franzis:
Find the songs of the underlisted names and you know we still have hope

Ric Hassani

Johnny drille

Tjan

Let me also include Simi

Rozaytee:
naija rappers be like--"do do do.. lodo meta is a metaphor if Paso commit fornication Na pasonification gram!!!!!!!"......

Lmao... You are crazy.

JikanBaura:


;DFucK off dude simple question you can't answer. To say 97% percent of Song in Nigeria are not lyrical or not meaningless is bullshit

And why do you want to ignore the fact that pidgin English song she is talking about don't make 97% of Nigerians songs.

Rating 97% of Nigerians songs as meaningless (when you only listen to the like of ( Wizkid, Olamide,phyno ,Tecno) It's a big insult to Nigerian lyrical Singers of Hausa, YORUBA, Igbos,Kanuri ,Fulani that don't record their songs on the language she understands (pidgin)


you are the bigot one here wanting to acknowledge 97% Nigerians songs are meaningless when you only heed and understand pidgin songs

Their are more songs recorded in our traditional languages than in pidgin or English songs or put together. Like in the north English and pidgin could only take 10% of songs record in the region. You don't wanna accept the reality Bleep you

Mujtahida:

Who listens to the contemporary Nigerian music that topped the charts three years ago? I'm curious.

emwye:
All you have to do is get on youtube and see. Check the most recent comments and then conclude. Several people do. Some just do not have the staying power and that can be said about music from decades ago. I like the way you debate by the way, its pretty civil.

FortifiedCity:
Ok. Good.

I will check their songs out

talljennie:
Lol. In Naija, "Beats" seems to have more prominence than "Lyrics".

victrick105:


since music is all about sound as you said, tell me why no nigerian musician has risen to the height of winning at least one grammy award....or do you think to win such an award involves only the best of sounds, they check out your lyrics and the ryhmes, and the rythme of your songs, they don't just give such a prestigious award to one clown who wakes up one morning, goes into the studio, and starts screaming down the roof....if music is only based on sound and beat as you say, then the likes of jayz, beyonce and rihanna won't see our musicians back.

blingxx:


Adekunke gold too dey try... Sound sultan tried but the guy no blow

philip0906:
Bullocks!

Music is simply defined as vocal or instrumental sounds or both, combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony or emotion.In simple terms, anything that sounds good to the ear.
Music is not just about lyrics but also sound and it is universal. If music were about lyrics alone, how would a world of different languages connect? Reason why Davido, Wizkid and co have fans from around the globe-including French speaking countries, portugese speaking countries. They would shut down any show in any of these countries where they have fans.
Some years back, Gangnam Style by the south Korean Pop star Psy, took the world by storm. Till date, it is one of the most watched songs on youtube. MAny people from around the world did not understand jack of what he was saying, but vibed to the beat-which is what music is all about.

FortifiedCity:
Ok. Good.

I will check their songs out

OboOlora:


Please add Brymo and Black Magic

DJperdurabo:


He spent too much time nagging and berating other artistes about the 'purity' of the art form instead of developing himself further.

Alas, he is what you said he is.

ebosse:






Brymo is the most underrated artiste in the country.


Not to overstate but every single album he's done can be categorized as 'Classics' ( Apart from the one he did while with Chocolate City)

queensera:
In her recent speech with Hip TV, the super star OAP & Actress "Lolo1" stated that most songs being publicized right now are just about having fun.

She expressed disappointment at the present state of affairs being a far cry from what was obtainable in the past.

“I’m not sure if they’re passing any message because if you are looking at the content of music, what will you say you’re buying? It’s not that everybody talks crap but 97% of it has no meaning. ‘Bangdadadang’, what does that mean? ‘Skibidipapap’, doesn’t have any meaning, ‘Wo!’, it’s just play, we are just having [fun]

“It’s not like the music of Obey, Barrister, Sunny Ade, they had depth, they had what they wanted to pass, even though we have people here in this current generation that are doing conscious music, Fela was a great advocate, he did a lot of social impact in music.. but in this generation, i’m not sure” She said.

Watch Video Below:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta4XLnLz0YQ

Source:
http://www.nairaplus.com/2017/10/97-of-nigerian-songs-of-nowadays-have.html

OboOlora:


Please add Brymo and Black Magic

psalmuelwater:

Develop himself further? How? I bet you don't listen to sound sultan, sorry you are a DJ, its most likely you tend to like party jamz.SS doesn't make noise, he sings and pass a message everytime he does.

Kaycee7:
All those saying Nigerian music is crap and 99% of our artistes sing nonsense with lewd videos, Abeg list 15 foreign artistes who release tracks with good beat, meaningful lyrics & PG music videos. Just 15

Mypeople2:
I don't agree with her for saying 97%... She should have said 99%.But they have great beats though. You know people are moved by beats in Nigeria and not by lyrics. Whether you talk nonsense or not, people will still buy it if the beats are wow

DJperdurabo:


This is what I do. I live, eat, shiit, sleep, breathe music spanning MULTIPLE genre with a library of over 5 TB of songs and counting. Resigned a professional career to pursue my DJ inclinations, so please, don't tell me about 'sorry you're a DJ'. I know my art man! Every aspect of it!

Obviously, you did not get my meaning (I like to think so). You move with the times in music if you plan on being a commercial artist. If you want to remain in a niche, underground, no problem. But, if you must remain commercially viable, you MUST follow the zeitgeist. Look at R Kelly, Lionel Richie, Ronald Isley, Charlie Wilson and a host of others who tuned their sound to remain relevant to the mainstream folks purchasing music.

Save you want to condemn your career to touring in clubs and whatnot, you have to stay relevant and pander to what the stadium filling populace want to listen to even if to you it is garbage and a decimation of the 'art form' (ask KRS 1 how market despite all his hullabaloo about hip hop being watered down and whatnot by artistes like Nelly and others, Nelly took him to the cleaners [dedicated a hit song No.1 to addressing KRS's 'bickering']).

Except you want to buy your own music, give the people what they want!. Sultan failed in this respect, always talking about how nowadays artistes are shallow, poor lyrics etc. The people already know this yet they want these artistes anyway. Endorsement fall on them, shows, etc. His formula should have been a blend of the so called 'rubbish' current artistes are dishing out and conscious lyrics he purportedly brings to the masses . That way, he can smile to the bank, remain commercially relevant while still keeping fans like you.

P.S. Will be lauching my website soon. When it's done, hope you'd come around. Issues like this, reviews and others will be treated.

Papiikush:


Lmao... You are crazy.

Rozaytee:
lolzzz...naija rappers no go kill person with some funny lyrics

DJperdurabo:


This is what I do. I live, eat, shiit, sleep, breathe music spanning MULTIPLE genre with a library of over 5 TB of songs and counting. Resigned a professional career to pursue my DJ inclinations, so please, don't tell me about 'sorry you're a DJ'. I know my art man! Every aspect of it!

Obviously, you did not get my meaning (I like to think so). You move with the times in music if you plan on being a commercial artist. If you want to remain in a niche, underground, no problem. But, if you must remain commercially viable, you MUST follow the zeitgeist. Look at R Kelly, Lionel Richie, Ronald Isley, Charlie Wilson and a host of others who tuned their sound to remain relevant to the mainstream folks purchasing music.

Save you want to condemn your career to touring in clubs and whatnot, you have to stay relevant and pander to what the stadium filling populace want to listen to even if to you it is garbage and a decimation of the 'art form' (ask KRS 1 how market despite all his hullabaloo about hip hop being watered down and whatnot by artistes like Nelly and others, Nelly took him to the cleaners [dedicated a hit song No.1 to addressing KRS's 'bickering']).

Except you want to buy your own music, give the people what they want!. Sultan failed in this respect, always talking about how nowadays artistes are shallow, poor lyrics etc. The people already know this yet they want these artistes anyway. Endorsement fall on them, shows, etc. His formula should have been a blend of the so called 'rubbish' current artistes are dishing out and conscious lyrics he purportedly brings to the masses. That way, he can smile to the bank, remain commercially relevant while still keeping fans like you.

P.S. Will be lauching my website soon. When it's done, hope you'd come around. Issues like this, reviews and others will be treated.

psalmuelwater:

I beg to disagree with you, and thats the problem the guy just cant afford to sing #RUBBISH, and i will love you to show me a link where he has berated an artiste, SS should be one of the most controversially free artiste in nigeria, if not the only one. You are a DJ, and to be fair, you have no business checking out lyrics. So i understand sir. If you sample peoples opinion, it will still be the same that our music industry is shallow lyrically, and i wouldn't be surprised if you take wizkid over fela. Take care.