For 10 years, Ghostpoet has been giving us a blend of music, that he might say is unidentifiable. Not limiting himself to one area has been a stroke of genius and has allowed for his productions to move in and out of the Hip Hop mould and experiment with other mixes to get his creative side across.

Otherwise known as Obaro Ejimiwe, Ghostpoet’s Concrete Pony is a modern take on where we are as a society, with Ghostpoet himself claiming that with ‘Infinite possibilities and choices galore but we seem set in stone’. This is a great creative foundation to build on and gives us multiple possibilities to hear the influences that transcend through the music and give a complex message to this new release. 

Musically, Concrete Pony is unique, it sits apart from recent releases as I think it goes to a deeper place, lyrically and emotionally. As mentioned the focus is based on a reflection of current society, so the music flows in a slow single, simple chord movement, with a spoken narrative that moves melodically over a semi rap format. Other effects are used to make the highlighted points stand out even more. The video to this release is very well crafted and is, on its own, a completely brilliant piece of contemporary art. That is exactly what Concrete Pony is for me, a masterpiece of art. It won’t fill dancefloors, but it will stimulate people's consciousness into linking music to reality. With prominent percussion and subtle use of synths to put across a daring break in modern music, Ghostpoet’s creation fits so smoothly with the name he goes by. The phrases are poetry, the subliminal messages are deep, complex and relevant and the music is intriguing and challenging. As a piece of art, Concrete Pony is absolutely everything that the 21st century music scene should be about. 

 Indie-rock 

Author: Phil Arnold

Phil Arnold is a musician, producer and music reviewer from Devon, in the South West of England. Whilst not writing music reviews, Phil also writes and records under the name of Ugbrooke.