Are Zambian Artists becoming more vulgar?

With the increase in demand for more urban music, Zambian musicians have reason to the challenge of satisfying the needs of their fans, leading to an upsurge of western (Inertnational) influenced music on the scene. Here at IZUMB we love Urban music to the core but also appreciate the fact that there are positive and negative results to everything including the urban music we love so much.

We talked to Dj's about the content artists are putting out in this era of Zambian music, the questions being "Do you think urban music in Zambia has had an impact on the content allowed to air on radio and are Zambian Artists becoming more Vulgar?"

Dj Mimi (Qfm) - Zambian Music has always been indirectly vulgar even from the old Artists. I don't believe they have become more vulgar no.

Dj Rex Cool (Metro 94.5fm) - You see the problem is that people are forgetting were we come from and they all want to sound international, in as much as we want to make it out there, Polite languages not a crime and we should not forget that we are in Zambia. We Used to censor International music, now we even censor Zed as well".

Dj Curtis - I think Zambian music has evolved, if we try to compare music of the olden days and today's, you'd certainly agree with me that Zambian music has really evolved to suit the 21'st century. Musicians of those days could try as much as possible to avoid using vulgar language in their songs by use of proverbs, "Abatoba amayanda bengi, bwana nga tulip ashlar aletoba". Ba shikulu ba P.K Chishala very carful enough.

But most Urban artists have gone vulgar and its obviously because of the mentality of that if you compose a song that is "to the nearest insult" will quickly attract the attention of fans.
In todays Urban music you will have to first take the song to the studio edit such words as b*tch, f**k etc. I don't know what generation we expect ahead of yours.

What do you think about it is Zed music becoming more vulgar?

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