Pasuma Speaks On Dwindling Fuji Music Genre
Veteran Fuji music star, Alhaji Alabi Pasuma, has
made name for himself in Nigeria’s entertainment industry with hits
after hits and evergreen songs with over thirty years’ experience on the
job.The singer decided to delve into pop music fully lately
and has featured many top hip hop stars like Terry G, Olamide, Tiwa
Savage, Phyno, Oritsefemi, Patoranking and several others. In a recent
interview with The Net magazine, the Fuji cum Pop star revealed why he
decided to go into pop genre of music and maintained that he is one of
the pioneers of pop music in in Nigeria.
When asked if his new found love for pop will affect his Fuji music career, he said:“It’s not going to affect it. The whole thing is, as an artiste, you should be able to diversify. Diversity is very very important in anything you do. My fans have always known that I can do pop music, because I have always been infusing it into my Fuji music, and it has really helped my career a great deal. My fans have always been yearning for it, they have always been asking me when I am going to drop my pop album, and now that me and my management company AO@21 media thought it is long overdue, we have decided to give it to them .I love my Fuji music more. That is where I belong anytime any day. I am a Fuji musician but I should be able to do something new. And it is not a surprise to a lot of people because we have always been doing the hip hop thing right from when it started. Way back in 1996, you would remember I did Keep On Rocking with Remedies. 1996 till now is 18 years ago and I believe some of the new artistes making waves today were still in primary school then. So I have always been doing it.”
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He also spoke about why the Fuji music genre is not growing anymore like its hip hop counterpart.
“It’s because the marketers have stopped the Fuji musicians from doing collaboration albums. If we have been doing the collaboration thing, you will see new Fuji musicians coming out but we have been doing everything to ensure that they lift the ban on collaboration albums. The hip hop people have been helping themselves by doing collaboration. Nobody knew Phyno until he featured Olamide in ‘Ghostmode’. If the young Fuji artistes are doing collaboration with the established ones, it will help their career a great deal,” he said. Pasuma also gave hint on his newly flaunt record label.
“We have a talent hunt platform we are working on. It’s called ‘Ohun’ which means voice. With this, we should be able to discover new Fuji musicians and they will be signed to my record label , WASBAR Records.”
When asked if his new found love for pop will affect his Fuji music career, he said:“It’s not going to affect it. The whole thing is, as an artiste, you should be able to diversify. Diversity is very very important in anything you do. My fans have always known that I can do pop music, because I have always been infusing it into my Fuji music, and it has really helped my career a great deal. My fans have always been yearning for it, they have always been asking me when I am going to drop my pop album, and now that me and my management company AO@21 media thought it is long overdue, we have decided to give it to them .I love my Fuji music more. That is where I belong anytime any day. I am a Fuji musician but I should be able to do something new. And it is not a surprise to a lot of people because we have always been doing the hip hop thing right from when it started. Way back in 1996, you would remember I did Keep On Rocking with Remedies. 1996 till now is 18 years ago and I believe some of the new artistes making waves today were still in primary school then. So I have always been doing it.”
READ ALSO: AMAZING! Fuji Singer Spotted With Top Movie Stars For New Music Video (PHOTOS)
He also spoke about why the Fuji music genre is not growing anymore like its hip hop counterpart.
“It’s because the marketers have stopped the Fuji musicians from doing collaboration albums. If we have been doing the collaboration thing, you will see new Fuji musicians coming out but we have been doing everything to ensure that they lift the ban on collaboration albums. The hip hop people have been helping themselves by doing collaboration. Nobody knew Phyno until he featured Olamide in ‘Ghostmode’. If the young Fuji artistes are doing collaboration with the established ones, it will help their career a great deal,” he said. Pasuma also gave hint on his newly flaunt record label.
“We have a talent hunt platform we are working on. It’s called ‘Ohun’ which means voice. With this, we should be able to discover new Fuji musicians and they will be signed to my record label , WASBAR Records.”
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