musicblog

Diplo

December 25, 2017

The Music Blog: Diplo’s Jingle bell remix of Big Shaq’s “Mans not hot” is the only good thing out there this season

December has not been kind to a lot of people in these parts. While the rest of the world carried the holiday cheer in warm spirits, Nigerians spent long hours in queues waiting to buy fuel, only to expend the same liquid gold in hours of motionless traffic, caused by the mile-length line of cars... Read More

Big Shaq, Diplo, The Music Blog

Kiss Daniel, Yeba

December 18, 2017

[The Music Blog]: Staggering new revelations upend Kiss Daniel’s case with G-Worldwide

Because the media is both responsible for reporting recent events and shaping how the information is assimilated by the larger society, it becomes nearly impossible to extricate events from the sentiments that surrounded its reportage. In the part of the world, the media is almost entirely an agenda-setting tool for anyone who can manipulate information... Read More

G-Worldwide, Kiss Daniel

December 11, 2017

[The Music Blog] Vector has some bars on SARS and the Libyan slave trade

M.I’s “You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Life” may not have had the instrumental impact the Short Black Boy wanted for his legacy but it spurred a new hunger within the game. Rappers now seem to be coming to the realisation that saying something is better than saying nothing at all, even if the whole... Read More

The Music Blog, Vector

December 5, 2017

[The Music Blog] New imprint, same Kiss Daniel: On his label exit and new single.

The reports that Kiss Daniel has unilaterally walked out on his deal with G-WorldWide have been confirmed by Kiss Daniel himself, but there is bare information about his new label Flyboi Inc. As is the natural order for legal and media blow back to trail artists walking out on their contracts in this part of... Read More

November 30, 2017

[The Music Blog]: The removal of Wizkid’s “Manya” from YouTube is not all bad news

Earlier this week, word hit social media that the accompanying video for Mut4y’s latest single featuring Wizkid has been removed from YouTube. Though it turns out, the video is actually still available online for streaming, initial speculations suggested Wizkid may have voided his contract with Sony (according to NotjustOk). Thankfully, Legedury Beatz’ Mut4y has helped... Read More

LegenduryBeatz, Manya, wizkid

King Zamir

November 29, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: “Motives” by King Zamir feat Omagz229

It may be quite an overstatement to call King Zamir’s latest album, XXII boring, but only a few other words turn up when describing a project that seems deliberate and headed for something, but neither finds that thing, nor does it reveal anything tangible within. Still, subsuming the album’s entire production in modern hip-hop’s overused... Read More

KING zAMIR, motives, omagz229

November 29, 2017

[The Music Blog] Burna Boy opens up about mental health and going into therapy

In a recent interview with Beat FM, Burna Boy discussed a range of topics, including his relationships, an upcoming live concert in December and his controversy-prone public image. Hosts Olisa Adibua and Maria Okanrende also used their time with the singer to ask about how he manages his mental health. According to Burna Boy, he... Read More

Burna boy, mental health

Don Jazzy

November 26, 2017

[The Music Blog] It turns out Don Jazzy did produce music for Kanye West

Hey Don Jazzy, you’re still famous in Hollywood. On the latest episode of Storyville, a short animated webseries by TBS, where guests narrate hanging out with famous celebrities, Diplo tells the story of how Kanye West invited him to a recording session at the Mercer Hotel. The cast of his story are exactly the odd... Read More

Diplo, Don Jazzy, Kanye West, The Music Blog

Runtown

November 25, 2017

[The Music Blog] Runtown’s new single says more about Nigerian Afropop than you think

In a post decrying the old industry’s skewered perspective of this generation’s crop of uber-successful mumble rappers with drug-addled lyrics, 21 Savage described Hip-Hop as the biggest genre in the world at the moment. His statement could have used a lot less absoluteness for sure, but he’s not very far off. As of today Billboard... Read More

21 Savage, Afropop, Hip Hop, Runtown

Rich friends

November 24, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Ajebutter22 calls out Lagos’ super rich kids on “Rich Friends”

Ajebutter22 has been around the block. But given the timing of his blow-up on the cusp of the digital media revolution for distribution and promotion of Nigerian music, a lot of people know the singer at the peaks of viral celebrity with caption-worthy singles like “Omo Pastor”, “Senrenre” and “Bad Gang”. However, save, for “Senrenre”,... Read More

Ajebutter, Ajebutter22, Rich Friends, What happens in Lagos

Minz, Pour Me Water

November 23, 2017

[The Music Blog] Here’s a refix of Mr Eazi’s “Pour Me Water” with a little more life by Minz

We reviewed Mr Eazi’s “Pour Me Water” in an earlier post as another addition to a long list of mid-tempo tracks released in the last twenty month period. However, the inconvenience of the timing does not take away a certain unbeatable quality with production and song writing Mr Eazi has kept through his short artistry.... Read More

Oma Mahmud

November 22, 2017

[The Music Blog] Oma Mahmud’s PINK is your new favourite blurry-eyed hip-hop project

Though Oma Mahmud’s latest project is labelled as an alternative project, much of it heavily leans towards hip-hop. It could be argued though, that the alternativeness comes from much of the genre-mashing and experimentation with Afro-electronica that goes on in the production side of the album. But Oma Mahmud’s album is better passed off as... Read More

Oma Mahmud, pink

Damilare

November 22, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: “Shakara” by Damilare

You tell me go/ go far away… Damilare opens “Shakara” in this manner, with an instrumental pause before he goes on to sing about a lover who doesn’t feel like her place in his life is pronounced enough. Damilare’s reaction to her insecurity is cheeky in an almost insulting way, as he’s somewhat more bemused ... Read More

Damilare, Tinny

Album

November 20, 2017

[The Music Blog] The real problem with Olamide’s poor track record with albums

Mixed reactions have trailed Olamide’s 7th studio album, Lagos Nawa since the project hit digital stores during the week. Agreed, the rapper has been known to mostly aim for the singles market, and the lukewarm reaction to this album is atypical for an Olamide album. On his latest album , we get an Olamide who... Read More

Lagos Nawa, Olamide

Minz, Pour Me Water

November 20, 2017

[The Music Blog] Mr Eazi’s first single, “Pour Me Water” comes amidst general pon-pon sound fatigue

Considering the man has literally been on the headlines since January 2017, following a Ghana vs Nigeria debacle he started and helped fuel on social media, it’s almost a shocker that Mr Eazi is only just dropping his first single of the year. Sadly, “Pour Me Water”, his latest collaboration with producer E-Kelly comes amidst... Read More

Olamide

November 20, 2017

[The Music Blog] First Listen review Olamide’s latest album “Lagos Nawa”

Like clockwork, Olamide has put out a new project in anticipation of his annual concert. Lagos Nawa recently went up on digital stores across the internet and first listen reviews are already coming back on the project. So far there seems to be a mix of opinions on how best to approach Olamide’s latest project. For a... Read More

Album review, Lagos Na Wa, Olamide, Toye Sokunbi

November 16, 2017

[The Music Blog] ‘4 Ma Peepz On This Side’, a speculative playlist for Wizkid

Despite coming up short in terms of character (most of the time), Wizkid prides himself on his ‘humble’ love for the streets. In fact, these days, all he seems to talk about is a well manicured street reputation, despite not actually ever having to endure the poverty that characterizes the street. Still, the rep he... Read More

Dice Ailes, Simi, The Music Blog, wizkid

November 16, 2017

[The Music Blog] Just before we all go bonkers over Jidenna’s new Nigeria-Focused EP

Do you remember the first time you heard about Jidenna and found out he was in fact Nigerian? It was probably like this; as the white-ish son of a late Nigerian professor, whose burial had reportedly required extra security detail because according to Jidenna, Imo state was unsafe for mixed race people like him. This... Read More

Jidenna, Music Blog

November 12, 2017

[The Music Blog] This line on Davido’s new single makes a curious case for the ’30 Billion in the Akant’

The most popular refrains from every Afropop song almost leaps out at you on first listen, the rest of the relevance of such lines or lyrics is sustained via social media captions and pseudo-colloquial expressions. For Davido’s single from earlier in the year, “IF”, the line “30 Billion for the account”, stuck out as the... Read More

Davido, music philosophies, Nigerian Music, song lyrics

October 29, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Suedeoff’s “Weekend” is a fresh neo-highlife tribute to winding down and Lagos nights

Over the past 20 months, West African highlife has witnessed a resurgence of sorts in the hip-life works of Mr Eazi, RunTown and most notably, Tekno‘s neo-highlife progression popularised as the ‘pon-pon’ sound. At the risk of sounding cliché, Suedeoff‘s new track, “Weekend” doesn’t seem like the typical high-life-inspired Afropop sound. Firstly, the guitar chords... Read More

Highlife, Suedeoff, Weekend

October 29, 2017

[The Music Blog]: On Mafikizolo’s recent collaborations with Nigerian Afropop

P-Square‘s recent split brought the rise and fall of many African music groups back to light, from Styl Plus to Camp Mulla. But the Mafikizolo story is quite the exception. The groups’ presence on the continent has spanned over 20 years and in celebration of two decades of existence, the duo is releasing an aptly... Read More

Mafikizolo, Nigerian afropop

October 28, 2017

[The Music Blog]: “Child Of The World” is the worst iteration of Falz’s Nollywood side

Though the rapper is only ever on a select number of movies and TV shows, Falz‘ acting career has brought him divergent acclaim with his music career. Occasionally Falz the rapper and Falz the actor are inseparable and cuts like “Jamb Question” and “Soldier” are testaments of this career overlap. On his new album, 27,... Read More

27, album, child of the world, falz

October 28, 2017

[The Music Blog]: Falz is still missing the point of this whole Yahoo-Yahoo thing

Despite the mixed reactions to Falz calling out the Yahoo-Yahoo culture earlier this year, the rapper remains unyielding on his stance on the subject. On his latest album 27, “Confirm”, featuring Sir Dauda, is a misnomer for all things he didn’t get to say when he first spoke out on the matter against the backdrop... Read More

27, album, falz, The Music Blog

October 26, 2017

[The Music Blog]: About that Ivanka Trump playlist of eternal love songs

Ugh. I will not be the first person to judge a person by the weight of their parents’ sins but it’s hard not to wonder why Donald Trump‘s first daughter, Ivanka, published a 5-track playlist titled as ‘991122’, the colour code for ‘Red’ on Spotify. Though the mix features ballads mostly and not slow winding bedroom... Read More

American elections, donald trump, Ivanka Trump

October 25, 2017

[The Music Blog]: Looks like we may be getting that Asa and Wizkid collaboration after all

Yo Asa has to be the only one I want to work with so bad! Love love her! — Wizkid (@wizkidayo) February 21, 2015 It’s been over two years since Wizkid made the infamous tweet above, but what most people remember about the tweet were reactions from Asa’s religious followers who deemed the Starboy unworthy... Read More

Asa, collaboration, wizkid

October 25, 2017

[The Music Blog]: Still on Asa’s rare Interview with Funmi Iyanda and that bit about her virginity

Through the 25 minute runtime of the webclip, Asa and Funmi Iyanda talked about an array of topics. From Asa’s early days in music, to her transformation through the years in brand, style and artistry. One particular sensational bit Nigerian tabloids have picked up from the interview, however, was Asa revealing to Funmi Iyanda and... Read More

Asa, Funmi Iyanda, virginity

October 25, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Terry Apala taps a legend for his new track “Palongo”

“Style of music wey dem don abandon, I convert am to dollar” Terry Apala raps, stating a fact of how he has seemingly reinvented Apala music for a younger generation. For Yoruba children from old parents and equally old time music, Apala is not a completely unfamiliar genre. And perhaps such people will understand why... Read More

Apala, Haruna Ishola, Musiliu Haruna Ishola, Musiliu Ishola, Palongo, Terry Apala

October 25, 2017

[The Music Blog] Victoria Kimani’s new video and the thing with low budget videos

Victoria is in China in her new video for “China Love” featuring American dancehall artist and half of duo, Rock City, Theron. Obviously a location shoot in China, means Victoria Kimani did not only intend to literally reflect the title of her new single, she also wanted to show some sort of exoticism. What she... Read More

China Love, Music Video, Victoria Kimani

October 23, 2017

[The Music Blog] Niniola set to release her debut project

Niniola’s first attempt at a music career came via Glo Naija sings, where she dropped out due to personal reasons, after acing the auditions. Less than three years later, she attempted another Globacom funded show, The X-Factor. Surprisingly she couldn’t make it past the M.I. led jury. Later that year, she gave singing on the... Read More

debut album, Niniola, This is Me

October 21, 2017

[The Music Blog]: M.I. needs to drop this cry baby act

The aftermath of M.I.’s guest appearance on #LooseTalkPodcast hosted by Pulse’s editor-in-chief Osagie Alonge may so far be the greatest highlight of the rapper’s efforts to keep his legacy afloat. In the last twenty-four months, M.I. has marched forward with a campaign aimed at recalling his glory due to the decay that has become of... Read More

crybaby act, M.I., rap music

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