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K.O.G. (Kweku Of Ghana) - Don'T Take My Soul - Import CD
K.O.G. (Kweku Of Ghana) - Don'T Take My Soul - Import CD
CD
Jazz
Jazz Funk/Fusion
September 28, 2024
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Catalog No.: PVS024CD
JAN/ISBN: 3521383491140
Number of Discs: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: Import
Credits:
K.O.G. (Kweku Of Ghana)
Description:
This is the latest in 2020s African diaspora music: the third album from the Sheffield, UK-based Ghanaian singer is a complete floor-ready masterpiece, with highlife and Afrobeat at its core, intertwined with high-speed rap, indie jazz, and even Afrobeats. After the release of his previous album, K.O.G. has made his presence felt through collaborations with genre-less artists such as Onipa and Nubyan Twist, and his third album is his catchiest to date. K.O.G.'s third album is his catchiest to date. He takes his outpouring of love and respect for roots music, especially highlife, and updates it into the latest dance music in a way that only K.O.G. and his ally DJ Guts can do. This album also features Pat Thomas, aka "Golden Voice," a very important figure in Ghana's highlife scene.The song "Odo Sronko", a highlife number, showcases a beautiful voice that has not lost its timelessness, while "Don't Take My Soul", a sophisticated UK jazz~neo-soul style funk beat with sensational rap and beautiful chorus harmonies, the dubwise Afrobeat "Live For Today," a modern-day version of Soukous "Foriwah (feat. Ogunskele)," which is comfortably addicted to high-speed rap, and the title of the song, which is a tribute to Sweet Talks and shows respect for Fela Kuti, melds rhythm and chorus work with a psychedelic electric piano. The title of the song is a tribute to Sweet Talks, and the rhythm, chorus work, and psychedelic electric piano blend to create a modern afrobeat number, "Cry Your Own". From the Afrobeats scene in Ghana's home country, the album features guest appearances by rappers/singers such as Famuyi and Disraeli, recording mellow, classic highlife with the former and jazzy, lo-fi hip-hop with the latter. It also reaches Afrobeats listeners from a different angle. One of the most important releases of 2024 that will resonate with UK jazz and neo-soul groups such as Onipa, Ibibio Sound Machine, and Nubyan Twist, who continue to incorporate Afrobeat in a sophisticated way. This is one of the most important albums of 2024, which will resonate with UK jazz and neo-soul groups such as Nubian Twist, which continues to incorporate Afrobeat in a sophisticated way.
Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Don't Take My Soul
3. Live For Today
4. K.O.G, Fameye - Damiama
5. Cry Your Own
6. K.O.G, Pat Thomas - Odo Sronko
7. Application (Interlude)
8. Nowhere to Pass
9. K.O.G, Dizraeli - Noni Onako
10. K.O.G, Ogunskele - Foriwah
11. Outro
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