People always say Ghanaians don't care about lyrics and shit but I have never bought into that crap talk. I have had many personal experiences to back my believe. I remember 2014 or so when I was at the Vodafone office In Tema community 1 and a certain slim fair girl(my close friends know my obsession with them, that's why I like taylor swift) was sitting by me. She had a call and her ringtone was Bruno Mars' Grenade. I asked her if she knew what a grenade was, she said no and I taught her and broke down the song for her. She was all smile and we ended up hanging out all night after the leaving the Vodafone office by taking a walk from community 1 to community 6 (close friends know I like to walk) because I explained a few more lyrics to her. She said she loved the songs more she understood them.
I remember one time same yea when I was listening to Jay Z and he said something dope and I screamed, "Herh, I love Jay Z" the track is off osei's collection of greatest hits by Jay Z. A few days before, my cousin, who was my roommate (although we don't share the room) then, said, "I love you, Weezy" out of reflex because of something he said. I remember me and my friends used to stay up all night discussing rap lyrics, not rap beats or rapping style infact music in general way back in high school.
I have no statistics to back that but I dare say Daddy Lumba's Aben Wo Ha is the biggest hit song in Ghana ever. That song was a hit because of the lyrics my dad told me a catchechist almost ruined a sunday by singing it in church back in Nsawam. Ghanaians have always cared about lyrics, it's just the artists who are lazy and don't want to do things that are both catchy and lyrics like Okomfour Kwaadee and want to blame the audience for their laziness.
Last Saturday, before my show, I was at a funeral. Younger brother walked up to me to recite a line Suli breaks said on his Dorm room EP to me and told me he has been repeating it to himself since he heard it. Something he heard me play at home once (because I listen to albums and Eps with earpiece). Experiences like this and watching Kofi Kinaata wow the crowd with his lyrics during the vgma makes you know Ghanaians still care about lyrics.
I am starting a music section on this blog this week and this happens to be the first post. Guys keep using uMusic! | umusicoline.comš
I remember one time same yea when I was listening to Jay Z and he said something dope and I screamed, "Herh, I love Jay Z" the track is off osei's collection of greatest hits by Jay Z. A few days before, my cousin, who was my roommate (although we don't share the room) then, said, "I love you, Weezy" out of reflex because of something he said. I remember me and my friends used to stay up all night discussing rap lyrics, not rap beats or rapping style infact music in general way back in high school.
I have no statistics to back that but I dare say Daddy Lumba's Aben Wo Ha is the biggest hit song in Ghana ever. That song was a hit because of the lyrics my dad told me a catchechist almost ruined a sunday by singing it in church back in Nsawam. Ghanaians have always cared about lyrics, it's just the artists who are lazy and don't want to do things that are both catchy and lyrics like Okomfour Kwaadee and want to blame the audience for their laziness.
Last Saturday, before my show, I was at a funeral. Younger brother walked up to me to recite a line Suli breaks said on his Dorm room EP to me and told me he has been repeating it to himself since he heard it. Something he heard me play at home once (because I listen to albums and Eps with earpiece). Experiences like this and watching Kofi Kinaata wow the crowd with his lyrics during the vgma makes you know Ghanaians still care about lyrics.
I am starting a music section on this blog this week and this happens to be the first post. Guys keep using uMusic! | umusicoline.comš
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