Twitter> @Nauteeq_Muh The term ‘wack’ has been misused by listeners of music globally. Numerous times multiplesongs have been written off either because the artist tried to include new sounds in his/her songs which were unlike their usual sigature sounds or because they made music different from the type that brought them to the limelight. This might partly be due to a mythical belief that musicians from one geographical area make better music than those from another. The case of the southern rappers as against West-coast and East-coast rappers comes to mind. The west-coast and the east-coast rappers are believed to be the best while southern rappers are labeled as WACK ab initio, but recently some rappers from the south have proven this obscene theory wrong such as Killer Mike and T.I. who is acclaimed to be the king of the south have all shown their prowess on the m-i-c.
Likewise in Nigeria songs are said to be WACK due tolisteners’ subjective validation as most listeners actually do not give many songs a second listen to pick out what was really said. Mostly, listeners judge songs according to the comments they read on the internet or recommendations of the song byfriends ignoring the fact that music tastes vary per head and no two individuals can actually share the exact same view on a song. An example of this is the recently concluded BET Cypher where Mode Nine, M.I., Naeto C, XO Senavoe and Ice Prince all participated. XO was brutally criticized primarily due to a comment on a popular blog.
The huge difference between a WACK song and sub-par song is nearly not been considered at all. While a wack song can be totally outrageous and unacceptable, sub-par songs can easily be traced to commercial sell-outs where an artist that churns out quality songs with concentrated arrangement of themes compromised quality for commercial success. These types of songs can easily be related to. A good example of this is Terry G when you compare his ‘Love you sexy’ days in relation to the recent ‘Free Madness’ and ‘Akpako Master’ tune and M.I.’s Talk About It and M.I. II; The Movie... To read more or kindlx click on www.thawatcha..com