{"id":50433,"date":"2026-02-20T23:33:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=50433"},"modified":"2026-02-20T23:33:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T23:33:52","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncassper-nyovest-not-convinced-hell-release-another-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/02\/20\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncassper-nyovest-not-convinced-hell-release-another-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Cassper Nyovest not convinced he\u2019ll release another album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_159481\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-159481\" class=\"wp-image-159481 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cassper-Nyovest-not-convinced-hell-release-another-album.jpeg?resize=600%2C428&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Cassper-Nyovest-not-convinced-hell-release-another-album.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_4583-300x214.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-159481\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassper Nyovest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African rap heavyweight Cassper Nyovest shares his thoughts on whether releasing full-length albums still makes sense in today\u2019s music climate.<\/p>\n<p>The rapper spent part of his day engaging directly with fans and critics on the platform, responding to calls for a new project.<\/p>\n<p>One supporter urged him to get back into album mode, writing, \u201cStop running away cass letha ialbum \ud83d\udc10.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nyovest\u2019s response was honest, and slightly uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople don\u2019t listen to albums no more. It\u2019s almost like people want singles and that\u2019s about it. A body of work is a bit hard to digest, I don\u2019t know if cause people are just busy or what. An album? I\u2019d love to Mara I\u2019m not sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His comments quickly divided the timeline.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">People don\u2019t listen to albums no more. It\u2019s almost like people want singles and that\u2019s about it. A body of work is a bit hard to digest, I don\u2019t know if cause people are just busy or what. An album ? Id love to Mara I\u2019m not sure. <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/casspernyovest\/status\/2024534191812088058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While some fans understood his point about shrinking attention spans in the streaming era, others felt an artist of his calibre should not shy away from dropping full projects.<\/p>\n<p>One disappointed supporter replied, \u201cComing from an artist I admire\u2026that\u2019s really something weak to say. You an artist. A artist must always drop music that\u2019s they\u2019re art. Especially albums\u2026don\u2019t go out like this grootman\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udfff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others took a more nuanced approach, arguing that the issue might not be albums themselves, but their length.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe problem is not an album, the problem starts when the album is 20+ songs, people don\u2019t have a long attention span,\u201d one user commented.<\/p>\n<p>Another suggested a compromise: \u201cExactly either you give us a 4 track EP Cass or something, these days it\u2019s hard to listen to an album from the first track to the last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exchange highlights a broader shift in music consumption, where singles, short projects and viral moments often outperform traditional, lengthy albums.<\/p>\n<p>For Nyovest. an artist known for major album rollouts and stadium-filling campaigns, the conversation signals a possible change in strategy as he weighs what fans truly want in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Cassper #Nyovest #convinced #hell #release #album<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Cassper Nyovest South African rap heavyweight Cassper Nyovest shares his thoughts on whether releasing full-length albums still makes sense&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50435,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50433\/revisions\/50435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}