You could say Didier Lacoste came out of Wenge Tonya Tonya. He's somewhat successful. Reddy Amisi could be attributed to Viva la musica of Papa Wemba. Success level for all these guys may be different, but if you make a CD (one or many) and hold concerts several times, that could be considered as being successful (at least to them). Unlike people like Adjani, or JTrois who disappeared completely.
Quote from: KAISARI on October 30, 2015, 17:47More Musicians have left Koffi and Wemba than have Werra and all three have always fronted their best singers why is JB Mpiana always singled out? Are you guys really serious with your criticism or you just have too much time to rant.
More Musicians have left Koffi and Wemba than have Werra and all three have always fronted their best singers
Quote from: SLY PAPA NA KEVIN on October 30, 2015, 18:43Quote from: KAISARI on October 30, 2015, 17:47More Musicians have left Koffi and Wemba than have Werra and all three have always fronted their best singers why is JB Mpiana always singled out? Are you guys really serious with your criticism or you just have too much time to rant. Most Band leaders (successful or not) are known to front their best, why should Mukulu be the exception?
Quote from: KAISARI on November 02, 2015, 04:39Quote from: SLY PAPA NA KEVIN on October 30, 2015, 18:43Quote from: KAISARI on October 30, 2015, 17:47More Musicians have left Koffi and Wemba than have Werra and all three have always fronted their best singers why is JB Mpiana always singled out? Are you guys really serious with your criticism or you just have too much time to rant. Most Band leaders (successful or not) are known to front their best, why should Mukulu be the exception?Say that again? You definitely correct.
Wenge Music was bound to split. JB Mpiana is too arrogant and Werrason was too thuggish to be together for a long time. Adolphe is just a pure clown. Blaise Bula seemed too cold blooded. Alain Makaba was focus on music than fame. Didier Massela is too complicated. Put these men together, you had a great team but have a pretty messy crew. After the split, you see the great flaws with them. JB Mpiana is so arrogant and he has a tendency to be dismissive. On many of his interviews, you see that kind of behavior with him. With Didier Massela, you can see that he is hard to understand and he has some "mood" problems especially when he speaks about Werrason and JB. In my opinion, Didier Massela resents JB and Werrason very much. During the Wenge reunion, I had a feeling that Massela and Werrason still look at each other as enemies.I like Werrason and he is a good singer but he is a thug. His body language and his demeanor seem very thuggish to me. Furthermore, look at the behavior of Sankara, it says it all. Werrason seems thuggish and his folks act so like that themselves. He kind of reminds me of 50 Cent. BTW it does look like Werrason is a huge fan of 50 Cent. One interview, you see Werrason wear a shirt showing 50 cent. In many ways, they are similar. They both hold grudges. Werrason resents almost every former musician of his. Think about Ferre Gola, Serge, Baby Ndombe, Brigrade, and just recently Heritier. His behavior is a whole like 50 cent. Adolphe is a good musician but he is a clown in a sense where very few people take him seriously and they see him a shadow and a phemonen. This is why his band Wenge Tonya Tonya is a joke now and few people have interest in him. I can notice very little about him. That says something. Adolphe's personality is kind of flat. He is not a bad guy but it is also a turnoff. That is my view of Adolphe. Alain Makaba has always focused on music rather than fame and nonsense. once he got a little fame, he must have angered Werrason. But Makaba always focused on music. Sure he does not have the fame of JB Mpiana and Werrason but he has a solid post-Wenge career.Blaise Bula is the most cold blooded man out of this messy crew. You can see with Blaise Bula that he is cold and inconsiderate. He does not care what anyone thinks but he seems content with throwing digs. Case in example with his beef with Reddy Amisi. Reading his body language, he is very indifferent and he seems like a snake with a good face. Partially with Bula's education and his other adventures, he has only become more cold blooded. He was always like this during the wenge days but it is much more going in his life today. Shamala, sorry but you would have a split with these toxic flaws. Just saying. My opinion but you can disagree.