Ghanaian musician and broadcaster, Blakk Rasta, has expressed worry over how fast songs fizzle out in recent times.
Speaking to Roselyn Felli on Joy Prime, Blakk Rasta said a lot of songs haven’t been able to stand the test of time because the musicians usually follow trends.
“I remember Lucky Dube once said he never went into the studio to make hits. He went into the studio to speak into the microphone and if the songs come out and they become hits because people resonate with the message, then it’s a different thing,” he said.
According to Blakk, anytime he had resolved to produce a hit song, it eluded him.
Citing the reason for this, he noted that “hits come with trends unless it happens and then it becomes the first out of a chain of trends.”
He noted that even though he expected Stonebwoy's 'Jejereje' to hit the rafters in terms of its visibility, its popularity went down in a few days.
“With no disrespect, love, I mean Stonebwoy is my brother, I love him. He knows I love him. ‘Jejereje’ came out. We were all banging on it. I was in Nkroful when it came out. I said 'Wow', this is a great song. I loved the song. After one week, 'Jejereje' has gone to sleep. I love it, I want to see 'Jejereje' go all the way to the top," he said.
Further buttressing his premise, he said King Paluta's 'Aseda' and 'Makoma' also got dislodged by Stonebwoy's 'Jejereje' which also did not last in the trends.
The song, released on September 2024 generated a lot of excitement among music lovers, with a lot of social media users creating various forms of content with it.
It has, since its release, generated a lot of controversy with its lyrical content. While some have described it as a jab at Stonebwoy's rival artists, others have also read latent political meanings to it.
In the meantime, the video of the 'Jejereje' has garnered approximately 1.3 million views on YouTube.
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