Amalaaba:

He was the first to start fuji music after he left the army in the early 70s. He introduced fuji music to Kollington and his musics were all full of messages and knowledge but unfortunately, Kollington introduced "ashakasa" into fuji music. . .

I pray for the repose of his soul. He was a legend. I cannot agree with myself which of the following FANTASIA, GABBAGE & EXTRAVANGAZA would be the best in my memory among Fuji classics.

I however have a big issue with him and some of his followers who claimed that he invented FUJI, This is a big lie. For those of us who lived through the evolution of Fuji in the west, you cannot but be worried about how people allow others to arrogate fake titles to themselves without being challenged.

Just as Sunny Ade cannot claim to invent Juju, Daddy Shokey cannot claim to invent "Swoo" or :Swagger" , Or Mandators cannot claim to invent Nigerian Reggae, 2Face cannot claim,   to invent the current Nigerian Hip Hop, it is despoil of history and truth for him to claim sole ownership of Fuji. "Were" evolved into Fuji. That is the truth.

As for obscenity, all of them including Sunny, Obey (Now Pastor) sang X rated songs but in a more decent way suitable for their time.

Many may not like this, but it is true. AYINDE OLAYINKA Alias BARRISTER DID NOT CREATE, INVENT OR CONCEIVE FUJI. Period.

Barrister was a great man and he has contributed to our musical history. He is a legend! May his soul rest in peace!

Amalaaba:

Madam, Fuji evolved from from "Were" period. There were many other "Ajiwere" musicians from time immemorial  playing :were" to wake people (Especially Muslims) for Ramadan breakfast. This was a traditional thing. By the 50s to 60s and with the coming of recording companies such as DECCA and so on, there was a need to start recording when these "were" groups started forming themselves into "bands". Off course, recording required that they must be better organised and their output needed to become more sophisticated so they introduced "Set", Bata, Flute, Guitar and many others. There were many bands around Ita garawu and Isale Eko in general! If my memory serves me right, there was one Isikabaka in Kwara and off course many others in the whole of the Yoruba nation.

Fuji is a term that was associated with fun: Something like "Lets enjoy"! It was commonly used for having fun, but by the late 60s it got stuck to "Were" because Juju had already acquired an identity.

You see Madam, I love Barrister Ayinde, but it is not fair to the other contributors to allow him have what is not his own. In his frst record, he did not claim to be singing FUJI. One would have expected an inventor to define such very early.

When Fela changed from Jazz to Highlife and then to Afrobeat, this was clearly defined.

Fuji, just like Highlife evolved over time; Osadebe, Mensah, Olaiya, Benson cannot singularly claim the invention. This is different from FELA and AFROBEAT!

I rest my case!  

Akainzo:

My dear, you are quite correct that Fuji [/i]evolved from [i]Were.  However, the fact that the aeroplane evolved as  result of the petrol engine does not in anyway mean that the Wright Brothers did not invent the aeroplane regardless of the person that invented the combustion engine.

Though Were [/i]was the building block of [i]Fuji, it was not Fuji. Ayinde infused the guitar and other instruments into Were [/i]to create [i]Fuji. Thus he created Fuji.

Amalaaba:

Check out this list: Grover Washington, Earl Klugg, Duke Elington, Luis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Oscar Peterson, Which among them invented JAZZ?

Sir, Kollington introduced "Omele", "Bata", "Set" and other artiste introduced so many contraptions; some worked but some failed. Guitar? I'm not sure Sikiru was actually the first to introduced Guitar, maybe someone can help me with the info, by the way, it also failed!

I hope we can get more informed comments to help us out, This is an old debate. I'm not surprise it is coming up now.

Why are we all of a sudden "sad" when an elderly person dies? Let us look at the bigger picture here.

He had a good life, he left behind a legacy and arguably laid the path for today's fuji musician - From KWAM 1 down to your Obesere. Some will even say he is on "over time" as he was past the life expectancy in naija.

Don't get me wrong, I am not being insensitive, but will rather celebrate his achievements. On contrast, it was sad when Dagrin and Someone like Bawomolo departed, because they had their whole life in front of them.

Personally, like I said, I don't see the need to be sad, but instead celebrate his life. I'm sitting here bumping "Salubata ni mo wo mi o gbo do shu bu". That is some good freaking old school fuji song right there.

Celebrate my people. What's your favourite song of Alhaji Agba? For me it is "Salubata" and Fuji Garbage. Anyone remember the fuji garbage dance? That is some good old times mehn.

Remii:

Olorun lo loun gbogbo t'eda le da laye nbi
Olorun lo loun gbogbo t'eda le da laye nbi
Mo l'owo, mo l'oogun, mo tun bi 'mo
Mo k'ole mo, k'aase mo tun laso
Mo lowo mo ro'ko ton fo
Ojojo'ka lao pada ji'senle
Olorun lo gbo gbo teda le laye

Sabarumo je die l'obi k'eyin to pon
Omo oluyole je die l'amola dudu
Ijebu won wa die gari kan i yo
Afonja won je die ni warankasi
Sikiru Ayinde ko die l'odu, orin wuwo jurin lo
Alayinde ko die lodu Orin wuwo jurin lo.

toba:

Wow who could have thought we have plenty old skool Nigerians/ Lagosians who really enjoyed good music back then here on nairaland? Its a good feeling cos most of these generation kids doesnt know how good the likes of Shina peters in the 90s(ACE afroo juju) K1 with yuppy, consolidation, legacy. Salawa abeni, price adekunle, Yk ajao, Gen Ayinla kolinton etc was back then. We enjoyed good music.

I saw K1's interview on how[b] barrister trained as wasiu was a packer boy under barrister who used to carry speakers for barrister to performance stages. So barrister made K1 what he is in terms of mentoring and training [/b]

Amalaaba:

Fuji is a term that was associated with fun: Something like "Lets enjoy"! It was commonly used for having fun, but by the late 60s it got stuck to "Were" because Juju had already acquired an identity.

You see Madam, I love Barrister Ayinde, but it is not fair to the other contributors to allow him have what is not his own. In his frst record, he did not claim to be singing FUJI. One would have expected an inventor to define such very early.

dayokanu:


Bi isu ba parada a di iyan, Bi agbado ba parada a di eko, Bi ere ba parada a di akara bibo parada o di ekuru

Bi Gaari ba parada a di eba

Kilode?!:

DK e ku ai gbagbe ojo, o ku laakaye!