R2Bees ODO Song Review

                                       SONG REVIEW

                                        R2Bees – ODO
     
                                          By: Kofi Montana Asuman

 First of all, we need to appreciate the fact that odo by R2Bees is a typical Ghanaian love song. Which was composed with the ordinary Ghanaian in mind, So if you are looking out for the edgy, funky hip-hop style which anchors most of R2Bees’ songs, you might be a little disappointed with Odo.

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 However if you have been wondering if Ghanaian music will ever return to the classy hip-life style that characterized the late 1990’s and early 2000’s, this song is your answer.

  

 Odo by R2Bees will easily pass for the best hip-life song most of us have heard in years and as the title suggests, it’s all about love from beginning to end. 

The plot tells us the story of a young man who is trying to use his rhythmic lyricism to woo a hard lady into loving him.

 Thus he admits in the first line of the song that he is in love with her and urges her to love him now. Deducting from the plot, it is easy to assume that the song is either based on, or influenced by a true life event.

Odo is your classic hip-life sound complete with natural flow vocals, a rapping interlude and swaggering high-life instrumentals.

Odo is a fun and concept oriented song, whose lively production work makes it instantly likeable.

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Muggees does an adequate job of singing smooth but very energetic vocals that never depart from his ragga/dancehall style. He sings so well that until Paedae’s rap verse a listener might not realize its R2Bees. The song never departs from its hip-life decorum, thus the high-life beat welcomes Paedae’s rap verse harmoniously.

R2Bees use this song to prove to their fans and even their critics, how they have matured since they first hit the hip-life scene with ‘yawa Girl’.

The production work is by Killbeats and he actually proves why his Tema folks always say he is the best. In short this is a side of Killbeats I have never experienced before. From the kicks to the horns, I think Killbeats is way ahead of his generation of producers.

On the low, I don’t know if you have noticed but I personally think Mugees sounded too much like Okuraseni Samuel. And as a personal fan of paedae I think he is now a matured rapper and should try composing some more complex rhyme schemes.

Paedae

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Conclusively, I think R2Bees have worked and fought hard to be where they are today and I know it is far too early to predict a final outcome but expect Odo to compete with the other songs on the airwaves. 

Even though this is a style that I have never heard R2Bees do before, I think it is classy and each time I listen to the song, it certainly sounds like a whole lot of fun.

R2Bees is unarguably one of the hottest groups hip-life has ever seen. Considering what they have done for the industry so far, I strongly believe that they are yet to reach their peak.

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