Stonebwoy - Not Again

What this video is

Released in November 2014 as part of the 'Necessary Evil' album, 'Not Again' sits at the inflection point in Stonebwoy's career immediately before his international breakthrough. Within months of this release, he would win Best International Act: Africa at the 2015 BET Awards and Artist of the Year at the 2015 Ghana Music Awards, cementing his status as the leading reggae and dancehall artist in Ghana. The track…

Why it matters

A core document of Ghanaian Afro-dancehall's 2014 period, illustrating how artists such as Stonebwoy synthesised Jamaican reggae/dancehall cadence with West African pop production aesthetics and Afrobeats rhythms. The track's self-produced credit (Livingstone Etse Satekla) highlights the DIY…