Is this a new madness that has taken the music industry by stomp? Or perhaps it is a publicity stunt to get the inactive artistes on board to announce to their teeming fans that they are after all not worn-outs or are back from their hideouts?
Chale this madness has gone on for far too long now? By the way who is Obrafour anyway? He is known to be coming out with proverbs in his lyrics but no disrespect some people have finally taken hip life to the gutters. Without sounding remorseful and vulgar, I think Obrafour should just shut up, if he is jaded (sounds like it), he should take a rest and not create unnecessary controversy.
Obrafour has been low profile for sometime now so I will understand if it’s a ploy to get out of his shell and be seen at least. Without any doubt, I strongly believe Obrafour got encouragement from Kwaw Kese’s outburst during his interview on TV3’s Spot Light when he said “Some people said hip life was dead and they are resurrecting it but they couldn’t do anything, they couldn’t do a thing, to say hip life is dead, what about Reggie Rockstone, Obrafour and co.”.
The mere mention of his name perhaps made him feel he is still the best hip life artiste ever if not what did he mean by “when did hiplife die without him knowing” in his new single “Nkasiabo” I think that’s a sad line.
I disgust comparism but when we talk of consistency in the hip life game, Lord Kenya stands out tall, he was the first hiplife artiste to dominate the Ghanaian music charts, for the 6 years (stand to be corrected) he was active in the hip life game, he proved himself by churning out hit album after hit album, a feat, his colleagues in the game will only dream of.
Obrafour has been parading himself from first album Pae Mu Ka to his last one as Ghana's rap Osofour (priest), without anyone questioning him, so why should he suddenly have a problem when another artiste contends his is the best rapper alive?
From my perspective, I think Obrafour still holds quite a consideration number of fans and doesn’t need to diss or beef anyone to get his message across or to sell a record, the fans still love him. This personality attacks must stop.
Obrafour can decide to ‘piss in’ or ‘piss out’, but for crying out loud, Okyeame Kwame is the reigning king of Ghana Music Awards and merits some respect.
You can share your opinion without necessarily stepping on someone else’s toes, the truth hurts but that was unnecessary controversy.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Monday, 12 October 2009
OJ BLAQ Outdoors Biggie Boy Lover
Night dwellers, friends and well wishers thronged to the Aphrodisiac Nite Club to official witness the launching of OJ Blaq’s debut album “Biggie Boy Lover”. Already his two hit singles “Chale Wote”, and album track “Biggie Boy Lover”, has been enjoying massive airplay.
The actor cum musician hit the stage last Friday night for an extraordinary performance in front of a star-studded crowd. To say the night was a bomb will be an understatement, it was fire ja, I mean proper fire fire ja (whatever it means).
Aside his new found love, music, known in real life as Andy Nii Akashie, OJ Blaq played MARLON in the hit T.V. series, SUNCITY, which became a household favourite across Africa, Europe and the U.S.A and that projected him into the lime light and has a couple of movies coming out soon.
The Sun City star was touted to be wilder than OJ Simpson, hence given the name Notorious OJ, but he later on changed it to OJ but since there is a gospel musician with the name OJ, he finally added Blaq to make it OJ Blaq.
The rapper launched his album “Biggie Boy Lover”, plus the “Chale Wote” video. He performed a rousing medley of his biggest hit “Chale Wote” featuring ASEM and Captain Planet of 4X4 and “Fire” featuring Lynx all stars and walked off stage to wild applause. The “Biggie Boy Lover” features Richie, Asem, Captain Planet, Eazzy, Zigi, Guru and a whole lot more.
To be on top in the hip life game, one has to be little crazy, creative and inventive, that’s what OJ Blaq is all about.
Present to show their support and love were Reggie Zippy, Mad Fish, Iwan, Wutah, Kwabena Kwabena, Michael Asare, Majid Michel, Ekow Smith Asante, Eddie Nartey, Kojo Dadson of Home Sweet Home, Prince David and many others in attendance.
The actor cum musician hit the stage last Friday night for an extraordinary performance in front of a star-studded crowd. To say the night was a bomb will be an understatement, it was fire ja, I mean proper fire fire ja (whatever it means).
Aside his new found love, music, known in real life as Andy Nii Akashie, OJ Blaq played MARLON in the hit T.V. series, SUNCITY, which became a household favourite across Africa, Europe and the U.S.A and that projected him into the lime light and has a couple of movies coming out soon.
The Sun City star was touted to be wilder than OJ Simpson, hence given the name Notorious OJ, but he later on changed it to OJ but since there is a gospel musician with the name OJ, he finally added Blaq to make it OJ Blaq.
The rapper launched his album “Biggie Boy Lover”, plus the “Chale Wote” video. He performed a rousing medley of his biggest hit “Chale Wote” featuring ASEM and Captain Planet of 4X4 and “Fire” featuring Lynx all stars and walked off stage to wild applause. The “Biggie Boy Lover” features Richie, Asem, Captain Planet, Eazzy, Zigi, Guru and a whole lot more.
To be on top in the hip life game, one has to be little crazy, creative and inventive, that’s what OJ Blaq is all about.
Present to show their support and love were Reggie Zippy, Mad Fish, Iwan, Wutah, Kwabena Kwabena, Michael Asare, Majid Michel, Ekow Smith Asante, Eddie Nartey, Kojo Dadson of Home Sweet Home, Prince David and many others in attendance.
Monday, 5 October 2009
You are ‘BEAUTIFUL’ than me but am the one on the stage – Okomfour
Yes! Okomfour staged a come back With MEA ME NIE. The vastly publicized and much anticipated show in recent times dubbed ‘Okomfour Mea Me Nie Concert’. It was the biggest comeback in the decade as Okomfour welcome himself back to the hip life game with over 4 years of being in the wasteland.
At the National Theatre last Saturday the 3rd of October, 36 artistes were supposed to have performed, some before and after Okomfour’s performance but only a hands full managed to grace the big stage and the reason best known to the organizers.
MTN ambassador Samini, another brilliant chap from the Northern part of Ghana who didn’t make an impact at the Busta Rhymes’ show was in his usual electrifying mood, he performed with live band, he got the whole audience on their feet dancing and jumping to his ‘Samini’ and ‘Where my baby dey’ tracks.
Sammy B, Ghana’s first rep to the Big Brother Africa reality show, who earlier on dished out some funny jokes, Jayne Buckman Owoo of Graphic Showbiz and Muntari Muntala of TV3’s Spot Light were seen doing the ‘asabone’, they just couldn’t help but to do the left and right dance amidst clapping. In a nutshell Samini prepared and pulled the audience for Okomfour to seal through.
Based on the performance of Samini, http://www.ghanacelebrities.com wondered if he has not stolen the show but views sampled indicated that we have to wait and see what Okomfour has up in his sleeves.
And finally, Okomfour did hit the stage and the whole place went gay, am sure the loud noise that came out of the audience would have woken up some dead bodies at the Awudome Cemetery. The audience, the paparazzi all rushed to the walkway, making it extremely difficult for the security men to control them, they tried to shove them back to their seats but no one was ready to listen.
Those who thought Okomfour was down and out were proved wrong, he showed enough energy to the delight of the audience and shouted “Wo Ho Ye Fe Tsen Me Na So Mea Na Mi Gyina Stage” literally means you are ‘beautiful’ than I am but am the one on the stage, the audience couldn’t help but laugh and cheer him on habitually as he dished out more thought provoking and funny lyrics.
For the one or so hours that Okomfour was on stage, he clicked with his audience nicely, both old and young, nobody was left out as he involved them in his performance, they sand along with him from ‘Meyere ne mepena’ to 'Abrantee', to 'Kwaadee', to 'Ka Wo Nan Toso', to 'Okomfo Si Koo', to 'P1' and to ‘Mea Me Nie’, which proved that indeed Ghanaians are still in love with the greatest story teller of our time.
Guys who came there purposely to feed their gullible eyes on the ladies had a field’s day admiring the beautiful creation by God, as the ladies were busy dancing and showing their cleavage. The night will pass for a fashion show.
Silky voice KK Fosu and ‘President’ Obour joined Okomfour midway through his performances. Other noticeable artistes who made an appearance were Okyeame Kwame, Bradez, Asase Aban, Ayigbe Edem, Mad Fish, Joe, H-Mode, Konfi, Scizo, Joe Frasier, and from Nigeria, Flavour of Ashawo fame.
The night wasn’t for only the known faces of the hip life game but there were some amateur and underground artistes who for me were just comedians, most of them can’t rap, some appeared like old drunkards, they just appeared to be rapping just because they are colleagues are doing.
Pop Skinny could have done a lot better with his performance. Bringing a dead laptop on stage was a good thing but it just didn’t help his course, the laptop should at least been switched on and not necessarily on the internet. A line in his ‘Mugu’ track which says ‘we are going to browse, on yahoooooo.com’, apparently, the laptop would have serve as a good purpose but as it was dead, the audience were confused but cheered him on.
The likes of Tinny, OJ Blaq, ASEM, Richie, and the other guys from Lynx entertainment were in the house but couldn’t grace the stage. The show weren’t fully packed to capacity but it was well patronized and action packed.
Story By: Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr.
http://www.ghanacelebrities.com
At the National Theatre last Saturday the 3rd of October, 36 artistes were supposed to have performed, some before and after Okomfour’s performance but only a hands full managed to grace the big stage and the reason best known to the organizers.
MTN ambassador Samini, another brilliant chap from the Northern part of Ghana who didn’t make an impact at the Busta Rhymes’ show was in his usual electrifying mood, he performed with live band, he got the whole audience on their feet dancing and jumping to his ‘Samini’ and ‘Where my baby dey’ tracks.
Sammy B, Ghana’s first rep to the Big Brother Africa reality show, who earlier on dished out some funny jokes, Jayne Buckman Owoo of Graphic Showbiz and Muntari Muntala of TV3’s Spot Light were seen doing the ‘asabone’, they just couldn’t help but to do the left and right dance amidst clapping. In a nutshell Samini prepared and pulled the audience for Okomfour to seal through.
Based on the performance of Samini, http://www.ghanacelebrities.com wondered if he has not stolen the show but views sampled indicated that we have to wait and see what Okomfour has up in his sleeves.
And finally, Okomfour did hit the stage and the whole place went gay, am sure the loud noise that came out of the audience would have woken up some dead bodies at the Awudome Cemetery. The audience, the paparazzi all rushed to the walkway, making it extremely difficult for the security men to control them, they tried to shove them back to their seats but no one was ready to listen.
Those who thought Okomfour was down and out were proved wrong, he showed enough energy to the delight of the audience and shouted “Wo Ho Ye Fe Tsen Me Na So Mea Na Mi Gyina Stage” literally means you are ‘beautiful’ than I am but am the one on the stage, the audience couldn’t help but laugh and cheer him on habitually as he dished out more thought provoking and funny lyrics.
For the one or so hours that Okomfour was on stage, he clicked with his audience nicely, both old and young, nobody was left out as he involved them in his performance, they sand along with him from ‘Meyere ne mepena’ to 'Abrantee', to 'Kwaadee', to 'Ka Wo Nan Toso', to 'Okomfo Si Koo', to 'P1' and to ‘Mea Me Nie’, which proved that indeed Ghanaians are still in love with the greatest story teller of our time.
Guys who came there purposely to feed their gullible eyes on the ladies had a field’s day admiring the beautiful creation by God, as the ladies were busy dancing and showing their cleavage. The night will pass for a fashion show.
Silky voice KK Fosu and ‘President’ Obour joined Okomfour midway through his performances. Other noticeable artistes who made an appearance were Okyeame Kwame, Bradez, Asase Aban, Ayigbe Edem, Mad Fish, Joe, H-Mode, Konfi, Scizo, Joe Frasier, and from Nigeria, Flavour of Ashawo fame.
The night wasn’t for only the known faces of the hip life game but there were some amateur and underground artistes who for me were just comedians, most of them can’t rap, some appeared like old drunkards, they just appeared to be rapping just because they are colleagues are doing.
Pop Skinny could have done a lot better with his performance. Bringing a dead laptop on stage was a good thing but it just didn’t help his course, the laptop should at least been switched on and not necessarily on the internet. A line in his ‘Mugu’ track which says ‘we are going to browse, on yahoooooo.com’, apparently, the laptop would have serve as a good purpose but as it was dead, the audience were confused but cheered him on.
The likes of Tinny, OJ Blaq, ASEM, Richie, and the other guys from Lynx entertainment were in the house but couldn’t grace the stage. The show weren’t fully packed to capacity but it was well patronized and action packed.
Story By: Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr.
http://www.ghanacelebrities.com
And he rocked Facebook Waakye party
Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around the world. Hundreds of facebookers flocked to Auntie Munis’ Waakye Joint inside Labone to be part of Facebook Waakye Party which took place yesterday.
And oh, the place was really packed. The party in its second edition was an improvement of the first one, it brought together other introvert and extrovert, mostly young folks (boys and girls), (sorry, the MC kept referring to the crowd as boys and girls) but old folks were also not left out of the fun.
It was a night (day) to remember, the party came with a lot of exclusivity, people who have known each other on facebook but yet to meet, had to chance to meet, enjoined waakye in one bowl and share some jokes that comes as a result of facebooking instead of working in the office.
The party was one for music and dance as people deserted their seats. For most part of the party, a lot of seats begged for attention, but the people decided to be on their feet and dance. Clad in customized facebook t-shirts with each person’s name at the back of it, there were a lot of waakye to eat, more drinks to drink and more boogey. Those who came there only to yak the ladies had their field day as the ladies made sure, the place never went bored.
Pop skinny by far was the best of the day, he had a short but wonderful performance, his ability at using the names of other hip life artiste to the free style really worked for him, the whole thing can best be described with one word “BOMB”, Reggie Rockstone, Buk Bak, VIP, Asem, 4X4, Tinny, Lord Kenya all got some love from Pop Skinny midway through his performance, the crowd couldn’t help but laugh and cheer him on with his funny lyrics.
I got to the venue at exactly 5:30pm so I couldn’t see the other performances but from what I saw; Pop Skinny rocked the whole place, he painted the place red and black (like it’s said in the local parlance), the place was turned outside down with his performance and a lady near me could not help but scream “Po Po Po Skinnnnnnnnnnnnnnny”.He got the people on the feet dancing from the start to the end of his performance.
He finished his performance and exclaimed ‘I am the richest hip life artiste’. There was also some argument as to which one is the best and more popular in Ghana: Facebook or Twitter? One shouted “the last time I checked, this is Facebook Waakye Party and not Twitter”.
A guy who can’t help himself, said “as a shy person who can’t approach ladies, facebook has really helped me in this regard, at least I have met 7 ladies before this party”.“I will keep exploring and meet some more of them and hopefully pick one as my bride”.
Charlie, things are knocking things on facebook ooo, so what about Facebook Mass Wedding? Organizers, I hope you guys are listening ooo
Even at Facebook Waakye Party, people were seen still facebooking, funny huh? I think that explains why ministers want to interact via facebook. Hahaha!
And oh, the place was really packed. The party in its second edition was an improvement of the first one, it brought together other introvert and extrovert, mostly young folks (boys and girls), (sorry, the MC kept referring to the crowd as boys and girls) but old folks were also not left out of the fun.
It was a night (day) to remember, the party came with a lot of exclusivity, people who have known each other on facebook but yet to meet, had to chance to meet, enjoined waakye in one bowl and share some jokes that comes as a result of facebooking instead of working in the office.
The party was one for music and dance as people deserted their seats. For most part of the party, a lot of seats begged for attention, but the people decided to be on their feet and dance. Clad in customized facebook t-shirts with each person’s name at the back of it, there were a lot of waakye to eat, more drinks to drink and more boogey. Those who came there only to yak the ladies had their field day as the ladies made sure, the place never went bored.
Pop skinny by far was the best of the day, he had a short but wonderful performance, his ability at using the names of other hip life artiste to the free style really worked for him, the whole thing can best be described with one word “BOMB”, Reggie Rockstone, Buk Bak, VIP, Asem, 4X4, Tinny, Lord Kenya all got some love from Pop Skinny midway through his performance, the crowd couldn’t help but laugh and cheer him on with his funny lyrics.
I got to the venue at exactly 5:30pm so I couldn’t see the other performances but from what I saw; Pop Skinny rocked the whole place, he painted the place red and black (like it’s said in the local parlance), the place was turned outside down with his performance and a lady near me could not help but scream “Po Po Po Skinnnnnnnnnnnnnnny”.He got the people on the feet dancing from the start to the end of his performance.
He finished his performance and exclaimed ‘I am the richest hip life artiste’. There was also some argument as to which one is the best and more popular in Ghana: Facebook or Twitter? One shouted “the last time I checked, this is Facebook Waakye Party and not Twitter”.
A guy who can’t help himself, said “as a shy person who can’t approach ladies, facebook has really helped me in this regard, at least I have met 7 ladies before this party”.“I will keep exploring and meet some more of them and hopefully pick one as my bride”.
Charlie, things are knocking things on facebook ooo, so what about Facebook Mass Wedding? Organizers, I hope you guys are listening ooo
Even at Facebook Waakye Party, people were seen still facebooking, funny huh? I think that explains why ministers want to interact via facebook. Hahaha!
Saturday, 19 September 2009
Thumps Up Ayigbe Edem!
Celebrities over the world are well respected, because they bring happiness to the faces of the crestfallen. A lot of celebrities have always set up charity foundation to support the less privileged and needy in the society.
It has always been refreshing news when one read in the newspapers or watches on TV about philanthropists or stars donating to the less privilege or needy in our society, one can only get satisfied with such reportage.Recently, Parade Magazine published a list of Most Generous Celebrities, ranked by the amount of funds donated to charity.
Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey ($52 million), Barbra Streisand ($11 million), Paul Newman (donating $10 million), Mel Gibson ($9.9million), Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ($8.4 million), Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan and hockey star Eric Lindros - each donating $5 million.The donations were channeled to provide education, health care, advocacy for women's issues and children, environmental causes, civil rights, AIDS research, refugee aid and cross-cultural understanding.
Not only do they donate frequently to charities but most of them have either set up their own foundations or adopted some and supporting them.Over here, Ghanaian celebrities do not earn anything close to the above, what they earn is insufficient, but it’s not good reason enough not to donate to charities. I read a story captioned “Tinny Fetes 300 Orphans” in 2007 and now in 2009 reading about Ayigbe Edem’s donations, I feel it’s been really a long time, since something of that sort was done, from hip life artistes (I stand to be corrected), nevertheless it has finally happened again and hope it’s not going to be a nine day wonder.Funnily, I have a lot of Ewe friends but don’t understand one Ewe word; I think that doesn’t stop me from saying ‘Thumps Up’ to Ayigbe Edem.
This guy has indeed won many hearts, considering the fact the hip life is touted as the lowest in terms of sales. Sometime last weekend hip life (I don’t care if he says he does hip hop) artiste Ayigbe Edem under the sponsorship of Volta Regime Foundation and with support from the Last 2 Music Group donated some items worth GHC 3,200 to the Mamobi Polyclinic in Accra.In his interview to Graphic Showbiz, he said he would donate something to charity every month for the next one year. It’s really welcoming news.
I think this is just phenomenon and unprecedented coming from a Hip Lifer artiste.“It is a humbling experience coming this far in such a short time,” Edem said. “I feel I must share the little I have with some less fortunate folks so I decided to give to children, I grew up without my parents being around and I know how good it feels as a young person to have someone care about and inspire hope in you.”For someone like him, who grew up without his biological parents being around, donating to the needy perhaps might not be big news enough but for me it is really and that differentiates him from his colleagues, people like him needs to be acknowledged and honoured for not using his hard-earned cash on trivial stuff.
I have always had negative thoughts about Hip Life artistes, my problem has to do with them using their monies on less important (for me) stuff, like purchasing the most expensive clothes, cars, smoking weed, chancing of girls and etc. but the “You Dey Craze” and “Bra Fre me” star has given me reasons to suspect myself and change my mind about how I see them.I think his donation should be a wakeup call to other stars to give back to society, what the society has offered them, to emulate his kind gestures especially to Yvonne Nelson and John Dumelo who were set to have splashed whooping 4,100 Euros on clothes. Instead we can organize and contribute to the needy. They should stand up to be counted. It's nice to see that some celebrities do care about others and give back.Who would you like to see donating more??
By: Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr
It has always been refreshing news when one read in the newspapers or watches on TV about philanthropists or stars donating to the less privilege or needy in our society, one can only get satisfied with such reportage.Recently, Parade Magazine published a list of Most Generous Celebrities, ranked by the amount of funds donated to charity.
Celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey ($52 million), Barbra Streisand ($11 million), Paul Newman (donating $10 million), Mel Gibson ($9.9million), Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie ($8.4 million), Lance Armstrong, Michael Jordan and hockey star Eric Lindros - each donating $5 million.The donations were channeled to provide education, health care, advocacy for women's issues and children, environmental causes, civil rights, AIDS research, refugee aid and cross-cultural understanding.
Not only do they donate frequently to charities but most of them have either set up their own foundations or adopted some and supporting them.Over here, Ghanaian celebrities do not earn anything close to the above, what they earn is insufficient, but it’s not good reason enough not to donate to charities. I read a story captioned “Tinny Fetes 300 Orphans” in 2007 and now in 2009 reading about Ayigbe Edem’s donations, I feel it’s been really a long time, since something of that sort was done, from hip life artistes (I stand to be corrected), nevertheless it has finally happened again and hope it’s not going to be a nine day wonder.Funnily, I have a lot of Ewe friends but don’t understand one Ewe word; I think that doesn’t stop me from saying ‘Thumps Up’ to Ayigbe Edem.
This guy has indeed won many hearts, considering the fact the hip life is touted as the lowest in terms of sales. Sometime last weekend hip life (I don’t care if he says he does hip hop) artiste Ayigbe Edem under the sponsorship of Volta Regime Foundation and with support from the Last 2 Music Group donated some items worth GHC 3,200 to the Mamobi Polyclinic in Accra.In his interview to Graphic Showbiz, he said he would donate something to charity every month for the next one year. It’s really welcoming news.
I think this is just phenomenon and unprecedented coming from a Hip Lifer artiste.“It is a humbling experience coming this far in such a short time,” Edem said. “I feel I must share the little I have with some less fortunate folks so I decided to give to children, I grew up without my parents being around and I know how good it feels as a young person to have someone care about and inspire hope in you.”For someone like him, who grew up without his biological parents being around, donating to the needy perhaps might not be big news enough but for me it is really and that differentiates him from his colleagues, people like him needs to be acknowledged and honoured for not using his hard-earned cash on trivial stuff.
I have always had negative thoughts about Hip Life artistes, my problem has to do with them using their monies on less important (for me) stuff, like purchasing the most expensive clothes, cars, smoking weed, chancing of girls and etc. but the “You Dey Craze” and “Bra Fre me” star has given me reasons to suspect myself and change my mind about how I see them.I think his donation should be a wakeup call to other stars to give back to society, what the society has offered them, to emulate his kind gestures especially to Yvonne Nelson and John Dumelo who were set to have splashed whooping 4,100 Euros on clothes. Instead we can organize and contribute to the needy. They should stand up to be counted. It's nice to see that some celebrities do care about others and give back.Who would you like to see donating more??
By: Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr
Friday, 11 September 2009
Kwaw Kese Slaps Obour
I am not a fun of Kwaw Kese’s constant attacks on his fellow hip life artistes and bickering in the music industry, but I believe without it, there won’t be any news for the entertainment journalists to write (based on hunch).
Rapper and self acclaimed king of the streets Kwaw Kese is at it again, this time around, he has slapped Obour and co for thinking hip life is dead and consequently resurrecting it.
Presenting a dog to the host of TV3’s Spot Light Muntala Muntari as his present for the show’s second anniversary. He said “When I heard you people are celebrating two years of the show, I thought of presenting this dog to you”.
“If you have managed to get the show running for two years means you can keep this dog for a long time”, he concluded funnily.
He then moved on to jab Obour and co for the so called resurrection of hip life. Last Sunday Obour organized a hip life concert dubbed “Resurrection”, where number hip life artistes made appearances to give meaning to the phrase RESURRECTION.
The problem here is that it wasn’t too clear what Obour was talking about, is he talking about the fact that he is sinking as hip life artiste and was resurrecting from hibernation or resurrecting the genre ‘HIP LIFE’? Obour’s so called resurrection track “GAME” featuring Okyeame Quame is on chrunk beat.
Confusion galore. To resurrect hip life, you need to have the major players of the hip life game on board but getting only a handful surely doesn’t work out. One interesting thing was that the guys from Lynx Entertainment who really stole the show are known to have come out publicly to say “we don’t do hip life, we do chrunk”.
In one word, methinks Obour LOST it. Whether Obour likes or yes, hip life has stolen it to chrunk, he even ENDORSED it by singing his campaign anthem (THE GAME) on chrunk beat.
Abodam said hip life has never been sick not to talk of being dead as some people have perceived it to be. “Some people said hip life was dead and they are resurrecting it but they couldn’t do anything, they couldn’t do a thing, to say hip life is dead, what about Reggie Rockstone, Obrafour and co.
“Aboa bi be ka woa, efri wo to ma mu” he said. The controversial rapper went on to punch some people he thought are seeking his downfall. He said these were people closer to him and that he is not a hungry looking man and not a cheap commodity.
“At end of the day, mankind needs to survive” He cautions the public, when asked about his future as a model now that his boss Ibrahim Sima (EXOPA), has been nabbed for allegedly trying to take coke out of the country.
About his involvement with Konfi, the rapper said “Konfi have been with me for 5 years, they have been my disciplines and am glad I brought them up, a lot of things has been said which am aware of but I thank Mad Time for bringing people like them up, I hope they get to where I have gotten to now”.
His case at the court is still pending, and will therefore make an appearance on 14th October 2009. He consequently believes so far as he is concerned, he has won in advance.
By Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr.
Rapper and self acclaimed king of the streets Kwaw Kese is at it again, this time around, he has slapped Obour and co for thinking hip life is dead and consequently resurrecting it.
Presenting a dog to the host of TV3’s Spot Light Muntala Muntari as his present for the show’s second anniversary. He said “When I heard you people are celebrating two years of the show, I thought of presenting this dog to you”.
“If you have managed to get the show running for two years means you can keep this dog for a long time”, he concluded funnily.
He then moved on to jab Obour and co for the so called resurrection of hip life. Last Sunday Obour organized a hip life concert dubbed “Resurrection”, where number hip life artistes made appearances to give meaning to the phrase RESURRECTION.
The problem here is that it wasn’t too clear what Obour was talking about, is he talking about the fact that he is sinking as hip life artiste and was resurrecting from hibernation or resurrecting the genre ‘HIP LIFE’? Obour’s so called resurrection track “GAME” featuring Okyeame Quame is on chrunk beat.
Confusion galore. To resurrect hip life, you need to have the major players of the hip life game on board but getting only a handful surely doesn’t work out. One interesting thing was that the guys from Lynx Entertainment who really stole the show are known to have come out publicly to say “we don’t do hip life, we do chrunk”.
In one word, methinks Obour LOST it. Whether Obour likes or yes, hip life has stolen it to chrunk, he even ENDORSED it by singing his campaign anthem (THE GAME) on chrunk beat.
Abodam said hip life has never been sick not to talk of being dead as some people have perceived it to be. “Some people said hip life was dead and they are resurrecting it but they couldn’t do anything, they couldn’t do a thing, to say hip life is dead, what about Reggie Rockstone, Obrafour and co.
“Aboa bi be ka woa, efri wo to ma mu” he said. The controversial rapper went on to punch some people he thought are seeking his downfall. He said these were people closer to him and that he is not a hungry looking man and not a cheap commodity.
“At end of the day, mankind needs to survive” He cautions the public, when asked about his future as a model now that his boss Ibrahim Sima (EXOPA), has been nabbed for allegedly trying to take coke out of the country.
About his involvement with Konfi, the rapper said “Konfi have been with me for 5 years, they have been my disciplines and am glad I brought them up, a lot of things has been said which am aware of but I thank Mad Time for bringing people like them up, I hope they get to where I have gotten to now”.
His case at the court is still pending, and will therefore make an appearance on 14th October 2009. He consequently believes so far as he is concerned, he has won in advance.
By Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr.
Thursday, 10 September 2009
Is 4X4’s World Trade Centre Song A Mockery Of 9/11?
Tommorrow is September 11, and it marks 8 years of the coordinated suicide attacks by Al-Qaeda upon the United States on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. The hijackers intentionally crashed two of the airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing everyone on board and many others working in the buildings.
Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.
In total 2,993 people, including the hijackers, died in the attacks. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 90 countries.
A friend approached me with this “Do you think it was right for 4X4 to call their song World Trade Centre? Considering the fact that over 6,000 people died in those towers. A serious world catastrophe and they use those two towers in comparison to a ‘mere’ woman's behind (ass/buttocks)? How would they like it if I used something of the Manhyia Palace and compared to a guy's dick, pardon my Greek”.
“My family and I were discussing it. I liked the song when I first heard it but when I heard the title I was appalled. I am thinking "let's show some respect please". He ended. I do personally understand his frustrations. When I heard 4X4 has a new song named WORLD TRADE CENTRE, following the heels of Black Eyed Peas and other musicians, ‘wow’ I said to myself, knowing very well that 4X4 is going to pay their respect to the victims of the 9/11, that unfortunate incident that trembled the whole world.I was indeed very wrong. I was taken aback when I finally listened to the song and saw the video over and over again; I thought I was going to see firefighters covered in debris but all I see in the video was totally different and an eyesore.
I do not seems to identify with what the "World Trade Centre” mean in the song, 'they are referring to the ‘mere’ buttocks of the woman, comparing it to the huge twin towers, thus the World Trade Centre, since ladies buttocks are also twins”. It still doesn’t look clear or make sense to me why they decided to name it 'World Trade Centre'.It beats me how my compatriots can behave sometimes; it takes me back down memory lane to 2001 when this unfortunate event occurred and it was a very sad incidence indeed.
A lot of musicians have proceeded by composing songs and music producers have done movies to create awareness about the 9/11 and how the incidence has affected the human race.The sad events of September 11, 2001 indeed without any doubt inspired many songwriters to write songs.With my friend’s question still hanging on my neck and knowing very well that my own personal opinion does not really matter, I set out to find the reason(s) if it was right for 4X4 to call their song World Trade Centre?
I talked to politicians, journalists, businessmen, movers and shakers of the entertainment industry mostly DJs, presenters, producers, promoters, sound engineer and some members of the general public as well as musicians themselves.The politicians I spoke to seems to have not noticed the song yet.
Jargo of Konfi of Like-Father-Like-Son eminence feels, “It describes a woman’s body according to the lyrics of the song. Secondly, since the World Trade Centre couldn’t stand same way a woman’s booty can satisfy a man forever, the latter is my own interpretation, a woman’s body being a World Trade Centre can’t survive a man forever”.“As I said it an expression of how booty a woman is and also the booty woman is not forever since World Trade Centre collapsed so will her booty get collapsed so its vanity to believe in a woman’s booty, nice track to wind with and forget about the atrocities that came with World Trade Centre” he jabbed.
DJ Black, Ghana’s number one, on his part does not also see any problem at all and he’s in support of it, “People say and do worse things, if that fit the expression, so be it. What about the Ku Klux Clan? He asked. “What about the many guns sold by the west to rebels in Sudan, Nigeria, etc. people compare stuff to what they think is comparable. If they think the woman's behind is synonymous to a World Trade Centre and it gets their attention, well. But I understand if people think it’s not cool, but it’s nothing to be angry about”. he charged.
Teddy Abrokwa of Hot Digital Radio, London assumes it's out of time as the World Trade Centre does not even exist anymore. He doesn’t seem to have any problem with it also; his only problem has to do with 4x4’s constant ‘nigerialising’ of their music.“It’s a good sound regardless and about time 4x4 claimed their rightful position in Ghana Music. They've been hugely underrated in the past and were under the shadows of Buk Bak for far too long. They are a very talented duo and now that they have added a third member will only make them stronger. My only issue is the 'Nigerianising' of the music at the moment. We need to create an identity for our music and do well to sound Ghanaian” he emphasized. “It’s a very emotional reference point judging from the history behind the World Trade Centre. It would have been in serious distaste if the song was glorifying what happened on 9/11, He intoned”.
“Clearly they are referring to a ladies backside being big like the World Trade Centre. For me it’s not on point lyrically as the World Trade Centre doesn't exist now. We should not read too much into the title. I bet the guys did not mean to cause any offence or outrage “
“If they are doing their music in their accent or twang and we embracing it in Ghana, why not do ours in our Ghanaian twang for them to embrace. Nigerians in the UK are riding high on tracks like 'Kiss ur bride' by Bollie, VIP's 'Ahomka wo mu' which are clearly Ghanaian twang. You accepting defeat as soon as you take on someone’s identity”.
”Let’s not play too much into the choice of title for 4x4's track but rather see more of the great tracks they putting out” said the Hot Digital Radio gem.
Dela of TV3’s Mentor II also added her voice and this is what she has to say “I think that the Ghanaian music industry has grown immensely to the point that the Ghanaian listener is discerning. Now, since some people just ignore hip life and other Ghanaian genres of music solely because it's not their thing. The musician also has to structure means of drawing attention to his/her music, hence the use of a "Catch Phrase".
She continued “I deeply sympathize with those who lost relations due to the 9/11 World Trade Centre disaster and they have my condolences but Americans and the world have put it behind them and have moved on. I guess we should also do the same and let music live on. It could have been any other caption. All the same we would have enjoyed it. You will agree with me that although you are against the title "World Trade Centre", you can't help but tap your feet anytime you hear the song play”.
“The World Trade Centre was a tall, strong building that depicted power that’s why I think they compared it to a woman’s ass. It’s got power over men you know. I don’t think they meant any harm or anything negative by calling their song World Trade Centre. Catchy song too. Don’t think it had noting to do with the tragedy and deaths that happened in the World Trade Centre. That’s ma honest opinion”. D - Black.
Mframa Terry of Feeli Gadoochi fame said he doesn’t think it is a bad thing to do because every musician looks out for words or phrases that can help make hits. “So they thought World Trade Centre is a hit, it has so many controversies surrounding it so linking it to some part of the human body, I think they have even been smart. Let’s appreciate good work and stop politicizing it”.
A member of the Nescafe African Revelations winner Echo Elijah in his response also shared this views “Well I think that to be very objective if we are looking at it from the tragedy perspective then I think that yes it might bring back memories more especially if the song makes an impact in the country where that incident occurred.Well on the other half of the bake it was very smart for them to have used that considering the fact that the twin towers was very popular back in the days so yes bad when memories of the families of those victimized are concerned and all full of bliss when promo is concerned”.
“The way they presented the song didn’t make it seem too vulgar so we can pardon them. Let’s hope that the buttocks they talk about don’t lead them to catastrophic ends like the original World Trade Centre”. Journalist Ameyaw Debrah said with laughter.
Sound engineer Panji Anoff, shared the same views “Yes, in the absence of the old one, I do not find the song offensive at all. One of my favourite 4x4 tracks of all time” New kid on the block,
Sarkodie opted to remain mute and not say anything about the controversy “they are entitle to their own opinion. I can’t say anything about it, thanks” Below are some of the views expressed by individuals ghanacelebrities.com spoke to, they are picked randomly:
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“What 4x4 did is metaphorical, it sounds myopic if someone should lambaste them for it It’s just an analogy to depict the gigantic nature of the ass they were talking about, it is accepted and it's just coincidental that people died from there but they haven’t done any wrong in using it” one journalist said.
*
I think it goes to you guys in Ghana. World Trade Centre is bad news because of the disaster courtesy Osama, so is fat ass and boobs a disaster to you men. BEWARE SO DAT YE SHALL NOT COLLAPSE IN OR ON IT.
*
You know most hip lifers hardly think before selecting themes for songs. I am sure they were looking at sizes and for them the woman's backsize is as big as the World Trade Centre.
*
I kind of saw them as not taking the situation serious lest making them an "unserious" people. I see their music as a mockery to the catastrophe which befell America and the world as a whole. I like them but I think they should rephrase the song” from another die hard fan of the duo.
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I don't think it was right, and I don’t see how the World Trade Centre relates to the song, and I don’t see how two straight buildings that look like a pillar, with no round edge can be use to refer to a woman's booty in music.
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Personally I don't like the song. Come to think of it, they should have found something else to compare to a woman’s buttocks than the World Trade Centre which was attacked by terrorist and precious lives were lost. So no I don't think they should have used World Trade Centre.
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Its just creative mind or art. It can be explained in so many ways but as u said it was a serious event and must not be used to associate to a woman’s behind or ass. My honest opinion is just that it’s a creative art thing. My other opinion is that it doesn’t speak well of women because World Trade Centre means everyone can enter which makes the woman cheap in some way.
*
In my opinion no, it doesn't mean anything. And again it was an American Tragedy, not world. As sad as it was, life does go on. And, "mere" woman's behind? Don't underestimate the power of a woman's behind, it causes traffic and accidents, I personally like that song, and I see absolutely nothing wrong with it.
*
World Trade Centre was not a catastrophically area before the incidence. World Trade Centre is a commercial place where trade goes on. To decide whether it was okay for 4x4 to use it, I think we must get the internal meaning of what they where trying to imply. Simple World trade Centre is big and his Girl’s booty is big. It is simple and on the other side it can be wrong when view with the moral eyes but still morality is relative.
*
Maybe they tried to explain how a big ass could destruct so many minds just like the World Trade Centre did.
*
I think it’s entirely wrong to have it called that because as you initially said; many people died there. With an influx of people traveling abroad, it’s highly understood that a vast amount of people do remember September 11th, 2001 when so many innocent people died. And a lot of us live here n the US and have family here and we are actually paying for what happened.
*
There's nothing wrong with using world trade centre, besides, a lot of people don’t know the day it happened and I believe they want to mention it so no stress about that.
*
I believe every individual is entitled to his or her own opinion and what you might think does not matter.
The debate continues…
Both buildings collapsed within two hours, destroying nearby buildings and damaging others. The hijackers crashed a third airliner into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed into a field near Shanksville in rural Pennsylvania, after some of its passengers and flight crew attempted to retake control of the plane, which the hijackers had redirected toward Washington, D.C. There were no survivors from any of the flights.
In total 2,993 people, including the hijackers, died in the attacks. The overwhelming majority of casualties were civilians, including nationals of over 90 countries.
A friend approached me with this “Do you think it was right for 4X4 to call their song World Trade Centre? Considering the fact that over 6,000 people died in those towers. A serious world catastrophe and they use those two towers in comparison to a ‘mere’ woman's behind (ass/buttocks)? How would they like it if I used something of the Manhyia Palace and compared to a guy's dick, pardon my Greek”.
“My family and I were discussing it. I liked the song when I first heard it but when I heard the title I was appalled. I am thinking "let's show some respect please". He ended. I do personally understand his frustrations. When I heard 4X4 has a new song named WORLD TRADE CENTRE, following the heels of Black Eyed Peas and other musicians, ‘wow’ I said to myself, knowing very well that 4X4 is going to pay their respect to the victims of the 9/11, that unfortunate incident that trembled the whole world.I was indeed very wrong. I was taken aback when I finally listened to the song and saw the video over and over again; I thought I was going to see firefighters covered in debris but all I see in the video was totally different and an eyesore.
I do not seems to identify with what the "World Trade Centre” mean in the song, 'they are referring to the ‘mere’ buttocks of the woman, comparing it to the huge twin towers, thus the World Trade Centre, since ladies buttocks are also twins”. It still doesn’t look clear or make sense to me why they decided to name it 'World Trade Centre'.It beats me how my compatriots can behave sometimes; it takes me back down memory lane to 2001 when this unfortunate event occurred and it was a very sad incidence indeed.
A lot of musicians have proceeded by composing songs and music producers have done movies to create awareness about the 9/11 and how the incidence has affected the human race.The sad events of September 11, 2001 indeed without any doubt inspired many songwriters to write songs.With my friend’s question still hanging on my neck and knowing very well that my own personal opinion does not really matter, I set out to find the reason(s) if it was right for 4X4 to call their song World Trade Centre?
I talked to politicians, journalists, businessmen, movers and shakers of the entertainment industry mostly DJs, presenters, producers, promoters, sound engineer and some members of the general public as well as musicians themselves.The politicians I spoke to seems to have not noticed the song yet.
Jargo of Konfi of Like-Father-Like-Son eminence feels, “It describes a woman’s body according to the lyrics of the song. Secondly, since the World Trade Centre couldn’t stand same way a woman’s booty can satisfy a man forever, the latter is my own interpretation, a woman’s body being a World Trade Centre can’t survive a man forever”.“As I said it an expression of how booty a woman is and also the booty woman is not forever since World Trade Centre collapsed so will her booty get collapsed so its vanity to believe in a woman’s booty, nice track to wind with and forget about the atrocities that came with World Trade Centre” he jabbed.
DJ Black, Ghana’s number one, on his part does not also see any problem at all and he’s in support of it, “People say and do worse things, if that fit the expression, so be it. What about the Ku Klux Clan? He asked. “What about the many guns sold by the west to rebels in Sudan, Nigeria, etc. people compare stuff to what they think is comparable. If they think the woman's behind is synonymous to a World Trade Centre and it gets their attention, well. But I understand if people think it’s not cool, but it’s nothing to be angry about”. he charged.
Teddy Abrokwa of Hot Digital Radio, London assumes it's out of time as the World Trade Centre does not even exist anymore. He doesn’t seem to have any problem with it also; his only problem has to do with 4x4’s constant ‘nigerialising’ of their music.“It’s a good sound regardless and about time 4x4 claimed their rightful position in Ghana Music. They've been hugely underrated in the past and were under the shadows of Buk Bak for far too long. They are a very talented duo and now that they have added a third member will only make them stronger. My only issue is the 'Nigerianising' of the music at the moment. We need to create an identity for our music and do well to sound Ghanaian” he emphasized. “It’s a very emotional reference point judging from the history behind the World Trade Centre. It would have been in serious distaste if the song was glorifying what happened on 9/11, He intoned”.
“Clearly they are referring to a ladies backside being big like the World Trade Centre. For me it’s not on point lyrically as the World Trade Centre doesn't exist now. We should not read too much into the title. I bet the guys did not mean to cause any offence or outrage “
“If they are doing their music in their accent or twang and we embracing it in Ghana, why not do ours in our Ghanaian twang for them to embrace. Nigerians in the UK are riding high on tracks like 'Kiss ur bride' by Bollie, VIP's 'Ahomka wo mu' which are clearly Ghanaian twang. You accepting defeat as soon as you take on someone’s identity”.
”Let’s not play too much into the choice of title for 4x4's track but rather see more of the great tracks they putting out” said the Hot Digital Radio gem.
Dela of TV3’s Mentor II also added her voice and this is what she has to say “I think that the Ghanaian music industry has grown immensely to the point that the Ghanaian listener is discerning. Now, since some people just ignore hip life and other Ghanaian genres of music solely because it's not their thing. The musician also has to structure means of drawing attention to his/her music, hence the use of a "Catch Phrase".
She continued “I deeply sympathize with those who lost relations due to the 9/11 World Trade Centre disaster and they have my condolences but Americans and the world have put it behind them and have moved on. I guess we should also do the same and let music live on. It could have been any other caption. All the same we would have enjoyed it. You will agree with me that although you are against the title "World Trade Centre", you can't help but tap your feet anytime you hear the song play”.
“The World Trade Centre was a tall, strong building that depicted power that’s why I think they compared it to a woman’s ass. It’s got power over men you know. I don’t think they meant any harm or anything negative by calling their song World Trade Centre. Catchy song too. Don’t think it had noting to do with the tragedy and deaths that happened in the World Trade Centre. That’s ma honest opinion”. D - Black.
Mframa Terry of Feeli Gadoochi fame said he doesn’t think it is a bad thing to do because every musician looks out for words or phrases that can help make hits. “So they thought World Trade Centre is a hit, it has so many controversies surrounding it so linking it to some part of the human body, I think they have even been smart. Let’s appreciate good work and stop politicizing it”.
A member of the Nescafe African Revelations winner Echo Elijah in his response also shared this views “Well I think that to be very objective if we are looking at it from the tragedy perspective then I think that yes it might bring back memories more especially if the song makes an impact in the country where that incident occurred.Well on the other half of the bake it was very smart for them to have used that considering the fact that the twin towers was very popular back in the days so yes bad when memories of the families of those victimized are concerned and all full of bliss when promo is concerned”.
“The way they presented the song didn’t make it seem too vulgar so we can pardon them. Let’s hope that the buttocks they talk about don’t lead them to catastrophic ends like the original World Trade Centre”. Journalist Ameyaw Debrah said with laughter.
Sound engineer Panji Anoff, shared the same views “Yes, in the absence of the old one, I do not find the song offensive at all. One of my favourite 4x4 tracks of all time” New kid on the block,
Sarkodie opted to remain mute and not say anything about the controversy “they are entitle to their own opinion. I can’t say anything about it, thanks” Below are some of the views expressed by individuals ghanacelebrities.com spoke to, they are picked randomly:
*
“What 4x4 did is metaphorical, it sounds myopic if someone should lambaste them for it It’s just an analogy to depict the gigantic nature of the ass they were talking about, it is accepted and it's just coincidental that people died from there but they haven’t done any wrong in using it” one journalist said.
*
I think it goes to you guys in Ghana. World Trade Centre is bad news because of the disaster courtesy Osama, so is fat ass and boobs a disaster to you men. BEWARE SO DAT YE SHALL NOT COLLAPSE IN OR ON IT.
*
You know most hip lifers hardly think before selecting themes for songs. I am sure they were looking at sizes and for them the woman's backsize is as big as the World Trade Centre.
*
I kind of saw them as not taking the situation serious lest making them an "unserious" people. I see their music as a mockery to the catastrophe which befell America and the world as a whole. I like them but I think they should rephrase the song” from another die hard fan of the duo.
*
I don't think it was right, and I don’t see how the World Trade Centre relates to the song, and I don’t see how two straight buildings that look like a pillar, with no round edge can be use to refer to a woman's booty in music.
*
Personally I don't like the song. Come to think of it, they should have found something else to compare to a woman’s buttocks than the World Trade Centre which was attacked by terrorist and precious lives were lost. So no I don't think they should have used World Trade Centre.
*
Its just creative mind or art. It can be explained in so many ways but as u said it was a serious event and must not be used to associate to a woman’s behind or ass. My honest opinion is just that it’s a creative art thing. My other opinion is that it doesn’t speak well of women because World Trade Centre means everyone can enter which makes the woman cheap in some way.
*
In my opinion no, it doesn't mean anything. And again it was an American Tragedy, not world. As sad as it was, life does go on. And, "mere" woman's behind? Don't underestimate the power of a woman's behind, it causes traffic and accidents, I personally like that song, and I see absolutely nothing wrong with it.
*
World Trade Centre was not a catastrophically area before the incidence. World Trade Centre is a commercial place where trade goes on. To decide whether it was okay for 4x4 to use it, I think we must get the internal meaning of what they where trying to imply. Simple World trade Centre is big and his Girl’s booty is big. It is simple and on the other side it can be wrong when view with the moral eyes but still morality is relative.
*
Maybe they tried to explain how a big ass could destruct so many minds just like the World Trade Centre did.
*
I think it’s entirely wrong to have it called that because as you initially said; many people died there. With an influx of people traveling abroad, it’s highly understood that a vast amount of people do remember September 11th, 2001 when so many innocent people died. And a lot of us live here n the US and have family here and we are actually paying for what happened.
*
There's nothing wrong with using world trade centre, besides, a lot of people don’t know the day it happened and I believe they want to mention it so no stress about that.
*
I believe every individual is entitled to his or her own opinion and what you might think does not matter.
The debate continues…
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