othing is
impossible but not every producer is blessed with the talent to produce music
as well as sing a good one, but the story has been different for the likes of
Cobhams Asuquo, Maleek Berry, and now Nonso Amadi.
Nonso Amadi
can be described as an artiste with raw talent yet untapped. He is an
exceptional producer, singer, songwriter with a pictorial,
serenading touch to his songs.
With his
debut single ALONE which tells the story of one-sided love to LONG WAY HOME
where the love became mutual and currently his latest single TONIGHT which has
gotten unexpected massive airplay.
Nonso
started his music career by exploring different genres of music, and his love
for good sound led to his always trying to impress a friend of his during his
university days in Covenant University.
According to
him “I took music up seriously as a shared interest with a close friend of mine
in the university. I used to make beats mainly to impress him because he is
someone I admire production-wise”
TONIGHT
My girl,
she got a
gun in her hand
And she
keeps warning a man
The song
started in a dramatic form and tells us a story of a girl who has been in a
relationship with a guy with so many flaws and lack of commitment to their
relationship but she stuck around waiting for him to change but obviously the
long awaited change never came and now she has had enough and decided a
break-up is the best option.
Baby girl
I know what i did
You ain’t
gotta run the amount
So run
the amount
Baby I
say run the amount
The song
takes us to another angle of the story where it becomes obvious the guy is
aware he has wronged his girl on several occasions and doesn’t want her to
replay the number of times because they are numerous and he feels ashamed.
Let me
know how you really feel
So run
the amount
You know
I got a special spot to help you remember me
The girl in
question definitely loves this guy as his convinced of this due to her soft
spot for him which never allows her to totally forget him. She keeps remembering
him and like every guy, they always want to know how their woman feels about
them. He pushes a little further by asking her to tell him her she really felt
about him notwithstanding the huddle in their relationship and this time she is
permitted to mention as many times as possible how she feels about him unlike
when he wronged her and he tells her not to mention those times.
And every
time you leave this spot
You know
I get to see
Aww,
she’s bright like electric bulb
So
everybody gets to see yeah
And every
time you leave this spot
You know
I get to see yeah
This part of
the song shows this is not the first time they have had a break up and each
time he is affected as an essential part of him keeps leaving and he can’t live
without her (the one he loves). He goes further to compare her to an electric
bulb. Now this comparison can make several meanings depending on how you want
to; but mine comes in two ways: one, the guy sees her as an electric bulb which
lightens his dark life and makes everything look clear and perfect. And just
like every human, when something we cherish is taken away from us, we feel the
impact and might choose to revolt. secondly, comparing her to an electric bulb
goes to tell us how beautiful he sees her, and just like a powered electric
bulb, her beauty cannot be hidden and everyone sees this.
But
tonight you can’t call my phone
Tonight
you can’t call me all night long
Tonight I
represent the guy with the money who lives fast but still baby don’t die young\
Night calls
are part of every relationship with our youths. This is when lovers get the
chance to talk about their day, gossip, gist, among other side talks.
Apparently, the usual long night call is not happening tonight as his girl has
left. Now his living the effect of a heartbreak like a young man with money to
squander away and not thinking about the future rather his living the fast life
and trying to forget her, even with all his heartbreak, he wishes her long life
even without him.
CHORUS
Say
tonight just go all the way with me (x8)
The
unforgettable chorus did justice to the whole song with it mere one line
lyrics. The chorus was pleading and also promising all in its simplicity.
Asking for something other than what we got would have killed the whole story
Verse 2
See a
different loving I mean not boast
Me I keep
on dodging them in my post
I don’t
even mind your number too
This verse
of the song goes ahead to show the lovebirds are still not back and the guy
goes ahead to tell her how his getting so much love from other ladies, although
she should not think his boasting about it as his not interested in anyone of
them but her, and he will be soooo pleased to get a call from her.
Tell me
what you want I want it too
But if
you wanna go I understand why
I could
never be the number one guy\
I don’t
even mind a number two
Relationships
are all about compromising and at this point he has come to realise that and
wishes to know the things she wants such as changing for her as his ready to
support her by wanting same things for both of them. But he understands if she
still wants to go after all his willingness to change for her because his still
not fit to be her number one man because she deserves someone better. He goes
ahead to tell her that he doesn’t mind being her second man If she will have
him. This goes to show how much he is willing to go through to have her back in
his life.
THE
CRITICS believe
this is an amazing piece, totally different from what we are used to from most
of our Nigerian artistes. But the question is, how long can he maintain his
style of music? Artists, who tried this genre of music in Nigeria,
have always ended up doing dancehall music as that is what is widely accepted.
VERDICT: 7/10
