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This's what I have always said on this forum: Don Jazzy's music inclination is ''Hi-life music'' and anybody that have a music ear will already see that in all his artistes.

Americans have probably seen all his songs are hi-life inclined. But, all artistes can't be singing hi-life!. Someone like Tiwa Savage and D'ja; for instance, there's nothing hi-life in their voice, but have been made to, when in fact these ladies can square up with a Taylor Swift or Rihanna as pop singers, if produced on their natutal music inclination. D'ja haven't proved herself as much as Tiwa, though.

You think you are a producer and you've produced something better than oliver twist by don jazy? then you should be popular than don jazzy. I have listen to some of his production with international artiste like kanye west and I stand to say don jazy is a super producer any time any day. He got his style, he got his brand, and if any artiste or producer wish to work with him should be ready to take whatsoever he drops... He's a nigerian, an african so therefore I stand with his statement that they are afraid to work with him. If u are a good singer and he drops a beat for you, prove your worth and kill the beat. Thumps up #donbaba J. I respect you. Hater pls do your own let's see

jaymichael:
Haba! disappointment ke? Don Jazzy is one of the best (if not the best) in this part of the world. I also believe he can work well with any hip hop artist in the world. His talent is of international standard.

Keep quiet.. he is not the best. He is good no doubt but definitely not the best. There are loads of good producers out there, both in naija and other African countries. Sheyman is one very good producer.

Meanwhile the foreign artistes are scared of some janta manta meaningless crap.

don jazzy shud chill do u expect som1 lyk bigsean to rap off a afropop beat? if it doesnt av dat trap beat feel, dese guys wont want to do any track with u. dats y m always loving beats made by "mike will made it and Dj mustard"

okonja:
Nice one, so they can be scared of a Nigerian producer abi?

Why would they be scared of a Nigerian producer? They are just yet to change their style of music

In any case, Nigerian producers are very lazy and lack creativity and originality. All what they do in the last 4-5 years, Don Jazzy inclusive, is to mimic and copy Azonto beats and highlife rhythms from Ghana!

finalboss1:
see him head like potatoe...nothing is inside but lies

dey here dey hate, hunger go soon blow you out of nairaland while Don jazzy keep making billions. Waste mon

lemme highlight why dem fear you, your voice dey always resemble agboro wey dey park for all your songs, your dey introduce yourself upandan, you dey like form word wey dey scary 'doro bucci, jantamanta and the likes, dem feel say you be sorcerer..and that your age sef..

Yomieluv:
the worst form of thing in life is lying to oneself..

Don J, dey there dey mumu yourself..

Shut up and use your brain. Don Jazzy is saying the Americans are reluctant to experiment too much so as not to alienate their own fans. What he said makes perfect sense.

this guy Don jazzy is not 33 years old ..looks like 47 to me :-)

Shym3xx:
Lol. This guy is a clown.

Why would they be scared when afrobeats (not the original one by Fela Kuti that's Jazz influenced - the modern noisy one) is a derivative of hip-hop, albeit with some African drums sometimes and African language?

The loops for his beats are very similar to hip-hop since hip-hop is base of afrobeats, although the bpm for afrobeats is a tad higher then hip-hop. They aren't scared of techno and house music that have far higher bpms than afrobeats yet they're scared of ya shitty one dimensional beats - hysterical. A lot US rappers, even Drake, have jumped on grime beats and, grime has the highest bpm at 140.

Ya beats are shiit, hence they don't want to work with you. They just don't want to disrespectful you to ya face. If they can sample Fela Kuti's beats as often as they do - then no is scared of ya shitty beats.

This clown is so full of himself.

His "shitty beats" have helped create a revolution in modern African music that has drawn in hundreds of millions of new fans from Africa and across the globe, while a useless London goat like you sits in the UK washing toilets for oyibo and feeling funky. Asswipe.

I love this guy die lol

mikeapollo:
Why would they be scared of Nigerian producer? They are just yet to change their style of music

In any case, Nigerian producers are lazy and lack creativity and originality. All what they do in the last 4-5 years, Don Jazzy inclusive, is to mimic and copy Azonto beats and highlife rhythms from Ghana!

@ bold - that's not true. American artists are the most dynamic artists out there and they try different style of music and sounds all the time. Drake (yes, he claims Canada - but he's American since his dad is American) tried a lot of UK and Caribbean sounds on his last album and, that's his best album ever. Rihanna is Caribbean, but technically American these days and, the biggest hit on her last album is proper Jamaican bashment. Beyonce's "Lemonade" album has a lot of Caribbean feel to it. Nas, Dr. Dre, Jay Z, Alicia Keys, Common, Erykah Badu etc. infuse African sounds into their music all the time. I'd say one of The Game's biggest hits "One Blood" has a Jamaican feel to it. Etc.

Also, when you look at the US chart - you'd see a lot of tunes that aren't quintessentially American. You can say house music originated in Chicago, but its renaissance happened in the UK and it has stayed in Europe. And a lot of Americans work with British producers a lot these days cos of that, while infusing other sounds that have their origins in the black culture of London into their music. That's the reason why Calvin Harris and Naughty Boy are as big as they're in America.

This guy is just rubbish and one dimensional and, with artists, beats make music. They're not working with him cos despite his bubble, they can see his beats as being simplistic and not decent enough, to ride a decent tune on. That's the truth. Look at Designer's (spelling his name with one "i" due to spambot) biggest hit, "Panda" - that beat was produced by a teenager in the UK and it's a UK sound. But you can see the magic it made with Designer and the beat made that tune a hit.

Bornita:
Nonsense. They are actually scared to work with you cause all you do in a song is introduce yourself and then, start rumbling.

am in love with you

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Rossikki:
His "shitty beats" have helped create a revolution in modern African music that has drawn in hundreds of millions of new fans from across the globe, while a useless London goat like you sits in the UK washing toilets for oyibo and feeling funky. Asswipe.

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Frustrated bum, I'm everything ya father wished he was. You'll die wretched and frustrated on the internet.

Rose the dyke, the anorexic son of a village palm wine tapper with crocodile skin, yellow eyes, and two left legs.

Have you eaten today, you bum?

Shym3xx:
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Frustrated bum, I'm everything ya father wished he was. You'll die wretched and frustrated on the internet.

Rose the dyke, the anorexic son of a village palm wine tapper with crocodile skin, yellow eyes, two left legs.

Have you eaten today, you bum?

Who gave you permission to go online? Better go and complete your toilet washing duties before your white boss whups your immigrant butt.

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Rossikki:
Who gave you permission to go online? Better go and complete your toilet cleaning duties before your white master whups your immigrant butt.

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Lol, have you eaten today, Rose the dyke? Hunger can be a biitch.

And how's ya cripple father? I heard he dropped from the palm tree and broke his back. Sorry, life's harsh, bum.

Tell ya pops I sent my greetings and I won't mind helping in feeding before you die of hunger. You're already suffering from hunger-induced anorexia and it's bad as it's. I can't let you die.

Service to humanity, you village monkey.

Boss13:
I understand don jazzy. However, he can tweek it a bit. His beat is fast rumbling and would require fast adaptation but I think if these American artiste want to connect more to their African audiences/fans they should give it a trial. Diversity is key

You re like the only person who took time to read through his reasons and understood it.

The rest of the contributors just talked without reading or even thinking. My fear is a that a great majority happen to reason like this.


You re rare.

jaymichael:
Haba! disappointment ke? Don Jazzy is one of the best (if not the best) in this part of the world. I also believe he can work well with any hip hop artist in the world. His talent is of international standard.

According to.....

VictorRomanov:
You re like the only person who took time to read through his reasons and understood it.

The rest of the contributors just talked without reading or even thinking. My fear is a that a great majority happen to reason like this.


You re rare.

He's not alone boss. Yours truly also got Don Jazzy's drift.

Rossikki the Rose the dyke, how's ya crippled father?

I've got some expired food to send you lot.

Rossikki:
He's not alone boss. Yours truly also got Don Jazzy's drift.

In that case, that makes an extra rare person. Nigeria needs more of u guys!

Bornita:
Nonsense. They are actually scared to work with you cause all you do in a song is introduce yourself and then, start rumbling.

Bournvita, mind yourself o.

Shym3xx:
Rossikki the Rose the dyke, how's ya crippled father?

I've got some expired food to send you lot.

Keep embarrassing yourself you hear? Old man acting like a teenager.

Rossikki

Rose the dyke, ya pops sent this picture to me the last time I spoke to him:

https://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/Urine-and-Orgasm-Just-in-Humans-2.jpg

He said that's ya childhood pic.

I know life has been unfair to you thus far and you went from that to be the ultimate loser in life and my perpetual biitch on the internet.

Life's harsh - let it out, bum.

You're my biitch and I'll destroy you.

Rossikki:
Keep embarrassing yourself you hear? Old man acting like a teenager.

Lol, shut the fvck up. Don't cop a plea after blazing at me like a deranged and rabid monkey.

I already told you several times that if you want to have a decent conversation with me, you've to post like a normal human being with a functioning brain, you chimp.

Eat a dyck and take this L.

Shym3xx:
Rossikki

Rose the dyke, ya pops send this picture to me the last time I spoke to him:



He said that's ya childhood pic.

I know life has been unfair to you thus far and you went from that to be the ultimate loser in life and my perpetual biitch on the internet.

Life's harsh - let it out, bum.

You're my biitch and I'll destroy you.

Posting the picture of a poor African kid to laugh and mock, just shows your level of moral depravity. Slave in a white man's land having the audacity to insult Don Jazzy, a real black man making his millions in a black country without having to kiss white butt like you. Cotton-picking motherfuck.er.

Koolking:
No offence intended, Which talent? Singing gibberish is talent? What is 'dorobucchi' and 'the koko'? Which American act would wants to feature in a juvenile beat-based lyric-less music. You and I know, Nigerian music is wrong investment. It only sells among noise-lovers in Nigeria and some part of African countries.

Alaye swerve. We dey talk producing you dey talk another thing

Rossikki:
Slave in a white man's land having the audacity to insult Don Jazzy, a real black man making his millions in a black country without having to kiss white butt like you. Cotton-picking motherfuck.er.

Lol, you're an idiot. Ripping people off with basic beats and getting cocky about it isn't something to be proud of.

Real black men do things to uplift their culture, not by being a vulture.

Afrobeats as it's doesn't even really represent the true sound of Africa. It's a crappy sub-genre of hip-hop with an African feel to it.

Fela Kuti - that's African.

Youssou N'Dour - that's African.

I don't know about the other noise.

Shym3xx:
Lol, you're an idiot. Ripping people off with basic beats and getting cocky about it isn't something to be proud of.

Real black men do things to uplift their culture, not by being a vulture.

Afrobeats as it's doesn't even really represent the true sound of Africa. It's a crappy sub-genre of hip-hop with an African feel to it.

Fela Kuti - that's African.

Youssou N'Dour - that's African.

I don't know about the other noise.

What the hell is "the true sound of Africa"? Africa has over 1 billion people in 55 countries, and is home to more variety of sounds than anywhere on the planet. You don't sit in London dictating what the modern "African sound" should be or not be. That's for Africans in Africa to decide, you arrogant twit.

Rossikki:
What the hell is "the true sound if Africa"? Africa has over 1 billion people, and is home to more variety of sounds than anywhere on the planet. You don't sit in London dictating what the modern "African sound" is or isn't. That's for Africans in Africa to decide, you arrogant twit.

Rose the dyke my perpetual biitch and son, I'm not dictating. I'm a fan of music and I'm also African. And yes, I did play around with hip-hop/grime when I growing up. So I understand music.

The guy made a preposterous claim and it's my duty to critique him and expose his lies cos I'm a fan of music. He should just agree that he's rubbish, hence no one wants to work with him. Not even Wale and Jidenna who're infusing African sounds in their music.

And hell yes, I know what the real African sound is: the African drums and rhythm don't lie. Africa is the origin of almost all genres of music. So anything coming out of the continent has to be in its pure and undiluted form. Hence the likes of Fela and Youssou N'Dour are legends.

Shym3xx:
Rose the dyke my perpetual biitch and son, I'm not dictating. I'm a fan of music and I'm also African. And yes, I did play around with hip-hop/grime when I growing up. So I understand music.

The guy made a preposterous claim and it's my duty to critique him and expose his lies cos I'm a fan of music. He should just agree that he's rubbish, hence no one wants to work with him. Not even Wale and Jidenna who're infusing African sounds in their music.

And hell yes, I know what the real African sound is: the African drums and rhythm don't lie. Africa is the origin of almost all genres of music. So anything coming out of the continent has to be in its pure and undiluted form. Hence the likes of Fela and Youssou N'Dour are legends.

Sorry, but you don't get to dictate how African music should evolve, least of all from faraway London. Africa is a very dynamic place, and the infusion of various influences like R&B and hip hop over the last 35 - 40 years has led to African tastes evolving to the modern sound of today, propagated by the likes of Don Jazzy and co. If you released a Fela type, sax-filled jam today in the African market, it would likely flop. The market has evolved. You don't say to black Americans, "Your music must sound like James Brown, BB King or Nat King Cole to be real black music". Don't try it with Africans either.

haryomikun:
Alaye swerve. We dey talk producing you dey talk another thing

Producing baby, uh? I missed that part