Top 5 Most Expensive Kenyan Music Videos So Far This Year
Years ago, it was viewed as a success for an artist to have a music video, quality didn’t matter so much then, consumers were alright with whatever that was aired, but things have changed drastically.
Music videos are a huge deal today, heck, in fact, music videos have become a quick way of selling more copies of a song or album. It’s no wonder that more and more artistes are rustling up millions of shillings for a three or four-minute video.
In just under a decade, the amounts spent on music video production has sky-rocketed making artistes across Africa to dig deeper into their wallets. Kenyan artistes have since realized that a great audio with a sh*tty video will take you nowhere.
This week by the way, a tough debate has been ranging on here at Ghafla, over quality and quantity of music Kenyan artists are releasing each day.
I personally think, there is still room to have even higher quality, especially in terms of audio production, mastering, song arrangement and overall songwriting, composition and structure. That said, Let us have a look at the top 5 top notch Kenyan music videos, that must have cost the artists their life to do
5. Sauti Sol ft. Ali Kiba – Unconditionally Bae
Kenya’s most successful boy band Sauti Sol teamed up with Tanzania’s Ali Kiba to release Unconditionally Bae. The song has received a positive reception, and is a must listen to in almost any party spot you visit. The video was shot by the super talented South African video director, Justin Campos of Gorilla Films. This must have cost a hell load of cash right?
4. Akothee ft. Flavour – Give It To Me
After Sweetlove Akothee then proceeded on to work with Nigeria’s Flavour, Looks like Akothee’s strategy is all figured out, don’t be shocked to see a collabo drop featuring Drake. The Give it to me video was filmed in South Africa by Godfather Productions.
3. Akothee ft. Diamond Platnumz – My Sweet Love
Hate her or love her, Kenyan singer Akothee got her thing going on. The singer decided that walking to the top via the stairs of hard to please Kenyan fans, wasn’t her cup of tea. The singer decided to invest seriously, trust me, kupata hela lazima utumie hela, She approached Tanzania’s crème dela crème singer and superstar Diamond Platnumz for that Sweetlove jam, A Godfather Productions video, this guy must be using something no one else knows, Africa looks for him and it must cost a lot to work with him.
2. Jaguar ft. Mafikizolo-Going Nowhere
Singer Jaguar famously known for his Kigeugeu hit song, has been making very calculated moves when it comes to this music business. After his exploits with Nigeria’s Iyanya, he decided to take some shots in the South of Africa, and Mafikizolo agreed to work with him. Have you checked out the collabo, Going Nowhere? This video was ALSO directed by Godfather Productions.
1.Papa Dennis ft. Korede Bello – Wonder
There goes a saying that nobody is ugly, ni pesa kukosa, and I couldn’t agree more, we have seen how now very polished acts used to look a few years back. And trust me, money can move mountains. I know some people who used to say that Diamond Platnumz had bigs lips and all that nonsense but if you asked them what they think now, the tale done changed.
Anyway, the Maliza Umasikini singer Papa Dennis decided to reach out to Nigeria’s Korede Bello in his latest Wonder. Papa spends all the money he has on videos and so he makes it as the icing on this cake when it comes to Music Videos from Kenyan acts. This video was directed by the high-flying Nigerian producer, Mr Moe Musa alongside Kenya’s X-Antonio.
Looking at the list, looks like Kenyan video producers have a long way to go. Feel like your music video should have made it to this list?Do not hesitate, holla at me [email protected]
