'Stop singing in Yoruba, you won’t go far' – Netizens troll Asake over his new album ‘Work of Art’

Asake, a well-known Nigerian artist, finally announced the release of his second album, Work of Art, yesterday, May 15, 2023, and consequently received a variety of responses.

Asake, who is a recording artist for the YBNL record label run by Olamide, enthusiastically shared his most recent body of work on social media.

Only Olamide was included on the fourteen (14) track album called Work of Art. The 14 recordings also feature three songs he had previously released: Yoga, 2:30, and Amapiano.

This comes after Asake’s “Mr Money With The Vibe” studio album, which was released on September 8, 2022.

However, some of Asake’s fans did not enjoy the new album, and as a result, it has drawn criticism.

Many of his non-Yoruba speaking followers expressed their extreme unhappiness, stating that Asake went too far by using too much Yoruba in his lyrics and that he won’t get very far if he doesn’t stop.

See trending tweets and reactions below

iloveyoumark_: "He will so flop the day he starts singing in English. His mother’s tongue is what blew him and people all over the world still fuck with his music. I for one love Asake"

kilebi01: "Ah swear down just like olamide, that boss supposed they recognize worldwide maybe even pass burna, wizkid and Davido just that not everyone understands Yoruba and for that some ppl will not be able to vibe with most of his songs. Anyways he’s a good artist but not for everyone!!"

timothy_finesse: True because most people won’t relate.

jock_lynz: "Your music career can’t be built on just selling vibes. Sometimes you need the lyrics to resonate and atleast 70% of Nigerians won’t understand yoruba."

steadyykush: "Full album one beat plus thick yoruba wey Ibadan and lagos boys wey dey suffer dey speak na full this trash album."

richdizzle1: "IGBO people are so Db for real, una think say nah every body go flop like una Igbo artist abbi??? Make he Dey use English ehhh usless set of people. Asake wey don blow global with Yoruba una Dey tell am say make he Dey use English lol y’all Igbo are so full of he Sensele*stribe."