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Nonsense Remix Is The Case Of Osinachi Remix – Entertainment Journalist by Iamlordgee(m): 1:26am On Feb 04, 2016 |
Article written by entertainment
journalist, Chilee Agunana
The remix has always been a
popular part of the music industry
and adds a different flavour to an
already good song or gives a new
lease of life to a song that initially
did not perform so well. A remix
simply means another artist’s
version of a song where he or she
must have added something to it.
And while the remix mustn’t
necessarily be better, it largely
involves an ‘addition’ to the original
song rather than removing
‘something’ from it.
That being said, some of the songs
remixed in this country in recent
times have actually removed `things’
from the original songs and one
xample of this is Davido’s remix of
Humblesmith’s Osinachi.
The young singer had already
introduced himself to the Nigerian
music audience with Chairmo and
then in August 2015 dropped a
career-defining single which he
titled, Osinachi, featuring Phyno.
The song was an immediate hit and
the fact it combined excellent Hip
Hop elements with didactic lyrics
was a plus and in that regard
somehow similar to Korede Bello’s
Godwin which led to the latter’s
controversial invitation to some
church programmes. Osinachi had an
even cleaner claim to church
performances but Humblesmith may
have closed that door by allowing
Davido to burden it with his Dubai-
infected baggage.
Osinachi, an Igbo word, literally
means ‘It’s from God’ and can be
figuratively adapted to mean
`Destiny’ or ‘blessing’. It’s also a
beautiful name which many parents
have gladly bestowed on their
offsprings just like Godwin. A look at
the original lyrics makes for an
interesting read and further
highlighted the very essence of the
song as originally composed:
Plenty people don dey ask,
Na which baba do the jazz,
Say the baba do well for me oh,
Now my life don better
Not because I suffer pass
Not because I pray and fast
No be osho no be jazz, okwa
chinenye
Also look at Phyno’s verse with some
loose translation provided in
brackets:
Ibe, ekene kenelum olisa bi ne nu
igwe (Greetings to God in heaven)
Daddy ne mezi nu m obi oma (Daddy
has made me happy)
Nwanne inee aya, n’ime ndum o
(Brother if you look into my life)
Iga fu na chukwu emego nu aka boys
achaa (You will see God has blessed
boys)
God I dey beg you don’t leave me oh
Okwa ikwelu nkwa si na ima rapum
oo (Remember you promised you
won’t leave me)
Baba obi ni’gwe o-oo-o (Father in
heaven)
Wee simu golibe oooo (Told me to
enjoy)
Hey, nwanne okwa ima na oke
chineke di okpotopo (Brother you
know God’s grace is big)
Amamihe gi kam choro (I want your
wisdom)
Maka m di ogogoro (Because I’m
empty)
Some dey think say na jazz how the
boy came up fast
Mana ha maro na ngozi gi na di
ogonogo (But they don’t know you
blessing is long)
Okwa, everyday nne kpe ekpere (I
pray every day)
Chineke iwee nyemu the reason m ji
enye ekele (God you gave me to give
thanks)
Now m nanwuli with my family and
friends (Now I’m rejoicing with
family and friends)
Ayin n’eme the money down ka (We
are doing the money down like)
Nwanne oburo jazz (Brother it’s not
jazz)
The lyrics of Davido’s remix is a
sharp and confused contrast that not
only presents a total deviation from
the initial spirit of the song but also
reduced it to a platform for
advancing some personal issues
which is a complete let-down to such
a beautiful song.
My humble father sinachi
My loving daughter sinachi mo
My baby mama sinachi
Dele Momodu sinachi mo
No be by force to go Dubai
Abi na wetin cause the fight
And I just dey my own dey laugh eh
Because God dey my side
They want to take away my favour
They want to spoil my career
Them no know say I get flavour
You fit ask Nabania
I forgive and forget
Baba God knows the best
My papa just buy jet
And about to take off everywhere oh
Humblesmith in allowing this remix
may have mortgaged his immediate
progress for a few coins from the
Omo Baba Olowo as this remix has
stunted his immediate growth
because, one, it removed attention
from the main song which was doing
marvellously well and redirected it
to Davido. Secondly what Davido
brought to the song was immediately
expendable as the Baby mama
drama while being stupidly negative
and shouldn’t even come close to a
song like Osinachi, it died once
Davido moved on from it and in this
sense, the Sony signing immediately
took over the Davido narrative and
Humblesmith is now left with the
few Judas coins he made from
betraying such a good song.
Apart from being one of the most
hardworking and talented artists in
the country, Davido is also one of the
most mischievous—scheming out one
publicity scheme (positive and
negative in same measure)
immediately after the other, and the
narrative of Humblesmith’s career as
regards the traction he would have
gained from his hit song has now
been subsumed in the shenanigans
of an already made act.
This is the danger ‘upcoming’ acts
face when they excitedly allow
bigger artists to buy into their
arrival and remix their already
successful songs. This happened to
Kiss Daniels when he allowed Davido
once again and Tiwa Savage to
guzzle up whatever attention and
goodwill he had garnered with his
hit, Woju, and his successive
attempts to resurrect that success
with new singles using virtually the
same beat, have largely failed.
Another sad case is Oritsefemi whose
struck gold with his version of Fela’s,
Double Wahala, but he then allowed
a fading D’banj to hijack his song.
Not to mention what D’banj also did
to Iyanya’s Kukere but by then,
Iyanya had already exhausted the
song’s goodwill and revenue, so
D’banj’s remix never really affected
the success of the song or Iyanya’s
progress.
A new ‘upcoming’ artist is supposed
to ride on the back of the success of
the older artist he features in his
song, not the other way round. Naeto
C did it for Davido and Phyno has
already done it for Humblesmith on
the original Osinachi track, so there
was no need for this remix, not at
this time.
Humblesmith is no doubt a good
artist and would most definitely
release other good songs who knows
how long it will take fortune to smile
on him again with another hit seeing
that he humbly threw away the
`Destiny’ already given to him? |
Re: Nonsense Remix Is The Case Of Osinachi Remix – Entertainment Journalist by SolexxBarry(m): 4:06am On Feb 04, 2016 |
But why are u so pained the remix isn't that bad |
Re: Nonsense Remix Is The Case Of Osinachi Remix – Entertainment Journalist by coolcharm(m): 4:40am On Feb 04, 2016 |
Oga.. format your post properly please. |
Re: Nonsense Remix Is The Case Of Osinachi Remix – Entertainment Journalist by missdebs(f): 6:06am On Feb 04, 2016 |
oga journalist have you had of 'marketing strategy'...davido had to put the hottest gist at the moment to make it sell even more |
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