Monday 17 February 2014

Youtube Deletes Olu Maintain's “Enuff Efizzi” Video

In what could be called the most
expensive music video by a Nigerian
Artist, Olu Maintain's ' Enuff Efizzi' which
this writer reviewed two days ago has
been deleted by Youtube. According to
Youtube, the content of the video violated
their terms of service.
Like this writer stated in the review, Olu's
'Enuff Efizzi' was a very unusual music
video. The entire scenes of the said video
did not match the accompanied audio.
When you have a 4/4 tempo tune where
one would have expected him to
showcase our culture through this video,
he opted like he did in his last video to
fool around with an unlit cigar, wearing
chains inside a jacuzzi , the entire concept
to me doesn't make any sense. Viewers
also saw Olu having a deep kiss with one
of the models. It was also disgusting
seeing him with unshaven armpit while
he tries to portray a clean outlook.
Now, my personal opinion above may not
be the reason why his multi-million
project was deleted. The melody of the
said song was composed off a bass line of
a popular song that made waves in the
80's which I also mentioned in my write
up. Olu quickly deleted my review on his
timeline as soon as he read my remarks.
In the past, an artist could buy a Youtube
views and gets away with it, Youtube now
has a mechanism that makes it practically
impossible for you to try that scam which
made many musicians overnight 'stars'.
This video by Olu Maintain is what I will
call a lost opportunity. Olu really raised
the bar in that video. The picture quality
is second to none. The models, locations
were all carefully selected. Olu's 'Enuff
Efizzi's video is a display of
affluence,flaboyancy as most acts abroad
do in their video. Why Youtube used a
sledge hammer on it, might not be un
connected with what I stated above.
In all, Olu can still re-edit and repost that
video, abiding by Youtube guidelines. If
he fails to do so, the entire millions of
naira spent in making that video will be a
waste. Olu may never recover from the
shock. I wish this local based bro, the
best of luck .
Source: Nigerianfm

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