Sometimes you eat the bear, and other times, well, the bear eats you. Sometimes you eat the bear, and other times, well, the bear eats you. That’s the story of the Nigerian music industry where everything and everything is working against you. With a bad structure, and a lack of laws to protect musicians, there’s just a lot a Nigerian musician needs to overcome to succeed.But sometimes, the enemy
isn’t piracy, or the government. Sometimes it is within. Many artists work against
themselves, either deliberately or not. By not giving their best shot to their
work, they essentially make it harder for them to progress. That’s why this list
exists. It’s a little corner where we highlight the elite gang of people who
could have done better. These are the people who talked a big game, promoted a
big game, invited us all to watch their moment of glory, only for them to serve
ashes and stones. They did the opposite of what we all expected, found a way to
not succeed, and snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
Pulse List 2017: 5 albums we thought could have done better
