From the multitude of new music releases this year, here is Culture Custodian’s definitive ranking of the best ten songs of 2024, as chosen by our editorial team.
4 weeks ago
From the multitude of new music releases this year, here is Culture Custodian’s definitive ranking of the best ten songs of 2024, as chosen by our editorial team.
4 weeks ago
Rema’s HEIS could be the soundtrack to an antihero film. Big drums underscore his many pompous self-proclamations in capital letters, while the sinister keys that intersperse them provide them a scary, evil temperament. It’s exactly the project he needed to fulfill his career’s direction and tie up many of his creative choices over the years: […]
4 weeks ago
By Patrick Ezema, Chibuzo Emmanuel, Damilola Oyeleke, Shalom Tewobola and Alex Omenye Another year has come and, save for a few days, gone, and we’ve been introduced to another glut of albums released from the stables of Nigerian artists. A year that started out slow for Nigerian music—prompting discussions from fans and thinkpieces from critics […]
4 weeks ago
On X (or Twitter), Femi Dapson’s pinned tweet is a listing of some of the music videos he has produced. It includes videos for Grammy-nominated, record smashing songs like Rema’s Calm Down, as well as other hits from the stables of Burna Boy, Kizz Daniel and Ayra Starr, and more. Since then he has […]
2 months ago
A new Wizkid album is a major cultural event. It is anticipated for months before and dissected and discussed for weeks after. For Morayo, his sixth, the crescendo of anticipation peaked even higher, but not exactly for the right reasons. Wizkid has become a more prominent presence in Nigerian media in 2024, and it’s down […]
2 months ago
Ayo Maff’s very first trip outside the country was to go perform at London’s O2 arena. This was for Asake’s concert in September, an experience that he describes as “a dream come true.” In truth, the entire year has been nothing short of dreamlike for the 19 year old christened Ayorinde Mafoluku. His two-pack of […]
2 months ago
Blaqbonez banks on his eccentricity. He has made it his calling card since he introduced himself as the Best Rapper In Africa in 2019, and has kept it up through a number of monikers: Mr. Bombastic, Emeka The Stallion. In his time in the industry he has polarized listeners with his artistic and personal choices. […]
3 months ago
Hijack ‘93 begins in an unusual way for what is supposedly a historical drama—with a disclaimer that states that the film is a fictionalized interpretation of real events. An attempt to ward off some of the criticism of the film’s handling of real life events, but it wasn’t really necessary: Hijack ‘93’s many problems as […]
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