Tag: M.anifest
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M.anifest -B.E.A.R
The video that I watched was from a Ghanaian artist named “M.anifest”. The name of this particular song is “B.E.A.R”. Even after watching the video and listening to the song I’m still not quite sure what B.EA.R stands for but i definitely liked the video. This video is fairly new;…
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Ghanaian Groves
I’m relatively new to the intricate and unique sounds of African Hip Hop. There is a great sense of diverse sounding Hip Hop that I’m simply not used to nor was I aware of. One thing that I’ve learned in my new journey into sound is the amazing music that…
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M.anifest – “Cupid’s Crooked Bow”
Immediately, M.anifest’s “Cupid’s Crooked Bow” begins with a smooth, African drum beat, fused with South African artist Nomisupasta’s unique voice – a kind of tone that is completely original but also, to me, sounds like a mix of Adele and Erykah Badu’s voices (especially when Nomisupasta sings in English). M.anifest…
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M.anifest “Suffer”
An award winning Ghanaian rapper and songwriter, M.anifest, is one of the best rappers to date. In 2013, M.anifest won best rapper of the year and song of the year. Then, in 2015, his song “Someway Bi” got a third place honor in the International Songwriters Competition (ISC). Easily noting,…
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M.anifest
Rita Ray of the BBC has dubbed him “Ghana’s rapper supreme”; City Pages has described him as an artist with “an incredible gift” (the run off groove) who possesses “the kind of assured, joyful, ruminative voice that made Mos Def into Hollywood’s favorite conscious-rap star” (City Pages). He has also…
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M.anifest -“Someway Bi”
M.anifest is a Ghanian born rapper and songwriter who has worked with a variety of musicians. Music has been apart of M.anifest’s life and family for some time and naturally inspired him to become a poet and eventually an MC. In his song, “Someway Bi,” he discusses the twisted occurrences…
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M.anifest’s Biography; From Ghana to the US
M.anifest real name is Kwame Ametepee Tsikata and he was born on November 20 in 1982. He was born in Accra, Ghana. Not only is he a rapper, but he writes songs as well. He has worked with other prominent people in the music industry like Damon Albarn, Flea, Tony…
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Artist Biography: “M.anifest”
Born as Kwame Ametepee Tsikata, on November 20, 1982 but known to the world as M.anifest is Ghana’s own songwriter and rapper. M.anifest is the grandson of an influential African ethnomusicologist, which is one who studies the science of music, specifically traditional or non-Western music. In 2001 M.anifest migrated to…
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Album Review: “Immigrant Chronicles: Coming to America”
After listening to the album “Immigrant Chronicles: Coming to America” released in 2011 I can say that I think it was a really good album. The majority of the songs are uptempo. The arist accent is pretty strong and in the first track of the album he speaks a majority…
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Biography: M.anifest Reveled
Ghana artist M.anifest has become more than just an ordinary MC to the music industry today. In fact this man is said to be, “as intellectual as Talib Kweli with the flavor of Kanye West”. Personally, what attracted me to this African artist was his variety of famous collaborations, from…