Hello beautiful people of Nigeria, Today, i am going to be talking music; Nigerian music. I actually consider myself an authority when it comes to Nigerian music, this is because Ihave a keen ear and the God given ability to recognize good music when I see or hear it. Youmay not agree with everything I would say here but if you’re honest with yourself, you’ll spotthe truth in the midst of my jest. Let’s proceed shall we? Nigerian music has evolved a lot from the days of the King Sunny Ades,christiana essien and Onyeka Onwenus to the era of the TonyTetuilas and Remedies to today’s breed of Wizkids,iyanya,2face and Davidos. Gone are the days when songs were all about unityand innocent flirting. Today, wehave songs on how much moneyyou’ve made, how to shake yourwaist while avoiding arthritis and a whole lot of stuff that makes no sense. We all have our favorite artistes these daysand I’m just going to zoom in on some of them, see how they’re doing and give them a piece of my mind. #D’banj. I’M DBANJ orskibanjasmyjamaicanfriendscallme...Well sir, we know who you are but we really don’t careanymore. Secondly sir, we’ve also noticed you don’t use the skibanj line anymore. It’s ok, we understand that your Jamaican friends have left you.See, it’s really not your fault. Sir, have you listened to your ‘songs’ of recent? No, I need you to answer sincerely, can you actually have the patience and sit through a playlist of your songs without scratching your nails on glass in excitement? Guys! Guys! What happened to the Kokomaster? What happened to the Tongolo master? What happened to the “Why Me?” crooner? Since D’banj joined GOOD music, all we’ve h(e)a(r)d is bad music. Since the split with Don Jazzy, things have been not-so-good for our dear D’banj, or could it be because he doesn’t use the harmonica anymore? #M.I:Mr Incredible has actually overdone himself of recent. I remember when MI was quite hungry and still rapped. These days, he falls short of the lyrical quality that many of us grew to love. I mean it wasn’t such a tall order for MI to just stay up there and churn out quality stuff. But no, he had to show us how much of a chairman he was. “They call me the chairman, because I flow pieces...” KILL ME NOW PLEASE!!! Look I don’t even understand that song or video. I told someone the concept of the song might just be about MI’s ability to stay seated throughout a video.I loved the beat but that’s about it. I mean, if Jude wants to release a club jam, I’m sure he could do better than sound like a baga. Mi needs to fix up real quick, but my consolation is that it’s not over for him yet. I still strongly believe that Mi can and will arise again, if you do too, shout a big AMEN! #IcePrince: Look, let’s not even hate on this guy. Mr Aboki has over the years morphed from anursery rhymer to one holding his own. I remember when he used to drop “mind-blowing” lines and we had to listen two, three, sometimes forty four times to decipher what he was on about. I mean, Ice prince gave us lines like “you’re like my dad’s brother, your swaggeris uncool” Deep, yes? haha. These days, Ice just gets guys to do all the singing while he does the chorus. GENIUS!! He definitely has been working hard and I think he deserves the recognition right about now. #Wizkid: ALL HAIL THE KING!!!!! #YAGAAAAAAAA!!!! Look, Wizkid is the best ok? He’s like Wizking. I mean, is it just me or has Wizkid consistently dropped songs that immediately become hits? This dude is blessed, no jokes. We have even forgotten this was the same Shitta kid with the fluctuating ‘H’factor. Now no one even remembers that. Wizkid stands tall in the industry right now and like wine that matures with age, hejust keeps getting better. The birth of Star Boy records has seen the unveiling of Maleek Berry and man, dude has some talent as well. Wiz is definitely doing good for himself, he justneeds to slow down while driving and ensure he stays alive. #Iyanya:*takes off shirt* Yeah that’s more comfortable. Iyanya clearly broke on to the scene just by introducing the #Efik ‘etighi’ dance to those in the city. All he did to make sureit was widely accepted, spend some time in the gym, get some tattoos done, pour enough baby oil on his body, take off his shirt and study some Awilo videos. Next thing we know, the former love song singer became the Minister of exposure and waist. Iyanya is doing well for himself, even though all his songs basically have the same direction. Can’t blame him, he’s discovered his Unique selling point and he’s milking that cow till it dies. #Father, we pray against arthritis. There are whole other artistes to write on but I’ll leave that till my next post. Till then, share your opinions on your favorite musicians using the comment box. #Shieson
Posted on: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 11:37:25 +0000
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