Is Willy Paul heading the Nickelback way?

The Nickelback band is mostly infamous for being the most hated band in history. The four men band led by Chad Kroegen didn’t just wake up one day and found their fans booing them. They started out well in the 90s in Canada as a cover band but unlike fine wine, they did not get better with time. The hate started to explode when Americans couldn’t help noticing that most if not all their songs sound the same and stupid. Songs such as How you remind me and someday which are annoyingly identical proves their lyrical lameness and lack of originality. Generally, their songs are superficial and do not offer much creativity. It is a natural phenomenon to become unnerved by hearing the same song repeatedly. Another pivotal factor that led to their downfall is misogynist lyrics that disrespect women as they are portrayed as sexual objects. You are so much cooler when you never pull it out/ ‘Cause you’re so much cooler with something in your mouth. Such abusive lines clearly won’t make a conscious female fan dance along to it.

Is Willy Paul, the gospel-secular artist heading down to this path of being loathed massively? When he started out with the Sitolia hit song, many tended to love his melancholic way of singing. But this controversial man might be on the verge of ruining his career with the staggering amounts of hate he is receiving today. Things started to go south after he started using Mungu-re nonsense in his songs. He started to come off as an artist whose creativity is increasingly fading. His songs didn’t have any element of ‘uplifting souls’ as gospel music is intended. Instead, he looked as if he was singing for the sake of not being thought of being in a musical hiatus. Sometimes it is clever to take a long break and come up with something quality in the end than striving to amass quantitative works under one’s belt.

The ever scrutinizing public eye couldn’t help questioning his salvation if he does collabos with ‘Original Gangsters’ such as Khaligraph Jones who are top ranking in secular music charts. It wouldn’t even be shocking if he announces that he will drop a track with Timmy Tdat. This guy does not seem to know his lane. He even drifts completely from the road evidently from ill- advised collaborations such as Sikireti reloaded featuring the forgotten Jamaican dancehall artiste Cecile Badgyal. A track that indeed took an L given that it currently has more dislikes than likes on Youtube. This jam was sheer profanity. Cecile talks about ‘brukh off your back and whine for the savior’! Never had we anticipated that such RDX typical lyrics would be used in a ‘gospel’ song. There are higher chances of you finding holiness in the devil than finding a positive comment of that flopped music video. “If you play this song for a cripple, he will heal and stand up to crash the radio.” remarks Brian Greatah.

Daniel Kathuku thanks Willy Paul’s whack music for he finds a pick- up line he can tell his girl, “Baby, you are like Willy Paul’s songs, I can’t play you” This man has talent but he is abusing it by producing substandard and laughable works that only dent his reputation and diminish his fan base. He has options though, he can either hang his boots and never be seen near a mic again or he can sober up and jump back to the Willy Paul we knew of Take it slow. Branching to secular for good is a no brainer if he will be producing shallow music that are not even entertaining like he is doing.

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