I’ll take gospel music to clubs –Sammie
Okposo
NOVEMBER 23, 2013 BY ‘NONYE BEN-NWANKWO
AND ADEMOLA OLONILUA
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Sammie Okposo
Popular gospel singer, Sammie Okposo has every
reason to smile this season. Just recently, the
dark-skinned singer bagged the Best Gospel
Artiste at Nigeria Entertainment Awards in New
York. Now, he has released the first single off his
next album, Who Tell You Say.
The singer told Saturday Beats that this song was
different and listening to it, one might not know
that it is a gospel song till the message is heard
because of its high tempo beat.
He said, “At first listen and if a careful attention is
not paid to the lyrics, one might not believe it’s a
gospel song. Who Tell You Say?’ has all the
trappings of high rated music, very groovy and
different from the norm.”
He further told Saturday Beats that it was time for
the message of God to be taken to clubs and
other places that the gospel is not normally
preached.
“It’s high time we took our message to the clubs
and other places that the word of God is not
preached. Gospel music should be able to make
playlists of different music stations and appeal to
many souls. It might be very groovy but the
message is powerful enough to bring about
change in their lives. Gospel music should not be
made for the church only because everything we
need is in the church. The time is now for gospel
music to take its rightful place in the Nigeria
music industry,” Okposo said.
The singer said he will be dropping two of such
singles before the release of his next album
temporarily scheduled for April 2014.