₦airaland Forum

19 years ago, Abass Akande Obesere didn’t get the acceptance he needed for his groovy song ‘Egungun be careful’.Amazingly, in recent times, the ‘Omo rapala’s tune has become one of the most talked about songs on social media.

The song that advised masquerades to be careful about walking into oncoming traffic was accompanied by a funny video and it travelled fast. People can now relate to the message of the song and found the video hilarious. Thanks to the recent Okada ban which made people resonate with the message of the song.

Omo Rapala who has released about 15 albums, including his 2009 album, “Revolution” that featured artistes like 9ice, was blacklisted by many people who didn’t agree with his cheeky ‘asakasa’ style of music.

Now that the song is trending, Nigerians on Twitter are comparing him to Naira Marley and Terry G

Popular social commentator, Japheth Omojuwa opined that Obesere can leverage on the new found popularity of the song to bounce back.

“I am happy for Obesere, people were never going to indulge a 50-year old man sing Consolijapo and Skesko aya mi nja so evolution was always going to be tough. But surely, there is a chance to test the waters again, but who wants to be a clown for kids at 50? Evolution it is then!”

https://www.thenewsguru.com/entertainment/article/tng-special-obesere-gets-praises-for-egungun-be-careful-19-years-after-release/

Obesere African Fuji Michael Jackson... That guy could scatter stage back then!

dawnomike:
Obesere African Fuji Michael Jackson... That guy could scatter stage back then!

yoruba Fuji Michael Jackson you mean.

Nigerians can reincarnate old things ehhh

Egungun bekiaful na express you dey go motor go jam you