The Motherland Boys, Ishmael Morabe (aka Ishmiza) and Lesley Mampe (aka Da L.E.S), have grown over the past few years in the African scene amongst there African Hip Hop counterparts. They are back this time around with a slamming single they titled - Diva. This has come as a result from their recent T.V. concept they called - Jozi Moving City.
“The Moving City”, the show saw Jozi visit several villages in an attempt to find an authentic traditional sound. Jozi member Da Les told SowetanLive that during the show, a song would be created that reflects the sound of the chosen village, and it would be included in a compilation.
The show consists of 13 parts, and it would be aired toward the end of 2011. A second season of the show is planned, which would see the group travel to other African countries, such as Ghana and Nigeria, to discover “the roots of the motherland’s sound”.
Enjoy their new single 'Diva', behind the scenes and a snippet of Moving the City...
Jozi- Diva
Jozi Diva Video Behind The Scenes With ETV's Club808
The Lynxxx And Friends Campus Tour Diary finally hits the web. Here, we see Lynxxx storm Ilorin alongside Ikon, DJ Zeez, Sauce Kid, Tiwa Savage, A1 and other artistes as the 1st leg of the Campus tour kicks off.
Lynxxx, a PEPSI ambassador, has been rising steadily over the past 18 months. Now we get a chance to get a bit closer to “Mr Utunu”. You’ll enjoy watching all 3 videos below and just after that his popular Change your parade and Alabukun hit videos.
In the last six months these two artists have swept news room across Africa and beyond, with breath taken jams, collabos and award shows. Recently been nominees in the on-going Channel O Music Awards 2011, these acts have proven that they can make your music playlist update worthy.
Haven received different opinions about what they have to offer, especially from an audition I just concluded with non-Africans, it is paramount to note that the best is yet to come with them. When 2face was asked in a recent interview if he has works with D’banj since they were BET winners he said they’ve got alot. Here is one of them titled “Feeling Good”. Dope track i must say. This is 2face ft D’banj.
Channel O Music Video Awards have arguably become the pace-setters for Africa's Music Video Awards. It has been in existence since 2003. The awards represent and support music from artists across the continent. Winners will only be announced in November once all the votes are in and tallied.
On August 18, 2011, the nominees for the 2011 Channel O Music Video Awards were announced. But wait a second, is it just me or no one else also noticed that P-square for the first time in years are not nominated in this event? Although we know that they have monopolized and dominated the Best Group/Duo, Best Dance Video, and Best Video categories in every major awards in Africa starting with the Channel O's. Some of us still feel they still worth those category spots. Even with songs like I love you and Danger, hmmm... Anyways, the awards must go on, and surprise acts like Samkelf (Molowo Noni) are prancing in such spots. Good-luck to the nominees, they have all worked to the industry's standards and all deserve their nominated categories.
Both Cleo and Speedy spoke about the award and how they were feeling on the night
See who has cracked the list for this year’s Channel O Music Video Awards and enjoy the videos...
MOST GIFTED MALE VIDEO ARTIST:
1. D’Banj ft. Snoop Dogg- Mr Endowed (Remix)
2. Professor ft. Speedy- Lento
3. Navio- Keep Moving
4. Cabo Snoop- Windeck
5. Zakes Bantwini- Wasting My Time
MOST GIFTED FEMALE VIDEO:
1. Waje ft. Muna- So Inspired
2. Lizha James- Gotta Move On
3. STL- Lookie Lookie
4. Lira- Phakade
5. Tiwa Savage- Kele Kele
MOST GIFTED NEWCOMER VIDEO ARTIST:
1. Wizkid- Holla @ Your Boy
2. Keiko- How We Do
3. AKA- Victory Lap
4. Ice Prince/ Brymo- Oleku
5. Zone Fam- Shaka Zulu On Em
6. Kwesta- Take That
MOST GIFTED DUO, GROUP OR FEATURING VIDEO ARTIST:
1. HHP, Teargas & Liquideep- Born For This
2. Samklef ft. Wizkid, D’Prince & Ice Prince- Molowo Noni
3. Slikour ft. Various Artists- Dubala (Remix)
4. Ay ft. Ms Triniti- Good Look
5. Jozi- Electric Avenue
6. Paul G ft. Akon- Bang It
MOST GIFTED DANCE VIDEO ARTIST:
1. Oskido presents Black Motion/ Jah Rich- Banane Mavoko
2. STL- Lookie Lookie
3. DJ Cleo- Bhampa Side To Side
4. Darey- Ba Ni Ki Di
5. Black Coffee ft. Hugh Masekela
6. Lizha James- Gotta Move On
MOST GIFTED RAGGA DANCEHALL VIDEO ARTIST:
1. Samini- Dadiekye
2. Wyre/ Cecile- She Say Dat
3. Black Dillinger- Volcano Erupt
4. Nazizi- Take The People Away
MOST GIFTED KWAITO VIDEO ARTIST:
1. Brickz ft. Various Artists
2. The Dogg- This Is My Time
3. Howza- Hustler
4. Professor ft. Speedy- Lento
MOST GIFTED R&B VIDEO ARTIST:
1. Jamali- Incurable
2. G2 ft. Trez Agah
3. Loyiso ft. Khuli Chana- World Of Mine
4. Banky W. ft. M.I.- Feeling It
5. Leanne- Deal With It
MOST GIFTED HIP HOP VIDEO ARTIST:
1. Jesse Jagz ft. M.I. & Ice Prince- Nobody Test Me
2. ProVerb ft. Lungelo- The Beginning
3. Navio- Keep Moving
4. Collo- Chini Ya Maji
5. AKA- Victory Lap
MOST GIFTED AFRICAN SOUTHERN VIDEO ARTIST:
1. Liquideep- Settle For Less
2. Cabo Snoop- Windeck
3. Khuli Chana- No More Hunger
4. C.R.I.S.I.S- The Fire Inside
5. L-Tido ft. K.O- We Rolling
MOST GIFTED AFRICAN WEST VIDEO ARTIST:
1. Naeto C- 10 OVER 10
2. Flavour- Nwa Baby (Remix)
3. D-Black ft. Dr. Cryme- Get On The Dance Floor
4. Asa- Why Can’t We
5. 2 Face- Only Me
MOST GIFTED AFRICAN EAST VIDEO ARTIST:
1. P- Unit/ Mimmo- Kare (Acoustic version)
2. Jaguar- Kigeugeu
3. Ay ft. Ms Triniti- Good Luck
4. Radio and Weseal, Keko- How We Do It (Remix)
5. Cpwaa ft. Various Artists- Action
MOST GIFTED VIDEO OF THE YEAR ARTIST:
1. Khuli Chana- No More Hunger
2. Samklef ft. Wizkid, D’Prince & Ice Prince- Molowo Noni
3. Zakes Bantwini- Wasting My Time
4. STL- Lookie Lookie
5. D’Banj ft. Snoop Dogg- Mr. Endowed (Remix)
6. AKA- Victory Lap
7. 2 Face- Only You
8. Liquideep- Settle For Less
9. Navio- Keep Moving
10. Lira- Phakade
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I am not writing about the 1,800 entries, 3 weeks of recording, screening, voting (34,410 votes from different parts of the world) and campaigns. It has been one hell of a record-setting ride, I must say. I am not also referring to the ten finalists that have emerged and how they went down with the Enigma beat.
With a first class job well done by his eminent and front-liner of this campaign, Don Jazzy himself, who took time out to listen to every entry received within the time frame. As expected, the list was dominated by rappers spitting bars like it’s no man’s business with the 1st place getting away with $2000, 2nd place $1000 and 3rd place $500.
I am writing today about those that this campaign have brought to the limelight, made famous, made distinct, brought their talents from underground and most importantly made stars. Only three of them have stood out ever since when 'IBK Spaceship Boi' (first place), 'Teeklef' (second place), and 'Hoodini' (did not win) released their Enigma tracks to the world. Most of us would have expected the buzz of third place (OPZY) everywhere, but this dude called Hoodini has ever since stolen the sight of everyone despite not winning.
IBK Spaceship Boi
Born and raised in the city of Warri in Delta State, this dude is the perfect example of genius! Good things do emerge regardless of geographical location. Starting right from his days in Covenant University where he schooled, the music producer, rapper, singer, song-writer, has decided to make his presence felt in the industry and add value to the world via his music. With the production name MARTIANSHIP and a genre of music that’s out of this world, he is gradually carving a niche for himself. He is the past, present and the future, “Amazing” is the word. This is IBK aka Spaceshipboi.
Engima - I have a Dream
Tongues
Teeklef
Born to Chief and Chief Mrs. Boniface Unogu of Owerri-Nkwoji village in Imo State, Teeklef developed into a sensational R ‘n’ B singer, rapper, producer, and songwriter. His dexterity on the piano and drums; alongside his uniquely sonorous voice has earned rave reviews from music pundits. Teeklef decided to take his music all the way. While attending the University of Indianapolis (UIndy) in the United States he made music in between doing homework and school projects. He then invested every dime he made from his nine to five summer job into his art. Eventually, he single handedly built his own recording studio. He wrote, produced, mixed and mastered his own songs in the comfort of his studio(s) on one hand while he studied on the other, creating a balance.
Teeklef - Oleku (The Klef Mix)
I'm Ready
Hala
Klef Records- In the Lab with TeeKlef
Hoodini
Born on the 24th of March in 1993 in Connecticut – USA, Chuma Nwokike (a.k.a. Hoodini), is a Nigerian hip-hop recording artist and record producer. He spent his early years in the city of Abuja, Nigeria and at the age of 13, drawing inspiration from Kanye West, he developed a fondness for music and other forms of creative art, such as fine art, where he won various accolades as a young artist in drawing and painting. In 2010, Hoodini released his first mix tape as a recording artist titled “Vaudeville”. The mix tape immediately grabbed the attention of fans boasting of production from worldwide producers such as UK based SlickMo, US based producer, G-LO, and Nigeria’s very own VC Perez. Later that year, Hoodini decided to pursue a B Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering in the highly prestigious Cooper Union University in New York. After a year, Hoodini decided to pursue his dreams of a musical career and enrol in Full Sail University where he is currently majoring in Recording Art/ Audio Engineering.
Enigma (Nigeria)
Life Through My Eyes
Ready or not, these acts have proven themselves. From IBK's I have a dream to Teeklefs's Am ready, and finally Hoodini's through my eyes; lyrics on point, beat - wonderful and uniqueness never to be missed.
An official #Enigma mix tape featuring the Top 50 entries will be released online. Sure to catch here on meetbimbi when its out.
The KORA All Africa Music Awards has carried the reputation of being the biggest and most sort after music awards to have ever come out of Africa. It was supposedly created to make money, and has since inception, been funded mainly by Earnest Adjovi, the executive producer of KORA Awards as President and Executive Producer, by 2005, to the tune of over US $14 million into the event.
Coming after protests from many African artists, political leaders and licensees in various African countries, requesting the moving around of the Pan-African awards ceremony, the organizers decided to move the event from South Africa where it has been staged for ten years to Nigeria.
That was the begining of Kora's tragic downfall.
It may have taken Earnest Adjovi, the executive producer of KORA Awards a longer time to fathom the thin line between fame and infamy, but by now, the music enthusiast knows better. Information has it that, he was arrested by the men of the Nigerian Police Force, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos recently. He was to be detained at the police station when his lawyer pleaded that he should be moved to a more conducive place to react to the allegation of fraud against him by the Lagos State Government in Nigeria.
His arrest was informed by failed contracts by at least, three different bodies who swore to high heavens that, he would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
Adjovi had a deal to stage KORA Awards in Cross River State before the annulment of Gov. Liyel Imoke’s election in 2008. By then, he had already got an upfront of $2.5m but while the governor was up and about fighting to secure his mandate, Adjovi dumped the state for Lagos where he entered into a fresh deal. Again, he got an advance fee of $7.5m from the Lagos State Government and kept promising to bring down the heaven since 2008.
He was still to sort things out with the two states when advert of KORA Awards in BUrkina Faso rented hit the air. He fled Nigeria to host KORA Awards in Mogadishu, Burkina Faso where P-Square was named the Artistes of the Year and ought to smile to the bank with cash prize of $1m. It was the same year Reggea artiste; King Wadada won in the gospel category. Till now, not a dime had been given to the winners. That’s just one of the instances of his sharp practices.
After his lawyer’s intervention, he was moved to Lagos State Quarters in GRA, Ikeja. And there he was detained for 19 days. He was forced to turn in all the equipment used to stage the 2010 Awards in Burkina Faso.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, cops from Lagos State Police Command, X-Squad picked him up again. His sin this time was breach of contract against the management of Z-Mirage, one of his partners. He failed to redeem N11m he ought to have paid after the last event he contracted Z-Mirage for. Perplexed as he was, the only thing that crossed his mind at that time was to leave his Hummer Jeep as a collateral with another pledge of paying N3m in three weeks and pay up the rest later, but in installments.
From all indications, Adjovi, who is currently back to his home town in Ivory Coast, may have fled never to return to Nigeria. Sadly too, the government of Burkina Faso is also alleged to be on his trail.
I wish it is still possible to separate his personal problems away from the prestige the awards has built. As the Kora Awards have been known to be the only existing competition against big names like the MAMAs(MTV African Music Awards), Channel O Music video Awards and SoundCity Music Video Awards.
