that feels right on the one hand (to ufo’s point), but on the other hand: he’s got a worldwide hit, including in the US. “Calm Down” has been on the Hot 100 for three months now. he should be on people’s radars. as for the lyrics thing longneck mentioned: he explicitly addressed that in “Are You There?” - and it’s also one more thing he has in common with Wizkid. Wizzy has long been plagued by the same criticism in Naija, during the first part of his career in particular, and it has flared up again after MLLE dropped: only singing about sex, repetitive and simplistic lyrics, bla bla. there’s a bit of a backlash going on right now, in part self-inflicted (that’s Wizkid, not Rema)
― I did see Xhaka crotchgrab (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 22:44 (one year ago) link
Even Burna caught some flack for his lyrics on Love, Damini, iirc.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 14 December 2022 22:59 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 15 December 2022 00:01 (one year ago) link
Voted Asake (my aoty) but happy with the results.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Thursday, 15 December 2022 08:11 (one year ago) link
yeah this turned out to be a little less suspenseful than I thought, but good work everyone
― rob, Thursday, 15 December 2022 14:07 (one year ago) link
Yeah good work, and great idea for a poll. We probably need more voters if the year-end-poll won't be as boring as the 2010's one :(
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 December 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
[OkayAfrica’s review of Victony’s Outlaw.(no mention of “Soweto”, sadly)
― the shaker intro bit the shaker outro in the tail, hard (breastcrawl), Monday, 19 December 2022 19:40 (one year ago) link
Boy Alone does Tiny Desk (with a little help from his friends):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHjczZIxr_0
― let us now celebrate ama ‘piano’ smith & the clowns (breastcrawl), Saturday, 4 March 2023 08:07 (one year ago) link
quite the victory lap:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdujYTi6lZs
― at bottom, wrapping my arms around some tripe called "Quest" (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 21:57 (one year ago) link
i really enjoyed that halftime show, tems in particular who i had not actually seen sing live before
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 7 March 2023 21:59 (one year ago) link
the new naija sound translates really well to arena/festival scale
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 22:20 (one year ago) link
and we already know this but rema is a fucking superstar
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 7 March 2023 22:23 (one year ago) link