‘Afrobeats has no substance, it’s just vibes’ – Burna Boy

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Damini Ogulu, the Grammy-winning Nigerian artist popularly known as Burna Boy, has emphasized that the Afrobeats genre lacks substantial lyrics and primarily focuses on creating a lively atmosphere. He expressed that the genre is essentially a source of entertainment and does not hold significant depth. These remarks were made during a recent conversation with Zane Lowe from Apple Music in New York.

He said, “90 per cent of them [Nigerian musicians] have no real life experiences which is why most of Nigerian music or African music or afrobeats as people call it, is mostly about nothing, literally nothing.

“There is no substance to it — like, nobody is talking about anything in it. it is just a great time. It’s an amazing time. But at the end of the day, life is not an amazing time. No matter how nice of a time you are having now or you had at some point or you plan to have, you are still going to face life.

“So, for me, I feel like music should be the essence of the artiste. The artiste is a person who has good day, bad day, his great days and worst days. So, I’m dropping a project that should be a window for the fans to see those experiences.”

Our source recalls that Burna Boy has previously emphasized that his music genre is not afrobeats, but rather afrofusion. He explained that afrofusion is a blend of various genres such as afrobeat, hip-hop, reggae, R&B, and dancehall. This distinction is important to his musical identity and style.

Source:dailypost.ng

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