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ASA: ASHA

      Asa, whose real name is Bukola Elemide, was born in France to Nigerian parents. Looking at her, one would say she is into more of jazz or even country music. With locs, spectacles and tottering a guitar, coupled with a deep timbre voice, a lot of listeners never thought she was Nigerian.      First time i remember listening to anything from her, late 2006/early 2007, i stumbled upon Eye Adaba, (literarily meaning, DOVE ) on radio. My first thought was, "goddamn" and also "who's this", i loved the song because of its solemnness and calm approach, her voice, so pure and the way the song rides. It was not very popular on radio at the time, because the go-to music popping on radio was Afro-pop, Tuface, D'banj, P-Square, Timaya, Olu Maintain, 9ice amongst others. These musicians had banging pop songs, that was killing the dance floor across the nation, constantly on repeat on radio stations and the streets, these guys owned the music scene.     Late 2007, A
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NEVER FORGOTTEN

 Firstly i want to say sorry for not posting on a regular, Nigeria happened. Since that is out of the way, lets get back to our thoughts of what is not on the trends but carry great importance in human and musical development. My last post was about labelling certain artist what they are not, just because people don't have the true picture of the situation. I am a great follower of podcasts that inspire people, tell stories in an unvarnished and unpolished manner, from the mouth of the main actor, the person who's life was inadvertently affected, either passive or active. Solidstar is an artiste who was prominent in the late 2000's,with great songs and features, very unique voice and sort of made slow bpm afrobeats songs which lots of Nigerians fell in-love with. Right in the eyes of the public, videos started popping of him working on expressway, seemingly not himself, lot's of rumour was abound regarding the state of his mental and physical self. Very few knew the tru
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SUCCESS: Fact or Fiction

       Success as defined can be, the accomplishment of an aim or a purpose. "Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.” – Mahatma Gandhi. In the music sphere, especially in hip-hop circles in Nigeria, Success is mostly determined by the number of 'hits', Popularity, 'Streams' (for the new cats), 'perception of wealth'. Because there is no way to actually determine the 'worth' of a typical African, it begs the question, 'Has Rappers in Nigeria been successful'? Over the years, we have had very skillful, popular and hit making rappers, who created songs that still resonates today.           Songs that move the crowd, bang in the streets and brings nostalgia. Phenom, a rapper from the defunct Knighthouse family, ( a group of artistes that metamorphosed in a label) in a recent podcast, while talking about his journey through the music space made a disparaging comment about another rapper. In his own wo
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