Paul Okoye, former member of the defunct Psquare, now known by his solo name Rudeboy has revealed the reason why he failed to release an album in 2017. In a recent interview with Dotun of Cool FM, Rudeboy said he decided against releasing an album because people might feel that the songs were from the defunct group.
He told fans and critics requesting him to change his style of music to 'shut up and listen to the songs' unless they were ready to part with $10 million to enable him do so. He disclosed that he has changed everybody around him including his management team. He also said he had no preferred friends in the industry as he was disposed to working with any artiste.
“I thought of releasing an album this year, I changed my mind because if I do, most people would think it is from the 2017 group. I do not want to do that; instead I would rather continue the Rudeboy movement. Why would I release an album and when people listen to it, they begin to have different thoughts?
“I struggle with the fact that I want to talk about myself alone but people want me to talk about both of us. As time goes on, it will fade off unless people start reminding me of that. Trust me, I have granted so many interviews and once somebody asks a direct question about the past, I tell them that I cannot answer that. I just don’t want to live in the past anymore, however, I’m sorry but the music would still be what it was like in the past.
"Right now, I want to push out my brand and my music which comes out about once every two months. If I release an album, some people would have heartbreak; so there is no need for that. Everything has changed for me even my circle. I am sorry but my brother Jude is still with me. I cannot change my music except you have $10m to offer me. But if you cannot do so, then shut up and listen to the music.
“Everybody is good, I do not have a clique and fortunately, I am cool with every artiste, I do not have issues with anybody. Even in the past, it was me that they called if they wanted us to do songs together. I would rather not work with anybody for now because in the past, we hardly did collaborations. I am not proving anything; all I want to do is have a good idea, do a good song, dish it out to people and they would enjoy it,”
