We've compiled the explicit lyrics to 'Vigilante Bop' by Alpha Ojini featuring Odumodublvck, read it below and sing along.

Alpha Ojini & Odumodublvck - Vigilante Bop Lyrics

Intro
Lock up the cops and gbes
Issakaba cover their mouth
With spiritual bandage
Kanayo put them in handcuffs ehn
Living in bondage
Which way?
Dillinger, break all the laws in raps
And I did it my way
Roll am, okpa
Stone am for head
Ojini

Verse 1
Since nineteen sixty we dey hustle for five naira
We no see Tafawa
So fuck a prime minister
I no go shock if NNPC open mouth
Tell us 40k for forty litres
If I had a chance, I'll decapitate these niggas
And still detain all their family sha
Alausa dey dobale for governor
Governor dobale for party leader
Nigeria police fit hold igbo for hand inside club
Arrest you for smoking shisha
I still see one for Osapa wey cork gun
Because him wan ask us for particulars
After one hour na small photocopy put niggas for soup
And na money kill am
Abba Kyari oga dey find Hushpuppi
But him commissioner na criminal
E dey do me like say make I turn Issakaba
On top this olopa matter
Pull up for Panti with six hundred niggas
DPO dey office dey chop amala
Bubu keep face like Jonathan for campaign
E enter office e turn Abacha
Everybody don curse am tire
E go hold am, insha allah

Verse 2
Heavenly felony, you know the matter
Abobbi I dagbo olopa
Cemetery nemesis, put them in agony
They carry Abba Kyari
I wish say, I wish say na me carry am
I for don stain all him beret with egusi
They know say na me
I spit on their uniform
Use am take clean cum
Ojini said I'm the hardest
My mummy said I'm the rawest
My papa dey craze, omo lawless
Odumodu shooting on duress
Never, never
I did it with clear head
I no need Tramadol
Before I bleed on a cop
Omo get up
They're getting me fed up
Na wetin my IPO tell me, na setup
The thing be like lay-up
They talk say Odumodu murder the poor boy
Heavenly Father, my opposition dey verandah
They dey there dey burn up
They see me dey come up
They put the body for my name
Them dey lock up
Koti been dey lock us
They collect my money
And them no need search us

Interlude
Yes, yes
Issakaba comot their head with spiritual machete
INEC, pass me the plastic
Fuck this government
Fuck 'em
20-10-20, them think say we forget
2023, you go collect
Lock up the cops and gbes

Verse 3
Abeg comot yansh for there
Fuck your bag of rice
I no wan collect
See them for saloon
Don dey wash your head
Shit is just more of the same
More or less
Boys in black still causing hold up
Every hundred meters na roadblock
Hustle must pure, them no go fit hold us
Fuck those boys
Bring that guy make I search that one
OdumoduBlvck na person wey dey carry pass one type
Past this point
Chukwu a gozigo gi
Yes
Crusher no dey my body
Na the lighter way the force man seize
Light my bazz
For their checkpoint, I dey look them
They dey smoke crack, e cast
Imagine, olopa get mind to ask me anything for weekend
Me, I just lock up
He chook hand for my pocket
He see chewing gum, he chop am
These men dey fuck up
Them don see say wetin dey my wallet na my last card
So the bastard say make I transfer
The thunder wey go fire you still dey warm up

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1. PsychoYP

These days, a key element several rappers find themselves missing is a hometown attachment that informs the initial community that grows into a sprawling fanbase, but this is one thing PsychoYP has on lock.

Born Nicholas Ihua-Maduenyi, the 25-year-old rapper has been able to push his youthified iteration of Hip-hop which incorporates American trap, occasionally, British grime as well as Afropop, past his hometown of Abuja by consistently putting out banger rap tracks after rap tracks as far back as 2017 when Soundcloud was the oyster for promising up and comers. Now, PsychoYP is the leader of the pack of his Apex Village collective, an Abuja-centred group which binds rappers like Laime, Zilla Oaks, producers and singer, Azanti.

While juggling his artistry and business, YP has risen to fame among Nigerian youths and hip-hop lovers all over with his first album, YPSZN launching him as a flow god. His sophomore project, YPSZN 2 further cemented this fact and expanded his fanbase. And with features that more times than not flay every other rapper on the track, or have them in a head-to-head lock in addition to his most recent project, Euphoria, that show him take his sound to international planes, PsychoYP has proved himself to be a diamond-standard lyricist of the new school.

2. Prettyboy D-O

Born Donald Ofik, Prettyboy D-O is many things; the leader of his self-made culte subculture for one, the African Dennis Rodman for another, but above all, a rapper cut from a different clothe and entirely in his own lane. 

Becoming a major attraction on the underground scene in 2017 with his standout debut, Footwork, DO had doubled down with singles like Chop Elbow and the Falz-featured remix. Within a short while, D-O came to establish himself as an Alte rapper with enough flair and street panache to appeal to any and every Nigerian, hence his Culte movement. D-O was also able to leverage on the power of collaborations and in 2018, had released a well-received debut album, Everything Pretty. 

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Since then, the patois-inflected rapper has with his style which champions articulated rage and the utmost devil-may-attitude, attained cult classic status, racking up a loyal fanbase that has turned up to his sold-out shows, singing his every lyrics word for word. His rockstar energy has also earned him a debut on Color Studios with his single, Jungle Justice. And as he simultaneously never fails to make a statement with his records, be it singles or his latest album, Love is War, down to his personal style with artsy hairdo or his replay-worthy music videos, the sky is definitely the starting point for Prettyboy D-O and his movement. 

3. Davolee

In Nigerian music, especially the hip-hop scene, a co-sign from a bigger artiste could literally be the answer to an up-and-coming artiste’s prayers, serving to open doors they were miles away from and place them in conversations that would greatly benefit their career. This co-sign effect has proved especially instrumental in the street-hop scene, gifting music lovers with prolific street-hop rapper and singer, Davolee. 

Full name Shokoya Oluwasegunfunmi David, Davolee had first turned heads with his cover of Desiigna’s trap record, Panda. He’d doubled back with a freestyle video of a song known as Festival Bar and this had become the key to unlocking the next level of his artistry as it had landed him a record deal with Olamide’s YBNL in 2016. A rap veteran with unquantifiable love from the streets, this arrangement had served to launch Davolee into the limelight as a street rapper that could hold his own. He soon proved this on Olamide’s Pepper Dem Gang and expounded on this point even after leaving YBNL in 2019. With several well-received singles to his name and his debut album, Earning Wish making certifiable waves in 2021, Davolee has successfully established himself as not just another young rapper slash singer but as one of the voices of the streets in the new age of Nigerian music. 

4. SGaWD

If the ratio of singers to rappers in the country is slim, the female representation for the ratio of rappers is even slimmer but this hasn’t stopped SGaWD from making a name for herself as one of the hardest female rappers out of Africa in recent times. Making an unmissable entry in 2020 first with 'Like Me' that saw her flex her vocals, SGaWD soon flipped the coin to reveal her rapper side first on Feel Right with Mafeni and Doz, then on Resistance with Jess Eta, while still fluidly expertly switching roles between singing and rapping.

SGaWD began to thread more mainstream waters the year after with a successful collaboration with Aux Africa and then put out Popshit with Somadina. Popshit instantly became the summer anthem for young Lagosians and served as a curiosity-piquing prelude to her debut EP, Savage Bitch Juice. While fans continue to enjoy her EP with Rude serving as the sex-positive, body-positive, and audacity-injecting fan favorite, it’s become fully obvious that SGaWD is set in motion to take her rightful place as Nigeria’s Queen B of hip-hop. 

5. Odumodublvck

If the many elements that come together to make up a rapper and launch them into success were just as tangible as Thanos’ infinity rings, then Odumodublvck is well on his way to becoming the ultimate Nigerian rap villain.

With roots in the Southern part of the country and history and community in Abuja, the throat-slashing rapper has been able to blend several of these elements together to present a highly personalized energy-giving iteration of +234drill. One of two rappers on the standout drill track, Agbalagba, Odumodublvck has also been able to gain fans from different avenues as a keen collaborator and member of Anti-World Gangstars, as well as other collaborative efforts with rappers and producers. Armed with Duracell-level energy, an unstoppable flow, and a thrilling yet uncanny ability to paint the most graphic pictures with his lines, Odumodublvck is sure to rap his way to the top of the charts. 

6. Superwozzy

In North America, trap music has been able to revolutionize the movement of hip-hop not only in America, but globally, producing the next generation of global rap stars and making a case for the continued viability of Hip-hop. Back home, while Nigerian trap music may not be as popular, with American trap constantly making the rotation of Nigerians from different walks of life, there are two genres that seem to be swaying the crowd; +234drill and street hop. Commercialized by Olamide in the 2010s, street hop has continued to hold amazing potential and command over the Nigerian music -sphere and in recent times, Superwozzy or Awodoyin Oluwamayokun, has with his cadence and style which is much like a melting pot of trap and indigenous hip-hop, proved that he has what it takes to be the next champion of the streets.

Releasing his debut album, Light of the Trenches, Superwozzy gave fans and music lovers a lesson in the art of putting your money where your mouth is by releasing a project as entertaining as it is illuminatory. 

7. Eeskay

With the emergence of an equally talented but younger generation eager to stake their claim in the industry and take theirs, comes the felling of old pillars and the dismantling of the gatekeeper's post. For Eeskay, this revolution was plainly highlighted on his standout track, Agbalagba which features Odumodu Blvck– a song about an older person demanding too much and eventually meeting his waterloo. A drill rapper with roots in Abuja, Eeskay has been able to rise through the pool of talented artistes in the nation’s capital, with his hard-hitting and experimental take on hip-hop, an Eeskalised version of Nigeria’s take on drill known as +234drill or Afrodrill.

As +234drill is poised to take over the local rap scene, Eeskay’s gutting flows and bars as evidenced on his debut project, Drill or N.A.H, which is a double-offering of drill and New Afro Hip-Hop (N.A.H), a style which he's a master of, shows that he is set to become one of the young greats every hip-hop lover should pay attention to.

ALSO READ: From Bella Shmurda to Seyi Vibez Here are 12 Street-Hop Musicians Redefining the Sound in Nigeria

8. Mojo

Mojo calls himself many things; Orisha meaning oracle, rap Jesu; rap Jesus, as well as 'the lesson teacher' and more. While most mainstream music lovers may only know him for his big break with his Prettyboy D-O featured rap song, Chop Life Crew, he’s proved himself deserving of these self-given monikers over and over.

Always sure to drop double-take worthy bars in English and Yoruba, Mojo has been able to grow out a very supportive fanbase who consistently mark attendance on his singles from Shawarma to Lesson Teacher, down to his collaborations with members of his Chop Life Crew collective and other musicians. 

9. Phlow 

As the face and pulse of hip-hop continue to change, fewer rappers stick to the traditional cadence and techniques, but not Phlow, who has been able to breathe new life into these templates. Full name Stephanie Asuai Eyime, Phlow’s flow re-establishes her professional moniker in titanium and has quite literally inserted her in typically male-dominated conversations. But this is not a first for the talented femcee who started rapping as a teenager to outdo her brother’s verses.

Since her debut in 2017 with the album, Mind, Body, and Phlow, there’s been no letting up on the steeliness of her bars as evidenced on her 2020 EP, Marmalade as well as her latest output, a verse on Alpha Ojini’s The Coin, as she continues to be the emcee’s femcee.

10. Payper Corleone

A full-fledged rapper’s rapper, Payper Corleone is proof that Hip-hop lives on in the ears and hearts of young Nigerians. Rapping since his secondary school days, Tombra Asikpi or Payper had risen to fame in 2015 with the release of two mixtapes; Love & HipHop and Friday Flight Freestyles. Then he’d cemented his hold on the scene with his commercially and critically successful album, BARS 2.

Since then he’s made an appearance on the famous Hennessy Cypher, DJ Jimmy Jatt’s Jimmy’s Jump Off and others while working with a wide roster of Nigerian Hip-Hop greats like Terry tha Rapman, Erriga and more. With a Headies award nomination for his single, Sacrifice in 2019 and a very solid fanbase spanning from those who come for the throat-cuffing freestyles and stay for the albums, Payper Corleone is for sure a rap don. 

11. Zilla Oaks

Full name Rodnee Okafor, Zilla Oaks artistry makes for the perfect blend of the old and new with a style that blends the lyricism, cadence and flow of emcees from before over beats and adlibs that are very much the moment, be it trap or drill. And in an age where some rappers may let the beats do the talking, Zilla revives the standard by bringing the heat to the booth.

While some of his oldest works which serve as a prelude to his No ZZZ album have suffered a takedown due to distribution brouhaha, Zilla has been able to establish with the self-same album and its follow-up, No ZZZ 2, as well as a list of guest verses and collaborative efforts that puts his peers on their toes, that he’s one rapper to not be slept on. 

12. Paybac Iboro

In 2019, Paybac Iboro was nominated for the Headies Category for Lyricist on the Roll with Implode, a track off Lost and Found, a collaborative project with Boogey. And then in 2021, he also got nominated for the category of Best Rap Album with his album, CULT!

This cosign served as a mainstream indication of his witty and superfluid lyricism that stands out in any cypher or collaboration. These factors coupled with his ability to rap about any topic over beats of any kind and his extensive collaborations from the aforementioned Lost & Found, to Autopilot and his album, Cult!, serve as testament to Paybac’s super smooth artistry. 

13.  Alpha Ojini

The world belongs to dreamers and storytellers and the rapper, producer, and studio engineer, Alpha Ojini is set to make it his oyster with his well-strung stories, laced over rap instrumentals and compounded with compelling choruses. In 2014, Ojini had entered into the MI Abaga-hosted competition of Best Rapper in the East, sponsored by Star beer, and had won. Before that, he’d already released three projects; No Silence, The Road to R.U.S.H, and My Own Horns: The JazzRap Project. His win had served to call attention to his skills as well as the singles he released afterwards as a prelude to his debut album in 2018, Half Price. 

Born Ebuka Alex Ojini, Ojini easily became a fan favorite among Hip-hop heads of the new age with his collaboration and timeless interpretation of his well-received projects such as Chvmeleon and Tears Are Salty For A Reason. And indeed, while the lyricist may have been in the game for a decade and more, when he dropped No Silence in 2010, it’s clear from his flows and energy that the rapper doesn’t intend to be anywhere else than the top of the Nigerian food-chain. 

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It is often argued whether stars are born or made or vice versa, but an incontestable reality is the fact that over time, several dots come together to launch a star into their moment of stardom. For Ikuforiji Olaitan, fondly referred to as Boy Ox, a lot of dots both detectable and otherwise have cascaded into and over the other to forge him into the Oxlade we know now. 

A formidable voice and face of the new age of sound in the fleet-footed Nigerian music scene, Oxlade had broken through the mould as an independent artiste with melodious handfuls of what he attributed to being his hallmark-- strategic collaborations. His debut project, Oxygene EP, despite being released in the heat of the unprecedented pandemic was met with widespread relish that further cemented his revelationary moment unto the scene, simultaneously serving to bolster fellow independent acts to keep polishing their craft. 

Oxlade

Following a hiatus from releasing solo records, but amidst features from notable musicians, such as Ice Prince, M.I Abaga, and more, Oxlade reintroduced himself in the latter end of August 2021 with a four-track EP that highlights and reinvents one of the aforementioned and in this case in-built dots, that have made Oxlade into the singer we know now; one that's never too wrapped up in norms of masculinity to expand fetchingly on themes of vulnerability and transparency. A cohesive and novel blend of elements of Afropop, Highlife music and RnB, it was received with a sturdy stamp of approval from listeners and critics. Notjustok sits down with the honey-tinged falsetto-voiced singer to have a bare-all conversation that captures the domino-chain reaction that has resulted in making him the star he is while discussing his latest project in collaboration with DJ Coublon, Eclipse EP and the Oxlade brand. 

Hi Oxlade, you recently put out the Eclipse EP, making it your second project so far, how are you feeling?

I feel blessed like it's been a long time coming and I've got a lot more to give you guys and I'm eager to keep going on because the reviews from Eclipse has motivated me to say ‘Yeah I got a new sound and I got more from where that came from.’

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How would you describe your journey as an artiste from being an underground act to being The Boy Ox we now know?

I don't know how to explain it but it's been a rollercoaster of the good, the bad, and ugly experience because I didn't pop off from any major label or co-sign but we still kept on going. I started with Mamiwota, then to Sing with Fireboy then I put out my own song, Shuga. Then I started doing strategic collaborations like Causing Trouble, Wait for You. These ones were properly planned and they gave me the diaspora love and chances to perform alongside Wizkid at the 02 in 2019. Some people shut doors, some opened but now everyone's saying I've always known you were going to be the shit. It was political, it was emotional and the fact that I'm stubborn at what I do, ‘I would make it regardless’, that's always been my energy. So against all odds, I was climbing the ladder bit by bit, then I put out Oxygene and the whole story changed. Away became a hit even in Covid with zero promo and zero press because I couldn't go anywhere. 

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Imagine you blowing but it's a waste? All I was doing was digital performances, it was a madness but good music will always speak for itself and the longevity of Away is bonkers because it still has the guts to bully other songs that were put out then at concerts and that's how you know a timeless song. 

So putting out Eclipse is different cause Oxygene was simply “Hey guys, my name is Oxlade and I can sing hope you guys will like this.” But for Eclipse the EP, I don't think there's any sound like it so I was really scared to put it out that's why I gave you guys four but you guys really liked it so hopefully, I'll be bringing out more. 

What would you say kept you going through these points in your career?

The first thing that made me know I was in the right place was when I stood in front of 20,000 people at the 02 and they were singing Causing Trouble back to me and I was like, they can't mistakenly know my song, this is destined to happen, this is what I was made to do. And all the naysayers and bad vibes didn't make any sense anymore because God will not take me this far to make me meet you guys on the road to tell me that I can't be it, I am it. 

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So from there, my confidence started to boost and I went back into my craft to reforge the weapon and find myself. I stopped listening to some type of music and I started listening to very different sounds. I started reading books and digging deep and had series of therapy sessions cause I was going through some ill things mentally. 

And everything just makes too much sense by putting out Eclipse EP cause this is a new Oxlade, you can hear the pain, heartbreak, vulnerability. Eclipse is typically me letting you guys understand that it's a new phase and sound from Oxlade. 

What was growing up like and what inspired you to do music the way you do? 

First of all, it takes a winner and a fighter to survive the streets and also flourish and break out. Any artiste wey don make am naturally, I give dem the maximum respect because it takes not just talent but a lot of hard work and perseverance to even be anything you want to be, talk more of when the odds are against you because you come from the ghetto and nobody is there to support you. But I feel like the fact that I had no one to do that, triggered me to help myself cause I had to run away from the house when I dropped out of LASU in my final year and nobody was there to understand that. But I can't go back and write JAMB and nobody understood. Even my grandma who did couldn't say anything cause all her kids were all up on my neck like I was the bad egg in the family. 

So I had to run away and I moved to Ojahbee’s house-- that's my current manager slash producer and Naya’s house. I used to squat at theirs for like five days and then switch. And I used to work as the conductor at the BRT bus stop at Barracks, collecting and selling tickets and I also had a part-time job at a cyber cafe where I also sold time tickets. So it was me even trying to survive as a human being first, I didn't even care at that point in time, it was hard to eat and feed. But luckily for me, the people I found myself around, was associated with, were actually pivotal to my career cause Ojahbee is a producer, Naya is a video director. All of us were helping ourselves grow and right now, these people are actually now household names in the music industry. Naya is arguably one of the biggest directors in Nigeria and Africa so to say. He's been shooting for everybody, Naira Marley, David, myself, and is still aspiring to do more and in my opinion, Ojahbee is one of the most respected new school managers and producers in his generation. So everybody really helped themselves grow, we strengthened ourselves and our weaknesses and loyalty helped us grow as well. 

Your sound is very different, how did you discover your style of music? 

So at a point in my career, I wasn't making music so all I was doing was listening so I feel like when you want to find a new phase or layer about yourself, I feel like you should break yourself and do things you're not used to doing. I started listening to Enya. It's spiritual but not necessarily gospel. I also listened to a lot of Lauryn Hill, Mali Music, and Jon Bellion. 

My head was just torn into bits cause I was listening to all sorts down to Pasuma. And then when I was back to recording, I couldn't recognise myself. I just know that I bring out some weird sounds and melodies and I don't know where they're coming from. I realised that all these songs I've been listening to merged together in my art world to create what I'm putting out now. So I feel like it's what you consume that you'd put out.

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What of your upbringing? Was there anything that pushed you to do music? 

My mom died when I was three so I moved to my grandma's side and she is a musically inclined person and I picked that from her. I learned to sing from morning devotions, those worship songs we sing while we were half asleep. 

And we all sang acapella. One of my uncles is a gospel minister, Lanre Bishop, the other one is a pastor his name is Tunde Akerepo, the third one is a sound engineer that handles concerts and stuff. So I come from music and I always say that I started singing before I started singing. There's this throwback video that surfaced of me and 2Baba, this charity thing that I was a beneficiary of, an NGO that sponsored my schooling-- Change Your Life. They happened to put me and some other kids with 2Baba singing and the video blew up and everybody was trying to recognise who that kid was and it was Oxlade alongside 2Baba and this is like a 10-year-old video so even before I started doing music professionally, I've been grinding and enjoying what I'm doing and I didn't know I was going to make money off it. 

I wasn't even Oxlade then I was OH Boy or something. So literally the come-up has been the come-up. I passed through the process of being an upcoming artiste and being a developing artiste. 

All those places like Shrine where people went to perform, I carried CDs everywhere. But if I didn't do this, nothing else made sense. 

So when you made Mamiwota, could you tell that it would serve as a launching pad in your career?

I made the song when I wasn't even an artist so I didn't care about it when it came out. I wasn't even using my Twitter then. I met Blaqbonez through Alpha Ojini. He's the producer of Mamiwota and also a rapper. 

Back then, I was in this acapella group of all these people that serenaded lovers so from church, we'll go to his place to record. So one day, I just begged him, ‘Bros abeg make I just jump on one of your beats.’ I jumped on it, he liked it and luckily for me, Blaqbonez was on the song. He'd blown up back then because way back in school at Ife, he was a menace and then I was a Blaqbonez fanboy so having him on the song was quite special to me. Then having him message me like ‘Yo bro, who the fuck are you? Why do you sound this good? What's your problem in life? We have to make music if you sound this good.’ Everything was just a madness and the energy was pure and then we made Mamiwota. 

When he made Mamiwota, something happened within his management whereby they were saying the song wasn't ‘It’ enough and hip hop enough to make the project because they were trying to package Blaqbonez as the best rapper in Africa. 

So when he told me, that was the period I was grinding my ass out to even feed myself. He told me they weren't going to drop the song and I was like ‘Oya now no wahala.’ So when he later came to tell me that they were going to put it, I was like ‘Guy just leave me alone, run your p.’ And then when he put it out months after, he texted me that day saying Mamiwota is buzzing and I should check Twitter. And I was asking if I could make money off the app cause I needed money so bad so I thought it was one thing that'll bring money. Then I got on Twitter and saw BOJ, Reekado Banks, and everybody tweeting about me and my music. 

Let's go into the EP. It's love-centered yet titled Eclipse, what's the significance of the title?

They're four beautiful love songs that have different themes even if they're love songs. And the only normal love song on that project is More because Ojuju has insecurities, frustration, pain, reality, and transparency inside it. Then Pay Me speaks about reassurance-- it's the most reassurance-filled song after Davido's Assurance. If you're trying to reassure your babe or man and you're trying to get your point across, just play them Pay Me. So it's not necessarily an ‘I love you’ song it's an ‘I need you’ song and you're letting them know they're the one. So it's a different theme on love. 

I made Eclipse during the darkest moments of my whole life because I was home in Covid, there was nothing distracting me from observing my friends and the people I think were friends to me so it was quite mental but the only thing that brought light into my life were these particular songs I was making at this particular period of time. So after making this project, I’d already left that phase of darkness, it dawned on me that at every point of darkness, in every dark situation you are, there'd always be a beacon of light somewhere. Because every single time I was making these songs I was happy but generally, aside from the studio I was always sad and angry. That's why I named it Eclipse. So if you see the transition between the cover art of the Oxygene EP, I'm still floating, and I was in the clouds then but now the Eclipse has come to take over the clouds and now the aura looks like a darker person. I'm shirtless but still guarded and I look like I'm at the point where I wouldn't let anyone break me anymore. 

How would you describe the transition from Oxygene to Eclipse?

On Oxygene, I was a very pure boy, a genuine guy telling you that you're the air that he needs to survive. He was a very fragile boy that hadn't seen life and eaten breakfast. But when I was served the breakfast in bed (heartbreak) the kind of songs I was making changed. I mean when life happens to you, you have to happen to life too. It's a boy becoming a man. 

Would you say part of these feelings that fueled Eclipse was also the pressure to continue the streak you've been on? 

Nobody can pressure me and nothing can. After DKT last year, I didn't put out any songs because I wasn't happy, I hadn't found myself. I was making music and I have thousands of songs and when I'm ready to put out an album, I can comfortably put out an album but it was the timing and place I was mentally and how I feel about this project. 

So while I didn't put out musically personally, I also didn't have a silent year. Kolo was buzzing and if not for Feeling, it would have undoubtedly been the number one hip hop song. And any hip-hop song that'll beat those two are yet to come out. So after it started buzzing-- I put my own effort into promoting it, and then the whole rap game just decided to put out the songs they have with me since I'm buzzing. So the song with M.I came out, the song with Zoro and Sarkodie came out and everyone was like ‘Okay it's him.’

So I was giving everyone the time to take that in and also I was finding myself during months cause the last time I put out music-- DKT, was September last year. So I put out the video this year because I was finally ready.

And my project, my label didn't rush me, and were just hoping I'd get myself back together. And when I told them I was ready to put out music, everyone was happy. Artists that are pressured, you can hear this from drastic changes in their sound but my sound isn't changing, I'm merely finding new parts of me, you'll even notice that my lyrics, I don't use too much grammar so the layman can understand it. 

Before your hip-hop run, you had a streak of singles with DJs and producers like Causing Trouble and Angelina, would you say this is a formula to launch your artistry?

Definitely, strategic collaborations is Oxlade. I think I'm the most featured artiste in my set. It's like I drop music every Friday with guys but I feel like it's a strategic thing to do. For instance, there's a song buzzing in the streets titled Frenemies-- Rexxie featuring Oxlade. I can't drop Frenemies and also Eclipse at the same time. So I use these producers to put out some songs that I can't personally put out a period of time because Eclipse was already scheduled and probably Frenemies is doing bonkers in the studio hard drive and we feel the need to put out a song asap so Rexxie decided how about I put this song on my album and I push it while you push Eclipse and everybody wins. I have to have personal trust with anybody I give my hook these days cause people have promised me heaven and Earth and didn't do anything to the hooks I gave them and you have to bring your market plan and if I trust you, you can fly with the song but majorly, we're helping each other grow and tapping into our fanbase. 

So these features, how do they work out? What's the process? 

It happens anyway. I could even give them the hook and the beats for them to go and do the verses or they could send me the hook to sing it. For example, African Girl Bad by Zoro was written all by him, I just sang what he gave me to sing. 

For Kolo, Ice Prince gave me a song, I did the song then I sent him Kolo cause I was working with Edgarboi in the studio when he sent it to me. So I recorded it then I made another one and sent it to him. He'd sent me something in his style so I sent him something that would connect more to the new school and I'm happy that he trusted me enough to put it out. 

What of the collab with DJ Coublon on Eclipse and how did you decide on the sound direction of the EP?

I didn't make it more than four so I don't overuse the newness and freshness of the sound. I was going to Coublon’s place the day that police caught me under Ojuelegba bridge. I've been recording Eclipse since last year August so all these dark periods were when I was making it and he was the only one that understood me at that point in time. Anytime I'm down, I just call him like ‘Bro wassup? My mind is heavy, I need to come and say things.' And he would be there for me and I feel like we still have more to give you guys. We've made a lot of songs that we're even asking ourselves why we made the EP just 4 songs. But Coublon and I are going to be here for a very long time. 

Eclipse was put out in conjunction with Troniq Music, and we've always thought Oxlade was an indie act, are you signed to them? 

Troniq is not a label but a management and I'm still an indie artiste. (This will help to clarify the relationship we have.) It's a collective group of people, me, my guys, and some egbons trying to achieve greatness through the brand Oxlade. There's nothing ghen ghen-ish or official, it's just me and my guys trying to make money. 

What is the one thing other than capital that is the biggest issue you face while trying to navigate the industry as an indie artiste?

Cabal, godfatherism, and ass-kissing. There are caucuses, circles, and godfathers that want their ass kissed and there are some gatekeepers that use veto power, and over here, you have to know somebody to be somebody and you have to have your connections and roll with a certain set of people. And you have to please some people's ego before you can even break out. So I feel like we need more good people and more actual genuine love than fake love which is rampant. 

You're presently throwing a spanner into that...

It was hard but I'm one of the lucky boys that got out of the streets. I got a message from one of my friends last week and he was like "Yo Oxlade, thank you for achieving it men, and making us understand that it's possible regardless. Thank you for doing everything I wanted to do." And this is an egbon that I used to look up to that I wanted to be like as an artiste. It hit me differently cause it's actually really hard to come out of the ghetto so it gives me more motivation to want to be bigger. Because the bigger you are, the happier and more motivated they are to break these boundaries the same way I'm trying to do it. 

Going back to your music, how do you continue to get inspiration to make songs about love from different perspectives? 

Different experiences with love. Am I in love? No, am I seeing someone right now? No. I'm solely into music right now and I just finished healing from one situation, I'm not willing to dive back in but literally, everything I sing about is personally related and from true experiences and I get paid to create art. 

Also, the lucky thing for me is that majority of these songs I sang were sung in the worst state of mind. I had series of breakdowns when I was making Ojuju, I cried like three times and took breaks so I'm an undiluted artiste. 

I had had a massive fallout with the person I was seeing then and I just called Coublon immediately so his availability too also helped out with processing the emotions. 

You were in Paris to perform at the launch of a new store for Off-white by Virgil Abloh, how did that transpire and how was the experience for you?

So the Off-white thing is one of the things I went to do in France. I didn't get invited directly by them to come cause I had to go to France to expand my music. It felt great meeting Virgil, he's a wonderful guy and Off-white is family to me. And another side of me people are going to see is the fashion side cause I'm big on that and I'm very articulate with my fashion, down to the ink on my skin. 

I plan my brand and everything else and it's articulately constructed so I'm dabbling into the fashion world a little bit. 

I might act-- I can act and one of these days I might just audition for a cast or just put it out there that I want to kill the screen but that's by the way and not a priority. So, music, fashion, acting, and I'll also love to own an NGO. 

During the lockdown era, Away was huge then but you couldn't go out to perform. How were you able to deal with that feeling?

I wasn't able to deal with it I was frustrated cause I never expected it. And the thing is, my homies, everyone was dropping albums and projects and killing it. I was so happy for them and when it was time for me to push my own stuff and enter the spotlight, Covid just comes and decides to bully me and I'm like ‘Why me? What exactly did I do wrong to the universe?’ And then I call my grandma frustrated and she said “For you shall thrive even in chaos.” That's the line she told me, I don't know where she got it from in the Bible but I held on to that light and that was what kept me going in terms of optimism and then I just started seeing my song chart. The only thing I had then was Instagram live, there was nothing to do. Series of Instagram Live and Zoom interviews. I talked, all my mouth wanted to tear but it was part of the promo and part of the grind and I felt good about it and on the other hand, my numbers were going mad on all my DSPs and I didn't even understand where these numbers were coming from but I was buzzing. My social media was going bonkers and any little content I post, everyone is crazy about it. I call Oxygene a miracle project. 

So what's one thing you want people to know and take away from Eclipse? 

I hope y'all know I'm still healing from the songs I made and I gave everyone a lifeline on how to win their babes back even they have fallouts. Just send them all the songs except Ojuju. In every song there is a love tool. I call Eclipse a love tool because it mends everything; bitterness, sorrow. You can hear Ojuju and be holding your babe tight thinking about how you're scared about falling in love. But the sad part is that the person mending relationships is not in one but it's the price I have to pay.

So we have the Eclipse EP now, what next for Oxlade?

I never say what's next. I didn't even tell you guys I was dropping an EP, I just did. After the visuals of Ojuju, I'll be shooting everything, it's Oxlade season because I'm putting out more music this year. 

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Nigerian talented rappers Psycho YP, Alpha Ojini, Barrylanes, and Legendarystlyes kicked off the first episode EP1 of 2021 Hennessy Cypher with fiery bars today, September 21st 2021.

Pyscho YP & Alpha Ojini

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PsychoYP

Psycho YP - Hennessy Artistry 2021 Cyphers

Nicholas Ihua-Maduenyi, popularly known as PsychoYP is a Nigerian Trap/Hip-Hop artiste who has garnered a large underground hip-hop fan base of new age music lovers in Nigeria. Born and raised in Abuja, his rap career started in 2016 with the release of his “Lost in The Sauce” EP. The multi-faceted artist has a diverse sound that cuts across the trap, rap, grime, R&B and hip-hop. As one of Nigeria’s fastest-rising rappers, he featured on over 34 released songs in 2020, making him the most featured artist in Nigeria of 2020.

His sophomore mixtape “YPSZN2”, which he released in 2019 was nominated for “Best Rap Album” at the 14th Headies Awards. His music catalog has achieved over 15 million streams across all digital platforms independently and his biggest singles include “OGA (remix)” featuring YCEE, Dremo & Blaqbonez, and “National Anthem”. Aptly crowned the Fresh Prince of Nigerian Rap, PsychoYP is charting his way to the top in the new wave of urban music, breaking barriers in Nigeria and beyond.

We can’t wait to hear him on the Hennessy Artistry Cypher 2021!

Instagram: @Psychoyp

Alpha Ojini

Alpha Ojini - Hennessy 2021 Cyphers

Ebuka Alex Ojini-Ntamere who goes by the stage name Alpha Ojini, is a Nigerian musical artiste who wears the many hats of a rapper, producer. and sound engineer. He released his first studio project "No Silence", a self-produced 10-track project in 2010. This was followed in 2011 by another 10-track project "The Road to R.U.S.H", consisting only of covers of popular songs; he recorded this entire project in a 4-hour session, which is mind-blowing. In 2014. Alpha released his third body of work, a 6-track self-produced EP titled "My Own Horns: The JazzRap Project". In 2019, he released his highly anticipated rap album, “Chvmeleon”, which has gone on to have over 2 million streams on major music platforms across the world. He has worked with major acts such as MI, Blaqbonez, Hotyce, Oxlade, Ycee, and PsychoYP. His mentor in the industry is MI and he has close affiliations with rapper, Hotyce and singer, Oxlade. Alpha promises to be cold on this year’s Hennessy Artistry Cypher! 

Instagram: @Alpha_ojini

Legendary Styles

Legendary Styles - Hennessy Cyphers 2021

Onwusonye Samuel Ikokwu, also known as Legendary Styles, is a rapper & singer, born and raised in Imo state. He started music at a very tender age when he used various instruments which he heard on his SEGA game console to sing and rap. He had recorded several songs but didn’t release any till 2021, when he decided to make music a priority. His first released track gained huge success, and with that he was determined to take over the music scene introducing a new genre of music “Afro-Drill”. He demonstrates these talents and diversity in his lead single “Loose Guard (I see, I saw)”, complemented by his catchy dance to go with the song. Legendary Styles stays true to his style in every song by rapping in both English and Igbo. 

We certainly can’t wait to see how he brings Afro Drill to the Hennessy Artistry Cypher 2021!

Instagram: @Legendary_styles_

Barrylane

Barry Lane - 2021 Cyphers

Ogunlana Oluwasegun Obaro, popularly known by stage name Barrylane, began his rap career at age 12. He grew up listening to Notorious BIG, DMX, and Snoop Dogg, who inspired his love for rap music, and he decided to explore this vibrant art form. He took part in street rap battles with his friends, where he subsequently grew his rap skills. Barrylane burst onto the scene after winning the 2018 Hennessy Artistry VS Class, and attributes most of his success to that. Now, he gets his inspiration from listening to Kendrick Lamar, Eminem and Kanye West, and their different styles have helped him in discovering his. 

We already know that Barrylane brings the fire, and we can’t wait to see him on the 2021 Hennessy Artistry Cypher!

Instagram: @Therealbarrylane

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The Cyphers will run over a 3-week period and will air on YouTube @HennessyNigeria every Tuesday from September 21st. You can also catch the Hennessy Cyphers on Trace Naija, DSTV channel 325.

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Vector, M.I & Ladipoe

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Before diving into Show Dem Camp's Clone Wars Vol 5 - The Algorhythm Album Review, here's a quick back story: When M.I Abaga released You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Lives in October 2017, it inspired call-outs from a slew of Nigerian MCs. The records ranged from confrontational to introspective, gathering into a mood familiar to listeners who still keep an ear out for rap-related news. It's true that a high percentage of rappers haven't hacked the onus of creating music in the post-streaming era. It's also true that whatever qualifies as a Hip Hop culture in Nigeria is strained by structural flaws and rappers, with little funding and big egos, rappers have rarely reached the zenith of scene dominance, let alone on a national level. However in the past decade, there have been a select few who are unarguably great: M.I Abaga, Reminisce, Phyno, Ice Prince, and Olamide, whose continued reach for pop mastery is highlighted in UY Scuti, his ninth solo album. 

The Album Cover for Clone Wars Vol. 5 - The Algorhythm

There's another name in that class: Show Dem Camp. Since making their project debut with the 2010 tape Clone Wars 1, the duo of Tec and Ghost have owned a unique space in Nigerian music, expressing commercial awareness through the Palm Wine tapes, holding three consecutive festivals, and pulling together a community of young creators and committed fan bases. 

Rhyming together for the better part of two decades, the duo has distilled their distinct souls into one, creating rap music that sounds nothing like anyone else. The bars are spiced with metaphors and relatable anecdotes, the beats epic, like the score of a superhero flick. These are the founding principles of the Clone Wars series, and four tapes say they’re great principles—blueprints, if we’re being honest. Small yarns and big observations meet, the core fans are saluted via code speak (“bang-bang” and “chappie” being prominent terms) and Nigeria, finally, can be discussed outside of blatant mockery or emotional tirades. 

The first day of 2019 saw the release of These Buhari Times, a focused project which set the standard for rap releases that year. The pandemic necessitated a break from their prolific streak but even then they managed  That Year, a solemn classic cut from the fondest of memories. Fans craved new music. Seven months into 2021, the rappers have responded with fifteen tracks, again putting their impeccable discography to test. 

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After a speech opens Clone Wars Vol 5 - The Algorhythm, the tape rides out to YKTV, where the rappers are in their braggadocio mood while staying heady about civil issues. “Put on my covid mask, go murder a track,” roars Ghost on the hook, heading into the record with the might of a jaguar. Tec is as lively as a party's host, rapping about being “like Sango on the beat, I’m cooking up a storm.” The record recalls the mood-setting intent of Savage and gets you quickly interested in what the rest of the tape has to offer. 

A quality that's been present in Show Dem Camp is their ability to create big moments on tracks, and they continue to do so here. FOCUS AND DRIVE, sees them perusing the deathly state of Nigeria and how one’s career is the likeliest escape from its rigors. “Climbing on these ladders of success, taking it one step at a time/two lions versus a hundred sheep, omo I like those odds,” raps Ghost, stirring imagery of himself and his rap partner united against all the fakes. On TYCOON, the rappers paint celebrity profiles on a beat that screams for Falz. They're pensive on NEW NORM, set by ominous, twinkly keys and clapping percussions. "Feel like Rotimi Amaechi, I want all the smoke," vows Ghost, taking on subjects many would rather have silenced. "And when they say 'tribe' I mean like minds," Tec clarifies in his verse, stabbing at a sensitive element towards national (dis)integration. 

Themselves, they uphold the vision of uniting creative communities and that commitment influences the music process. On The Algorithm, the presence of collaborators props the narrative in zesty fashion, leading to a higher replay value. Ladipoe arrives ALIGN like a guest pastor, baptized in truth and fire. Set up by a Tec verse, he preaches the record’s uber-aware message, speaking to anyone doubting their potential for greatness (“sometimes your alter ego is the truest identity”) and ending his verse by crafting a relatable bar that plays on the record’s title (“even mechanics know that there’s no drive without alignment”). The trio of Ogranya, Alpha Ojini and Moss deliver fitfully on STREETS, a somber record that captures the multilayered issues plaguing the Nigerian society. Alpha’s fierce verse is brilliant, relaying a common frustration captured in the cheeky line “they see rappers when they see the youths.” MOJO, a beloved rapper in underground circles, gets a rare opportunity on TYCOON to spaz alongside the veteran Reminisce and he jumps at it, his verse blending a gritty Trap-reliant tone and youthful observations that elevate the mafioso-esque production. The host rappers are their starkest on HUMAN, complemented by Tomi Owo’s soulful vocals on the stirring hook. Fusing the meaning behind ‘human’ and ‘woman,’ they speak against gender-based violence on wax, as opposed to musicians who wouldn’t share a single tweet. “Shame on us/fellow men, the blame’s on us/Cos we keep raising cowards that can’t contain raw lust,” raps Ghost, critical of the patriarchy. “Miseducation demand that we heighten our senses/the struggle involves fighting all kinds of oppression.” In his verse, Tec blends history and perspective: “I’m hoping maybe my generation would be the change/‘cos our elders came and talked a good game but all have failed/so from my little corner I shall vent, speak power to truth and pray I don’t relent/we need to do it now, no more sitting on the fence/we need to realize our queens are really our greatest strength.”

The pair of Shalom Dubas and Tomi Thomas makes the most of their contributions as well. Dubas, on DRAW ME CLOSE raps with a distinct smoothness that underscores her talent, running a most impressive rhyme scheme all verse long. Terming her lyricism a “tec 9 in the shape of a mouth,” she promises a verbal onslaught from which competitors won’t survive. Thomas, whose Hopeless Romantic EP is an adequate demo for his musical skills, excellently contributes his Raggae edge on two tracks, minting melodious resistance on pre-album single RISE OF THE UNDERDOGS 2 and on VIPERS, where he’s joined by the reclusive Jesse Jagz who sounds more perceiving than he's been in a while: “Mama did you miss me/heard niggas dissed me/mind of a king, heart of a gypsy/I know that material things do not enrich me.”  

The success of the series rests, as much, on production as it does the lyrics and features. These Buhari Times were modeled sparsely, built on Spax's deep-rooted signature drums. As opposed to that tightly controlled effort, the creation room for Show Dem Camp's New Album, Clone Wars Vol. 5 - The Algorhythm opens for gifted producers like Kid Konnect, T.U.C, Toyin Ores, Sichangi, and Inem Usoro, whose incorporation of Dancehall, electronic music and Trap builds on the tape's Hip Hop foundation; and Spax’s engineering of all sixteen tracks succeeds at cohesion. 

Skits on 'The Algorhythm' Album

Complementing the beats are skits that are stitched along, imbibing the narrative with an outlier perspective. A fictional character who might (or might not be) based on a black billionaire, Big Liko, had introduced the project with a faux-caring speech delivered amidst the backdrop of cinematic chords and light percussions. Dialing in five tracks later on BIG LIKO (SKIT), his voice is familiar and tense enough to arouse genuine interest in his dealings (which, rather humorously, is about his nude picture floating the cyberspace). On BIG DREAM (SKIT) a character with a pronounced accent leads another monologue. He looks on every morning from his window, seeing Nigerians “thriving, innovating coming up with new ideas and only one thought crosses my mind—here he takes a pensive pause—how can I crush their dream today?” 

Since CW3: The Recession standout Respect My Name when Tec rapped “this is what you get when you mix Fela with The Blueprint, referencing JAY-Z’s 2001 album, Show Dem Camp hasn’t denied that the Clone Wars series serve a double function: to flaunt supreme rap skill while speaking to the issues of contemporary Nigeria, frustrating as its politics can be. Their handling of light and heavy is just perfect, and one of the best games2 given on The Algorhythm happens to be on ALIGN: “forget December mehn, just Detty all year round.” 

With every release including  Clone Wars Vol 5 - The Algorhythm, Show Dem Camp has flowed like the best of wines and here, their powers bring transcendence to their subjects, and with a roomful of creatives burning with desire to continue the tradition of a most iconic series, they’ve dug into produce an enduring project that speaks with heart and tact, at all times. 

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Best New Music is our weekly roundup of songs to listen to. On the latest installment of "Best New Naija Music", we cover hot releases across the Afrobeats & Nigerian music scene, including Omah Lay, Bella Shmurda, Show Dem Camp, Reminisce, The Cavemen, and more.

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Best New Naija Music Week 26

Omah Lay - Understand

Nigerian wonder-kid, Omah Lay is the first entry for this week's Best New Naija Music. He fulfills his promise by delivering on this Tempoe-produced track titled 'Understand'.

Reminisce ft. Westsyde - Hello E

High-profile Nigerian rapper, Reminisce collaborates with Westsyde to deliver a brand new Afro-Pop tune entitled, 'Hello E.'

Bella Shmurda - High Tension 2.0

Fast-rising singer Bella Shmurda finally delivers the 8-track second volume of his highly regarded 'High Tension' EP. Bella's sophomore EP, is a fusion of his signature street sound and resonating conscious message.

Show Dem Camp - Clone Wars V: The Algorhythm

Dynamic Nigerian Hip-Hop duo, Show Dem Camp released the fifth volume of their Clone Wars series titled 'The Algorhythm'. The new album houses 15 impressive records and it features various music artists from different zones of the country, the likes of Reminisce, Jesse Jagz, Tomi Thomas, Alpha Ojini to name a few.

Adekunle Gold ft. Lucky Daye - Sinner

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Adekunle Gold teams up with American singer, Lucky Daye to release this brand new single titled, 'Sinner'. Just like his previous records, AG Baby never disappoints, all on target, no misses.

Phyno - Bia

Highly rated Nigerian rapper Phyno links up with veteran music producer, Masterkraft to release this brand new gospel single dubbed 'Bia'. The duo who created 'Egbon', one of the buzzing records in the country at the moment, join forces to create another banger.

The Cavemen - Selense

Nigerian highlife duo The Cavemen have released yet another perfect palm wine joint music with this soothing tune titled 'Selense'. The mid-tempo highlife tune was produced by the duo themselves, with guitars from Segun Adegbamigbe while the song was written by The Cavemen and Mercy Okorie.

Dr Dolor ft. Buju - Baba Nla

Music Executive and Artiste Dr Dolor has teams up with buzzing Nigerian singer Buju to deliver this new single titled 'Baba Nla'. As expected, Buju dominated the song with his talent, excellently delivering his verse and as well playing a part on the hook.

Bracket ft. Rudeboy - Let's Go

Dynamic Nigerian duo Bracket combines force with veteran singer-songwriter Rudeboy on their latest piece titled, 'Let's Go'. Produced by rising beatmaker Jaynunny, 'Let's Go' serves as Bracket's first official single for the year, following the release of their previous record, 'African Woman.'

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And there you have it for this week on Best New Naija Music this week with Omah Lay, Bella Shmurda, Show Dem Camp, Reminisce, The Cavemen, and others.

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Moelogo

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The singing star, Moelogo, has unveiled the official tracklist for his incoming project, a total of eleven tracks which features a total number of ten artistes, both local and international.

The project dubbed 'ItheEP' is slated to drop on the 30th of July 2021 and the list of featured artistes includes: Adekunle Gold, LAX, The Cavemen, Alpha Ojini, QDOT, Bella Shmurda, Ria Sean, Krishane, Reekado Banks & Laycon.

Announcing the tracklist in the wee hours of Monday 12th of July 2021, the singer thanked everyone that worked with him on the project, also imploring his fans to pre-add the project so they can be the first to listen to it when it drops. He wrote:

TRACKLIST FOR #ITheEP

A big shoutout to everyone who is a part of this project. Every song means something different to me & I cannot wait to share with you all. From the features, production to the team. I appreciate every one of you. Magic has been created.

30/07/21

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The incoming 'ItheEP', is the final part of the trilogy project he decided to work on, having earlier dropped two parts- 'Me-EP' & 'Myself-EP' last year- all of which are projects that reflect the life of the singer and songwriter.

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Best New Music: May D ft. Davido - Lówó Lówó Remix

Best New Music is our weekly roundup of fresh songs you ought to listen to.

Patoranking – Abule

"Abule" is the latest song of Patoranking, a record which marks a sonic return to his roots. Vibrant and produced by the genius Telz, "Abule" will soundtrack many fun gatherings and galala dance moves. It's also the first single off Patoranking's forthcoming album Three.

Reminisce – Gbedu

Last week, veteran Nigerian rapper Reminisce put out the anticipated Vibes and Insha Allah EP (I reviewed it here) to great acclaim. "Gbedu" is a standout off that excellent project, a record on which Reminisce flexes lyrical prowess while patenting the Street Hop vibe he's famed for.

Remy Baggins & Ejoya ft. Psycho YP & MOJO – Gboju!

Remy Baggins is what one would term a glue for young creatives: he's worked with almost every of his peers and his vision has been lauded more than once. "Gboju!," a collaboration with distribution and marketing outfit Ejoya features the duo of MOJO and Psycho YP, two rappers known for relentless lyricism and energy. Produced by Telz, this superstar lineup was sure to produce a banger and "Gboju!" is one hell of a banger.

DJ Tunez ft. Wizkid – Cool Me Down

Over the years DJ Tunez and Wizkid have joined forces to deliver great vibes and "Cool Me Down" is no exception, a frenetic single paced by Wizkid's serenading over the percussion-based instrumental. With a forthcoming single featuring Omah Lay and Wizkid, DJ Tunez is definitely making all the right moves this year.

May D ft. Davido – Lówó Lówó (Remix)

May D, after getting signed to DMW, returns with the remix to his latest song, featuring his new label boss. An infectious bop realized by casual Pon Pon percussions and piano keys, Davido affirms May D desire for wealth, combining to great effect like they did years before on a couple of cult classics.

Alpha Ojini ft. Moelogo – Chorister

Alpha Ojini is one of the most consistent performers in Nigeria, making music for himself as well as a number of artists whose trust he's earned with his ear for quality sounds. On "Chorister," he makes the lively production of warm drums and keys come together with Moelogo's fine vocals and Alpha's endearing wit and lyricism, as they sing of a woman's attention and what they might offer too.

Jaido P & Olamide – Tesina Pot

Every so often a song comes by to show us badly we miss our nightclubs and this record is one of such. A pulsating song bursting with dance moves, Jaido P and Olamide deliver an ode to the streets, to which this song must return and be adored.

OG Magiq – More Life

A soulful rendition, OG Magiq –a promising young artist– takes the life route in his new single. Singing over a beat paced by infusions of everyday Nigerians soliloquizing, OG Magiq spins a tale around life's worries but capping it off to a positive end and praying for more life, more time for one to achieve greatness. It's a song every dream chaser will appreciate going into the first week of a new month.

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Governor of Africa ft. Bella Shmurda & DJ Neptune – Good Life

Bella Shmurda is one of the most exciting Nigerian talents around; on this record, his energetic style is settled into similar production, complete with drums and a floating trumpet. DJ Neptune provides the adlibs and direction he's known to provide and this record's the better for it.

Nissi – BABALAWO

Nissi is an amazing musician. Over the years she's built a small group of followers, making great music while dabbling in myriad other interests. She recently put out an EP, IGNITE, a collection of seven songs and I'm loving "BABALAWO," which interpolates lyrics from her brother Burna Boy's "Smooth Sailing" to create a limitless sound sprung from Afrobeat.

Trill Xoe ft. Psycho YP & Alpha Ojini – How To Act 

This record sells itself as a good time, with the Trap bounce meeting ethereal keys to form base for each rapper's bars.

Samvsthekids ft. Teckzilla – NOT NEW

Samvsthekids has been on a great run, putting out a number of new music and on his latest, he touches base with the legendary producer Teckzilla of Str8buttah. "NOT NEW" features a menacing Trap production and Samvsthekids comes correct with his bars, efforts like these proving he's a voice in Nigerian Hip Hop to pay attention to.

Listen on Audiomack 

Crayon – Sometime

Mavin Records artist Crayon is full of an effervescence that wears itself proudly on his records. The Afro Pop talent has a knack for mid tempo bangers and "Sometime" is no different as he taps into that youthful vibe (his delivery here reminiscent of a younger Wizkid) to fashion an enjoyable experience.

Sam Smith ft. Burna Boy – My Oasis

When it was confirmed that Burna Boy was on the new Sam Smith record, many people –myself included– set about imagining what the record would sound like. "My Oasis," off a forthcoming Smith album, exceeded my own expectations, as Burna Boy briefly but powerfully owned his part of the slow burning R&B record.

Maleek Berry – Free Your Mind

Along with a host of new releases came a rare Maleek Berry project, Isolation Room, which he curiously calls a collection of songs rather than an EP. "Free Your Mind" is so far a personal favorite, featuring eclectic Highlife inspired production and a motivating story that urges one to try to live his or her best life, regardless of whatever existential crisis one was facing.

There you have it! This week's edition of Best New Music.

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An Overview: Best New Music

A lot of great songs –both singles and off-project cuts– was released over the past few days. Thus the need for our weekly Best New Music.

As usual, we've brought to you, a run-down of these songs. Fresh as they are.

Tiwa Savage – Dangerous Love

The new Tiwa record draws from the chant rhythms prolifically applied in Afrobeats. Her vocals is also present as she tells an interesting tale being in love.

Krizbeatz ft. Falz, Fuse ODG & Nancy – Ogede 

After last week's "African Time" (ft. Teni), Krizbeatz continues the run to his debut project. "Ogede" features great musical input from everyone. Especially Falz, whose humorous bars lead the record.

King Bernard – Doh

This laid back love-led jam is a proper definition of "vibe," with synths and percussions matching the vibrancy of King Bernard's personality, as shown on the record. "Doh" is produced by Shugavybz.

Solidstar ft. Ykeebenda – Every Time

The talented Solidstar just put out an EP, My Turn, from whence come this perfect song. "Every time wey I dey with you... I dey forget my self," he sings in this chill record which sounds like nothing you're listening to.

Sinach ft. Martin PK, Cliff M, Farlon Lyte, Bonny Andrews, Brian Kim, Soraya Moraes, Zefanate & Jeremy Innes – Always Win 

Since the world locked down, many people have purposefully tapped up the digital, to keep in touch and create music. "Always Win," Sinach's glorious new record, features incredible gospel musicians from around the world.

The Sarz Academy ft. Sarz & Wizkid – Hold Me

Memories That Last Forever is the project from The Sarz Academy, made of Sarz and young producers he mentored for a month in 2018. The tape features an interesting mix of established and young talent such as Dunnie, Dapo Tuburna, Tempoe, etc. "Hold Me" is (surely) a standout, because Sarz and Wizkid seldom make anything short of.

Listen to Memories That Last Forever on Boomplay. 

Sound Sultan ft. Duktor Sett – Fayaa Fayaa

The new record from the legend Sound Sultan is a reflective record, its gaze turned both inwards and outwards, threading a delicate connecting between both.

Zinoleesky – Mo Pariwo

Zino has put in a great impression since he was signed to Marlian Records in late 2019. His new record is a head-bumping song about a girl where, in a cheeky reference to loud sex, he says (on chorus) "I don't want your new neighbors to know my name." 

The Cavemen – Anita

While we wait for Sounds from the Cave (the debut album!), two-man urban Highlife group The Cavemen have a new record. Eclectic, as always, "Anita" is so enchanting a lady she get such reverence.

Wale Turner – Aje 

Talented rapper Wale Turner returns with "Aje," an impressionable single about Mr. Wale's aspirations, painting  pictures of him living the ideal life.

Sarkodie ft. E-40 – CEO FLOW 

GH's Obidi is one of the greatest African rappers to ever step up to a mic, and he doesn't pass up a chance to flaunt it. "CEO FLOW," which features American Hip Hop icon E-40, is laced in lines of braggadocio and of course, great flow from two icons.

Alpha Ojini ft. Paybac Iboro, Psycho YP, Zilla Oaks, Vader The Wildcard, Payper Corleone & Hotyce – Pop II

Super rapper and producer Alpha Ojini's "Pop" was off Chamelvon. For its remix, he features the best spitters around and from PayBac's brilliant introductory verse to Hotyce's menacing closer, every rapper on this possé comes correct. Shoutout to Alpha Ojini for assembling such a squad. 

Amaarae – LEAVE ME ALONE

Amaarae knows the texture of her soothing vocals, and flaunts. Her latest song, coming after a series of clamouring from fans, is "LEAVE ME ALONE," which, like many of her records, charts its course in the Love terrain.

Ladipoe ft. Teni – Lemme Know (Remix) 

Mavin Records artist Ladipoe has enjoyed a splendid year. To further put the poetic in his grasp, Teni, who he mentions in "Lemme Know" ('Your sugar mummy on my case like Teni') jumps on the remix of the track, leveraging her unique vocals to infuse freshness into the record, spitting a few bars herself.

There you have it; this week's edition of Best New Music.

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