Without "Gyae Shi," there would be no blueprint for the newer generation of Ghanaian Dancehall artists. You can hear the DNA of this track in the works of Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy—the aggressive delivery, the cultural pride, and the danceable groove.
: Samini admitted that as a young man, he once experimented by blending marijuana ("wee") with the local spirit, Akpeteshie , on a hot afternoon.
To understand the hunger for "Gyae Shi," you must first understand the weight of the name (formerly Batman). Before the Afrobeat wave swept the globe, before the world knew the term "Afrobeats" as we do today, there was a rugged, dreadlocked pioneer fusing Reggae, Dancehall, and Highlife.