The year was awash in excellent Eps and mixtapes with both established and upcoming stars putting in commendable effort to curate these side projects. We have the extremely difficult job of picking out the best 10. Ranked from good to best. Sounds from the Other Side – Wizkid Wizkid’s major label debut is as interesting... Read More
As Nigerians continue to fawn over the details of President Muhammadu Buhari‘s absence, a familiar sense of nostalgia from the late President Yar’Adua’s passing in 2010 after a long time away from office washes over the country. Though President Muhammadu Buhari is said to merely be resting in the UK, the shrouded mystery around his... Read More
“That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”, I think of first-movers like Wizkid in the light of Neil Armstrong’s infamous first words on the moon. Maybe not necessarily about the grandeur of their work, but the transcendental ripple effect their action represents for everything that comes after. This ideal meets... Read More
by Michael Ace As much as it remains evident that this musical act is a beautiful product of Africa’s uniqueness and creativity, an unprejudiced mind will agree with me that Wizkid’s “Sounds From The Other Side” is another precise feat aimed at buying the whole world into his own pocket. Someone would tell me that... Read More
by Umar Hassan Who releases a 12 track EP in 2017?.A Nigerian musician; Wizkid to be precise.Perhaps this was what Seyi Shay meant by ‘electronic package’ (lol). But on the real, it’s just another pointer to the fact that this incredibly talented young man needs to understand the ‘biz’ in showbiz better than he... Read More
Wizkid’s Sounds from the other side mixtape dropped onto the world and it was a beautiful thing. The project is the first the Afropop musician is releasing under his Sony/RCA Records record deal. This project is the first of many for the Surulere born musician to follow the steps of Canadian Drake and Barbadian Rihanna... Read More
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
Since winning our hearts with Holla at your Boy in 2010, Wizkid has kept soaring to greater heights. After working with Drake on what’s arguably the biggest international collaboration this year from Africa, Wizkid has surely become a reference point in African music. The Disturbing London signee and Starboy label owner recently granted a telephone interview with popular... Read More