We Can Move
Soundway Records reissues Free Youthâs long sought-after 1985 single âWe Can Moveâ, one of the first known examples of Ghanaian hip hop, emerging at the dawn of âhip-lifeâ (hip hop meets highlife). It was the trioâs only release and originally pressed on 7" vinyl, but now comes fully restored, remastered and available for the first time on 12â vinyl along with the original cover art.
Free Youth comprised three main members: brothers Terry âSir Robotâ Bright and Abednego âKing Abedâ Ayim Bright, and their friend Lenny âNii Addyâ Dimple. Around the early 80s they began regularly dancing and singing at clubs and parties in Accra, with other dancers occasionally joining them on stage â including one Reggie Rockstone, who later went on to find commercial success. Catching up in London, where two of them live now, Abed recalls that Rockstone would sometimes borrow outfits from them to dance in. Lenny pipes up: âHeâs still got my red trousers, man!â (as seen on the front cover of the single We Can Move).
Although Rockstone was credited with being one of the pioneers of the hip-life genre in the mid 90s, its roots in Ghanaian hip-hop can be traced back nearly 10 years earlier with Free Youthâs single, as well as with highlife stars such as K. K. Kabobo and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley experimenting with semi-rap lyrics.
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Soundway Records reissues Free Youthâs long sought-after 1985 single âWe Can Moveâ, one of the first known examples of Ghanaian hip hop, emerging at the dawn of âhip-lifeâ (hip hop meets highlife). It was the trioâs only release and originally pressed on 7" vinyl, but now comes fully restored, remastered and available for the first time on 12â vinyl along with the original cover art.
Free Youth comprised three main members: brothers Terry âSir Robotâ Bright and Abednego âKing Abedâ Ayim Bright, and their friend Lenny âNii Addyâ Dimple. Around the early 80s they began regularly dancing and singing at clubs and parties in Accra, with other dancers occasionally joining them on stage â including one Reggie Rockstone, who later went on to find commercial success. Catching up in London, where two of them live now, Abed recalls that Rockstone would sometimes borrow outfits from them to dance in. Lenny pipes up: âHeâs still got my red trousers, man!â (as seen on the front cover of the single We Can Move).
Although Rockstone was credited with being one of the pioneers of the hip-life genre in the mid 90s, its roots in Ghanaian hip-hop can be traced back nearly 10 years earlier with Free Youthâs single, as well as with highlife stars such as K. K. Kabobo and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley experimenting with semi-rap lyrics.
