Hip-hop is another Western genre that has influenced highlife, leading to the creation of hiplife. Just as early hip-hop sampled the Afro-Cuban drums and rhythmic horns of funk and disco, Reggie Rockstone, commonly known as The Godfather Of Hiplife, sampled the early Afrobeat of Alhaji K. Frimpong and Fela Kuti on his 1997 debut album, Makaa Maka!!. Fast forward to present day and Rvdical the Kid, a Nigerian born Beninois-Ghanaian based in Accra, is making trap and hip-hop-inspired beats ... You can reach the complex beats of afrobeat in 4 or more steps easily. If you find it hard to coordinate in with your four limbs, you should practicing by slowing down the tempo. After you feel comfortable with the beat that you working on, play along withthe original record, so that you can get the main purpose of afrobeat drumming, which is ... A form of Highlife music in Ghana. Developed in the 20's. Generally consists of a guitar and some form of percussion, but the ensemble is flexible and can accomodate other instruments like mandoline and accordion. Can also be as small as vocalist and guitarist. Some entrepreneurs are music fans driven to start their own record label company to become part of the music industry. If you want to affect the music being heard and create your own business, then you need to start a music label, according to Richard Salmon writing in "Sound on Sound" magazine.