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Music of Monday, 23 August 2004

Source: ghanamusic.com

Nkasei?s ?Action? Album Is Good Enough to Listen And Buy

Nkasei Shy and Naa K make up the hiplife group Nkasei or if you never knew they are also known as the 'Crazy 2'. The group?s album titled ?Action? has some tracks which has dominated the airwaves and is still ruling the airwaves. The ?Action? album features K.K. Fosu, 4x4, Castro, Lucky Mensah, Naa Cee and Kofi Nyamekye. The group which always surprise the general public has really surprised music lovers with their thirteen song album.

Well it?s not overtly weird, but it may seem strange to some people why Nkasei decided to name their third album ?Action?. Artistes like these keep the hiplife and club scene growing on and on.

A burger highlife (as they term it) titled ?Nkura Eduro? opens the album. This tune talks about how men and women cheat on each other. This is a fast paced song which 'old timers' will enjoy a lot.

There are 2 versions of ?Shake Your Wele Wele? on the album. The 1st version of ?Shake Your Wele Wele? features Bright of Buk Bak fame. Nkasei just wants to tell hiplife lovers and their fans that they should dance to their songs or simply have fun with Nkasei.

Castro sings exquisitely on the third track called ?Alongo Springi?, a track that talks about a beautiful woman showing off her true African beauty. Castro is one of the best vocalists in the hiplife game and does well on this song. Nkasei also praise black beauties and adore them in their song.

?Ensu Num?, the fourth track, is a highlife love song that talks about a husband and wife who were poor. The man is not able to show his love so on Christmas day he decides to sing for his wife. Nkasei are encouraging every one to get an album of the album to listen to the ?Ensu Num? song because it has some counsels for married couples.

On their ?Nsenkyerene? album (was released earlier on) which had the ?Edua No Abu? track with Reggie Rockstone, Nkasei talked about how our colonial rulers deceived us.

On the 'Action' album, they continue their storytelling trend on the track 'Bibini Wiase' (Black Man's World) which features another prolific hiplife artiste by name Captain Planet. They simply don't understand why the Black man still uses computers and the high tech. gadgets the whites left for us.

Now that K.K. Fosu is known for singing marvelously about love songs, Nkasei features him on ?Auntie Dede? alongside Kofi Nyamekye. They all talk about how they cherish, appreciate and adore their loved ones till death. This is a song that Shy of Nkasei fame bets could go international.

Next on it is ?Wo Si Ma Me Nye?. In this song, Nkasei sends a message across that every one should mind his or her own business and not allow others to influence them with their talks.

Other good songs on the album are ?Wa Ti Obi Die?, ?Headmaster (Ka Bu Bi Akwadaa)?, ?Shake Your Wele Wele Version 2?, ?Wa Du Mi Tyre?, ?Asem Etowa? and ?Menko Medo?. All tracks were recorded by Jay Q of Hush Hush Studios.

Nkasei hopes that by 5 years time, they would have established their own state-of-the-art record company to nurture the upcoming artistes. Naa K had more to add as he said ?Our next album is sweeping all the hiplife awards. We hope to feature Youssou N?dour or resample Fela's song and use it on our next album?.

There have been a lot of albums by hiplife artistes but Nkasei?s ?Action? album stays on top of the hiplife ladder. Call them on any of these phone numbers and have a chat with them - 233 24 4608 215 and 233 24 4693 679.