[ 2013-07-24 ]

Samini hot over 'Pink Sheet' song
Ghana’s celebrated dance hall musician Samini,
has in his new song mimicked someone believed to
be a judge in the ongoing presidential election
petition.

In the song, ‘Pink Sheet’, Samini clears his
throat before stating that: “my learned friend,
I put it to you to bring the pink sheet. Let’s
strike out some fake names, thank you.”

Though Samini does not mention the name of any
judge, the way he clears his throat makes him
sound like a Supreme Court judge who Ghanaians
have become very familiar with, for often clearing
his throat before commencing a statement.

Perhaps the title of the song by Samini was
heavily influenced by this Supreme Court Judge and
the ongoing election petition.

Just some few days of its release the ‘Pink
Sheet’ song has sparked a lot of controversies
and complaints from lovers of dancehall music in
and out of the country.

Some believe the dancehall artiste of the year,
best dancehall artiste and best performer award
winner at the just ended Bass Award 2013 ceremony
shouldn’t have recorded such a song at all after
almost a year of being silent on all sort of
negative attacks from the current recognized
dancehall king in Ghana Bandana, who is well known
in the country as Shata Wale.

Some believe even though Samini did not mention
Shata Wale’s name in the ‘Pink Sheet’ song,
one can easily read meanings and perhaps say for a
fact who he is pointing fingers at, which to them
looks infantile.

The ‘Pink Sheet’ song has really exposed how
desperate Samini is to ride on the fame of some
African arts that is making it big
internationally.

Since Samini’s attempt to ride on the popularity
of Nigerian duo P-Square did not work out for him
when he did a reply to the duo’s ‘Alingo’
song, he is only coming back to attack Shata and
Sarkodie whose fan-base of music lovers in the
country is becoming bigger each day especially
with dancehall king, Shata Wale.

A section of the dancehall music fans who have
critically examined ‘Pink Sheet’ are of the
opinion that Samini should not have released such
a song since he claimed he is a decent artiste.

Source - Daily Guide

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