"Since early morning i neva chop,i neva smoke,i neva drink.Even common uhmm woman i neva uhmm..I'm so shy".
The chorus is 90% of an afro-pop song and from this point onwards,it was going to take a miracle to salvage D'banj's Shy.Fans have over the years fallen in love with songs whose choruses they didn't understand a word of thanks to the Terry Gs of this world but those were very pleasant noise.They were bouncy,had rhythm and made on an inch-perfect instrumental.Bangalee is a more conventional artiste aiming for groove and a very potent sing-along vibe to resonate with fans.That to an appreciable degree is dependent on the lyrics used.A lot of people would relate to someone saying "Since early morning i neva chop,smoke or drink" but to not only make a big deal of not sleeping with a woman since morning but to also pass it off as being a more regular thing than eating,smoking and drinking feels so off.To compound things,the "I'm so shy" mantra kicks in right afterwards.D'banj hasn't eaten,smoked and drank since morning because he is shy?.Does that really make sense?.
On an instrumental perhaps needing a little more sauce than the conga drum pattern,whatever good his decent verse does is defeated by the poorly composed and unmoving chorus.
D'banj has been yearning for a huge hit since he broke up with former partner and producer,Don Jazzy without much success.What the artiste needs to do is evaluate his strengths,weaknesses and find out how best to re-enact the magic of yester years.
-P-Square had louder hits than D'banj but he was bigger than them.What he had going for him was a strong personality.People loved D'banj and had to love his music; a boisterous guy in trend-setting fashion gears either doing the 'koko fist' on stage or wearing only a towel.In 'Koko' and 'No long thing',he was synonymous with 2 of the biggest slangs to have ever hit the music industry.Taking a back seat,only popping up for the very grand occasions and then a song every now and then hasn't worked much.D'banj needs to be a lot more conspicuous outside the music doing the things only he can do.Its a lot easier in this current age of social media.He has a follow up single due for release soon featuring Slimcase and the title 'Mo Cover E' plus a recent Slimcase skit with controversial nollywood actress,Etinosa strongly suggest Bangalee is thinking in the slang direction.The consistency should extend to the other things that made the D'banj brand one of the most loved.
-Collabos.If you've followed the artiste over the years,you'll have to give him credit for a lot of his features.D'banj has slayed a lot of artistes on their tracks in a way he hardly manages to do on his.His performance on Skales' Senrere has been his best on any track since.Curiously,he has found it difficult to replicate that brilliance on a song he features others.While it would be logical to suggest he gets good song writers to pitch him something to work on,its best he remedies that by working on himself and picking the right artistes.Ones who would do to his songs what he did to Seyi Shay's Tina; Magic.
-Finally a good old buzzer to follow the right track.Olamide kept mute while word was planted round the blogosphere that he was dissing Davido on Buga Small Small.The controversy Science Student spawned was good for the song and Woske; a fabulous effort seem to have just passed by,so the needful was done.D'banj is a big boy no doubt but when an opportunity to start a fire for any of his songs presents itself,he needs to grab it.
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