Mutombo Da Poet joins The Hip Hop African Podcast to debate his long-awaited return to recording, the evolution of Ghana’s spoken-word motion, and why he now describes his music as “melodic spoken phrase.”
A pioneer of up to date spoken phrase in Ghana, Mutombo displays on greater than twenty years of efficiency, the lasting impression of Picture Sentences, and the way hip hop has formed his inventive id. He additionally opens up about fatherhood, social media, documentary pictures, procrastination, and creating deeply private work on his new venture, B50.
On this episode we focus on:
- How Def Poetry Jam impressed his journey into spoken phrase
- Why he considers spoken phrase and rap “first cousins”
- The making of Picture Sentences and its lasting legacy
- Creating his new sound: melodic spoken phrase
- The duty of artists as storytellers and social commentators
- Rising as an artist after twenty years
- Social media, criticism, and defending creativity
- Why Ghana’s spoken-word scene wants extra open mic areas
- Fatherhood and the way it remodeled his writing
- The story behind his return with B50
- What’s subsequent, together with two extra EPs
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