There are lots of hiplife songs these days but majority are those that focus mainly on rhythm and beats for the dancing floor and so most of the lyrics are quite messy and you don’t even get to know exactly what they are driving at or the motivation behind the song.
There’s no good story to tell with a lot of mumbo jumbo on the track.
Aside all that has been said, we still have some artists who have very good stories to tell and are also creative with their lines. It is not easy to construct rap lines poetically and also follow the story judiciously.
When you focus so much on the rhymes, you are likely to be swayed off the story, which we’ve seen many hip-life rappers do. But there are some few who still run down their story with all the rhymes to the end and they also tell a very good story.
Today we wish to unveil 15 of such creative acts and songs. Come with us.
1. Obrafour – Aden
In this song, Obrafour creatively talks about the life Ghanaians go through everyday to make a living and he constructed his words so well he still managed to make them all rhyme and still put it in a well arranged story.
2. Cabum – Devil In My Temple
Cabum is one of the pioneers in this hip-life game and he has a lot of songs to his credit but one of his most creative songs so far is “Devil in my temple”. In this song, he talks about how musicians struggle to become famous or make hits by using voodoo.
He creatively comes up with two characters in the song, the devil and the musician where the devil was trying to convince the musician to come to him for powers if he wants to make a hit. The words are touching and really teaches a lot. He was able to beautifully construct nice rhymes that went well with the story-line.
3. Asem – Fylla
In 2010, Asem released a song titled “Fylla” where he managed to group all the information out there about musicians and the beefs between them into a nice piece of song. It was like an entertainment news. This song was one of the most creative songs ever done by the musician and it really went down well with Ghanaians. This motivated him to do more, though not bad but they weren’t as good as this one.
What makes it even better is the fact that he was able to rhyme it into a nice story.
4. Reggie Rockstone – Ye Bounce Wo Visa
In this creative song, Reggie talks about the challenges Ghanaians face at the Visa Office and continues to throw more light on the struggles they still have to go through even after acquiring the Visa. He did this in the form of a letter.
Aside the creativity in the song, he was also witty with the lyrics making it funny and it was one of the main reasons why most Ghanaians embraced the song. He didn’t also go off track with his rhymes, he clearly rhymed through it all and never missed the story-line.
5. M.anifest – Some Way Bi
M.anifest in this song talks about the struggle and hassle Ghanaians go through to put food on the table, the economy and how twisted it is but we still manage to entertain ourselves every Friday. He puts it in such a poetic way which makes it even more creative, not to talk about the Adowa beat which was mixed with hip hop instrumentation.
6. Asem – Dancehall King
Asem is well known for being creative with his songs and on this track, he talks about the beef between Samini and Shatta Wale. He creatively created two characters who happen to be fans of Samini and Shatta Wale and in a typical way Ghanaians debate about both artists, he made it into a song.
7. Obrafour – Kwame Nkrumah
In this masterpiece, Obrafour talked about the legendary Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana in well constructed lyrics on beats. Not only was he creative with the lyrics, the beat was also a masterpiece.
8. Okyeame Kwame – Sika
In this song, OK and Kesse did a very marvelous piece talking about money and the problems it brings. He was able to beautifully construct nice rhymes and still made his story clear. Aside being creative with this piece, it was also very touching and frankly the TRUTH.
9. Strongman – Obituary Announcement
This young man is well known for his creativity with his songs and one of them was a rap he did on radio, creating characters of commentators and actually using them in a rap.
Well he won the next big thing in Gh and continued to release more creative songs with funeral announcement being one of them. In this song, he talks about how obituaries are announced in Ghana and he creatively constructed the story with beautiful rhymes and he never missed the storyline.
10. Lord Kenya – Driver
In this lovely song, Lord Kenya did a marvelous job on road safety with well arranged rhymes that really got to the core of many on a well played beat. We believe that was really a creative job.
11. Samini – Gyae Hyi
Samini did a marvelous job on this one talking about drug abuse on a beat. It is one of his most creative songs so far.
12. Obour – Atentenben
On this track, Obour was very creative with the concept and it was the first of its kind and it also came with a very beautiful video to compliment it.
13. Okomfo – Kwadee
On this track Okomfo told a beautiful typical Ghanaian story with rhymes and it was very captivating. The song was a very creative song coming from someone who was releasing his first song at the time. It was never done before and it really caught up with many Ghanaians.
14. Reggie Rockstone – Mobile Phone
At the time that mobile phones were catching up with Ghanaians, Reggie Rockstone did a marvelous track on how the new invention is causing a lot of headaches and problems in relationships and homes. He was lyrically good and still managed to do a beautiful rhyme with the story on point.
15. Lord Kenya – POP
Lord Kenya was very creative with this song when he talked about men who are unable to approach women they desire. It was a nice tune.
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