Afrobeats star Rema, also known as Divine Ikubor, has urged his counterparts in the Nigerian music scene to preserve the essence of Afrobeats.
In an interview with Apple Music, the 'Charm' singer emphasized the importance of promoting Afrobeats over the rising Amapiano genre to maintain Nigeria's leading position in African music.
Despite recognizing the appeal of Amapiano, Rema drew inspiration from Afrobeats icons such as Don Jazzy, the Mo'Hits crew, 2Baba, Olamide, P-Square, and Timaya for his latest album, 'He Is.'
Notably, other music heavyweights like Wizkid, Fireboy DML, and Burna Boy have distanced themselves from the Amapiano trend, aligning with Rema's call to uphold Afrobeats' cultural significance.
He said;
- “I had to go back [while creating my new album]. I took a lot of inspiration from Mo’hits. For the first four seconds, when a Mo’hits’ song comes in, you already know it’s a Mo’hits’ song. Don Jazzy just goes craazy on the beat.
- “The times when Olamide used to drop craazy songs, he still drops craazy songs. At the time when an Olamide song comes on you still know. P-Square, 2Face or Timaya. There used to be times when the beat just…
- “Amapiano is great, it is fire but there used to be a time when Afrobeats production used to be so ins@ne that nothing can survive it in the clubs in Africa. I’m not saying we’ve lost that but I’m just saying that we need more of that. I don’t want us to go too far away from that. We need to sustain it.”
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