Nedal El Shafey

OAP Dotun decries quality of Nigerian music in recent years

The vocal OAP on social media decried the low replay value of most songs churned out by Nigerian artists in the last five years. He argued that music listeners are overwhelmed with choices as numerous tracks are released simultaneously, often driven by trends. He suggested that many of these songs are created primarily to cater to attention-seeking audiences, with a strong focus on streaming numbers. Taking to his X, he wrote: Most of the songs made now in the last five years have no longevity. You might not remember them not because they not good enough but the market is over saturated with so many songs made in a haste. It’s a race to be heard, a number game over anything else.