{"id":452641,"date":"2018-01-06T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/06\/most-new-acts-are-not-talented-lucky-mensah\/"},"modified":"2018-01-06T10:00:25","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T10:00:25","slug":"most-new-acts-are-not-talented-lucky-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/06\/most-new-acts-are-not-talented-lucky-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"Most new acts are not talented &#8211; Lucky Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Music of Saturday,  6 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku<\/p>\n<p>2018-01-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/36210582.295.jpg\" alt=\"Lucky Mensah Me\" title=\"Lucky Mensah Me\" width=\"295\" height=\"165\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Highlife Musician, Lucky Mensah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1515232825_76_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Highlife Musician, Lucky Mensah has lamented over the songs being churned out by most Ghanaian artistes.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Nkratuo\u2019 hit maker told Moses Aluebasi (Alligator the Captain) on Storm FM\u2019s Mid Morning Show that the new crops of Ghanaian artistes are not making sense through their songs\u2014and they cannot be compared to the old musicians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new crop of artistes thrives on rhythm. They do not make any sense in the songs that they do. All Ghanaians know that most of these new musicians are not making sense. It is only a few of them that are making sensible songs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lucky Mensah who released his first album in 1993 disclosed the people he looked up to.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople heard about me in the early 2000 but my first album was released in 1993. I started in the era of Charles Elliot, Sibo Brothers, Kaakyire Kwame Appiah and others. I listened to Oheneba Kissi, Lumba, Kojo Antwi, Amakye Dede, Aboagye Dacosta and others.Their songs made a lot of sense. \u201c<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObrafour, Okyeame Kwame, Lord Kenya, Akatakyie and other artistes learned from us and they did a great work. You cannot compare our days to what they are doing now,\u201d he enunciated.<\/p>\n<p>He added that making music in the early days was not easy\u2014and a lot of due process has to be followed before one can release a song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt wasn\u2019t easy at that time; you have to be behind the scene for about four-five years before you can come out with a song. Studios were not common at that time. It is not like today that almost everybody has a studio in their rooms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople gather at cassette shops to listen to new songs when they aereleased. They bought many cassette at that time\u2026some even argue about songs that makes a lot of sense, songs that advise or motivate people\u2026and that influence them to buy the cassettes,\u201d Lucky Mensah revealed.<\/p>\n<p>It appears all hope is not lost, he has this to say about Michael Owusu Addo was popularly known as Sarkodie: \u201cI listen to Sarkodie and you will hear that he does talk sense in his tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted with concern that organizers of the various music award schemes are not helping because they give out awards to these people who are not writing sensible songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey think they know a lot but they do not know anything. Their verses do not match their choruses but people patronize it because of the danceable rhythm. Most these musicians do not listen to advice. If you do not have the talent, then forget about making music. 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