Hiplife just like Highlife will forever stay Rich. Speech production CEO Mr. Enoch Agyepong writes.
Hiplife is 30years old and we all have our stories to tell in this biggest movement ever to happen in the history of Ghana and all these individual stories is what comes together to celebrate what was given birth by the Grandpapa called Reggie Rockstone.
12years ago Speech Production GH Executively Produced a Hiplife tune titled “Say Ah” which featured Akesifuor, Okomfuo Kwaadae & Big Joe Frazier obviously heavy industry Giants.
Interestingly the one who shot the Video was also a pioneer of Hiplife ie Quophi Okyeame.
This Single which was produced, mixed and mastered by Ball J was purposely birthed for the Records and it served its purpose.
Hiplife just like Afrobeat today was then the single Genre that represented Ghana and all the Artist including Reggae Artists found refuge under the Hiplife Umbrella.
Today we cannot even boast of a Single Genre spearheading our industry whether it’s Asakaa or Trap or Ghanaian Drill or dancehall or whatever yet we have these treasures of Highlife & Hiplife sitting there staring at us.
I mean Hiphop never died, R&B still reigns, even Jazz and Blues is still very relevant in these days of Afro & Trap Music.
I still believe we could have or can still be making millions out of this genre instead of the usual downplaying of whatever we build and trying to create new things only to destroy them again.
Hiplife has fed many homes & can still feed many homes if the right things are done.
The likes of the Sydney’s, Panji, Bola Ray’s Hammer of De Last Two David Kwamena Bolton Mark Okraku, Abeku Santa, Kofi Okyere-Darko, Fifi Kann, Okyeame Kwame, Quick Action, Kwaw Kesse, Sarkodie just to mention a few must share their stories to complete this History and initiate the ReBirth of this Great Genre called Hiplife.
Rest in Peace to some falling Soldiers like Omanhene Pozo of Nananim fame, Doctor Cann, Bright of BulBak fame, Eric manager of Kwaadae just to mention a few.
Hiplife just like Highlife will forever stay Rich.
#IndustryFirst #HipLife30years
Attached is the link to “Say Ah”
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