Saturday, May 25, 2013

KAAKIE OVER BANDANA (SHATTA WALE) AND THE REASONS FOR IT ........

Reggae: Is a style of popular music with strong accented subsidiary beat, originating in Jamaica. It evolved in the late 1960’s from Ska and rock steady. Many read different meaning into reggae music, which makes followers of reggae sometimes very uncomfortable. Reggae music a slow conscious music which sends truetalk messages to its listeners to keep them thinking. Reggae music touches on topics such as social injustice, repatriation and the rastafari movement.
On the other hand, Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the 1970’s, dancehall was initially more of a sparse version of reggae than the roots style which dominated much of the 1970’s. Dancehall unlike reggae music, took the reggae themes of social injustice, repatriation and the Rastafari movement and replaced it with lyrics about dancing, money, violence and sexuality.

        Eek - a - Mouse                                               


Don Carlos , Al Campbell and Triston Palmer emerged as major dancehall stars ,while other well established names such as Gregory Isaac and Bunny Wailer successfully adapted fast to the dancehall genre. Yellowman and Eek – a – Mouse refused violence and preached humor.













                                                                                                                    Yellowman


 Reggae genre and dancehall have both come a long way as they’ve equally spread into every corner and household of the world. Dancehall took to its heels and got to the shores of Ghana in the early 2000’s with Sonnie Balli emerging as the Godfather of Ghanaian dancehall music. Samini, Terry Bonchaka, Yoki – Dogi, Bandana and many others came on board and stole the hearts of many Ghanaians with their tunes. Currently, artiste such as Mugees of R2Bees, Stone Bwoy, Kaakie, Jupitar, Sticky and Ras Kay are making history in Ghana’s dancehall.





                                                                                                                                Sonnie Balli

  Dancehall in Ghana got much dirty after the just ended Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA2013) ,when Kaakie on the night, took home the best reggae/dancehall song of the year which she contended with the likes of ; Blakk Rasta – Our Africa , Samini ft WizKid – Time Bomb , Bandana – Shatta City , Knii Lante – House of Pain , Eazzy ft Jupitar – Go Go Wind , Kaakie – Toffee Pon Tongue
Bandana (shattawale) however, could not contain his anger over the decision of awarding Kaakie over him, he then proceeded to vent his frustrations and anger on Kaakie, who on the night went home smiling. Bandana undoubtedly believed he was better than any other artiste nominated for the reggae/dancehall category. Bandana, unprofessionally followed his anger and begun to rain insults on Kaakie, Chatter House etc. He was spotted destroying things and shouting “Ghana is cheating me “and was approached by some security personnel’s to calm him down but all could not avail. He was detained for some time and was escorted out of the premises. Earlier that day on the red carpet, Bandana was asked about the awards and he related to it positively and said was cool if he didn’t take home that award. He later forgot his statement he made earlier about being cool and jumped on twitter and tweeted ill-mannered messages geared towards Kaakie, Chatter House and fans who weren’t in support of his conduct, and he tweeted;
18 May
Fuck Ghana music industry, Fuck charter house and I mean this from my heart .i don't need them in any way ..big up to all Shatta wale fans
Fucking hypocrites,liars,sons and daughters of satan,I hope they sleep and don't wake up..
Charter hose should used for a public toilet .....I don't need any award in Gh or any nomination..fuck Gh music industry..
Fuck khakie who can even write her own music and fuck her smelling pussy...I know how they did this...but trus mi we kno how to handle dis
I pray all those who mis judge me here face the wrath of the almighty that has given me the talent and mankind is not appreciating.
This time I will direct people to the nearest public toilet..charter house hahahaha ha..
Said I didn't want to go for the awards but they called my manager like thousand times..am ready for you if you are ready for me..pussys
I don't need awards cuz I got my own money 3cars and a house ..fuck you all hates ...foolish villagers on twitter..awards my foot.
18 May
Dem no have money like me ...I've award ago chop...all I want talk be say dem for no waste my time..fools 
Ano chop dis money saf finish..kwasia fuor.....no much charter house go fit pay me..
My dear God,As the rain fall and thunder strikes ...I want to see all who want me fall dead by morning.Amen..if u be man try me..
I know the media want news so I will give them news...see joy fm too ...the person weh write dat ting for der fool waaaaa...
FOOLS ...............who even begged you for nomination...foolish charter house people....nominate me next time n u will see your mother..
Kwasia fuor if ano Be important to you ,you go waste your time and write this for me...foolish hungry souls...
Asee most of you replying to my comments are hungry..come and let me give some money for food aboa kwasiaa....uncivilized ppl like you.

Bandana (shatta wale)
He later released a new single the next morning tittle “Letter to Chatter House” and in the song, made it clear he needed no award in Ghana. After thorough investigation into the matter, it appears both Chatter House and Bandana have their pink sheets to prove their case. It is understood that, before a track wins an award, the board takes into consideration the popularity of the track and not the pedigree of the artiste. Kaakie’s song "Toffe Pon Tongue" was considered more popular than Bandana’s "Shatta City" and also had more airtime play than shatta city which makes Toffee Pon Tongue more eligible than any other track nominated for the reggae/dancehall category.


                                                                        Kaakie
 Despite Bandana’s unprofessional behaviour, BigXgh.com, Ghana music industry and Chatter House are to be blamed for such act.
Ghana Music Industry and Chatter House both failed the city when they brought reggae and dancehall under one umbrella just to cut down cost for their own unprecedented desire. Reggae as a genre features its own artiste such as Blakk Rasta , Black Prophet, Iwan etc and dancehall also casts artiste such as Sonni Balli , Samini , Bandana , Mugees , Stone Bwouy , Jupitar , Kaakie and many others serving dancehall to the fullest. Merging the two genre’s was Ghana Music Industry biggest mistake from the past and they failed to correct it but now the flood gates are opened for the rain, there is hope that they will correct such mistakes.
BigXgh.com on the other hand also failed Bandana and Ghana as a whole when they uploaded the picture below, believed to be the voting polls and results for the reggae/dancehall song of the year which Bandana used as evidence (pink sheet) to back his claim. 

WHO IS AT FAULT......GHANA MUSIC INDUSTRY, CHATTER HOUSE , BIGXGH.COM OR BANDANA (SHATTA WALE) ????














                                                                                                                                                                        




Friday, October 19, 2012

KING OF AFRICAN DANCEHALL (SAMINI)

“When all hope was lost in African dancehall music, it took only one musical super hero "Batman" now known as Samini to save the face of African dancehall”.

Emmanuel Andrews Samini (born December 22, 1981) better known by his stage name Samini (formerly known on stage as Batman) is a Ghanaian rapper, song writer, actor and an MTN Icon. Samini gained his popularity with his hit track “Linda” from his debut album Dankwansere released in 2004 and topped the local  music chart for close to a month and amazingly won him two awards at the Ghana Music Awards.

At age 14, Samini began his music career by singing in a Church choir for a period of time until in 1999 when he collaborated with a hip life/high life artists (KK Fosu) and became a professional musician in that year. St Margaret Mary Senior High School is where he completed his high   school education and took on music as a career option.

Samini originally hails from WA, the capital of Upper West; he speaks Hausa, Twi, GA, English and other local dialects. The rhythmical mixture of dancehall, reggae, hip life and hip hop is his genre of music. He sells his style of music to the rest of the world in a well classified brand as “ African Dancehall “ and he’s currently acknowledged as the African Dancehall King.

He released his debut album “Dankwansere” in 2004 with top hit tracks like Linda and Gyae Shi. He has toured Canada, UK, Holland, Germany and Italy with his African Dancehall Music. He was recognized internationally when he was nominated and won the best African Music Act at the MOBO Awards in the United Kingdom in September 2006, an annual awards ceremony that was established in 1996 by Kanya King MBE and Andy Ruffell in the United Kingdom to recognize and give grace to any artists of any ethnicity or nationality performing black music. Music of Black Origin is the full meaning of MOBO.

                                 Samini at the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards - Best Live Performer

His second album dubbed “Samini”  won him three major awards at the 2007 Ghana Music Awards and also won the Best African Artist award at the Hip Hop Awards in Nigeria in February 2008 and released his third album “Dagaati”  also in 2008 to grace his achievements. Samini has been privileged to share the stage alongside Akon, Damien Marley, Bennie Man, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Jay-z , Kevin Little , Shaggy ,Sean Paul , Wayne Wonder , Culture and Steel Pulse and he collaborated with Steel Pulse and Etana from Jamaica. He released his fourth album”CEO” IN 2010. He organized a mind blowing major concert in 2011 which landed Jamaica’s hit maker “Mavado” in Ghana; he again remixed the event in 2012 with another show stopper “Demarco” performing for the first time in Ghana. Samini has collaborated with various artists from different tribes of land far and near to make exclusive hit banging tracks.

Samini was nominated for Best African Act in 2006 at the MTV Europe Music Awards but lost the awards to a South African afro fusion band called Freshlyground from Cape Town. In 2008, he was again nominated for Best Live Performer at the MTV African Music Awards but again saw the award go to another South African duo “Jozi”, who emerged as winners for the Best Live Performer category. Samini currently has a hot single dubbed “Body Flame” which features Ghana’s rising female dancehall Queen “Kaakie” from Samini music camp. Kaakie is currently the hottest dancehall female artist in Ghana and drives in the fast lane of the fast dancehall cars with Samini.

The likes of a promising dancehall star “Stonebwoy” also tapped into the musical wisdom of Samini and is now said to be the next African dancehall King in the near future. He lives in Dansoman and nicknamed the place “Dansterdam” due to the uniqueness of the place. He has 3 kids from 2 different baby mamas.
  
Albums      
   ·   Dankwansere, 2004
   ·   Samini, 2007
   ·   Dagaati, 2008
   ·  CEO, 2010

Awards
     ·   2006 MOBO Awards – Best African Act
     ·   2009 MTV Africa Music Awards – Best Live Performer 

 Nomination
   ·   2006 MTV Europe Music Awards – Best African Act
   ·   2008 MTV Africa Music Awards – Best Live Performer