So far So Good

Over the last one year or so, Castro Destroyer has gained a lot of admiration for himself. This is because he is one of the few hiplife artistes who can sing as well as rap.

Shilo is one hiplife artistes who is gaining a lot of popularity within the ranks of Ga rappers.

Then there is Screw Face, an artiste who is fast becoming a household name in the dance hall version of hiplife.

These three gentlemen have either individually made a name for themselves or featured on the works of other artistes to success.

Knowing that they each have some strength that could add to the ability of the other, they have joined forces to release a complete album.

Titled So Far So Good, songs on the album have been receiving a lot of airplay already.

Being the most successful crooner among the trio, Castro starts the song with the chorus in which he talks about how a girl had thought him a lesson.

The rap section opens with Shilo who rhymes in Ga about things that would be understood by those who are into this jargon.

Castro’s rap is very typical of him. He talks about nothing really except this time; he goes out of his way to mix his rhyme with titles of some of the popular hiplife songs.

Screw Face then takes the rear with his own brand of dance hall rap where he talks about being in love with a particular girl.

Another song on the album that seems to be buzzing the airwaves is Ya Me Oya Wani, a song that has Jay Q’s signature all over it and rendered in the dzama vein.

In the song, Cash-Face recounts a story of how a friend schemes to take the husband of his good friend from her. There is a good amount of nothings when Shilo and Castro both take the microphone to rap.

Then there is 419, a song that talks about how a lady gave a wrong number to a gentleman who wanted it.

Besides the story, what makes this song interesting is how the three hiplife stars convert a church song to suit their chorus with the infusion of their own lyrics.

Other songs on the eight-track cassette album are Ronco, Mmofra, Me Kae Kae, Maame and Bankye Mpo Ni.

Perhaps apart from Batman, K. K. Fosu and Kokovelli no hiplife trio would get the attention of the music loving public as Castro, Shilo and Screw Face.

Their collaboration on So Far So Good, has the potential of making them more popular than they already are.