THE DIARY OF DJ BLACK……..A DJ LIVING IN MODERN DAY ACCRA.
I am back again typing away in my studio. The world is in an interesting stage these days, food prices on the rise, fuel prices sky rocketing, climate change, people stabbing others for fun and finally a Black man on the way to the white house( I can't wait for the first cook out). In case you missed out on the world stage, that's the summary.
The Ghana music awards are over with street hiplife King KowKesse sweeping the major awards including Artiste of the year. I can say this year's awards night was tight, because it had yours truly DJ Black as the main DJ and MC with performances from Ja Rule(USA) , Nameless(Kenya) and P Square from Nigeria. After all my hard work of spinning 55's single 'african girls, they got the best pop song of the year award. The awards are the most prestigious awards for an Artist in Ghana as it is a mix of public votes and nominations from the media; it is very competitive and each year has a different controversy. Shout outs to MTN, Channel O ,coca cola and GTV for making it happen.
These days I seem to notice only billboards, the streets of Accra just keeps on springing up with new billboards every hour. The sudden interest in this kind of advertising is quite interesting to me. Oxford Street (Accra's Hollywood Street) has new billboards clamoring for the skies. Huge signs are being hung every day, from the largest mobile network to the little street hawker. The most popular billboard now is that of a lady with her legs spread out, hands on her butt and her face looking between her legs; with a copy that reads 'Confidence between the legs'. It made the evening news on Joy fm and had to be removed from complaints by Drivers in the metropolis.
A lot of new songs keep hitting me from all corners; I must say young man Asem's 'gimme blow' is definitely a hit with the youth here in Ghana. I first heard it in Kumasi, and after a couple of spins He was partying and rocking the mic with his cronies on my radio show live at Legon (will be ready for download soon on my podcast). It was just awesome. Even though preparations happened in a hurry, it was worth it and the Kubolor, Asem, Richie, etc were just on point.
As a DJ, I get the chance to review a lot of songs, a lot of promos and I must say a lot of artistes have impressed me this year. Even though I am against Weezy's disrespecting mixtape DJ's, I must admit I am in love with his 'milli' song and his effort of proving to everyone that he can is hot . LL cool J's new single, 'baby' featuring The dream is certainly going be a chart topper. I fell in love with it as soon as I heard it. I know my boys in Ghana are working hard; I am squirmy as I think of Kwaku-T and his camp's new mixtape. I met him at Zanzibar when I went to meet Reggie Rockstone and M.A for a quick sip, and he told me of his upcoming project, a mixtape of a new kind.
Ghana has come of age in the hiphop world and after a consistent weekly performance.'Bless the mic' a new movement , has gathered quite a crowd in the underground hiphop scene. Artistes such as Wanlov the Kubolor, Sena,etc have actually had heads nodding to piercing and soul searching lyrics and caught the attention of hungry media hawks. New drum beats and horns from the sound boards of engineers such as Richie,Jayso , Jae P ,Richie Pitch are also gradually creeping into the ipods and laptops of people. It is as if a new age has dawned, I hear samples of old classic highlife mixed with modern hiphop. Richie Pitch a DJ and Producer from the UK has been in Ghana for a year sampling and recording sounds of Ghana, I can hardly wait to hear how a foreigner hears Ghana.
That's it for now, I will definitely give you the real scoop of what's happening in the scene, from the point of a modern DJ living in Accra, Ghana. Check out my podcast from links below and I have another mix out which features new hits from Chani ,Lil Wayne , LL cool J and more, this is an exclusive free download for you, get it at http://www.mediafire.com/?2tmvzycdbdc
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