Jamaican reggae and dancehall disk jockey, Rodney Basil Price, popularly known as Bounty Killer, has shared his views on the lyrical strength of Afrobeats.
The veteran entertainment in a recent interview spoke on Afrobeats recent success in the global scene, dancehall and other interesting topics around the two genres.
While speaking in the interview, the DJ made it know that the emergence of Afrobeats on the global scene doesn’t not mean its the end of the road for Dancehall in that same space. Speaking on Afrobeats, the patois DJ opined that Afrobeats only has melodies and themes, but lack Lyrics.
To back up his claim, Bounty cited Burna Boy‘s smash tune ‘Ye‘, claiming that the song lacks lyrical content.
He said:
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.”
Dancehall veteran Bounty Killer takes a swipe at Afrobeats. Using Burna Boy’s ‘Ye’ as an example, he concludes that all Afrobeats songs lack lyricism 😳 pic.twitter.com/MFgZTFs2kS
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