Great topic! I wonder about this a lot too, supporting local Kenyan artists feels like rooting for the underdogs in the international music scene, but that doesn’t deter my loyalty haha. What I noticed most is the biggest appeal Nigerian artists tend to have is the their pidgin English which allows even non locals (like us Kenyans) to also pickup unlike much of our local artists that evolve with the ever changing slang/sheng rather than some consistent musicality like you mentioned in your gengetone video. It’s seems also just the massive support from fellow Nigerians, their main country’s & diaspora population are big drivers also. Tanzanias difference in population Compared to Kenya’s May also fit a similar argument along with their collaborations with other popular African artists. Regardless I’m always happy to see African artists from all over receiving their flowers
We all support our own even when it's good enough 😁. Nigerians have managed to make music sang in Pidgin marketable to the world. We have figured how to make sheng (Gengetone) marketable.
My hypothesis is that most of the things we do in Kenya are tribal based we aren't really speaking a common language... The only music we make that is unanimously accepted is urban music like... gengetone ,urbantone or whatever you may call it tries to borrow from the reggae or grill culture in western societies highly accepted by the urban youth... Here we also prefer singing in our own mother tongue with which our radio stations promote alot... in TZ rural areas will listen to diamond and sing along ... here in kenya villages will only listen to tony nyadundo 🤣no one is giving us something to dance to like the likes of daudi kabaka , les wanyika, riziki etc so its not so much about subsidized data bundles... that's alright but the simple issue is our individuality in regard to tribal affiliation... i dont know why we are struggling to figure that out🤣great analysis regardless
Tanzania have lot of good musicians they are following.They are not following Wasafi only thats why you can see that anomaly.The cost of the bundle is not an obstacle or a catalyst to their decisions just a good musics.
Great topic! I wonder about this a lot too, supporting local Kenyan artists feels like rooting for the underdogs in the international music scene, but that doesn’t deter my loyalty haha. What I noticed most is the biggest appeal Nigerian artists tend to have is the their pidgin English which allows even non locals (like us Kenyans) to also pickup unlike much of our local artists that evolve with the ever changing slang/sheng rather than some consistent musicality like you mentioned in your gengetone video. It’s seems also just the massive support from fellow Nigerians, their main country’s & diaspora population are big drivers also. Tanzanias difference in population Compared to Kenya’s May also fit a similar argument along with their collaborations with other popular African artists. Regardless I’m always happy to see African artists from all over receiving their flowers
We all support our own even when it's good enough 😁. Nigerians have managed to make music sang in Pidgin marketable to the world. We have figured how to make sheng (Gengetone) marketable.
Poetic Swahili and loyalty is the formula for bongo success
Do you mean our bad Kiswahili will never make it, in addition to our disloyalty.
People like good music, period!
Well put
Daaah!! Uko vizuri kwa uchambuzi
Karibu kaka
My hypothesis is that most of the things we do in Kenya are tribal based we aren't really speaking a common language... The only music we make that is unanimously accepted is urban music like... gengetone ,urbantone or whatever you may call it tries to borrow from the reggae or grill culture in western societies highly accepted by the urban youth... Here we also prefer singing in our own mother tongue with which our radio stations promote alot... in TZ rural areas will listen to diamond and sing along ... here in kenya villages will only listen to tony nyadundo 🤣no one is giving us something to dance to like the likes of daudi kabaka , les wanyika, riziki etc so its not so much about subsidized data bundles... that's alright but the simple issue is our individuality in regard to tribal affiliation... i dont know why we are struggling to figure that out🤣great analysis regardless
Out music does not have international appeal
Yet another nicely done analysis. Correlation != Causation 📌
Cheers, brother!!!
Unachambua vizuri no bias
Asante
This video is dope, I just want to know that is it only me who think that you resemble a former Kenyan president?
😅😅😅😅😅 and which president might that be?
@@blackorwa Jomo Kenyatta and that's for real. This is coming from a Tanzanian guy.
@@trueexplorer894 😅😅😅😅 you the first one to tell me so
Tanzania have lot of good musicians they are following.They are not following Wasafi only thats why you can see that anomaly.The cost of the bundle is not an obstacle or a catalyst to their decisions just a good musics.
Thank you! Which other artists other than the Wasafi command a large audience?
@@blackorwa Marioo, Jay melody, Harmonise, Nandy, Ali kiba, Young luna the list is long
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