Popular Highlife artist Ofori Amponsah, also known as Mr. All 4Real, has voiced sorrow about several of his legendary singles that he was compelled to record out of hunger, even if he wouldn’t acknowledge them.
Ofori Amponsah is well-known for hit songs like Emmanuella, Otoolege, Sardine, Alewa, Odwo, Anigyena, Daamabi, Bonwire, Lady, Tintin, Abele, Hello, Broken Heart, Puduo, and Sampson and Delilah. She has collaborated with artists such as Daddy Lumba, Kofi Nti, Barosky, K.K. Fosu, Sarkodie, and King Promise, among others.
For this reason, it is difficult to determine which of his songs made his list of lyrical regrets because Ofori Amponsah has an impeccable groove. He has some incredible songs to his name.
He did, however, regret recording several of his songs, including some of the hits we like. Yes, the tunes that still make us sway, tap our feet, or want to jump on the dance floor and let loose.
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The Otoolege hitmaker claimed in an exclusive interview with Graphic Showbiz that he had to sing some songs he wasn’t proud of in order to survive because he wasn’t financially stable at the time.
In the music industry, one must occasionally take certain actions in order to survive. I performed a few songs that were well-known throughout Ghana, but to be honest, I’m not proud of them because I had to do them out of hunger.
“I wouldn’t have done those songs if my finances had been better back then; they weren’t something I wrote from the heart. However, I had to pay the expenses, which included school fees and energy payments, he revealed.
Ofori Amponsah, on the other hand, asserts that if a musician creates songs primarily for financial gain, they may produce a hit song that briefly gains traction, but the artist and the hit song will quickly fade into obscurity.
“Musicians who make their ‘stomachs’ their priority become irrelevant after a period of time. When you are a musician and you are always thinking of making money to pay bills or sort yourself out, you may not come out with a very good song.”
“In this case, your priority won’t be the content you put out but the money, and you will end up becoming irrelevant in no time. A song like Abele was something that came from my ‘within’ and such songs can last for a very long time. In fact, they are evergreen,” he explained.
