Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade known professionally by his
stage name Mr Eazi, is an artist signed to Starboy
Worldwide Record Label.
He was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria but based in Ghana
since late 2007.
Background
Mr Eazi, 27, is a Mechanical Engineering degree holder
from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology in Ghana.
In Ghana, a country with so much animosity with his
country of birth, Nigeria, his musical career kicked off with
gusto.
Sarkodie (left) and Mr Eazi (right)
He was able to collaborate with Ghanaian music big boys
like Efya (his label mate), Sarkodie and others.
Musical Style
Mr Eazi is blessed with a unique ‘deep bass voice’ that has
an identity with Nigerian trio Blackmagic , Ajebutter and
Pepenazi .
Still, his category of tune has made him a ‘self made
character’ from many top Nigerian artists on the block or
put in laconic words- He writes his own scripts.
‘Its-your-boy-Eeeazzi’ , a lyric he uses frequently in the
early phase of some of his songs, is his ‘self made anthem’ .
Recently, he was among the nominees for the Prestigious
Next Rated category of the Headies Award which he
eventually won.
Song
In the previous years, between 2015 – 2016 precisely, Mr
Eazi released debut singles that we were chart-topping
songs in Africa, most notably: Skin Tight, Ohima (featured
by DJ Spinall), Hollup , Sample You, Shitor, Fre Me and
recently Leg Over .
No doubt, with his well deserved rise to fame, he has won
the heart of many Nigerians and African Music lovers, and
has been described by many as the one for the future ,
branding his Genre as “Banku Music” (a subset of
Afrobeats), which is characterised by laid back deliveries on
majorly Afro-soulful instrumentals, influenced by his
Ghanaian/Nigerian cultural upbringing.
However, here is the big question:
Is He really an artist built for the future? A puzzling
question that needs analysis and scrutiny, and that is why
the Boxanalyst crew has decided to do justice to Mr Eazi’s
style of music.
Is Mr Eazi built for the future?
Mr Eazi’s sound is good when he is on a particular slow
tempo with hard kick and few percussion , he definitely will
kill the beat, when you try to listen to at least four (4) of his
hit singles you discover you can actually sing almost all his
lyric to just one of his beat and it will fit-in owning to the
fact that he possesses just a particular tune.
The implication of this is that in the long run, Africans
especially Nigerians will get fed up with the Mr Eazi’s type
of sound.
History has shown that Artistes who lack the ability to
adjust and adapt to the continuous changing trend of music
in Africa and Nigeria in particular have been known to have
their reign cut short, that is why the likes of 2Face , Timaya ,
Oritsefemi , Sound Sultan , Kcee and many more have been
able to maintain their lead and keep their fans and fame
intact.
Can Mr Eazi replicate the industrious works of Tuface and
Sound Sultan??
Mr Eazi’s music is what we enjoy now, but how long is it
going to last, 2, 3 or 4 more years? That is a puzzling
question, however we hope to see him bring a new sound
and new tempo to stay relevant in the ever changing
Nigerian music industry.
Do you agree with this write up? Will Mr Eazi continue to
trend in Nigeria for a long time or Will his music go out of
taste soon? Drop your comments below!!
