Song Review _ Sarkodie Ft Obrafour Elijah

    SONG REVIEW: SARKODIE FT. OBRAFOUR – ELIJAH

       By: K. Montana Asuman

Elijah is the new song by Ghana’s B.E.T award winning rap artiste - Sarkodie. I do not know how true this is, but for some reason I believe the song will be on his up-coming studio album Sarkology.

The song produced by ace Ghanaian engineer Hammer features Obrafour with whom he has made some breath taking songs in the years past.

Sarkodie and Obrafour

The song was released earlier this week, and was well received by rap music lovers: Earning about 8000 downloads after the third day of its release making it his second most downloaded song this year after the critically acclaimed Illuminati which was released earlier this year.

The single marked the fourth collaboration between Sarkodie and Obrafour following their well-received effort “Saa Okodie No” which was on Sarkodie’s Raperholic Album.

Anytime Hammer produces a song for Sarkodie I am forced to think the song is widely influenced by Obrafour, aside the braggadocio, I believe Obrafour Ghost writes for Sarkodie.

Please don’t get it twisted Sarkodie is a good rapper, probably the best rapper Ghana has seen in a long while but, even Nas has had the rumor of ghost writing thrown at him.

What I mean is, even on a demo beat Sarkodie makes it happen, but the euphoria, precision and tact associated with this song is unique. His conversational style of rap has been what I find most intriguing about his talent since I first heard on Adom FM’s Kasahare Level.

As for Obrafour’s singing abilities, questioning it will be like questioning the beauty and pace of Ghana’s presidential convoy – Swift and fast like lightening.

Besides his unique rap skill one thing I have always trusted Obrafour for is his ability to sing really well. I have always known him to be a very good singer from back in the golden era, listen to “Adefoode” ft Paa Dogo or Oye Ohene (The Original) and tell me u think otherwise.

I won’t even talk about the production because that is a whole topic for discussion on another platform. The first 10 seconds of the beat sounds like it will make people’s eyes water with a nostalgic feeling in the next 10 years.

Need I say more? Personally, I believe Hammer of The Last Two, Sarkodie and Obrafour are the three most dangerously talented men as far as rap music in Ghana is concerned.

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