DJ Remmy Walks the Fine Line of Love with Ola Vocals on Mine

By Emmanuel Daraloye

Many Disc Jockeys (DJs) have always made collaborations with artistes to work on singles or albums, with the song or project resulting in a successful impact in the music industry. One of them is DJ Remmy, an award-winning Nigerian-born DJ who is also regarded by his real name Remigius Onyemesim. On January 17, 2025 he featured Ola Vocals to create a beautiful masterpiece track Mine, a love song that found its way in pleasing the listener and becoming an unskipped song while savoring it.

Mine by DJ Remmy featuring Ola Vocals is an Afrobeat song that opens up to the tenderness of love. The track opens immediately with the chorus as the singer tries to redeem himself before his lovebird, seeking for a chance to rebuild what they have lost. He sings in the chorus; One chance, that’s all I need/to give you love, je ka bi ibeji/once chance, that’s all I see/…some me say, forever you mine/ some me say, feels good when you smile/. This chorus is a temple of mixed feelings, from the sincere need for redemption to the emotional feeling to make babies with his lover, and the outburst of emotions. DJ Remmy makes sure Ola Vocals opens up quickly to the listener on what the love is about from the very beginning, which is displayed as the song opens with the chorus. The repeated chorus offers the listener the emphasis on the lover’s seriousness and the strength of his emotions.

The chorus has done its magic in sustaining the listener’s attention quite before the first verse enters. The first verse opens with the artiste diverting into a different language from English, which is French, by asking his lover her name or about her as if it was the first time they met. He sings, coma tu t’appelle/pass me the French, just say you no know know/. The first verse couldn’t stay long enough but was able to deliver the artiste’s intentions. The first verse was laid with few other lyrics extracted from the chorus and this describes an emphatic emotion felt by the singer.

The second verse unlike the first verse had enough to spit as the singer describes to his lover how they’re not related by blood to avoid the ‘brother-zone’ culture. He sings, I’m not your big brother, sisi/we meant for each other, you see…/ A satirical way to avoid not being loved. DJ Remmy and Ola Vocals in these lyrics had to subconsciously create an awareness to the audience the satirical brother-zone culture of a woman towards a man that likes her. In this song, there is a clearance towards the lover. A way to avoid a mere friendship but an advance to a deep relationship.

On the second verse, the artiste still finds a way to blend the native language of Igbo in the song to appease or depict his love. This is a display of language versatility in a brief artistic moment, from English to French to Igbo and few Yoruba laced in between the lyrics especially in the chorus. This a good blend of several lingua culture in one song, specifically in an Afrobeat song.

In Mine, DJ Remmy hasn’t only done a good pick on the featured artiste, but the dynamism of the song in language and the ability to create melodic and lyrical magic in brief verses unlike others who tend to sing longer in their verses. DJ Remmy shows music can pour out emotions and feelings in a few lyrics and the listener can accept that especially when the message is clear and seraphic to their listeners. This is beautiful music with great instrumental, the drum sticks and evolving rhythm made the flow easier for the featured artiste, Ola Vocals to deliver without stress. Mine is more than a love song, it’s a masterpiece that needs to be on repeat.