Saturday 7 April 2018

BANSO On the Spotlight: SKIEZY AYENKEA Soon To Drop Them Bombs


Tardzenyuy Bernard Ayenkea better known by his stylish artist name Skiezy Ayenkea was born in a small village of Nso called Ndzenso on the 19th of May 1988. Based in Dubai, this young Anglophone talent has never retracted from the musical world of 237 ever since his muse first inspired him. From his crawling days back in the village, he showed traits of an artist and performer for the future. Like many young artists of today, he kept his musical dreams alive and continuously nourished them till date. Before moving over to Dubai, Skiezy had sojourned in Nkomba-Mabanda in Bonaberi, Douala where he came across other young talents like himself and together they kept the dream alive by being part of a couple of music shows in Douala and Buea.

Skiezy is a rapper and singer who’s known for developing his own rhymes and crafting his own conception of what hip hop and rap should. This has undeniably been gradually shining the spotlight on him eversince and back from his university days.  This talented young artist realized earlier in his development of his musical career that it’s not easy to climb the ladder of success alone. He understood that to get to the high rungs of the musical food chain, an artist must collaborate and depend on others. To this effect, he joined forces with a group called Nascent Boyz  alongside his friend and partner Parker. Together, they jump started their musical career in 1999/2000.

Lyrically speaking, Skiezy demonstrates his mastery of the rap arts. His simple but enchanting rhyming parts capture without doubt the musicality of his bars and consequently his songs. Holding in  B.A in Literatures in English from the university of Buea with a minor in Performing and visual arts has without doubt contributed immensely to his ability to comprehend the complexity embedded with rhyme and poetry. He therefore showcases his knowledge of linguistic artistry in the way he conceives and delivers his lyrics in any song he does.

As earlier intimated, Skiezy Ayenkea is currently based in Dubai but his musical soul is still settled in 237. Since music has always been his first ‘wifey’ and since he has shown no signs of ever relenting in the game, I make bold to say that I believe this is an artist the Anglophone hip hop community can count on for superb things in the nearest future. Talking to Kwata Vibes, Skiezy revealed that: “I will not relent in my effort to live my footprint, to live a mark within this budding Musical Industry in 237.” Such a statement shows his determination in growing the hip hop game in the country in his own way, and of course this way entails going hard as never before.

This young rapper and singer alongside his crew have blessed to work with great producers like Timo Bass, Darice Etang, Z-Lex Blacson, DEA the Busker, Slim Beats, Djudi etc. this is reason enough to explain the quality of their songs I have heard this far. This quality I categorize within the finest Anglophone Cameroon hip hop has to offer. Worthy of note is the fact that Skiezy’s debut songs were recorded in 2002. Unfortunately, these songs can’t be found online because back then,  social media had really no impact yet. This explains why these songs are still on tape recorders which are seemingly no longer relevant today. However, Skiezy Ayenkea revealed that him and his team were soon to undertake a project to retrieve these songs the tapea and make them available digitally. (we waiting)

Some of the songs Skiezy Ayenkea has released with his crew available on Soundcloud.com  include among others; Climax feat Why Tomah, First Lady feat Cervel Ganster, I be don tell you,Trap , Ali Bomaye. To this he has recently released a stunning and musically captivating track entitled VENALEALEN. ‘Venalealen’ from Lamnso roughly translates into English as “watch him”. The song is a mix tape and is found on YouTube. Skiezy Ayenkea exclusively revealed to Kwata Vibes that he is currently working on an Album which will be out before the end of the year. He also confided to Kwata Vibes that this forthcoming is entitled The Chase. Without much ado about nothing since all has been said about the versatility of this young Anglophone 237 rap artist, we all keep our hands crossed while waiting for The Chase. Of course stay glued to Kwata Vibes and get informed when the release date of this album is made available.


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