{"id":93224,"date":"2021-11-29T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T12:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=93224"},"modified":"2021-11-29T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T13:28:26","slug":"eugy-home-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/eugy-home-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Eugy puts points on the board with Home Run EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">If the British Afro-bashment \/ Afro-fusion scene\u2019s explosion was a crime, Eugy would be a primary suspect. Born in Accra and raised in London, starting out as a hip-hop head, the man has been guilty of delivering a series of West-African fused monster hits on a regular basis for years. Starting out with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BmRWXHRPZyo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dance For Me<\/a>\u201d alongside Nigerian mogul <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/mr-eazi\/\">Mr Eazi<\/a> in 2016, racking up over 40 million views on Youtube, he reoffended with his EP <em>Flavourz<\/em> in 2017 and <em>4play<\/em> in 2020, between which he released \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=viLHv8IkcDM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LoLo<\/a>\u201d, leading to remixes from Colombian superstar Farina and Tanzanian artist Harmonize. His latest infraction was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ejNMVMVFWqQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Touch<\/a>\u201d, \u201c<em>sitting on a hard drive for years<\/em>\u201d before creating a viral dance phenomenon on social media and accumulating millions of streams across platforms. It ended up turning into a worldwide remix EP, with a lineup including global superstars such as Jamaican Busy Signal, Nigerian <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/falz\/\">Falz<\/a>, Dutch Chivv and Puerto Rican Cauty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fresh off this major success, Eugy is now getting ready for his next heist: <em>Home Run &#8211; EP<\/em>, a project which shines a spotlight on talents from his motherland of Ghana. A true homecoming experience, the EP will attempt to cover all the biggest genres of the moment in the West-African country, and develop the highly creative dialogue taking place between the continent and its Afro-diasporic population. On his recently released singles, the artist has already explored drill with \u201cOsu Freestyle\u201d, afrobeats with \u201cBomBomBom\u201d and amapiano with \u201cI Need a Boo\u201d. We spoke to Eugy about what more he has in store.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Eugy Ft. Kuami Eugene - I Need A Boo [Official Video]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UVuaiQMc3CQ?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Eugy Ft. Kuami Eugene &#8211; I Need A Boo [Official Video]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How does one follow up on a success like \u201cMy Touch\u201d?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel like as an artist, if you chase big hits, you might put yourself in a spiral of not allowing yourself to be free creatively. So what I try to do is record all the time, almost everywhere. You have a feeling of which song is gonna be big, but you never really really know so I think the key is just to always keep working, always keep recording and just keep going. Once you have a hit as big as \u201cMy Touch\u201d, what you have is an opportunity to apply even more pressure because you have a lot more people paying attention to it. If anything, get more creative. It\u2019s a sign and a signal to work even harder.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve had \u201cMy Touch\u201d sitting on a hard drive for like three years! That\u2019s how I work. I\u2019ve got thousands of songs, I record a lot. It\u2019s one of those songs that had been sitting there. I kinda knew it was going to do well, but I was just waiting for the right moment to drop it. It did what it was supposed to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Can you explain the name of the project, \u201cHomerun\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the last four years I\u2019ve been going to Ghana almost every christmas. First I went back there as a tourist, because I hadn\u2019t been back: I was born in Ghana, moved to London and hadn\u2019t been back for 21 years. When I first got back there, I was enjoying the nightlife, the party and stuff like that. But as the years went by, I started realizing I wanted to reconnect more and more with where I come from, what\u2019s going on on the ground, who does what\u2026 What I also saw was how hard the artists back home have to work. In the UK and Europe, we have a nice infrastructure in place that allows us to push our music to the world a lot easier than what Ghanaians artists have to go through. I found a new respect for the artists there. I might not be the biggest artist in the world, but if I can bridge that gap and open the window for my fans to learn about some of the artists from my country and vice-versa, it would be a good move for all parties involved. <em>Homerun<\/em>: going back home, running through home and then also, in a baseball game hitting a homerun means you score a point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Was this project specifically thought of for a Ghanaian audience ?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is actually for the world. I say that because the songs are different types of genres\u2026 that you all find in Ghana. The song with Medikal and Jaybahd is drill, now that drill is a worldwide phenomenon. Then, a song like \u201cBomBomBom\u201d is a dance song that runs the club. High tempo, high energy\u2026 and then we have an amapiano song with Kuami Eugene, now that amapiano is taking over the world. And the last one is with Efya, which has a more RnB vibe. I\u2019m paying my respect to Ghana but I did make it with the aim of the world hearing the talent coming out of Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1408\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eugy-1-1010x1408.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-93232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eugy-1-1010x1408.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eugy-1-759x1058.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eugy-1-661x921.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eugy-1-465x648.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eugy-1-375x523.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eugy-1.jpg 1148w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>There is also a lot of rap\u2026 why make that choice when Ghana is mostly known for Afrobeats?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I genuinely believe in my heart that if we\u2019re not talking about the US, I personally believe Ghana has the best rappers in the world. It might be untapped and a lot of the rappers speak in the local languages but when it comes to flows and rhyming schemes and rapping abilities, Ghanaian rappers have always been top 2 or top 3 for me. When you actually go there and see how many rappers are out there, it\u2019s mind blowing. And I actually started out rapping. It was also to pay homage to the rap culture, and for myself a touch base with what gave me my launch as a career. I have definitely enjoyed the singing, but I wanna remind you that Eugy can and will always be able to rap.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You are a UK artist getting inspired by Ghana, while in Ghana a huge drill scene is inspired by UK artists\u2026&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They love us, and they\u2019ve been loving us from the beginning. They\u2019ve always been supporting us, they\u2019ve always messaged us, they\u2019ve always reached out to us\u2026 I\u2019m just gassed that people are taking them seriously and seeing what I\u2019ve been telling people: Ghana has some serious, serious untapped talent. It\u2019s unreal, it\u2019s like finding an oil reserve. You tap one place in the ground, and the talent just goes out! And now is the time. African music is under the spotlight. They\u2019ve always supported us even when I thought they didn\u2019t know who Stormzy or Skepta were, and they\u2019ve been listening to UK rap and stuff like grime from back in the days. It\u2019s only fair that we mirror it back to them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Do you think this dialogue between diasporic and West-African artists is something specific to your generation?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s weird because growing up, at family parties and stuff, they used to play Ghanaian music. We couldn\u2019t hear any Spice Girls, Backstreet Boys\u2026 it was always gonna be Daddy Lumba! It\u2019s just when we stepped out of the house that we learned more about what was happening in Europe and the UK. We always had this blend. I feel like diasporan kids that have African origins always had it because our parents left Africa but didn&#8217;t really leave Africa in their hearts. What\u2019s happening now was only a matter of time. We\u2019re the ones who\u2019ve been able to really integrate the system, and cover the best of both worlds. I knew it was gonna happen, and I\u2019m just happy I\u2019m young enough to be a part of it. It\u2019s going to get to a stage where African music is just going to be accepted worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/moves.lnk.to\/Eugy_HomeRun\" target=\"_blank\">Home Run &#8211; EP<\/a><\/em> by Eugy, out on December 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Eugy Ft. 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