Time-tested drummer Steve Black Aiwansosa (known simply in the entertainment circle as Steve Black), whose newly released album is making waves on all musical platforms on the Internet, has again stated that he is not out to compete with international superstars like Davido, Burna Boy, and others.
He said: ‘I am bringing in my experience to support the great job the young ones are doing right now. I want to give mature and meaningful lyrics to those in search of it, not the songs that preach sex, violence, alcohol, drugs and what have you that are all over the place now’.
Steve Black’s new album, Funky Lagos, was released a few weeks ago and is available on Spotify and other musical platforms.
A seven-track album featuring songs like Tomorrow, Asiko laye, Do it now and Jealousy was released by his Dudu Music label and recorded in his personal studio.
The album is his fourth complete album aside from numerous singles to his credit since 1979 when he dropped his first album titled, Village Boogie.
The 72-year-old, who made his name in the ’70s as a drummer for Kris Okotie, Eric Kool, Oby Onyeoha and other happening acts, said that he is not too old to groove.
According to him, ‘the time is changing, and it waits for no one, and I am moving with time. I am grooving with it’.
He, however, bemoans the absence of great musical concerts as were organised between the 70s and the early 2000s by corporate Nigeria and wishes those days could come again.
‘I’m still strong to feature in live concerts, but where are they now? The economy has dealt with them. God has blessed me with good health, but the lack of concerts has slowed me down, so I decided to return to recording’, he said.
On how he intends to face the rigours of marketing the album, Steve Black said: ‘Thank God for technology. I have embraced it fully. My works, both the new and the old, are all on Spotify and all other streaming platforms. Just go there, download the music, play and pay. That is all. I follow the trend. People have been asking if I am not too old to go to the studio, and I keep telling them no; that there is no end to creativity. I will continue to perform or release albums till I die’.
