Davido expressed his frustration in
pidgin after the reporter asked him
his first question which was about his
album, the O.B.O star said; “Why are people saying it’s taken forever, infact, shey na only me never drop? Abeg, make them free me.” During the brief chat at Filmhouse
Cinemas IMAX, in Lekki, Lagos, the
23 year old African superstar
revealed that his album has been
slated for next year and it will feature
his collaborations with Usher, Future, Young Thug. While his Son of Mercy
EP which will be dropping soon will
feature his collaboration with
Tinashe. In his words; “All of my international collaborations
Usher, Future, Popcaan, Young Thug,
and more are on the album. Everything
is on the album. Think about it, the end
of the year is here. Why release all my
missiles now, and the next year everybody turns over a new leaf? “So I’m coming, doing my African thing
for now, giving them the Tinashe
record, so let them feel that for now,
next year, just come through. That’s
why I had to do this EP. I can’t do what
they are doing better than them, and they can’t do what I am doing better
than me. So I just have to do this EP,
and just drop it down.” Speaking on how his Sony Music deal is affecting his career, the Ekuro star said that he only has creative control over his songs and that the company makes the final decision on what to release. He also stated that the company has been financing his projects so he had to understand when they told him to push the release date of his songs. “I was hyped that they (Sony) came to
me.”
“I have creative control, it’s a joint
thing. Most times, whatever I send
them, they are ready to go,” “When they told me that this is going to
happen, it’s a sacrifice that I had to
make. I did so much in four years, I did
a lot, every award, I have it.” “You will see, I can’t explain, you gotta
see the work. At least I don’t have to
pay for my videos again. I’m always
thinking: ‘spending $250,000 on one
video, that’s what I’ll never do. That’ll
just take it to another level.” “Killing them crazy though, everything big
budget” Davido revealed that his relocation to the US felt like he was starting all over again as an unknown artiste but despite the glitz and glamour he has enjoyed ever since the trip, he will never trade anywhere for Africa; “I was cool, I was travelling, I doing
things, I was recording, I was living
life, I was in America. It kind of was
very fast for me, because I was
moving so much, I was just setting up
plays. I was setting up plays for the future.” “It’s like I’m starting again. That’s how
it feels, that’s what they keep telling
me. They say: ‘Yo David, we
understand that you have this and
that, and you are big. But you gotta
start again.’ When they are interviewing me, they aren’t saying ‘Yo
Davido’, they are asking ‘What’s your
name? Explain Afrobeats to me?’. So
it’s like starting again, but it’s cool, I’m
just 23 years. “For me it’s just to keep going, help
other people, drop the album, destroy.
I love this my African thing. I love it. I
will never leave Africa for nowhere.
- Ever!” 05:28
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