MY FIRST JOB AS A MUSIC CRITIC. :D

I’ve always wanted to be a music critic.
I do it everyday but I want to do it officially.
I love how I’m able to take music apart and really bash it or give praises where due. I am very exposed to foreign pop music,
For the local ones, its _________ (flatline).
Ive been accused of not supporting local music and artistes
And been called white trash cos I prefer listening to blonde white girls. My only response to all that is “I don’t listen to trash”.
Well some one who was impressed with my blog asked me to do a write up on a song for him. To me, this invitation was to do a critique and I’m psyched.
Fortunately or unfortunately, the song unlike most local junk is very good so here goes. WISH YOU NEVER MET ME BY BILS RAYOE.
Now I don’t like refixes.
You know how Ghanaian ‘rappers’ jump onto popular hits and make a refix? I hate it!
They always find a way of desecrating the song.
I believe in originality.
Most Ghanaians don’t sample, the just go and rap over the same beat to the point of maintaining the hook. *sigh*. This dude sampled Adele’s Rolling in The Deep.
Ok it’s kinda like a refix but he did it wisely.
I tip my hat at the producer.
He tweaked the original production ( I refuse to call it beat or instrumentals) to make it sound different. He maintained the martial beats and the pounding piano beats. Rayoe’s delivery was on point!
The song is supposed to tell his life story, which is his art. At the first bar, I thought it was Kanye rapping.
That brings me to flaw number 1.
Why are Gh rappers so concerned about the accent?
I don’t get it. He sounds so foreign its not even funny.
I don’t fink the international market is looking for another Kanye West. What they want is something different, new, a breath of fresh air. That’s what these new rappers should aim at. Not copying others Once again, originality!
“Get your lighters up”
“I’m getting paid”
“I’m a hustler”
“I’m going in cos I’m so hard”
“It’s a new era and it’s my time”
Really?
Aren’t we tired of all that?
Can’t they come up with new lines?
The composition tho is amazing!
No hook till the closing 20secs.
What he does is to interpolate some part of his rap with the chanting backing vocals in Rolling In The Deep and then signs off with the chant. the result? AH-MAZING!
I’m not much of a rap fan but I love this song.
It’s pretty cool.
I’m dropping the link here. Y’all should listen and drop your reviews in the comment box. http://mp3twit.com/gFN
Support Ghanaian music. *Sigh*.