Jazzman Olofin, the Nigerian singer, has called out Adekunle Gold for sampling his 2004 hit ‘Raise Da Roof’ without permission.
On Tuesday, Olofin shared a video on Instagram of Adekunle
Gold rehearsing the track with a live band ahead of a London concert.
In the caption, the singer clarified that he takes no issue
with a brief, impromptu freestyle of another artiste’s song as a sign of
respect.
However, he criticised the “great lengths” taken to
meticulously rehearse his “22-year-old monster hit” without any prior
communication.
“Wetin dey happen for here? I’ve got no issue with an
artiste freestyling another artist’s song on stage for a second as a sign of
respect. It’s cool,” he wrote.
“But when you go through great lengths to actually rehearse
my 22-year-old monster hit song ‘Raise Da Roof’ with your one-million-man live
band in preparation for your show/concert in London, haba.
“I may be a little too old to be singing your generation’s
music, but I’m certainly not too old to spend your generation’s money.
“Mr. Adekunle Gold, I’m very much alive and still actively
performing. Don’t beat around the bush. Next time, call baba.”
The call-out sparked mixed reactions online, with some commenters arguing that ‘Raise Da Roof’ originally belonged to Fuji legend Adewale Ayuba.
In a detailed follow-up post, Olofin set the record straight
on the song’s authorship. He explained that ‘Raise da Roof’ is his original
work and not a remix of Ayuba’s song ‘Bubble.’
“Raise da Roof (my song) is NOT a remix of Bubble (Ayuba’s
song). I invited Chief Adewale Ayuba to feature on my “Raise da Roof” track
and he decided to add a line: “It’s bubbling ko maa bubble” from his previous
album titled “Bubble” to the start of “Raise da Roof” chorus,” he wrote.
”The rest of the chorus: “Shuku Shuku bambam, Eni to ba wu
ko be. Eyin ti jinle pampam throw your hands in the air raise da roof, raise da
roof roof roof” was written by me. I wrote the first and second verses. Ayuba
and I co-wrote his verse (third verse).
“Now, “Raise da Roof” is not the first song I wrote for
Ayuba to feature in, the very first song I wrote and wanted to feature him on
actually came out on his album because he said liked song didn’t mind me giving
him to record on the album he was working on at that time, so I gave it to him.
“Not only did I give it to him and I also featured on the
same track (along with my former partner Lexzy Doo of my former group
X-Appeal). This track was released on Ayuba’s album titled “Gun Shot”.
“I did a Yoruba rap on the album, it’s on music platforms,
anybody, especially those arguing about which track is the first collabo
between fuji artiste and hip-hop artiste, can go check it out.”
Olofin disclosed that he entered the music industry first
and foremost as a songwriter, a craft he pursued before his singing career.
He described Ayuba’s feature on his track as a “reciprocal
action” for the earlier song he had given the Fuji star.
“Most of you don’t know, but I actually came into the game
first and foremost as a songwriter, not a singer, the singing thing comes
secondary,” he added.
“So one may say the Ayuba featuring on my track “Raise da
Roof” is like some kind of reciprocal action for my giving him the first song I
first wrote and also featuring it.
“I liked Ayuba’s kind of fuji music because it’s very clean
and modern, unlike some other fuji music back then, that was why I approached
him when I saw him at Ray Power radio and asked him to feature on my track. We
exchanged numbers and I was happy to work with him. The producer OJB Jezreel
did a fantastic job on the song too.
”It’s sad we don’t have some kind of solid music history
platforms where everyone, especially the new generation can go to for adequate
and correct information on materials.
“The hustle has gotten everyone out there just grabbing
snatching and running away with whatever materials they somehow come across
without the knowledge of who inspires who or what belongs to who. But it’s all
good.”
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