hiplife

n. a musical genre from Ghana which combines elements of American-style hip-hop and the Ghanaian pop genre known as highlife. Subjects: English, Ghana, Entertainment, Hip-Hop, Music

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Citations: 1999 Elena Oumano Billboard (Mar. 6) “Fusion-Based Hiplife Genre Invigorates Ghana”: In hiplife, hip-hop beats fuse with raps in any of Ghana’s many languages or English-language raps ride beats that incorporate elements of highlife, Ghana’s indigenous pop style. 1999 Joyce Mensah @ Accra Ghanaian Chronicle (Oct. 22) “Hip-Life Music awards”: Hip-life music has been the main dominant rhythm in our music industry; hardly a day passes by without radio stations blaring them on air. This is because the “westernised” youth who form the majority of our population are madly in love with it since it presents them free style and a break. This has indirectly led to the proliferation of hip-life music youth groups like Buk-Bak, Nananom, VIP, Sas Squard, and individuals, such as Reggie Rockstone, Nana King, Ex-Doe, are “idolised’ by the youth. 2004 Omar Dubois Ghana Music.com (July 26) “Hiplife: A New Dawn; A New Day”: Hiplife was almost solely the brainchild of Reginald “Reggie Rockstone” Osei. Memory lane: Whilst we were both in Accra from London on Christmas holidays in 1994, I vividly recollect meeting Reggie at a friend’s place and hearing him rap in Twi. I was quite taken aback, for I’d never heard it done before—and it was effortlessly good. “I’m not new to this rap thing,” hiplife’s founding father—who also coined the genre’s name—tells me almost nine years later.

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I listen to Hiplife music . I love the vibes . I love the fussion of hilife into it . I will advice artiste to make sure the spanish guitar style usually heard in hilife music is not left out in their hiplife works.That guitar ( Palmwine ) style is what makes hilife special, so it must not be left out at all. It is unique

by ABUSCO - T (GHANAIAN) 08 Nov 07, 0229 GMT