JED'S BLOG

  This year's edition of the 4Syte Music Video Awards (MVAs) will be held on Friday,30th December at the Accra International Conference Centre with lots of pomp and pageantry if the previous editions are anything to go by.Various awards will be handed out on the big night but what I'm gonna do is give u who I think will win what depending on how good their videos were and how well music lovers received those videos.   Below are my predictions for all the award categories; MOST POPULAR VIDEO Shatta Wale – Chop Kiss (WINNER) Stonebwoy – Mightylele Criss Waddle ft Stonebwoy – Bie Gya VVIP ft Samini – Dogo Yaro E.L – Koko Joey B – You x Me Atom – Ye Wo Krom D Cryme ft Sarkodie – Koko Sakora BEST COLLABORATION VIDEO Akwaboah ft Ice Prince – I Do Love You (Remix) Guru ft Singlet – Samba Jupitar ft Patoranking – Enemies (Remix) Trigmatic ft StoneBwoy – Gbedu Keche ft Edem – Monica VVIP ft Samini – Dogo Yaro D Cryme ft Sarkodie – Koko Sakora Eugy ft Mr. Eazi ...

 From all indications,the #BarConcert has become an annual event hiphop heads in Ghana look forward to in order enjoy rare performances of mainly hiphop tunes from various hiphop artistes in Ghana.  This was the first I attended a #BarConcert so comparing with the two previous editions wouldn't be very fair. I arrived at the event venue which was the POLO Court with a friend after just 22:00 GMT to performances from various underground hiphop acts like Morning Tee,Medal and a few whom I can't recollect for now.The show kicked off proper when Tee Phlow came on stage and wowed everyone with his rap skills and dexterity.That changed the atmosphere and the crowd now became very vociferous and charged up for a good show.The likes of Trigmatic,Medikal took turns to perform much to the admiration of the not so impressive crowd gathered who sang along to all songs,some to my utmost surprise and that of the artistes themselves.   There came the climax of the event wh...

  New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential Candidate, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, 72, was last night declared Ghana’s 5th President of the Fourth Republic after an impressive performance in the 2016 presidential poll. The three-time lucky NPP leader polled 5,716,026 to beat incumbent President John Mahama who had 4,713, 277 Electoral Commission Chairperson, Charlotte Osei announced Friday.    I'm not here to bore or excite you with any long political analysis which are gradually becoming irrelevant but to bring to you the top six songs what will make this Xmas an exciting one for you if you are a party animal unlike me though; I prefer sober reflections lol. Below are the Xmas anthems as I call them 6.Jwe by Bisa Kdei-A lot of people felt he should have won the Artiste of the year last year which I didn't concur to though even though I agree he is a talented musician.His "jwe" song has been picking up steadily since it's release in June and is expected to...

This year's Soundcity MVP Awards is scheduled to happen on the 29th of December at the Expo Centre of the Eko Hotel in Victoria Island,Lagos,Nigeria. All categories are eligible for voting via Soundcitymvp.com from now to December 27th, 2016.Lets all vote and pray the few Ghanaian musicians in the nomination list below make us proud later in December; BEST MALE DIAMOND PLATNUMZ (TANZANIA) EMTEE (SOUTH AFRICA) WIZKID (NIGERIA) FALZ (NIGERIA) OLAMIDE (NIGERIA) PATORANKING (NIGERIA) PHYNO (NIGERIA) BEST FEMALE TIWA SAVAGE (NIGERIA) VICTORIA KIMANI (KENYA) YEMI ALADE (NIGERIA) VANESSA MDEE (TANZANIA) CYNTHIA MORGAN (NIGERIA) MS VEE (GHANA) SIMI (NIGERIA) BEST HIP HOP CASSPER NYOVEST (SOUTH AFRICA) OLAMIDE (NIGERIA) CDQ (NIGERIA) EMTEE (SOUTH AFRICA) EL (GHANA) RIKY RICK (SOUTH AFRICA) STANLEY ENOW (CAMEROON) PHYNO (NIGERIA) BEST POP WIZKID (NIGERIA) KISS DANIEL (NIGERIA) TEKNO (NIGERIA) YEMI ALADE (NIGERIA) ADEKUNLE GOLD (NIGERIA) TIMAY...

 If you are a lover of Ghanaian radio and tv,then this is something you should be interested in to know how well your favourite radio or TV station is fairing in terms of listernership or viewership respectively.  A survey conducted by GeoPoll, the world’s largest mobile survey platform, with a network of 200 million users in Africa and Asia has released the TV and Radio Audience statistics in Ghana for the third quarter. Using the daily data collected through GeoPoll’s  Media Measurement Service , GeoPoll has analyzed the top TV stations in Ghana for Q3 2016. They examined both ratings and market share of the top stations in Ghana. The chart below shows the average ratings for the top 10 stations during the peak hours, from 19:00 GMT to 22:00 GMT. UTV, Adom TV, and TV3 continue to compete for ratings from 7 to 8pm. UTV continues to own the highest ratings from 8 to 9pm. From 9-10pm, UTV maintains the top spot, averaging a 4.67 rating. The highest average ra...

When it comes to music, and art in general,rebranding can either make or break an artiste depending on how it is done and communicated to the public.In view of this "Khid" , a sensational spoken word artiste is rebranding into Mr Baiden meaning double dose of the enormous creativity and exceptional quality which endered him to his ever growing following. He titles his first piece as Mr Baiden "ME" where he talks about himself in a very fascinating yet funny manner.Production credit goes to Nana Yaw for this two minutes ten seconds masterpiece.

 No one saw this coming but the deal was first made public just over an hour ago via micro blogging social media platform twitter on Don Jazzy's account, @donjazzy to be precise.Details regarding the deal is not readily available to our sources but the deal looks really promising on the surface musically for both artiste and record label.  Iyanya thus joins A-list musicians such as Dr Sid,Reekado Banks,Korede Bello,Dija and D'Prince to make the already formidable Mavins Records more formidable. Below is Don Jazzy's tweet to confirm the deal;

 Promising urban gospel act, Mcray is out with new material and this time it is not music but spoken word I think is a real masterpiece.This piece isn't necessarily about what I think and so I will end here for you to enjoy the spoken word titled "Piece Of Peace" below; 📋PIECE OF PEACE💙 •Since the beginning of creation,  Everything has been placed in perfect order for the existence of PEACE, The dark from the light, The heavens from the earth, And the Adams from the Eves. •When one thing lead to doubting... Of the relation for creation... Now the fusion of the pieces... Of Love and the pieces of PEACE was mis'SIN' •But it's all good, cos everything happens for a reason, ADEY LIE! The reason why the prince of PEACE, Came down from a place of PEACE, To die on the cross of Calvary in PEACE,  Just to find the pieces of love and the pieces of PEACE. •A PEACE of advice, Vote your heart into power, don't vote for vices, ...

The much anticipated 2016 MAMAs was held at the Ticketpro Dome in Johannesburg,South Africa with performances from a tall list of artistes such as Korede Bello who opened the show with a performance alongside the Soweto Choir to Yemi Alade,Wizkid and Future just to mention but a few.Bonang Matheba hosted the show after the original host Trevor Noah pulled out at the last minute citing a severe infection of his vocal chords as excuse on twitter on Friday.Nevertheless the show was good in general but terrible from a Ghanaian point of view as there was a no show for Ghana in terms of awards and performances. Below is the subject matter of this piece; ARTIST OF THE YEAR Black Coffee (South Africa) Diamond (Tanzania) Sauti Sol (Kenya) Wizkid (Nigeria) – WINNER Yemi Alade (Nigeria) BEST FEMALE Josey (Ivory Coast) Mz Vee (Ghana) Tiwa Savage (Nigeria) Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania) Yemi Alade (Nigeria) – WINNER BEST BREAKTHROUGH Babes Wodumo (South Africa) Emtee (South Afric...

   Old boys of Presbyterian Boys' Secondary School(PRESEC) Legon will hold the second edition of its annual "Torch And Bonfire Night" on the premises of this great school with this year's edition dubbed "LightUpForPeace" for obvious reasons.    The night starts with a torch procession from the University Of Ghana roundabout to the school after which different activities like brass band music,stage performances, jama sessions and networking are scheduled to take place.The fascinating thing about this event is that every activity will be done solely by Odade3s(the name of an old boy) from disk jockeying with DJ Blow and DJ Mac Tontoh behind the decks to music with Sena Huks,Jay so and the BAR himself and reigning VGMAs Artiste of the year E.L taking to the stage to wow what is expected to be surprisingly a female dominated crowd if what the kind of crowd I saw last year is anything to go by.Lexis Bill,host of  Joy drive time,Bernard Koku Avle,host of Citi B...