The same however, cannot be said of the same Music Industry in recent times as all that matters right now is "Can you make the people dance?" Today, no matter your genre as an artist, be it Soul, Pop, Rap, R n B, High life, Jazz and so on, if you don't have a dance track banging in clubs across the country, you can hardly be termed as successful in the Nigerian music industry. Well, we are Africans and Africans like to dance so, that I respect.
The question now is, aren't we abusing this dance genre of music? These days, you purchase an album and its filled with the same concept of "Baby girl dance for me" from the first track to the last only with different dance instrumentals. Mind you, I refuse to blame the artists because, they are there to make a living and can only produce music that'll be patronized by the Nigerian Audience/market. So when a fellow says, " Ice Prince ain't qualified to be a rapper cos lately he's been jumping on a lot of dance beats instead of the actual hip hop beats rappers jump on", i'm going reply the fellow saying; "That N*gga has got bills to pay and a family to put food on the table for so, unless you have a better paid job for him, keep your mouth shut....". On the other hand, who am I to put the blame on the Nigerian audience/market? There must be a reason why the patronize the kind of music they do. For instance, In a country where the economic situation has only gotten worse over the years, people now seem to depend on this dance music as one of the major ways of relieving themselves of some Pent-up energy/frustrations. No wonder clubs, joints and beer parlour business will never stop to flourish in the country "So, if your music no fit make us gbedu, abobby die it..."
The contemporary Nigerian Music Industry which could be described as "Money-Oriented" and "Not-diversified" has recently turned from Lively to boring as you can hardly come across songs that would inspire, motivate and nourish your soul and even when some of these artists try to make such music, the market usually do not appreciate their effort.
Considering the complexity and complicated nature of this issue, I'm sure that my readers have a variety of opinions as regards this topic, it is on that note that I want to allow you draw your own conclusions. The Nigerian artists or the Audience/market, who is to blame for "The abuse of the Dance-hall music genre?"
Let your comments roll in
By
Chidi Peters (CPA)
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