Reviews
Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin Showcase a Cipher of Rising Talent on $mokebreak EP
$mokebreak EP, the second project of hip-hop duo Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin, trades the rich worldbuilding of their first album for a fast-paced exhibition of their underground styles. On their debut, FlySiifu’s, the entrancing back-and-forth of emcee Fly Anakin’s earnest flows and rapper-singer Pink Siifu’s slick-talk was fictionalized as the efforts of blunted employees in the back of a Next Friday-esque record store. Where the album built this concept across its many skits, $mokebreak EP holds it as a loose premise; the duo are work-shirt-clad among crates and shelves on the EP’s cover, but mentions of the record store are fewer and less distinct than the mock voicemails of “Black Bitches Matter Hoe” and “[email protected]” Where the album’s features were marked by and divided amo...
Ice Prince ft Oxlade – “Kolo”, Savors The Same Great Taste Of Ice Prince Rap In 2010, The Review
Ice Prince, in the last decade of Nigerian hip-hop, is worthy to be referred to as the prince of rap; who sits directly next to the most honored Nigerian rap Chairman, M.I Abaga, who represents a well-deserved monument and a king in Nigerian hip-hop to date.He was the former CEO of (Chocolate City Music). Panshak Henry Zamani, 36, joined the lift that elevated hip-hop in Nigeria as he also expanded the culture and its hinges across the diaspora. ”Oleku”, is the 2010 Ice Prince’s breakthrough track while in Choc City, that record uplifted his career and held visible proof of his dominance in the Nigerian music industry at that time. RELATED: DanDizzy: The Best African Freestyle Entertainer He literally transited on various scales and ranges, from “Everybody Loves Ice Prince” his debut album...
DanDizzy: The Best African Freestyle Entertainer
DanDizzy, born in the 90s from Nigeria as Daniel Darius Tuotamuno, is the best rap freestyle entertainer from Africa. Perhaps you are a freestyle rapper and feel very talented enough, smart, and qualified to conquer the walls, undisputable Nigerian king of freestyle, DanDizzy, has built for himself in the freestyle game since 2013 till date, from the southern part of Nigeria, in Portharcourt; then you can head south, it’s his territory where he sprouted and grew from. Meanwhile, as you head, accompany care & caution: because he is a freestyle beast and as you approach him to prove yourself a worthy challenge, I kneel by the side and pray for your homecoming to be safely warm and kind, as I trust you would become an instructional edifice to your kind because he would trample and bruise ...
Lagos governor restructures works and infrastructure ministry
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the restructuring of the State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure by re-establishing the Office of Works and Office of Infrastructure. In a statement released late Friday night, Lagos State Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, explained that the restructuring of the ministry was necessitated by the volume of work ahead of the present administration in the state led by Sanwo-Olu and the need to implement relevant structural reviews that would facilitate faster attainment of government’s policy objectives. The governor also approved the appointment of two new Permanent Secretaries in the Lagos State Public Service. They are; Arc. Adebayo Ayodeji Odusanya, who would serve as Permanent Secretary Office of Works, and Engr. Rotimi Idowu ...
John Legend & Burna Boy – “Coming 2 America” Permeates From America & Highlights African Barrier, The Review
Popular American singer, John Legend’s “Coming 2 America”, featuring Nigerian Afro-fusion singer and Grammy-nominated act Burnaboy, is a fulfilling stroke of un-hypnotic synth and blustering drums that range from an unconventional spectrum of sonic styles enriched with pop that holistically represents a very strong filming soundtrack for the 2021 “Coming 2 America” blockbuster film. “Coming 2 America” soundtrack is powerful and its sonic essence built on an easy run-down that strictly envision certain scenes from the American comedy movie starring popular American movie icon, Eddie Murphy and was directed by Craig Brewer. The songwriting mostly from John Legend’s verse and the chorus implies a very great build-up that totally depicts a homely description of America. The artistic essence fr...
Wizkid – “Check”, Is The Best Teaser To Elate Nigerian Listeners, The Review
“Check”, the un-anticipated record added next to Wizkid’s successful 2020 fourth studio album – “Made In Lagos”, has been built with the finest afro structural percussion instruments, progressive synth, and bold trumpeting rifts that both accompanies unending melodies which the record entirely displays from start till the end. “Check” literally is like a teaser song and is more like a freestyle that was almost lacking in total serious attitude in the general creation. RELATED: Korede Bello’s Popstar Transformation, Ready To Dominate Once More – “Real Man” Review Though it was released, Wizkid’s delivery sounded worthy to sustain an average Nigerian listener. The record is club and dance-worthy to create a level of happiness and keep a grin and continues glee on the face of Nigerians who ar...
Niniola’s 6th Heaven EP Is An Almost Failed Mission To Keep Nigeria Listeners, The Review
In 6th Heaven, Niniola engineered a range of classic melodic R&B and mid-tempo Afro-beat records, that apparently glow underneath few creations. She almost leaves her native spot that houses a notable sonic spectrum, crafted from a unique markup termed Afro-house music. Niniola is the queen of the genre, and it’s a popularly known fact like she’s grown bigger with it and it has become an edge that she conquers amongst contemporaries in the Nigerian music industry. Afro-house music is a very potent creation that could possibly bring Niniola‘s crossover moments victoriously. RELATED: Ric Hassani: “The Prince I Became”, Album Review A very great attempt was via her previous album titled, “Colors and Sound”, which had popular American singer and songwriter, Timbaland, at the major front ti...
IAN SWEET Finds Her Breath on the Revealing Show Me How You Disappear: Review
The Lowdown: How do you turn introspection into propulsive pop? How can deep reflection push a person into new patterns? These questions weave the eclectic tapestry of Show Me How You Disappear, the third album from IAN SWEET, the now-solo indie-rock project from singer-songwriter Jilian Medford. The collection sparked during the time Medford, 27, spent in an outpatient therapy program for anxiety just before the pandemic, and the songs’ inventive, textured pop marks her best release to date. [embedded content] The Good: The album opens with a momentary squall, the first track, “My Favorite Cloud”, expanding into a Flaming Lips-esque garble that sounds like a sentient modem drowning, before it’s pierced by Medford’s high, filtered voice: “My psychic told me I’d die/ ’Cause I’d forget to br...
Korede Bello’s Popstar Transformation, Ready To Dominate Once More – “Real Man” Review
Korede Bello’s Popstar appeal becomes a fuller expression on “Real Man”, a song where Bello’s artistic brightness as a pop star comes alive stronger through his alluring lyrical demeanor to his exotic delivery that opens up like an actor who’s on some sort of deliberate transformation in the music industry. “Table For Two”, his last year project quickens the transition’s initial phase – from his sparky and tenders to look Jeri-curl hair, to his recent good looking low cut and, gold color-tinted hair which makes him a more manly look with well-deserved broad appeal as it portrays through his music and everything it represents from his previous project. RELATED: Rema Is Creatively Damned: “Bounce”, The Review Well, with his recent single “Real Man”, lies strong conformity of his pop star ill...
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Offer a Tender Glimpse of Hope on the Beautiful Carnage: Review
The Lowdown: In 1997, Nick Cave sang about a “Kingdom” whose light was so bright that “All the world’s darkness can’t swallow up/ A single spark.” On The Boatman’s Call, Cave yearned for this kingdom through a mist of tears born from what he’d later call “a convergence of events that felt so calamitous at the time that I could not find a way to write about anything else.” In the midst of a similarly calamitous convergence of events in 2020 — when it felt impossible to think on anything but widespread sickness, white supremacy, and the fractured state of our society — Cave found himself drawn yet again to the pursuit of this kingdom of light. Carnage, Cave’s new record alongside longtime Bad Seed and soundtrack collaborator Warren Ellis, beautifully and devastatingly documents their pursuit...
Rema Is Creatively Damned: “Bounce”, The Review
On “Bounce”, Rema is sick and damned creatively – Don Jazzy is the record producer that should be held responsible. “Bounce” is a very strong record built with the popular, notable South African Ampiano sound and Nigerian Afro-beat fusion interlocking, between. Don Jazzy created a stint and left his record label signee Rema, to fully extricate; as he got along into the sonic glider he was given (beats) and then he flew smoothly to an abyss, like in a place where he was creatively damned. RELATED: Naira Marley: Finds Love That Might Reform Him – “Chi Chi”, The Review Well, his previous 2020 single “Peace Of Mind”, also was like a place of Rema’s solace where he deliberately creates art from his inside to amplify the situation in the outside world, his from. “Peace Of Mind” sturdily correlat...
Redman, Method Man, and H.E.R. Join D’Angelo’s Verzuz in a Celebration of Live Music: Review
For music lovers, the COVID-19 pandemic effectively put an end to live performances for the foreseeable future. Many venues across the country have temporally (or permanently) closed or now operate with capacity restrictions. Never again will we take for granted the sweet simplicity of being able to catch our favorite artist/band in concert. But one of the few positive things to happen for live music during all the insanity that has taken place over the last year and counting is the emergence of the Verzuz series. Curated by super producers Timbaland and Swizz Beatz, who dueled in the first battle last March, Verzuz gave fans a lifeline as we sat at home watching our favorite producers and singers reminisce about the creation of their classic songs, many of which have defined hip-hop and R...
