Wednesday, January 23, 2013
(MP3): TEAM REVOLUTION - WE GOT MONEY
A song from REVOLUTION RECORDS by (Team Revolution): Houston Grey, DREY and Mr. Revolution himself.
Just incase you are confused who they are, you can't forget these trending amazing music videos:
"She's burning" by Houston Grey ft: DREY:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&client=mv-google&hl=en-GB&v=NZHVMF7S9JA
"Turn me on" by Houston Grey:
http://m.youtube.com/watch?client=mv-google&gl=GB&hl=en-GB&rl=yes&v=9ys51gOOd84&feature=relmfu
These artistes are not just bundles of musical talents; they are focused young men who believe in the dignity of hard work.
We present you this amazing single: "We got money". Kindly download and feel the vibes.
DOWNLOAD: http://hu.lk/rup03h6amdj4
Twitter handles: @houston_grey, @drey_beatzbaby, @mr_revolution1
Official website: www.revolutionrecordsofficial.com
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Saturday, January 12, 2013
Just Maybe, DaGrin (RIP) is a Product of Luck
Reason why?
Let's do it. Ok let me start by saying Olanipekun Oladapo Olaitan was my hood kid(meiran/ile-iwe) and I really knew how things were until he got to the big stage, that preceded his death. Yes, he did have a dream and it fell into place before his death. To be frank, I've asked myself times and over again if he was really the legend we portray him.
We've heard people eulogize him, analyzing him, his career growth and how he suddenly showed up on stage to take the juice. He didn't actually burst on to our screen though, Dagrin had been on the street of the industry long before the album that blew him out the blocks got released. He had an album and few videos before then, his "Still on the matter" album had more sales in death than when he was alive. Ask around.
Ok! Not to sound too dismissive, I'll still say, for me, Dagrin wasn't that much a talent in comparison to how we went wild on him while he lived. I just have this feeling that his success could be attributed to Sossick, Gino and the MO'BB Crew he rolled with while making that album, would he have evolved and upgraded his delivery to survive another album that would have been a hit after the C.E.O album? Could his creativity have gotten better after it? Am I allowed to say Olamide would have been a better prospect for Yoruba rapper looking at everything in retrospect? His ability to evolve and change with time I respect. Hold on! Before you log off, let me take you through my few points.
Do you know Ajasa?
What do you think about his career? Ok,
that's some digression. Ok listen to Eni Duro by Olamide, that's from his past, listen to Ghost by Mode Phyno ft Olamide, that's the present, can you see the growth, evolution and obvious upgrade in class? Listen to Dagrin's Molenu and then "Emi noni"
line he did in Rugged Man's song. I never said he won't have gotten better, but he didn't even with the many cameos he did, he was repeating lines and yes, that's not creativity for me.
Nigga Raw, is a living example of what I'm trying to say, we all loved him and his igbo lines; But, at some point he started sounding lame because the creativity and thrust needed of a modern artiste is an obvious lacking quality. No attempt whatsoever to upgrade, he felt we would still fall over ourselves for the same "obodo" lines we embraced a while ago. Let's now compare Nigga Raw to Phyno, He started with Igbo lines but he has upgraded so well now that he infused igbo and good english on the "Ghost Mode" joint, which -by most standards- he murdered.
My argument-cum-observation goes thus:
"would Dagrin have been a one album wonder or infuse creativity by giving us others if death didn't snatch him from us? His death was extremely painful -God rest his soul- but let's try to reason with my line, would he? There have been rappers that have dropped hit before him and suddenly went into thin air; could be that they didn't evolve with time and infuse creativity to keep them competitive and consistent. If they had died after dropping those hits, we would have called them legends too huh? Overdose, Freestyle, Kel, RoofTop MCs, Cathair and all these guys where dope when they started, what could have happened to them? Even the one that claims to be the rap legend, we can't even place him on a list of top 50 rappers in Naija anymore.
Mind if I ask: "Is Ruggedman a legend"?
RAP music can be accepted by Nigerian fans, but our rappers need to upgrade in creativity, dopeness and lyrics. Rap is rap for me. The part where someone said that there is commercial rap joints and real rap joints don't make sense to me. No matter the beat, the
style of the production of the song, a good rapper will deliver if he has something to say. Vector killed "Tilla Man's" joint, and its a commercial song.
There are things a Rapper should consider before jumping on "I'm a rapper" bandwagon, some that - me as a person- we look for are:
1. Creativity (Message / Story telling / Content)
2. Flow and Lyrical depth / prowess.
3. Word usage and a good command of his language (Metaphors, Simile, Punchlines / Witty wordplay & Rhymes)
4. Versatility (How well can you flow with beats and change styles?)
5. Niche (Where do you actually stand? define
urself,i love aa cocky rapper)
6. Purpose (The point)
7. Energy (You've got to be able to move people and connect)
8. Concept.
9. Style. (This should be unique)
10. Charisma is also an important aspect.
You've got to have more than Five of these to
actually bully your way into the pantheon of the greats.
As a rapper; you need to have a keen ear for beats and know exactly what you're going to dazzle into the beat to make you and the producer dope. If all you depend on is the beat though, be rest assured that you'll have just two good tracks and countless wack joints all over the place.
Much respect to Mode 9, he's obviously the best out of Africa, for me. I can't see Nigerians overtly accepting him more than they've done already because of the yankee bits. If only he would resurrect some of the "Cry" & "Nigerian Girls" style back again. Infusing some traditional angles into his style and I'm sure he'll be on track again – with us.
Just an advice, but still he's one of my dopest.
Big Shout out to rappers doing Dope music in
Nigeria. Comment with there names under this article, let's support them all.
Thanks for the audience readers.
The name will never change, I am always Akinyele SolChild, you can find me @_IAmSolChild on Twitter
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Tuesday, December 18, 2012
(MP3) T-bag (@TBAGIN) - Doing to me
DOWNLOAD: http://hu.lk/4klpqx62iem8
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Ameh Daily Interviews Gifted Singer; THEODORA
A-Zay: Briefly tell me about yourself
Theodora: Theodora is a lot of tinz....if I were to describe myself I wud say am warm, nice and easy going young lady. I like to observe what eva is going on around me.... Most times such scenarios/situations get reflected in my music.
I am also very plain and direct... So I wud say am an open book. What u see... Is what u get.
A-Zay: Who did you grow up listening to and how did that shape your chosen career?
Theodora: I was blessed to have very musical parents... We (My siblings & I) would always know wen my mum was home because she would always drive into the house singing in her car, as she came down from her car, she would keep singing right up until she walked into the house and gave us all hugs..... While not a professional singer, my mum always singing around d house, we literally grew up listening to her singing.... My dad on the other hand.... I believe had d highest collection of gramophone records I have ever seen till date... He was a genuine music lover.
My brother & I will come home from primary school immediately, change to our house clothes and if PHCN was kind to us on that day.... We would sing and dance to oldies like Donna Summers, Diana Ross, Bonnie M, Jackson 5 etc... We won't even ask what's for lunch :)
Movies like Grease, Sound of Music amongst others were early influences as well....
As I grew older I started listening to my own music... Whitney Houston, Cece Winans, TLC, Boyz II Men, Britney Spears, Salt n Pepa... and many more. My playlist was and still is an eclectic mix of music.
Music is something I grew up in and was taught to appreciate but to be honest as a teenager it was NOT through singing music found expression it was through dance.... So my background was in dance/choreography/dance drama/pantomime.... It is only just recently (5years ago) that I gravitated to singing.
A-Zay: What is your inspiration?
Theodora: What inspires me is the need to help other people through music.... I don't want my focus to be on the glamorous or fame seeking side of music...
I want to make music that makes d listener a better person after listening.
So that inspires me ALL d time. I always ask myself questions like - How can I make d listener happy? What is d average Joe/Jane on the other side of this CD taking away wit him/her after listening to this song?
It always important to me that other people feel better about themselves.... So that serves as inspiration enough for me to keep writing songs, keep singing, keep reaching out to people.
A-Zay: I see, so what are your hobbies?
Theodora: My hobbies will be reading fiction, watching movies and sleeping... Nah sleep sure pass...lol
A-Zay: First song ever sung?
Theodora: Hahaha! First time I ever sang in public was at my dad's 40th Birthday party... It was.... lol... It's the thought/gesture that counts.
A-Zay: Do you perform in public? Describe those occasions? Concerts, radio, TV?
Theodora: Yes I have performed within and outside Nigeria. Sometimes in the singing capacity and most times in the dance capacity.
There are too many to describe frankly but two stand out as the most memorable to me.
The first one was at Olabisi Onabanjo University... 2006. Ago - Iwoye Town Hall is filled to capacity (it seats 3000).
My dance partner & I were performing to Jaci Valesquez's - Eschshame/Listen to Me, it was a salsa upbeat track and it just tore up the stage. That was the first time I got a standing ovation in my career... It was a very humbling experience.
The second most memorable was in 2011 at the LTS Center, Selangor, Malaysia, I did a cover of Carrie Underwood's - Jesus Take the Wheel.
I just felt blessed to be able to use that platform to sing a gospel song and to mention that name "Jesus" to a group of people who otherwise would have had cause to get acquainted with that name.
A-Zay: If you weren't singing, what would you be doing?
Theodora: As far as careers go if am not singing or into music in any form. Then IT - Information Technology is my second love... Yep my secret is out! Am a techno geek! lol... but yea I would major in the creative side of IT - Webdesign, Animation, Multimedia and Graphic Design... Still in d creative/arty field
A-Zay: Ya! I know You work.. So how do you balance your Music with your job ?
Theodora: Not easy at all! But where there is a will there is a way... Plus I know all the juggling makes me a more disciplined and organised person... If som1 has to work 9 to 5pm Mon to Fri. That leaves weekends for studio sessions, photo shoots etc... So it teaches me how to better manage my time so no aspect of my work and music suffers.
A-Zay: After Your newest Single "Ko Si Isoro" was released, what kinda Feedbacks have you received ?
Theodora: Mostly positive... People are so kind and welcoming. Am even more sure when the video is released people would be even more impressed! So watch dis space closely!
A-Zay: Nice having you 'Theodora'
Theodora: Thanks for having me :)
A-Zay: And For Those of You that haff Carry last, That haven't listed to Theodora's - "Ko Si Isoro" .. *Stop boiling Stone*
DOWNLOAD KO SI ISORO: http://t.co/k9C4qVNx
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Monday, December 17, 2012
(MP3) + VIDEO : D'Ace, Kris, Cee-Boi, BigJ5,Kronik & SpyroPhreeze - Christmas Song'
The song is groovey, enjoyable & Infectious, and i bet it'll have you nodding your head before you get to the end of the song/Video (depending on which you're bumping). The video is simple but very lovely! They are all Solo artistes but they came together to do justice to the beat and i must say, they all did very well and complimented each other on this one, kudos to them.
Thumbs up to Kris, CeeBoi, D'Ace, BigJ5, Kronik & Spyrophreeze for this lovely tune! Produced, Mixed and mastered by Kris, Video Shot, Directed & Edited By Kronik. Christmas is coming, On to na!! D'Ace & BigJ5 appear courtesy of Core Entertainment, Kris & Cee Boi appear Courtesy of G.F.A, Kronik appears courtesy of Kronik Imaginationz & Spyro Phreeze appears courtesy of Grand Pitch Records.
MP3 DOWNLOAD LINK : https://www.box.com/s/ruun93rbmd5hrafdpq5w
Video Youtube Link : http://youtu.be DULa3fu7FOg
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LOW : http://bit.ly/T4YeLi
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Ameh Daily Interviews Rapper; A-Q
A-Q: My name is Gilbert Bani Aka A-Q and I'm from imo state and I'm signed to Hustle Incorporated
A-Zay: I want to know the Full Meaning Of the Abbreviation (A-Q) ??
A-Q: (A)= Answer, (-)= to the (Q)= question A-Q means the answer to the question
A-Zay: Is your family musical?
A-Q: To be candid no one in my family does music apart from I, but I come from a very music loving family with every one listens to different genres of music E.g mum loves Dolly Paton and Oyeka Onwenu, Dad loves some funny italian music and but sometimes listens Fela
A-Zay: Which famous musicians do you admire? Why?
A-Q: I'd say I admire Nas cos of how he has kept his music real over the many years, and still has as many platinum albums as must of the sold out rappers, infact its only snoop and JayZ that has more platinum selling albums than he does, he recently dropped his 10th album and all the essence of hiphop were still present.
A-Zay: Which instruments do you play? And How often and for how long do you practice?
A-Q: I don't play any instruments even though I love when someone talented plays them, if I was going to learn how to play anyone though it would be the Guitar.. That instrument gets the ladies anytime, pls its handy and u can always move around with it
A-Zay: How Did You Feel When Don Jazzy Tweeted Back Then, Calling You "One Of the Sickest Rapper Alive" ?
A-Q: When I saw the tweet I was surprised
because I do not have any affiliation to Don jazzy or the now Defunct Mo hits.. It excited me at first.. But then after a couple of minutes I told myself 'A-Q u have worked very hard and u deserve all accolades u get' I did not however know that he listened to rap music, I thank him to this day because it did a lot for my career
A-Zay: Do you have any addictions?
A-Q: I do not have any addictions, but if music was one, I am here by guilty of being a Fin
A-Zay: What are You working On Now ?
A-Q: I'm putting finishing touches to my EP set to be released this month and working hard on the album set for release next year, also work on the sound track with Jimmy Jatt on the just concluded Next Door movie project shot by Sound and Effects company
A-Zay: How do you handle mistakes during a performance? *Lol*
A-Q: Well I rehearse and plan a lot so I encounter few mistakes during performance but mistakes are unavoidable and when I encounter one on stage I try as much to cover it up and move on.. And work harder not to encounter that mistake anymore
A-Zay: Who would you want to do a tour/concert with?
A-Q: I would love to go on tour with Eminem.. He is the only rapper that has hard sold out concerts in the weirdest countries ever, places u'd never think a rapper could go, as since he is hiphop to the core u'd be sure that the fans came to hear real rap, however if I were to go with a nigerian artiste it would be Vector we have a couple songs together and he's such a clown lol, he will be good company on the road and very professional on stage
A-Zay: Lol.. How old were you when you had your first crush?
A-Q: I was 12 when I had my first crush,my family recently moved to a new area and she lived next door, I just felt I need to talk to her, that's what u call a crush innit, I actually talked to her a couple months later
A-Zay: Have you ever been so moved by a song that you cried? if Yes.. which Song are we talking about here ?
A-Q: The only artiste that moves my emotions so much is Tracy Chapman but not to the point of crying, hell no
A-Zay: *hahaha*..Tell us More About Your "GBTH BRAND" ??
A-Q: GBTH in full means God Bless The Hustle, it was just a line of my song Names but the fans were quick to grasp on to it. So I and my publicist decided to make it a brand, for now its divided into 2 the fashion outfit and the Promotions Outfit, I head the fashion out fit and my publicist Dro Ameh heads the Promotion outfit
A-Zay: How do you balance your music with other obligations; you know.. Work and Stuffs like that ??
A-Q: My secret is everything I do evolves round my music, eg I'm a rapper, a writer, an entertainment strategist and I own a fashion out fit, and eventhough I'm not very huge yet in any of these, it is quite visible that I am on my way, but everything rotates round A-Q the rapper
A-Zay: Any advice for Aspiring Artistes Out there ?
A-Q: For aspiring out artiste out there, the only advice I can give to them was something I was once told by a very wise man, he told me ' stay in that Boat long enough and you would see where the land is'
A-Zay: Okies.. Thanks For Your Time A-Q
A-Q: Thank u Ameh Daily for this interview God bless all my fans and all the True hip hop fan
A-Zay: Amen o!! Hip hop Fan to Sure.. :D .. Aiit Peeps that's All.. I'm signing Out *Peace*
@A_ZayBoI
@ThisIsAQ
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
(MP3) Theodora ~ KO SI ISORO
Since then she has continued to grow from strength to strength. A very energetic and enterprising young lady she favours Gospel/Soul/R & B music genres but is a lover of all things music and was always heavily involved in singing - dancing competitions/activities all throughout her high school and college years. She then set up her dance group (The King's Daughters), music group (TIEM) performing with them all across major cities in Nigeria.
Theodora has shared the stage with other notable artistes which include Mike Aremu, Inifnty, Gbenga Adenuga, Modele, Rooftop MCs amongst others.
She is currently working on her debut album – Stay with Me having just completed her program in Sound and Music Design at Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Malaysia.
Her latest single 'Ko si Isoro' loosely translated in English means 'No more Troubles' is making a great buzz across the African continent, establishing Theodora as a artiste who isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
Theodora often recites the quote "Music is the universal language of Mankind" and that is what I strive to achieve with my music, to make the average Jane or Joe feel much better after listening to any one of my songs, one note at a time :)
Download link: http://t.co/k9C4qVNx
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