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We're beyond elated to present to you the third volume of our annual Val's Day mix - fittingly named after the Yoruba Orisha of love, beauty and fertility, Oshun....

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YOYO TINZ PRESENTS THE AYAT ZAMANI EP DOCUMENTARY
Ghana seems to be on the cusp of an art renaissance; and in the music side of things, one of the prime names involved is AYAT (a.k.a yaron zamani.) This Madina-repping rapper has carved a niche for himself by way of his whole package – from his distinct sound to his peculiarly electrifying stagecraft. AYAT’s young career is undoubtedly on the upswing.
Chale Wote 2016(#SpiritRobot): yoyo tinz #RoboSapiens will be stationed inside the Old Kingsway Building in James Town, on Saturday and Sunday, the 20th and the 21st of August..... cc @accradotalt
Ghana’s Battle Rap League, Lyrical Wars Ghana is partnering with Alliance Française Accra to present a night of Battle Rap, Slam and Hip Hop at La Paillote (on the Alliance Francaise Accra premises) this Saturday at 6pm.....
YOYO TINZ & FOKN BOIS PRESENT: “FOKN ODE TO GHANA” BY THE FOKN BOIS .

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WRITE UP/REVIEW – IT’S A SIMPLE AND CLEAN VIDEO: A REVIEW OF EL’S ‘KAA BU AME’
Khalfani gave us this (lay in the rain to gather some vim) chune for the “June-July Showers”
Whilst Djing was and still is very fundamental to hip hop, little or no acknowledgement is given to it as a core part of the culture, and as an art on its own, at least in these parts; and this disregard plays out in a variety of ways: the absence of DJing in conversations about hip hop, the disrespect of the art and mistreatment of its practitioners, to name but a few. yoyo tinz will begin a series titled “The Art of Djing” as part of efforts to bring Djing along with other neglected elements to the centre of the hip hop stage. The series will consist of periodic dialogues and writeups with and about Dj’s and Dj’ing respectively; and these conversations and articles will make thorough attempts to treat Dj’ing as an art, Dj’s as artistes, and to ultimately drag Djing from the periphery of the hip hop stage to the center, together with rap/MCing. Visit yoyotinz.com Photos by: @fullish_art #yoyotinz #simplyhiphop #djing #hiphop #culture #movement #ghana #accra #westafrica #africa #2016
New post- on one major lesson we could all learn from @brightackwerh's @theprizegh win: http://yoyotinz.com/write-ups/bright-ackwerhs-kuenyehia-prize-win-a-lesson/
By: Moshood Balogun
Photos by: naa oyoo quartey, visual octopi
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#MusicMonday: Afemakpor (Jinku Remix)
Do you remember 'Afemakpor'-Delasi's ode to his late dad? If you don't, you can read more about it from our review of the music video here.
Delasi has been journeying around the globe with his Thought Journey album since its release, and is currently up to a lot in his motherland and wherever music takes him. While in Kenya, he collaborated with some dope artists and producers. Today we are happy to share with you a hot banging remix from the talented Kenyan producer Jinku who's ''Amadeyo' EP (Released via Sofa Lounge Records) made rounds on the internet on prestigious blogs like The Fader.
Here's what Jinku had to say about remixing Afemakpor:
''To be honest I really struggled with this song, and I had almost given up. The original had this really great African sample and without that, I really wondered what I could create. So I tried to recreate that using Delasi's own vocals. I don't know the context of the song, to me it felt like a love song that was trapped in a tribal beat. I just wanted it to be sensual and Delasi's words to be felt more than the beat, so I gave the song more space. I just imagined I was scoring an intimate dance scene between two star crossed lovers''
You can stream and download 'Afemakpor' (Jinku Remix) here, and follow Delasi for more updates on his subsequent thought journeys.
#StreetArt
Stills from the day 2 of “Meeting of Styles” graffiti event !!
its exciting for us to see Moh, Khali, Deff art, Bright Ackwerh come together with other artists like Ian, BlackBoneGH, Nii Nortey and Scare Crow- after they all met a graffiti workshop organised by Alliance Française Accra.
The workshop was part of the annual Alliance Française Hip Hop festival in collaboration with yoyo tinz in November. It was headed by international graffiti artist Da cruz, who touched on the need for collaboration and working with time and speed.
The final day of the event is today. Meet us in James Town when you can, before the sun comes down.
#GraffitiTinz: Meeting of Styles.
Today, the 6th of May is Day 1 of a three-day graffiti art event to be held inside James Town, Accra. The event, Meeting Of Styles, is put together by a line-up of graffiti artistes known as Ghana Graffiti. This is how they are describing the event:
MEETING OF STYLES is an introductory graffiti art event by the Ghanaian crew Ghana Graffiti. The crew is set to challenge societal defects using street art as a medium to communicate with the citizens of a disturbed biome. Altering physical space with thought-provoking and creative content for social change and aesthetics is the function of the crew even as the members individually address various topics of a changing world. The graffiti crew hopes to be an artistic body of exclusively street artists pushing GHANA beyond corridors.
This one is the introductory Meeting of Styles event, and it ends on Sunday, the 8th of March 2016. You should pass through James Town between today and Sunday to enjoy and engage with graffiti art and artistes and enthusiasts. And of course, yoyo tinz will be around.
For more information, see attached poster, visit the event facebook page, or just enquire with us.
Worlasi's: One Life Dir: Abstrakte Worlasi's latest song, questions life, death and the after life - he explores why we should care more about the life we have here on earth, committing to making it a better place instead of using heaven as our escape route. Watching the video, you get a real sense of the themes pushing through and you know the creative team behind it worked hard on making it so. Worlasi tells me about what the inspiration for this song came from; "Sometimes things that confuse me you know inspires me, like I don't understand why somethings are going on so I think about it and I just write about it. I don't understand why some people can give so much time to God and forget about the fact that they have responsibilities like their children. I think people should more focus on helping other human beings or helping themselves to get better for us to get better. If we are all better, it helps all of us, you understand? All we think about is how people think about us, in terms of our religion and how close we are to God; we think about that so much that we forget that we have kids to take care of, you understand? And it's sad that the kids actually need us, they rely on us to be better people. That's what inspired me." Personally watching the seven minute long video, I'm glad there are subtitles - I mean I could listen to this guy sing all day, but as a non Ewe speaking/understanding Ghanaian, l'm glad to know what he's saying. The video starts with a contemplating Worlarsi at the Abelempke train station heading to Achimota, when a bunch of happily playful children come running past him - the entire video happens during his and Sena Dagadu's train ride. Worlasi gets on the train and starts to contemplate about life, how we should appreciate it, because we have so much yet refuse to see. It sounds contemplative, questioning - now I don't know how old he is, but in my mind he's in his mid to late 20's so for someone so young (probably) to speak with such experience and knowledge in his voice, is surprising but yet welcome. Throughout the video, there are scenes of normal life and hard work, but mostly sadness, violence, only balanced by the vibrance and care free nature of the children. Almost as if to say if we lived life care free like children did, we would appreciate it more. You will also notice the bright colours and vibrance of the visuals, from the costumes and props to the general colour gradient of the video - although there are some sad scenes, the joy of life has still been captured in the colours and faces of children throughout the video - also acting as a balance. Pause. Enter the Goddess of Soul and Hip hop herself, Sena Dagadu, bringing with her a whole other spiritual and upbeat vibe to the song - rapping over scenes of two children playing around their neighbourhood, imagination and freedom allowing them to escape for a while. I was curious about the collaboration, so I asked Worlasi how Sena became a part of this song and he said; "after I did the song, wrote everything and put it together, I told them (management) that I wanted to put Sena or Manifest on the song and I was like who did they think was more suitable and then most of them said Sena and I was like cool lets put Sena on it. We realised there was also another song for Manifest, so we were like let's make this Sena. We didn't think it would happen though but we sent it to her and she was cool with it." Followers of Yoyo tinz will know Worlasi and the big fuss we made about his first project/EP/album, whatever you want to call it Nusē - which was absolutely incredible and made me a fan even from the intro, to Black Man, to Possible to Freedom. His lyricism, voice and subject matter caught my attention as well as his management and label because you can tell they put some budget behind this video. There are tracking shots, choreography, actors and even the occasional drone shot. I wanted to know if he felt any pressure going into his next project or did he going into with no expectations/limitations and hoped it will translate to the audience, and he said; "yea but I won't call it pressure but more of a guide. I don't have to do the same thing, it has to be better but at the same time it has to be in the range of who Worlasi is, you understand? Yea, so the pressure was not repeating the same thing, no monotony, different but better. I'll say it's a guide but not pressure, but above all I have to vibe with what I do before it comes out" I really like this song and video to match (of which Worlasi is keen to give all credit to the Abstrakte team), if this is an indication of how his new project is going to sound, then I'm definitely still a fan. 4 stars
Review by team member Hephzie
#gintartinz
On this episode of gintar tinz, rapper @pureakan performs his single "Obiba J.K." : a song based on - and titled after - an old primary school story about victory.
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Sarkodie: Take it Back Dir: Alexx Adjei
Ask any Ghanaian who Sarkodie is and they will likely marvel at the question, surely you don’t need to ask, you should just know. His impact on Ghanaian music can be felt beyond its borders and overseas, arguably, in a league of his own, a cosign from him can do wonders for your career, ask Fanti Van Damme - and he proves this in his latest single critiquing an art form, you can tell he genuinely loves.
Take it back is a retrospective look at the GH Hiphop scene, comparing it to what it looks like now, with visuals to back. The music video starts with a quote; and if you are a film nerd like me you'll know the quote is from a poignant scene in the Matrix, said by lead character Neo - an anagram for One meaning the 'The One' thus in the first few seconds of the video Sark cements his position in the industry.
We then see cuts of a turntable, good old Chuck Taylor's and black and white effects through out the entire video, connotating a nostalgic look at a moment in musical history; especially when he says 'yεn kɔ back to Reggie Rock, yεn kɔ back to Saturday Cypher with DJ Black' referring back to a time when GH Hiphop was in its heyday, suggesting its not so now. The video is littered with both literal and abstract imagery; for example the hour glass when he talks about the lack of cappa when battle rappers of today duke it out, or the faces of Sark's rap idols. The more abstract imagery are the random dancers, who sometimes wear gas mask (don't ask, I don't get it either) or the image of a lion. However, one scene I really like, which is also woven throughout the video is the 'rap battle' scene, where a few rappers are battling it out but only Sark can be heard, cut to a guy wearing a gas mask carrying a sign that says 'weak flow' - suddenly it clicks, he's protesting the current state of rap. I get where Sark is going with this, and he's one of the few who can release a track like this and isn't to be argued with. He takes it upon himself to call out out the so called 'rappers' who he believes are undoing the great work that him and his peers have done while congratulating the few who have kept a standard. You can liken this to the Jay Z Death of Autotune single; moment of silence! Short video, and I like the song more than I do the video but I get it, and that's all that matters. Like Neo, Sark is taking the game back! 3 stars. P.S: So glad he shouts out Kofi Kinaata, y'all sleeping on him. Review by Yoyotinz member Hephzie Twitter: @HephzIsBlessed Blog: http://hephziek.blogspot.co.uk/
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C-real the EmCeo and (palmwine) highlife artiste, Kyekyeku make up the pair on our debut episode of the #yoyotinzMashUp. In typical mash up fashion, they blend each others' songs - and throw in some freestyles - to produce an ultimately enjoyable music experience.
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C Real the EmCeo et l'artiste de highlife (palmwine) Kyekyeku ont forme un duo special pour notre premier episode de la serie #YoyotinzMashUp. Comme le veut la tradition des mash up (aussi appeles Medley ou pot pourri) les artistes ont melange leurs chansons en y ajoutant quelaues freestyles afin de creer une toute nouvelle experience musicale
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