HOW D-BLACK IS SURVIVING THE RAP GAME DESPITE…

‘‘If rap skills sold, D-black would have been poor. Fortunately, networking and marketing is the highway to big purses and D-black knows his way around getting it’’. It was at a seminar in 2013 on the importance of branding especially for those in the creative art industry that a very vivid example was given by the speaker, Basil Anthony, CEO […]

NEW RELEASES: PAE DAE (R2BEES), EL DROP NEW SINGLES

PAEDAE – NINETEEN NINETY PaeDae aka Omar Sterling has received flack from many for what they describe as his under par deliveries songs -either on a R2Bees track or featured. But, the rapper (one half of the duo R2Bees) is out to silence his critics on this new single from his yet to be released album Victory Through Harmony. Produced […]

THE CUTS

THE CUTS bring to readers music or albums that the 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. JAYSO FT HAIDARA – SAY YOU LOVE ME If there’s one thing JaySo knows how to do best, it is choosing the perfect beat(s), […]

ACCRA THEATRE WORKSHOP TO STAGE A HIGHLIFE MUSICAL

I usually receive e-mail notification on up-coming events from Alliance Francaise. The latest I received was about a highlife musical to be staged by Accra Theatre Workshop (ATW), an art consultancy house that serves as a bridge between amateur and professional theatre workers. Led by Elizabeth Efua Sutherland (yeah she is the granddaughter of the literary legend), ATW has staged […]

SHINE BY C-REAL

2015 is shaping up as a busy year for C-Real. After dropping his joint album Project Hip Hop with EL, he is out with a new single SHINE. Shine is a boastful song (it’s hip hop by the way) with him ‘owning’ the rap game as long as the sun shines ‘Gh hip hop on my back/ this shit is […]

WANLOV & THE AFRO GYPSY BAND

WANLOV THE KUBOLOR is a controversial figure. His sarcasm, sharp yet unconventional opinions and ‘strange’ lifestyle has caught him in a love-hate affair with a cross-section of Ghanaian society. However, one fact remains:  he is a gifted musician. Wanlov, who is a half of FOKN Bois displays his artistic brilliance on his album Wanlov & The Afro Gypsy Band (he […]

THE CUTS

The Cut seeks to bring to readers music or albums that the 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. ELI FT WANLOV- GOLD COAST Anybody who has been following Eli Muzik on social media might have seen some of his social […]

EmCEO ALBUM OUT FOR FREE DOWNLOAD

EmCEO by Ghanaian rapper, C-Real will be available for free online download. The album, which was released in 2012 boasted hit tracks such as Opeimu (featuring M.anifest), Hewale, Do The Azonto (feat. EL), IBeTheSwag, Is A Wrap and EmCEO (featuring J-Town). Regarded as one of the hest hip hop albums out of Ghana, the release of EmCEO as a free […]

EXCLUSIVE: C-REAL OUTDOORS NEW SINGLE ‘LYRICAL WARS’

C-REAL IS HIP HOP. The MC has never failed to represent the hip hop movement. Highly regarded by many hip hop fans as one of the most fearsome lyrical assassins of this era, it seems 2015 is a shaping up as a busy year for him. Fast on the heels of the release of his collaborative album, Project Hip Hop […]

BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR CONCERT REVIEW

‘BLITZ CAN RAP. He’s a perfect example of what performance is and should be’. This was the testament of a friend who saw the Blitz The Ambassador Concert (4th Home Coming concert) on Saturday. The venue, forecourt of Club 45 (near Nyaho Clinic), despite the not too impressive attendance compared to his three previous shows (the low attendance could be […]