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[The Music Blog]: Much ado about One Africa Music Fest exporting ‘African time’ to London
Post-event press for the London leg of One Africa Music fest has mostly been awash with details of shoddy performances, ...
[The Music Blog]: Tekno, Runtown and the life span of a sound wave
Last year marked the beginning of an unprecedented rise for Tekno and Runtown. Both artists have steadily remained in rotation ...
[The Music Blog]: Does anybody still care about who Forbes ranks as Africa’s most bankable artist?
It’s really hard to tell if Forbes Magazine’s infamous annual evaluation of the most bankable artists in Africa still has ...
The Music Blog: What artists can do to end the menace of free music downloading in Nigeria
NotJustOk is currently one of the most influential music platforms in Nigeria. The platform was founded in 2006 by blogger ...
The Music Blog: OAP Dotun’s list of “Nu-School” sounds shows how much the industry has changed
The internationally mapped successes of Wizkid, Davido, Yemi Alade and a host of others over the past few months has ...
The Music Blog: #AsaEncore and the importance of concert theatres to the industry
This weekend, Bukola ‘Asa’ Elemide, Nigeria’s most celebrated singer returned to Eko Hotel’s convention centre for the second time following ...
[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Burna Boy’s Afro-Carribean mastery continues on “Rock Your Body”
For a mainstream artist in a relatively conservative society, Burna Boy is quite edgy; too edgy even. References to sex ...
The Music Blog: Get a feel of the much talked about “War” EP by Nonso Amadi and Odunsi
Less than two years ago, Nonso Amadi, an Abuja-based singer and producer released Alone, a debut project that catapulted him ...
[The Music Blog] Asa Encore: 3 mistakes from last year that should not be repeated
Asa’s first live concert experience happened last May, but despite an electrifying performance from the singer, the event was not ...
[The Music Blog] Asa Encore: What opening for Asa should mean for Tay Iwar
Asa’s Encore concert is coming up this weekend and all eyes are already on the look out for who the ...
[The Music Blog] #DearArtist: When to dump your first manager
“Have you heard from Chilly”, a text from Chilly D’s unceremoniously dismissed first manager, Bestman read one late night. I ...
[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: D-O’s “Peter Piper” is how to make an obscure pop song from your childhood
Sex songs always have that thing. It’s unexplainable really, but it’s that thing that happens when you keep wondering if ...
The Music Blog: On the rise of streaming and death of the album format
With the release of More Life, Drake became the first major label mainstream artist to release a playlist, effectively marking ...
The Music Blog: What will happen after Afropop goes global?
2016 marked the year of landmark leaps for African music. Particularly, the globally mapped success of Afropop following a spillover ...
[The Music Blog] Ice Prince vs Davido: When to put ‘veteran’ artists in their place
Recently, Ice Prince and Davido were reportedly involved in a near-brawl at a Delta-Alive concert in Warri. According to reports, ...
[The Music Blog] Review: DaGrin’s “Ghetto Dreams” is a conflicted heart’s longing for heaven
Here is an odd but chuckle-worthy question that should keep you up at night: What if DaGrin’s signature laugh was ...
[The Music Blog] Seven years gone: What is the best way to pay respects to the late DaGrin?
Yesterday, April 22nd, marked the seventh year since the death of late Yoruba rapper, Dagrin. As usual, the day was ...
The Music Blog: Why Tekno should be more like Drake
Yesterday, Tekno released “Be”, his latest single since the release of his late 2016 pseudo-political number, “Rara” and “Yawa”, his ...
The Music Blog: 3 quick essential picks off the Legendury Beatz ‘Afropop 101’ mixtape
“Ojuelegba” bought production duo Legendury Beatz a place in the history of modern Nigerian music and earlier this year they ...
The Music Blog: On Simi, Adekunle Gold, Falz and the love triangle from hell
It’s not hard to imagine Nigerian Gossip blogs having a field day after a fan gave Adekunle Gold the perfect ...
#Gidifest2017 Review: Not quite yet a festival, but certainly not just a concert
Music Festivals in the incarnation that we recognize now are a relatively new thing. Before the inaugural Woodstock Music and ...
[The Music Blog] Music for the pain: 5 pro-tips to help you curate the perfect playlist to combat anxiety
Music they say is the ultimate form of empathy. Presumably, this is why sound therapists have spent years of researching ...
The Music Blog: The Fela you never knew is not who you’d expect
As Afropop and all other African sub-genres continue to battle the generic defination of every African sound as Afrobeats, we ...
The Music Blog: GidiFest 2017 and what music festival organisers are doing wrong
Over the weekend, Lagos state hosted American DJ, Diplo, who was billed as headliner for this year’s edition of Gidifest ...
The Music Blog: What Nigerian artists can learn from Kendrick Lamar’s dedication to Aesthetics
At the heart of pop royalty rapper, Kendrick Lamar has made a place for himself as both messiah and revolutionary ...
The Music Blog: Wizkid on BBC Channel 4 is every Nigerian at a job interview
Until now, it would have been safe to assume Wizkid in the same class of celebrities above our the wrath ...
The Music Blog: How Asa silently became the Nigerian queen of reclusive art
A few weeks ago, a rare picture of British-Nigerian singer, Sade Adu surfaced online with Canadian rapper, Drake and his ...
The Music Blog: John Mayer’s “Age of Worry” and the key to adulting [Toye’s Playlist I]
“Close your eyes and then clone yourself/ build your heart an army/ to defend your innocence while you do everything ...
The Music Blog: Yemi Alade is doing the sex thing and it’s quite exciting
There is a thing that happens with women in Nigerian music who reach a moderately successful level of popularity. They ...
The Music Blog: The man from Shrine
It’s hard to miss the energetic atmosphere around The New Africa Shrine whenever heir to Afrobeat throne Femi Kuti is ...
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