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Juls and Kwesi Arthur’s ‘Maintain’ Flips An Old Highlife Classic

It goes without saying: nobody chops up samples like DJ Juls does. Over the years, the award winning producer has catalogues that establishes this fact. Just take a listen to his beat tapes and other productions works for some of your favourite hip hop/hiplife artists. On his new single featuring GroundUp’s very own Kwesi Arthur, Juls flips the classic highlife […]

Music 1 min read

THE CUTS: EP 03 VOL. 7

THE CUTS is a weekly round-up of songs and videos that has caught our attention or think you must hear. The music featured here aren’t genre specific. THE CUTS is delivered every FRIDAY Edem – Fie Fuor ‘’I’ve been on the road for the longest time/ But nothing dey happen/ What dey wrong my life’’. I assume millions have at […]

Music 3 min read

In Celebration of Women: 10 Songs That Honour The Femme

As today marks International Women’s Day, we bring you a couple of songs that celebrates women and their efforts at making this world a better place. With women at the forefront of today’s movements like #MeToo and #WomensMarch and other feminist groups across the globe, the focus on women issues has been thrusted in front of the global conversation. We […]

Music 5 min read

Name Drop! Here Are 7 Artists Who Named The FOKN Bois On Their Songs

Rappers and hip hop acts love to compare themselves to figures that are either polarizing or standout for their genius level accomplishments. These comparisons are geared towards enhancing the rappers own credibility and prominence among their peers – it could be to emphasize a claim of notoriety or riches. Name dropping is a common trait in hip hop. Name dropping […]

Music 6 min read

THE CUTS: EP 03 Vol. 6

Lyrical Wanzam ft Bebelino & Looney – What The Fcuk Is Hiplife Lyrical Wanzam returns to the music scene after a break with a new single destined to ruffle a few feathers. The bold, audacious title ‘What The Fcuk Is Hiplife?’ doesn’t only question why hip life is a separate genre from hip-hop, but takes shots at those who named […]

Music 4 min read

Mutombo DaPoet and His Children: How ‘Photosentences’ Opened Doors For Other Spokenword Artists

Not all heroes wear cape. But, sometimes, the effort of these cape-less heroes must be identified and emphasized and celebrated so that their accomplishment will not go unrecognized. Their statuses are achieved, not by the footprints they leave in the sand, but their brave move to step in the sand in the first place, and leaving a huge footprint afterwards. […]

poetry 6 min read

Spoken Word Artist, Hondred Percent Looks To The Future With “Senses”

When “Senses” was announced by spoken word artist and rapper Hondred Percent a few weeks ago, he thought it an opportunity to share back story and inspiration behind his poems, spend intimate time with his fans, and also build a solid fanbase with whom he could share his future projects with. ‘An artist is nothing without his fans’, he emphasized […]

Events 2 min read

OPINION: Asante Kingdom Has Trivialized Kumawood To Its Own Detriment.

Asantes are a storied group of people. And they are great at telling it: it’s in their blood, in the swaggering braggadocio of their talk. It’s in the majesty of their king’s throne. From the Anglo-Ashanti Wars to the mighty decent of the Sika Dwa Kofi (the Golden Stool) from the sky, Asante history has been extensively advanced in Ghana’s […]

Opinions 6 min read

New Music: Listen To ‘Fireside’ By Bryan The Mensah, And Yaw Nnamdi’s Soulful ‘The Way You Are’

Bryan The Mensah – Fireside The latest single from Bryan The Mensah is a trip down memory lane; a reminiscing exercise about some of the events that marked his childhood and the inherent lessons in them. The trap heavy Fireside transport us back to his days in Class 3 (3rd Grade) where he lied to a colleague about owning a […]

Music 1 min read

Album Review: On “The Whole Truth”, Sizz The Truth Showcases His Musical Style.

On his debut album, Sizz The Truth bears himself out to the listener: his insecurities, his ambitions and his guilty pleasures. These themes are well portrayed on ‘Longest Round’, the first single off the album, released last year. On ‘Longest Round’, Sizz hops from club to club; drinking double cupped liquor whiles attempting to hitch a one night stand. The […]

Music 2 min read