Saturday 4 October 2014

REVIEW OF KO-JO CUE’S “THE SHINING” MIXTAPE

This article was published on Loud Sound Ghana (https://loudsoundgh.com/2014/10/review-of-ko-jo-cues-the-shining-mixtape-by-joseph-aqweci-ofori/)

It was a usual busy Monday when the PunchLine King, Ko-Jo Cue dropped his latest mixtape “The Shining”. Both old and new fans of the latest BBnZ signee had been impatiently waiting on this tape. From his first ever project, “NATHAN”, Linford “Ko-Jo Cue” Amankwaa has been keeping fans in suspense of The Shining. Now that it’s finally here I take the stage to delve into the music, song after song.
The Shining cover art
As the title may sound, most people, including me thought Ko-Jo would’ve played rough by compiling commercial songs to widen his fan base in enabling him to blow up easily. Conversely, he held on to his words on “Retrospect”(a song that he released in 2010 as part of his early projects) by giving us a classic hip hop project full of storytelling, relatable concepts, motivation, inspiration, and as you’d expect great metaphors and punchlines. The mixtape has 15 classic songs on it, so not to beat about the bush so the game doesn’t escape let’s head straight to the individual tracks.