- “Motolani Alake Criticizes Burna Boy: Music’s Validity Isn’t Dependent on Consciousness.”
Popular music journalist, Motolani Alake, during a podcast, took a jab at superstar Burna Boy, suggesting that he lacks the necessary eloquence for the topic of conversation he’s attempting to engage in.
It’s worth highlighting that Burna Boy’s statement asserting that Afrobeat lacks substance as a music genre has sparked extensive debates and exchanges within both the Nigerian music industry and the broader entertainment sphere.
A significant number of individuals perceive Burna Boy’s stance as driven by pettiness, whereas others hold the viewpoint that the artist’s statement holds truth. Nonetheless, Motolani Alake articulated that music doesn’t necessarily need to possess conscious themes in order to be regarded as high-quality music.
Motolani Alake asserts that Afrobeat shouldn’t be categorized as conscious music.
Therefore, he deems the notion that Afrobeat lacks substance to be baseless and illogical. According to Alake, Burna Boy lacks the authority to make such claims about Afrobeat’s substance.
"Afrobeats does not have to be conscious for it to be validated… Burna Boy is not eloquent enough for the conversation he is trying to have"
– 'Motolani Alake
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