Tiwa Savage reveals she initially thought Mavin’s hit song “Dorobucci” was terrible

Afrobeats superstar Tiwa Savage has revealed that she initially disliked one of Mavin Records’ biggest hits, “Dorobucci,” calling it “a crap song” when she first heard it.

Speaking during an interview with NotJustOk, the singer recounted that Mavin Records founder Don Jazzy played an early version of the song in a Dubai hotel during her wedding.

“Don’t know if people know this, but Don Jazzy played ‘Dorobucci’ in the hotel when we were in Dubai for my wedding, and honestly, I thought it was such a crap song,” she confessed.

Tiwa said her opinion changed after returning to Nigeria and hearing the final version in the studio. “When I got back to Nigeria and I got to the studio, and I heard the song that I heard him play in Dubai, I was flabbergasted. I was so angry because this had happened with Eminado too, and I did not like it,” she said.

The “Somebody’s Son” hitmaker added that she was the last Mavin artist to record her verse because she wasn’t convinced by the song’s direction at first. “I was the last person to record my verse because I was looking at everybody and I was like, ‘Do you guys really like this?’” she said.

Despite her doubts, Dorobucci became a massive success across Africa, cementing Mavin Records’ dominance in the Afrobeats era. Reflecting on its impact, Tiwa praised Don Jazzy’s creative instincts.

“We all know what happened to the record. I don’t know what Don Jazzy does, but yeah… I was like, is it Reekado he’s doing this song for? Is it Korede or Dija? Not knowing I would be on the song too, and it turned out to be phenomenal. Shoutout to Don Jazzy too,” she said.