Showing posts with label Ghana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ghana. Show all posts

Sunday, 17 February 2013

Ofori Amponsah [Mr All 4 Real] - She Nika (Westide Entertainment, TC, Ghana, 2007)





The only thing bigger than Highlife in Ghana is Hiplife, and Afori "Mr All 4 Real" Amponsah was top of the pile back in 2008.  

Asked why he has released another album when songs on his award winning Otoolege are still enjoying massive airplay, he said “Trust me I can afford to release every six months by God's grace, mine is a God-given talent so there is no limit to what I can do.”

There's typos in the track listing, the order is different on the cover, and a strange extra track too.  Nothing unusual probably.  The typo in the warning also gives a vague sense the watermark claim may not be 'all 4 real'.  


But why pick holes..?  More importantly!

Sensational Ghanaian musician Ofori Amponsah aka All 4 Real, has said he is now a born-again, spirit-filled, tongue-speaking, heaven-bound Christian and has actually formed his own church, the Family of Faith and Love Ministries where he ministers every Sunday.

Kwame Nkrumah / Jewel Ackah - Safari And Classical Highlifes Yeredi Awu (Pan African Records PAR 001, LP, Ghana, 1981)




If this is an official release then someone in the Ghana Music Industry Office is officially recording them direct from a scratchy record onto a wobbly recorder.  It came from a street stall in Accra. 

Kwame Nkrumah A Veteran Guitarist Of Ghana, Who Has Been Staying In The United States Of America For the Past 15 Years Was On Visit To His Home Country Recently.

Kwame Counting On His experience While Playing The Stargazer Band, Dr K. Gyasi's Noble Kings, And His Own High Class Diamonds Band, African Rhythm Is Always On His Mind.

He Was Convinced That His Fans Have Waited For So Long. Safari And Classical Highlifes Sang Beautifully By Jewel Ackah, The Vocalist Of The Year.
James Kwadwo Kwarteng

There's currently an original LP available to buy here on Discogs
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There are four tracks on side B, but only three stated, so no idea what's going on there, or if the track tags are correct.


Four bonus shop signs: