Sampling or remaking of songs is not a new thing in the music industry; it is a practice that predates the birth of highlife artiste Kuami Eugene.
However, it appears more attention has been fixated on Kuami Eugene because of how successful he has been and how exposed most people have become in terms of listening to music. It could also be a result of technology and the advent of social media. You can’t sample a song and go undetected.
Ghanaian comedian Nathaniel Mensah, popularly known as Ajeezay, has for the past weeks been digging deep to find out songs in Ghana and elsewhere that people probably didn’t know were sampled.
Dubbed the ‘Sampled Police’, the radar fell on artistes such Joe Beecham, Florence Obinim, VIP, Davido, Burna Boy, Sony Achiba, among others.
Check some videos by Ajeezay below and do follow him on social media for more:
(1).Richie – London sampled from Blake Shelton (Austin)
(2). Kontihene – Efe sampled from It’s You Life (Ja Rule)
(3) Castro – Me Su Fre Wo sampled from Usizi (Lucky Dube)
(4). Goyar Menor – Ameno Amapiano sampled from Ameno (ERA)
(5). VIP – Kuzo Muyi sampled from Jimmy Cliff (Hot Shot)
(6). Stay J ft. Mugeez – My Baby sampled from Whitney Houston (Like I never left)
(7). G’man – Highlife in G Major sampled from Wally Badaru (Hi life)
(8). Kwadwo Akwaboah – Awerekyekyere sampled from Julio Iglesias (Love is on our side again)
(9). Joe Beecham – Masem Bi sampled from Rebecca Malope (Ngizifihla Kuwe)
(10). Rev. Thomas Yawson – W’adom Do Do sampled from Michael Learns to Rock (That’s why you go away)
(11).Ofori Amponsah – Otoolege sampled from Boris Gardiner (My Commanding Wife)
(12). Mark Anim Yirenkyi – Fakye sampled from Don Williams (I recall a Gypsy Woman)
(13). Nana Kwame Ampadu – Kofi Nkrabea sampled from Perez Prado (The Peanut Seller)
(14). P Square – Bank Alert sampled from Onyeka Owenu (Iyogogo)
(15). Akwaboah Jnr. – Ensesa sampled from Michael Learns to Rock (Sleeping Child)
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By: Kwame Dadzie | Ghana Weekend
