Nneka, Asa meet on 9ice’s album
Nigerian superstar 9ice is gradually using the anticipation for his new album as well as his singles on radio to cozy back into the public’s good grace after a long silence.
Share
Recent posts
Nneka, Asa meet on 9ice’s album
Full story of 2009 MAMAs
When MTV’s Africa music awards debuted in Abuja last year, almost everything that could go wrong, went wrong. The host Trevor Nelson was a disappointment; the sound, an embarrassment.
Share
Sound Sultan Weds At Last!
And it looks like he’s keeping his word. On October 1 in Lagos, impeccable sources told us the Satellite-Town-based act gathered close friends and colleagues to accompany him to his traditional wedding to his fiancée Farida (a.k.a. ChiChi) in Ajangbadi-Afromedia.
Share
Song Review: Olu Maintain ft. Femi Kuti – Lady
The former Maintain singer has come a long way from the days of interpolations and over sampling. He scored a major hit with yahoozeey but failed to get into the good books of critics. Now, he’s hit the studios to record the first set of materials that should put questions over his talents to rest once and for all.
Share
Video Review: Faze – Originality
Artistes have been dropping names for ages. But when Faze dropped his single ‘originality’, we all praised him for tying an inspirational concept to an otherwise vain, patronising practice.
Share
Album Review: Sunni Nneji – Pin No 91011
Off Da Hook, Neji’s fourth album, was an experiment with R&B, a genre the singer actually started with; and continues to love passionately. But, even though the album contained painstakingly made music, it just didn’t work for someone whose biggest hits include highlife masterpieces: Mr Fantastik, Face2 face, tolotolo and Oruka.
Share
Album Review: Who Am I? – Jim Iyke
Possibly the most misunderstood man in Nollywood, probably the most disliked actor in Nigeria, undoubtedly one of the most controversial men to ever hit the big screen; James Ikechukwu Esomugha is the poster child for everything that’s wrong with Nollywood actors and their alleged oversized egos. Jim consistently blames ‘the media’, yours truly excluded of course, for the negative energy his brand elicits around Africa.
Share
Why I’m Bowing Out – Ali Baba
He’s inspired a generation of entertainers. He’s paved the way for scores of stand-up comedians; giving them baskets of fish until they mastered how to fish themselves. And he’s earned…
Share
Nico Gravity Attacks Timaya
Nineties’ ghetto star Nico Gravity has returned to the scene in a rather dramatic manner. The Ajegunle-bred act, who reigned briefly as a promising star from the early to mid-nineties, before seeing his star dim prematurely, has released a new single that might get us all talking about him again.
Share
Wale’s First Outing
It is widely believed that the new generation of Kid Cudi, J. Cole, Drake, B.O.B., and Wale, among others, will relieve the genre of the diluted nature that it has developed over the past couple of years.
Share