- Olamide pitches tent with CR7
With Messi and Ronaldo, deservedly, regarded among the greatest footballers ever to take to a football field, fans are regularly locked in a battle, offline and online, about who is the better. While offering his opinion, Olamide, while seemingly shunning his bias for his beloved football club, Barcelona, managed to trigger a new debate – who is the more hardworking of the two soccer greats?
The two players have produced extraordinary performances on a consistent basis for the last decade, sharing between them 10 Ballon d’Or awards.
In a post on his official Instagram story on Wednesday, Olamide, a known Barcelona supporter, praised the qualities of the Real Madrid attacker.
In unveiling his latest single incidentally titled “C.Ronaldo”, Olamide wrote: “Because I’m a Barcelona fan is not enough reason for me to deny that C.Ronaldo is great and the most hardworking player in the history of football” before adding: “Gbefun make God no deny you your right . Update lori titi ororo !!!”
Coming on a day Messi put two goals past Chelsea goalkeeper as Barca humbled Chelsea 4-1 on aggregate and booked a place in the Quarter Finals, not many fans of Barcelona will agree with Olamide, who posted a fine sketch of Ronaldo getting ready to take a free-kick as the image of the new song produced by ID Cabasa, wouldn’t be so concerned.
Olamide dropped a brand new single: “C. Ronaldo”.
(Photo: Olamide/Instagram)
Produced by ID Cabasa, “C. Ronaldo” is the fourth song Olamide has released this year, and the second best right after “Science Student”. Not only does “C. Ronaldo” benefit from a catchy beat — it feels a lot like his version of DJ Enimoney’s “Diet” — it’s also a lot of fun, lyrically.
On the chorus, he uses football legends, C. Ronaldo and Gabriel Batistuta as metaphors for “scoring” with a chick. Then the verses find him name-dropping celebrities he likes, knows or just ones that have names that are easy to rhyme with — from Toke Makinwa to Rihanna.
While Nigerian artists tend to scrape the bottom of the barrel when it comes to dropping songs to mark their birthday — save for Reekado Banks with the phenomenal “Like” — it’s refreshing and a little surprising that Olamide actually gave us a solid banger instead.
Listen to “C. Ronaldo” below: