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[The Music Blog]: Toni Payne’s flawed logic of Yahoo Culture and the music industry

The post-Falz reactions to the Yahoo Yahoo culture and the music industry have been mixed with each perspective ranging between empathy for Yahoo Yahoo boys but one particular narrative we should not let fly, is one that absolves the firebrands of the Yahoo Yahoo culture of the effect of their message on the masses who... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Nigeria’s reaction to Falz speaking against Yahoo Boy is the stuff of dreams and nightmares

From time immemorial Nigerians have been known to take hard lefts when the rest of the world goes right. This innate ability to stand a foot aside where the rest of the world stands together is how one Mr Evans, a serial kidnapper managed to earn the sympathy of Nigerians, and how Falz, a man... Read More

9ice, falz, Music, nigerians, yahoo yahoo

[The Music Blog]: Get a feel of Show Dem Camp’s latest project, ‘Palmwine Music Vol. 1’

At the end of last year, alternative hip-hop group Show Dem Camp, released the third volume of their Clone Wars to make a wholesome trilogy since the first Clone Wars dropped in 2011. SDC’s refusal to politic with industry square pegs may have cast them into the underbelly of the industry where underground acts are... Read More

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[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: “As E Dey Hot” featuring Flavour by Dj Xclusive

There are a few tenable ways to define DJ Xclusive’s latest single “As E Dey Hot”, but nothing sounds more apt than the DJ’s foray into Afropop’s underrated bashment sound. Heavy marimba taps, alongside kicks set on a fast tempo are some of the indicators of the noisy parental sound of today’s relatively calm neo-Afropop.... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Vector’s attempt to break a World Record sounds like beer parlour banter

Many odd things can come out of a beer parlour banter. In a recent video uploaded by Planet TV featuring Vector and a host of others, you see what I mean exemplified. Vector in a series of edited clips announcing his intent to put Nigerian rap on the map with a 13-hour long rap challenge... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: As the world is filled with “Wild Thoughts”, Afropop should take notes

Despite the Latin guitar riffs that open DJ Khaled’s latest single “Wild Thoughts”, the baseline isn’t immediately distinctive. In fact, when Rihanna’s voice sets into the tempo with the same Barbadian drawl that made “Work” last year, you feel as though you’re listening to a song that was intended to work solely on the quality of... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Song Of The Summer: African Bad Gyal (featuring Chris Brown) by Wizkid

Nearly two years after Wizkid made an unusual radio hit off a sparse production and convoluted themes with “In My Bed”, “African Bad Gyal” comes bearing mark of the same Wizkid. Despite Chris Brown’s presence on the single, “African Bad Gyal” presents a less layered Wizkid with all the bearings of pop but without all... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: This is a petition to Wizkid and Davido to have a public beef once and for all

Early Sunday, media outlets broke the news of a potentially brewing beef between Wizkid and Davido, after the two made suggestive social media posts allegedly targeted at each other. It would be needless to go over the details of their social media captions here, because as they have done in the past, chances are neither... Read More

[The Music Blog]: What you should know as we wrap up the Phyno vs Pia Mia song theft debacle

In the last few days, new developments have shaped the Pia Mia vs Phyno “I’m A Fan” debacle from a stolen song case to a misappropriated song case. Now there are new development that hint we may be looking at a potential possibility that one songwriter may have simply pitched both Phyno and Pia Mia... Read More

[The Music Blog]: Breaking down Dammy Krane’s latest suggestive album art

Over an office conversation with my colleagues about Dammy Krane’s arrest last week, a few things became apparent to me: first, majority of Nigerians think he did it, second, those who suspected the debacle was a publicity stunt had no actual way prove it. Still Dammy Krane’s new single “On Point” carried subliminal messages in... Read More

[The Music Blog]: Could Dammy Krane’s arrest be a publicity stunt?

It was not so long ago when a mugshot of SauceKid taken by American authorities surfaced online. The tabloid headlines that came afterwards circulated with news of the rapper’s arrest for a botched credit card scam. This weekend, Dammy Krane became the brunt of the internet following a tweet by private jet company, @TapJets, that... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Should we be worried about these Wizkid leaks?

Earlier today, popular music download website notjustOK posted a poorly mixed leak of Wizkid’s “African Bad Girl” featuring Chris Brown. The world first got wind of “African Bad Girl” in 2015 at a Chris Brown Concert in South Africa, where Wizkid was invited on stage to perform a cut of the song on stage. The... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Song Of The Summer (II): “For Life” by Runtown

From the first moments of Runtown’s latest single “For Life”, you’re already aware the singer doesn’t plan to retire the Ghanian Afropop inspired wave that created “Mad Over You”. The similarities are uncanny even and one may be forced to peg “For Life” a 2.0 version of “Mad Over You”, yet Runtown throws in a... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: This is just a friendly reminder to Wizkid that his upcoming EP must not be trash

Wizkid recently confirmed a July 7th date for the release of his highly anticipated Sounds From The Other Side EP. This comes after months of teasing via social media that he has been working hard in the studio on new material without any set date for release or roll out. Sounds From The Other Side... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Why Skales’ new album is important for the culture

At the album listening party for his latest album, Skales told notjustOk.tv invariably that he has the biggest ‘grass to grace’ story. The declaration is not completely apt, but it still manages to get Skales’ point across without blurring the details of what we already know about him. To recap, Skales had been in the... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: 3 important things you should know about the Phyno vs Pia Mia ‘stolen’ song saga

Last week news broke that Pia Mia, an American artist may have ‘stolen’, “I’m a fan”, a song sang by Nigerian musician, Phyno. As the drama continues to unfold, here are three important things to note: There are two producers who worked on “I’m A Fan” The fan theories and speculations may continue to rave... Read More

[The Music Blog]: Davido meets namesake he promised to sponsor to Yale

https://twitter.com/DavidIAdeleke/status/869250827789193216 Earlier last week, Davido became the brunt of a not-so-rare Twitter drag over his refusal to give a fan money he had all but willingly promised to give him for a media workshop in Yale. David Adeleke, the fan is a namesake of the OBO and had earlier set up a GoFundMe page, requesting... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Minz has two new singles, you won’t be able to stop replaying

We’re inching into the second half of the year and it’s safe to say that so far, Nigeria still hasn’t discovered this years breakout artist. But while the coming months will see the release of more music than we have seen in the entire year so far, there is already an early contender for emerging... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: There is a new update on the Pia Mia vs Phyno stolen song saga

While the Nigerian internet continues to go wild over the similarities between Phyno’s “I’m A Fan” track off his Playmaker album and American singer, Pia Mia’s recently released, similarly titled song featuring Jeremih, we have dug further for some facts. Phyno’s version of “I’m A Fan” features Mr Eazi and Brazilian-born American singer and songwriter... Read More

[The Music Blog]: Trying to figure Don Jazzy’s grand plan for the DNA twins

Earlier this year, Nigeria’s longest serving record label boss, Don Jazzy, unveiled new signees, Poe, Johnny Drille and DNA Twins as new additions to his Superme Mavins Dynasty (SMD). Expansion has always been the greatest mark of success for Nigerian record labels, post-signing discussions however often range around potential and first industry impressions. For Poe... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Wait a minute, did American singer Pia Mia jack Phyno’s song?

With years of covers by Olu Maintain and uncredited sampling by P-Square in Nigeria music history, who knew the day would come when Nigerian artists could potentially lay a copyrights suit on an American artist. It may be too early to count our chickens, but if anything the eggs are already indicating something fishy. For... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Between porting to Glo and why 2face really quit The Voice

Earlier last week, it was news that 2face was leaving Airtel’s The Voice after only one season. The news would further go on to be that 2Baba (as he likes to be called these days) has decamped to Glo, giving a logical explanation to why he left The Voice. Glo is known for casting wide... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: “Wavy Level” is an all familiar Olamide on a new wave

Of out of touch celebrities and superstar level artists who have outgrown the need for local support, Olamide falls into a class in-between. A prideful street music firebrand and flagbearer for indigenous Yoruba rap, by bringing his local style of hip-hop to the mainstream, Olamide has done what a lot of his fore-bearers could not.... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Song Of The Summer: “Iskaba” Wande Coal

Before Nigerian weather analysts come to quickly remind me we don’t have summers in this part of the world, I want to mention that I am well aware of this fact myself. However, globally summers go beyond mere state of the skies. All over the world, the summer culture is tied to blockbuster movie releases,... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: The Nigerian music grind and why secret reason talent is secondary to fame

For those of us who have decided to make the analysis and study of contemporary Nigerian music a craft, one thing we can all relate to is the difficulty of defending the mainstream soundscape. Nigeria’s jollof music scene particularly has been ridiculed for a range of problematic values, among both artists and industry players. The... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Welp, Wale’s Afropop album, “Shine” is a certified sales flop

Wale’s Shine album dropped in towards the last days of April. The 14-track LP is Wale’s fifth studio attempt and his first effort at actually creasing into the African soundscape after existing on the fringes of the culture for years. For his latest album, Wale does not only tap Nigerian features, Wizkid, Olamide and Davido,... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: So someone called out Burna Boy’s ‘weak’ impact on culture

Music pundits always have a field day with Burna Boy. Like any megalomaniac celebrity, the dancehall singer’s nonchalant approach to his public image and anti-press stance always make for juicy tabloid-worthy headlines. The latest rain on his parade comes via Pulse’s Joey Akan who presumably thinks Burna has a weak impact on the music culture.... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: Our eyes are rolling all the way to the back at Wizkid’s comment on Davido’s RCA deal

Even as both artists continue to soar on global frontiers Wizkid and Davido’s implied rivalry remains a statement of fact and machinations of their own cult followings. The only problem is, despite multiple claims of beef by media outlets over the years, there has neither been a public confrontation or affirmation of bad blood by... Read More

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Wizkid’s Billboard Music Awards Nomination and The Ghost of “One Dance”

By the end of 2016, Wizkid had toured a string of countries across the world, graced huge stages and performed to an intimidating number of people in attendance. His Instagram page alone is proof of just how big the Starboy brand has gotten home and abroad. This god-like level of success has only been dreamed... Read More

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[The Music Blog]: The real reason Nigerian artists are terrible on stage

A friend remarked a few days ago that your average church lead chorister can pull off a greater stage presence than any Nigerian performer on stage. I have been thinking about the statement ever since, especially in the aftermath of One Africa Music Fest where Nigerian artists were heavily crititcised for their inability to hold... Read More

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