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Makaa Maka
| Makaa Maka!! | ||||
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| Released | 1 September 1997 | |||
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| Length | 55:25 | |||
| Label | Kassa Records | |||
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Makaa Maka!! (I said it because I said it) is the debut studio album by Ghanaian rapper Reggie Rockstone, released on 1 September 1997 through his independent label, Kassa Records.[1][2] It features guest appearances from Cy Lover, Sammi B, Chocolate, Kwa-Cee, Zapp Mallet, Fredi Funkstone, Nananom, and Talking Drums. It is one of the first rapped hiplife albums to be composed and sung entirety in a Ghanaian language (Twi).[3]
The album comes after his debut EP Tsoo Boi, which came out in 1996.[4] Makaa Maka!! fuses Western-influenced hip hop with traditional Ghanaian hiplife sounds, with some of the songs in the album cross-referencing older highlife songs.[5] Notable tracks of the album included "Sweetie, Sweetie", "Tsoo Boi", "Nightlife in Accra", and "Agoo".[6]: sec. 4 The album is co-produced by Rab Bakari and Zapp Mallet.
Makaa Maka!! is one of the best selling albums in Ghana, having sold over 50,000 copies.[7] The album reshaped Ghanaian popular music, resulting in Reggie Rockstone earning the title of "Grandpapa of Hip Life".
- ^ Boateng, Kwasi (2009). "Ghanaian Hip-life Rap Music as a Popular or Political Rap, and a Mixed Cultural Bag of Ghanaian High-life and North American Rap Music" (PDF). Intercultural Communication Studies. 18 (2). University of Arkansas at Little Rock: 204. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 June 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ Akrong 2016, p. 132.
- ^ Akrong 2016, p. 138.
- ^ Carl 2015, p. 1.
- ^ Adu, Dennis (18 March 2024). "Ghana Month: Celebrating Reggie Rockstone, pioneer of Hiplife and cultural icon". Joy Online. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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