Over the weekend, Pop singerWaconzy expressed his thoughts on the current trend of music making citing Davido andOlamide as artistes who don’t make ‘the right kind of music’. The Port Harcourt-raised singer’s comments have been met with negative reactions with Davido taking him to the cleaners. But was Waconzy’s statement misinterpreted?
The ‘Celebrate’ singer who was Ebuka‘s guest on Rubbin’ Minds was apparently exuberant as the interview showed. But was his opinion about making Nigerian music balanced and constructive? YES.
‘There are so many songs I see that are hit songs but I don’t really understand. Like Olamide, I don’t understand some of his songs but they are hit songs and I respect him because he is a hit maker but the truth about it is that I don’t understand a couple of them. A lot of times he’s not really saying anything‘, Waconzy said about rapper Olamide citing language barrier as a problem (Olamide mostly raps in Yoruba language).
About Davido he said ‘Like this ‘Skelewu’ song, God know I don’t really understand any part of the verse but I like the song but he’s not really passing any message. For me, it’s not music, it’s a hit song but it’s not music‘.
Waconzy also talked about his close buddy Timaya‘s new song ‘Ukwu‘ adding it to his list. He later cited the likes of Waje and Tiwa Savage as very talented acts even though he is not a core fan of their works. He told Ebuka he thinks the likes of 2face Idibia and Banky W as great acts, explaining that even though their last albums were not the best works they’ve put out in their careers, it would still be relevant music in years to come.
Davido who’s known to fire back at anyone who critiques his music (or leaves him out of any list) fired back at Waconzy on Twitter; ‘Eyaa u dey vex bcus i no allow you enter my house balu!!!!! ur last hit was when i was in SS2 ….. BALU!‘ and later added ‘Wackonzy, 0 brain‘.
So what exactly did Waconzy do wrong: expressing a honest (and balanced) opinion or describing Tonto Dike as a great actress but noise maker when it comes to her music? or perhaps calling Olamide and Davido ‘these children’?
Commendably, the singer mentioned one of his own old songs ‘Chuku chuku‘ as also being ‘disposable music’ just like Davido’s ‘Skelewu’.
In defense of disposable music, however, many argue that for every Mozart orchestration there’s a Terry G song with the just the same number of fans. Maybe Even more.
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