Along with musician The Profit and songstress/emcee Walta, Surafel (emcee) recorded one of the first hip-hop albums that incorporated Amharic lyrics. In an interview describing their music Surafel notes: "We are one of the few Ethiopians who are trying to make it in hip-hop, so we are always conscious of the things we say in our lyrics because we don’t want the good image of Ethiopian music to be tarnished with some negative vibe. That means no cursing in our songs or talking about things that are unrighteous. We try to put an Ethiopian flavor in the beats we make and lyrics we write. Even though most of our songs are strictly hip-hop, we inject either a little Amharic or just sample an Ethiopian beat."

Surafel's Album in the Making..
A few days prior to his death, Surafel had submitted a cover design of his new album project to the Arts & Entertainment division of Tadias Magazine. He wanted to have it advertised in the October 2003 issue along with a brief write-up on his new songs. The Album was entitled "Surafel". The cover reads: "Exodus Records Presents Surafel -- Coming Soon to a Planet Near You". The album cover is shown below: