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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  • @MrLoxygen
    @MrLoxygen ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Reggie said..”we dropped the soap”… “they’re baking the cake and we’re begging for a slice” i felt that

    • @charlesakhimienmhonan2175
      @charlesakhimienmhonan2175 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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!

    • @KwamenaMJ
      @KwamenaMJ ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@charlesakhimienmhonan2175 Ghana did not teach Nigeria Afrobeat. But Ghana had highlife since the 20’s. Do a research on the origins of highlife.

    • @charlesakhimienmhonan2175
      @charlesakhimienmhonan2175 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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 .

    • @KwamenaMJ
      @KwamenaMJ ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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.

  • @nanaaraj
    @nanaaraj ปีที่แล้ว +23

    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. 👍🏾

    • @ekenesamuel9004
      @ekenesamuel9004 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They did documentary on Hiplife but you're commenting about Afrobeats 😂😂😂😂
      Ghana 😂😂😂

    • @jerrywood6869
      @jerrywood6869 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ekenesamuel9004That's how delusional Ghanians are..

    • @Ndane-gl7vh
      @Ndane-gl7vh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ghana does not do afrobeat they do america twi translated rap and dancehall(

  • @gabriellaglover7078
    @gabriellaglover7078 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Am proud Ghanaian 🇬🇭 ❤❤❤❤

  • @Crowned-Qwesi
    @Crowned-Qwesi ปีที่แล้ว +36

    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. 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭❤️❤️

  • @rockline6114
    @rockline6114 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    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

    • @danielgadrien6712
      @danielgadrien6712 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Very true! Abrewa Nana came before Mzbel i think. She did her thing back then.

    • @niiayi1475
      @niiayi1475 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Definitely i was like where them all dey cuz chaley them too dey

    • @akosuaanima4448
      @akosuaanima4448 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gosh...good ol' days they were.. Tinny was killing it back then..

  • @kojoemma
    @kojoemma ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Someone please sign Eno Barony to a record label 🙏 🤲 she's fire 🔥

  • @chrismontana2187
    @chrismontana2187 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    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.

  • @sheenaking1004
    @sheenaking1004 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I LOVE Ghana's old music. The Soul of it all is SO undeniable 💪🏽💯🎶🎶🎶💗💗💗💗💗🖤🖤🖤 💝💝💝💝💝💝

  • @panafrican.nation
    @panafrican.nation ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Love it, from Kenya 🇰🇪

  • @ekowvilasmens
    @ekowvilasmens ปีที่แล้ว +15

    My dear Ghanaian youth, let's revisit our past for the good high and hiplife we need to move to the future.
    SANKOFA!!

  • @mklivenews
    @mklivenews ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Was looking forward to watching Obrafour and Lord Kanye in this documentary.

  • @BrA_KwAmE
    @BrA_KwAmE ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Reggie did all he could to sustain Hiplife

  • @hillcrestprofessionalservi3502
    @hillcrestprofessionalservi3502 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    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..

    • @quekuweapons6803
      @quekuweapons6803 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I don’t even know the reason why we are claiming afrobeat to be ours while we need to promote our own 😢

    • @ekenesamuel9004
      @ekenesamuel9004 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@quekuweapons6803exactly.

  • @NanookiePookie
    @NanookiePookie ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Reggie Rockstone...the OG!!!!!

  • @kaykhej5601
    @kaykhej5601 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    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.

    • @seyionasanya1584
      @seyionasanya1584 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Osibisa musical groups are not Ghanaians only, they have other Africans in the group.

    • @KwamenaMJ
      @KwamenaMJ ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@seyionasanya1584 but they are mostly Ghana just a few foreigners. You can research

    • @seyionasanya1584
      @seyionasanya1584 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@KwamenaMJ Because of the few Africans in the group, that confirmed their not Ghanaian only musical group.

    • @tankastv1855
      @tankastv1855 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@seyionasanya1584 This one too nigerians wan claim ?? Ei you guys are so delusional 🤣

    • @seyionasanya1584
      @seyionasanya1584 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@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.

  • @stevenfiifikoomson133
    @stevenfiifikoomson133 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    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.

    • @robinsonadugbo6396
      @robinsonadugbo6396 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @MagicRomario
      @MagicRomario ปีที่แล้ว

      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

    • @davidasante1139
      @davidasante1139 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@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.

    • @robinsonadugbo6396
      @robinsonadugbo6396 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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?

    • @robinsonadugbo6396
      @robinsonadugbo6396 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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.

  • @spykos4u
    @spykos4u ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The best among the best HIPLIFE & HILIFE

  • @stickstherapper
    @stickstherapper ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great piece... nostalgic but awakening 💯💯🇬🇭

  • @addofrancis8645
    @addofrancis8645 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I love this documentary tell the Ghana story in the music industry. Big ups BBC

  • @kojomafoh1807
    @kojomafoh1807 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Mahoney P is the originator of hiplife. I first watch his performance at the GBC weekend rendezvous in 1990.

    • @rockzillawaakyeflo
      @rockzillawaakyeflo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Not true lol Mahoney called his music hi life and it is written on his cover clearly! HI LIFE IN GANGSTERDAM ( google it )

  • @Virtual_Cadence
    @Virtual_Cadence ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This document is long overdue. The world had to hear this. Love ❤ to all Ghanaians across the globe. God bless our homeland Ghana🙏

    • @mrandre561
      @mrandre561 ปีที่แล้ว

      But the GENRE is dead ..
      What Highlife music do you want the world to hear??

  • @TheDivagirl12
    @TheDivagirl12 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    love this!!

  • @stevejay4817
    @stevejay4817 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a beautiful documentary. Every African must watch this

  • @samuelsmartz1082
    @samuelsmartz1082 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    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! ❤

    • @robinsonadugbo6396
      @robinsonadugbo6396 ปีที่แล้ว

      Your hiplife no play any fucking big role in Afrobeat. This una self put put no be am.

    • @godsanointed3397
      @godsanointed3397 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Keep dreaming

  • @carlgyim7752
    @carlgyim7752 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We need a part 2 of this .. this was insightful

  • @petersola7975
    @petersola7975 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ghana has hip life, high life,reaggae ,afrobeat

  • @josephnifandam1161
    @josephnifandam1161 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @bighomie7968
    @bighomie7968 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    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

    • @paakowgoode1273
      @paakowgoode1273 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @bighomie7968
      @bighomie7968 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@paakowgoode1273 This is not a actually hiplife documentary

    • @tyangyang2762
      @tyangyang2762 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ZAPP MALLET was behind it all. He was the sound behind Reggie’s album.

  • @AfroTrendTV
    @AfroTrendTV ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Fact is GHANA is the root source of AFROBEATS. And HIP LIFE is the biggest influence on contemporary Ghanaian music

    • @ekenesamuel9004
      @ekenesamuel9004 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      If it makes you happy, take it.

    • @SouthwardTwist
      @SouthwardTwist ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I am Ghanaian and I ask have u heard of Fela Kuti

    • @zigibeat3689
      @zigibeat3689 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The modern Afrobeat is just Highlife In English.

    • @zigibeat3689
      @zigibeat3689 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@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.

    • @samokoye2249
      @samokoye2249 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@zigibeat3689, mostly African countries plays high life specially in Western Africa, highlife music ,is not only Ghanaian things

  • @zoeliciouslee4154
    @zoeliciouslee4154 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He journey of this doc with literal #AfricanStreets #takemehome 🌈🤎🥁✅️ 🇬🇭
    Me,I'm just 🇿🇦

  • @godfredowusu
    @godfredowusu ปีที่แล้ว +8

    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.

  • @solomonadjorlolo7690
    @solomonadjorlolo7690 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    God blessed Ghana 🇬🇭 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

  • @Dhoppy
    @Dhoppy ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Reggie is a Legend 🐐

  • @abdoul2465
    @abdoul2465 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is very short. Beautiful documentary ❤

  • @Kojodee2244
    @Kojodee2244 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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.

  • @chincity
    @chincity ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love this, but I was surprised to not here Bolie or VIP! Those were the artists that introduced me to Ghana’s sound!

    • @erechasante3430
      @erechasante3430 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

  • @africanzone2646
    @africanzone2646 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Ghana 🇬🇭 have always been the originators in music ,🇬🇭👌🏾🇬🇭👌🏾👌🏾🇬🇭👌🏾🇬🇭👌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @ngoziiroh3001
      @ngoziiroh3001 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ezrabrhane450
      @ezrabrhane450 ปีที่แล้ว

      No u guys don’t get no culture that’s why u claiming a culture that has nothing to do with u all

    • @africanzone2646
      @africanzone2646 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@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

    • @ezrabrhane450
      @ezrabrhane450 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

    • @africanzone2646
      @africanzone2646 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@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

  • @MagicRomario
    @MagicRomario ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @paakowgoode1273
    @paakowgoode1273 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    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

    • @nenekubi5932
      @nenekubi5932 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      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

    • @Papayaw856
      @Papayaw856 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@nenekubi5932 well said Kubi

    • @decoratellc2711
      @decoratellc2711 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @EnochKNsiah
      @EnochKNsiah ปีที่แล้ว

      💯

    • @topicoflife
      @topicoflife ปีที่แล้ว

      The big question to ask is were they invited? If they were did they have time to be on set?

  • @edmundkom-zuta5994
    @edmundkom-zuta5994 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I cracked up when Reggie went like "I gat an Uncle that look like Puff Daddy"🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @asanteakan70
    @asanteakan70 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Imo when hiplife moved away from the heavy hiphop influences when Jay q type beats took over is what made Ghana music pop.

    • @tankastv1855
      @tankastv1855 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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 🤦🏿

  • @JoJo-cg1oc
    @JoJo-cg1oc ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great work. Can’t wait to watch the next episode

  • @djjaysmoke
    @djjaysmoke ปีที่แล้ว +4

    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? 🤷🏾‍♂️

  • @bankoleoladimeji374
    @bankoleoladimeji374 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Documentary won't cut it, make good. Music with hiplife it will sell it more than this Docu... Afrobeats needs no Docu introduction...

  • @zenacen2669
    @zenacen2669 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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

  • @kofiugin2735
    @kofiugin2735 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Beautiful piece.
    More of such to highlight HIPLIFE

  • @justgidz
    @justgidz ปีที่แล้ว

    Hip-Life will NEVER die. We have so many legends that have carried the sound to the world!

  • @trilloclock3449
    @trilloclock3449 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Let's goooo🇬🇭

  • @obaaefya3841
    @obaaefya3841 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @3-SonsVFarms
    @3-SonsVFarms ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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.

  • @ustag88media
    @ustag88media ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Enjoyment and Entertainment Ministers Nkoaaa in UMUOFIA Kingdom 🇬🇭😂😄😄
    God bless our homeland Ghana and make her great and strong.👏💪😊
    #GhanaIsOriginal🇬🇭

  • @voltadailytv4904
    @voltadailytv4904 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ghana got it 🔥🔥🔥🇬🇭🇬🇭

  • @solomonadjorlolo7690
    @solomonadjorlolo7690 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ghana to the world

  • @danielchukwu4212
    @danielchukwu4212 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There's nothing like HipLife, it's just a straightforward appropriation of the American Rap and Hipop styles.

  • @EliGovernor
    @EliGovernor ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow such a brilliant project.. carefully put together...

  • @Crowned-Qwesi
    @Crowned-Qwesi ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wanted to see Obrafour, Lord Kenya and Sarkodie in it. A good documentary nonetheless. ❤️🇬🇭

  • @EnochKNsiah
    @EnochKNsiah ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Dude this documentary isn’t accurate to the current culture of rap in Ghana but the info about the history of Hip Life is very insightful. Also, how’s Kidi and Kwame Eugene in this? Where are the new age rappers? Hip Life is in effect Ghana’s version of Hip Hop and rap is it’s core. The Kumerican movement should have been featured in this.

    • @okokok7730
      @okokok7730 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Does Asakaa sound hip life to u?

    • @justice_tetteh_arts
      @justice_tetteh_arts ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@okokok7730 ask him for me.....

    • @stevejay4817
      @stevejay4817 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Asakaa is drill influenced plus its not hiplife. Asakaaa on its own stands out as a GENRE. Please note

    • @EnochKNsiah
      @EnochKNsiah ปีที่แล้ว

      @@stevejay4817 12:08-12:15 Thanks for the deep insight though. I still say tomato/ tomato... ✌🏽

    • @xhibitplus
      @xhibitplus ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Also Abrewa Nana was rapping before MZbel

  • @123works
    @123works ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Abrewa Nana is the Grand mother of Hip Life IMO!

    • @erechasante3430
      @erechasante3430 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She prefered to be seen as a dancehall artist instead

  • @cooljaybigdawg3772
    @cooljaybigdawg3772 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    BBC you should have added a piece from the Ga land....Gamashi music...it's a vibe

  • @quekuweapons6803
    @quekuweapons6803 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

  • @joyerzah-gyamfi3257
    @joyerzah-gyamfi3257 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Hip life/Rap in GH without mentioning Okumf) Kwaadee, Obrafour, Okyeame Kwame, Kwaw Kese, Sarkodie and among others, this is an incomplete work.

  • @stylecheckbydee
    @stylecheckbydee ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this. Great job Mr Sarpong😍😍😍😍

  • @princeayoko
    @princeayoko ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Even though Regie Rockstone contributed to hip life music in Ghana, he seem more Americanize and Westernniize
    I will always give credits to Obrafour, Tic tac, Black Stone, Kkc , Okomfour Kwadea, Edem, On On Obour, Abriwa Nana, Miz Bell, Castro, Akakyea, Buk Bak, Praye, Oman Hene Pozo, Sarkodie, Guru, Bradez, Kk Fosu, Kwaw Kese, Dogo, Kwaata, Vip, more to mention but that's ok for now
    God bless Mama Ghana 🇬🇭 music
    We come from far
    Ghana got talents

    • @Worla
      @Worla ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Give Rockstone his flowers, don’t Westernise him. Everything starts from somewhere and upgrades

    • @rodneyspear9563
      @rodneyspear9563 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Prince Ayoko what you've written is null and void for not writing Akyeame Lord Kenya and Mensa. And Reggie's Westernization is what made the whole gerne solid because he did most of that in vanacular. Go listen to "Makaa Maka" you will know that is more of a Ghanaian tradition..

    • @takyiakuffu
      @takyiakuffu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Reggie decided to rap in twi
      The rest is history
      He didn't contribute he created it

  • @lennoxadu463
    @lennoxadu463 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Eno point of correction if mzbel is the grandmother then Abrewa nana is the great grandmother of hiplife

    • @kofisam4106
      @kofisam4106 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Abrewa nana was doing raga/dancehall!

    • @lennoxadu463
      @lennoxadu463 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kofisam4106 i know she could ragga n shit but she was not a dancehall artist she was a hiplife musician. Keep that in mind.

  • @gilberttakyi3265
    @gilberttakyi3265 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    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

  • @letsvibegh5557
    @letsvibegh5557 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    beautiful

  • @jibril2950
    @jibril2950 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Eno is fire❤️‍🔥💥

  • @cyelgreen4655
    @cyelgreen4655 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    HipLiife and Afrobeats

  • @POBoxAfrica
    @POBoxAfrica ปีที่แล้ว +16

    This is What Ghana should be promoting and stop trying to claim Afrobeats/Afrobeat which is the invention of Nigerians

    • @flavorsofthecontinent7195
      @flavorsofthecontinent7195 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Afrobeats has major influence from Ghanaian highlife music tho

    • @eugenestrilchuk3817
      @eugenestrilchuk3817 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ghanaian don't give respect to Reggie, most especially those small small local champ and that is why they are where they were today. This Legend have a song with 2BABA BENNIE MAN Ghanaian go soon learn lesson leave them make them no celebrate their own na Afrobeat dey won dey drag up and down

    • @kissphamous5451
      @kissphamous5451 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most Nigerians would come to hate nothing that concerns them.

    • @marony3529
      @marony3529 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@flavorsofthecontinent7195 Stop seeking unnecessary relevance through Afrobeat. Upgrade and refine hiplife and Highlife.

    • @augarthur
      @augarthur ปีที่แล้ว

      Then Stop playing amapiano. If amapiano is south african. Sheygey

  • @solomonjedidiah3541
    @solomonjedidiah3541 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Obrafuor and Tinny could have added their voices to this HipLife Documentary....Everything else on point.

  • @excutsdaily7335
    @excutsdaily7335 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    And Ghana is the originator of Afrobeat. Even Fela Kuti admitted it.

    • @montannamontanna4408
      @montannamontanna4408 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Massa Massa that’s not wat is being discussed here.

    • @excutsdaily7335
      @excutsdaily7335 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@montannamontanna4408 wo di3 s3 jon

    • @ngoziiroh3001
      @ngoziiroh3001 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Are you taking about ghana fela or which Fela admitted it. Even your legend Ebo taylor who was fela's friend confirmed that Fela is the originator of Afrobeat.

    • @ekenesamuel9004
      @ekenesamuel9004 ปีที่แล้ว

      Charley, just dey play. Ashanti Fela abi?

    • @aduseirichard8487
      @aduseirichard8487 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ngoziiroh3001 bro come to the think of it fela name his genre afro beat but it was more of African jazz music. The current afro beat is different from fela music just he called it afro beat but it was African jazz music

  • @MrSivram28
    @MrSivram28 ปีที่แล้ว

    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.

  • @Alek_El
    @Alek_El ปีที่แล้ว +3

    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 🔥🔥

    • @markntiri8251
      @markntiri8251 ปีที่แล้ว

      What's his opinion on origins of afrobeat(s)?

  • @aaronprempeh2803
    @aaronprempeh2803 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Reggie Rockstone in the cut🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

  • @eline.m2186
    @eline.m2186 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Amapiano 🇿🇦, Hiplife 🇬🇭, Afrobeats 🇳🇬...am I missing any other music genres from the AF continent?

    • @kissphamous5451
      @kissphamous5451 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Afrobeats is not only Nigeria

    • @Alice-oq3zy
      @Alice-oq3zy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Rumba I’m Congolese (DRC)

    • @oluwatosinadebayo2111
      @oluwatosinadebayo2111 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kissphamous5451 your agenda is dead on arrival, don't display your stupidity

    • @ngoziiroh3001
      @ngoziiroh3001 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@kissphamous5451 rest, even your legend, Ebo Taylor has confirmed that afrobeat is from Nigeria.

    • @kissphamous5451
      @kissphamous5451 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@ngoziiroh3001 Ebo Taylor plays jazz with highlife listen to the legendary osibisa

  • @moviesandmusic3995
    @moviesandmusic3995 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ghana always have it.

  • @jeremiahuke3037
    @jeremiahuke3037 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Juls, is that one artist that has kept HIPLIFE authentic.

    • @Shadow-nz1dm
      @Shadow-nz1dm 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You’re right

  • @kewsiyehboah9514
    @kewsiyehboah9514 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ubarikiwe..

  • @kofisugar
    @kofisugar ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good to hv the grandpapa... But, no Sark, Obrafour and Lord kenya..! It's incomplete documentary.. ❤️🇬🇭❤️

    • @davekennedy2297
      @davekennedy2297 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most major players approached. Not all responded.

  • @worldupdate_001
    @worldupdate_001 ปีที่แล้ว

    I got all these songs... I love them ... Rockstone ❤️❤️❤️

  • @fistandpen2505
    @fistandpen2505 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Two different lanes: Ghana will always want to represent Ghana. And Nigeria will always want to represent Africa. From the Nigerian viewpoint, there is no rivalry because we're different fish in different ponds.

    • @tyrant6613
      @tyrant6613 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I noticed this, Ghana will only represent ghana, but Nigeria will represent all Africa

    • @ibnuseena5253
      @ibnuseena5253 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Every country have they own gener of music you people always wanted to create unnecessary beef what's wrong with someone presenting his culture Ghana have been father for Africa unity since Kwame Nkurmah time up to now

    • @myAfricanAffairs
      @myAfricanAffairs ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Where was Nigeria when Kwame Nkrumah was using Ghana’s money to fight for the independence of other African countries? Ignorance and ungratefulness is a disease.

    • @tyrant6613
      @tyrant6613 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@myAfricanAffairs Nigerians we’re at the beach sungazing, drinking beer and relaxing right?😂😂 you are just another Ghanaian with 0% historical knowledge about the continent, pick up your phone and google about the history of africa and you will see Nigeria pop up every now and then, I won’t waste my time lecturing a Ghanaian that only talks through his feelings rather than reading history

    • @ibnuseena5253
      @ibnuseena5253 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@myAfricanAffairs bro good bless you I don't know why some Nigerians are getting mad in Ghana issue always talking shit about what they don't know

  • @papajay6385
    @papajay6385 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is usss… the is Ghana❤🇬🇭🇬🇭

  • @godstimeagudu
    @godstimeagudu ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Ghana on the map

  • @samuelankrah322
    @samuelankrah322 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice documentary but I was expecting to see King Sark on it because he is part of Ghana's music legacy. But still!!! 👍👍👍💯✅

    • @nanakay121
      @nanakay121 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tweaaaakaaaiiii,even guru is better than sarkodie

  • @obinnambachu7631
    @obinnambachu7631 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was nice to see this. Well done. 🇳🇬🇬🇭

  • @kwadwogyan3530
    @kwadwogyan3530 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gasmilla is very underrated because if we are honest he’s the one who made Azonto popular, apart from Sarkodie. But you wouldn’t say Azonto originated from Gasmilla because it’s strictly a Ga genre from Asopko. This is exactly how it is when you say Fela is the originator of Afrobeats. But Afrobeats was originated from Ghanaian Highlife. It’s like coming to Ghana to see Kente and go back to your country and call it another name but same style.

  • @agona-piesieabankesieso7539
    @agona-piesieabankesieso7539 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

  • @onerolllyon2654
    @onerolllyon2654 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice doc chale real history is told here 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @africanzone2646
    @africanzone2646 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Ghana 🇬🇭 have birth afrobeat ,we have been the core originators 🇬🇭🔥✍️🔥🇬🇭🔥✍️🇬🇭🔥

    • @ekenesamuel9004
      @ekenesamuel9004 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fela is laughing.

    • @africanzone2646
      @africanzone2646 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ekenesamuel9004 fela was schooled in Ghana 🇬🇭,he came stayed in ghana 🇬🇭 go and u wonder why any of his kids don’t jump into you slow Nigerians that thinks fela originated afrobeat ,he made it popular to u Nigerians 🤦🏽‍♂️🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @africanzone2646
      @africanzone2646 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @JJ just like l said ,we are not having an argument with imitators,there is a reason why u are an imitator,but you will be off no equals to the originator .just be silence and take notes

    • @kabifest8897
      @kabifest8897 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@africanzone2646 as you are still looking for cultural identity,you Ghanaian will remain in Nigeria shadows for many years to come, anything afrobeats anywhere in the world is a Nigeria identity, trying to force yourself into afrobeats means you people will remain in Nigeria shadows forever.. Jamaicans aren't even up to 4m but the whole world couldn't take away their reggae and dancehall identity... Ghana have no music identity, highlife is Carribean,Cuba Calypso music , Dancehall is Jamaican music, afrobeats is Nigerian music, go to afrobeats charts all over the world , it's all Nigeria

    • @africanzone2646
      @africanzone2646 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kabifest8897 as u are still struggling to know your real African identity as a people when we lead and thought you slow illiterates the way to independence when a white political prostitute gave the place u lived in today Nigeria 🇳🇬,u are not a country it’s just a place people live ,we advised your fulani illiterates about accepting that name Nigeria 🇳🇬 but u never listened because no leader from that time till now have a vision with 210 million u still lack quality to have a vision .name one leader from your so called place that fought or stand for Africa ? Look u don’t want to play that game with me because Nigeria 🇳🇬 is still been run by British government that’s why u have your political office in London where your old men goes to

  • @dn2l
    @dn2l ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hiplife is still the 'ish'

  • @Letstalkwithsolomon
    @Letstalkwithsolomon ปีที่แล้ว

    Ghana the Eye of Africa

  • @TWUMKWAME5
    @TWUMKWAME5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    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.

    • @tankastv1855
      @tankastv1855 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go to musiga bro ... No proper documentation

  • @abodunrinabayomi8808
    @abodunrinabayomi8808 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Only Black Sheriff is doing modernized Hiplife! Distinct sound!

  • @darpi5217
    @darpi5217 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love this piece 🪁💕

  • @matchfitbyricardoadorthali3090
    @matchfitbyricardoadorthali3090 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really enjoy these documentaries

  • @rassave
    @rassave ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who invited manifest into this documentary, what locus does he have to speak on Ghana music is it a documentary on his music or hiplife

  • @eugenesagacious6308
    @eugenesagacious6308 ปีที่แล้ว

    FINALLY THE TRUTH IS HERE🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @gideonwoods8834
    @gideonwoods8834 ปีที่แล้ว

    So basically Hiplife is the fusion of Ghana highlife traditional music and hiphop(FBA music) 🎶🎶

  • @Uncle_Ken_Studio
    @Uncle_Ken_Studio ปีที่แล้ว

    Am happy to see this

  • @odopahene
    @odopahene ปีที่แล้ว

    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