Music of Friday, 28 March 2008

Source: ghanamusic.com

C Moe at the top of his game

After Ghana Music.com’s editor picked C Moe’s video as “Editor Pick” on the site, C Moe is feeling like a star. He landed his first major media exposure on www.ghanamusic.com as one of the youngest Ghanaian stunners repping it for Ghana in Italy.


And, yes, he’s been calling himself the “hip-hop toy”, “hiplife baggy boy”, “Bed room teacher” for a couple years now and Kumasi Takoradi, Kumasi to Accra can attest that he always looks fly.


At this point in history, as hiplife has its ups and downs, C Moe has promised to put life into the hiplife game.


No new male artist has worked harder this year to win the hearts of rap fans, or done so as effectively as C Moe.


Ghana Music.com catches up with C Moe as he preps for the release of his debut album. It’s his premier album with lead single, “Sika Baa”.


Expectations are higher than ever for C Moe. Ghana Music.com can firmly announce that the official album will hit stores this year, though we will be hearing him on some mix tapes with his underground cats.


Pompous yet passionate, the self-described “diamond millionaire” vehemently stresses about money girls, his album, the hiplife game, his past, present and and future in the hiplife game.


Before I conclude the article, all ladies who are approached by C Moe should make sure you don’t degrade C Moe or else… To follow the sentence, watch C Moe – Sika video and you will find out about the rest.


Ghana Music.com: Hey, C Moe how are you doing man?

C Moe: Am Gud Bro!


Ghana Music.com: So I just want to talk about the new album. This your first album. How does it differ from the previous joints?

C Moe: Yea! This my first album and is like am trying to take this game to another level with the Southern flavour. Ya’ll ready know what it is.


Ghana Music.com: I was very impressed with the record, “Sika baa”. How did you lay the verses for the song?

C Moe: Basically, the verses for the song came in day and it was also an advantage for me to express myself about the kind of things going on with our ladies and also let the people know a little bit about C MOE.


Ghana Music.com: Now you’ve got your single the “Sika Baa”, you did a video for that. Do you have any plans for a second single off of the album?

C Moe: Hell Yea! I’ve got about two more singles to come out off the album. And this time around, I mean business. Am trying to elevate the hiiplife game to another level.


Ghana Music.com: Now a lot of cats are arguing back and forth about who’s the King of the hiplife. Who do you think is?

C Moe: I can’t really say because they are all good.


Ghana Music.com: So, you’ve been in the game for like 10 years now. Or what?

C Moe: Naaaa. Just a couple of years now.


Ghana Music.com: Where would you like to see yourself five years down the line? What do you see yourself doing?

C Moe: Yea, I wanna be on top. In fact am gone be on the top with a lot of big things popping. Ya’ll ready Know. Haha.


Ghana Music.com: If you are not concerned about sales, then how are you gonna make a great album?

C Moe: Yea, sales counts in the game but a lot of times your music being a hit is what really matters. Because at the end of the day if your music couldn’t be a hit then definitely you are not gonna sell. But you coming out with a great album will definitely get you the biggest sales. And that’s where the money at.



Ghana Music.com: You made any appearance on anybody’s album lately?

C Moe: Yea! A couple of underground artistes who are ready to kill the game. They are my boys, D Nice and Horror.


Ghana Music.com: So tell me, who is a Sika baa too?

C Moe: Money Girl. Hahaa! Sika Baa to me is all those real girls who truly know what time it is.


Ghana Music.com: The song “Sika Baa” is arguably a good south song from a Ghanaian so far. You destroyed a lot of your peers’ beats. How did you come up with the tracks you wanted to use?

C Moe: It was crazy men: I didn’t actually think of the track. I was sitting down to think about what I should write and stuffs like that. I just came up with the chorus once and that’s it. You know and I started killing the whole thing.


Ghana Music.com: After your video was featured on Ghana Music.com, new fans of your thought you could have gone all out with the Sika baa song. Anywhere who is Eddy Kiss?

C Moe: Yea! EDDY KISS is one of my top underground artiste. He’s my real dawg. Besides we coming up with a click called “QUICK MONEY”. That’s EDDY KISS, ELOHIN and myself. We are trying to bang this whole thing together.


Ghana Music.com: Who laid the beats for the album?

C Moe: Basically, Big DAVE from POKALUS DIGITAL STUDIO (Kumasi - Dicemso) laid the beat and ma man, SMOKE (CEO of POKALUS DIGITAL STUDIO) did the mixing.


Ghana Music.com: Who really is C Moe. What’s your style? Who inspires you and all that?

C Moe: Yea! C MOE is a young dude repping on the street with a HUNDRED MILLION DOLLAR DREAM. This dude wanna stay fresh till he is gone and that’s what the street code says. My style is like the “DREAM BIG THANG”. I always wanna roll with the REALEST. And my inspiration comes from ma home boys and my loved ones. Don’t really wanna mention names but the BIGGEST one comes from ma boy, ELOHIN.



Ghana Music.com: So right now what’s cooking with your album?

C Moe: Am in the kitchen cooking and am almost done. It will be out pretty soon, believe me.


Ghana Music.com: Do you go everywhere with your music. What are some of the zones that you been going into while making your new album?

C Moe: Yea! You know in this game u can’t really make it if you not being recognized and that’s the reason why I try my best to leave a mark at everywhere I step. I represented myself at the YOUTH TALENT SHOW held in BRESCIA (ITALY) and also at the K. K. FOSU, KOFI B and YAW ADINKRA EUROPEAN TOUR.