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The Music Blog
July 22, 2018
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Your playlist need an upgrade? We’ve got you covered with this list

If you’re anything like me, then you love to discover new music. Not that everyday afropop ‘tungba tungba’ pop singles that get thrown at us with increasing regularity. You want the real fringe stuff, the indie-pop hits, the experimental bops, the fun and flirty singles that young Africans looking to expand our expectations of what... Read More
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March 7, 2018
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Determined to shake tables, Replete Music is bringing Kobalt Music Publishing to Lagos

Clearly, the Nigerian music industry is desperately struggling with finding ways to convert the fame and attention in-demand artists get into quantifiable wealth. The preferred model for making money right now is live performances, through concerts and festivals, and because of problems like security, lack of venues and less than stellar payment options (prepaid ticketing),... Read More
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black girls glow
January 26, 2018
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The Music Blog: These performances from The Black Girls Glow concert will knock your socks off

One of the biggest things to come out of Ghana last year, long before movements like #TimesUp and #MeToo championed female solidarity was the Black Girls Glow collective. The premise behind this was simple, all across Africa, music industries tend to favour male artists. They are more willing to promote them, finance their careers and... Read More
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Wizkid
December 27, 2017
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Concert Review: Wizkid came home alright, just don’t call it a concert

It is with a sense of national pride that Nigerians watched Wizkid take his material from Ojuelegba in Lagos state, to headlining a sold out one night special at London’s 5,272 capacity Royal Albert hall. It is one thing to secure a crossover hit, as Wizkid did with Ojuelegba. Yet another to score a Billboard... Read More
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Diplo
December 25, 2017
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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
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December 15, 2017
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[The Music Blog] G-Worldwide Entertainment wants you to know Kiss Daniel is a liar and they have receipts to prove it

Artists and label feuds are so delightfully petty. It is where all the false figures the artist has bandied around get exposed and labels get shown for the profit sharks they are. There is rarely a artist-label deal that ends amicably and it seems Kiss Daniel is not going to get a smooth separation either. After... Read More
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August 31, 2017
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[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: Timi Saurse reinvents the ethos of Afropop and RNB for “Tangerine”

With the incursion of UK’s crisply produced Afrobeats, much of what used to be Afropop RNB seems to be evolving into the fringe, incorporating more of Afro-Carribean rhythms and hip-hop’s pacing. Artists who do not follow this style of making music are doing even more experimentation, Tekno and Runtown have tapped from Ghana’s guitar-infused hiplife,... Read More
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August 31, 2017
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[The Music Blog] YCee’s explosive Twitter rant and how middlemen are still gaming the industry

A digital era of online stores and streaming is expected to usher in new transparency in music sales and distribution. The days when the full benefits would be reaped however are still soon to come, but even the changing times still have rough edges that need to be worked out. Historically, middlemen between the artist... Read More
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August 29, 2017
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[The Music Blog] Mr Eazi continues to strategically remain everywhere with “2 People” remix

Over the weekend Mr Eazi performed at Creamfields 2017, a dance music music festival hosted in the UK. He took the stage to perform alongside Kah-Lo and DJ Riton, two collaborators, he worked with on “Money” earlier in the year. This performance adds to one of many stages Mr Eazi has taken since the release... Read More
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August 27, 2017
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[The Music Blog] Dear New Age artists, aesthetics are cool but we need content too

We have to admit that as millennials, we all want shorter, snappier and good content. Actually, we’ve long admitted that already, but well, it’ll be good to always act like we know it. Despite needing to watch music videos as part of my job, I’m guilty of scrolling through many, yet, they’ll continue to exist. But... Read More
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August 25, 2017
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The Music Blog: About Yemi Alade’s strategic reinventions and the pop star pitfall

In the summer of 2013, Effyzzie Records released a low-budget video for Yemi Alade’s global hit single, “Johnny” off her King of Queens debut album. The single marked the beginning of Yemi Alade’s Ankara era, her second reinvention since the singer debuted “Ghen Ghen” love with the label. Before this, Yemi Alade attempted a false... Read More
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August 2, 2017
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[The Music Blog] What everyone (including Wizkid) got wrong about Sounds From The Other Side

“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
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July 15, 2017
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[The Music Blog] What makes a person a One Hit Wonder? | The curious case of Morachi, Gino and Klever Jay

The Summer of 2007 brought with it the super catchy and super sexual Hapuya like that. Released by industry newcomer Morachi, the song was expected to launch the musician into the big leagues. He released one more song; No Dull and did a remix with Sauce Kid and Gino but that was the end of... Read More
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July 15, 2017
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[The Music Blog] Is Small Doctor the new voice of the street?

All hail Small Doctor – Omo Iya Tisha. Temitope Adekunle aka Small Doctor might just be the new voice of the streets. The Fuji pop spewing musician has warmed his way into the streets, every party DJ as well as every radio station. But what makes someone the voice of the street? In the beginning,... Read More
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June 21, 2017
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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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May 26, 2017
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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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May 15, 2017
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[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 with mildly successful singles for the past three years, but Tekno did as they say, hit the goldmine with “Pana”, a mid-2016 release that coincidentally tied with release and success of Runtown’s “Mad Over You”... Read More
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