Mavin singer ,D 'Prince has opened up on why he has changed his style of
music.Recently, he has been churning out socially conscious songs.He
tells Vanguard
Sometime last year, I had this
re-orientation. It’s easier to make songs that are not sensible and it
will be a hit overnight. We have done it before. I was with Don Jazzy in
the studio and he said I have to start recording new songs. I had told him before then that I wanted to start doing socially conscious songs.
It took us weeks to deliberate if we should go that route or stick to
our normal party music. We tried it out and I have started getting
positive feedbacks. I am yet to visit any blog that writes negative
comments about the songs. When you actually sing something reasonable,
people will reason and understand you.I have realised that you just
have to put out music that people can get something out of. Even it’s a
party music; it should still have a message in it. Fela did it. He had
great songs and they had a message.
On how he intends to make his music evergreen
I thank God for the Mavin family- Don Jazzy, Tiwa, Dr Sid and others. I
don’t believe that when it comes to music I am going to lack .I can’t
tell you that I am going to be buying Bugatti’s every other day. Music
is the only thing that a musician owes to his fans. If you have music,
you will always be relevant, unless you deviate. Most of the old
artistes are not relevant anymore because they didn’t keep up with
releasing good music.
On a lot of people having issues with the song Take Banana
You are taking me back to the Old Testament.
Those days, our orientation was just to make a nice tune and also make
it a party jam. I did Take Banana, I did Give it to me, they were big
songs, but people felt the lyrics were bad. That is what the people want
though. Most times, people buy these songs because that is want they
want.
