- Eli lelona cwecwe lesithathu legcisa lereggae lamaYuda uMatisyahu Ukukhanya . Nangona kunjalo yayiyeyongezwa ngomzuzu wokugqibela kwisethi. Wachaza ku Ibhodi yezaziso ukuba irekhodi yagqitywa kwisithuba esingangonyaka ngaphambi kokuba ikhululwe, kodwa imisebenzi yokukhenketha notshintsho kwinkampani yakhe yokurekhoda yakhokelela kwisigqibo sokuyimisa. Utshilo uMatisyahu: 'Kuqeshwe umongameli omtsha kwi-Epic Records - uAmanda Ghost. Wayeyimamele kwaye wayengayiva ncam. Ndabuyela ngaphakathi, ndadibana nabavelisi abambalwa, kwaye ndenza iingoma ezimbini ezingakumbi kwirekhodi.' Ezo seshoni zokugqibela zivelise iingoma ezithi 'Kuwe' kunye nale ngoma.
- UMatisyahu uxelele Spinner UK : 'Ngumhobe wethemba onesingqisho esikhulu, uhlobo lwengoma ekwenza uqobe intloko uze uvule intliziyo yakho kwangaxeshanye.'
- UMatisyahu urekhode kwakhona le ngoma enye ngelizwi elongezelelweyo legcisa laseSengalese-American uAkon. Inguqulelo entsha yakhululwa njengenye ngoFebruwari 23, 2010.
- Ingoma isetyenziswe kakhulu njengengoma yomxholo ye-NBC's Ukubala ukuya eVancouver Iphulo le-Olimpiki. Ingoma yaqhubeka isetyenziswa ngexesha losasazo lwe-Olimpiki ye-NBC, ukusuka kwi-soundtracking montages ukuya kumanqaku e-bumpers. UMatisyahu wachazela iMTV News ukuba nangona yayingabhalwanga ngokucacileyo kwimidlalo, imixholo kunye neenjongo zomkhondo zaphela zisebenza ngokugqibeleleyo. 'Bendifuna ukubhala ingoma efikelelekayo kwihlabathi jikelele ngethemba noxolo,' uxelele iMTV News. 'Andazi ngokuthe ngqo ukuba yenzeke njani, kodwa umntu wayiva waza wacinga ukuba iya kufaneleka kakuhle.'
- UMatisyahu wachazela CMU inkqubo yakhe yokubhala ingoma: 'Iyahluka, ngamanye amaxesha ndiba nomculo okanye isingqi esibeka isiseko, ngamanye amaxesha umntu undidlalela ingoma ebesebenza kuyo, okanye ngamanye amaxesha ndihlala nomdlali wegitala kwaye siya 'jam' , ngenxa yokungabikho kwegama elilunge ngakumbi, wandule ke ubuyele emva uze uphulaphule okurekhodiweyo uze ufumane inxalenye esiyithandileyo uze usebenzise oko ukuze ubeke isiseko sengoma. Inyathelo elilandelayo linokuba ngamagubu enkqubo ejikelezileyo, emva koko ubeke amazwi, emva koko ube neemvumi ezidlala iinxalenye, emva koko uyixube, emva koko uyidlale ihlala iinyanga ezininzi endleleni, ngelo xesha incasa yam yomculo inokutshintsha, ngoko sitshintsha ngokupheleleyo. imvakalelo kunye ne-vibe, uze uyirekhode. Iingoma zam zisoloko zingumsebenzi oqhubekayo, ziguquka kwaye ziguquke nasemva kokuba zirekhodwe kwaye zikhutshwe kwirekhodi.'
- Iqela lomfana i-Emblem3 lidlale ingoma ngexesha lomboniso walo wokuqala kwisizini yesibini ye I-X Factor USA kwaye wayigubungela ngecwecwe labo lokuqala, Akukho nto eza kulahlekela . UDrew Chadwick we-Emblem3 uchazele uMculi Direct ukuba yintoni eyamtsalelayo kumculo. 'Ewe, uMatisyahu uyinkuthazo enkulu kum,' watsho, 'kuba ukushishino lwepop, kodwa ukwangumntu wokomoya ngokwenene. Ukuba unokuwenza lo msebenzi, yiba kuhambo lokomoya kwaye uphumelele kwishishini le-pop, iyamangalisa. Ngokusisiseko ushumayela malunga nokufudumala kwehlabathi kunye nabantu beza kunye ukuze bancedisane, yinto endifuna ukuyenza ebomini bam kunye nesipho sam somculo. Loo ngoma iyakhuthaza ngokwenene. Iyakha, iyaphakamisa, kwaye iyaxhobisa. Xa sifika ukuyidlala, ngumlingo kwimiboniso.'
