SHOKENS – BANANA (Prod DEVATONY)

Here’s a new material from “Salas entertainment Golden boy” SHOKENS, this one is titled “Banana“. This right here is a good tune, produced by DEVATONY

Hit that play button and tell me what you think!

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KCee’s Debut Album: ‘Take Over’ For Nov. 1, HISTORIC KCEE-FRIDAY!

The #PullOver Sing and Win Contest, which is KCee’s way of rewarding fans (with $3,000, IPADs and Galaxy Phones) for standing by him from rejection to ATTRACTION in the Music Industry has not seen its winner but For emerging the first to get 40 Views in KCee’s #PullOver Video Contest, KCee rewarded Yung Rex with an IPAD and a Samsung Galaxy Phone, here are the Photos: http://bit.ly/KCEE-GIVES .

This is one of the many from KCee as he counts down to his album release, There is still $3,000 up for grabs in the contest.
The 5 Star hit maker plans to literally ‘Take Over’ from November 1st, 2013. November 1st 2013, which is a Friday.

A Friday on which KCee’s Debut Album: ‘Take Over’ will hit stores, shelves, and Streets. Thank God it won’t be another Friday. It’s going to be a HISTORIC KCEE-FRIDAY!.
Six days until the November 1st release, date of Take Over, KCee’s Debut Album, the high-flying Revelation of the Year has released, yet another new Single, and this one is titled: OGADINMA

Said Soso Soberekan, KCee’s Manager, “At 5-Star Music, we are humbled by the success of Single after Single KCee has released so far and we are determined to continue being more successful.

Spinlet ‘fires’ Up Its Digital Music Platform With Launch Of Its New Download Site

On a mission to make music fully mobile, affordable and heard, digital entertainment company, Spinlet has launched its highly anticipated Spinlet Music Download Site which is now accessible on all Macs, PCs, tablets and smartphones. Using ‘active rendering technology’ that is responsively designed to automatically adjust to any screen size, the download site optimises the user experience, ensuring it will become a firm fan favourite. The first issue of the service, available from today, will allow consumers to buy tracks and albums, while Spinlet’s streaming platform is projected to come online before the end of Q4 2013.

To complement this launch, the company is releasing an updated user interface for its existing mobile apps – Android, Blackberry, iOS, Windows Phone and JavaME – with better content discovery and a smoother payment flow.

Underpinning the important influence Spinlet is having on the global African music scene, popular Nigerian musician Ice Prince, has also chosen to drop his sophomore album Exclusively on the Spinlet platform today, Monday October 28, Entitled “Fire of Zamani.” Ice Prince follows up a successful debut album in 2011 with another stellar production. True to his roots, he fuses a variety of African sounds under his trademark Hip Hop beat.

The digital entertainment company was founded in Finland in 2006, and was acquired by Verod Capital. It moved its headquarters to San Francisco in 2011 and opened a marketing and distribution office in Lagos, Nigeria where it has been welcomed warmly by enthusiastic fans and musicians alike.

In the short time it has been operating in Africa, Spinlet has established itself as a serious player in a highly competitive market. “As smartphone and broadband penetration increases and data costs reduce across Africa, we have noted that the appetite for the type of entertainment services which Spinlet can provide has significantly increased” says Neil Schwatrzman, Group CEO of Spinlet. “This has endorsed our decision to target emerging markets in Africa where we can help build local music artists not only for their home-grown audiences but also reaching out to the Diaspora across the world. We look forward to seeing similar levels of enthusiasm from every market we enter”.

One third of global industry revenue was derived from digital music in 2012, (according to the IFPI, the organisation that represents the music industry worldwide) and this is set to increase year on year. With this in mind, Spinlet has chosen the perfect time to enter the market in Africa as the desire for African grown music continues to expand.

Focused not only on providing music, Spinlet also gives music fans what they want, when and how they want it. This, and the fact that its focus is on growing new music artists and sharing revenue with performers, is what makes Spinlet such an attractive and unique proposition.

Spinlet is uncovering new music talent every day thanks to its ‘Spinners’ – the girls and guys on the ground who are sourcing and recommending new artists and sounds and crowdsourcing relevant and desired content. Through Spinlet, it is only a matter of days from being discovered to having the music registered on the platform. The loyal fans can then download the tracks that they can also then share with their friends. Because the medium is digital and global, African music is being shared not only with the diaspora but also with a growing and ever more appreciative worldwide audience that’s hungry for new sounds or a reminder of home.

As a result of the interest – and close to 700,000 registrations to date – Spinlet now holds the single largest catalogue of African music and local music artists, complementing its international library. The entire Spinlet catalogue is now available on both the download site (www.spinlet.com) and mobile app (available in their respective app stores).

To round out the package and to ensure secure payment, helping to overcome any hesitancy to transacting online, Spinlet has partnered with reputable third party payment gateways and does not hold clients details. Because the service is extremely versatile and affordable and is promoting and growing local music industries wherever it operates, it is also helping to combat rampant music piracy.

For further information please go to http://www.spinlet.com

I Would Do Anything to Look like Tiwa Savage – Yemi Alade, Tiwa Responds

She many be in her early twenties and ‘Tiwa Savage’ in her thirties yet fierce singer ‘Yemi Alade’ took to Twitter to tell the world how beautiful she thinks Ms. Savage is. Yemi Alade whose most recent single ‘Johnny’ currently enjoying massive airplay and receiving praises left, right and centre joined the folk of people admiring the Mavin songbird posting on her official Twitter page when she tweeted:

“I wld give anything to look as beautiful as @tiwasavage when i am her age,she is an epitom of beauty and grace.#Hot&getting it”

The attention demanding tweet caused a frenzy as fans of both parties were excited and commenting on the tweet which the Pepsi ambassador replied momentarily saying:

“Awww thanks dear @yemialadee“

We hope these two jump in the studio soon and quench our thirst for a duet.

New Music: SHOKENS – Olufunmilola + Komaro (Prod By Tfresh)

South africa Based Young Nigerian talented artiste SHOKENS a.k.a MR KOMARO.
SHOKENS is blasing hot with his 2 new singles OLUFUNMILOLA and KOMARO.
Produce by Tfresh one of the best producers in S.A
SHOKENS who is currently studying life science at the university of south Africa.
He is currently signed to Salas Entertainment.
this young talented nigeria S.A based artiste has shared stages with alot of artistes like Ice prince,hhp,timaya,proffesor,terryG and manymore.
he is certainly one to watch out for.

Check on the hot tracks and share your thoughts

Download Komaro here:

Download Olufunmilola here

KCee – Pull Over ft Wizkid [DOWNLOAD]

After releasing certified 2013 hits “Limpopo” and “Okoso”, I daresay this will be the biggest tune of the last quarter of 2013. I’m dancing while typing this. Check out this new music from KCee and Star Boy, this one is titled Pull Over.Download and Enjoy!

Photo: Amber Rose & Nigerian Amber Rose Wannabe

Yes? Is that a fair assessment on this picture?

American supermodel Amber Rose, in Nigeria for the Miss Earth Nigeria pageant linked up with the self proclaimed Nigerian Amber Rose, Honey J. Wills aka Honey Amber.

They met yesterday at the pageant where Amber Rose was a judge.

In Pictures: MBGN 2013 Winner, Anna Ebiere In Indonesia For Miss World Pageant

Miss Anna Ebiere
Nigeria’s representative to this year’s Miss World Pageant, Anna Ebiere is currently in Bali, Indonesia set to hit the competition running. The finale ceremony is set to hold this saturday, September 28th, 2013. Originally scheduled to hold in Jakarta, the finale will now take place in Bali after threats from extremists groups.

Anna along with other beauty queens are engaging in many activities around the city including Miss World Talent, International Peace Day and pretty much having fun while engaging in the scheduled activities.

Check out pictures from the dress rehearsal courtesy of MBGN on Facebook.

ALBUM REVIEW: Sound Sultan – Me, My Mouth & Eye

Artiste – Sound Sultan

Album – Me, My Mouth & Eye
Features – Wizkid, Duncan Mighty, Flavour, Baba Dee, YoungGreyC, Blackha, Karma, Reminisce, Sean Tizzle, Wyclef Jean, 2Face & Ikechukwu
Producers – Legendury Beats, TY Mix, Mic Tunes, Jay Sleek, Jiff, Kuk Beats, Sound Sultan, Mic Workx, Kid Konnect, O.G.B & L.K.E

Running Time – 01:18:16

Label – Naija Ninja Records (2013)

This musician is popularly known for his signature song ‘Mathematics’, the conscious nature of his music, and a music career that spans six different eras (i.e. 6 studio albums). Veteran afro-pop star Naija Ninja ‘Sound Sultan’ has lifted the lid off his sixth LP (titled “Me, My Mouth & Eye”) under his Naija Ninja Records imprint. Sultan tackles issues of politics, love, and destiny on his new lengthy record (20 tracks including 2 bonus tracks).

Hoping to seal the commercial success of the LP and gain acceptance from the new generation of listeners, the Sultan opens the LP by employing a feeble addition from Wizkid and the production of the hotly sought-after Legendury Beatz with the party track ‘Kokoshe’. The fast paced ‘One in a Million’ cannot be overlooked, its high points is when Sound Sultan sings the chorus and modulates it for the second time. Another party track on the album that’s of note is one of the project’s lead singles; talking about the dancehall inspired ‘Gud Gal’ produced by Jay Sleek. Regardless of the fact that the party starter about a good girl falling for a bad boy did not enjoy a long stay on dance-floors and charts (due to poor promotion); it is one of the album firm points, Fasasi rides in on the thumping beats like a true ragga star.

The major problem with this album is the arrangement; unnecessary remixes and track listing. After the second track which is the stellar ‘Natural Something’, the remix to ‘Luv Language’ featuring Duncan Mighty comes up and the original song is listed as the eight track the same thing close re-occurs with ‘Kuru Komaga’ whose remix features indigenous rapper Reminisce. Furthermore the award-winning and battered remix of ‘Orobo’ which featured Flavour should have been kept off this project entirely, but sadly it lies in the first 15 minutes of “Me, My Mouth & Eye”.

Fellow Ninjas, YoungGreyC, Blackha & Karma surface on ‘Lagbo Lagbo’ and bonus track ‘Gbedu’. On the latter YoungGreyC (popularly referred to as the pink ninja, and is responsible for all the mind-blowing background on the album tracks) steals the show with her opening intro and solid chorus proving she is undeniably the label’s best kept secret. Blackcha & Karma also rise up to the occasion, altogether serving a steamy club anthem unlike like the former which comes off as a bit noisy and extremely lacking chemistry.

Matters of the heart are addressed on the poppy number ‘One’ (bonus track) which features 2face, ‘Like Mi’ and ‘Follow Me Go’ follow in the same vein and notably so when he recruits former Ninja Sean Tizzle to help him hit the nail on ‘Follow Me Go’. On the Kid Konnect simple afro-pop mid-tempo beat, Lanre and Sean rock together blending the art of rapping and singing about a girl they went to follow them to delivering a moody romantic number.

The mood is not always festive as the Baba Dee assisted political yet groovy ‘Temporary Turn Permanent’, ‘All Way Na Way’, ‘Africa’, ‘Still I Rise’ and ‘People Bad’ which features Wyclef Jean, Ikechukwu and 2face respectively, not-forgetting ‘The Piano’ are housed in the album. Preaching the gospel of fighting for your own bread coupled with a celebratory chorus, drums, strings and timbres, ‘All Way Na Way’ hits the bull’s eye whereas ‘Still I Rise’ comfortably floats in-between greatness and failure. ‘The Piano’ is driven by a piano officially closing album on a spiritual note as Sound Sultan acknowledges and is thankful the presence of a supreme being in his life and career over rolling drums, singing “You can have this as your ringtone/ Or as your favourite song/ You can call me the piano/ But he is the one really that plays the song/ Cause he is my inspiration/ Beyond imagination/ I thank him every season…”.

“Me, My Mouth & Eye” is what the career doctor prescribed; definitely the project will not break new grounds for the sultan of sound, it might even be regarded as a little dated for 2013’s radio, still it showcases the signature style of Sound Sultan and will help him introduce his music to a young generation. Judging from the couple of records we have consumed from the host, this particular one extensively highlights and showcases the vocal abilities of Olanrewaju Fasasi.

Album Review: Burna Boy – L.I.F.E

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L.I.F.E (Leaving an Impact for Eternity)
BURNA BOY

RECORD LABEL: Aristokrat Records
YEAR: 2013

When an artiste consistently drops three hit singles back to back, his forthcoming album becomes the most anticipated album of the year. The suspense for the release of this album was over on the 10th of august 2013 when Burnaboy officially released his debut album. Though he had earlier released other LP’s in form of mixtapes, L.I.F.E is Burna boy’s debut Album. L.I.F.E is an acronym for ‘Leaving an Impact for Eternity‘.

Damini Ogulu is a Rivers State born artiste who has been influenced by different genres of music ranging from Jazz, 90’s R&B, Afrobeat, Dance hall and reggae. The album cover depicts little Burna Boy holding a microphone with background images of the late Afrobeat legend Fela Akinulapo-Kuti, Reggae icon Bob Marley as well as Juju legend King Sunny Ade and veteran Jamaican singer Sizzla Kalonji. This album art cover summarizes the style of the album which is a baby of the fusion of Jazz, reggae, dance-hall and afrobeat.

Track Review

1. There was no better way to kick start the album than an introduction by burna boy’s Grandad, Benson Idonije who was the late Fela’s first manager. Music seems to be a Legacy in the Ogulu family.

2. No No No
“ No think say because I dey blow grammar, I no be Ahaoda boy” On this track he tries to correct the misconceptions about him and clears the air about his roots. Burna also states that he comes from the streets and this song does well for his core fans repping him from PH.

3. Say So

“This one no be party na rave, you have every right to misbehave, you fit behave the way you like to behave. If anybody ask you tell them Burna boy say so.” A groovy party like jam with saxophone by Josiah Baguda. He calls out his crew Leriq, Pucado, Peedi Picass and Gambo.

4. Abeg Abeg (Remix) feat Tuface & Timaya

A conscious party Jam featuring Tubaba and Timaya though tuface tries to own the song by serenading it with his vocals and phrases form his mother tongue, Burnaboy sounded confident while Timaya fell short in both lyrics and vocals.

5. Roses (Na so e suppose be)

This is a typical Leriq production. Dancehall mixed with 90’s R&B. The lyrics preaches love and happiness.

6. Run my race
A fusion of Afrobeat & hiphop without a saxophone. The track parades a heavy beat and is already enjoying massive airplay in clubs,parties and radio nationwide. It emphasizes that he has not had it easy and he now enjoys the fruit of his hardwork.

7. Boom Boom Boom
With snippets from Fela’s song, Boom Boom Boom is a pulsating upbeat with a blend of dancehall and Naija hip-hop. Burnaboy proclaims himself as a ladies man who is not a gentleman especially in close doors. A groovy song too.

8. Yawa Dey.
Here Burnaboy proves that his style is very dynamic and unpredictable. It is true talent for a botty artist to venture into creating kpalangolo music a.k.a ajegunle music and come out with a street tune. The lyrics explains it all: “ You never see Landlord, Yawa dey! This song is fit for galala and Suo dance steps. Daddy Showkey will be proud of this one.

9. Ma loada Ma motto
This is probably the weakest song on this album. It starts with a snippet from Fela though upbeat and funky.

10. Tonight
Another radio hit with a smoothjazzylow tempo feel. Switching from Igbo to Yoruba lyrics and still deliveringon point. This song proves that there is no certain way to make a naija hit song.
11. Like to Party
This is the first single to hit airwaves, this track alone pummeled Burna Boy to the limelight. A certified harmonious 90’s r&b inspired melody. This track will rejuvenate any tired leg on a dance floor.

12. Smooth Sailing

It’s the kind of music you listen to on your way back from the club or work. You are not necessarily interested in the lyrics, what matters is that you get home safe. Song Produced by Leriq

13. Don’t Run feat Reminisce & Olamide
A song with Olamide and Reminisce is definitely a battle ground to determine the best in Yoruba hip-hop artiste. Though the verses were short we will let you be the judge here. Resonating vibe for Yoruba hip hop heads.

14. Jah’s Love is True ft Wizkid
At this point you start to think the album will get boring but Wizzy does what he knows how to do best which are catchy hooks. A very Energetic giddy sound by Leriq emphasizes the fact that both musicians are here to stay. They address critics who now salute them after calling them such names as mixtape wonder. They re-iterate that its Jah’s Love for them that made them who they are.

15. Outro: Remember Me

Very stimulating beat, a good way to end this excellent album. Oluwa Burna as he is fondly called by fans mentions his roots where he was raised which is PH city. His top notch vocals are well rendered on this track.

Burna boy is a multi-talented musician with a unique sound and he is ever willing to take risks. This was made obvious in the L.I.F.E project. Though this album was solely produced by aristocrat record’s official producer Leriq (call the paramedics) the album never became monotonous. This project is in an extraordinary class of its own. Creativity cannot be measured on a mainstream scale. If you are looking for an album to cop this summer, you cant go wrong with this album.

Rating: 8.5/10