Like I said earlier I'm so not a music critic just a fan of really good music. Last week a pal after going through My music playlist on My phone asked me Why I don't have many Nigerian Music on My phone as 90% are from another continent entirely. And My response came as a shock to both of us, I said "I'm tired of listening to rubbish". Now lemme explain, I love music, like I really love music, I have so many songs on My phone from oldies to latest tracks and as such I think it's only expected that with time, My music taste should evolve. I'm a fan of creativity, thinking outside the box and talent. These days everyone is a musician, as long as you've for the right backing and some street swag, you're automatically a musician, no shade to the hustle but what happened to good old talent, Where you've actually got to have some serious vocals to actually be called an artist.
I came back home a couple of days back and my brother showed Me the "we are the world, African all stars" video and I was excited to just see How it would turn out, after anxiously waiting to watch it for months now, so I sat down, ear buds in and hit play, it started off really good, with Praiz giving us that deep and soulful voice (He should go back to pure RnB and soul music btw ) and you see Tiw savage hitting all the right notes as per usual, and Emma Nyra giving off soul and I'm like okay, this is good, it's going well, I'm getting the "I need to do better with My fellow man vibe" and then it got to Kcee's turn and I'm like "Oh Lord why!!!!". I just stopped watching the video after that and being too ashamed ever since. that was just the icing on the cake.
I feel like Nigerians are just into one type of genre which is basically Dancehall and everyone is into it cause it sells and as such, pure talent and creativity gets lost. Don't get me wrong, there are actually some artist who are pulling their weights and doing it well even in Dancehall, take the Mavins, Davido, Waje, Tu face, Omawummi, Olamide just to name a few who actually exude pure talent and know what they are doing. But a few cannot outweigh the majority, That's what the government say when they want to invoke a new law, and in this case I feel it's true. But it's not all about letting loose and talking about a girls "booty " or "How her shape makes you crazy" cause That's the message of literally 75% of the songs in Nigeria. Sometimes we just need something different, sometime easy and actually meaningful, something that doesn't have to actually do with How big a girl's ass is or How badly you want to bang her, something thats actually pure, honest and real, share real emotions and pains and happiness, dig deep and be more creative, give good beats, rhythm and most importantly an honest message.
I know its not going to be an automatic change but starting now, that change will not be far away. Thank you....
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