Inspired by the beauties in the ghettos. Our African girls, our mama's, sisters, our girlfriends & wives. Women our blessings onto nature, fruitful, forgiving and caring. They ought to be treated with respect and dignity. We sing for the African Woman all over Africa and beyond, in the ghettos and everywhere in rest of world. We love u so much and lots of respect to u, without u there will be no us. U are the very breath of life!
5-5 is a pop fusion duo with an inclining for experimental genres that have cross over appeal. The contemporary group from the Accra suburbs released their debut single (4 better 4 worse) which featured Batman Samini (Mobo Awards Winner) on the Appietus compilation a few months ago after what seemed like forever in the urban underground circuit. The music world is constantly evolving and looking for exciting fusions to promote and 5-5 might just be the ones to show the way to continent’s phenomenal contemporary talent with this first effort. Raised in the centre of Accra Luther Azameti a.k.a Papi and Jeffery Opoku Agyekum a.k.a Killy grew up around a lot of music and were exposed to a plethora of genres which still influence their song writing and flow. Papi is a typical Hip-hop head going back to the mid 90’s with countless cameo appearances on several mixtapes that never got mainstream radio rotation. His music is inspired a lot of the times by abstract thoughts that he either translates in his paintings or lyrics. He’s mostly hanging with his boyz in the hood or at his manager’s crib writing and listening to music. Killy on the other is a rap scholar of sorts. He teamed up with Papi about three years ago after he managed to overcome the love-hate relationship he had with the underground. Gyino – The young man with the moniker, Great Young Hustler, is the newest addition to multiple award winning duo, 5five. For someone who has been singing since 13, Gyino is definitely confident about his singing ability having spent several years horning his skills at various underground gigs like Lyricists Lounge and on the decks at a couple of Accra radio stations. With his spine-tingling, soulful voice, the Great Young Hustler still manages to sing with that edgy street sound that has made 5five, the new kids of Ghanaian Urban Music.They later met Nana Asiamah ‘Bulldog’ Hanson, manager of 5-5 and started an album that failed mainly because most DJ’s considered it too experimental. But like they put it, “making beautiful music is about experimenting with different stuff and piecing them to make a whole. We didn’t want anybody to pigeonhole us into a spot that will cut us off from what we were trying to do and it has payed off in a major way” Currently a freshman at Central University College, Killy is studying Business and Accounting but his passion for music he says overrides everything else. Like most Hip-hop infected artistes, 5-5 put a lot of groove and texture out front—and groove and texture is the primary obsession of most music lovers. The duo has no formal songwriting training but were able to pen great hooks like ‘Girl if u really wanna party, come share drinks with me in the club tonite’ for Diojo on the dancehall/ R..n’B cut currently enjoying mainstream rotation. “ We think what makes a good album is diversity in subject matter and variation of musical styles. A summary of the current state of Hiplife points to the fact that everyone wants change, and that’s what we are here for. There are tracks on the album like ‘Fuu Soo Afeo’ and ‘Smile Africa (Africa’s Anthem)’ cover topics that relate to the streets, love and urban deprivation. I mean we grew up and still in quasi-hoods but we don’t see the point in constantly making songs about the ghetto unless we are bringing some truth and positivity. The media seems to home in on artists glorifying promiscuity and nonsense” Those are the words of a group determined to break every rule bending them over to a system that has held them back for too long. 5-5 says they want to be clearly distinguished from the signature three-month burnout cuts floating on urban radio lately.
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