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‘Afrobeats Songs Lack Lyricism’ – Dancehall Veteran, Bounty Killer Shades Afrobeats & Burna Boy.
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“Afrobeats Has No Lyrics”: Video As Jamaican DJ Bounty Killer Speaks of Music Genre, Cites Burna Boy’s Song
A well-known Jamaican disc jockey, Rodney Basil Price, often known as Bounty Killer, criticises Afrobeats for its lyrics, citing Burna Boy’s “Ye” as an example.
In a recent interview, the Patwa DJ stated that Afrobeats is a genre with excellent melodies but no good lyrics.
A video going around on Twitter shows Bounty Killer, a famed Jamaican musician, discussing how Afrobeats singers, like Burna Boy, focus mainly on the tune and pay little attention to their lyrics.
Price cited the 2018 number-one single YE by Burna Boy as an example of a song with a catchy sound but no lyrics.
“Afrobeats have no lyrics; they have a lot of melody, grove, and topic. Ye ye ye is not a lyric; it is a topic. The song only has a style, melody and topic.”
According to him, the African giant’s song has just style, a melody to dance to, and a topic, which he said was the same as the song’s title, YE.
Watch his interview below;
"Afrobeats artists don't have lyrics" – Jamaican Dj,Bounty Killer.
He used Burna Boy’s ‘YE’ as reference. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/7ELiiHgFqg— WeTalkSound (WTS) (@wetalksound) March 23, 2023
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mayowabae: Lol it’s obvious the dancehall artists are getting jealous of the Afrobeat taking over
obasibelieve: “This n*gga no know wetin he day talk he day even day use burna boy dey do example burna wey get lyrics like mad.”
_monday_monday_: “If dis wan mistakly listen or play amapiono, e go nearly put fire for d whole of South Africa.”
burna.boy.news: “That man na craze did he listen to the verses? Burna Boy knows how to entertain people while sending a message at the same time, YE is about hustling for a better life. This guy na dust full him head mtcheeeeew.”