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As Nigerian music continues to grow into a larger export with each passing season, importing ears and eyes from all over the world into the country’s sound and culture, it has become even more important to examine the sounds that have served to shape the scene in different seasons with different elements.
In the spirit of summer and actualising the perpetual dream of young adults to have the time of their lives, be it by shaking our asses in a thong, on a yacht, in Dubai, being boo’ed up, popping bottles or simply having a good time with friends, we recapped some songs that over time have captured the zeitgeist of the temperate period. 

This list features 10 songs from the twenty-tens that for the young Nigerian ears, depicted summer either due to its time of release– sometime between June to September which is the Nigerian summertime, massive circulation or … Read the rest

African Legendary singer Angélique Kidjo has dropped her New Album titled ‘Mother Nature‘ on the 18th of June 2021.

Bringing her total project released to a whopping fourteen albums, ‘Mother Nature’ is a star-studded album that features Yemi Alade, Burna Boy, Mr. Eazi, Salif Keita, Shungudzo Kuyimba, Sampa The Great, Ghetto Boy, Zeynab, Lionel Loueke, M, Blue-Lab Beats & EARTHGANG. 

The thirteen-track project carefully selected and released by the four-time Grammy winner largely themes around self-awareness and self-enlightenment especially as an African. The 60-year-old Legendary singer whose career has spanned across three decades has put out mind-blowing projects in the past – powerful projects that fully represent that African culture, mindset, and persona; she continues to dwell on that path.

Mother Nature’s Artwork

READ ALSO – ‘Mama I Have a Song For You’ -Here’s How Mr Eazi Initiated Angelique Kidjo and Salif Keita Feature with … Read the rest

In the Nigerian music scene, there are megastars, veteran stars, breakout stars and more. But of all these, none have had as good a run as Olamide Adedeji who is popularly known as Olamide. The street hop rapper is one who 10 years ago, went from being a breakout star to being a superstar, dishing out seismic hit after hit while running a record label with which he has now attained godfather status and veteran stardom. 

On the 18th of June, the hip-hop maestro is set to drop a new album, Uy Scuti, which will be his 10th studio album since he released his career-defining Rapsodi in 2011. A walk through his extensive discography will highlight the rapper’s eclectic nature with some album titles naturally reflecting his humble street background as well as his hip-hop leanings. While there have been some deviant titles such as 999 and his … Read the rest

Legendary Africa singer and multiple Grammy award winner, Angelique Kidjo has revealed that Mr Eazi initiated the collaboration between them and Salif Keita.

Angelique Kidjo revealed this in a recent interview on Apple Music’s “Africa Now” on Monday, the 14th of June 2021. Speaking to LOOTLOVE, Angelique explained that Mr Eazi sent her a DM, insisting that he has the song for her. The song had a sample from a song by legendary Malian musician, Salif Keita and Angelique insisted he must be part of the song.

Mr Eazi was the one that sent me a DM. He said Mama I have a song for you. He sent the song and of course, Salif’s voice was sampled. An I was like, oh, that’s what I’m talking about. All that transmission is the backbone of our history. Our history is not written, you know? When I received

It is every musician’s dream for their music to be well-received by listeners and by so doing, establish a connection between them whereby the listener becomes a fan of the artiste, giving their full support whenever is required. Be it for new music releases, concert shows, brand endorsements, or a clash with another musician. Notjustok’s Fan Affairs is a weekly fun series that examines the relationship of Nigerian musicians and their fans while spotlighting the craziest fan moments of our favorite stars. 

For our first edition of Fan Affairs, we speak to the new age Afro-fusion fan favorite, Buju, who is fondly known as ‘Baby Giant’ to get the scoop on how his fans go crazy for him.

When did it first hit you that you had fans?

I think it hit me when I headlined my first show on the 13th of December, 2019. 

It was … Read the rest