Nigerian singer Joseph Akinfenwa Donus, also known as Joeboy, has criticised his colleague Burna Boy for claiming that most afrobeats singers compose music with little lyrical content.
INFOGUIDENIGERIA reported that Burna Boy stated in a recent interview with Apple songs’s Zane Lowe that most Nigerian artists compose songs “without substance.”
However, in the most recent episode of the Zero Conditions podcast, Joeboy questioned the Grammy-winning singer’s claim.
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The host asked: “For you as an afrobeats artist, how much balance do you do with living life because following the conversation of Burna Boy saying [afrobeats] artists don’t have substance, how much experience do you try to garner as an artist?”NYSC Portal
Joeboy responded: “I feel everybody has substance. It’s just based on what people relate to. Sometimes when you made a high tempo song that is danceable, people feel like you are just vibing. Or if you don’t sing in English.JAMB Portal
“I used to see some comments [on social media] because somebody is singing in plain English, they [fans] would be like, ‘Ah pinging!’ What’s pinging? Because he sang in English?JAMB Result
“Every artist out there, if you want people to feel like you are an amazing songwriter, just write in plain English. I promise you, they [fans] will be like, ‘Oh! This guys is the best songwriter ever.’ And when someone sings in Pidgin, they [fans] would be like, ‘Ah! This one dey do lamba.’informationguidenigeria
“It’s not lamba. It’s actually still connecting. I understand that you can’t connect to every form of music that you come across. But I promise you, anybody that has the ability to create something out of thin air, it is substance.”
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