SONG & VIDEO REVIEW: SARKODIE – TAKE IT BACK

When you are a leader, it is incumbent on you to do two things: help preserve the legacy bequeathed to you and build upon it to a desired level AND also, speak against those who are doing their bit to derail or deface the beautiful image you all love and cherish. For many times, critics of hip life have bemoaned […]

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NEW VIDEO: JAYSO SAVES HIPLIFE IN LITTLE MONSTERS

The visuals of Little Monsters by JaySo and Sarkodie is finally out. The animation video sees the two rappers on a quest to save Miss. Hiplife, who is held up by Little Monsters (Aliens). Directed by animator Poka, the video has a ‘Men In Black’ theme. JaySo and Sarkodie battle monsters in an action packed manner. With spaceships, high-tech gadgets, […]

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JAYSO PREMIERS NEW VIDEO AND TALKS SKILLIONS REUNION ALBUM

For all those who have been asking and wondering for years, if there would ever be another album from one of the most inspiring, hip hop shaping collective Ghana has ever heard or  assembled a decade and half ago, have their worries calmed and questions answered. Skillions, the Old Generation have an album in the works. This disclosure was made […]

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MUSIC REVIEW: ANSAH LIVES ULTRAMARINE DREAM EP

Wake up man, wake. It’s past 5 in the morning. Matter of fact, where’s that Jazz? You know you gotta play me that Jazz?’ the voice of Kwame Jackson opens 6AM BLUES INTERLUDE, one of the 7 songs on Ansah Live’s debut EP, ULTRAMARINE DREAM EP. When @Flynimaboy tweeted the link to Ansah Live’s EP- a name I was seeing […]

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THE CUTS

The Cut bring to its readers a weekly music or albums list by mostly Ghanaian artistes that this writer deem worth listening or having in your playlist. The music is not genre and/or regionally specific. Once it is good, it will be covered here. We are just three months in the year and already music fans are getting inundated with […]

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MUSIC REVIEW: THE DROP OFF BY LVIN RED

  For those who have their ears and eyes on what is often described as the ‘underground’ hip hop scene in Ghana, the name Lvin Red might not be new. For the others, the artiste, formerly known as Red Mic’ is introducing himself to them through his new mixtape, The Drop Off, released a few days ago. The Drop Off is […]

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CONCERT REVIEW: FATOUMATA DIAWARA ROCKS ACCRA

She stood on the stage lost in her own musical world. Her slender frame draped in a resplendent African print with a matching Masai-like bead adorning her neck, stroking gently soothing grooves off her guitar. Her sensuous, alluring voice rising calmly whiles letting out short, congratulatory smiles as if to applaud her own performance. The hundreds who filled the terraces […]

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DONZY & KOFI KINAATA’S THE CRUSADE IS THE MOST CREATIVE SONG OF 2015

It is not surprising that the recently released Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) Nomination list had The Crusade shortlisted in 3 categories namely Hip life Song of the Year, Best Collaboration of the Year. The two artistes, individually secured nominations in Best New Artistes category. This surely is a testament to the work put in by newcomer Donzy and the […]

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FEATURE: THE COME UP STORY OF LIL’ SHAKER

If I’m not mistaken, Philip Yaw Akoto is the birth name. I am sure the first time I heard him was in the early 2000’s on Radio Universe’s rap show Space Jam. And for those who do not know him; Lil Shaker, is a Ghanaian musician known for rapping, singing and producing beats. He is credited for the choruses on […]

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IS EFYA’S JANESIS ALBUM A MIRAGE?

  Some would argue that an artiste who has picked four awards, consecutively in the same category, at the biggest musical festival in this country, without an album could be forgiven for not releasing an album. For these section of fans, the singles are enough. An album would be excellent but who really cares if it does not happen. Others […]

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