Otis Mensah

hip hop

Traphouse Jazz

V or 5

hiphop/rap

the intern (of 4 old kids)

Reminded - Tyga feat. Adele

The Mahdi. (Prod. Marcasso)

This is only the beginning. MasegoMusic.com  

Jazzy Twerk

announcing a couple live shows very soon, look out for those. Deffie x Masego delivers with ' Too That Thang ' a definite party starter for those summer days by the pool. 

Discover: @deffiedeff
                 @masegomusic

free download

Deffie x Masego ~ Toot That Thang

EUROPE IS LOST

Tha Ynoe - Ready To Rumble

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Runaway (feat. Pusha T)

Tha Ynoe - Revival Ft. Exsr (Prod. Sef One)

@aniwiththeantis @kamijoi

nowyaknow.nyc website (coming soon)

Otive x Mo - Yo' Mind (Prod. ninjoi. x Rome_)

feat. @Masegomusic 

S/O to The FADER for the premier
http://www.thefader.com/2016/08/18/brasstracks-and-masego-melanin-man 

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4dj2CRLWvdFgEzsVtc2qr6
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/good-love/id1145756569 
Apple Music: https://itun.es/us/zUTseb 


iTunes

Melanin Man (feat. Masego)

Somebody Like You

Over (feat. 6LACK)

Black Fruit Punch 

Black Fruit Punch (Prod. by Phil Nash)

'creep n crawl' is the new single from yours truly' Otis Mensah, taken from a series of coming releases, accompanied by the incredible production sound of the intern from Berlin https://soundcloud.com/theintern The song touches on the concept of fears & feelings suppressed and the demons they morph into when neglected & left to grow. "Don't allow the gruesome molecular of melancholy and hidden fears, buried in the back of your cerebral creep their way into your everyday and distort your perspective, your vision. Shoot them down on sight, you are the Sheriff of your own subconscious." https://otismensah.bandcamp.com/album/creep-n-crawl 

Lyrics written & performed by: Otis Mensah
Instrumental music by: the intern 
Background vocals by: Bethany Holland
Instrumental mixed & mastered by Elias Koraus
Vocals mixed & mastered by Just Seppy

Creep & Crawl (prod. the intern)

'Thought of the day' is the second single from yours truly' Otis Mensah, taken from a series of coming releases, accompanied by the incredible production sound of the intern from Berlin. Not everyone is going to see your vision. Not everyone is going to share your perspective. Not everyone is going realise your potential and that's ok. "I meet people on my travels, on this journey I'm on, some inspiring, some mysterious, some serious ones, some are stable, some are eerie, some delirious ones, some condescending, confident, content, conniving for fun, some precautious, self conscious and some precarious ones. I wonder which one am I, while I look up at the sky, or am I all of these people combined, if I could perceive through your eyes, well do I even enter your mind?" https://otismensah.bandcamp.com/album/thought-of-the-day

Lyrics written & performed by: Otis Mensah
Instrumental music by: the intern 
Background vocals by: Bethany Holland
Instrumental mixed & mastered by Elias Koraus
Vocals mixed & mastered by Just Seppy

Thought of the day (prod. the intern)

Composition & Production by Jaime Ure
Co-Production, Mix & Master by Rodin Sabatino
Sax by Cade Gouin

Protected

DC or Nuffin 

Produced by @radiantchildren
(http://twitter.com/radiantchildren)

Goldlink is returning to play down under! Tickets & VIP packages for At What Cost Australia + New Zealand 2018 Tour are on sale now at http://goldlink.info/tour

At What Cost 
Apple Music - http://smarturl.it/iGLAWC
Spotify - http://smarturl.it/sGLAWC
Amazon - http://smarturl.it/aGLAWC
Google Play - http://smarturl.it/gGLAWC

SummaTime featuring Wale & Radiant Children

"Intelligent 
Beautiful 
Wise
Wealthy 

Driven
Driving
Eyes 
Shining

Inspiring
Powerful

Heavy walking
World traveling
Advice giving
Loving 
Leading 
Woman of God "

Love you momma

_M.A.D

Momma's Boy

Prod. By: JLL
Mixed By: Eric Lau 
Photo By: Aaron Dee
Artwork By: Darryl Sharp

June 8 2017

Navajo

Uk alternative hip-hop artist Otis Mensah and Berlin-based producer the intern get together for a mellow and melancholic journey. The song carries us through a hazy, experimental jazz-rap sound with a brooding and poetic depiction of the mental burdens in modern-day society. It touches on themes of materialism, nostalgia, isolation and depression. Otis shifts seamlessly from spoken word to a stream-of-conscious type rap cadence with volatile delivery. The music visuals act as a visual representation of contemplation & introspection with a minimalist undertone; directed by GRIT MULTIMEDIA, Otis Mensah & Raluca de Soleil for a FREEMINDS production.  

Otis Mensah - Oh Jane

written by Otis Mensah 
additional vocals by Patty Mulloy  
produced & recorded by the intern
mixed and mastered by Elias Koraus & the intern
performed by Otis Mensah
Recorded Sunday, July 30, 2017
Artwork by GRIT Multimedia

Oh Jane (prod. the intern)

Music Produced by 7apes
Written & Recorded by Arletis Garcia
Mixed and Mastered by O R L Y (7Apes + the intern) and Arletis Garcia
Recorded February 17, 2018. 

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I don't know what to say when you call me
You say that we need to talk this through
But we've run out of words to say to each other
Nothing hurtful to say that hasn't been used

We know this is done
So what is it that we're waiting for
We been here too long
So why we procrastinating

How many times we gotta fight 
And stay up all night
We both can't be right
Do you remember when it
Was intoxicating?

But now it's only toxic
Now it's only toxic
Now it's only toxic
Now it's only toxic

We treat this relationship like a puzzle
Knowing that we don't have the pieces that fit
Escaping reality like double
But this ain't a movie, we're ill-equipped

We know this is done
So what is it that we're waiting for
We been here too long
So why we procrastinating

How many times we gotta fight 
And stay up all night
We both can't be right
Do you remember when it
Was intoxicating?

But now it's only toxic
Now it's only toxic
Now it's only toxic
Now it's only toxic

Bitch, don't kill my vibe
Bitch, don't kill my vibe
Got me up all night
Got me up all night

Bitch, don't kill my vibe
Bitch, don't kill my vibe
I don't wanna cry
I don't wanna cry

Bitch, don't kill my vibe
Bitch, don't kill my vibe
Got me up all night
Got me up all night

Bitch, don't kill my vibe
Bitch, don't kill my vibe
I don't wanna cry
I don't wanna cry

Toxic

Blue Jeans

All songs from this project were indeed mind-crafted by myself in my mum’s house, where my journey began and continues. The songs were brought to life by the production of my brother, the intern, who mixed and mastered this project at his apartment in Berlin. 

“Mum’s House, philosopher” is an ode to the “colours of it all”— the oxymoronic nature of every breathing second on this piece of rock. This school of thought gives voice to the sunken place of sacrifice when we numb our code of ethics to make way for comfort and survival. These sounds are from a place that sees our philosophy depleted of sense, from a time when life feels like a string of contradictory truths, seemingly right in their own lane but, when thrusted together in the tumble dryer of life, seem nonsensical and paradoxical. 

Imagine consuming the soul-stirring art painted by an unforgivable moral-monster, experiencing its beauty and how wrong it feels. In the same vein, imagine giving over power to the nurturing caress of Faith that nullifies the voice of nihilism when realism calls for hopelessness because sometimes there’s an alchemy in believing against the odds. 

I hope this project brings laughter and contemplation. I hope this project levitates you from the cave of your manifested traumas, even if just for a moment. I hope this project inspires you to seek out the philosophy in the mundane because apathy should never dull technicolor canvases of thought. 

I hope this project paints vividly the absurdity in our reality and shows our own capacity to leave colourful trails of contradiction on our path of reason. I hope we can all strive to credit humility — the mighty shadow that darkens the fools gold glimmer of ego.

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Outside the Cave

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Foreign Object

People

Buffer Rings

The Four Owls - Life In The Balance Ft.Jam Baxter

The Four Owls - Life In The Balance

Otis Mensah (recipient of Jerwood Arts Live Work Fund & Arts Council England's Developing your Creative Practice) is a musician and multidisciplinary artist exploring the intersection of poetry and experimental music(s). Taking influence from the rhythmic and expressive freedom of Jazz, Otis’ work uses aesthetic language as an instrument to solo through themes of race, identity, gender and the body. 

Since being appointed Sheffield’s first Poet Laureate in 2018, Otis has sold-out their debut poetry collection Safe Metamorphosis published with Prototype in 2020, debuted at Glastonbury, We Out Here and Shambala Festival, as well as performing with the likes of Moor Mother, Nightmares On Wax, Benjamin Zephaniah, Lava La Rue, Mahalia and Little Simz.