UNIVERSAL DEFINITION OF GOOD MUSIC

        I wanna start by introducing myself because I’m hoping that there are some new folks reading this. My name is Neefemi and I write. Primarily music reviews and I have been fortunate to “critique” songs and albums from artists all over the world. What I am is somebody whose love for music drove me to do something I am passionate about. However, I do not claim to be in the music industry. I am neither, a singer, a producer, A & R, publicist, you name it. The closest I have come is writing lyrics, I don’t think I’m so good at it, but practice makes perfect huh. That is beside the point. This is not why you are here.
        You are here because the release of DBanj’s new song shit “I do this” created some kind of uproar on twitter and what I got, what killed me was the statement “There is nothing like a Universal Definition of Good Music” That right there killed me.

       Now I will tell you why there is such a thing. Let me say this GOOD music is different from one’s personal taste in music. You do not have to understand the language in which the song is sang; you do not as a rule have to like the genre of music. It is GOOD because, you who speak only French are floored by this song being sang in Italian/Spanish/English/Yoruba. It is GOOD because, you who as a rule hates Country Music is waving your hands, moving your body, screaming at the top of your lungs to this song.

      Often you have heard it been said that MUSIC is UNIVERSAL. The one thing that brings nations together, bring people together. Something Religion has not been able to do. Something LOVE (is there anything more universal than love?) has not been able to do. Something a unified idea, money, sharing the same blood has not been able to do. The only thing remotely close to being able to do this is SPORTS and if you know much about sports (read Arsenal – Man U) people have been known to kill for this.

      There was a reason millions/billions all over the world mourned Micheal Jackson’s death. There is a reason BOB Marley is pretty much enshrined. I dare say FELA and TUPAC are also considered artists who have produced such GOOD music. Celine Dion, Dolly Parton, Sade, Phil Collins also come regularly to mind. YOU CANNOT ARGUE THIS!!! YOU CANNOT. YOU WILL ONLY BE LYING TO PROVE YOUR POINT.    

        I believe the reason we have so much argument(s) about this is because our generation has not known what Good Music is. I really think we have been bombarded by so much rubbish, our discernment is somewhat lacking. I also think having a GOOD RECORD is different from the true definition of GOOD MUSIC. I happily move to most of Lady Gaga’s song, she makes GOOD RECORDS she is yet to make GOOD MUSIC.

        After all is said and done we are all entitled to our own opinions, mine is deep rooted in the fact that my parents raised me on GOOD MUSIC, music passed on from their generations to my generation to that of my siblings. That’s the UNIVERSAL DEFINITION OF GOOD MUSIC

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