Review of Pappy Kojo ft Sarkodie – Ay3 late

• Posted on February 16, 2015February 16, 2015
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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I was in Junior High School 2 (then JSS 2) when my uncle in London promised that he is sending the family a parcel via his friend who was coming to Ghana the following week. The joy in the hearts of the children at home could be equated to when Kwame Nkrumah announced that “… and Ghana, your beloved country is free forever.” We all tagged the Uncle ‘flexman’ (now swagger man) because he was noted for lavishing us with amazing gifts when he was in Ghana so sending us a first parcel since he went to London was something to watch out for.

The friend came to Ghana and the parcel was delivered to the family. When we opened the box containing the parcel, I had a white durag, red and white bandana and 3 pens which had lights on them. I was very very and highly disappointed.

Pappy Kojo and Sarkodie on a song? Wow, I just can’t wait, I had great expectation when I was teased via Twitter by Pappy Kojo that he is dropping something hot in February. I had an email a day before the release date and I was forced to download to satisfy my curiosity. After listening to the song, I sighed and went blank as to what to think. So I am heavily disappointed the second time? What!

The song talks about a lady who used to have the attention of the Rapper. According to him, he was deeply in love with the lady but she was not giving back what was expected. After he became a star and celebrated in Ghana, the lady now wants to prove her love to the ‘Realer’ but according to him, he is over the ‘ love spell’ nti w’ay3 late. Pappy Kojo calls the lady Kate. Succinctly, that is what the song is about.

The first line of the song by Pappy Kojo is profane; he could be forgiven for that because that is acceptable in Hip hop. Going further with his rap, he once again eulogized ‘fart’ in a song. Yes, “he’s the sh** w’asena ata!”

He nearly went off beat in the second rap, but Drake and Jay Z do it so it could be tagged as a style. He could have delivered more bars in the second stanza but it was lazily written. It could have been best without the second stanza, honestly. Pappy Kojo has a unique style undeniably but the Ghanaian is more discerning now.

Sarkodie’s raps sounded like he delivered it via Whats App. The Engineer is the one to be held responsible for this. His mixing was very poor so the song sounded like a ‘demo.’ Whilst Pappy Kojo sounded he did a live recording, Sarkodie sounded like his voice was delivered via third party to be embedded in the song (the impression we get from it). As usual, Sarkodie is always in control of the beat; his timing is unassailable. He controlled the beat but he wasn’t his best on this song, this wasn’t anything to laud Sarkodie on.

Pappy Kojo had raised the bar with ‘Realer no’ and ‘Wave’ so anything below that standard betrays him. ‘Aye late’ is about 40 steps aback the two aforementioned songs. Only way he could redeem with this song is via a dope video.

‘Ay3 late’ could have been a master piece if it was not hurriedly finished to entice fans. Pappy Kojo is one talent I could bank on and proud of but to be truthful with a brother in the industry who Takoradi is heavily supporting , there should be another song to cover this up.

Some of us care to want to review your song. You can do better, you under utilized your potentials on this. All the best Realer Jason Pappy Kojo!

Author: Nana Kwesi Coomson (www.233times.net)