With sixteen years of experience in music, Okyeame Kwame has had enough
evidence to prove his fans’ appraisal of being the Best Rapper Alive in
Ghana. With Intriguing content, Flow, Delivery, and Style; he
manipulates creativity.
Not just a matter of being able to sing, rap, somehow dance, and act
during the Versatile Show which once again comes off on the 8th of
November 2014 at the National Theatre, Okyeame Kwame is versatile in
everything creative.
He has released a new single with Congolese singer Lelo which has
received several commendations especially with regards to lyrical
content, rap and beat construction. Ben Kusilin, sound engineer of
Okyeame Kwame’s Studios produced this piece titled “It’s Your Time”, and
this song encourages listeners to appreciate wealth and also recognize
the troubles and the stress that people go through daily. The track
scores a big point for the Rap Docter as a well-focused songwriter.
He cites instances using Ghana Black Stars’ captain Asamoah Gyan and
Lelo who does his in French citing Samuel Eto. They touch on moments of
discouragement and how to rally around and claim glory.
For his rap, one can appreciate not only its content but rhythm and
delivery. Rap Docter delivers sixteen bars of never-heard-before rap
accompanied by live Dondo playing in unison. He uses the chopper style
rap delivery (twisting) and explaining his intention for this style, he
reveals his first step was to have gone to the Art Centre, recorded the
sound of dondo being played by a group of performers and then fixed his
lyrics on the rhythm as another way of being creative.
Okyeame Kwame once again did his usual poetry touching on metaphors,
personification, similes, and onomatopoeia. This stands to show why his
lyrics are studied in universities in Ghana.
It’s Your Time, with respect to beat construction, provides the right
grooves for those who like to dance. Placing adowa rhythms on top of
crisp guitar licks and tight percussion, Kusilin makes it almost
impossible for listeners to stand still. The beat is a harmony of
highlife and Afro pop and Ben admits it took six months to finalize the
production of this piece because they wanted to bring out the best
quality. Apart from the kick, hihat, and snare, all other instruments
were played live.
Okyeame Kwame has always found ways to stay ahead or at least, keep
abreast with prevailing momentum in the music business, opines an
experienced Ghanaian writer, Kouame Koulibaly.
Musical Positivity expressed diligently. It’s not only Okyeame Kwame’s
Time. It’s Your Time too, once you are ready to RISE, STAND, WALK, RUN
and FLY before you DANCE.
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