Micheal Ajereh Collins, Nigerian music
producer and artiste better known as Don
Jazzy, has said that foreign artistes are
scared to make music with him.
He said this while speaking in a recent
interview conducted by Boiler room in
collaboration with British Council.
“Most of these American artistes would call
you, they believe you have something that
they like, so they call you to come and try
something out”, Don Jazzy said.
“A bunch of people that I have tried to work
with or have tried to work with me chicken
out at the end of the day because they aren’t
really ready for the music change; they want
me to tweak it till it gets back to their sound.
“I can give you your sound, but then, you
called me for something and then I try to
give to my sound and I want you to do your
thing on top of it which would give the
sound a wider recognition but they say they
aren’t ready for this switch drastically. I
think they are still scared.”
The 33-year-old Mavin boss said he started
paying more attention to music during the
Kennis Music era.
“I would say I started listening more during
the Kennis music time because after Storm
records, then it was a time for Kennis music
and they came with Tuface, Remedies and
all.
“At that point, I was still in secondary school
and I was like “Yo! They were putting a lot
of swags into this my work”. So I started
taking note of the music and it started
shaping me into what I would like to do but
then, there was no way for me to do it.”
Don Jazzy also said that Nigerian music is
designed to make people happy during their
struggles.
“Everyone is struggling; we all have a
problem in the country but there are
sometimes when we need that peace of
mind.
“While some people are consciously trying to
make you aware of what is going on in the
struggle, there should be other people that
would keep you happy when you are going
through the struggles and that is where we
come in.”
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