By ‘Dayo Showemimo
Nigerian singer, Jahbless will also drop his long-awaited 3rd studio album, titled: I Am Me’ on Friday, May 29, 2015, Nigeria’s Democracy Day to coincide with when the country’s new president, Muhammadu Buhari will be sworn-in.
Speaking exclusively to NET on why he chose the date to drop the album, Jahbless said: ‘Yes, it’s deliberate, so many things have been happening in the music industry and it’s quite unfortunate that no one is standing up to create a change or face the challenges.
Piracy is a big issue, royalties for artistes is another, even the new trend of online piracy eats us up so fast, so I decided to release the album on the 29th because I want it to be significant with the change in the country.
‘As the country enjoys a new dispensation and hope things change for good, I also hope the music industry gets a turn and change for good too. But the question is: Why do artistes have to live on show and endorsement deals and how many artistes have the opportunity to get shows and endorsements when there are cabals and cliques in the system?
‘Music alone can pay you good if things are well structured. Shows and endorsements are supposed to be additional, so am creating a platform to make sure I make my money from music and I hope other artistes can do the same too. That’s why we decided to ride on the wind of change by releasing the album on May 29th.’
The 22-track album features artistes like Ice Prince, Oristefemi, Reminisce, Vector, Olamide, CDQ, Small Doctor, Lil Kesh, Kiss Daniel, Lamboginny, Jozie, Ceeboi, Dnot with the compliment of producers like Tee-Y Mix, Kriz Beat, Taleen beats, Bbanks and Rhymebaba.
Jahbless further added that: ‘I’m selling my album in two phases. We are selling the deluxe version with 22 tracks on Jumia and Konga and you also get it online while the regular version with 17 tracks will be sold on the streets.
Both will be released on the same day. The regular version will be marketed by Obaino Music in Alaba while the deluxe version will be handled by JE Records and it’ll also be available at all Bheerhugz outlets in Lagos.’
