- All I want is you- Banky W ft. Chidinma
It is easy to watch this video from start to finish with a cheesy grin on your face. What’s not to like? Chidinma can probably elicit genuine feelings from a stone. Banky W is his charming self (thankfully he doesn’t dance). Zack Orji and Onyeka Onwenu are always a delight to watch and did we mention the romance between Chidinma and Banky? The end has a nice touch to it too.
- Jombo- Kiss Daniel
Directed by Ani James, the video for Kiss Daniel’s excellent Jombo single is a sight for sore eyes. The colour grading is excellent, use of costume is superb, actors are decent and the story is likely to elicit a chuckle. The dancers are a bit clumsy and all over the place but even this adds to the charm of this dream like sequence in which Daniel impregnates a maiden and leaves to tell the tale.
- If I start to talk- Tiwa Savage
Also known as that video that marked the official and very public end of Tiwa Savage’s marriage to former manager TeeBillz. Heavy on innuendo and graphic messaging, If I start to talk offers crisp, mysterious visuals that complement the lush yet jaunty pseudo-traditional prayer of thanksgiving and plea for blessings yet to come that the song is about. In turns mysterious and illuminating, Clarence does this one right.
- Soldier- Falz ft. Simi
Falz ups the game and lifts everyone along with him by attempting a long form music video for Soldier, his hit with Simi. Clarence Peters comes along for the ride and stages a marvel of storytelling, production, and scripting that is not only a literal adaptation of the song, but manages to sustain the ambitious narrative from start to finish. Falz is indeed the bahd guy.
- Gbo gan go (Une soul)- Flavour ft. Phyno, Zoro
Flavour enlists his Eastern brothers Phyno and Zoro for this worthy celebration of masculinity and its place as rooted in Igbo culture. There are masquerades, plenty of it as Flavour digs deep into tradition and brings out some of the biggest masquerades known to Igbo culture to celebrate the beauty of the local tradition. Watch and marvel how these young cats have taken stuffy, old cultural artefacts and made them sexy and appealing for a new generation.
Yet most of this videos didn’t get nominations at the HEADIES. We all can see the rubbish they’re doing.