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Makaa Maka!! is the debut studio album by Ghanaian rapper Reggie Rockstone, released on 1 September 1997 through his independent label, Kassa Records. It features guest appearances from Cy Lover, Sammi B, Chocolate, Kwa-Cee, Zapp Mallet, Fredi Funkstone, Nananom, and Talking Drums. It is one of the first rapped hiplife albums to be composed and sung entirety in a Ghanaian language. The album comes after his debut EP Tsoo Boi, which came out in 1996. Makaa Maka!! fuses Western-influenced hip hop with traditional Ghanaian hiplife sounds, with some of the songs in the album cross-referencing older highlife songs. Notable tracks of the album included "Sweetie, Sweetie", "Tsoo Boi", "Nightlife in Accra", and "Agoo". The album is co-produced by Rab Bakari and Zapp Mallet. Makaa Maka!! is one of the best selling albums in Ghana, having sold over 50,000 copies. The album reshaped Ghanaian popular music, resulting in Reggie Rockstone earning the title of "Grandpapa of Hip Life". From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makaa_Maka) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)