During election periods, it is not rare for entertainers to join political trains to lend their support. While some endorse particular political parties and their flagbearers with songs and their presence, others just compose songs to mark the elections.
Hiplife musician, C-zar falls in the latter category. During the 2012 elections, he composed Azonto Pandemic, an election song to mark the occasion. The song which became a hit featured Praye.
However, this year, C-zar says he is so disappointed in all politicians that he will not bother coming out with any election song and he will also not endorse any party or candidate. In a chat with Showbiz on Friday, C-zar who supported Progressive People’s Party (PPP) during the last elections said “The year is still young but at the moment, I do not think I want to lend my support or songs to any political candidate or party. I do not trust politicians anymore.
“All the political parties have failed to deliver on their promises and there is even no difference between Party A and Party B. Until they change, I will remain ‘independent’,” he said.
He told Showbiz that despite criticisms about the style and simplicity of his raps, he told Showbiz that he chooses to simplify the lyrics of his songs in order to make his songs catchy and easy for my audience to memorise.
The Araba Lawson hitmaker said as a poet and a hiplife artiste, he has made it a point to sing and rap in a way which ensures that people are able to learn the lyrics of his songs with ease.
C-zar, real name, Augustine Osei Owusu added that unlike other rappers in the country, he has decided not to use risqué lyrics in his songs and this is the reason he coins new words.
“I am a poet and just because I do not rap like Sarkodie and the others does not mean I am not a rapper. I also coin words like ‘Choppable’ because as a mature artiste, I do not have to use profane words in my songs to make them hits,” he said.
C-zar told Showbiz that irrespective of what the public has to say about his proficiency in rap, he is not perturbed by such comments.
“People say all sorts of things about my style of music but whenever I try to change my rap style, they are the same people who tell me to go back to my old style. Ghanaians are funny people so I have decided to stick to what I know best,” he added.
C-zar criticised the current trend in Ghanaian music where the new crop of artistes are trying to sound like Nigerians and Americans.
“The Ghanaian music industry has become terrible now because we are deviating from the natural style of Ghanaian music and trying to sound like people from other countries.
“Hiplife is a fusion of highlife and rap but some of our musicians are now doing different things in the name of hiplife. No wonder their songs are not selling,” he said.
C-zar stated that he is back to save the hiplife genre with his latest song, Sorry which features Luther. According to him the song has a feel of classic Ghanaian hiplife with a modern touch.
“I am now back for good and so I will be releasing a new song every three months, which will feature some of the big name artistes currently, in anticipation of my album,” he said.
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