Who will tell Blackky for us?
Once upon a time rave of the moment reggae star in Nigeria, Blackky(well, this #EndSARS and Soro Soke generation may not remember who he is, they think music in Nigeria began with Davido, Olamide, Burna Boy, Whiz Kid etc), is trying so hard to rekindle the fire of his 90s vibes when he was toast of all the dance floors across the country. And T4T would not blame him for that.
However, what is of major concern here is who to get in touch with Blackky and really beg him for all of his old fans from the 90s. Why is begging Blackky so important for T4T, you would ask? Blackky spends all day on Facebook, he is busy posting stuff, that is, when he is not vibing to his one and only hit song, Rossie. And the saddest part is, with all his efforts, he hardly reaps not more than three ‘likes’ or comments!
Nothing the reggae artiste has not done to resuscitate Rossie and push it back into the consciousness of Nigerians again, NOTHING!. At a point, T4T feels very sorry for Blackky as he struggles daily to relive his past stardom using Rossie as the only pivot.
Bros Blackky, there are two things you will need to do if truly you need your groove back. Get one of this rave of the moment boys(won’t mention any names) and do a very strong remix of Rossie and you will have to drop that your outdated wannabe Jamaican ‘pantua’ and sing, SING, the Nigerian way. That is what the world wants to hear, not some cheap imitation of some Jamaican artistes that was the fad when you were on top of your game in the 90s. That na old era.
Well, after all these sermon T4T has given, the next task here is, who will have the courage to go and tell our dear Blackky?
Paul Play The prayer, fasting warrior
Earlier this week, Paul Play Dairo, the son of music great, late IK Dairo, was so excited, he ran to Facebook and posted from the abundance of his heart.
“Is fasting and prayer really necessary?
I fasted before the release of my best 3 albums and the results were amazing!!!
Coincidence or what?”
T4T, the ‘ovasabi’, could not resist commenting on the post. He reminded him that it was only his ‘Mose rire’ album that was successful in the Nigerian context(and it was even a remix of his father’s song by the way), so which other two albums did his ‘prayers and fasting’ give the ‘amazing results’ Paul Play was talking about? Anyway, T4T also told him that prayers and fasting alone do not make musical works successful. If in doubt, just release any trashy song and ‘pray and fast’ on it and watch it ‘blow’.
Some Yoruba movies sha!
T4T was bored and decided to watch a Yoruba movie on Pay TV. Titled ‘Last Straw’, it starred Funsho Adeolu and Bukunmi Oluwashina among others.
Of a truth, T4T in recent times, have not seen a wishy washy Yoruba movie like Last Straw. Seun Olaiya, the Director, should be summoned to face a panel at Aso Rock(if president Tinubu decides to probe the movie industry).
How on earth would the Director spend 47 precious minutes on a party scene? Haba! Now, let T4T give you a breakdown of how the minutes were spent on that one scene only. It all started with the party decorators fixing canopies, the caterers driving to the venue and gates opening for them. The Toyota Siena mini van backing into the compound and the offloading of the foods. And then the groom and friends arriving with the female MC spending over 10 minutes to praise and extort monies from them. The bride was then escorted into the venue and another round of long speeches and dry jokes by the compere ensued.
At a point, T4T thought he was watching a Bisi Olatilo magazine show that features high society weddings and other social events! That was how 47 minutes were wasted out of a three hour movie!
Seriously, Seun Olaiya has a lot of questions to answer and after answering the questions, AMAA should without delay create a special category for him in this year’s award ceremony; MOVIE WITH THE LONGEST PARTY SCENE AWARD!
