The Rap throne in Cameroon has been very
similar to a dictatorial regime for the last 6 years, as virtually one person has sat on it. The
leader of a close but other political rap party Mic Monsta was seen as the hope
for a regime change but disappeared shortly after his first campaign (Fear),
Since then we have seen efforts from many duplicates or rather clones to fill
the vacancy but it has certainly not been the same.
Mic Monsta the kreef protégé has resurfaced
today with a banging video and an EP. The video (Freedom of Speech) features Dready
from the group P.I.M Boys. The song
itself is a very catchy tune, somewhat of a potential club banger. Three steps
ahead I can easily see this song being infused into a Mr. Eazi playlist because
sonically it’s at the same level. Scratch that, virtually every popping
afro pop is influenced now by that Ghanaian sound. However, one can forgive the
replacement by the originality of Mic’s choice of words and the fact that the
hook is overwhelmingly catchy. I would go as far as to say that that this song
predominantly belongs to Dready. The
video tells the cliché love story of your neighbourhood talented guy who steals
the girl of Mr. rich/strong man but gets beaten up and possibly kidnapped at
the end of the video. The visuals are top notch as to be expected and Adah was
able to paint the picture vividly with the help of NS pictures. 
This video ushers in a fresh restart for him
and his label. This song would definately expose Mic to the mainstream media a
lot more than Fear did. The way forward might be very green especially
considering the fact that he just dropped an EP.
I will explain the EP in the second part of
this piece because I truly believe you cannot explain of body of work with one
or two plays.
Salam Ma Lekum!
