Ghanaian record producer and DJ, Ronald Banful, professionally known as Guilty Beatz has gone into details about his pre production process on the LionKing album. In a conversation with Y Lounge host Akosua Hanson, Guilty disclosed he was contacted by Beyoncé’s production team to work on some beats for the album after they heard beats on “akwaaba” and “pilolo”. He furthermore said he had to spend 5 days in Los Angeles while working on the beats for the album.
When asked why he was chosen to be a part of the Lion King project, he said his sounds are very unique because of his due diligence in producing his beats. Apart from afro beats, he fuses and blends Brazilian sounds to create unique beats. He also disclosed how useful his work ethic was to the team. He made sure to be on time with submitting beats which quickened the production process.
Moving on, the beats producer has intentions of working with some artistes internationally. He talked about meeting with artistes like Boy Wonder and connecting well with them among other things.
Guilty Beatz in hindsight, disclosed he knew he wanted to be in music from the age of 13years old even though his parents did not support his decision. He grew up listening to jazz music which has definitely been a major influence on his beats now. Guilty spends a lot of time practicing by learning tutorials on keys and chords from YouTube.
Talking about his new partnership with Sony Music Publishing UK, Guilty beatz said his only agenda is to take Ghanaian music to the rest of the world by doing authentic music.
In conclusion, Guilty Beatz encouraged young people to thrive in thier crafts by constant practice and meditation everyday.
