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There can be no easier (and let�s face it less expensive way) to shoot yourself to stardom in Ghana these days than making music especially if you have some DJ friends and people in the media, and a good producer. Forget about lyrics, it�s all about the beat now, something a little techno with a noe-jazz instrumental or the world famous �Azonto� beat to which people can gyrate their waists is sure to make you a star. You might disagree but I dare you and anyone else to tell me the central theme of the hot Azonto songs, �Alugutugui�, �Aboodatoi� or even Sarkodie�s �You Go Kill Me�. This is where I must make sure you know that this is not a hate post; it�s more of a passionate criticism and a wake-up call. So if you don�t take criticism about your favorite musician well at all, thank you for reading but please stop here. Sarkodie is a good rapper, maybe the best in Ghana for now, but is he a good lyricist? A good rapper may rhyme cool with drool but a better lyricist thinks of both the meaning of his statement and its rhyming factor too. I hope Sarkodie fans are not dismayed yes he�s not so good a lyricist so if I should list my top 10 lyricists, he will be at #10. It only fair to say that as I have a top 10 lyricist list, I have a bottom 10 list and without doubt C Zar tops this list closely followed by Secure. I somewhat find it appealing to my ear that these two�s musical careers seem to have taken an abrupt end. Now having made mention of these names, I have to explain who a good lyricist is. To me a good lyricist is one who incorporates rhymes and metaphors into his rap, one whose rap has dual or triple meaning, one whose rap make you go like �why didn�t I think of that line�. Some people tend to call them good punch liners; I call them the true lyricist. And funnily enough the acts not hailed by the Ghanaian media, C Real, J Town, Jay So. Paapa, Rumor, Scientific, Kay Ara, Kojo and the many labeled as �underground� or �upcoming� acts are the ones who are the better lyricists needed to put the Ghanaian music on an international front.