Nigerian musical maestro Rema has expressed his view on the current state of Afrobeat.
During his newly released album listening party, Rema disclosed that Afrobeat Is gradually losing its character.
Speaking further, he disclosed that this is the peak reason he introduced new sound and style in his ‘Heis’ album.
Adding to his utterances, he pleaded with his colleagues not to be too attached to satisfying global attention and forget the root of Afrobeat while further urging them to make real Afrobeat songs.
His words:
“I had to go back [while creating my new album]. I took a lot of inspiration from Mo’hits. For the first four seconds, when a Mo’hits’ song comes in, you already know it’s a Mo’hits’ song. Don Jazzy just goes crazy on the beat.”
“The times when Olamide used to drop crazy songs, he still drops crazy songs. At the time when an Olamide song comes on you still know. P-Square, 2Face, or Timaya. There used to be times when the beat just.”
“Amapiano is great, it is fire but there used to be a time when Afrobeats production used to be so insane that nothing can survive it in the clubs in Africa. I’m not saying we’ve lost that but I’m just saying that we need more of that. I don’t want us to go too far away from that. We need to sustain it.”
Nigerians couldn’t hold their nerves and reacted massively via all the social media platforms.
