Jinxed!

     It’s been a busy couple of days for me but its the weekend and i finally had sometime to surf the net and visit my favorite websites.

 Im on notjustok, and i see a new styl plus song, apparently its a single off their yet to be released album. Trust notjustok to hype things up as usual. According to notjustok, the track is a comeback song to launch them back to the top of the Naija music food chain or whatever. If only i had a kobo for every time notjustok says “blah blah blah is the next best thing since cheap condoms”.

 Anyways, Being the lover of music that i am, here’s what i did. I tried not to think about their old songs or what i know about them personally all i did was clear my mind and hit play.

  I Immediately thought i had hit Naeto C's "ten over ten" by accident, till i heard the raspy voice of one of dem boiz (don’t know which one sef) and then i realized i had hit play on the right song. It’s interesting to know that the beat is a clever copy of Naeto c's song and for someone like T Y mix i expected something more original.

 That been said, i continued listening, even though it was getting more and more difficult to resist getting off the site altogether. At the 3 min mark i had heard enough. My first sentiment was "what the heck"??? "Are you kidding me"???

  I can’t believe they would come out with this sort of junk again!!. Okay lets be honest most artistes never make a song that beats that break out single/album but it would be nice to see some effort here. It just feels like they are not even trying. What’s the management team doing? or don’t they have one anymore?

 I am pretty sure nobody can forget the runaway success of “runaway” and “olufunmi”, back then I was like "where did these guys come from?" and now they come out with this junk!?

  Little did i know that i was to get even more ticked off than i already was, Right below the track was a tag to another one of their new singles with Jesse Jagz, so Miss click, click that i am, i clicked, but there’s only so much optimism a person can show. So I was obviously listening half- heartedly

  I stopped this one after listening to Jesse Jags deliver a below par verse. I have hereby come to the conclusion that these guys are jinxed!

Borehole???

  Seriously there’s a number of reasons why Styl-plus are languishing in Tetuila country; One of which is their bad attitude and arrogance. I have met quite a number of producers who wouldn’t work with them for this reason and with an attitude like that, how far can you really go. They are always late to shows, and even studio sessions. Anyone who has watched them perform lately would see that they no longer even dance! Tell me what’s a boy band without the moves??Remember the music biz is way smaller than you think.

 Secondly what on earth are they doing in Abuja? I know some people would say Darey is there and making waves too but after the follow up album was a dud or rather almost a dud i would have expected that they move to Lagos shap shap, but what do i know?

  Another wrong move on their part was trying to go with the music trend (that iya-basira song and Co). For a band like styl plus that depends on harmonizing and good old singing talents; less is always more. The techno beats and afro- infused percussion beats should be traded in for simpler beats that they would shine on.

  I don’t think the problem is that Nigeria has moved on from the boy band era but i think they tinkered with the formula too much and they are now paying the price. They can still get it right though, because unlike some other people making waves out there, these guys actually have the talent, all they need is a good producer who is ready to work with them and a change in attitude.

Like an arsenal fan says "Gonners for life" regardless, Ill remain a fan regardless