Since you all are acting ignorant like Olamide Baddo only has “local hits” that don’t go beyond Lagos or the Southwest, let me actually remind you cause I had to take my time on this.
Do you really want to tell me you don’t know Anifowose, Omo To Shan, Eleda Mi, Durosoke, Dope Money, Voice of the Street, Stupid Love, First of All, Skelemba, Goons Mi, Story for the Gods, Lagos Boys, Melo Melo, Bobo, Wo, Infinity, Triumphant, Loading, Rock, Jinja, New Religion, Metaverse, Kai, Billionaire’s Club, 99, Science Student, Motigbana, Kana, Abule Sowo and countless others?
And those are just some of his own songs. Let’s talk features. Ghost Mode with Phyno. Bad Baddo Baddest with Davido and Falz. Zazoo Zehh with Portable. Instagram with Reminisce and Naira Marley. Amapiano with Asake. We still have Reggae blues, The money ft Davido, Totori, Local rappers, Jagaban, Shoki, Fada fada, Telli person, The list goes on. Oya lie that you don’t know all these songs.
Olamide has given people hit remixes, Bella, Zlatan, Asake, Phyno, Ycee etc, hit collaborations and hit songs throughout his career. He has helped put artists on, built YBNL, influenced street culture, introduced slangs, sounds and fashion into the mainstream, sold out shows and consistently delivered hits for over a decade.
So when you sit down and say Olamide doesn’t have international or nationwide hits because you personally don’t listen to his music, that’s not an argument. That’s just ignorance.
And honestly, I blame Olamide himself to some extent. The man is so reserved and humble and rarely goes around advertising his achievements, so people now think they can casually disrespect his legacy.
If you’re talking about the people who have shaped Nigerian music and Afrobeats culturally, commercially and historically, Olamide Baddo HAS to be in that conversation.
Nobody should fucking disrespect Olamide. Baddo is a legend. 🐐
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