Veteran musician, Majek Fashek criticizes Nigerian artistes, says Olamide, Wizkid and Davido should work on their sound (Watch interview)

Legendary reggae icon, Majek Fashek gave a word of advice to the new generation of Nigerian singers to step up their game by working on their sound.

The singer who made waves in the 80's and early 90's till date with his chart topping single, “Send Down The Rain” , with his brand of reggae music, said while the current generation of singers make good sound, they could do better.

Davido on set for Olamide's Summer Body official video in 2017

 In a recent interview with HipTV, Majek was quoted as saying the current set artistes of don’t make good sounds but just songs that people can ‘jam’ to.

He said in quote:

“I make sound while all these young musicians make jam, I make good sound but they are always jamming, they don’t make good sound, they just jam.
My song ‘Send down the rain’ was made over thirty years ago, but if you listen to it today, you will realize that the sound will appeal to both the old and equally the young ones because the sound is good and still relevant today, that is something the young musicians don’t have”.

StarBoy Entertainment Worldwide founder, Wizkid Ayo Balogun

You may also like»
 Adekunle Gold reveals how Olamide changed his life

In a follow-up chat with E-Daily, the veteran cleared the air as he explained what his critiques in the interview with HipTV wasn’t meant to underrate or disrespect young artistes, but a fatherly encouragement to improve on their craft by making good sounds that will outlive them.

Olamide

He said:

“I didn’t mean to insult, underrate, slight or demean any young Nigerian artiste; what I did was to state the obvious. The truth is Wizkid, Olamide, Davido, and many other young Nigerian artistes are doing good music but they just need to improve on their sound for the better; I meant no form of insult”.

Share: