ID Cabasa…The Unfinished Business of Afrobeats’ Heroes

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ID Cabasa,Olumide Ogunade

The year was 2006. It was the era of hopeless romance in Nigerian music, with RnB taking the center-stage. The Styl Plus quintet had just released their debut album dubbed, Expressions, where iconic songs like Olufunmi became instant classics that shaped the global image of Naija RnB.

The future of Nigerian RnB, at that time, could best be imagined as a thriving market of global talent. And, with the likes of Tems, Ayra Starr, Wizkid, Ckay, Fireboy, and many others, it has become a dream come true and definitely one well deserved.

ID Cabasa’s imprint, both as a producer and as the founder of Coded Tunes Records, has shaped the careers of several mega stars including 9ice, Olamide, Reminisce, Banky W, 2Shotz, Lord of Ajasa, among others. Interestingly, his discography with Olamide, from the YBNL star’s 2012 debut, ‘Eniduro’, to their 2019 comeback track, ‘Totori’ featuring Wizkid, and other unreleased tracks, is nearly as impressive as the bromance that the duo have maintained over the past decade.

So, I started seeking rights to remake those other classics that started this current sound we call Afrobeats. For any of these songs, I bring in the new guys that I think are making waves now and can recreate the song. I recreate the beats, and then I bring in these guys to create new verses.

Do you have any plans to include people like Olamide and other artistes you’ve worked with before in this album?The very first song I recorded, which is supposed to be a joker, which Olamide posted a snippet some time ago on Instagram. A lot of people have been asking me to release it. And inasmuch as he started with me, I respect his opinion because that opinion has been working for a very long time. Anytime I intend to create stuff, what I do is I go to Olamide and run these things by him. Sometimes, too, I also get to work with him.

In today’s industry, what do you think are some of the improvements you like and others you think should be considered? You see the numbers of people that he has on stage in terms of the band, the massiveness of the band, the massiveness of the choreographers, and so on. You will know that these guys have actually worked. They are raising the bar. Nothing was created to be perfect. They will make mistakes.

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