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Afro-pop
The Fate of
Nigerian pop musicians have been trying so
far, blending the Afro music with ‘POP’ music but
I can’t hear any fusion again. Fine! I can hear the
beat in which the instrumentations are always similar.
So annoying, some so’called musicians don't even
know what Afro music is built on; the dynamics, embellish-
ments and aesthetics yet they still try to fuse with the pop
music.
The other day I was listening to a music by so called
Nigerian Afro-pop artist. The content and context of the
songs is nothing to write home about.
While growing up, listening to music, people tend to pay
attention to the lyrics of these songs more than the beat itself
because these songs are written with things that revolve
around us.
Now Nigerians are so frustrated to extent that we don't even
want to pay attention to lyrics, all we want to hear is
the beat . That’s ne! but songs nowadays don’t even
inspire or tell stories again.
Fela, that pioneer Afro music didn’t leave legacy like this
because every song he sang made an impact and
generations to come will never forget that.
So called Afro-pop artists nowadays drop a song, then
after a while it’s gone because there’s no fate for Afro-pop
anymore. it’s not about Now anymore, it’s about the Future
and Unfortunately the future is Now!!!