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Exclusive Interview with Mensa

blankGHANACELEBRITIES.COM HAS BEEN SEARCHING & RUNNING AROUND AND TODAY, WE CAUGHT MENSA, A LEGEND OF GHANAIAN MUSIC FOR A CHIT-CHAT INTERVIEW.  MENSA IS A LONDON-BASED SOUL/HIP-HOP PRODUCER, MULTI-INSTRUMENTALISTS, RAPPER AND DJ. HIS FIRST APPEARANCE WAS WITH LIFELINE FAMILY, A CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED BUT SHORT-LIVED HIP-LIFE ACT FROM THE LATE 90S.

MENSA’S STYLE WAS SO VERY DIFFERENT, HIS SOUND WAS SO VERY MATURE THAT HE BECAME AN OVERNIGHT SENSATION. REGGIE ROCKSTONE WAS ONE OF THE ARTISTS WANTING TO WORK WITH HIM. MENSA SUBSEQUENTLY FEATURED ON AND PRODUCES REGGIE’S ALBUM MEKA AND THEN LATER THE LAST SHOW WHICH SOLD IN RECORD NUMBERS. HE WROTE THE LYRICS OF K K FOSU ON REGGIE’S HIT SONG “AH”. MENSA HAS WORKED WITH A LOT OF HIGH PROFILE GHANAIAN MUSICIANS SUCH AS K K FOSU,VIP,T-BLAZE,OBRAFOUR,WANLOV,REGGIE, ETC 

BELOW IS THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE INTERVIEW.(UNEDITED)

9:26PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

Hello Mensa

9:26PMMENSA

hey

9:26PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

how are you?

9:26PMMENSA

I’m good! thanks…you?

9:27PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

cool can u give ghanacelebrities.com a few mins of ya time?just for a small chit chat interview for your lovely Fans around the Globe?

9:28PMMENSA

sure! right after you tell me a bit more about it ie Ghana celebrities anaa? lol lol dont mind me

9:31PMMENSA

cool sounds good lets do it

9:31PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

cool so mensa, Can you tell us about your background and family?

9:31PMMENSA

full pedigree ghanaian… both parents Got a big nuclear family, step sisters and borthers…all very close and somehow artistically inclinedbeen lving overseas for almost a decade now, live mostly in london…but I spend a lot time working in the states

9:35PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

Mensah, re u there? or have lost you?oh cool, you thereHow did you get into music and what was your first break, Mensah?

9:40PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

Mensah, u there?

9:45PMMENSA

yupI lost you for a sec

9:45PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

really, i thought you were lost

9:46PMMENSA

been here

9:46PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

let me ask the question again then

9:46PMMENSA

its Mensa**no ”H”

9:46PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

ok Mensa, got it correct this time How did you get into music and what was your first break, Mensa?

9:49PMMENSA

I’ve always as a kid been into music… everybody says that… but my dad has been playing the guitar since he was teen, my mom was in the choir… my dad later on went to tour and write songs for Osibisa… I was playing the piano by the age of 10, and I was in my church choir as the pianistso apart from my later introduction to secular music in ghana, I’d been around a lot of soul, classical, jazz and a lot of the orinigal highlife music that we dont hear anymore

9:49PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

oh so it something u started from infancy,

9:49PMMENSA

YUP

9:50PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

So,How many albums do you have to your credit?

9:51PMMENSA

hmm, my own albums or ones I’ve done for othersmost people dont know, but I actually put KK Fosu on the scene… produced and recorded Sujwe for himI did a whole album for Reggie Rockstone

9:52PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

really, you did Sujwe for K K? wow,thats great

9:52PMMENSA

lol…

9:53PMMENSA

and the song he did with Reggie (fa mi boni che mi)

9:53PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

Oh I know that song,called AH!! what did u do in that song? production or the beat or what?

9:58PMMENSA

production… I wrote the song for KK to sing

9:59PMMENSA

yeahI wrote the lyrics too

9:59PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

oh really? that is great

10:00PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

So what do you call the kind music you do Mensa? hip life,hip hop, afro pop or what?

10:00PMMENSA

I dont like to put my self in a corner, i do all sorts of music

10:00PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

So can you tell us some of the musicians or have passed through your hands or have worked with so far, the few you can remember since i know you have worked with a lot

10:00PMMENSA

I produced Kokonsa for Wanlov the Kubolor… we’re actually in the studio right now working on a new projectI worked with obrafuo ,Obrafuor*, VIP , Reggie Rockstone,KK Fosu, Tblaze, Lifeline Family

10:03PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

It looks like Mensa has moved from the frontline of being an active musician to production and stuff? is that what you re concentrating on now?

10:04PMMENSA

being a producer IS being an active musician…I’m still touringplay with bands..still singand I’m working on releasing my album before the new yearshould be excitingI got a single coming out in ghana next week actually

10:05PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

oh really? so you going to ghana next week then i guess?

10:05PMMENSA

nooololmy music gets there before

10:06PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

so how re u releasing a single in Ghana whiles you re in london, sending music before you?lol

10:06PMMENSA

I’m working on a project in LA California til xmasthen I’ll be in ghana in the new year to finish my project with Wanlov and start the major pomotion on the album

10:08PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

You and wanlov, what you people working on now , a new project or still promoting Greencard album(Konkonsa song)

10:09PMMENSA

a new project altogether

10:09PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

Will u wanna give us a chip in about this whole new project?

10:10PMMENSA

basically its going to be mind blowing… and I’m not just saying that!

10:11PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

Really, we cant wait for this to come out then

10:11PMMENSA

its something thats never been done before… on the entire music scale….worldwide….never been done beforeyou’ll understand when its done…then you’ll know why I’m saying its never been done before

10:12PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

wow,this sounds great, Fans are waiting, so you working on this project with wanlov as a producer or an artist?

10:12PMMENSA

both

10:13PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

oh , that is wonderful What are your plans (future) for Ghanaian music Mensa?

10:15PMMENSA

man… I feel like the revolution for quality music has just begunand its only going to get better

10:16PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

So apart from music, is Mensa lookin at other projects and if yes, what are these projects?

10:16PMMENSA

looking to put our music on the map in a globally accesible manner… not just music for ghanaians..but also without losing its identity…that has always been my thinhlooking to find myself a wifelol

10:17PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

find yourself a wife? lol

10:18PMMENSA

yupa nice naija wife! lolI’m a sucker for naija girls chale

10:18PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

naija wife? why not a ghanaian wife? ur ghanaian female fans will see this ooo?

10:18PMMENSA

I like their feistiness….yeah, ok then I need the feisty ghana girlslol

10:19PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

What challenges do you face in the Ghanaian music industry?

10:20PMMENSA

none… personally, i tend to disassociate with low quality creativityso if I feel someone or a group of people are into something(music) not for the passion, then I dont want to knowharsh but true

10:22PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

yes, about creativity and the strength of contemporary ghanaian music, what is your take on that?

10:23PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

what do you think artist are doing wrong in today ghanaian music industry?

10:23PMMENSA

we’re the most gifted people on the planet…. oozing positive energy all the time… we just need to instill all our qualities in the youth and give them that sense of pride and belonging… and keep making that great music !

10:25PMMENSA

some have lost the plot…making music for all the wrong reasons… the industry though is growing nicely, with more respect for artists and the arts…the way it ought to be!

10:25PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

so before we go, What are your hobbies and pastimes?

10:27PMMENSA

I like a good book every now and then… and the company of insightful pretty women and a bottle red wine going round lol

10:27PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

lol aight Mensa, thanks for your time,Give us your Parthian shot – last words.

10:28PMMENSA

lol

10:29PMMENSA

being ghanaian lol in my opinion is probably the coolest thing!! lolI dunno… I’m distractedthanks anyways

10:30PMGHANACELEBRITIES.COM

thanks man

10:31PMMENSA

cool



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