MARIO IN GHANA

The smooth and sexy R&B songbird, Mario, was in Ghana for the second time, live at the Dome at the Accra International Conference Centre. The program which was dubbed “Mario/J Holiday Concert” organized by 233connect drew quite a large number of fans of these ambassadors of Bump n’ Grind. However, the other half of the juicy package, J Holiday, did not arrive. But the crowd thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

On the night’s bill were fantastic performances by our very own Ghanaian artistes who did not disappoint. Master of Ceremonies to usher them in was DJ Abrantee from London’s Choice FM. The beautiful RaQuel opened the show with soulful tunes, taking the audience with her on her ear-sweetening journey through the impossible regions her voice could reach. Atumpan, Chase, R2bees, Kas, Dr Cryme created a thunderstorm of dancing. Hands were in the air, feet shuffling from left to right, while some legs found themselves in the air as bodies vibrated to the great dance rhythms and beats.  The night also featured Cabo Snoop’s first trip to Ghana from Angola. He performed his Big Brother hit, ‘Windeck’, which instantly hit in Ghanaian radio stations and clubs. The crowd welcomed Cabo Snoop with ecstatic screams. However, people began to get a bit confused when he performed three songs of his album and all were exactly the same!

Shontell, replacement of J Holiday also from the United States, drew both men and women crazy with her sexiness and amazing voice. Performing a few of her hit songs including ‘T-shirt’, her first trip to Africa, Ghana, would forever be stamped in her memory with the rousing welcome she got. She surprised and overjoyed her audience when she performed one of Rihanna’s hits this year ‘Man Down’. Shontell indeed ‘shouted her joy to the rooftops’ and ‘laid it on the skylights’ when she connected to her African roots.

The final performance of the night was by the much awaited Mario. The smoke, DJ-contrived gunshots and trumpet sounds ushered him on the stage. His female fans screamed their heads off, reaching out to touch his body. He loved them back by serenading them and allowing them to touch him, holding hands and looking into eyes as though they ‘were the only girl’. His song selection in the commencement of his performance, which was a few of his new singles, was quite slow. However momentum was built and the crowd’s wild ecstasy was restored when he began to sing his past hits that caused his Ghanaian female fans to fall in love with him in the first place. The stage tuned in to a hot, sex-steamed and smoky session when he slipped into bump n’ grind mode. Lust was in the air when he serenaded screaming girls to his hits like ‘Braid My Hair’, ‘Let Me Love You’, and ‘I Choose You’. During one performance, he seduced one girl on stage with no trouble at all, allowed her to feel his smooth muscled contours when he hugged her over and over again, sat her on his lap, sung his lyrics right into her eyes and led her hand in hand backstage.

The electric night ended on ‘I Choose You’ when he chose Ghana as definitely the African Country to be.