Music of today poor - Nana Quame

Ghanaian Hiplife musician, Nana Quame, has said the pressure to release songs has contributed to the low quality of music produced in recent times.

The ‘Akye’ hit maker told Anita Erskine on Starr Drive that the music of these days does not have the quality of the past.

“The pressure in the system to release songs, it’s like anything goes...someone can release like 50 to sixty tracks in a year and it doesn’t work that way. If you look at people; Jay Z, they don’t do that, you can’t just go into the studio and just do music, you take your time go to the studio, write proper music because you are impacting lives and it’s like the pressure in the system of releasing songs has contributed to that which is not the best”.

Nana Quame added that he has recorded twenty tracks so far and taking his time to give it to his fans.

“I want people to have the best of me so I’m taking my time to give it to my fans. I want people to know what I do best”.

Nana Quame has to his credit successful shows such as Loud In Accra 2000, he was the first Ghanaian to perform at the Carnival 2000 in UK, Ghana Independence Day Celebration UK, Miss Ghana 2001(Ghana), Africa Durb(UK) and will be performing at the Miss Ghana New York this year.

In 2001, he released his third album, 'FAKYE'. He was nominated twice for the best male voice at the Ghana Music Awards and Original Song Of The Year 2002 and won the Original Song Of The Year.

He has won a lot of awards and also had a number of nominations too. He was nominated in 5 categories during the Ghana Music Awards 2003. He won the Best Male Vocalist for the year 2003.