I recently had an interesting conversation about how Soul and RnB and generally slow-songs-singing musicians in Nigeria hardly ever ‘blow’. Blow, in this context, would mean maintain a long-term relevance on the music scene for their art. They could blow because they’re exceedingly petty and cause trouble on social media; they could because they have […]
When Timi won the maiden season of Idols West Africa, and then Omawunmi, the second runner-up, began to shine, and then people began to talk in whispers about how Omawumi should have won and not Timi, and then Timi began to sing some kain songs that just didn’t gel with Naija, and then folks began […]
‘Soldier go, Soldier come, Soldier do wetin you want…’ This soldier can come and go as he pleases, biko. If you’d seen the stupid grin that played on my face as I watched this video ehn, you’d have given me a hot slap to set me straight. It’s that type of grin you cannot help. The […]