ALBUM REVIEW

Though he’s bagged Number Ones galore, collaborating with gobby pop-rats N-Dubz and much-mocked R&B crooner Craig David has ensured that what vestige of coolness Ghana-born, Brit-based rapper Tinchy Stryder had has been flushed down his proverbial, bling-encrusted toilet.

Ebo Taylor is one of the funkiest people to ever walk the earth. Love and Death, his first internationally released studio album out October 24th on Strut Records, is a continuation of Taylor's already legendary legacy as a composer and performer of African music.

Starting in the late 1950's, Taylor was an extremely influential figure in the Ghanaian music scene.

He composed, arranged and performed in several leading highlife bands such as the Stargazers and Broadway Dance Band. He traveled to London with his own ensemble in 1962, The Black Star Highlife Band sponsored by the Ghanaian High Commission.

M3NSA recorded his 2nd Album ‘No. 1 MANGO STREET’ (which launches October 2, 2010), as a yearning shout out to the land of his birth.

He pays homage and takes a nostalgic trip down memory lane, vividly depicting the rich, varied nuances of Ghanaian life from an adult, almost outsider perspective.

“You wanna get into my pants….lalalalalalalala” the chorus raged on, as I stood and listened to the song across the street, I could foretell shades of criticisms looming over the sexy diva. Listen to Get Into My Pants by Eazzy

Her debut album is but some few months old on the market and yet again controversies seem to enjoy her company.