae's 2020 song "Sad Girlz Luv Money" alongside Kali Uchis. The track charted worldwide, and she found herself becoming a bit of a star. "Shake it to the Max (FLY)" is a collaboration with the South Florida-based Jamaican dancehall producer Silent Addy.

"Shake It to the Max (FLY)," is exactly the sort of song you'd want playing while doing anything mildly celebratory: dancing in your room, trying on an outfit you can't afford, or pretending your kitchen is a music video set. It's a self-confidence anthem for the rest of us, with lyrics that shout empowerment but still manage to feel breezy: "I wanna fly, hands in the sky," Moliy sings, followed closely by the sort of dance-floor instructions you'd get from a very supportive aerobics instructor: "Go and bend your back, go and bend your knees, baby shake it to the max."

The song is not so much a narrative as it is a manifesto. There are mentions of being "number 1 in command," "dressed to kill," and refusing to wait for anyone's approval Silent Addy and his fellow Jamaican producer Disco Neil give it all a potent dose of Afro-dancehall bounce, and the result is a track that makes you want to book a tropical holiday.