Talented music duo, Dope Nation talk about their musical journey. Moreover, they revealed, frustrations they encountered while trying to enter the music industry. Therefore, these frustrations forced them to produce their own beats.<\/p>\n
The duo, made up of identical twin brothers, said they became fed up with constantly joining long queues just to record their songs.<\/p>\n
Moreover, they recounted 13 years ago in Takoradi, how they used to wait in queues to have a recording session with WilliesBeatz. They spoke about this journey on\u00a0Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM. They stated<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to buy Willies \u2018waakye\u2019,\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Michael one of the twins stated that in those days WilliesBeatz, was busy recording big acts like Guru, Kofi Kinaata and Castro. Therefore, he barely had time.<\/p>\n
Due to the frustrations, B2 said they had to watch YouTube videos to learn how to produce their own beats.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took us about five years to master [producing our beats]\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
DopeNation is known for producing hit songs such as \u2018Kpuu Kpaa\u2019 by Shatta Wale, \u2018Wow\u2019 by Joey B feat EL, \u2018Sebgefia\u2019 by Joey B and EL,.<\/p>\n
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