Fokn Bois

• Fokn Wit Ewe [Pidgen Music, 2012] A
• Coz of Moni 2 (Fokn Revenge) [Pidgen Music, 2014] A-

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Fokn Wit Ewe [Pidgen Music, 2012]
Anglo-Ghanaians Emmanuel Owun-Bonsu dba Wanlov the Kubolor, who oversees the alt-Afrobeats, and Mensa Ansah dba M$ensa, who chants-raps-sings the wisely wiseass leads, released this disruptive debut over a decade ago and damn it I missed it. Given how much I now love a lead track that goes "We know you fear guns/We know you fear knives/We know you fear strong homosexual guys" before moving on to make something comparable of such titles as "Jesus Is Coming," "Want to Be White," "Famous in China," "Help America," and "Thank God We're Not a Nigerians," this was clearly a flub. I'm aware that I'm supposed to thank God Burna Boy is a Nigerian, and Lord knows I'm still trying even though he would appear to be too bland to keep me interested. But these hyperintelligent, stealth-ethical jokers are my kind of guys, and though their catalogue is hard to get straight by the flexible standards of the download epoch, I sincerely hope to report on their subsequent musical adventures in the months to come. A

Coz of Moni 2 (Fokn Revenge) [Pidgen Music, 2014]
"The World's 2nd 1st Pidgen Musical" sports a plot in which--or so you're advised to gather from the less than altogether coherent film version on YouTube--Wanlov and M$ensa achieve vengeance on a machete-wielding gang that left them for dead, suggest the possibility that the police are underpaid, provide improv room for a maricon, and in a battle of the continents confront Dracula with none other than Ananse himself. Among other things. A-