Oritsefemi
Majemite, simply known as Oritse Femi, in a recent interview with Vanguard,
talks about his journey from the shanty settlements of Ajegunle to limelight;
and how Timaya sees him as a threat.
Excerpts
If you hadn’t hit the limelight would
you have still remained in Ajegunle full time?
I will
move to anywhere in the world. Like I said earlier on, the world is like a
circle you must learn how to move around but ‘Aje’ is still my hood and I still
have a belief in it.
What inspired ‘Mercies of Da Lord’?
I
was born and brought up in the ways of the Lord but because of worldly things,
I derailed. But my mum, who is highly religious and Godly, brought it back.
There was a low time in my life when I felt so depressed but my mum with her
inspiration woke the spirit of God back in me. I was so filled with the spirit
to the extent I never thought possible.
So,
that was how the inspiration came out. Actually, that song was the last song I
did in my album, I was supposed to round up my album, I’ve already rounded up
the album; I just need an intro into the album. But when the producer, Ben
Droze heard the intro, he said what I just dropped can be a track, so we now
completed it, making it a full track.
As the only surviving musician doing
this genre of music, what are you doing to support other ones?
Yeah!
I’ve heard so much about that and what I believe is that, we are all players in
one position or the other. For instance in a football match, we have everyone
playing different wings, so everyone must be noticed in his or her own
position. Even if I am playing the defence role, I will try my possible best to
be noticed. So, that’s why I keep holding that place that I am.
Already,
I don’t want to mention names. But talking about Timaya, he is a good friend
and right from time, Timaya has always seen me as a competitor. You know
sometimes, someone can be your friend and still feels you are the only problem
he has. The last time that I called him that we should do a song together, he
said we are going to do it but he kept postponing it because he sees me as a
threat. He doesn’t want a situation whereby people will be comparing us. Timaya is a good artiste and he has his own
energy and he keeps doing what he knows how to do best but to me, I don’t see
him as a challenger. I can compete with any artiste in the world.
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