Mr Raggamuffin, Daniel Wilson is lamenting that Nigerian music is losing its quality because the current crop of musicians do not know the history of Nigerian music.
Wilson, whose unique blend of raggae and afropop music ruled the Nigerian airwaves in early/mid 90s, said they cannot build a better industry without knowing how the whole thing was started.
He lamented that the pioneers of the industry are not being celebrated by those who have taking over.
“Music can mean anything to anybody, but I dare say, I grew up listening to the best Nigeria had to offer, what I listen to these days break my heart. Times without number I sit down and ask a couple of young musicians I meet, what they know about music in Nigeria, which artist did what, and I dare say, 90 percent of the musicians of these generation lack a proper historical knowledge of the industry, how can you talk of building a better industry and hope to be celebrated when you don’t even celebrate those who was there before you,” he said.
According to him, the Nigerian music industry was laid on a firm foundation which attracted foreigners to dance to their tunes—but same cannot be said about the current trend of Nigerian music.
“As children we danced to greats like Evi Edna Ogoli, Daniel Wilson, Mike Okri , The great Majek Fashek, Lijadu Sister, Monomono, Bala Miller, Blackky Inyang. But it’s funny how the American’s will appreciate our past better than us, Sample and repackage what was ours and sale to us.
A lot of hiphop artists from the Wu tang clan, to Jay Z have sampled our sounds, not because they want sale in Africa but because our sound is a sound very pure, genuine and original. Wonder why Wizkid’s Ojuelegba is the biggest sound to come out of Nigeria in 2015? listen to it again and tell yourself the truth,” he said.
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