‘‘K1 DE ULTIMATE MADE FUJI MUSIC RELEVANT BY CHANGING IT TO CLASSICAL MUSIC’’- FUJI STAR PASUMA

 

When Fuji star Pasuma dabbled into Hip-Hop music a few months ago and came out with an album many thought he was crazy. What does this guy want from Hip-Hop with the resounding success he had recorded in Fuji? But Pasuma has come out to explain that his entry into the Hip-Hop genre is to help Fuji music and take it to the next level. Since many Hip-Hop stars have infused Fuji into Hip-Hop why not the other way round? Last week, Pasuma who recently won the Fuji Musician of the year Award at the recent City People Entertainment Awards.in an interview with City People he spoke about how he took the big plunge, whilst entirely leaving his Fuji genre.

How did your listening album go?

It was wonderful. I felt good. I give thanks to God. I have been on this plan to do Hip-Hop for a long time. My manager Afolabi Oyekoya, A021 Media came up with this idea, he said this is the right timefor us to do this, and I agreed to do it, you can also see the outcome of it all.

What are we to expect?

After this Hip-Hop album, the next is to try and bring out a new Fuji artiste. We are planning to do a Fuji competition. It’s been a while since we have seen a new Fuji artiste come out. So we are trying to do a Fuji competition, maybe we can pick a new Fuji artiste from there.

You now have a label?

Yes I do. I have my own label now, called Wasbah Records. We are Francofre at the moment. We are trying to put Quidot on it and Small Doctor with maybe 2 or 3 Fuji artiste later.

What made you go into Hip-Hop?

Because we wanted to diversify. Diversity is very important to one’s life. That you are a Fuji musician does not mean you can’t do something else. People still see it that this guy really knows what he is doing and that he can do something nice. That is why we diversified. Moreover, Hip-Hop is everywhere now, so we must embrace it. Fuji music is just a strong music if not it would have been pushed out by Hip-Hop. Years back people saw Fuji as gutter music that is no more. Then they use to say it is a music of miscreant’s hoodlums. Nowadays, you can see the same people dancing to Fuji music because K1 changed Fuji music and turned it to classical music that people can dance to.

There is a shift now to Hip-Hop. The music that is trending now is Hip-Hop. Everywhere, these days, it will be very hard to go to a party now and not find a DJ on standby that has been invited to come and play.

What are we to expect between now and September?

We are pushing the video out. We have like 4 Hip-Hop videos now and they are all enjoying massive airplay now. We are trying to push more. Me and QDot and the one that I did with Olamide. That will come out in December. We have a lot.

How many years have you been in the industry?

I give thanks to God. I have been in the industry for 31 years, since 1984 to be precise. When I did my first record in 1993, I called it Recognition because I am looking forward for people to recognise me in the industry as one of the Fuji artiste coming out. In 1995, I did another one which is a follow up album called CHOICES because I knew that there was a lot of Fuji musicians so if you want to take me as your choice this is a new Fuji musician coming on the scene. That was before God now answered my prayers, in 1997 when I did Orobokibo that gave me the fame I am into now.

So Orobokibo launched you out?

Yes, Orobokibo made me popular.it was my defining album. I have spent 31 years in the industry, It’s not a joke.

What’s your success tips?

I pray a lot. I like people becoming successful. I always like to help other people to become successful in whatever they chose to do. If you are in need of my help, I will always be there for you. I think maybe it’s the prayer and the help that I have been doing and the work I have been doing with the help of my Manager who pushed me to where I am today. Mostly its prayers. I believe in prayers so much.

Which do you prefer, Fuji or Hip-Hop?

My Fuji is Fuji and Hip-Hop is Hip-Hop, Fuji is my music, that’s my genre. That where I come from, but I enjoy Hip-Hop because that is the music trending now. Just like the saying goes, if you can’t beat them, you join them. That is what I happening now because it’s trending. My joining Hip-Hop is basically to keep my Fuji music and my colleagues in Fuji relevant and still intact. If the hip-hop people have taken Fuji into hip-hop with their songs, why should we in Fuji sit back and watch them? Why can’t we carry Fuji into hip-hop too by ourselves? That’s my mission.