Sauce Kid - Edondemadt [REVIEW]

Sauce kid, restoring the feel of humour into the system that is Nigerian hip hop with this joint, reminiscent of a number of retro tracks including Big Lo's Delicious, Olu maintain's Catch cold and various pieces by trybesmen.

This track was first played at a Nigerian Dj's summer jam in Houston earlier this year and the crowd went berserk possibly due to the 'jollof effect' the song generates of humour and bliss.

"Edondemadt" is an assortment of abusive idioms used today by secondary school students and bankers alike as weapons during verbal brawls between livid parties. Produced by iKon, this track is not only humerous, it is an album recur, and that equals a hit in any equation.

P.S.  Anyone know what sinzu means??

2 Shotz - I AM WILLIAM [ReViEW]

"I am William", the second single off Mr. Orioha, William's self titled album featured M.I. producer and songwriter to describe his existence with his recently crafted slogan "The definition of longevity". This self imposed claim can be consented because 2shotz has been -killing us-with hit after hit since his induction into the industry in 1992 from solo to trio (trybez men) and back to solo. He is a pioneer of the Nigerian hip hop industry and this song is used as a means to jog our memories.

Mr William is one of the few veterans with complete understanding of  the problem of scarcity in the entertainment industry and he meets our demands with every track which is the primary reason behind his durability. Over the past decade, our music industry has been flocked with a number of fast paced hits and 2shotz has toned it down, an excellent choice for this brief period of 'dullin'.

M.I. and DJ Tee producer and director respectively, did justice to 2shotz story telling ability by using the streets of Lagos as an arena to mirror his roots and sculpt his image as a hip hop hall of famer. This tune can be coined DANFO music in many ways because of its tempo and L.a.G feel which every Nigerian can relate with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSTv0cOFcew&feature=player_embedded#!
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Waje - For a minute [REVIEW]

For the first time in my 10 reviews, I have been rendered 'critiqueless' by the result of a Nigerian music video and have found a true reason to complete a review without negligible feelings of paranoia. What I cant find however, are the right words to describe the -flawlessness- of this project.

It starts off with a 60 second intermission leaving eager viewers in suspense. At this point, I went from an irritated to impressed state as it came to my realisation that the wait was synonymous with the title.

Waje was responsible for the potent vocals behind P-square's "Do Me" so it is no surprise that she was once again able to convey the songs message using her resonating super powers to decorate ones flesh with goosebumps.

"For a minute" can compete on an international scale as the quality, production, vocal range, video storyline and editing are all on point. I see Waje winning a Grammy or VMA 'best African act' for this piece and I am proud to be Nigerian in advance.

Look out people!! Waje and Banky W are co-conspirators and together they intend to revive R'n'B.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IczCu1ZRTo
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eLDee - Ota Mi ft LKT [REVIEW]

This tune defines a 'hit' in every context and the duo appear to have used the 'hit' cheat code rather effectively to create this track which came equipped with catchy repetitive loops, a dance (performed towards the end which I admittedly attempted) and brain adhesives in the form of sing along subtitles used throughout the video to unlock the party rider in all of us.

The video seems to have been excluded from the code however, as it left the non-Yoruba speaking community in bewilderment. Regardless of how catchy the song is, it would have been more enjoyable if the video was used as a medium to depict the songs meaning since the track was recorded entirely in his mother tongue.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q_sq7GVrQQ