A STUDENT IN SCHOOL, A SLAVE AFTER SCHOOL

By Joseph ‘Aqweci’ Ofori.

This article was published on Ghana Community Online "http://ghanacommunity.com/a-student-in-school-a-slave-after-school/"

Welcome to Ghana, a large arena for political battle. A country where “we are blessed with natural resources but we’re poor” is a cliché. A country where civilians are afraid of politicians. Viewing it from a different angle, a project agreement where the funder is afraid of the contractor. The ones who provided seats for wanderers are scared they might die while searching for a wall to lean their tired bodies.

REVIEW OF SARKODIE'S MARY ALBUM

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Artist: Sarkodie || Album: Mary || Label: Duncwills Ent./Sarkcess Music

By Joseph 'Aqweci' Ofori

Photo Credit: @sarkodie

Mary Album Artwork

With some few years to make up a decade, musician extraordinaire, Sarkodie has never failed to appear on our television sets and be on our radio. The musical legend has been continually dropping hits after hits, building himself as the greatest musical brand, influencing the youth heavily and opening the door to the hall of fame. The rapper’s attention has been on the youth for a while now, with a few oldies having an eye on him, although almost every inhabitant knows him. After dropping 3 solid albums, Sarkodie decides to dedicate an album to his late grandmother Mary Lokko who kicked the bucket in 2012. He does it in a grandstyle, fusing genres that’ll encompass almost every typical Ghanaian’s favourite, thus Hip-Life and High-Life. In various interviews, the “Illuminati” hitmaker has emphasized how his grandmother advised him to do live music, when she was alive. Known by real name Michael Owusu, he heeds granny’s advice and provides Ghana with refreshing food for the soul, Mary Album.

REVIEW OF E.L's BAR II MIXTAPE

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Artist: E.L

Album/Mixtape: B.A.R II

Label: BBnZ Live

Photo Credits: @BBnZLive

By Joseph ‘Aqweci’ Ofori

Cover Art of BAR II Mixtape

BBnZ Live’s greatest asset Elom Adablah, musically known as E.L has blessed the earth with the second installment of his solo Hip-Hop project, dubbed “Best African Rapper (B.A.R) mixtape”.

PARALYSIS OF GHANA'S MUSIC INDUSTRY

Photo Credit: Lyrical Liberation

This article was published on Ghana Community Online (http://ghanacommunity.com/the-paralysis-of-ghanas-music-industry/)

For several times, questions have been raised about the existence of a music industry in Ghana. Popular artists, E.L and C-Real, just to mention a few have clearly noted the non-existence of the industry which some people boast of. To clear all doubts, let’s digest the matter to know the end products.

First of all, what is a music industry? And what makes a music industry functional? A music industry basically consists of companies and individuals that make money by creating and selling music. A lot of professionals come together to make this possible. Such people include artists, instrumentalists, producers, sound engineers, publishers, marketers, distributors, promoters, entertainment lawyers, and so on.

GHANA, MY DIRTY HOME

This article was published on Ghana Community Online (http://ghanacommunity.com/ghana-my-dirty-home/)

There are tons of problems facing Ghana. One very disturbing of these issues is the lack of proper sanitation in the country. Take a stroll down your vicinity and you’ll be welcomed with unimaginable dirty surroundings. Well, unless you live in the negligible percentage of the neat areas in the country. The nation has been swallowed by filth. A close friend once said “Ghana is just a huge litterbin”… so disheartening. Finding the cause of a problem is tantamount to solving a large percentage of it, they say. But come to think of it, we are fully aware of the causes, so why is the situation getting worse?

WHATSAPP STATUS: A RING FOR RELATIONSHIP BOUT

Welcome to the 21st century! My generation, where people can’t be without their mobile phones. Where losing their newly bought phone, probably the latest model is equivalent to taking half of their soul. Then, people had the right ability to catch feelings. Now, young men and women only have the skill to catch a falling iPhone, or possibly a Samsung Galaxy. The sudden drop of a phone causes rise of nerve impulse signaling than an earthquake would do. And when the victim is lucky enough to lift it without cracks or breakages, he or she raises it like a trophy, signifying victory.

INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCER, DRIZLEBEATZ

I did an interview with producer, Drizlebeatz for LoudSoundGH. Check it out below…

In this moment that the GH music scene has been saturated with different songs, a young producer known as Drizle pops up with refreshing and energetic talent. He is set to release his debut project dubbed “24/7 Beat Tape” On Nov 15, 2014. The LoudSoundGH team caught up with him for a brief interview. Read the conversation below…

LoudSoundGH (Aqweci):

Who is Drizle?

Drizlebeatz:

A young man who goes by the name Gbewonyo Eyram. I’m currently a student of University of Ghana, reading B.Sc. Biomedical Sciences. In showbiz, I’m a producer of mainly Hip-Hop and House beats. I rep Ashaley Botwe of Greater Accra region. I’m known as Drizle because of my cute stature. We all understand drizzle is the drops of rain, making it metaphorical.

REVIEW OF SARKODIE’S “NEW GUY” FT. ACE HOOD

This article was published on AfricaWorldMusic.com

After the greatest anticipation of a single in Ghana’s music scene so far in 2015, “New Guy” drops on Wednesday, June 10 via Deezer (A music streaming app developed by Tigo Music), exclusively. This song was preluded by a saga between Ace Hood & Sarkodie, as to who paid or initially contacted the other for a feature. That actually built the hype weeks before the release of the song. Now, let’s get deeper into the music.

[Lyrics] E.L - State of the Nation Address (Prod. by Yung Fly)

VERSE 1

Yuh! This is my state of the nation address

Its no hating, I’m just  stating the facts, updating the masses on the situation that we facing I guess, we can accept its complicated at best

[Lyrics] Sarkodie Ft. Ace Hood – New Guy

Watch “New Guy” video on YouTube…

Writers of lyrics/ Contributors: Joseph ‘Aqweci’ Ofori (@Aqweci) & Alan (@alan_wbdn)

Lyrics was published on LoudSoundGH.com & AfricaWorldMusic.com

ADLIBS/INTRO

That’s why I wake up every morning

I grind, stand up and sun down

Wake up knowing that people expect me to lead ‘em to a win

[Lyrics] Sarkodie – The Masses (Mixed by Posigee)

Bidipɔnbidi!

Wei m’adwen ho akyɛ

ɔman Ghana.. hm

BREAKDOWN OF SARKODIE-ACE HOOD’S MIX UP + MY OPINIONS

On May 15, 2015, Sarkodie officially announced a new feature with popular American musician Ace Hood, via a tweet attached with the recording session video. Ace posted a picture on Facebook as well about the upcoming track, titled “New Guy”. As you’d expect, the internet went wild over the history-making collaboration. Fast forward to May 21, he granted an interview to Bola Ray on Starr 103.5 FM.

[Lyrics] R2Bees – M’akoma (Prod. by Kaywa)

INTRO

[Mugeez:]

Highly spiritual!

R2Beeeeess..

VGMA 2015: Better or Worse?

On the 11th day of April, 2015, Charter House, with sponsorship from Vodafone staged the 16th edition of the Ghana Music Awards. This is the only night both young and old people get glued to their TV sets to watch a musical show of this kind.

The red carpet session commenced around 8:30 pm. A whole lot of artists and industry players were interviewed by the usual, Blackboy and Amanda Jissih, as they took selfies with the new Samsung Galaxy S6. As you’d expect, people were looking fly as they knew they’d be asked what/who they’re wearing.

[Lyrics] Stone – god of the Spartans

Lyrics was published on Loud Sound Ghana (https://loudsoundgh.com/2015/02/lyrics-flowking-stone-god-of-the-spartans-download/)

INTRO

Hmm hmm, ayɛ dɛ

Ahh First of all, I like to pay homage to all the old soldiers, who made this happen.

[Lyrics] Sarkodie – Revenge of the Spartans

Lyrics was published on Loud Sound Ghana (https://loudsoundgh.com/2015/01/lyrics-sarkodie-revenge-of-the-spartans-audio-download/)

Yeah!..        Huhh!..       Yeah!..       Go! 

  

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