Jesu! Asa, Your Collabos Are Getting Dumber By The Day- Etcetera Blasts

I have to admit that this time around, I wasn’t too eager to
make a dash for the door. Maybe because I heard Asa was on the song and thought
that it would have at least inspired Naeto C to use better and more inspiring
rhymes. Hope is a very dangerous thing. It turned out that I hoped for too
much. The first line of the song almost pulled off my knee cap. It is the most
fatal accident I have had till date. I almost died when I heard “what a
conundrum” within the first few lines. What Conundrum? Like seriously? Bros
Naeto, the only thing close to a conundrum in the whole song was how you
convinced Asa to feature in the song.

That song has some of the dumbest lines ever used in the
history of rap music worldwide. As I sat there gasping for air, I tried
consoling myself that every artist is allowed one mistake in a career lifespan
and ‘Share my Blessing’ is a mistake that won’t happen again. But on a second
thought, I asked myself, didn’t Asa or her manager Janet, hear Naeto C’s lines
before accepting to feature on the song? I would have Usain-Bolted out of that
studio, screaming ‘tufiakwa gi’ and snapping my fingers as I rid myself of all
the phloem in my system.

Asa apparently hasn’t learnt her lessons. Her latest collabo
with Korede Bello is another career mistake that shouldn’t have happened. The
lightening has struck twice. Korede Bello and Asa have succeeded where others
have failed. Koredo Bello and Asa have succeeded in taking every crappy song
from the past decade in Nigeria and mashed them into a musical abomination; add
that to the level of auto-tune on Korede’s voice; which sounds like T-Pain after
he’s slammed his testicles in a car door. Ironically, slamming my own testicles
in a car door is something I would rather do than listen to this song again.

Sadly, the fiasco with Naeto C now looks like a piece of art
compared to this song with Korede Bello. This is a whole new grade of crime
against music. Asa, how do you explain this to your fans? I have searched for
justification even from a musician’s perspective and found none. The whole song
comes out childish and guess Korede knows it too, which explains why he had to
sing it to us as the first line that he is no longer a child. Korede has proved
conclusively with this song that there are two things a Nigerian youth can’t
do: play music and feign humility. Titling your song, “Somebody Great”, and
blabbing all through the song about “Somebody wey dey spray millions and
somebody wey go save billions” is that what defines greatness? Spraying of
millions? What are you doing to yourself Asa? How did you get yourself involved
in this song? Why did you do this to your fans?

I won’t be surprised to hear that the sound engineer that
mixed this song is deaf. That you couldn’t hear that the whole song is drenched
in reverb is unbelievable. For God’s sake, the presence in the song is very
disturbing to the ears. And what is that thing that sounds like someone
striking a pot cover with “ewedu” broom? Please don’t tell me that it is the
crash or the hi-hats. Please sir, can you take back your mix and reduce the
shakers. Damn it, take back your mix and keep it to yourself.

Asa, I swear you no try at all.

The only excuse that would probably make some sense to me
now is if I am told that you guys were just trying to create something for the
current generation but instead of a smooth-rocking guitar classic, you have
instead created this audible shit. Yes, this song is literally shit that you
can hear. It is the worst song from Asa that I have had the displeasure of
listening.

Unfortunately though, for some inexplicable reason, some
people are actually going to play it and like it and start insulting Etcetera
like he is the reason the song is rubbish.

Please, the excuse that Asa was not involved in this
collaboration with Korede Bello; that Don Jazzy recorded her freestyle and used
on the song, is not going to hold any water here. Nobody does that in this age
and time knowing the ramification. And until Don Jazzy is called out by Asa’s
management, I will assume the freestyle story is just another industry lie and
that “Somebody Great” is a well thought out and planned collaboration between
Asa and Korede Bello. Until then, trying to water down Asa’s involvement in
this song will be a blatant in-your-face insult to her fans as much as tweaking
the synthesizer at the beginning of the song to give it a rock guitar feel is a
blatant in-your-face insulting to all guitarists out there.

To be continued next week.