Over the years music in Nigeria has taken an upward turn with artists churning out successful and lyricaly sensible songs ranging from R&B, Pop, Rap, Afro hip hop, Dance hall and other genres while at the same time taking a downward turn with most artists following a particular trend with dead songs just because one or two people got successful with it.
Back in the days, we were blessed with the likes of Ras Kimono, Oritz Wiliki, Majek Fashek, Chris Okotie, Ebenezer Obe, Victor Uwaifo, King Sunny Ade, the legendary Fela Anikulakpo Kuti etc who gave us hits that are evergreen even till this day.
Next was the era of Plantashun Boiz, Ruff Rugged n Raw, Remedies, Maintain, Nigga Raw, Jungulist and a lot of street inspired musicians. This era gave birth to or in other words, influenced the era of musicians we have now. The influence was two faced(negative and positive) and that is the reason why we have very good songs, manageable songs and very wack songs.
I cry when I listen to some songs or watch some videos by our artists. Songs without lyrics, just a combination of incoherent words backed by maybe a good voice and 'gbam gbam' dancable beat and videos where the story line and plot are not in line with the story the song tells. Must we always have naked girls in our videos? Must all of our male artists wear blings or throw money in the air? Must our female artists show parts of their boobs in videos or photo shoots? Must all these happen for your listeners to buy your songs or watch your videos?
Stop trying to entice us with all these rubbish, we know good songs when we hear one.
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About what you wrote, you're right on point. Music today in Nigeria is shit. Yes, we're going places but sadly we have nothing that can last and stand the test of time. The videos are a total washout. All they do is show naked chicks and talk about money. They leave nothing in your mind that gets you thinking or challenges you. Plus production sef is useless. These artists to me and not real musician because music is a beautiful art and it is an emissary of culture, of truth, of message, of healing, of love and if it doesn't do none of that, then it has failed to reach the standards.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Salz. So happy to see your comment here
DeleteTrue talk my brother. We currently lack quality in our music industry. Well I used to blame to marketers cos they tried to control the artistic content of the music they market but now we have listeners who prefer the junk n garbage to the truly artistic. Sigh....
ReplyDeleteEverybody has their own share of the faults
DeleteSo true,well done keep up the good job.
ReplyDeleteThanks Purple Rose. Nice to have you here
DeleteSally I supports your comments
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