WHY YOU HEAR THE NAMES OF THE MUSIC PRODUCERS ON ALMOST ALL NIGERIAN POP SONGS
Nothing is wrong in a producer putting his signature on a song he produces, most especially when the copyright in the song belongs to him. The likes of Mike-Will-Made-it, Dj Khaled and some other producers in the US also do it. However when the hand-shake starts going past the elbow, we must quickly check what has gone wrong. Like the popular milk brand's slogan, "Its in me". It's undeniable that an unquenchable lust for popularity is resident in us-Nigerians. This is the first factor responsible for our Music producers shouting their names on all the songs they produce. It has now degenerated to the abyss; where two music producers put their two signatures at the start of a track they co-produce, and the mixing engineer still puts his own signature loudly towards the end of the track, as if he had not been paid. This habit has defaced many beautiful songs like a twenty fist century "babe" with long village tribal marks....how sad? The "It's i...