Sydney Bounces Back With 'Wukuno Kotibea'

Though the saying that " whatever you do, do it to your best ability" has been in existence for a long time, only a few people abide by this saying.

Once again, one of the lyrical hip-life artistes Ghana can boast of, has done it and as usual, trust your train to tell you what exactly it is-an excellent piece of rare creativity!Sydney Ofori, affectionately called Sydney, began his journey in music and showbiz, way back in the 90s, then he identified with the hip-life pacesetters, N.F.L group, which at that time had the likes of Eddy Blay and many interesting artistes.

He is noted for his contribution to the group, NANANOM, in bringing out some exciting hits in the late 90s. Through trailing times, he became a success at his solo initiative, after the collapse of the group.

Ever since, he has made an effort to always leave his signature on the lips of his audience, both young and old.

No wonder he is known as the controversial musician in the hip-life industry, from Apuskeleke to Scent No, to Obia Nye Obia this time.

This week, your exciting Chronicle entertainment train hooked him up to give us an insight into his latest album dubbed, "Obia Nye Obia" which already is a force to reckon with to some sound engineers and musicians.

According to him, this album is his sixth and like always, he hopes and believes it becomes a hit in the industry. Asked why he chose to label his album, Obia Nye Obia which literally translated, means, Nobody is anybody".

According to him, he had the inspiration from God and developed the lyrics from expressions he normally shared with Okomfour Kwadee. "It was so unfortunate that at the time when I was recording this song, Okomfour had traveled to Canada and thus could not add his voice to the piece," he added.

As an individual, he believes we were all created in the image and likeness of God, as such, none is more important than the other as at the end of the day, we would all be consumed by the maggots and rot in the soil.

Counteracting the allegation that he was attacking any personality, he said though his choice of theme might sound offensive to some individuals, he meant no harm.This album has eight songs that include Piti Odo Nsio, a love song that touts the joy inherent falling in love.

Mo Kum Nkwada Yi is a unique piece with good instrumentation from the man Appeatus, a song that brings to light the effects of child abuse and how everyone concerned must abhor the practice.

Also on the album is Child Soldier. This is a must hear song which has the theme 'Give them the pen and not the gun'. This theme was developed some time last year and is being backed by the United Nations (U.N) in its quest to cut down on child soldiers and they abandoning education.

In all, Sydney's latest album has eight songs on the cassette and sixteen songs on the C.D. Having listened to these songs, the train had no option than say he goofed in naming his album Obia Nye Obia instead of Wukuno Kotibea.

Wukuno Kotibea is an intriguing piece on the album; this is so because it involves the ironical use of the Twi language in making a point.

The irony of the song is so interesting that, one will need to listen two to three times before getting the message of the song, which simply says that, "no matter the situation, your husband finds himself, stand by him as a wife because of the words 'for better, for worse.'

It further states that 'in whatever situation the president finds himself, the nation must stand by him because he is a result of their votes.'

To the train, Wukuno Kotibea is the most controversial song on the album, but as usual, Sydney has bounced back after two years, and this time, he has done a real yeoman's job which deserves a thumbs up.