So many things have happened recently
and like that D’Banj meme, ‘I just dey
observe’. I decided to speak up on certain
things though so here we go…
10. Fefe
If you’re still sleeping on supadupafefe, I
can’t blame you. I slept on her for a few
months too. Thankfully, I have seen the
errors of my ways. Her single ‘Aura’ has
been out for a bit and she’s got a new one
out soon. I do hope she shoots a video for
‘Aura’ though. One of those cool videos.
9. Yemi Alade
You are of course, definitely not sleeping
on Yemi Alade. This young lady aka,
Brown Barbie has put a lot of work in this
year. From tours, to singles to
performances. BUT! There does seem to
be a but right?
Personally, I think it’s the songs that has
been the problem. They haven’t really
been pop enough. And I’ve done the 5 year
old test. If my niece can’t sing along to a
song, it’s not pop enough. Her new single,
‘Johnny’ seems to be one foot in the door
though and I’m hoping she’d have more
new ‘pop’ songs so she can finally sit on
that throne she deserves!
8. Praiz and Awilo Longomba
O no he didn’t! O yes he did!
Praiz is kind of that 007 artiste. Suit and
Tie, shaken not stirred. And we love the
ballads and love songs. He has dabbled
with dance tunes before but none have
been as catchy as his 007 songs. When I
first heard he worked with Awilo, I was like,
‘listen first, critique later’. Twitterverse had
crucified him already though.
Here’s my thing. Remember Iyanya? Dude
pounded the pavement with ‘love truly’ and
love songs till he got tired, lifted some
weight and kukered his way into
endorsements and mansions. Sad truth is,
as consumers, we are just not as
supportive of non-naija-pop songs as we
are of kukerism so till we can put up, we
may need to shut up…
7. Rukus
Now here, I’m entering dangerous territory.
I love the dude. He’s got blue eyes that
can make any girl weak in the knees and
he is a mean rapper; I wouldn’t advise you
to battle him. Unless you’re Godwon .
But I do wish people would know him more
for his songs like ‘Stay Fresh’ than ‘The
List’ and taking on poor Saeon on
twitter. #JustSaying
6. And speaking of Saeon…
So there I was on Thursday minding my
business when twitter suddenly became
the hottest place ever.
Summary- Saeon , a singer-songwriter,
spoke her mind concerning Victoria Kimani
(your mixtape is crap) and BlackMagic
(you didn’t give me credit for writing most
of ‘repete’).
Now let’s be honest, we all have all these
opinions and views about people in the
entertainment industry but there is an
unspoken rule- artistes can’t badmouth
fellow artistes, oaps can’t badmouth fellow
oaps, writers can’t badmouth fellow
writers, actors can’t badmout fellow
actors… You see the pattern right?
Saeon has since apologised which I think
cheapened the whole fire, and big kudos
to Victoria Kimani for never tweeting even
a sub… I love Saeon though. #JustSaying
5. Don Jazzy .v. Wande Coal
And how can we mention twitter wars
without mentioning Don Jazzy’ s
messages to Wande Coal, not as direct
messages, but in an open timeline. And
Wande’s somewhat emotional responses.
I read between the lines, those tweets
were more than just about ‘Babyface’, they
were about a lot of pain and suppressed
feelings. People say Don Jazzy should not
have taken to twitter to address that
particular grievance. I say sometimes you
just have to. Either way, until I know the
full story, I’m with DBanj’s meme on this
one- ‘I just dey observe’
4. Brymo .v. Chocolate City
To this, I’d say, a contract is a contract is
a contract.
The law won’t force you to work with
someone you don’t want to work with any
longer, but you must make some kind of
restitution. Brymo is a brilliant talent and
Chocolate City a good label, so I hope
instead of injunctions and tweets, we get
both parties in a room, put pride and anger
aside, and come to an agreement that
everyone can work with.
You know what they say, when two giants
(label and artiste) fight, the grass
(audience) suffers. We are done suffering
abeg. #JustSaying
3. Artiste of the Year
I sat with Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi and
Korebrown recently and we spoke a lot
about music in 2013.
We tried to decide who the artiste of the
year was and quite a few names ( Tiwa
Savage, Wizkid, IcePrince, Olamide,
Omawumi, Burna Boy ) came up. One name
featured on all our lists and he’s my
number 2 moment!
2. Olamide
Badddooooooo
I’ll put it out there now- I’m in the army,
the Baddo army. You can just go ahead
and call me Baddolina.
1. Chris Hemsworth Thor
This has nothing to do with Nigeria and
Nigerian entertainment, but I’m writing this
as I’m watching the second instalment
and *fans self*… The moment when Chris
Hemsworth (Thor) and Jane meet is
EPIC #JustSaying
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