Dance and music star Slim Buster has lamented the drawbacks in Ghana's music industry, pointing the normalised beef culture as a major cause.

The Etoile-Monica hitmaker noted protracted fights among musicians and abusive schemes to promote music was not a thing in his generation and yet he and his contemporaries made a big splash, promoting Ghana's fame and culture and attracting tourists from all over Africa.

He underlined the importance of self-control, unity and cohesion, if Ghana music would thrive and branch out.

"The likes of Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale... They are behaving like - excuse me to say - they have no wisdom in their heads. I say this because they have to ensure the music business stands and thrives, and crosses boundaries, but each and everytime they are fighting [among themselves]," Slim Buster bemoaned, speaking to Summy Brown on Accra 100.5 FM.

"In our time, we did not fight with anyone. It was not because we didn't have problems. We did, but we did not fight."

Slim Buster noted how creativity with indigenous sounds and not conflict made Ghana a learning centre for Nigerians during his heyday.

"If you consider carefully, you'd notice the time the Nigerians came to Ghana a lot was during the Hiplife era. The Nigerians were doing the Dancehall and Rap but it wasn't going anywhere but when we came in with the new or contemporary Highlife, we pulled in every soul from [m]any African countries into Ghana," the singer and dance champion asserted.

"Who comes to Ghana to learn now? Do they come to learn Dancehall? Dancehall is not selling like Afrobeats."

Emphasising that he was only telling the hard truth, Slim Buster grieved that the Ghanaian music industry had greatly retrogressed.

"It's not because we are not good. It is because of selfishness," the UK-based musician charged.

He minced no words critiquing how local acts fell on controversies to promote their music.

"And there is the foolishness that if you want a hit song, engage in trading insults, fighting, and dissing somebody. Beefing will give you popularity but remember, think about the quality sound, and the time you're going to invest..." he admonished.

Slim Buster said he was considering "creeping in slowly" back into active music business. His latest offering is with fellow Highlife veteran Nana Quame, and titled Kokonsa.