Looking at ‘ Lullaby ’, the track clocks in just below three minutes and Ball J has a buckshot approach with his victim using these minutes . However , there is nothing interesting about the intro to the track . This is a good track with good performance . The melody is strong and tuneful . The rapper has an attractive vocal tone , and puts some sort of feeling into the lyrics . The lyrics are interesting and meaningful with punchy phrases . Instrumentally , the track is reasonably good in terms of balance , and it provides a solid enough accompaniment that complements the vocal track perfectly , but it needs to be a bit more varied and interesting . Overall , the track is original and thoughtprovoking , and has a strong commercial potential especially outside the country due to the track containing much more English lyrics . ‘ Subzero ’ lacks an introduction and clocks in just above three minutes with Sarkodie using the time to stripe at three victims . The track has some good musical qualities . The melody is also well-shaped and interesting . The rapper has a clear vocal tone and it is appealing . The lyrics to the track is quite predictable , unoriginal and repetitive . Sark is a rapper who usually brags about his wealth , his ability as a rapper and his struggles when he was an up and coming rapper . There is hardly ever a track of his that doesn ’ t talk about these things . The instrumental arrangements like that of ‘ Lullaby ’ complements the vocal track but somehow plain . Commercially , the track will do well in the country but face some difficulties outside Ghana due to the lyrics being in a local dialect .
taking a dig at Sarkodie for being the receiver of some hard punches from his colleague rapper . The collateral damage from this beef especially from ‘ Subzero ’ is far as reaching as other artists . Asem and Shatta Wale are the other victims of Sarkodie .
The internet ate up the verbal exchange between Sarkodie and Ball J , with the former getting the brunt of jokes for rapping in Twi and bragging . On Twitter , the hashtag # RIPSark topped trends with tweets aimed at either commending Ball J for hiss lyricism or
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