{"id":12062,"date":"2018-01-26T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=12062"},"modified":"2018-01-26T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T12:05:22","slug":"12062-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/12062-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Producing Songs To Impress Friends &#8211; Shatta Wale Advises EL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has advised rapper, EL to stop producing songs to impress friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, EL should focus on producing songs that the masses will hop onto.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted that EL is a good rapper. He however insisted that he needs to switch his focus from producing songs that will impress people to that which the public is going to crave for.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale was speaking in an interview on Zylofon FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf God does something for us lets appreciate it; EL is a good rapper and he should still believe he is the best rapper and shouldn\u2019t let anyone bring him down&#8221;, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI expect rapper EL to learn from this [his example] and deliver songs that the people want and not songs that will have to impress friends or international counterparts\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<h3>Short Bio On EL<\/h3>\n<p>Elorm Adablah, better known by his stage name\u00a0EL, is an award-winning Ghanaian Afrobeat Musician,rapper, singer and producer. He won the Artiste of the Year at 2015\/2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. He also won the 2015\/2016 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Hip-life\/Hip-hop Artiste of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><sup id=\"cite_ref-2\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>EL&#8217;s hit records include &#8220;Obuu Mo&#8221;, &#8220;Kaalu&#8221;, &#8220;One Ghana&#8221;, &#8220;Auntie Martha&#8221;, &#8220;Shelele&#8221;, &#8220;Mi Naa Bo Po&#8221;, &#8220;Koko&#8221; and &#8220;KaaBuAme, See me Sometime, Abaa and Pay Like a Boss&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He gained fast reputation for his crazy club bangers and spectacular Afrobeats sound and has been constant rise since the release of his debut album &#8220;Something Else&#8221; in June 2012.\u00a0He has performed his music at many platforms globally. EL released an annmimixtlaape he calls &#8220;The BAR (Best African Rapper) in 2014. In 2017, he released the 4th one called BAR IV.<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc\" class=\"toc\">\n<div class=\"toctitle\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale has advised rapper, EL to stop producing songs to impress friends and family. According to him, EL should focus on producing songs that the masses will hop onto. He admitted that EL is a good rapper. 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