Ugandan producers killing GNL’s inspiration

Nov 18, 2022

In expression of his disappointment in Ugandan producers, he took to Facebook and said that if he had a producer who understood him the way Nas’ producer HIT_BOY understood him (Nas), he would release an album every day.

Ugandan producers killing GNL’s inspiration

Francis Emukule
Journalist @New Vision

Earnest Nsimbi, a Ugandan rapper also known as GNL Zamba, is renowned for altering the hip-hop and Lugala flow landscape in addition to his excellent rap lyrics. 

With witty lyrics sprinkled with humour and a dash of similes, metaphorical terms that set his flow and rhythm apart, GNL made his debut on the Ugandan music scene in 2007 with his classic, ‘Soda.’

He briefly had the majority of rappers in Uganda in a chokehold before taking a break and forming the Nsimbi duo with his wife in the US. 

Since then, he has transitioned from hip-hop to folk music in order to tell African stories through poetry and art.

Surprisingly, his new adventure in music stamped his presence in America, and as we speak, Nsimbi is a fully established duo, and they are doing quite well in America.

GNL appears to have gained a lot of musical knowledge and prowess since his relocation to America, to the point where he believes no producer in Uganda can match the kind of sound he wants.

In expression of his disappointment in Ugandan producers, he took to Facebook and said that if he had a producer who understood him the way Nas’ producer HIT_BOY understood him (Nas), he would release an album every day.

However, to his disappointment, Ugandan Producers send him beats that sound like cockroaches.

"I've been freestyling to THUN all weekend; naye omuntu akuwereza beat nowulira obuyenje neffa."Literally, "he has been freestyling to Thun all weekend, but a Ugandan producer sends you a beat that sounds like cockroaches, which ruins my inspiration."

He asked Ugandan producers to create beats that would introduce Ugandan music to the rest of the world.

However, netizens were quick to remind him that the same producers he was trolling made him and advised him to show them the way instead of castigating them.

"The same producers made you; at the very least, tell them what you want and how they can get it so they can improve their craft and we can be proud as a country," one of the netzines said. 

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