Joey B feat. Wanlov the Kubolor – “Tonga” Live with Akwaaba Sound System
On October 24, Akwaaba Sound System performed at Alliance Française Accra for the Electro Comes to Ghana festival. We managed to score some top grade vocalists to grace our show, check out this impromptu refix of the already classic song Tonga by Joey B, this time featuring a freestyle verse from no other than the Kubolor himself. Check our youtube channel for more Akwaaba Sound System refixes of Ghanaian and African hits!
After a long break from his solo projects, M3NSA (FOKN Bois, RedRed) is back again! Setting it off with ‘SDI’ featuring Amaarae... This one is for cruising! Driving through countryside Central Europe with co - producer Andras Weil in his classic 1950’s convertible,...
King of Hausa Rap Kirani Ayat dropped visuals to "Guda" the second single off his forthcoming debut album, Aisha Sun. The video was directed by David Nicol-Sey of the North Production . I was shot in Bolgatanga a town in the Upper West Region of Ghana. I showcases...
This is the hottest hiphop song in Ghana at the moment. Advice is a song by the highest " Sarkodie" , he freestyles off instrumentals to Joey B & La Meme gang's song " Stables", to deliver a diss aimed at Shatta Wale. The song is deep and contains some...
Joey B feat. Wanlov the Kubolor – “Tonga” Live with Akwaaba Sound System
On October 24, Akwaaba Sound System performed at Alliance Française Accra for the Electro Comes to Ghana festival. We managed to score some top grade vocalists to grace our show, check out this impromptu refix of the already classic song Tonga by Joey B, this time featuring a freestyle verse from no other than the Kubolor himself. Check our youtube channel for more Akwaaba Sound System refixes of Ghanaian and African hits!
After a long break from his solo projects, M3NSA (FOKN Bois, RedRed) is back again! Setting it off with ‘SDI’ featuring Amaarae... This one is for cruising! Driving through countryside Central Europe with co - producer Andras Weil in his classic 1950’s convertible,...
King of Hausa Rap Kirani Ayat dropped visuals to "Guda" the second single off his forthcoming debut album, Aisha Sun. The video was directed by David Nicol-Sey of the North Production . I was shot in Bolgatanga a town in the Upper West Region of Ghana. I showcases...
This is the hottest hiphop song in Ghana at the moment. Advice is a song by the highest " Sarkodie" , he freestyles off instrumentals to Joey B & La Meme gang's song " Stables", to deliver a diss aimed at Shatta Wale. The song is deep and contains some...
Mutombo returns with #SociallyYou, a commentary about the way social media is taking over human interactions in Ghana and beyond. He tells me: “One evening I was coming home, I was tweeting behind the wheel. On the radio [they were talking about] how you shouldn’t be on the phone and driving at the same time. I was also getting complaints about friends and family about how I am always on my phone. So it hit me: why don’t I write about this internet social media thing, how we are so into our smartphones, and don’t have time for our friends, for the people standing next to us. That’s how this whole social use track came about.”
The beat is by Kweku Ananse, longtime Mutombo collaborator. “I’ve been working with him a lot, when he produces for you there are no rules, he tells you to mess with the beat, it’s very easy and fun. And his production has these African elements in it, which I like so much.”
Mutombo plans on releasing one song and one video regularly until the release of his second full length album next year. So expect an ongoing avalanche of dopeness.
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Mutombo returns with #SociallyYou, a commentary about the way social media is taking over human interactions in Ghana and beyond. He tells me: “One evening I was coming home, I was tweeting behind the wheel. On the radio [they were talking about] how you shouldn’t be on the phone and driving at the same time. I was also getting complaints about friends and family about how I am always on my phone. So it hit me: why don’t I write about this internet social media thing, how we are so into our smartphones, and don’t have time for our friends, for the people standing next to us. That’s how this whole social use track came about.”
The beat is by Kweku Ananse, longtime Mutombo collaborator. “I’ve been working with him a lot, when he produces for you there are no rules, he tells you to mess with the beat, it’s very easy and fun. And his production has these African elements in it, which I like so much.”
Mutombo plans on releasing one song and one video regularly until the release of his second full length album next year. So expect an ongoing avalanche of dopeness.
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Mutombo returns with #SociallyYou, a commentary about the way social media is taking over human interactions in Ghana and beyond. He tells me: “One evening I was coming home, I was tweeting behind the wheel. On the radio [they were talking about] how you shouldn’t be on the phone and driving at the same time. I was also getting complaints about friends and family about how I am always on my phone. So it hit me: why don’t I write about this internet social media thing, how we are so into our smartphones, and don’t have time for our friends, for the people standing next to us. That’s how this whole social use track came about.”
The beat is by Kweku Ananse, longtime Mutombo collaborator. “I’ve been working with him a lot, when he produces for you there are no rules, he tells you to mess with the beat, it’s very easy and fun. And his production has these African elements in it, which I like so much.”
Mutombo plans on releasing one song and one video regularly until the release of his second full length album next year. So expect an ongoing avalanche of dopeness.
Gargantuan: of immense size, volume, or capacity. What better way to describe this stellar lineup of fearless MCs, who speak their minds with very little concern for what people consider appropriate.
Art Melody (Burkina Faso) is a veteran on Ouagadougou’s hip hop circuit. His irreverence has mostly kept him away from airwaves at home, but it has helped him build an audience in France and across Europe, ever since his critically acclaimed second album Zound Zandé in 2011. In 2012 he teamed up with Joey le Soldat to form Waga 3000, a hint at Ouaga 2000, an absurdly posh neighborhood in Burkina Faso’s capital. Melo and Joey have been touring Europe, but this is their very first show in Ghana.
Elom 20ce (Togo) is a highly engaged Togolese rapper. Like his Burkinabé counterparts, he has had more luck touring in Europe than at home in Lomé, where self censorship has kept his music mostly away from the airwaves. Nevertheless, Elom has built a following among emancipated Africans from Lomé to Paris. This is also his first show in Ghana.
Wanlov the Kubolor(Ghana) is another master of irreverence, on a mission to shake up mentalities anywhere he sets foot. Too often dismissed as eccentric by the mainstream Ghanaian media, Wanlov is a visionary who uses pidgin and humor to spread his message across the widest audience possible, at home in Ghana, as well as Europe where he was recently nominated artist of the year by Mondomix.
Yaa Pono (Ghana) is another veteran microphone slayer, one who started alongside the likes of Sarkodie in Tema over a decade ago. To this day, he is considered to be one of the finest twi lyricists in Ghana, one who also uses humor to sharpen his social critique.
After a long break from his solo projects, M3NSA (FOKN Bois, RedRed) is back again! Setting it off with ‘SDI’ featuring Amaarae... This one is for cruising! Driving through countryside Central Europe with co - producer Andras Weil in his classic 1950’s convertible,...
King of Hausa Rap Kirani Ayat dropped visuals to "Guda" the second single off his forthcoming debut album, Aisha Sun. The video was directed by David Nicol-Sey of the North Production . I was shot in Bolgatanga a town in the Upper West Region of Ghana. I showcases...
This is the hottest hiphop song in Ghana at the moment. Advice is a song by the highest " Sarkodie" , he freestyles off instrumentals to Joey B & La Meme gang's song " Stables", to deliver a diss aimed at Shatta Wale. The song is deep and contains some...
Gargantuan: Hip Hop Heavyweights
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Akwaaba Music presents: Gargantuan – Hip Hop Heavyweights
Gargantuan: of immense size, volume, or capacity. What better way to describe this stellar lineup of fearless MCs, who speak their minds with very little concern for what people consider appropriate.
Art Melody (Burkina Faso) is a veteran on Ouagadougou’s hip hop circuit. His irreverence has mostly kept him away from airwaves at home, but it has helped him build an audience in France and across Europe, ever since his critically acclaimed second album Zound Zandé in 2011. In 2012 he teamed up with Joey le Soldat to form Waga 3000, a hint at Ouaga 2000, an absurdly posh neighborhood in Burkina Faso’s capital. Melo and Joey have been touring Europe, but this is their very first show in Ghana.
Elom 20ce (Togo) is a highly engaged Togolese rapper. Like his Burkinabé counterparts, he has had more luck touring in Europe than at home in Lomé, where self censorship has kept his music mostly away from the airwaves. Nevertheless, Elom has built a following among emancipated Africans from Lomé to Paris. This is also his first show in Ghana.
Wanlov the Kubolor(Ghana) is another master of irreverence, on a mission to shake up mentalities anywhere he sets foot. Too often dismissed as eccentric by the mainstream Ghanaian media, Wanlov is a visionary who uses pidgin and humor to spread his message across the widest audience possible, at home in Ghana, as well as Europe where he was recently nominated artist of the year by Mondomix.
Yaa Pono (Ghana) is another veteran microphone slayer, one who started alongside the likes of Sarkodie in Tema over a decade ago. To this day, he is considered to be one of the finest twi lyricists in Ghana, one who also uses humor to sharpen his social critique.
After a long break from his solo projects, M3NSA (FOKN Bois, RedRed) is back again! Setting it off with ‘SDI’ featuring Amaarae... This one is for cruising! Driving through countryside Central Europe with co - producer Andras Weil in his classic 1950’s convertible,...
King of Hausa Rap Kirani Ayat dropped visuals to "Guda" the second single off his forthcoming debut album, Aisha Sun. The video was directed by David Nicol-Sey of the North Production . I was shot in Bolgatanga a town in the Upper West Region of Ghana. I showcases...
This is the hottest hiphop song in Ghana at the moment. Advice is a song by the highest " Sarkodie" , he freestyles off instrumentals to Joey B & La Meme gang's song " Stables", to deliver a diss aimed at Shatta Wale. The song is deep and contains some...
Bad Boy Steloo is one of Ghana’s foremost house music heads. Whether rocking Accra’s X FM every Friday or laying his vocals on @guyguybeatz, the man keeps busy. And busy he gets again on this mix, which shows a softer side of his love for house music. Serious, serious chill music.
1 – Release – Ursula Rucker
2 – Chilling – DJ Juls ft Lady Jaywah n Yaa Pono
3 – Beautiful people – (Museri Alternative mix)
4 – Lengoma – Dj Vinny (soul mix) ft Zahara
5 – I Deserve – Donald
6 – Afraid of the dark – Black Coffee 7.Is this love – Bob marley (maphorisa n clap Remix)
8 – Ogidi Inwelu – Djeff & Silyvi Remix
9 – Ambolley
10 – Amor Del Alma – Dj Vinny Q / Angelica Linares (wave soul mix)
11 – Banane Mavoko- Oskido presents Black motion ft Jah Rich
12 – Bpm – Xibugu
13 – Oi mate – Steloo
14 – Khona – Uhuru ft Mafikizolo[:de]
Bad Boy Steloo is one of Ghana’s foremost house music heads. Whether rocking Accra’s X FM every Friday or laying his vocals on @guyguybeatz, the man keeps busy. And busy he gets again on this mix, which shows a softer side of his love for house music. Serious, serious chill music.
1 – Release – Ursula Rucker
2 – Chilling – DJ Juls ft Lady Jaywah n Yaa Pono
3 – Beautiful people – (Museri Alternative mix)
4 – Lengoma – Dj Vinny (soul mix) ft Zahara
5 – I Deserve – Donald
6 – Afraid of the dark – Black Coffee 7.Is this love – Bob marley (maphorisa n clap Remix)
8 – Ogidi Inwelu – Djeff & Silyvi Remix
9 – Ambolley
10 – Amor Del Alma – Dj Vinny Q / Angelica Linares (wave soul mix)
11 – Banane Mavoko- Oskido presents Black motion ft Jah Rich
12 – Bpm – Xibugu
13 – Oi mate – Steloo
14 – Khona – Uhuru ft Mafikizolo[:fr]
Bad Boy Steloo is one of Ghana’s foremost house music heads. Whether rocking Accra’s X FM every Friday or laying his vocals on @guyguybeatz, the man keeps busy. And busy he gets again on this mix, which shows a softer side of his love for house music. Serious, serious chill music.
1 – Release – Ursula Rucker
2 – Chilling – DJ Juls ft Lady Jaywah n Yaa Pono
3 – Beautiful people – (Museri Alternative mix)
4 – Lengoma – Dj Vinny (soul mix) ft Zahara
5 – I Deserve – Donald
6 – Afraid of the dark – Black Coffee 7.Is this love – Bob marley (maphorisa n clap Remix)
8 – Ogidi Inwelu – Djeff & Silyvi Remix
9 – Ambolley
10 – Amor Del Alma – Dj Vinny Q / Angelica Linares (wave soul mix)
11 – Banane Mavoko- Oskido presents Black motion ft Jah Rich
“32” is one of the two solo tracks by Lyrical Wanzam on the upcoming “Extremely Looney” album project with fellow Cryme Records label mate Looney TKR. Wanzam, Juls and Looney are all favorites of mine because of their ability to give hip hop a distinctly Ghanaian vibe. Juls is always incorporating highlife riffs into his beats (more on this here), while the MC duo always favor pidgin to deliver their bits of GH wisdom.
“32” is one of the two solo tracks by Lyrical Wanzam on the upcoming “Extremely Looney” album project with fellow Cryme Records label mate Looney TKR. Wanzam, Juls and Looney are all favorites of mine because of their ability to give hip hop a distinctly Ghanaian vibe. Juls is always incorporating highlife riffs into his beats (more on this here), while the MC duo always favor pidgin to deliver their bits of GH wisdom.
“32” is one of the two solo tracks by Lyrical Wanzam on the upcoming “Extremely Looney” album project with fellow Cryme Records label mate Looney TKR. Wanzam, Juls and Looney are all favorites of mine because of their ability to give hip hop a distinctly Ghanaian vibe. Juls is always incorporating highlife riffs into his beats (more on this here), while the MC duo always favor pidgin to deliver their bits of GH wisdom.
