About a decade or so ago one Ghanaian musician released a song that was so popular one could hardly attend any function without hearing it. The man who came out with that hit song titled ?Sradenam? is George Jahraa.
After his huge success with the Sradenam album in the early 1990s, Mr Jahraa somehow popularity for so long a time that many music lovers remembered him only when his famous song was played on radio or at a function.
But the second half of this year has brought the now older and experienced George Jahraa back to his numerous fans.
If there is anything George Jahraa knows how to do best it is his ability to put phrases that would last on the minds of listeners in his songs. That is what he does best on his latest work. That line ?Guitar no be bo tin, sanku no be bo pan pan? (indicating the sound of a guitar and an accordion).
?If I can?t get them to remember the title or the entire song, I must at least get them to remember a line or two from the song?, is what Jahraa would say when composing his songs. That is exactly what he does on the album Yaw Burger especially on the song titled ?Ashikele?.
This song comes with the rhythm that was known in the 80?s as asokpo. It a song that has the ability to make one sing along even if one did not want to (the least one can do to tap the feet or nod along).
It is a love song on which Jahraa does not say anything meaning except that he uses a lot of rhyming although they all talk about nothing. The instrumentation on this song is very profound, since the use of a lot of percussion instrumentations replete in it while the trumpet keeps craving the attention of the listener.
One other song on the album that has received tremendous airplay is ?Asor?, a song that features Okyeame Kwame and Stone. Musically, he employs staccato in his composition and uses very sweet words for lyrics.
The person whom the words of the song are directed at is a lady who the singer is obviously in love with though not clear whether his sweet words on the lady or not. One must add that Jahraa goes into the use of words that border on sex which he could have done without.
In his characteristic social commentary style George Jahraa comes with the title song ?Yaw Burger?, one which he performs to advice Ghanaians living abroad to remind themselves of circumstances back home. He tells Yaw Burger to remit money to his wife before she dies from hunger. The dana enlivens the song.
Among the other songs on the album are the remixes of his old songs ?Haka Dunia? and ?Sanu Kade?. Others include ?Si Me So?, ?Mate Maso?, ?Do No Bi? and ?Mewo Vote?.
Yaw Burger is an album produced for Slip Music Entertainment by Mark Okraku Mante.
About a decade or so ago one Ghanaian musician released a song that was so popular one could hardly attend any function without hearing it. The man who came out with that hit song titled ?Sradenam? is George Jahraa.
After his huge success with the Sradenam album in the early 1990s, Mr Jahraa somehow popularity for so long a time that many music lovers remembered him only when his famous song was played on radio or at a function.
But the second half of this year has brought the now older and experienced George Jahraa back to his numerous fans.
If there is anything George Jahraa knows how to do best it is his ability to put phrases that would last on the minds of listeners in his songs. That is what he does best on his latest work. That line ?Guitar no be bo tin, sanku no be bo pan pan? (indicating the sound of a guitar and an accordion).
?If I can?t get them to remember the title or the entire song, I must at least get them to remember a line or two from the song?, is what Jahraa would say when composing his songs. That is exactly what he does on the album Yaw Burger especially on the song titled ?Ashikele?.
This song comes with the rhythm that was known in the 80?s as asokpo. It a song that has the ability to make one sing along even if one did not want to (the least one can do to tap the feet or nod along).
It is a love song on which Jahraa does not say anything meaning except that he uses a lot of rhyming although they all talk about nothing. The instrumentation on this song is very profound, since the use of a lot of percussion instrumentations replete in it while the trumpet keeps craving the attention of the listener.
One other song on the album that has received tremendous airplay is ?Asor?, a song that features Okyeame Kwame and Stone. Musically, he employs staccato in his composition and uses very sweet words for lyrics.
The person whom the words of the song are directed at is a lady who the singer is obviously in love with though not clear whether his sweet words on the lady or not. One must add that Jahraa goes into the use of words that border on sex which he could have done without.
In his characteristic social commentary style George Jahraa comes with the title song ?Yaw Burger?, one which he performs to advice Ghanaians living abroad to remind themselves of circumstances back home. He tells Yaw Burger to remit money to his wife before she dies from hunger. The dana enlivens the song.
Among the other songs on the album are the remixes of his old songs ?Haka Dunia? and ?Sanu Kade?. Others include ?Si Me So?, ?Mate Maso?, ?Do No Bi? and ?Mewo Vote?.
Yaw Burger is an album produced for Slip Music Entertainment by Mark Okraku Mante.
