“Most hit songs in Nigeria are not good music”– Ric Hassani

Musician Ric Hassani recently expressed his views on the Afrobeats genre, stating that he feels the quality of Afrobeats music has significantly declined over time.

He highlighted that past hit songs were crafted with higher quality compared to the current popular tracks, which he described as not meeting the standard of good music.

Hassani elaborated on these sentiments during a recent appearance on the television show Rubbin’ Minds with Ebuka on Channels TV.

He said,

“Afrobeats is Nigerian music. Our guys are top 10 and I feel like because of that the quality of music might stop dropping because more people want to get in. So the quality is really dropping.

“Back in the days, hit songs were serious music but now almost anybody is just coming in. Most of the hit songs in Nigeria now are not very good music. Back in the days it wasn’t like this. I feel like because we have been number one for so long, everybody is just dropping whatever they like and throwing money behind it.”