Ghanaian or Nigerian music?

   I'm a big fan of good music. I listen to all kinds of msic from all over the world as long as its good. I love Ghanaian music too. Since i started listening to Nigerian music, I've come to the conclsion that they make the best music in Africa. I'm ghanaian and I'm supposed to be patriotic and all but lets face fact, Ghanaian music isn't there yet.
   A Nigerian song inspired me to write this post. I'll talk about that song soon. Before that, let me talk a little about Ghanaian music. When i was small Daddy Lumba was my favourite artiste; this was before hip-life became big. Aben wo ha, Auntie Atta, Odo Poison are still part of my all-time top 26 favourites. Highlife was good back then. Amakye Dede, Kojo Antwi and the like too are legends. They made good music. Then there was hip-life. Reggie Rockstone thought he was dope but he never did it for. Obrafuor was good. Everyone wanted to rap; even me. I used to record hiplife songs on my late mother's gospel cassettes and play them back while i write the lyrics. These rappers got me in trouble. Then our music was 'modernised', things changed. A few years back Richie(an Achimotan) was on top with his RnB-ish style. Actually, him and his crew were big; ASEM, Eazzy, OJ Blaq and the rest. I may not have mentiuoned other good musicians but there have been good ones. They left and are leaving their mark. Then came the azonto era. Azonto music is super. It's soo good, some churches have started making azonto gospel songs. I heard fetish priests now chant with azonto beats. Azonto is everywhere. Big ups to Sarkodie for his hits.

 Azonto music is good. I love it. Unfortunately, every musician is doing it. Makes me miss the good music we had before azonto. There isn't variety anymore.
   All this while, i hear nigerian music. Back then, they made good songs but as time went by, their quality became too much. There's something about nigerian beat mixed with their accent and local languages which makes my ears perk up like dogs especially when they're waking up from sleep. 8 and a half out of every 10 nigerian songs you listen to is good (the half could be a verse or becomes 17 out of 20 when doubled). D'banj, P. Square, Naeto C, Banky W, WizKid, M.I, Asa, 2 Face and Wande Coal have music that have a global appeal. To me, the only Ghanaian artiste that gets close to these guys is Sarkodie. Sometimes, when I'm bored and looking for good new music to listen to, i check out P.J Butta's Radio Express Africa Chart. Not once have i seen a Ghanaian song there. There's always atleast 3 Nigerian songs there. My favorite african artistes are M.I, P. Square and Banky W; Nigerians unfortunately. Banky W sings better than most female artistes, M.I raps better than most global hip-hop stars and P. Square make one of the best overall music I've heard. I'm not overrating them.
   Now these Nigerians are showing distinction. D'banj has Kanye West in his videos. He has a song with Snoop Dogg and Now P. Square has made another hit this time with Rick Ross a few months after the one with Akon. So its P Square's Beautiful Onyinye that inspired me to write this. Why? Cos I'm happy. I'm not a musician but i know it's not easy to get these Ameriacn artsistes to make songs with you how much more feature in videos. As i watched the video, i was thinking to myself, 'these boys started long ago and look at them now'. I've always liked P. Square. I can sing along to at least 10 of their songs. If you haven't heard Ifunanya(also in my top 26), check it out. They have so many other hits that i won't mention. When they started, they always talked about their past like most artistes. Then they got tired and started talking about girls and parties and fame and did everything that most musicians do but the difference is that they made good use of their talents. If you notice, their older videos had so much dancing involved. Now, they hardly move around. Reminds me of Usher. Wait, they even look like Usher. Anyway, they've alraedy established themselves. Why should they dance again? The Beautiful Onyinye video was done in Miami, on a yacht, with Rick Ross. Just think about it. When will Castro and co. get there?
   Maybe time will tell but since we haven't heard from time yet, Nigerian music will always be ahead of Ghanaian music.

This is the video. I like this Rick Ross. He doesn't talk about coke, Maybachs, his supposedly lazy eye or choppers in cars.
Finally, check out Ghetto Love by Stone Bwoy and Irene and No Away by Becca and M.I. Good music.