Singing duo Bracket ruled the airwaves with their Yori Yori track,but since then they have struggled to have another crossover hit.In a new interview with Vanguard, they explain why they are not celebrated in Lagos
Some people would say, after “Yori Yori” we have not heard from you guys again. Sometimes, I’d laugh it off. This is because, there’s a big competition going on in the industry at the moment. People tend to pay more attention to the ‘new school’; (emerging artistes) who just had their breakthrough in the industry. That’s why most times, people don’t really know when other artistes drop their albums. I remember that we dropped a song last year titled “International Baby.” Though, it wasn’t a hit.
Also, while Vast was still on his hospital bed, we did a song with Clearence Peters called, “Temperature.” Later, we released “Mama Africa” followed by “Nana.” We have been busy, but I wouldn’t blame anyone who said, he has not been hearing from us again. Like I said, the “new school” are ruling the airwaves and people are paying more attention to them than the old school. But frankly speaking, outside Nigeria, we are celebrated in other African countries. We don’t have to make noise about it. Our work speaks for us. It’s not as if we are not doing enough. But the attention today is being shifted to the up and coming artsites. We have songs that can keep us performing on stage for more than 45 minutes.
