Ghanaian ace producer, Appietus has expressed his dismay with a recent feature on Phamous TV’s Top 10 Video countdown segment, which suggested that hiplife group, D2 wore inferior clothing in the new music video, ‘Mama Ne Dada’. According to the producer who has D2 under his management, the host of the TV show said the group was not well dressed for the video, describing their clothing as ‘china goods’. According Appietus, the comments were disrespectful to him and Chapter Two, their costumier. He said the host had no knowledge about the clothing and it was therefore not appropriate to condemn it. He added that in any case, the host should not expect his boys to dress up in designer clothes like Jay-Z because they don’t have millions of dollars like Jay-Z. Appietus insinuated that perhaps Phamous TV made the disparaging remarks about D2’s music video because it wasn’t directed by renowned Ghanaian music video director, Gyo Gyimah who also is the producer of Phamous TV. “I don’t know whether it is because Gyo is jealous or what?” he remarked. Meanwhile, Gyo has explained that the Top 10 Video countdown segment just analyzes the technical challenges in Ghanaian music videos, and it is not aimed to target or disrespect any particular artists.  He added that the segment is about positive criticism and it is presented in a fun and jovial format to make it interesting for viewers. Gyo commented, “We need to look at music videos critically because that is what can take us far like the Nigerians have. Unfortunately most of the time, we in Ghana don’t attach the needed importance to music videos”. He concluded that even music videos directed by Phamous Philms do come under criticism on the segment. He cited a recent comment by the host of the segment, Kim, that Chemphe should have learnt how to dance before attempting do to a dance video for his single, ‘Number One’ as an example. The video was shot by Phamous Philms.]]>