Hiplife Rewind (Documentary) - BBC Africa
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- Hiplife Rewind explores the story of Ghana’s influential music genre through personal accounts of key artists and creatives in the scene.
Featuring pioneering icons such as Reggie Rockstone, Gyedu-Blay Ambolley, and filmmaker Abraham Ohene-Djan, as well as rich historical archive of Highlife music and Ghanaian life, reporter Akwasi Sarpong leads us through the genre’s early musical and cultural influences.
With intimate access to international artists such as M.anifest, KiDi and Kuami Eugene, and Eno Barony, the film explores the trajectory of the music genre and the industry’s playful, ongoing rivalry with Nigeria over who discovered Afrobeats; was it rooted in Ghana?
Fused with music from the best of West Africa’s elite today, including multi-award winner Burna Boy, Hiplife Rewind is a visually striking inside story of Hiplife music.
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Reggie said..”we dropped the soap”… “they’re baking the cake and we’re begging for a slice” i felt that
Nigeria had Hilife in the During and after the colonial era. The likes of Sunny Okosun Sunny Ade, Lex Lawnsy, etc were Hilife Musician. Fela Anikpolakpo-Kuti was the originator of Afrobeat in the 1950s. It was was made up of original Yoruba sound and Jazz music, because he studied music in the UK and formed a group called Koola Lobito in 1958. as Wikipewdia put it " He called his style Afrobeat, a combination of Fuji music, funk, jazz, highlife, salsa, calypso, and traditional Yoruba music".
Where did Ghana musicians teach Nigerians about Afrobeat? This lie should stop!
@@charlesakhimienmhonan2175 Ghana did not teach Nigeria Afrobeat. But Ghana had highlife since the 20’s. Do a research on the origins of highlife.
@@KwamenaMJ Hilife is actually a relic of colonial music added to our traditional African music. It came from the use of guitar, trumpet and other instruments we learnt from them during colonial era fused with for example Yoruba music or Ghana tribal music. That is high life. Are you telling me Ghanianians invented Yoruba Fuji music or my Edo Kokoma music ? Bro, go and research it. Ghana had their own and we had our own too.
Fela went a little notch to add Jazz to his own because he schooled abroad .
@@charlesakhimienmhonan2175 Of course Ghana did not invent Fuji, but high life. Check Fela's High life era before be created Afrobeat and tell us whether that was Nigerian or Ghanaian type of Highlife.
That’s great! As a British Ghanaian, I’m so happy they are documenting about Ghanaian Afrobeats music. Although, there are some Ghanaian songs have become popular, but I think there’s not enough representation of our music and not much knowledge on it either. A lot of people listen to more Nigerian Afrobeats than Ghanaian Afrobeats. So thanks for sharing this. 👍🏾
They did documentary on Hiplife but you're commenting about Afrobeats 😂😂😂😂
Ghana 😂😂😂
@@ekenesamuel9004That's how delusional Ghanians are..
Am proud Ghanaian 🇬🇭 ❤❤❤❤
I'm crying tears of joy and sorrow.
The joy of the nostalgia I'm feeling and pain for how it has totally changed. This is a wonderful piece.
I still have hope for the future. 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭❤️❤️
Nice documentary👍👍 we need a Part 2 of this. The likes of Lord Kenya, Obrafour, Kwadei and Abrewa Nana also played their part in the HIPLIFE era
Very true! Abrewa Nana came before Mzbel i think. She did her thing back then.
Definitely i was like where them all dey cuz chaley them too dey
Gosh...good ol' days they were.. Tinny was killing it back then..
Someone please sign Eno Barony to a record label 🙏 🤲 she's fire 🔥
Before I say anything, I throw my salute to the Bad boy of Africa, Wode Maya. A lot of good things come out of Ghana because of the great country's willingness to assimilate things that will help her to grow.
Reggie did all he could to sustain Hiplife
Was looking forward to watching Obrafour and Lord Kanye in this documentary.
Love it, from Kenya 🇰🇪
I LOVE Ghana's old music. The Soul of it all is SO undeniable 💪🏽💯🎶🎶🎶💗💗💗💗💗🖤🖤🖤 💝💝💝💝💝💝
My dear Ghanaian youth, let's revisit our past for the good high and hiplife we need to move to the future.
SANKOFA!!
Reggie Rockstone...the OG!!!!!
I like this.. This is progress for Ghanaians, going back to embrace their natural heritage instead of making ridiculous claims about afrobeats.. If you push your hiplife, Nigerians push their afrobeats and South African amapiano and there are collaborations with one another. Africa can take over the global music industry instead of bickering over who started what..
I don’t even know the reason why we are claiming afrobeat to be ours while we need to promote our own 😢
@@quekuweapons6803exactly.
The best among the best HIPLIFE & HILIFE
This is a beautiful documentary. Every African must watch this
Great piece... nostalgic but awakening 💯💯🇬🇭
love this!!
I love this documentary tell the Ghana story in the music industry. Big ups BBC
We need a part 2 of this .. this was insightful
The root of every Ghanaian music is Hilife. Hiplife is the fusion of hilife and hiphop. Before hiplife, our legends like Osibisa band, Nana Ampofo Agyei, Adofo, Nana Ampadu, etc, have been making timeless classics. The bedrock of African (Ghanaian) music is HILIFE.
Osibisa musical groups are not Ghanaians only, they have other Africans in the group.
@@seyionasanya1584 but they are mostly Ghana just a few foreigners. You can research
@@KwamenaMJ Because of the few Africans in the group, that confirmed their not Ghanaian only musical group.
@@seyionasanya1584 This one too nigerians wan claim ?? Ei you guys are so delusional 🤣
@@tankastv1855 Nigerians don’t claim what isn’t belong to them, it’s only some Ghanaian who always claim other people achievements. Check your facts,Osibisa musical group comprises other Africans, so give those other Africans their credit too.
Thanks to Akwesi Sarpong and the BBC for this masterpiece of a documentary. Let the world know Hi-life is the root of African music.
Great work. Can’t wait to watch the next episode
Wakeup call for Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and Shattawale, not a single mention. This shows there are waay more than 3 stakeholders in the industry. Wakeup guys, unity is better.
Mahoney P is the originator of hiplife. I first watch his performance at the GBC weekend rendezvous in 1990.
Not true lol Mahoney called his music hi life and it is written on his cover clearly! HI LIFE IN GANGSTERDAM ( google it )
God blessed Ghana 🇬🇭 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
Beautiful piece.
More of such to highlight HIPLIFE
me was like why this Documentary so short then realized it actually almost 30min😅 Hiplife has always played a huge role in the success of afro beats today! ❤
Your hiplife no play any fucking big role in Afrobeat. This una self put put no be am.
Keep dreaming
beautiful
I kept laughing and smiling throughout because the world needed to see this , Hipplife has always been a music genre in Ghana, people know about Afrobeat and they have to know this genre (Hipplife) too.
So finally Ghanaians are embracing thier own what they actually created (hiplife)so why they claiming that afrobeat started from there not nigeria ,fela is the originator of afrobeat..🇳🇬🇳🇬 we are the world.
Absolutely bro, this documentary is just in time to do the damage control on how Stonebwouy went to the Break Fast Club in America and lied to the world about Ghanain music
@@robinsonadugbo6396 We don't just say afrobeat originated from Ghana for saying sake. Since we all started listening to afrobeat,we all can testify there's always a basic sound of highlife that gets the beat moving. Highlife hss been the foundation of afrobeats and that genre called highlife was founded in Gh.
@@davidasante1139 pure lies my friend. So you think nigeria don't have our won highlife music?, maybe you should ask about the Igbo's in nigeria! Igbo's has been doing highlife music for ages. I'm shock to see Ghanaian claiming Afrobeat because of the success we have attained by it. I remember vividly when your radio and broadcasting Media houses were bashing those Ghanaian musicians sounding like nigeria and doing Afrobeat music(kelvinboy) a perfect example , Ghanaian were bashing him sake of he's doing nigeria style of music which the Afrobeat. not Even after your own music legend(ebo taylor) have stated categorically clear that fela started Afrobeat and popularize it ? The perosn Ghanaians claim who taught Fela .
Ghanaian you people are just too funny ,keep crying over Afrobeat while nigerian keep dominating and getting all the Awards
Do you care for the interview link?
@@davidasante1139 my friend so it will be correct if I say highlife music is not found in Ghana because from one of the correspondence stated that the music came from brought to Ghana by West Indians soldiers which was originally know as palmwine music originally from Liberia. stated in this documentary.
Let's goooo🇬🇭
Hiplife is the best thing that happened to Ghana music after highlife but unfortunately we couldn’t protect it and now the rest is history.
This is a beautiful and very educative documentary by #BBC AFRICA. This is a masterpiece I'll recommend for the Break Fast Club crew to watch. After watching they'll be well educated and also well informed. They'll know that their recent guest who claimed he comes from Ghana🇬🇭Isn't really a true Ghanain. Because he's lost his identity as one.
This is very short. Beautiful documentary ❤
Reggie is a Legend 🐐
Ghana has hip life, high life,reaggae ,afrobeat
Ghana 🇬🇭 have always been the originators in music ,🇬🇭👌🏾🇬🇭👌🏾👌🏾🇬🇭👌🏾🇬🇭👌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥
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No u guys don’t get no culture that’s why u claiming a culture that has nothing to do with u all
@@ezrabrhane450 we thought u African culture ,we will lead u to the root of our African heritage nobody stands close to us and u already now ,Nigeria will forever keep taking notes from Ghana 🇬🇭, Nigeria is not yet a country
@@africanzone2646 bruh what heritage do u all have? U all got 1000s different tribes that can’t even live side by side let alone common culture
@@ezrabrhane450 shove your dirty tribalism up your throat ,we Ghanaians are more civilized and smart than u guys , u are not close to us in anyway
This document is long overdue. The world had to hear this. Love ❤ to all Ghanaians across the globe. God bless our homeland Ghana🙏
But the GENRE is dead ..
What Highlife music do you want the world to hear??
wow such a brilliant project.. carefully put together...
Love this. Great job Mr Sarpong😍😍😍😍
Ubarikiwe..
Hip-Life will NEVER die. We have so many legends that have carried the sound to the world!
I really enjoy these documentaries
He journey of this doc with literal #AfricanStreets #takemehome 🌈🤎🥁✅️ 🇬🇭
Me,I'm just 🇿🇦
Ghana got it 🔥🔥🔥🇬🇭🇬🇭
I love this piece 🪁💕
Nice doc chale real history is told here 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ghana to the world
It was nice to see this. Well done. 🇳🇬🇬🇭
Amazing documentary 👏
After Reggie debut album Makaa Maka was released there was another album called Pae Mu Ka which had the biggest impact in the Hiplife genre and has influenced many hiplife artists in Ghana and also Hammer Of The Las Two influences in Gh rap is massive, hiplife is dead because these generations don’t steady much of the culture, what they know is Trap and Drill they don’t know much about their culture except few. Hiplife is the greatest genre I ever heard
Exactly! So many important names and stories were left out, It almost makes me feel like they had an agenda and wanted to push a certain narrative.
@@paakowgoode1273 This is not a actually hiplife documentary
ZAPP MALLET was behind it all. He was the sound behind Reggie’s album.
Am happy to see this
Fact is GHANA is the root source of AFROBEATS. And HIP LIFE is the biggest influence on contemporary Ghanaian music
If it makes you happy, take it.
I am Ghanaian and I ask have u heard of Fela Kuti
The modern Afrobeat is just Highlife In English.
@@SouthwardTwist I don't think you're Ghanaian cos you'd have known that Okukuseku brought Fela to Ghana when Highlife has already been existence for decades.
@@zigibeat3689, mostly African countries plays high life specially in Western Africa, highlife music ,is not only Ghanaian things
I got all these songs... I love them ... Rockstone ❤️❤️❤️
As a hip hop head in Junior high school in Morning Star ,Cantonments when Reggie dropped “keep your eyes on the road” ,I was like omg we here
Eno is fire❤️🔥💥
Ghana the Eye of Africa
Love this, but I was surprised to not here Bolie or VIP! Those were the artists that introduced me to Ghana’s sound!
They were quiet influential to the growth of hiplife especially VIP, however, these are the pioneers, I wouldn't mention Bolie because he only released just one popular song.
Eno point of correction if mzbel is the grandmother then Abrewa nana is the great grandmother of hiplife
Abrewa nana was doing raga/dancehall!
@@kofisam4106 i know she could ragga n shit but she was not a dancehall artist she was a hiplife musician. Keep that in mind.
Reggie Rockstone in the cut🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Hiplife and most old genres of music used to talk about African Culture and Motivations but look at today, it turns out to 85% of love music all over. After Reggie the old Gee comes M.anifest.
I cracked up when Reggie went like "I gat an Uncle that look like Puff Daddy"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ghana always have it.
Dope documentary
Documentary won't cut it, make good. Music with hiplife it will sell it more than this Docu... Afrobeats needs no Docu introduction...
Enjoyment and Entertainment Ministers Nkoaaa in UMUOFIA Kingdom 🇬🇭😂😄😄
God bless our homeland Ghana and make her great and strong.👏💪😊
#GhanaIsOriginal🇬🇭
FINALLY THE TRUTH IS HERE🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'm so glad Eno is in this documentary,I'm so proud of her but they have added Abrewa Nana,she was the only female rapper in her time
I wanted to see Obrafour, Lord Kenya and Sarkodie in it. A good documentary nonetheless. ❤️🇬🇭
Imo when hiplife moved away from the heavy hiphop influences when Jay q type beats took over is what made Ghana music pop.
I don't know what Jay Q is still doing outside Ghana bro ... This is the time Ghana needs his service but it seem like he has already given up on music in Ghana 🤦🏿
Nice documentary
Grt HISTORY ❤️
Obrafuor and Tinny could have added their voices to this HipLife Documentary....Everything else on point.
So basically Hiplife is the fusion of Ghana highlife traditional music and hiphop(FBA music) 🎶🎶
Hiplife is still the 'ish'
They should have given a honorable mention to Lord Kenya as well, hes one of the biggest rap starts that came through in he mid to late 90s in Ghana
Nice one
Ghana 🕊️
So if hip life really gave birth to afrobeat why are fighting Nigeria over our child
Let’s focus on it and promote our own that is where we belongs to hip life for all 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭
There's nothing like HipLife, it's just a straightforward appropriation of the American Rap and Hipop styles.
Hip life/Rap in GH without mentioning Okumf) Kwaadee, Obrafour, Okyeame Kwame, Kwaw Kese, Sarkodie and among others, this is an incomplete work.
You are not serious
@@kobbyjnr7597 he is truly not serious hahaha.
I agree
The problem with us Ghanaians, is that, we don't know how to nurture a good thing. The moment we see someone doing something else and it's trending, we abandon our own and switch to theirs. The rise of Afro-Pop is a clear example. When Nigerians took it up and the likes of P Square, TuFace etc started creating a buzz with it, we stopped doing Hiplife and stated doing Afro-Pop. You even saw Hiplife Artists doing Afro-Pop, simply because they wanted to stay relevant. And I don't blame them. Times change and we need to adapt or be left behind.
My problem is how we abandon our own farm when we see someone doing something else and succeeding, instead of improving and promoting what we already have, just to go and beg for crops from their farm.
Artists like Kidi and Kwame Eugene shouldn't even say they are influenced by Hiplife music. These guys are just a by-product of Afro-Pop not Hiplife.
Every couple of years, a true Hiplife protege springs up and then it's crushed for lack of support. Last year it was Asaka...these Kumerican boys brought life back to Hiplife but what did the media and the populace do about it? 🤷🏾♂️
I think Prof. John Collins contribution would have further enriched the discussion as he's the go to on anything Ghanaian/African Music. Nonetheless great documentary 🔥🔥
What's his opinion on origins of afrobeat(s)?
HipLiife and Afrobeats
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how is sarkodie not in this documentary, I think he as contributed greatly to the success of Ghanaian music. I hope this is a series and we will get to see all the other guys who contributed. VIP, okomfor Kwadee, Obrafour, Obour, Okyeame Kwame, Praye, Wutah, Tinny, Kontihene, Edem, 4x4, BukBak, Lord Kenya, Sydney, Tic Tac,Mad Fish, etc
Here they are ooo our people never happy for others .. shatta wale do collab o why ddnt they add sark , sark do collab o why ddnt the add shatta.. why can’t we just be happy for others, nobody can take away sark’s role in hiplife but he is just one man he can’t do everything!!some can say why ddnt they add Obrafour cos without him there won’t b sark etc.. let’s just take this as a start of us telling our story.. if you believe in your narrative soo much my guy you also can go do yours with your narrative it’s all allowed chale.. this isn’t about bigging up contributors, it’s just telling a story from a Sankofa perspective
@@nenekubi5932 well said Kubi
Gyimii saa kwa. There are many artists that are not in it. This is not time to set any agenda. W’agyimi dodo. Look at the bigger picture, you fool.
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The big question to ask is were they invited? If they were did they have time to be on set?
Nice documentary but I was expecting to see King Sark on it because he is part of Ghana's music legacy. But still!!! 👍👍👍💯✅
Tweaaaakaaaiiii,even guru is better than sarkodie
Manifest, such an intelligent person..
Greatest job but the documentary is incomplete because there a lot of personalities and artists who were supposed to featured in it but we didn’t see them in it I think the producers should do part and even part to bring all those guys who matters in history of hip life to make it complete
This is usss… the is Ghana❤🇬🇭🇬🇭
Abrewa Nana is the Grand mother of Hip Life IMO!
She prefered to be seen as a dancehall artist instead
Dope
Juls, is that one artist that has kept HIPLIFE authentic.
You’re right
Aw😢❤
Eno was smart in acknowledging Mzbel...smart one der
We have been there we have done that, the sad part is we don't own it, and leave it out there to be taken, that has been our story in Ghana.
Go to musiga bro ... No proper documentation
I like that he made the point to state that High-life did not originate in Ghana. Ghanaians added more African rhythms into it. Nigerians, Congolese, Liberians etc.. have their own indigenous High-life music. When Afro Caribbean and Afro West Indian rhythm merged with Continental Africa. New forms of music emerged.
Ghana on the map
Nobody can write a history in ghana without Denkyira kingdom, so nobody can also write a hip-life music without Ambuley and Grand-Papa Rockstone. Even listing to the vocabulary of the ghanaian artists during their verious interviews but have realized that's not what the world is waiting to hear. Congratulations guys, GoGh.
Stup?d comment ever!!😂
@@kofisam4106 You can't hide the truth for you confuse bro, 😃
Will BBC or any other station narrate the evolution of modern Ghana music and parallel that similar to evolution of modern Nigeria music. That will be a very interesting narrative and quite revealing...my $0.02