Quality of Nigerian hit songs has dropped – Ric Hassani

Singer, songwriter Ikechukwu Eric Ahiauzu, better known as Ric Hassani, has lamented the quality of Nigerian hit songs. The musician made this known while appearing as a guest on Channels TV youth flagship programme, Rubbin’ Minds.

According to him, the drop in quality of Nigerian music is because more people want to get in. He opined that since the barrier entry was reduced, the quality of hit songs in the country has dropped.

“Our guys are top 10 and I feel because of that the quality of music might start dropping because now more people want to get in. Back in the day, hit songs were serious music. Boys were really coming at it but now, almost anybody is just coming in and if you check the hit songs in Nigerian today most of them aren’t really good music,” he told show host, Ebuka Obi Uchendu

Ric Hassani’s comments on the state of Nigerian hit songs follow recent sentiments by observers who have raised concerns over the poor quality of current releases with artistes regurgitating similar Amapiano-styled productions.

Commenting on the issue of artistes trying to dissociate from the Afrobeats tag, The African Gentleman (2016) and The Prince I Became (2021) hit maker stated that while he has never felt restricted, some artistes feel boxed by the Afrobeats tagged and this might be what is motivating them to disassociate from the genre tag which is the umbrella term for Nigerian pop music.