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Over the past decade and half,
Tuface Idibia, the Nigerian Afro Hip-hop/ R &B superstar star, has been in
the minds of millions of African music fans. For many of us, enjoying music
boils down to savoring the melody and the rhythm, without worrying about the
lyrics. This is largely how many of us have appreciated Tuface’s music: without
heeding his messages. It amounts to wasting so much of what his music has to offer.
Paying a keen attention to the lyrics of his music would compel one to see an ignored,
yet powerful element of his music, and appreciate the rightful place of the
artist.
When we talk of outstanding lyrics,
what are we looking at? We are looking at the depth of wisdom tied to it, the intricacy
of rhyming and the emotion that spills out of it.
After my computer crashed, I lost
all the music files I had stored in it. With a new PC, I had to repeat the
ripping, sorting and storing of the music files. It was while doing this that I
gave Tuface’s music another scrutiny. Amazed by the lyrics, I was compelled to
begin looking at the Nigerian music setting to see if there are others like him.
I couldn’t find any. I then proceeded across the border to other nations on the
continent. To make my work easy, I thought of his contemporaries, artists who
had contested awards with him (I recalled he had always scooped the awards
whenever he was nominated). Doing this, I came to the conclusion that there is
none like him on the continent as well. Also
looking backwards, I came to the decision that there, also, was none like him
even in the years behind. Believe me,
Tuface is the greatest African lyricist of all time!
Check out some of the lyrics
If you know any African who stands
ahead of him, do not hesitate to call my attention (+2348032982190).
