Should Every Top Nigerian Musician Be Able to Freestyle?
I have a favourite among Nigeria’s biggest artists. He has many hit songs and a strong Afrobeats legacy, but I feel embarrassed whenever I hear his freestyle clips. I keep asking myself what went wrong. My love for music started in secondary school, where a group of boys would rap during break using pens to keep rhythm on their desks. One of them could rhyme effortlessly, and everyone would stop to listen. That inspired me to learn rap, bars, syllables and rhyme patterns. We rarely wrote lyrics; we practised by listening, memorising and creating lines off the top of our heads. That experience shaped my view of freestyling. To me, it is an important part of being a musician because it shows creativity, quick thinking and confidence. I know not every artist is a rapper, but I still find it disappointing when a top-tier musician cannot improvise a few decent lines. Do you think freestyling is a necessary skill for Nigerian artists, or should hit songs be the only standard that matters?
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