Since the release of Adele‘s comeback single, ‘Hello‘, the music world has been rocked by the brilliance and belting of nostalgia and regret by the British native.

Record breaking, chart topping, magnificent sales and critical acclaim have characterized the Greg Kurstin-produced single, and it also aptly birthed the comical #HelloChallenge. Closely followed, is a train of music voices all around the world, doing various covers for the Billboard hit.

In this part of the world, our charismatic Omawumi – just coming out from childbirth recovery and gearing for the release of her third studio album – did an impeccable cover of the song.

The Warri-native’s cover is all shades of glorious and imressive, as she solemnly belts out “Hello, it’s me”, before subtly upping the tempo with a melodic reggae inclination.

Listening to Omawumi’s version, one would proudly nod in attestation to a Nigerian doing justice to a record-breaking song. This reaction is quite eerily similar to the reaction to Praiz‘s cover of Rihanna‘s hit, “Stay”.

This sentiment, Sean Tizzle echoed with his Twitter tirades, basking in the euphoria of a Nigerian colleague ripping a good song apart.

What Mr. Tizzle however fails to realize is that so much work was put into the recording of Adele’s original version – From the writing process (the writing of the song took six months to be completed), the creative process, production e.t.c – all which definitely won’t be unfamiliar to the “Loke” crooner.

Before getting all emotional and sentimental about the lack of support for our musicians, the bitter truth is that Omawumi wouldn’t have seen a song as good as that to cover if Adele had embarked on the low-road of shabby releases.

Now begs the question; WHY CAN’T WE WRITE/COMPOSE SONGS AS GOOD AS THOSE WE RUSH TO COVER? – Can’t we make songs good enough our international counterparts would die to cover?

The songwriting process and credits on “Hello” includes the producer, Greg Kurstin, and it shows the attention to details and perfection embraced by these international stars. Whereas all it takes for a song to be completed in Nigeria is a rush of disjointed sounds mixed with the most uninspiring lyrics composure by all and sundry.

So Mr. Tizzle, yes Omawumi’s version is brilliant, yes we have talented performers in Nigeria, and yes, we all want to see our music projected to greater heights in the world, but to term Adele’s version as weak or trash is grossly and insanely disrespectful.

Again, Omawumi and others wouldn’t have had a brilliant song to cover if Miss Adele approaches her records with the same uninspiring, lackadaisical approach embraced in this part of the world.

We should only strive to make our releases as good – or even better – even if it requires that we pay for songs written by professional and exceptional songwriters. We obviously aren’t doing a great job writing our own lyrics.

http://nexthop.com.ng/good-songs-covers-a-note-to-sean-tizzle/

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