Nigerian Grammy Award-winning artiste Burna Boy has come under fire for describing the lyrics of his Afrobeat songs as lacking in substance, a statement that echoes the long-standing sentiments of outspoken veteran music pick Huta Hype. It's an admission that seems to justify it.
In an Apple Music interview with host Zane Lowe, the African giant said that the majority of Afrobeats artists' songs not only lack real-life experience, but also lack deeper meaning, making them a great bliss. He said that he only depicts what he is spending time with. It's different from real life.
“Half of them, 90 percent, have very little real life experience to understand. That's why most of what we call Nigerian music, African music or Afrobeats is almost nothing, literally nothing. ” ”, last last the artist said.
“It's like there's no substance and no one's talking about anything. It's just a great time, a great time. But at the end of the day, life isn't a great time…no matter how great a time you are having right now. , you're still going to be dealing with life, whether you've had it at some point or are going to spend it…,'' the Nigerian superstar added.
A few months ago, Hoota Hype commented on Bounty Killer's statement that dancehall is being held back by unappealing and stupid content, while Afrobeats is leading the way, coming out of Jamaica. While much of the new music was trash, it unequivocally declared: The fact remains that it is Jamaican artists who continue to liberate Africa through their songs and not Afrobeat artists whose content seems to be based on fluff.
“Well, you can’t sing the wrong content. Our content won’t be accepted in Babylon and you can see why Wi numbers look small. Afrobeats is not an inspirational song! Afrobeats, Sing bout, love a gal, you tin's give her. Oh, it's a singing match. I mean all we have is, 'Buy me a Lamborghini for you. I'll do anything for you.' It's a sing-along match,” he said.
“'My Women'. Yes, I love women and everything, but I'm not alone in singing the match. Yes, we sing revolutionary music that uplifts black people. Unite the people. Yo, why do we have to change the concept to get the Babylonian insight?'' he added.
Jamaican music like Futa, Brisco, secure Although music that promotes sexual debauchery has no place in Jamaican music, it is “not wrong to talk about black liberation and struggle.”
“Even now, African music doesn't sing about African struggles, it doesn't sing about African content, it doesn't sing about the end of Africa. African music doesn't have to sing about suffering. . They don't care how many black Bredas die,” Huta said.
“Well, there are no numbers we can't talk about. Fight, fight and fight. Afrobeat artists respect reggae artists because Afrobeat artists don't care about the people next to them. “There's no need to sing about it,” he added.
Foota said it's unreasonable for anyone to expect Jamaican artists of any genre to always sing about having a good time.
“If everyone sings fun content, who can free people from poverty? Who can free people from murder? How many people did Mussolini kill and Selassie conquered him? “How will the black man defeat the white man? And who will the black man preach?” he asked.
After the Apple Music interview aired on Wednesday, Burna drew mixed reactions on Twitter, with some attacking him for being cocky, but some commenters agreed.
“Burna said that most Afrobeat artists don’t sing anything and that their songs have no substance. Coming from someone who has built his entire career sampling t-songs, he is a global sensation, but let's not forget that other Afrobeat artists paved the way for him. '' said Daniel Rega.
Another commenter, Fomax1, said Burna Boy's comments were traitorous.
“Burna and most of our leaders have the same thing in common when dealing with people who are not like themselves and have an inferiority complex. Since the interviewer is white, Burna Boy automatically has an inferiority complex. , throws everyone under the bus for validation,” he said.
Another commenter agreed with Burna, claiming that Nigerian artists are all noise and lack depth.
“Honestly, there will come a time when artistes will come back to Ghana again to learn good quality music. Afrobeats is just a noisy sound and the venue is filled with fellow Nigerians outside. There's nothing special about Naija, let's do good and meaningful music,'' he said.
