Is the time of long generics over ? The trend started after the succes of Werrason's Alerte Generale with everybody from Kinshasa wanting to record generics of more than 10 minutes. The trend of on his peak with the succes of Sous Sol. Then Werrason came with the Malewa-concept, which was recording 2 versions for a generic, one sebene-version (mecanique) and one coupe decale-version (automatique). In the hope to counter the Coupe Decale-virus. The succes of Folklore-bands, DJ's based in Kinshasa & Brazzaville made some artists even record generics without the lead-guitar. The trend came to a end, with the succes of Fally Ipupa's Original and the succes of Fabregas's Mascara made people bash Werrason's Decollage of Fleche Ingeta with people being fed of generics who were longer than 10 min and suffering a little bit of inferiority complex, due to Trace Urban-music channel.

Is the time of long generics over ? The trend started after the succes of Werrason's Alerte Generale with everybody from Kinshasa wanting to record generics of more than 10 minutes. The trend of on his peak with the succes of Sous Sol. Then Werrason came with the Malewa-concept, which was recording 2 versions for a generic, one sebene-version (mecanique) and one coupe decale-version (automatique). In the hope to counter the Coupe Decale-virus. The succes of Folklore-bands, DJ's based in Kinshasa & Brazzaville made some artists even record generics without the lead-guitar. The trend came to a end, with the succes of Fally Ipupa's Original and the succes of Fabregas's Mascara made people bash Werrason's Decollage of Fleche Ingeta with people being fed of generics who were longer than 10 min and suffering a little bit of inferiority complex, due to Trace Urban-music channel.

Unfortunately yes, Congolese people were sick of seeing Congolese music being less famous than Decals and so they ssk end to produce short generique so the songs could be more  catchy internationally, and mostly because of complexes, since a loto f Congolese people don't want even to listen Congolese music or if they do they want that it conforms to the Radio European standards (3 minutes), after that trend very few people started to make long generiques, I remember that Koffi with Selfie did a short generique the same with JB (Balle De Match) now there is a trend of not making long generique, not too much long and neither too much short but in the middle like Lokplo, Diemba, Charge, NYATAQUAMCE, Elok'Oyo, Boss, and many others, and it is sad because what people and especially Congolese people need to understand is that Congolese music is not European or American and you listen it for dancing not to sing it in fact the generique are lead by cries with dances and not vocals like Rumbas if you try to think like this you will find even 10 minutes for a generique short, because checking Se Na She you have this cries: Esi Ekomi, Ils Faut Ekota, Mama Mampata Mama Pasteur, Se Na Se, Osali Mabe, Nzungu Na Moto, Mwana Empoli/Kangula Ngai and then again Se Na Se but clicked as one cries for every atalaku except for Se Na Se if you analyze it like this of course you will think is too much but if you are in the dancefloor you just dance you don't think about the words you go and dance that is what is Congolese music about dancing, not hitting the radios or making views, if you take JB's Kiyunguzuna the same, a lot of cries: Debut Congolais, Police, Matondi, Kokodioko, Papa Cherie Aye, Tchuba Ye Ntshonga, Ba Zo Koka The, that tribal cries where they sing in Tshiluba I guess, a loto f cries but Kiyunguzuna is one of the best generique of Papa Cherie because you dance, and to be honest, yes Diemba has almost 1.5 million but can you imagine how much views Werra could have got with Se Na Se? All the song that you have mentioned in the post mvulusi are great except for some pieces of Decolage, because this is why we have guitars synthesis, ngongi, clavier, marimba, mbonda etc. For making people dance now a days or rumbas are longer than generique SMH

I had put Decollage, because for me it marked as the end of that long generic trend.

Here he got the longest generic ever, made by Zaiko who innovated our music by bringing atalaku's.