Kofi Kinaata is a true Highlife artiste, unlike Kuami Eugene - K K Kabobo

Veteran Highlife Artiste picks Kofi Kinaata over Kuami Eugene

Kofi Kinaata is a true Highlife artiste, unlike Kuami Eugene - K K Kabobo
Kofi Kinaata

Legendary Highlife musician, K.K Kabobo has picked Kofi Kinaata as his favorite highlife artiste in Ghana.

The veteran listed his favorite highlife artistes, a list in which Kuami Eugene did not feature in despite being crowned "the king of highlife" at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards last weekend.

‘’I like Kofi Kinanta and it is not because he is from Takoradi, but because he is a great highlife musician. I also like Bisa K’dei too. Ofori Amponsah and Kofi Nti also do very good highlife’’ K.K Kabobo had said.

He was immediately asked by the host of Ryse N Shyne Chelsy Sey if he knew Kuame Eugene the VGMA Artiste of the year. A question to which he answered:

"Yes I know Kuami Eugene, but Kuame plays a different kind of highlife. When you listen to him, you automatically hear a highlife rhythm, but it is not a typical highlife." He said.

The veteran then proceeded to educate the listeners about the various phases the highlife genre has gone through. ‘’Every generation comes with its rhythm of highlife music.

 

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"...that is why you hear things like Borga highlife, Reggae highlife. Highlife is what you will call a multi-genre-genre’’ he said.

KK Kabobo lamented on the state of the highlife genre in the Ghanaian music space and explained that it's not what it used to be like as it has undergone a steady decline.

‘’Highlife is going down because there are no producers. All the Executive Producers jump onto the genre that is trending. If gospel is trending they jump on to it. If you want to play authentic highlife, the producer will say no instead play it like this. That is why highlife is going down’’ he said.

The interview with the ‘Onyame Ehuwo’ hitmaker is part of the ‘Made in Ghana Month’s celebration on all Global Media Alliance Broadcasting Company (GMABC) platforms to educate the general public on why they should patronize goods made in Ghana. This year’s Made in Ghana month is under the theme, ‘Celebrating Ghana through digital innovations’