Sometimes ago
around last year, at one Awards Event like that in South Africa, (You probably still
remember the name. Me, I could not care less, at least for now.) Wizkid’s Azonto video was named as the best video
of the year.
Have you
received an award before? Probably, I guess. We all know how good that thing
feels like. You know, being the centre of Attraction, people giving you
standing ovations. The feeling is kinda FantaFab, indescribable, and Magical.
You love that feeling, don’t you? Awww… You haven’t felt like that before? *Hands you a handkerchief, then sheds a few
Crocodile tears*
But I digress…
Some Nigerian
Artistes actually performed there that day. Wizkid and many others did not get
much heat on! Guys apparently did not feel them much. Only P Square was able to break the Naija-Ice.
Thank God; At least somebody represented.
This leads me to
the main thing. Wizkid did not get an award for any music; he got for a video.
What does that tell you? Wizkid got an award, yet could not deliver his performance
in a top-notch fashion. What does that tell you? Simply, the dude has been
trying in the videos, but the music itself is not as good as before.
I remember back
then in the days when I decided that I have had enough of Nigerian music. Same
kind of voices, Same beats, Same Fragments of Brains – No Innovation, No
Message, No Originality.
I started
investing in foreign Music; yes, Including songs of alien languages. I could
not understand many of them, but the phrasing, melody and integration are sweet
enough. Search for the three in Nigerian music and you would most likely find
it in only about 5%. And I am being very merciful with my evaluation.
That was when
Wizkid came in and dropped Holla at you boy. Cool song. Well, I don’t know how
much he had released, but when I listened to “Love my baby” (There are a few
versions. The one I love must be 2 or 3, who cares), I fell in love
immediately. With the song, I must stress.
Wizkid went on
to release some other really cool songs…. But then, what can we say, the dude
caught that Naija Fever, and lost the coolness of his songs in the process. So,
yeah, I am not Wizkid’s fan. Heck, I am no one’s fan anyway.
But I was
listening to some oldies and got a few of his back-in-the-days songs and I
truly missed him then. The song that did it was that “Call my name.”
It makes me
wonder. Why do Celebrities release few good music, and then get carried away? I
understand the temptation is high, but we still have people like 2 Face. P Square, well,
have started ‘habatically-ing’ in their songs. Lord, have mercy. But we still
have 2 Face… And we still have you.
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