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  • Forget Diss Tracks, Artists Should Settle Beef These 8 Ways

    The next time artists have a score to settle with each other, instead of posting long, subliminal insults on social media or making diss tracks, they should try these more interesting, quicker methods.

    Call first

    Consider a call to iron things out in-house before doing your dirty laundry outside.

    Pray like a warrior

    Pray for the heart of your opp to be softened. Or copy Elijah and invite your opp to an open space then loudly pray, “Send down fire!” For this to work, you must be a child of God. If you’re not, see the next option.

    Impersonate each other

    If like Prettyboy D-O and OdumoduBlvck, comparison is the reason for your beef, this is for you. Swap lives for a day or two and adopt each other’s style. Go to each other’s studio sessions, attend each other’s shows and interviews. The best impersonator is the fraud because why can you impersonate your opp so effortlessly if you weren’t trying to be like them already?

    Go on an ultimate search 

    The beefing artists should just embark on a treasure hunt to confirm who’s the winner of the beef.

    “Verzuz”

    Get fans from both sides in a large space, perform your best music and see who reigns supreme.

    Mouth wash

    Has it occured to you that the reason one person moves like they’ll punch their opp in the mouth is because someone’s talking actual shit? To settle scores, do an oral test. The person with the worst mouth odour loses the beef.

    A dambe match

    Fix a boxing match to knock out your beef in the Hausa martial art style. The man standing over the knocked-out guy wins the beef. We recommend the hard ground under Ojuelegba bridge as a suitable venue.

    Source: Leadership News

    “Old West” style

    Invite your opp to the outskirts of town, then attach a revolver and holster to your waists. Play a song like Davido’s Fem, and as soon as it ends, whoever draws their gun quicker lives wins.

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  • How To Create A Perfect Afrobeats Song In 2023

    Afrobeats isn’t monotonous. You can be laid back, vibrantly energetic, raving… or embody these three elements. There isn’t a perfect recipe for cooking a certified afrobeats song, but with these helpful ingredients, you can’t miss.

    Know your sound

    From afrotrenches to afroadura to afrowahala, there’s a niché you can comfortably fit if you know your strong suit and what you want to sound like. Dedicate your 10,000 hours to doing what you love, recognise what you want to sound like, soak in gems from your faves, and keep working and reworking. It’ll eventually come together, and you’ll know when it happens.

    Get your beat right

    Number one pro-tip: do away with free beats. Holla at dope producers like Sarz or Andre Vibez to pattern something sweet for you. Can’t afford them? Take what you have to that dope producer in your neighborhood. Combine your hunger, make jams and you guys might make it out the hood together. See Asake and Magicsticks, Seyi Vibez and Dibs.

    Sample Fela’s music

    There’s hardly any Nigerian musician in the last decade that isn’t influenced by Baba Fela. And tbh, it’s better than calling yourself the young or new Fela, because from where to where?

    Don’t think about numbers

    You’re not Tems, so why are you thinking Tems’ numbers? It’s good to dream about celebrating a billion streams on your jam, but don’t forget it’s a journey. Focus on making the perfect song first.

    Lyrics

    Don’t join the lie that Afrobeats songs have no substance. From 2Baba’s reflective lyrics to Bloody Civilian’s storytelling, there’s always something to say. Or just be like Wizkid, swing between smug brags and what your babe tells you.

    Lamba should choke

    A lamba is the ultimate, flattery — it’s a bunch of words you tell to make people feel good. Lamba will add spice to your song. We don’t even have to fully understand whatever you say. E.g “Hossana sussana sutana / Sister life is deeper / Deeper life is sister” (Davido, Like Dat).

    Lay emphasis

    This is a great hack. As an artist, you want people to sing your words back to you, so make sure certain lyrics are repetitive and easy to stick to memory. Why do you think Wizkid is doing multiple “kolobi, ko, ko” and “mo fo oo-ooo” on Ghetto Love?

    Adlibs

    These are short phrases you throw across a song, especially after a hot line. You can moan it or yell it with reckless abandon. E.g. Davido’s “shekpe” and Zlatan Ibile’s “ayiiii” and “kapaichumarimarimachupako.”

    Throw your signature on it

    Your signature is like the watermark photographers put on their photos. It can be in your intro or in one of your verses or end of the song. For example, “OluwaBurna”, “O.B.O — baddest” and Rema’s “another banger”.

    Send your jam to distro

    The distro = distributor that puts your music online. Not the free download site. If your jam isn’t on music streaming platforms, there’s no evidence you dropped a jam. Because what’s a jam if people can’t find it? 

    Don’t forget to position your work for playlisting (editorial or regular) too. You may just be a playlist away from being discovered or signed.

    Burning Ram is coming. Don’t say I didn’t tell you.