The perfect intersection between the established acts across African music and brilliant underground acts you should be paying attention to!
Despite his embattled situation, writing Wizkid off is a bit premature, he still has a huge fanbase and the talent to command rave reviews from critics.
6 hours ago
To open 5ive, the poet Alhanislam recites a spoken-word commentary on the album and the man behind it. It feels a little pretentious, rooted in the same idea that drives artists to label every new project their deepest and most personal work yet. Yet some of it does have grounding in real-life events. Alhanislam hails […]
2 weeks ago
Last weekend, the youngest of the Uzama brothers, Osahan Uzama, more known by his moniker, Famous Pluto, joined the ranks of his brothers—Shallipopi, and Zerry DL, both fierce advocates of Benin Street Pop—with the release of his feverishly anticipated single Na Scra. Before its official release, the song had been making the rounds on TikTok, […]
2 months ago
Fela remains the loudest figure against government oppression and corruption in our music history, but a lot of others have lent a voice to the struggles of Nigerians through the years. Daddy Showkey, an indigene of the backward Lagos slum of Ajegunle, pioneered Galala music, which often took aim at the government in power and detailed the poverty in his hometown.
2 months ago
Burna Boy’s eighth studio album is finally on the horizon. In the past few weeks, the album’s rollout has ramped up significantly. He has made appearances on the covers of magazines and teased the album on social media through cheeky puns and aphorisms. He has appeared on shows, letting viewers in on certain nuances of […]
2 months ago
With social media, virality these days is guaranteed for anyone wielding the right materials to build character and status prevalent content. Music is advantageous when it comes to virality and in recent years, musicians have not failed to utilize their hit-making abilities. Recently, Tiwa Savage was able to achieve this with Somebody’s Son, a track […]
4 years ago
Identifiable by its soulful undertones, swing and syncopation, improvisation, bent notes, and distinctive voices, soulful Jazz or Jazz itself has laid the foundation for what has gone on to become Ethio- Jazz. Ethio-Jazz adds more eerie and ancient-sounding tones and is typical of traditional Ethiopian music. The man who started this genre of music that plays from the […]
4 years ago
Of the series of trends that ruled west African music industries this year, the Amapiano sound, accompanied by all of its variations and the chance of social media virality through apps like Tik Tok and Triller, is top on the list of those sought after by any musician with a dollar and a dream. For […]
4 years ago
Inspired by Davido’s epochal influence in the Music industry along with a strong background in inspiring and realising potential in rising talents – and Martell’s origin of redefining conventions. Martell, the oldest of the great cognac houses is proud to announce the launch of its brand-new campaign; Be The Standout Swift, starring singer-songwriter and record producer, […]
4 years ago
On his latest, Back In Office, Mayorkun claims he held down the lockdown, and sonically, that’s not so farfetched as his single and feature run includes a long list of songs that charted well and stirred emotions to various extraordinary degrees. A long time coming, his sophomore album, Back in Office is slated for a […]
4 years ago
Tiwa Savage and Mz Vee are a match made for each other with a shared preference for silky outputs, cascading storylines, and enriched harmonies. We’ve seen the former, find a home in Ghana, numerous times in the past on the likes of her teeming 2019 collaboration with Becca on Yes I Do and 2020 feature […]
4 years ago
More and more these days, the Nigerian music industry appears to be where a diverse range of sounds, sought after by the rest of the world, resides. Every other week, a new feature with an international artist resurfaces and these partnerships are not restricted to A-listers, which was the case back in the day when […]
4 years ago
Canada-based all-around performer Taybytheway, is a multitalented creative toting a catalog of unique sounds inspired by the boundlessness of the multi-genre music industry. Born and raised in Nigeria, his love for Afrobeat is second nature, despite his western affiliations, and has influenced his music in every way possible. The name Tay is an abbreviation of […]
4 years ago
