Akyeame Set The Sonic Template For Hiplife With ”Me San Aba”

So, the story went like this: Two young rappers keen on recording an album approached an established music producer to help them realize their dream. The first question the producer asked them was whether they had money to pay for his services, to which they responded in the negative. He therefore asked them to go and bring whatever money that […]

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Throwback: Akyeame – Bra Ma Yen Tsena

  When you mention Akyeame, M’asan Aba is the song that readily jumps at you. The song was their breakthrough tune and in a major way, helped define what the genre called hiplife was to become. At its inception, there was a degree of uncertainty around what hiplife was among the older generation when the genre was formally introduced to […]

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Throwback: Tommy Wiredu – Wo Do Mu Y3 Du

First things first, RIP to Tommy Wiredu, one of the most beautiful voices that graced the Ghanaian music scene in the late 90s till his untimely his death-through suicide on April 7th 2003. The circumstances surrounding his death wasn’t readily confirmed-albeit speculations suggested he was driven to his untimely death by debt. Tommy Wiredu had before his death become a […]

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THROW BACK: NANA QUAME: TWE MA ME

NANA QUAME. This name should not sound strange to the ears of those who have followed Ghana music, especially highlife music (contemporary) for more than a decade.  He is/was among the few whose music helped spearhead highlife into its 4th evolutionary phase (the genre moved from traditional, classical, burger to what is called contemporary highlife) The chubby looking, smooth voiced […]

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