Rema further noted that his recently-released sophomore album, ‘HeIs,’ was heavily inspired by Nigerian Afrobeats legends
By Kehinde Okeowo
Afrobeats singer, Divine Ikubor, better known as Rema, has urged other Nigerian artistes to maintain the Afrobeats’ culture and ensure the genre continues to dominate the African music scene.
He gave the advice during a recent interview with Apple Music, where he admitted that South African genre, Amapiano is a great brand of music.
He, however, said despite the temptation to switch to Amapiano, Nigerian singers must make sure Afrobeats genre maintains its lead on the continent.
The ‘Calm Down’ crooner further noted that his recently-released sophomore album, ‘HeIs,’ was heavily inspired by Afrobeats legends like Don Jazzy and the Mo’hits crew, 2Baba, Olamide, P-Square and Timaya.
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Speaking during the chat, Rema 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 crazy on the beat.
“The times when Olamide used to drop crazy songs, he still drops crazy 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 insane 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.”