Ric Hassani has something to say about hit songs in Nigeria

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Nigerian recording artiste, Ric Hassani has mentioned that most songs that become hits in the country, “do not make sense”.

Speaking about Afrobeats, Ric Hassani whose real name is Ikechukwu Eric Ahiauzu mentioned that the music genre has transitioned immensely in recent years. Hassani stated that the quality of the music genre has depreciated.

Hassani featured recently on Channels TV programme, Rubbin’ Minds with Ebuka.

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He said, “Afrobeats is Nigerian music. Our guys are top 10 and I feel like because of that the quality of music might stop dropping because more people want to get in. So the quality is really dropping.

“Back in the days, hit songs were serious music but now almost anybody is just coming in. Most of the hit songs in Nigeria now are not very good music. Back in the days it wasn’t like this. I feel like because we have been number one for so long, everybody is just dropping whatever they like and throwing money behind it.”