FAN'S FREESTYLE DANCE TO GINGER BY LAX FT. WIZKID

L.A.X ’s new track Ginger featuring Wizkid, is getting lots of love as London-based dancer Mona Xenniat posted a freestyle dance video online.

Enjoy her Azonto-spiced dougie.

WORLD PREMIERE:DAVIDO & MAFIKIZOLO-TCHELETE (GOOD LIFE)

Last week on this blog, we brought you guys a video teaser for the huge collaboration between South Africa Super group, Mafikizolo and Nigeria Superstar, Davido titled “TCHELETE (Good Life)”. Now you can listen to the song in its entirety, and watch the video by following the instructions in the clip below

 Produced by Shizzi, Uhuru and Oskido, this song is surely a potential banger!

 
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PRAIZ ( @praiz8 ) -MERCY (PROD. PASSWORD)

 

 

After his melodious duet ‘Sweet Potato’ with Chidinma, the X3M Music uber-talented vocalist returns shortly with another piece titled ‘Mercy’. Produced by Don Jazzy’s protégé, Password, Praiz as expected delivers his smooth vocals on an up-tempo beat as he woos his love interest.

 

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NOLLYWOOD PRODUCER AMAKA IGWE, 51, DIED OF ASTHMA

Ace movie producer, writer and director, Amaka Igwe is dead. Amaka Igwe aged 5, died of  complication resulting from asthma attack on Monday night, April 28, 2014. She died in Enugu while planning the production of a new Igbo Soap.

 She suffered an asthma attack and was rushed to the hospital but sadly she died before getting there.
Igwe leaves behind her husband, Charles Igwe and three children.

Good Night Amaka Igwe

DAVIDO AND HKN GANG RAPE ANOTHER CONCERT IN SENEGAL

It doesn't look like Davido, the self-confessed Omo Baba Olowo is slowing down anytime soon, the Arik Air sponsored  Davido’s North American Tour which took the young music star to several cities in US and Canada including New York was a huge success, not done yet Davido was back on the road again; this time to Dakar, Senegal on Saturday, the 26th of April. Davido is surely disturbing the music industry and positively too.

The performance, the fans and the fun...all in one package, check out the visual below

An in-case you missed it, this is the visual from the North American Tour ;

SEUN KUTI- ALONG WAY TO THE BEGINING (DOCUMENTARY)

Seun Anikulapo-Kuti  talks his latest studio album. In this documentary, the Seun Kuti talks about the various single in the album, while referencing his father's influence on some of the tracks in the work and the visual comes with french translation for French speaker.

Grab a copy of Seun Kuti's latest effort on iTunes

LIL WAYNE'S THA CARTER V ARTWORK TWEETED BY KOBE BRYANT

Lil Wayne has called Kobe Bryant his inspiration for life and music, which is why he got the Los Angeles Lakers great to premiere the cover art for his highly anticipated Tha Carter V on Monday (April 28).

“Carter V season begins #carterV,” Kobe tweeted, with a picture of the simple yet balanced artwork. 

CULLED FROM http://www.mtv.com/news/1817224/see-lil-waynes-tha-carter-v-artwork-courtesy-of-kobe-bryant/

JAY Z AND BEYONCE ANNOUNCE ON THE RUN TOUR

Jay Z and Beyonce are planning the joint summer tour to end all tours. This morning Chase bank posted a tweet, which has since also been confirmed by Life + Times, announcing the tour and offering their customers early access on tickets starting tomorrow morning. Members of Bey's official fan-site on Beyonce.com will also have an opportunity to buy early pre-sale tickets.

 Tickets are set to go on sale for the entire public on May 2, with the tour kicking off in June and running through August. Check out the full dates for the tour below. 

June 25 – Miami, FL Sun Life Stadium
June 28 – Cincinnati, OH Great American Ballpark
July 1 – Foxborough, MA Gillette Stadium
July 5 – Philadelphia, PA Citizen’s Bank Park
July 7 – Baltimore, MD M & T Bank Stadium
July 9 – Toronto, ON Rogers Centre
July 11 – East Rutherford, NJ MetLife Stadium
July 15 – Atlanta, GA Georgia Dome
July 18 – Houston, TX Minute Maid Park
July 20 – New Orleans, LA Mercedes-Benz Superdome
July 22 – Dallas, TX AT&T Stadium
July 24 – Chicago, IL Soldier Field
July 27 – Winnipeg, MB Investor Group Field
July 30 – Seattle, WA Safeco Field
August 2 – Los Angeles, CA Rose Bowl
August 5 – San Francisco, CA AT&T Park

6 NIGERIAN ARTISTES WHO HAVE NO BUSINESS SINGING

Just like any music industry in the world, Nigerian music industry has its fair share of money-miss-road, don't-have-any-business-with-music musicians. They have the money, the connection, the effizy and what-not but not the talent or training in music to make a mark in the industry. The God given talent is not just there. We advise the following to kindly stop music and invest their time and money on other activities; 

In pole position is B.RED, this is heavily contested but B-Red takes the cake and the icing; There is hardly a show by Davido that B.Red doesn't play the hype-man or do back up singing . Even though Davido has a cracked voice, he still makes hit tracks, that does not mean B.Red too will get lucky. He has tried severally to use his good looks and clean videos to impress us, but Nigerians are having none of that. He does not have the fan base or attitude that an artiste is suppose to have. At an event in Ibadan sometimes in 2013, B.red was booed off the stage at Club GQ. To buy the crowd back, he offered to give the best Skelewu dancer N150,000 as an “Omo Baba Olowo”; a student of Lead City University offered to dance and for the first time on that night, this amateur dancer had the crowd cheering; something B.red could not do. When it was time to pay, B.red’s said“Make we see later, abeg no vex” …. What a d**k head you will say.  Suggested occupation - VIDEO JOCKEY (VJ) 

 

MAHEEDA is a good entertainer, no doubt. She happens to be the first known Nigerian female to go stark nude in her music videos. This unwholesome stunt does not make her a musician though, sadly. Mahida, your fans are tired of the teasing and are desperate to watch your indecency, see you get f**ked in all style and direction. We will expend a 100MB of data on your indecency online but downloading 2MB of your song is just waste of time, data and good money. Honestly, we prefer going through your nudes on instagram than hearing you sing. We hope you can use your influence to invite Brazzers (Worlds #1 Indecency site) over and shoot a real hardcore indecency in Nigeria. Do not let your twitter followers fool you, we are not anticipating your album and they only tell you that that so you can retweet. I advise you open a site where we can register and pay to f*ck you or see you get fu**ed. You will make millions in a month than in your singing career.  Suggested occupation – IndecentStar  

SKUKI; This might seem a little harsh but these brothers are not getting something right. Their last hit track “Banger” was released in 2011, sadly they have no follow up songs. Skuki as a brand is okay, but Skuki as musicians is whack. Everytime I play their songs at parties, I have people who have been dancing for hours sit down. Pretty annoying you will say, that is the reason they are on this list and I assure you that their absence from the music scene will not be felt as they are even yet to make an impact after so many collaborations and singles to their name.  Suggested occupation - FASHION DESIGNERS 

QUEEN URE; For all those who do not know her, she is the ex-wife of talented and handsome musician Soul E, who was 11 years younger and instead of being a teacher,helper and mentor to this young lad, she used her influence to block him from sponsors and unsettled him. Sources say the frustration led Soul E to become a prophet of doom; remember his prophecy about Wizkid and Davido? 

Queen Ure was never into music, howe after running Soul E down, the shameless old hag now decided it was time to start a career in music. Watching her music video or listening to her songs, she does not have the voice, body, looks or anything that has to do with music. My dear, Queen Ure, The money you wasted on music videos, studio time and online promo can sponsor JAMB, NECO, WAEC and NECO for 100 students. Please stop music today and help save a life !!!  Suggested occupation -HairDresser

ARTQUAKE from back in the days just average boys with average singing talent. They managed to release few hit tracks, they never made it to the A-List. The reason is not far fetched, they were not talented in the first place. From the way they look now, we can see they have become family men with wives and children but they have refused to give up singing for reasons best known to them. They have no voice, no writing skill and more annoying is that after releasing a useless song, they now cover it up with a super clean video. Despite having been around for over ten years, they don't have single sold out concert, release an album  worth buying. This year, they remixed “Abule lawa” a song that brought them to limelight back in 2004. If you ask me, that is a wrong move. It simply shows you are still trying to revive old glory.  Suggested occupation – ACTORS  

D PRINCE MAVIN, he has no business being a musician but for his brother,Don Jazzy, we would have been saved the agony of having to listen to him. Have you listened to the song he did with Yemi Sax in 2008? It is titled Beremole,visit Youtube and search for it, if you haven't. If you still think, he has business singing, it means you have more issues than the Kardashians .  If a musician needed him  on a song and his brother is not in the country, such musician must wait till the Don is back to instruct Prince on how to go about it. 

“Music was never on my top 100 to-do list”, he admitted this in a recent interview. He has the looks and the endorsement but music is definitely not his calling??  Suggested occupation - MODEL  

YOU DECIDE  What is the name of that artiste you thought or hoped I mentioned. Please drop a comment here or tweet at me on @BADDESTDJTIMMY

NB.Views express here are that of the writer. Itsmusiccafe shall not be responsible for the writer's view.

HALF OF A YELLOW SUN FILM DELAYED BY NIGERIA CENSORS

BIYI BANDELE AND CHIMAMANDA ADICHIE

Nigeria's film board has delayed the release of Half of a Yellow Sun, a film about the Biafran war.

The film, by Nigerian-born British director Biyi Bandele, was set to open in Nigerian cinemas on Friday.

A film board spokesman told AFP there were "regulatory issues" with the film but that it wasn't "officially banned".

The film is based on a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about the 1967-70 civil war, in which more than a million people died.

Aliyu Tanko, from the BBC Hausa service, says that more than 40 years after the end of the war, the subject remains extremely sensitive in Nigeria.

Some fear the film, which is seen as sympathetic to the Biafran separatist cause, could stoke up ethnic tensions, he says.

The book was released in Nigeria but with the country's high rates of illiteracy, a film is likely to get more attention.

Mr Bandele told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme that he wasn't sure why the censorship board had delayed certification.

The Nigeria film board saw the film seven months ago, Mr Bandele said.

"What's frustrating is we have not received a formal letter from the board telling us we've been banned, or that we've not been banned," he added.

He denied the film was biased and stressed that he did not see how it could incite violence.

The director also said the film raised issues which Nigeria badly needed to discuss.

"One of the reasons Nigeria is more divided today - 40 years after the end of the war - than it was before the war started, is because we have refused to talk about the elephant in the room."

The film features Twelve Years a Slave actor Chiwetel Ejiofor and Crash star Thandie Newton.

CULLED FROM http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27162545

20 YEARS LATER, NAS' ILLMATIC ALBUM IS STILL THE RAP ALBUM TO BEAT

I am pleasantly surprised that it’s already 20 years since the April 19,1994 release of Nas’ debut album Illmatic. This album established Nas as a permanent feature of HipHop Hall of Fame and the acclaim has not died 20 years since. I was fresh out of primary school when the album dropped. Then I would mumbled to the radio as brother of mine play Raekwon, Eric B. & Rakim, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane and other veterans. Then the album dropped and it redefined the way we listen to rap.

 As Nas celebrates the 20th anniversary of the album that launched him to stardom, I realize how much I still love it. Illmatic represents the best that hip-hop can be. At itsmusiccafe, we are glad Nas is getting the respect he deserves and that people are realizing how "Illmatic" changed hip hop. And I am glad "IIImatic" came out before the internet, trolls, fake and dick riding hip hop journalists, fake fans, too many fake rappers and people equating a rapper's money to being he's best rapper.

Ten tracks. Every one of them a classic, there was no dead weight. It was one of those rare records that remains perfect through each play through, for many of us at the very least, and it made the notion that Hip Hop could be poetry seem like a sane notion.

An album that received widespread acceptance, even when most of the mainstream media treated rap like garbage. Everyone has an opinion on Illmatic and everyone has heard much of the album in its entirety, even if they never had the record themselves, but that’s okay because the album was not made for them. It was made for us, for the fans, for the folks who would listen to the words under a fine toothcomb to make the album reveal its secrets.

Nas' Illmatic

Released: April 19, 1994

Recorded: 1992–93; Battery Studios, Unique Studios, Chung King Studios, D&D Recording; New York City

Genre: Hip hop

Length: 39:51

Label: Columbia

Producer: DJ Premier, Large Professor,L.E.S., MC Serch (exec.), Pete Rock,Q-Tip

2FACE, ONYEKA ONWENU, RAMSEY NOAH, MOTOLA JALADE STORMS NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT CONFERENCE

The 2^nd edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference held at the ball room of the prestigious Eko hotel and suites, yesterday 23^rd April, 2014. The Conference- a brain child of the NET publisher, Adekunle Ayeni-was well attended. It was an assembly of stakeholders in the Nigerian entertainment scene. The Conference discusses the potentials that abound in the industry as a tool for national development; the challenges and future of the industry; all subsumed in the very apt theme of the conference. ‘Creating Pathways for the future’.

RAMSEY NOUAH

Some of them panelist and attendees are the co-founder of Jobberman, Opeyemi Awoyemi, CEO Spinlet, Nkiru Balonwu, Femi Longe of Co Creation hub; Basketmouth, Storm360 chairman, Obi Asika, film producer and marketer  Aina Kusoro, pop superstar Dr Sid; CEO of Nigezie Femi “Kwame” Aderibigbe, Innocent Ujah “Tuface” Idibia, award winning actress Omotola jalade-Ekehinde, , Lagbaja, Olisa Adibua, entertainment consultant, Edi Lawani, Jason Njokwu, Ramsey Noah, Djinee, Tosin Martins, Sean Tizzle, Naeto C, Omotola Jalade Ekehinded, Sam Onyemelukwu to mention a few.

PANELISTS OBI UCHENDU, AYO ANIMASHAUN, DAREY ART ALADE, AND SASHA

The aptly mixed entertainment personalities tackled the theme of the conference from the business angle, focusing on the importance of having an effective distribution system in the country; the role of government in revamping and fortifying the Nigerian entertainment industry and the need for a proper structure and effective legislation in the industry and of course, addressing the burning age-long question-‘What’s the Way forward’.

SEYI SHAY AND SOUND SULTAN

Industry veterans like Media prodigies, Ayo Animashaun, Obi Asika, Tajudden Adepetu JAJ; veteran nollywood actors; Adebayo Salami, Jide Kosoko, Sunday Omobolanle; veteran musicians, OJB Jazereel, Daddy Showkey, Onyeka Owenu, Christy Essien-Igbokwe  Ebenezer Obey were awarded the NET Honorary award Other recipients are Amin Moussalli, and film guru, Zeb Ejiro.

LUPITA AMONDI NYONG'O SHARES BABY PIX

LUPITA AMONDI NYONG'O

Lupita has give us a throwback Thursday special and it’s her baby photo.

Nyong'o (seated, 4th from right) in a photo with her classmates taken at St. Mary's School in 2001.

She shared the photo a day right after she was named People Magazine’s most beautiful woman. We think she’s grown into an adorable lady… do you agree?

SOUTH AFRICA SUPER GROUP MAFIKIZOLO & DAVIDO IN TCHELETE TEASER VIDEO

Are y’all ready for this one? Mafikizolo endeared Nigerian and I dare say African audience to their brand of house music with release of Khona, then a sub-par collabo with Mr. May D. The super groups have taken their collaboration with Nigerian artiste a notch higher with the Nigerian pop-wonder boy Davido. The song titled “Tchelete” drops next week. The effort is jointly produced by Shizzi and Oskido.  The effort is coming out immediately with a video and here is a teaser to wet our appetite:

BOOTYFUL NICKI MINAJ WOWWW AT "THE OTHER WOMAN" PREMIERE

The Harajuku Barbie, Nicki Minaj’s beautiful is certainly undeniable, and this is more so with her new natural look. The Trinidadian rapper turned a lot of heads at her debut film “The Other Woman” premiere on Monday night in Los Angeles.

Nicki Minaj donned a curve-hugging cream dress that show off her famous ass-ets. She then dressed in a red knitted skirt and off shoulder top showing off her ample cleavage for the after party at W Hotel.

Nicki Minaj star in the romantic comedy “The Other Woman” alongside Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate Upton. Nicki Minaj debut in the romantic comedy “The Other Woman” starring alongside Kate Upton, Leslie Mann and Cameron Diaz. In the flick Nicki MInaj plays the role of a paralegal secretary in Cameron Diaz’s Law Firm.

The “starship” rapper is working on “The Pink Print” studio album scheduled for later this year.

BEAUTIFUL SONGSTRESS NENE JOHNSON PREMIER VISUALS FOR KONGA

Nene Johnson's Konga

Beautiful songstress, Nene Johnson, let out the official video to her recently released Scope-Nero track titled "Konga", on the 16th of April and that day also happens to be her birthday.

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MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS 2014 RETURNS TO CALIFORNIA

MTV AWARDS RETURN TO THE FORUM, INGLEWOOD, CALIF

The MTV Video Music Awards makes a big bang return to the newly renovated Forum in California just a year after the musical network moved the show to New York City's Barclays Center, making it the first time ever a major league yearly award will be hosted in Brooklyn, NY host.

The 2014 VMAs will air live today, Aug. 24 2014 from inside the newly renovated Forum in Inglewood, Calif., as announced by MTV on Wednesday morning. The venue has never hosted the VMAs, but since 1967 it has hosted performances from such acts as The Rolling Stones, Jackson 5, Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin, Madonna, Van Halen, Coldplay and Prince.

MTV revealed the new location across social media using hashtag #RoadToTheVMAs, just like it did last year via series of photos starring the VMAs "Moonman" statuette.

Additional Report Courtesy of http://mashable.com/

KAHLI ABDU [ @Kahliabdu ] & MAKE/BELIEVE-FOREVER AND EVER

A collaboration between artist/producer, Kahli Abdu, and producers Make/Believe,  A.R.T Project (Alternative Rap Tunes Project) is said to be a blend of hip hop, indie, highlife, pop, soul, grunge, jazz, afrobeat, etc. Sounds like music to our ears.  “Forever & Ever” is the first single off that project and it boasts of an infectious hook over luscious highlife melodies by guitarist Raja Kassis.  We are looking forward to A.R.T Project.

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2FACE LIVE IN LONDON @THE FORUM HOSTED BY DJ ABRANTEE

Sat/3rd/May: 2FACE Live In London @The Forum

EVENT: 2FACE Live In London @The Forum (The Ascescion)

DATE: Saturday, 3rd, May, 2014

VENUE: The Forum, 9-17 Highgate Rd, London NW5 1JY

(Nearest tube – Kentish Town)

FEATURING: SOUND SULTAN, DAMMY KRANE , MAY7VEN, MOELOGO, VIBE SQUAD, ZAFI B, QPIDFYNE, CHAY NELLE , ADA SNOOP

SHOW TIME:

8PM SHARP

AFTER PARTY TILL 2AM

AFTER PARTY DJ’S

ABASS , AMOUR A STAR.OSA JATT, MVP

TICKETS:

£15 limited £20 Thereafter, Seating £25 VIP Seating £30

Doors Open: 6PM * Show time 7pm Sharp

VISIT:

www.abrantee.com, www.ticketmania.co.uk

TICKET HOTLINE: 07946811253

CAN THIS BE NICKI MINAJ? SHE SHOWS OFF NATURAL HAIR ON RED CARPET AND DARN! SHE HOT

The SuperBass singer, 31, has dropped her barbie look for a natural Nubian queen look. I am not gay but I can't stop looking at her. She looks like a Nubian queen. I could have never imagined that this goddess was under all of that garish Harajuku barbie we've all grown accustom to. Dare I say that she is the most beautiful in the industry. I hope this is not a temp look because she could never be more beautiful and exotic.

Nicki Minaj at MTV Awards Red Carpet

The "Right Thru Me" singer has shared plenty of pictures of her brunette locks on Instagram, but she debuted it on the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards.

NEW VIDEO: BURNA BOY [ @burnaboy ]-WON DA MO FT D'BANJ

D'BANJ AND BURNA BOY

Aristokrat Records' megastar Burna Boy releases the visuals for 1 of 2 singles recorded with DB Records’ superstar D’banj. If you recall, “Won Da Mo” was originally dropped way back in December 2013. Now watch the video below and drop your comments.

In related news, both acts have been strongly linked with the newly-formed “Sony Nigeria“. It will be interesting to see how things unfold in the coming weeks/months.

 Director: Godfather Productions.