Who else noticed the stereotypical nature of the Nigerian music industry???
From the approach to writing the songs, to the structure of the songs, to the typical nature of individual styles...no disrespect intended with this thread, but tuning in to the radio sometimes...

It sounds like there are just three rhythmic schools of thought to "Afro-Pop"...it's either this or that. I took a survey of upcoming act's views on the topic during my final year dissertation at OAU, and realised all of them thought that's what the market (fans) were interested

in...I took another survey at the SUB area of the school using @Johnnydrille and @joeboyofficial, for the survey cos they obviously do different styles, and I respect their artistic ingenuity, asking who people would come out to see, and "the fans" seemed to love them both for

their uniqueness. Something caught my attention in the process...some people made comparisons of @joeboyofficial to @fireboydml subconsciously, like...spontaneously, but no one compared Johnny Drille with anyone.

I still have a video of some ladies from the @OAULSS the faculty of law screaming a shout out to @Johnnydrille. This established something; @Johnnydrille has "his fans". Asa also has this kinda following that is to a large extent, loyal.

Looking at interviews of some of our acts making waves on the international scene, shout out to @DONJAZZY @heisrema @davido @wizkidayo @burnaboy for the great job out there, but contrary to the approach to the reception of Pop artistes from Europe and America,

Afro-Pop artistes are received largely as ambassadors of a genre, a region, a people, a clan, or something...which is good, but, when taking a comparison with the reception of other up and coming acts like @LewisCapaldi @LilNasX, we see them been received as artistic entities

without much stress upon where they're from... we can't really blame them, almost all our hit records sound super similar...it's like Africa is synonymous with this pattern (lyrically & rhythmically). I'm a fan of the genre...a big fan at that, I'm just saying I'm already

getting tired of the stereotype, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one...it's high time we moved forward.
Shout-out to @fireboydml, in my opinion, he dropped the best album in the Nigerian music industry last year. @heisrema also dropped some really great "vibes" last year

but does the standard of these records put us on the path to where we see the industry in the next ten years? Don't we think there are certain stereotypes we should get rid of?

This thread is not intended to disrespect anyone...it's an objective look into the Nigerian music industry. Feel free to retweet

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