[ 2013-12-17 ]

Shatta Wale, Kaakie, Stonebwoy, M.anifest, Ice Prince Dazzle@ Afrobeats Festival
The much hyped first ever Afrobeats Festival came
off at the weekend to a great deal of fun-fare and
jubilation.

The independence square came alive and was filled
to capacity as artists like Shatta Wale, Ice
prince, M.anifest, and Stonebwoy performed on the
night.

As it’s becoming usual it was left to the
hottest dancehall act in the country right now;
self acclaimed “dancehall king in the whole
Ghana”, Shatta Wale to close the show.

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Perhaps in an effort to put the naysayers in their
place, Shatta put up arguably the performance of
his life with a medley of his old and new songs to
wild appreciation by the crowd. In the end, the
audience was the winner as he took a leaf from his
arch-nemesis, Samini’s page by blending his old
and new hits.

Other artists whose performances were of note were
Kaakie, M.anifest, Stonebwoy and Wonda Boy who all
dazzled the teeming crowd.

Recent winner of the BET Best African Act award,
Ice Prince, gave a decent performance, considering
the fact that it he was not originally on the bill
and had only made an impromptu appearance.

shatta wallePerformances by Natural Face, Bisa
Kdei, CREAL, and Swag Society were a good
complement to that of the heavyweights though they
couldn’t help but display their relative
inexperience on such a big stage.

The organization of the show was almost flawless
and it is a big plus to the BBnZ Live for
organizing such a consummate show. Slowly,
organization of shows in the capital city is
becoming better as the perennial hitches have not
been present in most of the big shows, especially
as we approach Christmas.

Security, however, became a big issue as some
artists requested that no security men be around
them as they performed to the huge crowd which was
held in check by a barricade meant to provide for
their safety.

Ice prince for instance repeatedly requested that
all security leave the inner perimeter where he
was performing but the organizers did not oblige.
This was perhaps best for all involved, both
artists and organizers.

During Shatta Wale’s performance people from the
crowd kept invading the stage and this slightly
interfered with the free flow of his performance.
The event as a whole was however, a massive
success.

BBnZ Live should pat themselves on the back for a
good job done and we hope to see a bigger and
better show next year.

Source - Daily Guide

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