Nigeria music has been there since 1998, remember : Plantation Boys(Tuface, Black Face and Face), Idris Abdulkareem, Ruggedman, Baba Dee, Azadus, African China, Danfo Driver, Tribesmen. So you are wrong to say it's seasonal for naija its been consistent. after plantazion boys broke out, Tu face came with African queen, Kennis music and later Psquare, Styles plus, then VIP featured Tu face. Then Mode 9, Eldee, Naeto C, MI came along then finally the current crops. Apart from Nigeria government Nigerians are very consistent and progressive in their career and business.
Even before Plantation boys, Nigerian artistes such as Alex Zitto, Blackky, The Mandators, Onyeka Onwenu, Evi Edna, Bright Chimeze, Felix Liberty also laid some of the elements of Afrobeats.
I am crazy in love with these gentlemen. Education is necessary. Companies hire marketing agencies to conduct surveys just to get feedback from the market. That guy did it for free. We love Ghanaians. They are our brothers. Please 🙏 give us songs we can vibe to.
bolujoko oluwatobi Did you listen to what they said? Where was the change? They just said some of his points are sensible and others aren't. Just because he made some points that seem reasonable and some of us acknowledge it doesn't mean what we've been saying has changed. Nigerians still practice selfishness in music. We listen to all good music
This is the realest interview I had ever watched from this channel they re all spot on Ghanaians should change their style of music most especially their Twi language
The Artist The guy in black Very well articulated Fantastic submission. Putting the blame where it belongs. Also like what he said: 13:42 You can't sell Rap back to those who brought rap at the end of the day.
@David Cecconi kelvin, Promise, Jacky penetrated the Nigerian market with there songs. So, i don't totally agree with you on that. The truth is Ghana must find its own sound no doubt but What we must know is that Nigeria is a huge market and as such needs alot of continued back to back content to satisfy the market. Nigeria can't do it alone.
@@Kelvinakpan So what are the koreans doing right now? They're selling rap back to americans along with every kind of music. It's about how you do it not what you do. Ghanians biggest problem in *everything* is not being dynamic and trying things in a new way. Nigerians aren't held back by their culture. Some ghanaians will fight you just for doing things differently. Not badly, because different isn't automatically good, but even if you do it differently but it's good they'll fight it just because they don't see anyone else doing it
Good submission. Number one. Ghanaians love to sing in twi or ga alot. That only limits the song no matter how good it is to those who can speak or understand the language. Number two Ghanaian artist must step out and venture. This is business. They must be ready to do what it take to capture the market. Davido and Dakovibe readily comes to mind here. Davido sang in one of Ghanaians language and the whole ghana loved it. But till date Ask yourself Has any Ghanaian artist ever learnt and sing in any of Nigeria language to entice the market ? NO And this is the market you are trying to penetrate.
My brother den u dunno wat u are saying, some of Gh artist especially the gospel artist try to speak Nija pidgin and even get to the point of dressing like dem and portraying their culture in their music videos
Thanks to our brother who lives in SA who did a whole research for you guys free. I have seen that video somewhere on UA-cam and was hoping Ghanaians will pick It up. Thank God you did. Pls watch the whole video, bcos you guys cut it in half. What he spelt out in that video is exactly what lot's of Nigerians have tried to pass across to Ghanaians about their music industry through various social media platforms. But ego and pride wont allow Ghanaians pick up these free templates. Thanks to your guests (not the usual egoistic Ghanaians) that are in your space today. They could see facts, it's clear, and they accept it. That's how to grow. We love Ghanaians and would wish we all win together. Nigerian have comparative advantages when it comes to entertainment. But GH due to rivalry will never accept it. Take note and work on all the stuff the guy enumerated and your industry will begin to breathe. One love 🇳🇬👍🏾
❤❤❤❤❤ Sammy flex i have watch that nigeria guy a lot of times he says he has being trying to reach you on phone to explain to you why Ghana music is struggling in nigeria and all to no avail so in tbe part 2 of this video he was happy you finally showed his video on your tv show .congrat sammy flex that guy is a messiah .Did stonebwoy listen to him to make changes on his 5th dimension album
I love playing Ofori Amponsah, wutah's kokonsa, kofi B, obrafour and so on in lagos because they are nice production. I don't speak twi but my little knowledge of schooling in Ghana made me appreciate their music. But the rest of 300 million people in Nigeria may not have my experience
Ghana if you want your industry to grow, you must do the following: 1. Cut that Nigerian UA-camr a cheque..The man just gave you a report on the problem with your industry..He deserves his consultancy fees. 2. Retire Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy and Samini with immediate effect 3. Begin to promote the likes of Gyakie, Camido, Amarae, King Promise.
@@johncena_campusfillanewz It is not just about retiring "others" as you put it.. It is about retiring an old generation of Ghanaian artists who do not even play Ghanaian music but music from other land but at the same time occupy the space that should be occupied by younger artists playing Ghanaian and African music... If you ask any Ghanaian who the top artists in Ghana are, they will mention those 4 names.. Until these 4 people retire permanently, they young talented ones like Gyakie, Amarae and others will not have room to shine..For instance Gyakie was a big hit in Nigeria last year year but when Ghanaians talk about Ghanaian music not being played in Nigeria, they don't even consider Gyakie.. They are only referring to those top 4.. If Gyakie, Amarae, Camidoe are the 3 most streamed artists in Nigeria, Ghanaians will still say Nigerians don't play their music.. To most Ghanaians, the only artists they have in Ghana is Shatta, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and Samina and unfortunately, none of these artists play Ghanaian music.
@@hillcrestprofessionalservi3502 I get your point but I can say almost all of the songs from the 4'S' you mentioned are made on African rhythms/beats with some African languages as well. They may not be the typical afrobeat rhythms but africaness still run thru them. You can only propose for increase in airplay/fanbase or support for the new crop but not to propose 'retire legends of a certain generation'. Retirement will be impossible considering the fire from their fanbase in the music biz. These young arts need to strategically build fanbase cos that's what the 4'S have built over the years and it's still keeping them in the game.
@@johncena_campusfillanewz But music is more than rhythms..It is about cultural identity.. Afrobeats right now is a movement..It is a cultural movement that is going to drive a renaissance on the continent.
I play Kwame Eugene n kidi..today am still enjoying kidi oo..that boy na fire..he will. Teak the 9ja market..his songs has less twi and I related more than kwame song!
It's a fact, dance hall is old fashion. Even jamaicans are saying so. Go check it out. If dance hall is not old fashion, why is your songs not blowing up in Cameroon Uganda Tanzania kenya and South Africa and other african countries?
Because other africans nation don't like Ghanaian or west africans music they feel they don't need west african music at all Also you need to know afrobeat is mostly popular in english speaking africans country go to DR congo even kinshasa you won't here afrobeat like that congolese only listen and promote congolese music and their artist But the reason why congolese music stands out from the rest of africa and the world is how original congolese music is they don't copy other nations and do what they are best at Even west africans love Congolese music the whole africa love congolese music,dances,cultures some even even to learn how to speak a language of congo Ghana needs to find what it best at and stop doing alot of afrobeat nigerians own afrobeat they will keel on getting the love i know ghana can do it
I don't understand why ghania are comparing upcoming kidi with davido that have been in the game for decades. Why ghania are always in competitions with Nigeria music, Nigeria are not your problem
He is correct because here in nigeria most of the artists who make dance hall music such as timaya, patoranking, are good but because they do rap and dance hall they are lacking behind.
I am a Nigerian, but I want to use this medium to plead with the Ghanaians to please dive back into some elements of Highlife in their music. The Highlife was doing great in Nigeria long before Afrobeat. And Ghanaians are the best in doing it perfectly. I personally have a high hopes of that very sound if well prepared with some elements of Afrobeat that it will do extremely well. My best music out of Ghana that is still relevant to me till date is Odo by R2bees, I don't understand a word from the song but I still hold it as my best song ever. The same as Walahi, though I understood that more as Odo. But the elements of Highlife in Odo makes it sensational. Please you guys should try pushing more of Highlife to the world, it is a sound you can play at weddings, parties, and even while sitting alone just to reflect. That is my contribution, I hope we find more of Highlife in the world market soon 🙏.
Their highlife is badasssssss back in the day, their sound was divine, Nana Ampadu and co made real music, sounds that will push you out of your chair. Now they want to sound Jamaican or American, instead of going back to what they did well. City boys of ghana and nana ampadu were my favorite musicians growing up in onitsha, Anambra state, Nigeria.
@@ifysglobalchannel my broda everybody fit join progress o, but there is beauty in diversity. Make dem face their own product. Instead of all the arguments.
@@Bestborn We already had a sound, and personally I think it needs refining or a new version of it but ghanians don't want to be ghanian. Nigerians bounce off ghanians for being themselves but I guess our problem is we don't see people to bounce off on. So it's either be the same or stick to someone else like some of us are sticking to other people's music like jamaican music which has been so well defined. It's a simple answer of making the old new because like I said other people have bounced off us and gained inspiration but we don't seem to see how useful and interesting our own sound can be. It simply has to be modernized
Hello Mr sammy flex, take a time out and see where your views and comments are coming from? Then be true and tell us if Nigerians are not supportive. We re burning our data for you even though you re not from Nigeria cos we are unbiased
Ghanaians need to go back to the drawing board and start again and come up with a new sound. Unfortunately this can take 5 to 10years to achieve. By that time other neighbouring countries are building and solidifying their dominance of the music market on the African level and globally. So this is going to be very difficult for Ghana to achieve and catch up. If Ghanaians take the route and decide just to doing Afro Beat, this will further expand the dominance of Nigeria over the music market in Africa because these Ghanaians artists will ultimately be seen as Nigerians, an example is Gyakie.
I refuse to believe Ghanaians didn’t already notice this problem. This problem isn’t unique to Ghana but other African countries share the same problem. Stuck in the reggae dancehall era. We Nigerians left that more than 15 years ago. There was a time reggae dancehall dominated our industry. When everyone was forming patios. The likes of daddy showkey, mallam spicy, baba fryo and a whole lot of others. Imagine we are still calling those artists top artists in Nigeria. This is what is happening in Ghana currently. Stonebwoy, shatta wale shouldn’t even be mentioned as top artists in Ghana at all if you want your music industry to grow. The problem is not just that they are doing dancehall, the main problem is they are doin very very very outdated type of dancehall. They refused to evolve their sound and thereby holding the industry stagnant because y’all still push them as your top artists. Go and listen to Ruger, he does Afro-dancehall. Compare his songs to that of the dancehall artists in Ghana and you will realise why y’all have to stop pushing Stonebwoy and shatta as top artists. Focus on the new guys and push them as your top artists. It’s not that some Ghanaians don’t already know this but they are afraid of offending shatta and Stonebwoy. Music is a business and not charity organisation. It’s either you evolve or go back and let other people represent the country.
Very Very true I agree with you totally. Stoneboy and Shatta Wale shouldn't be mentioned as top artists in Ghana. Its liking it to Nigeria still depending on the likes of Tuface, Mi to win the Grammy awards for Nigeria when we have a barrage of fresh new artist all over the place. 🤣😂Hahaha😂🤣
@@Kelvinakpan tuface’s music is way ahead of the music shatta and Stonebwoy are making. Especially Stonebwoy. That boy just dey force himself do music. E nor dey him body at all. I nor fit mention even one of him song wen good. See the feature with Keri Hilson. He made it sound like a primary school song with his baby you dey captivate meeee..smh. Shatta sef get some good songs like Ayoo and one he made in a beer joint with his former boys. I’ve forgotten the title. Music dey shatta body but just that he nor go fit evolve.
Sammy flex I am a Nigerian can you guys try to speak 80 percent English so we Nigerian's can also follow your show cause we know Ghana is an English speaking country thanks
There need to be policies and structures in place to push an objective so it’s not just about doing something that other people like but putting in place structures and plans to make it happen.
Someone spoke about the sugar cane song; the first time I listened to that song I was wowed! Truth is A lot of PR isn't put to some good Ghanaians Music! Sugar cane has some elements of Afrobeat just like Gyakie's song that exploded in Naija market, PR should be intentional, enough of lazing around, YES! you're signed to a label, but you shouldn't be relaxed cos you're signed instead make that move Man. I'd love a day whereby Ghanaian music would be on the street of every Nigerian airways! But first thing first there has to he a roundtable discussion of all artists, act, in the sector. Thanks
winnofficial All ghanian music has always had afrobeat element. Gyakie has a very typically ghanian sound and singing style. It doesn't even really come across like the modern nigerian version of afrobeat But yes, ghana needs to be a little bit more business savvy
I also dropped this guys link on one of your video for you to see. Look at the guy in black. Listen to what he is saying. Is your dancehall making it in Jamaica?
This is what we have been saying since shatta and nigeria stuff but you guys refused to stand on the truth but thank God that you guys has finally swallowed your pride and embrace truth, you are doing dancehall which is not your original and you guys are giving jamaicans the glory and that is the same thing you guys are doing in rap, giving usa the glory, you guys need to start doing your native country music like azonto, vip, gyakie, kidi and others and stop all these rap and dancehall, please you guys should work together with Nigerians as your brother, no hate and no entitlement
Funny enough you can't hear this type of conversation in Nigeria media, reason because we Nigeria are lovely people. Come and learn from Nigeria. The best way to go is coming to learn from Nigeria, do colabo with Naija big artist simple
That guy is right, sing more of English in your songs, so that the world will understand at least 70% of what you're singing about, it will help promote your Music
The global record companies want to cash in on Nigeria's population. Why Mention Stonebwoy and Shatta and Sarkodie?What about Kidi, Kwame Eugene, King Promise and Jackie, didn't their music make waves in Nigeria etc. What do you mean by Ghana should find its sound. Where did sound like Highlife, Hiplife and Azonto etc come from? It is a turn by turn thing and very soon it will be Ghana's turn again.
I’m a Nigerian 🇳🇬 and I agree with you on the fact that music waves is a turn by turn thing💯 Today is Nigeria’s turn, next time it may be Ghana or Kenya’s turn, that’s just how it works, no be by force.
@@Mkym365 oga Nigerians don’t carry last, if any new sound comes from ghana or Kenya u mentioned.. Nigeria will sample it and redefine it.. u dey fall my hand shaa 😂😂 no be Ghana get azonto dat time.. no be wizkid and p-square redefined it.. mind u the current Nigeria upcoming artists they are fucking hungry to compete with anybody…
Ghanians are not truthful to themselves. They dont like the truth. You can not be insulting the people you want to sell your music to. If Ghanaians are smart, they should realize that their erratic ShattavWale's music career is dead and he want to take everybody else's careerwith him.
The Guy in purple is on point, if Ghana can infuse high life to afrobeats, it will make sense. I remember when Nana Ampadu took over Nigerian radios in the 80's. Modenising it would make sense.
@@obiohamadike4624 you don't get it,don't say we should fuse highlife to afrobeats because the sound you are calling afrobeats or afrobeat has always been here in Ghana, go do some research and you will understand me
@@zealonrail3644 , I think that we will go on forever and you would still not understand me. I never said that both sounds are not in Ghana, and you didn't bother to answer my earlier questions. Lets just leave it there.
@@obiohamadike4624 i know Nana Ampadu I was posting his videos on my wall the whole time when he passed away...am trying to tell you there is nothing like fusing highlife into Afrobeats cus there is no significant difference between the two sounds u are differentiating, highlife comes in many styles and form and you can't just limit it to Nana Ampadu...history will tell you a lot of stuffs kept being added to highlife over the years..most will tell you afrobeat or afrobeats is just another form of highlife music 🎶. .just Google origin of afrobeat or Google something like Ghanaian music or something and you will see for yourself
I feel, Davido's show can rob off Quami and kidi show positively if well manage. Promoting it as direct part of afrobeats up and coming. They can also keep davido and some artist that performed on 25th, to show faces on 26th as well. Nigerian dancehall and rappers, had to evolve, they all mix rap using afrobeats sounds and singers to bust it. If I may ask, why are Ghananian musicians or producers not infusing amapiano in their beats and sounds now? Why are d DJs not producing their own music as well? Small work left for Ghananian entertainment to deal with.
Phyno is a rapper, a serious one that can fill that 02 arena easily. Not mentioning his name shows y’all don’t even know Nigerian Musicians that well. Flavour is huge in Nigeria and he can easily fill that arena multiple days straight.
That guy is not from Nigeria and is very true that Nigerians are not big fan’s of dance all How many times have you seen dance all songs topping charts in African in the past 4 years Nigerian is like American in African
Why should Sarkodies and company stop doing their genres. The fact is that there are many artistes doing other genres. Just expose them by playing their songs on radio and TV. Ghanaian Deejays and presenters generally play one way music and that is what sends the signal that Ghana music is all about dance hall and rap.
The language argument is funny. We don’t understand Naira Marley & Zlatan but we listen to them. Do people understand SA’s language they use in Amapiano? Like Young Stunna’s Adiwele? The points have to be focused on danceable songs & marketing. Cos the world knows Africa for having great rhythm.
This is d problem with Ghanaians, they speak their language too much on TV even if they know they r in-front of international audience. That guy in d middle just made d whole show tasteless. He kept speaking in their language when he knows dis show will be on UA-cam which means other countries will be watching. I can’t pick out anything from his points because I can’t understand d hell he’s saying.
That was interesting. While I don't advocate giving foreign languages preference over local languages, he was simingly saying Ghanians need to sing in languages Nigerians understand while not doing the same (eventhough he knows he is speaking to an international audience). Odd and maybe instructive of the insular mentality.
The problem is Ghanaians are slow at adapting. Thy refuse to even speak english most of the time in the music. They need to learn to keep up or learn to think ahead of time. Even their real estate market is behind in finishing and architecture. Business is not Ghana's strong suit to be honest.
The guy at 12:42 was arguing against himself. He got back to saying “the world has heard all the dancehall it needed to hear”. It’s a business, that is what dictates trajectory.
First of, Rocky Dawuni is a reggae artist and he is an international act. Also, I don't get the fuss about this competition between African countries in the music industry? Like why are we even obsessed about getting accepted elsewhere? We have to make true African music and cut the inferiority complex.Why have we given so much attention to getting accepted in one country? Africa is big.
The local sound bit is one that Shatta added his voice to but it was thrown away as usual. We can push out hiplife and highlife probably in a contemporary way and push it. That I agree but there’s a lot of inaccuracies in his submission.
Prof Ankonam Rebel The more the merrier. We could also just have many many genres. A style I'd like to be revived would be the old traditional music. It has a very good sound. Should definitely be remade for modern times and I'm sure it would have it's own success.
@@SammyFlexTV Sammy flex please give this nigeria guy video to peacefm and other radio stations to play it on radio to educate our artist.i think stonebwoy listened to this guy and did a lot of changes on tbe 5th dimensions album and the album is doing well on tbe international market.
This problem I have with Ghanaians is that they like arguing blindly. Raggae music and rap music is not appreciated in Nigeria. The likes of Blaqbonez, Ycee, Phyno, Olamide, zlatan, phenom and others blew up when they stated singing afrobeat. Mind you Burna boy, Timaya, patoranking and others are raggae music when they noticed it’s not selling in naija they switched to aftobeats. When u say nigeria don’t have rappers I laugh bcos Na only Sark u have, naija have maddest rappers but bcos we don’t promote rap that’s why you rate sark over them. Go and watch “Meet me at the top by laylow, what it do, define rap 1 & 2 by VJ adams. Gino, Phenom, AQ, Mode Nine, Vector, reminisce, olamide, MI, Jesse jags, Loose, Blaqbonez, dremo, ycee and many more. Sark dey learn from them. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol...You are a joke Manifest and Lyrical joe alone will burn 80% of those rappers you mentioned into ashes. All these artists you mentioned have their unique GOD given talents so why is naija killing their talents by not promoting them anymore and asking all of them to switch to afrobeat?
@@johncena_campusfillanewz read it again, rap music is not selling in Nigeria even American rappers can’t penetrate Nigeria market read that again. We have dope rappers but since consumers don’t like rappers so they switched afrobeats. Why is Sark and those you mention are not well known aside from Ghana?
I don't even agree with some of his analysis. There were never a time Ghana music was the shit in Nigeria. We only listened and supported the likes of VVip, tictac, and some of them. During that time. We had prominent musicians who were known all through west africa at that time. Talking about the likes of 2face, tony tetuila, idris, remedies, and the rest. But for the rest of the analysis, he is spot on.
fred efosa I don't know a single nigerian artists before this wiz kid time when afrobeats began to gain popularity. Maybe I've heard a few of their songs but never enough for me to know their name or even assocaite it with a face. We get this fela kuti fela kuti but I didn't know him outside nigerians shouting his name all the time. Still haven't heard a single song from him
THE TRUTH IS THAT GHANAIAN ARTISTS DON'T PRESENT THEMSELVES AS THEY EXPECT RESPECT IN RETURN. THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR WAY THROUGH. INVEST MONEY (PAY DJs OFTEN, shoot high quality and cinematic videos) AND IT WILL WORK. MUSIC HEARD A LOT OF TIMES STICK. JUST UPLOADING TO AUDIOMACK AND UA-cam AIN'T ENOUGH.
ITS NOT ABOUT THE LANGUAGE:ITS ABOUT GOOD MUSIC:V.I.P IS A GHANIAN GROUP THAT DID MUSIC IN GHANAIAN LANGUAGE THAT TRENDED IN NIGERIA FOR MANY YEARS. AWILO SANG IN FRENCH AND TRENDED IN NIGERIA FOR MANY YEARS.IF YOU ARE GOOD THE WORLD WILL SING WITH YOU.
Naija wake up. Why una dey dull una selves. Why throwing light on the dark roads of a neighbour who wishes they gat your thrown. Why all these advice to people wey no like us. All this kitty kitty kete kete from gana about the state of their music is only because 9ja music popping to the world but theirs ain't. If this was any other African countries music popped off, these gana peeps won't even recognise the state of their own music industry. Na 9ja music success dey make their blood dey boil. See bad belle people. Naija wake up !. Focus on our own movement and stop giving em advice which they are so desperate for to take our spot. No other Af country shadows 9ja more than these gana peeps. Bad belle people dey hold conference ontop 9ja music. See dem dey debate nonsense. Now ask yourself, did this people care about their sound when Yankee music or even makosa dey bang their airwaves?....Hell No! And as for dat yama yama "hip life" wey dem dey shout about, wtf is dat ?. Singing in Twi or dance hall is not the problem. Music has never had a language pinned on it. Their artist are just wack and best they recognize it seem to me the whole gana indenial about this. Paleeeeeeeeeese Gana, make una go pack face for one corner,, siddon look. 9ja una big bro running this thing and we no dey same level.
If you want to speak English speak English if you want to speak Ghana speak Ghana. Half English half Ghana, how do anybody outside of Ghana contribute to this conversation when I don't understand half of what you are saying. African uncensored ask a question, why is Ghanaian music not trending in other COUNTRIES?. why are ghanaians obsessed with Nigeria and what goes on in Nigeria. You guys play amapiano in Ghana why is Ghanaian music not trending in south africa. Ghanaians artists should go to south africa and ask them why they are not supporting you. Ghanaians should mind their business and leave Nigeria alone. Who helped nigerian artists?.
I had to pause this discussion going in this page and listen to Ghana hiplife and all I have to say is the sound was good buh I guess it was abandoned…
M.anifest has a Ghanaian hip hop sound but this industry won’t push it and keep saying oh we can’t relate meanwhile the sound is very Ghanaian just the guy is rapping in English
Nene Kubi He has a great sound even though personally I don't like his english music that much. But we're being told english is the language you need to sing in. By all account manifest is doing the right thing so why isn't he blowing up 😁? Because english has nothing to do with it. You make music for your people first and then you bring it the world and they will take it or they won't. Otherwise you lose yourself and no one knows who you are and neither do you. What's more important is making it emotionally accessible enough to other people if you want to reach a wider audience, and that's usually in the beat and sound
@@blackblaze5271 how would he blow when his own people who write English, speak it as a national language, do business and government in English all of a sudden decide just because he goes after an industry fav not to support him.. if he is given half the attention we gives to all these people we would know but you can judge him if he hasn’t been given the attention but it will surprise you to know if you’ve followed him the amount progress he is making steadily over the period, his monthly listeners on Spotify used to be 50k since his MTTU album it bumped up to 158k, his game over song just did 1m on Spotify so it progressing plus he has his own shows in London , Germany , New York and Minneapolis in the coming weeks after the last one in Dubai.. people who don’t follow are quick to say oh his career is dead.. if language isn’t a thing when was the last time another language musician blew in gh.. Ever since Accra became a twi speaking city when was the last time a ga musician blew even Gas like king promise a forced to sing in twi when his mother tongue is Ga, I was shocked when I found out even Kidi’s mother tongue is Ga.. so language is a thing
@@nenekubi5932 People like you are claiming singing in englsih is the way to succeed in the global market so what happens in ghana's market really shouldn't matter. If he's not blowing up what ghanians do shouldn't have anything to do with it. Language isn't a thing because again how are koreans doing so well internationally along with other countries that speak no english? They don't even mix in a little bit of english. You haven't explained that yet. Language can be a factor but it's the least and it's not what's going to determine if you succeed or fail. There are big american musicians who don't do well on certain years even though all they sing in is english. Music is about emotion more than the words. Humans read emotion from tones and sounds, beats etc, not necessarily words. And move to melodies. Most people don't even know the words to most of their favorite songs even in the same language or even really know what the song is truly about. Do you understand the words Brenda Fassie sings? Yet she's world famous
@@blackblaze5271 I agree with you 💯 but we are talking about rap music, the foundation of rap music is and has always been words words words not melody.. K-pop is not rap it’s pop music .. so it’s important people understand as can break down what you are saying .. Even Sarkodie had to infuse a lot of English words in his rap which was something he wasn’t doing before .. singing can be done in any language but not rap that’s why gh music hasn’t broken barriers in a while like we use to till recently with kidi, king promise , camidoh, etc and what do they have in common they all sing. The only rapper who has broken barriers recently is black sherif and he has a lot of melodies in his rap not like what sark and mdot does and he also raps a lot more in English , pidgin and twi so people can somehow figure out what he is saying. Asaka boys did their thing but it died down now that also happens in music where someone makes is big once in any type of music but it doesn’t last eg. win deck , gangbam style etc
@@nenekubi5932 K-pop is a broad umbrella with all kinds of genres just like 'afrobeats'. Rap is included and has the same reach as all the other types of music they do. Have you never seen a k-pop muscian? It has huge elements of hip hop and is more rap than anything. It's the same thing with our muscians. It's not american rap, it has it's own style to a certain extent. So it really isn't a different comparison, because I wasn't even limiting it to rap on our side. The discussion is language and it's applied to all genres and styles from ghana. Ghanaians also haven't only been doing rap or mostly rap. In fact rap only recently pick up in ghana with the kumerica boys etc. We've been doing the usual afrobeat otherwise Again I feel like most of what you say only helps my point 😁. I don't listen to sarkodie even as a ghanian who prefers twi and more authenticity because his music just isn't good to me. I think that shows again that language is mostly irrelevant. To me singing in english is no different than doing dancehall music, which they criticized in this very video. I know they're not the same thing but they're both examples of trying to do something that's not authentic to you, or something you're not doing well enough to benefit. Also doing english music, in a way now you're competing with other english musicians. That's the opposite of having your own sound or something people haven't heard before that they want to explore Gangnam style was only one song, the genre carries on ok for them. And the point isn't even if it lasts, maybe someday people will get sick of afrobeats, I know I kind of am already 😁 but we're talking about whether or not you can have success in your own language. And clearly the answer is yes. Psy still had hits with millions of views after that song by the way (and millions of views on remixes of gangnam, more success in one song than many careers). All in korean. And despite the english it really hasn't changed much. They still ask for explanations or clarifications (because of the accent) even if they have a slightly better idea of what he's saying
Why you guys so obsessed with Nigeria don't you guys have other problems it really blows my mind to see adults sit down and talk about how and why a particular countrys music isn't dominating another country's music craaaaaaaaaaazy
Dancehall is gone. Even Jamaicans are switching to Afrobeat and the awards been presented to Nigerian artist tells it all ... When last did any dancehall artist obtain an intentional music award
Imagine talking to the world and speaking more of your local language.nigeria is just special in the business and the show ghanians should go and lean instead of blaming people for there problem
Do great music and blow not wack dancehall that doesn't sound like Jamaican dancehall. I still have my respect for Larruso, kidi, gykie, Amaare, and Kwame. This is the era of technology, you guys can not control that fact. Daddy Yankee and luis fonsi despasito blew like an atomic bomb on social media. They didn't speak English to sing and they are from the little state of Puerto 🇵🇷 Rico. Ghana has a lot to do with men. You guys can welcome an American Musician like a King 👑 but hating on your brothers in Africa music, see the level of a hypocrite. Americans don't even promote their songs before you guys consume it. Funny Africanos
Sorry to say but shatter wale kind of music can not win Nigeria market . Nigerians don’t longer vibe with songs like that. Kidi and kwane can penetrate but not shata. Touch it has a Nigeria sound and can blow in Nigeria
Massa you’re lying, English is the most popular spoken language in the World. It’s just a common sense. Even China Airports they speak English because it’s International Airports, English is International language and the whole world they speak English language all over the Airports and any International platforms. Indians are over 1.3 billion people and over half of their population speak English. South Asia, East Asian Countries and even Chinese themselves many of them speak English language. Africa has over 1.2 billion people and most of the people in Africa speak English language. Gulf Countries too speak English. North Americans speak English language, most of the Caribbeans speak English, South and Central Americans like almost half of them speak or understand English. Over 60% of Europeans speak English language. Australia and New Zealand are English spoken Countries. So China being the most populated country doesn’t mean that their language are the most spoken or popular language in the world. No… Which International Airport in the world have you seen them speaking Chinese language? It’s just a common sense.
@@shalbec3232 They all got their facts from google, so what are you talking about? The most spoken is certainly not chinese. It might not be english either but depends what you mean by 'speak it'. Most of the world understands some parts of english or speak a little. Most might not speak it fluently but in general they do speak it.
@@Jiggy01 What does it mean to say chinese is the most spoken language in the world if it's only spoken in china by chinese? That's not a meaningful statement. It's not a popular language if the only people who speak it are the natives. And even french speakers might understand some english. Most english speakers know zero french. It's fair to acknowledge that french might be more widely spoken fluently, that's fine. But english still has a wider reach in a way french does not.
if Ghana wanna go international, they should learn to start by singing in English not everyone understand ur Ghanaian language..later one wen u get the fame u can add ur language like Nigeria did...I know alot of foreigners who had to learn pidgin English just to understand Nigerian music
This guy sitting at the centre of the three men channel with purple shirt is the exact problem Ghanaians re having you can hear him mostly talking in Twi language how do you expect non Ghanaians to understand what ur talking about
You see what the man in left was saying ... Imagine a marketer prefer speaking TRI to the public and says it's nice to speak TRI in music but you want your music to sell in Nigeria ... The reason Nigerian artist use English is because Nigeria is of different languages so if you speak your very language and expect me to buy your music of your language OYO for you ooo. Nigerians mix vernacular piggin English and other languages to it, all that makes it spicy ... If you want to sell international use vernacular piggin English to mix your music to sell in Nigeria
There is the wrong narrative been send out of Ghana that afrobeats originated from Ghana that's not true. Even the Americans know the truth of the origin of afrobeats that it was fela that started afrobeat band in US. Fela infused American jazz, funk, Nigeria Fuji and juju music then, later highlife from Ghana when he came back to Africa. Even the so acclaimed Ghana highlife music is from the palm wine music brought from Liberia and Siereleon who are slaves returnees, who are basically captured people from west Africa e.g Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana etc Technically afrobeats is infused music from Africa, jazz, soco, R&B, reggae, dance hall with Africa percussion, flute, dreams and dance Afrobeats belongs to Africa, it’s such that the Nigeria has been able to understand the business, music, sound and dances and they are taken full opportunities of the new genre
which dominance?l lol. There are 1001 up coming Nigerian artists, have you dominated Ghana? Nigeria not the only country in Africa... Ghana is just particularly obsessed with Nigerians. Nigeria music is listened to by all Africans and white people.. face Togo your neighbor.
Nigeria music has been there since 1998, remember : Plantation Boys(Tuface, Black Face and Face), Idris Abdulkareem, Ruggedman, Baba Dee, Azadus, African China, Danfo Driver, Tribesmen. So you are wrong to say it's seasonal for naija its been consistent. after plantazion boys broke out, Tu face came with African queen, Kennis music and later Psquare, Styles plus, then VIP featured Tu face. Then Mode 9, Eldee, Naeto C, MI came along then finally the current crops. Apart from Nigeria government Nigerians are very consistent and progressive in their career and business.
Bros how them wan take understand now, u don scatter everywhere o
I Agree💯💯
The Nigeria scene blowing up wasn't overnight. Know the history where the scene started. Decades of consistency till date
Even before Plantation boys, Nigerian artistes such as Alex Zitto, Blackky, The Mandators, Onyeka Onwenu, Evi Edna, Bright Chimeze, Felix Liberty also laid some of the elements of Afrobeats.
Stop joking what you call ofrobeat has been existing in Ghana way back 1920's..you are talking of 1998 ah
Finally, Ghana is seeing and saying the real facts. Now, let's go to the next stage of development. 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
Ghetto breeds are always proud of ghettoish achievements. Gyimii!!!
You think So , these guy's minds are very deep don't trust them
I am crazy in love with these gentlemen. Education is necessary. Companies hire marketing agencies to conduct surveys just to get feedback from the market. That guy did it for free. We love Ghanaians. They are our brothers. Please 🙏 give us songs we can vibe to.
Ghanaians will never talk like this guy. Look at how he raised the points.
I'm a proud Naija Boy. This is a wake up call for Ghana music!!! Do music Nigerian can vibe with, them we're good to go
thanks bro
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This is the best SAmmy Flex Video ever. It is well balanced, filled with wisdom, direction and constructively authoritative.
I glad you people are now being more objective rather than being sentimental towards this Ghana Naija conversation.
bolujoko oluwatobi
Did you listen to what they said? Where was the change? They just said some of his points are sensible and others aren't. Just because he made some points that seem reasonable and some of us acknowledge it doesn't mean what we've been saying has changed. Nigerians still practice selfishness in music. We listen to all good music
This is the realest interview I had ever watched from this channel they re all spot on Ghanaians should change their style of music most especially their Twi language
For what reason does most especially their Twi language.
My brother wat are u trying to say, that we should throw away our local dialect den do wat...be mindful of ur words bro
Nd their twi rap.. like wema sa ba no make sense, ture maya 2 sentence. Only thing u understand is sense and sentence.
@@iriakastanley5467 True 😀
Zlatan is not a rapper, he's a Yoruba fusion hip hop artist
This is Ghana first channel that are accepting facts and saying it nice one love from naija
The Artist
The guy in black
Very well articulated
Fantastic submission.
Putting the blame where it belongs.
Also like what he said:
13:42
You can't sell Rap back to those who brought rap at the end of the day.
Can you sale dancehall to the people that brought it?
Yaw Grey is his name. He is the wisest Musician
@David Cecconi
kelvin, Promise, Jacky penetrated the Nigerian market with there songs.
So, i don't totally agree with you on that.
The truth is Ghana must find its own sound no doubt but
What we must know is that Nigeria is a huge market and as such needs alot of continued back to back content to satisfy the market. Nigeria can't do it alone.
@@Kelvinakpan
So what are the koreans doing right now? They're selling rap back to americans along with every kind of music. It's about how you do it not what you do.
Ghanians biggest problem in *everything* is not being dynamic and trying things in a new way. Nigerians aren't held back by their culture. Some ghanaians will fight you just for doing things differently. Not badly, because different isn't automatically good, but even if you do it differently but it's good they'll fight it just because they don't see anyone else doing it
you play reggae and dancehall but afrobeats gets played in Jamaica more than Ghana music.. Food for thought
The guy on the left is making a lot of sense. If your songs are good the international labels would have come to Ghana. These are facts
You need to pay that guy for the expo he gave to you people,one love Ghana Nigeria
Good submission.
Number one.
Ghanaians love to sing in twi or ga alot.
That only limits the song no matter how good it is to those who can speak or understand the language.
Number two
Ghanaian artist must step out and venture. This is business. They must be ready to do what it take to capture the market.
Davido and Dakovibe readily comes to mind here.
Davido sang in one of Ghanaians language and the whole ghana loved it.
But till date
Ask yourself
Has any Ghanaian artist ever learnt and sing in any of Nigeria language to entice the market ? NO
And this is the market you are trying to penetrate.
Because most of the Ghanaian artists can’t sing or do music in English that’s why.
@@papap1186 this is the most funny comment
@@adomgideon7049 it's not funny but facts. NIGERIANS sing sometimes in twi
My brother den u dunno wat u are saying, some of Gh artist especially the gospel artist try to speak Nija pidgin and even get to the point of dressing like dem and portraying their culture in their music videos
It music not a race
Thanks to our brother who lives in SA who did a whole research for you guys free. I have seen that video somewhere on UA-cam and was hoping Ghanaians will pick It up. Thank God you did. Pls watch the whole video, bcos you guys cut it in half.
What he spelt out in that video is exactly what lot's of Nigerians have tried to pass across to Ghanaians about their music industry through various social media platforms. But ego and pride wont allow Ghanaians pick up these free templates. Thanks to your guests (not the usual egoistic Ghanaians) that are in your space today. They could see facts, it's clear, and they accept it. That's how to grow. We love Ghanaians and would wish we all win together. Nigerian have comparative advantages when it comes to entertainment. But GH due to rivalry will never accept it. Take note and work on all the stuff the guy enumerated and your industry will begin to breathe. One love 🇳🇬👍🏾
But I'm a Nigerian
First time I am hearing an objective discussion and analysis on your channel towards Nigeria without show of hate.
keep it up.
The sugarcane used the Nigeria language to sing and I love it.
❤❤❤❤❤ Sammy flex i have watch that nigeria guy a lot of times he says he has being trying to reach you on phone to explain to you why Ghana music is struggling in nigeria and all to no avail so in tbe part 2 of this video he was happy you finally showed his video on your tv show .congrat sammy flex that guy is a messiah .Did stonebwoy listen to him to make changes on his 5th dimension album
Bro I'm Ghanaian and ur speaking facts. No lie no Mumu ways.
True. We are all one.
I love playing Ofori Amponsah, wutah's kokonsa, kofi B, obrafour and so on in lagos because they are nice production. I don't speak twi but my little knowledge of schooling in Ghana made me appreciate their music. But the rest of 300 million people in Nigeria may not have my experience
Ghana if you want your industry to grow, you must do the following:
1. Cut that Nigerian UA-camr a cheque..The man just gave you a report on the problem with your industry..He deserves his consultancy fees.
2. Retire Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy and Samini with immediate effect
3. Begin to promote the likes of Gyakie, Camido, Amarae, King Promise.
Why should we retire others before we begin to promote others? Give me a sensible answer
@@johncena_campusfillanewz It is not just about retiring "others" as you put it.. It is about retiring an old generation of Ghanaian artists who do not even play Ghanaian music but music from other land but at the same time occupy the space that should be occupied by younger artists playing Ghanaian and African music... If you ask any Ghanaian who the top artists in Ghana are, they will mention those 4 names.. Until these 4 people retire permanently, they young talented ones like Gyakie, Amarae and others will not have room to shine..For instance Gyakie was a big hit in Nigeria last year year but when Ghanaians talk about Ghanaian music not being played in Nigeria, they don't even consider Gyakie.. They are only referring to those top 4.. If Gyakie, Amarae, Camidoe are the 3 most streamed artists in Nigeria, Ghanaians will still say Nigerians don't play their music.. To most Ghanaians, the only artists they have in Ghana is Shatta, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and Samina and unfortunately, none of these artists play Ghanaian music.
U forgot kidi
@@hillcrestprofessionalservi3502 I get your point but I can say almost all of the songs from the 4'S' you mentioned are made on African rhythms/beats with some African languages as well. They may not be the typical afrobeat rhythms but africaness still run thru them. You can only propose for increase in airplay/fanbase or support for the new crop but not to propose 'retire legends of a certain generation'. Retirement will be impossible considering the fire from their fanbase in the music biz. These young arts need to strategically build fanbase cos that's what the 4'S have built over the years and it's still keeping them in the game.
@@johncena_campusfillanewz But music is more than rhythms..It is about cultural identity.. Afrobeats right now is a movement..It is a cultural movement that is going to drive a renaissance on the continent.
I play Kwame Eugene n kidi..today am still enjoying kidi oo..that boy na fire..he will. Teak the 9ja market..his songs has less twi and I related more than kwame song!
It's a fact, dance hall is old fashion. Even jamaicans are saying so. Go check it out. If dance hall is not old fashion, why is your songs not blowing up in Cameroon Uganda Tanzania kenya and South Africa and other african countries?
Because other africans nation don't like Ghanaian or west africans music they feel they don't need west african music at all
Also you need to know afrobeat is mostly popular in english speaking africans country go to DR congo even kinshasa you won't here afrobeat like that congolese only listen and promote congolese music and their artist
But the reason why congolese music stands out from the rest of africa and the world is how original congolese music is they don't copy other nations and do what they are best at
Even west africans love Congolese music the whole africa love congolese music,dances,cultures some even even to learn how to speak a language of congo
Ghana needs to find what it best at and stop doing alot of afrobeat nigerians own afrobeat they will keel on getting the love i know ghana can do it
You said Nigeria is not better than you but you looking to Nigerian to support you to blow..... This life no balance
Confusion everywhere, the people of Ghana blaming their artists,and their artists blaming Nigerians.
Confused people 😐
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These guys dont even understand the core of the challenge. They are still speaking basic English.
As a ugandan say *Confusion on other level*
I don't understand why ghania are comparing upcoming kidi with davido that have been in the game for decades. Why ghania are always in competitions with Nigeria music, Nigeria are not your problem
Sound city ..a Nigerian music station literally play top 10 Ghana music in Nigeria every week but Nigerian love good things
the local language is too much,God bless them for speaking and accepting the truth
The sang highlife in their local languages and were successful in Nigeria before. I think it's mostly about the timing of the kinds of music they do.
He is correct because here in nigeria most of the artists who make dance hall music such as timaya, patoranking, are good but because they do rap and dance hall they are lacking behind.
I am a Nigerian, but I want to use this medium to plead with the Ghanaians to please dive back into some elements of Highlife in their music. The Highlife was doing great in Nigeria long before Afrobeat. And Ghanaians are the best in doing it perfectly. I personally have a high hopes of that very sound if well prepared with some elements of Afrobeat that it will do extremely well. My best music out of Ghana that is still relevant to me till date is Odo by R2bees, I don't understand a word from the song but I still hold it as my best song ever. The same as Walahi, though I understood that more as Odo. But the elements of Highlife in Odo makes it sensational. Please you guys should try pushing more of Highlife to the world, it is a sound you can play at weddings, parties, and even while sitting alone just to reflect. That is my contribution, I hope we find more of Highlife in the world market soon 🙏.
Their highlife is badasssssss back in the day, their sound was divine, Nana Ampadu and co made real music, sounds that will push you out of your chair.
Now they want to sound Jamaican or American, instead of going back to what they did well. City boys of ghana and nana ampadu were my favorite musicians growing up in onitsha, Anambra state, Nigeria.
Bros, you dey beg them? Haba! Two people no dey join hand progress!
@@ifysglobalchannel my broda everybody fit join progress o, but there is beauty in diversity. Make dem face their own product. Instead of all the arguments.
@@Bestborn
We already had a sound, and personally I think it needs refining or a new version of it but ghanians don't want to be ghanian. Nigerians bounce off ghanians for being themselves but I guess our problem is we don't see people to bounce off on. So it's either be the same or stick to someone else like some of us are sticking to other people's music like jamaican music which has been so well defined. It's a simple answer of making the old new because like I said other people have bounced off us and gained inspiration but we don't seem to see how useful and interesting our own sound can be. It simply has to be modernized
Hmm, enjoying this. I know Magaji and subscribed to his channels as well
Hello Mr sammy flex, take a time out and see where your views and comments are coming from? Then be true and tell us if Nigerians are not supportive. We re burning our data for you even though you re not from Nigeria cos we are unbiased
Ghanaians need to go back to the drawing board and start again and come up with a new sound. Unfortunately this can take 5 to 10years to achieve. By that time other neighbouring countries are building and solidifying their dominance of the music market on the African level and globally. So this is going to be very difficult for Ghana to achieve and catch up. If Ghanaians take the route and decide just to doing Afro Beat, this will further expand the dominance of Nigeria over the music market in Africa because these Ghanaians artists will ultimately be seen as Nigerians, an example is Gyakie.
It will take Ghana 50 years to catch up to where Nigeria is.
I refuse to believe Ghanaians didn’t already notice this problem. This problem isn’t unique to Ghana but other African countries share the same problem. Stuck in the reggae dancehall era. We Nigerians left that more than 15 years ago. There was a time reggae dancehall dominated our industry. When everyone was forming patios. The likes of daddy showkey, mallam spicy, baba fryo and a whole lot of others. Imagine we are still calling those artists top artists in Nigeria. This is what is happening in Ghana currently. Stonebwoy, shatta wale shouldn’t even be mentioned as top artists in Ghana at all if you want your music industry to grow. The problem is not just that they are doing dancehall, the main problem is they are doin very very very outdated type of dancehall. They refused to evolve their sound and thereby holding the industry stagnant because y’all still push them as your top artists. Go and listen to Ruger, he does Afro-dancehall. Compare his songs to that of the dancehall artists in Ghana and you will realise why y’all have to stop pushing Stonebwoy and shatta as top artists. Focus on the new guys and push them as your top artists. It’s not that some Ghanaians don’t already know this but they are afraid of offending shatta and Stonebwoy. Music is a business and not charity organisation. It’s either you evolve or go back and let other people represent the country.
One chilled beer for you
Very Very true
I agree with you totally.
Stoneboy and Shatta Wale shouldn't be mentioned as top artists in Ghana.
Its liking it to Nigeria still depending on the likes of Tuface, Mi to win the Grammy awards for Nigeria when we have a barrage of fresh new artist all over the place.
🤣😂Hahaha😂🤣
@@Kelvinakpan tuface’s music is way ahead of the music shatta and Stonebwoy are making. Especially Stonebwoy. That boy just dey force himself do music. E nor dey him body at all. I nor fit mention even one of him song wen good. See the feature with Keri Hilson. He made it sound like a primary school song with his baby you dey captivate meeee..smh. Shatta sef get some good songs like Ayoo and one he made in a beer joint with his former boys. I’ve forgotten the title. Music dey shatta body but just that he nor go fit evolve.
Sammy flex I am a Nigerian can you guys try to speak 80 percent English so we Nigerian's can also follow your show cause we know Ghana is an English speaking country thanks
You sabi book
Good Analysis no bias just straight up fact
There need to be policies and structures in place to push an objective so it’s not just about doing something that other people like but putting in place structures and plans to make it happen.
Prof Ankonam Rebel
Exactly. Sometimes you have to make people like things
It took a Nigerian UA-camr to tell you what you need to do. Haba Ghana.
It is all love from Naija.
Camido is good song, I'm Nigeria 🇳🇬 we love that song
God bless this man in purple❤
Someone spoke about the sugar cane song; the first time I listened to that song I was wowed! Truth is A lot of PR isn't put to some good Ghanaians Music! Sugar cane has some elements of Afrobeat just like Gyakie's song that exploded in Naija market, PR should be intentional, enough of lazing around, YES! you're signed to a label, but you shouldn't be relaxed cos you're signed instead make that move Man. I'd love a day whereby Ghanaian music would be on the street of every Nigerian airways! But first thing first there has to he a roundtable discussion of all artists, act, in the sector. Thanks
winnofficial
All ghanian music has always had afrobeat element. Gyakie has a very typically ghanian sound and singing style. It doesn't even really come across like the modern nigerian version of afrobeat
But yes, ghana needs to be a little bit more business savvy
I also dropped this guys link on one of your video for you to see.
Look at the guy in black. Listen to what he is saying. Is your dancehall making it in Jamaica?
This is what we have been saying since shatta and nigeria stuff but you guys refused to stand on the truth but thank God that you guys has finally swallowed your pride and embrace truth, you are doing dancehall which is not your original and you guys are giving jamaicans the glory and that is the same thing you guys are doing in rap, giving usa the glory, you guys need to start doing your native country music like azonto, vip, gyakie, kidi and others and stop all these rap and dancehall, please you guys should work together with Nigerians as your brother, no hate and no entitlement
Funny enough you can't hear this type of conversation in Nigeria media, reason because we Nigeria are lovely people. Come and learn from Nigeria.
The best way to go is coming to learn from Nigeria, do colabo with Naija big artist simple
That guy is right, sing more of English in your songs, so that the world will understand at least 70% of what you're singing about, it will help promote your Music
The global record companies want to cash in on Nigeria's population. Why Mention Stonebwoy and Shatta and Sarkodie?What about Kidi, Kwame Eugene, King Promise and Jackie, didn't their music make waves in Nigeria etc. What do you mean by Ghana should find its sound. Where did sound like Highlife, Hiplife and Azonto etc come from? It is a turn by turn thing and very soon it will be Ghana's turn again.
I’m a Nigerian 🇳🇬 and I agree with you on the fact that music waves is a turn by turn thing💯 Today is Nigeria’s turn, next time it may be Ghana or Kenya’s turn, that’s just how it works, no be by force.
He acknowledged those ones, using Gyakie as example
@@Mkym365 oga Nigerians don’t carry last, if any new sound comes from ghana or Kenya u mentioned.. Nigeria will sample it and redefine it.. u dey fall my hand shaa 😂😂 no be Ghana get azonto dat time.. no be wizkid and p-square redefined it.. mind u the current Nigeria upcoming artists they are fucking hungry to compete with anybody…
@@discoveringafricanmusic FACTS!!!!
Ghanians are not truthful to themselves. They dont like the truth. You can not be insulting the people you want to sell your music to. If Ghanaians are smart, they should realize that their erratic ShattavWale's music career is dead and he want to take everybody else's careerwith him.
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Facts
Absolutely
Sure 💯👌
Laughable 😂😂
The Guy in purple is on point, if Ghana can infuse high life to afrobeats, it will make sense. I remember when Nana Ampadu took over Nigerian radios in the 80's. Modenising it would make sense.
Highlife is afrobeat so whata re you talking about that they should fuse what
@@zealonrail3644 do you know Nana Ampadu? Or have you vibbed to his songs? If you have, then you would understand.
@@obiohamadike4624 you don't get it,don't say we should fuse highlife to afrobeats because the sound you are calling afrobeats or afrobeat has always been here in Ghana, go do some research and you will understand me
@@zealonrail3644 , I think that we will go on forever and you would still not understand me. I never said that both sounds are not in Ghana, and you didn't bother to answer my earlier questions. Lets just leave it there.
@@obiohamadike4624 i know Nana Ampadu I was posting his videos on my wall the whole time when he passed away...am trying to tell you there is nothing like fusing highlife into Afrobeats cus there is no significant difference between the two sounds u are differentiating, highlife comes in many styles and form and you can't just limit it to Nana Ampadu...history will tell you a lot of stuffs kept being added to highlife over the years..most will tell you afrobeat or afrobeats is just another form of highlife music 🎶. .just Google origin of afrobeat or Google something like Ghanaian music or something and you will see for yourself
I feel, Davido's show can rob off Quami and kidi show positively if well manage. Promoting it as direct part of afrobeats up and coming. They can also keep davido and some artist that performed on 25th, to show faces on 26th as well.
Nigerian dancehall and rappers, had to evolve, they all mix rap using afrobeats sounds and singers to bust it.
If I may ask, why are Ghananian musicians or producers not infusing amapiano in their beats and sounds now? Why are d DJs not producing their own music as well? Small work left for Ghananian entertainment to deal with.
All your submissions are perfect, if you say Zlatan is not a rapper then Drake is not then.
When presented with facts a Ghanaian will close his eyes and clutch his fist because truth told by a Nigerian is anathema to his very being.
Phyno is a rapper, a serious one that can fill that 02 arena easily. Not mentioning his name shows y’all don’t even know Nigerian Musicians that well. Flavour is huge in Nigeria and he can easily fill that arena multiple days straight.
As a Nigerian, the Ghana sound that I know it's highlife. You need a sound? MODERNIZE THE GHANAIAN HIGHLIFE. Simple!
We are loving the song already - sugarcane mad🔥🔥
If all ghanaias will listen to tis men to the end to understand he tins work
Nigerians who re know chamido should check on his song with keeny and chamido, dat guy is picking Nigeria vibe ✌️
That guy is not from Nigeria
and is very true that Nigerians are not big fan’s of dance all
How many times have you seen dance all songs topping charts in African in the past 4 years
Nigerian is like American in African
The guy is from Nigeria
Is from ur Village mumu
Why should Sarkodies and company stop doing their genres. The fact is that there are many artistes doing other genres. Just expose them by playing their songs on radio and TV. Ghanaian Deejays and presenters generally play one way music and that is what sends the signal that Ghana music is all about dance hall and rap.
Now you people are talking 👍
The language argument is funny. We don’t understand Naira Marley & Zlatan but we listen to them. Do people understand SA’s language they use in Amapiano? Like Young Stunna’s Adiwele? The points have to be focused on danceable songs & marketing. Cos the world knows Africa for having great rhythm.
This is d problem with Ghanaians, they speak their language too much on TV even if they know they r in-front of international audience. That guy in d middle just made d whole show tasteless. He kept speaking in their language when he knows dis show will be on UA-cam which means other countries will be watching. I can’t pick out anything from his points because I can’t understand d hell he’s saying.
That they don't understand is one the reasons they don't sell apart from Ghana.
That was interesting. While I don't advocate giving foreign languages preference over local languages, he was simingly saying Ghanians need to sing in languages Nigerians understand while not doing the same (eventhough he knows he is speaking to an international audience). Odd and maybe instructive of the insular mentality.
The problem is Ghanaians are slow at adapting. Thy refuse to even speak english most of the time in the music. They need to learn to keep up or learn to think ahead of time. Even their real estate market is behind in finishing and architecture. Business is not Ghana's strong suit to be honest.
The guy at 12:42 was arguing against himself. He got back to saying “the world has heard all the dancehall it needed to hear”. It’s a business, that is what dictates trajectory.
First of, Rocky Dawuni is a reggae artist and he is an international act. Also, I don't get the fuss about this competition between African countries in the music industry? Like why are we even obsessed about getting accepted elsewhere? We have to make true African music and cut the inferiority complex.Why have we given so much attention to getting accepted in one country? Africa is big.
His music is not popular on nigerian radio
The local sound bit is one that Shatta added his voice to but it was thrown away as usual. We can push out hiplife and highlife probably in a contemporary way and push it. That I agree but there’s a lot of inaccuracies in his submission.
Prof Ankonam Rebel
The more the merrier. We could also just have many many genres. A style I'd like to be revived would be the old traditional music. It has a very good sound. Should definitely be remade for modern times and I'm sure it would have it's own success.
People do not understand that Samflex is doing great things for Ghanaian music industry
Tell them oo my boss 🙌🙌🙌😂😂😂
@@SammyFlexTV
Sammy flex please give this nigeria guy video to peacefm and other radio stations to play it on radio to educate our artist.i think stonebwoy listened to this guy and did a lot of changes on tbe 5th dimensions album and the album is doing well on tbe international market.
This problem I have with Ghanaians is that they like arguing blindly. Raggae music and rap music is not appreciated in Nigeria. The likes of Blaqbonez, Ycee, Phyno, Olamide, zlatan, phenom and others blew up when they stated singing afrobeat. Mind you Burna boy, Timaya, patoranking and others are raggae music when they noticed it’s not selling in naija they switched to aftobeats. When u say nigeria don’t have rappers I laugh bcos Na only Sark u have, naija have maddest rappers but bcos we don’t promote rap that’s why you rate sark over them. Go and watch “Meet me at the top by laylow, what it do, define rap 1 & 2 by VJ adams. Gino, Phenom, AQ, Mode Nine, Vector, reminisce, olamide, MI, Jesse jags, Loose, Blaqbonez, dremo, ycee and many more. Sark dey learn from them. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol...You are a joke Manifest and Lyrical joe alone will burn 80% of those rappers you mentioned into ashes.
All these artists you mentioned have their unique GOD given talents so why is naija killing their talents by not promoting them anymore and asking all of them to switch to afrobeat?
@@johncena_campusfillanewz read it again, rap music is not selling in Nigeria even American rappers can’t penetrate Nigeria market read that again. We have dope rappers but since consumers don’t like rappers so they switched afrobeats. Why is Sark and those you mention are not well known aside from Ghana?
@@ishoola706Rubbish
I don't even agree with some of his analysis. There were never a time Ghana music was the shit in Nigeria. We only listened and supported the likes of VVip, tictac, and some of them. During that time. We had prominent musicians who were known all through west africa at that time. Talking about the likes of 2face, tony tetuila, idris, remedies, and the rest. But for the rest of the analysis, he is spot on.
fred efosa
I don't know a single nigerian artists before this wiz kid time when afrobeats began to gain popularity. Maybe I've heard a few of their songs but never enough for me to know their name or even assocaite it with a face. We get this fela kuti fela kuti but I didn't know him outside nigerians shouting his name all the time. Still haven't heard a single song from him
This is what shatta wale is trying to say before Some Ghanaians caught him out is a shame.
Shatta Wale Issa Hater!
Before you can go global you need to pass through Nigerias mean while you have to produce what the Nigerian will vibe too
THE TRUTH IS THAT GHANAIAN ARTISTS DON'T PRESENT THEMSELVES AS THEY EXPECT RESPECT IN RETURN. THEY HAVE TO PAY THEIR WAY THROUGH. INVEST MONEY (PAY DJs OFTEN, shoot high quality and cinematic videos) AND IT WILL WORK. MUSIC HEARD A LOT OF TIMES STICK. JUST UPLOADING TO AUDIOMACK AND UA-cam AIN'T ENOUGH.
ITS NOT ABOUT THE LANGUAGE:ITS ABOUT GOOD MUSIC:V.I.P IS A GHANIAN GROUP THAT DID MUSIC IN GHANAIAN LANGUAGE THAT TRENDED IN NIGERIA FOR MANY YEARS.
AWILO SANG IN FRENCH AND TRENDED IN NIGERIA FOR MANY YEARS.IF YOU ARE GOOD THE WORLD WILL SING WITH YOU.
Naija wake up. Why una dey dull una selves. Why throwing light on the dark roads of a neighbour who wishes they gat your thrown. Why all these advice to people wey no like us. All this kitty kitty kete kete from gana about the state of their music is only because 9ja music popping to the world but theirs ain't. If this was any other African countries music popped off, these gana peeps won't even recognise the state of their own music industry. Na 9ja music success dey make their blood dey boil. See bad belle people. Naija wake up !. Focus on our own movement and stop giving em advice which they are so desperate for to take our spot. No other Af country shadows 9ja more than these gana peeps. Bad belle people dey hold conference ontop 9ja music. See dem dey debate nonsense. Now ask yourself, did this people care about their sound when Yankee music or even makosa dey bang their airwaves?....Hell No! And as for dat yama yama "hip life" wey dem dey shout about, wtf is dat ?. Singing in Twi or dance hall is not the problem. Music has never had a language pinned on it. Their artist are just wack and best they recognize it seem to me the whole gana indenial about this. Paleeeeeeeeeese Gana, make una go pack face for one corner,, siddon look. 9ja una big bro running this thing and we no dey same level.
If you want to speak English speak English if you want to speak Ghana speak Ghana. Half English half Ghana, how do anybody outside of Ghana contribute to this conversation when I don't understand half of what you are saying. African uncensored ask a question, why is Ghanaian music not trending in other COUNTRIES?. why are ghanaians obsessed with Nigeria and what goes on in Nigeria. You guys play amapiano in Ghana why is Ghanaian music not trending in south africa. Ghanaians artists should go to south africa and ask them why they are not supporting you. Ghanaians should mind their business and leave Nigeria alone.
Who helped nigerian artists?.
I had to pause this discussion going in this page and listen to Ghana hiplife and all I have to say is the sound was good buh I guess it was abandoned…
M.anifest has a Ghanaian hip hop sound but this industry won’t push it and keep saying oh we can’t relate meanwhile the sound is very Ghanaian just the guy is rapping in English
Nene Kubi
He has a great sound even though personally I don't like his english music that much. But we're being told english is the language you need to sing in. By all account manifest is doing the right thing so why isn't he blowing up 😁? Because english has nothing to do with it. You make music for your people first and then you bring it the world and they will take it or they won't. Otherwise you lose yourself and no one knows who you are and neither do you. What's more important is making it emotionally accessible enough to other people if you want to reach a wider audience, and that's usually in the beat and sound
@@blackblaze5271 how would he blow when his own people who write English, speak it as a national language, do business and government in English all of a sudden decide just because he goes after an industry fav not to support him.. if he is given half the attention we gives to all these people we would know but you can judge him if he hasn’t been given the attention but it will surprise you to know if you’ve followed him the amount progress he is making steadily over the period, his monthly listeners on Spotify used to be 50k since his MTTU album it bumped up to 158k, his game over song just did 1m on Spotify so it progressing plus he has his own shows in London , Germany , New York and Minneapolis in the coming weeks after the last one in Dubai.. people who don’t follow are quick to say oh his career is dead.. if language isn’t a thing when was the last time another language musician blew in gh.. Ever since Accra became a twi speaking city when was the last time a ga musician blew even Gas like king promise a forced to sing in twi when his mother tongue is Ga, I was shocked when I found out even Kidi’s mother tongue is Ga.. so language is a thing
@@nenekubi5932
People like you are claiming singing in englsih is the way to succeed in the global market so what happens in ghana's market really shouldn't matter. If he's not blowing up what ghanians do shouldn't have anything to do with it. Language isn't a thing because again how are koreans doing so well internationally along with other countries that speak no english? They don't even mix in a little bit of english. You haven't explained that yet.
Language can be a factor but it's the least and it's not what's going to determine if you succeed or fail. There are big american musicians who don't do well on certain years even though all they sing in is english. Music is about emotion more than the words. Humans read emotion from tones and sounds, beats etc, not necessarily words. And move to melodies. Most people don't even know the words to most of their favorite songs even in the same language or even really know what the song is truly about. Do you understand the words Brenda Fassie sings? Yet she's world famous
@@blackblaze5271 I agree with you 💯 but we are talking about rap music, the foundation of rap music is and has always been words words words not melody.. K-pop is not rap it’s pop music .. so it’s important people understand as can break down what you are saying .. Even Sarkodie had to infuse a lot of English words in his rap which was something he wasn’t doing before .. singing can be done in any language but not rap that’s why gh music hasn’t broken barriers in a while like we use to till recently with kidi, king promise , camidoh, etc and what do they have in common they all sing. The only rapper who has broken barriers recently is black sherif and he has a lot of melodies in his rap not like what sark and mdot does and he also raps a lot more in English , pidgin and twi so people can somehow figure out what he is saying. Asaka boys did their thing but it died down now that also happens in music where someone makes is big once in any type of music but it doesn’t last eg. win deck , gangbam style etc
@@nenekubi5932
K-pop is a broad umbrella with all kinds of genres just like 'afrobeats'. Rap is included and has the same reach as all the other types of music they do. Have you never seen a k-pop muscian? It has huge elements of hip hop and is more rap than anything. It's the same thing with our muscians. It's not american rap, it has it's own style to a certain extent. So it really isn't a different comparison, because I wasn't even limiting it to rap on our side. The discussion is language and it's applied to all genres and styles from ghana. Ghanaians also haven't only been doing rap or mostly rap. In fact rap only recently pick up in ghana with the kumerica boys etc. We've been doing the usual afrobeat otherwise
Again I feel like most of what you say only helps my point 😁. I don't listen to sarkodie even as a ghanian who prefers twi and more authenticity because his music just isn't good to me. I think that shows again that language is mostly irrelevant. To me singing in english is no different than doing dancehall music, which they criticized in this very video. I know they're not the same thing but they're both examples of trying to do something that's not authentic to you, or something you're not doing well enough to benefit.
Also doing english music, in a way now you're competing with other english musicians. That's the opposite of having your own sound or something people haven't heard before that they want to explore
Gangnam style was only one song, the genre carries on ok for them. And the point isn't even if it lasts, maybe someday people will get sick of afrobeats, I know I kind of am already 😁 but we're talking about whether or not you can have success in your own language. And clearly the answer is yes. Psy still had hits with millions of views after that song by the way (and millions of views on remixes of gangnam, more success in one song than many careers). All in korean.
And despite the english it really hasn't changed much. They still ask for explanations or clarifications (because of the accent) even if they have a slightly better idea of what he's saying
Oga Sammy
Zlantan is not a rapper
Why you guys so obsessed with Nigeria don't you guys have other problems it really blows my mind to see adults sit down and talk about how and why a particular countrys music isn't dominating another country's music craaaaaaaaaaazy
Honest take here
Dancehall is gone. Even Jamaicans are switching to Afrobeat and the awards been presented to Nigerian artist tells it all ... When last did any dancehall artist obtain an intentional music award
Vybz kartel is the king of dancehall
Sammy Flex keep using educated guys like those 2 guys
Imagine talking to the world and speaking more of your local language.nigeria is just special in the business and the show ghanians should go and lean instead of blaming people for there problem
😹😹😹 Ghana to like credit 😂😂😂 love collecting Glory
🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉Sammy please send this nigeria guy video to other entertainment shows for discussion
Do great music and blow not wack dancehall that doesn't sound like Jamaican dancehall. I still have my respect for Larruso, kidi, gykie, Amaare, and Kwame. This is the era of technology, you guys can not control that fact. Daddy Yankee and luis fonsi despasito blew like an atomic bomb on social media. They didn't speak English to sing and they are from the little state of Puerto 🇵🇷 Rico. Ghana has a lot to do with men. You guys can welcome an American Musician like a King 👑 but hating on your brothers in Africa music, see the level of a hypocrite. Americans don't even promote their songs before you guys consume it. Funny Africanos
I’m a Nigerian and I LOVE dance hall & rap music
@@Mkym365 The point is that it's not the big seller now. That fact does not invalidate you choice. Many people appreciate Jazz.
Sorry to say but shatter wale kind of music can not win Nigeria market . Nigerians don’t longer vibe with songs like that. Kidi and kwane can penetrate but not shata. Touch it has a Nigeria sound and can blow in Nigeria
Massa you’re lying, English is the most popular spoken language in the World. It’s just a common sense. Even China Airports they speak English because it’s International Airports, English is International language and the whole world they speak English language all over the Airports and any International platforms.
Indians are over 1.3 billion people and over half of their population speak English. South Asia, East Asian Countries and even Chinese themselves many of them speak English language.
Africa has over 1.2 billion people and most of the people in Africa speak English language. Gulf Countries too speak English.
North Americans speak English language, most of the Caribbeans speak English, South and Central Americans like almost half of them speak or understand English.
Over 60% of Europeans speak English language.
Australia and New Zealand are English spoken Countries.
So China being the most populated country doesn’t mean that their language are the most spoken or popular language in the world. No…
Which International Airport in the world have you seen them speaking Chinese language? It’s just a common sense.
You got the fact from google 🤦🏿♀️ that sad
Ode Chinese is the most spoken language in the world more country speak French than English fool
@@shalbec3232
They all got their facts from google, so what are you talking about? The most spoken is certainly not chinese. It might not be english either but depends what you mean by 'speak it'. Most of the world understands some parts of english or speak a little. Most might not speak it fluently but in general they do speak it.
@@Jiggy01
What does it mean to say chinese is the most spoken language in the world if it's only spoken in china by chinese? That's not a meaningful statement. It's not a popular language if the only people who speak it are the natives. And even french speakers might understand some english. Most english speakers know zero french. It's fair to acknowledge that french might be more widely spoken fluently, that's fine. But english still has a wider reach in a way french does not.
Bra Sammy I really enjoyed this show
LoL...Its Bro you meant to say right?
2,000 seats arena 02 Indigo for Ghanaian artistes lol.
if Ghana wanna go international, they should learn to start by singing in English not everyone understand ur Ghanaian language..later one wen u get the fame u can add ur language like Nigeria did...I know alot of foreigners who had to learn pidgin English just to understand Nigerian music
In Nigeria, you just sing and release. You don't need anybody to "allow" it. If people like it, fine!
This guy sitting at the centre of the three men channel with purple shirt is the exact problem Ghanaians re having you can hear him mostly talking in Twi language how do you expect non Ghanaians to understand what ur talking about
Do music people in deferent African countries can understand!!! There’s tribals in Ghana music!!! Lolol truth is hard to say !!!
You see what the man in left was saying ... Imagine a marketer prefer speaking TRI to the public and says it's nice to speak TRI in music but you want your music to sell in Nigeria ... The reason Nigerian artist use English is because Nigeria is of different languages so if you speak your very language and expect me to buy your music of your language OYO for you ooo. Nigerians mix vernacular piggin English and other languages to it, all that makes it spicy ... If you want to sell international use vernacular piggin English to mix your music to sell in Nigeria
Sing with your language and forget international recognition
I wish shatta sark stone can be part of this conversation
There is the wrong narrative been send out of Ghana that afrobeats originated from Ghana that's not true. Even the Americans know the truth of the origin of afrobeats that it was fela that started afrobeat band in US. Fela infused American jazz, funk, Nigeria Fuji and juju music then, later highlife from Ghana when he came back to Africa. Even the so acclaimed Ghana highlife music is from the palm wine music brought from Liberia and Siereleon who are slaves returnees, who are basically captured people from west Africa e.g Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana etc Technically afrobeats is infused music from Africa, jazz, soco, R&B, reggae, dance hall with Africa percussion, flute, dreams and dance
Afrobeats belongs to Africa, it’s such that the Nigeria has been able to understand the business, music, sound and dances and they are taken full opportunities of the new genre
I just saw the music NG
Camidoh - Sugarcane (Visualizer)
Must it be Nigeria? Push push to Kenya, Liberia Tanzania and others. Stop the Nigeria obsession!
which dominance?l lol. There are 1001 up coming Nigerian artists, have you dominated Ghana? Nigeria not the only country in Africa... Ghana is just particularly obsessed with Nigerians. Nigeria music is listened to by all Africans and white people.. face Togo your neighbor.