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Laycon ft Made Kuti – New Dimension
Check out this brand new single from Laycon titled “New Dimension”. Nigerian singer and rapper Laycon drops his first single for the year titled “New Dimension” with a guest appearance from Made Kuti. The new track “New Dimension” is an impressive piece with good composition and a blend of Saxophone rhythm to make it a classic tune. It is a follow-up to his previously released album “I Am Laycon“. Listen and share Laycon – “New Dimension” ft Made Kuti below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/NewDimension.mp3 Download
Made Kuti Talks Afrobeat and Heritage as He Covers The 10th Anniversary Issue of Simple Magazine
Heavy is the head that wears the crown…or so the saying goes. Made Kuti is not perturbed by the weight of his heritage, oozing verve and poise as he covers the latest and 10th-anniversary edition of SIMPLE. Speaking with Moses Adeyemo for SIMPLE, Made Kuti shared a good bit about his life as the progeny of one of Africa’s greatest music heritage, he comes up and challenges as a musician, his musicianship, his perspectives on present-day Nigerian music, and his projections into the future.SIMPLE also features on its 10th-anniversary print edition, Internet Skit King, Officer Woos, who wasnothing short of hilarious as he chronicles his & God no go shame us & story. From London to Lagos and the world, Afrobeats is disrupting the norm. It’s not so much of a surprise to find singer-song...
Made Kuti Talks Afrobeat and Heritage as He Covers The 10th Anniversary Issue of Simple Magazine
Heavy is the head that wears the crown…or so the saying goes. Made Kuti is not perturbed by the weight of his heritage, oozing verve and poise as he covers the latest and 10th-anniversary edition of SIMPLE. Speaking with Moses Adeyemo for SIMPLE, Made Kuti shared a good bit about his life as the progeny of one of Africa’s greatest music heritage, he comes up and challenges as a musician, his musicianship, his perspectives on present-day Nigerian music, and his projections into the future.SIMPLE also features on its 10th-anniversary print edition, Internet Skit King, Officer Woos, who wasnothing short of hilarious as he chronicles his & God no go shame us & story. From London to Lagos and the world, Afrobeats is disrupting the norm. It’s not so much of a surprise to find singer-song...
Grammy Awards 2022: Wizkid, Tems, bag nominations
Nigerian music icon Wizkid and his collaborator Tems have just bagged nominations for the 64th Grammy awards. Big news for fans of Wizkid and the Starboy himself as he secured two nominations for the forthcoming Grammy awards 2022. Wizkid alongside Tems was nominated in the “Best Global Music Performance” category. The “Essence” crooner and his collaborator were not the only Nigerians to bag a Grammy nod this year. Femi Kuti and his son Made Kuti was also nominated for the 2022 Grammy awards in the “Best Global Music Album” category for their joint album “LEGACY +”. Wizkid and Femi Kuti were nominated both in the “Best Global Music Performance” and “Best Global Music Album”. Burna Boy got another Grammy nomination this year as for his contribution to Angelique Kidjo’s song “Do Yourse...
Grammy Awards Nominations 2022: See Full List
The Grammy Awards is coming back for its 64th edition next year January 2022, a list of nominees has been announced by the CEO Harvey Mason Jr. during a live stream. “The 64th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony will be held on January 31, 2022. It will recognize the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from September 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021.” This year four Nigerians made the list of nominees, Wizkid, Tems, Femi Kuti and Made Kuti. Wizkid and Femi Kuti bagged two nominations while Tems and Made Kuti bagged 1 each. They were either nominated in the “Best World Music Album” category, “Best World Music Performance” or both. Check out the full list of Grammy 2022 nominees below. Record of the Year ABBA – I Still Have Faith in YouJon Batiste – Free...
The Cavemen – Biri ft Made Kuti
Check out this brand new song titled “Biri” featuring Made Kuti from Nigerian music duo The Cavemen out now. The duo of Kingsley Okorie and Benjamin James, collectively known as The Cavemen unleashed this beautiful tune “Biri” featuring Made Kuti. It is taken from their newly released album “Love and Highlife”. The new project has 18 songs in all including early releases like “Selense“, “Udo” which fans have been jamming to. This is the perfect song to add to your music playlist as you step into the weekend. Listen, enjoy The Cavemen – “Biri” ft Made Kuti below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the...
The 20 Most Interesting New Artists of 2020
With most indie venues closed due to the pandemic and many record stores altering their business methods, it was a challenging year for music discovery. Luckily, we live in the Internet age, where a glowing album review, trending social media post or intriguing Bandcamp tag can instantly connect fans to their next favorite band. As the music world remained stuck in quarantine limbo, upcoming songwriters had more time than usual to record, hype, network and livestream — and it’s safe to say we all needed the distraction. To cap off the year’s depressing madness with a glimmer of optimism, we gathered this list of our 20 Most Interesting New Artists of 2020 — from indie-pop to Afrobeat. Where there are fresh sounds, there’s hope. Anjimile The trendy comparison for Anjimile is Sufjan Stevens,...
Femi Kuti – Pà Pá Pà
Nigerian Afrobeats legend, Femi Kuti returns with a new single titled “Pà Pá Pà”, ahead of his collaborative project “Legacy +” album with Made Kuti. The terms ‘Pà Pá Pà‘ is a common slang in Nigeria that describes doing things quickly. Femi Kuti also asked the government to fix the Nation as soon as possible without wasting time. Moreover, the 18-tracks project, “Legacy +” album is divided into two sections with 10-tracks for Femi Kuti and 8-tracks for Made Kuti (Femi’s grandson). The LP, “Legacy +” will be available next year. ‘Femi’s album, Stop The Hate, radiates the unique Afrobeat sound that he has forged throughout his long career, affirming the sharply political conviction that his father would’ve claimed in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s. Made’s album, For(e)ward, is a m...
Made in Nigeria: The Grandson of Fela Kuti Upholds His Family’s Afrobeat Message
“A self-centered way of life will bring all of us down in the end,” Made Kuti sighs on “Different Streets,” the saddest funky track to come out in 2020. The song [a cut off his forthcoming solo album, For(e)ward] starts off on an invigorating note, with an Afrobeat rhythm driven by a pulsing riff. Kuti delivers a freeform alto sax solo and lays down thick layers of drums, playing all the instruments himself. But when he sings, the Nigerian musician sounds defeated. “We must now understand just how scary it is that we are facing the same problems from the ’70s,” he murmurs during a mid-song monologue, his voice low in the mix as he echoes the frustrations of his late, great grandfather, Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. CREDIT: Optimus Dammy Throughout Fo...
Made Kuti – Free Your Mind
Made Kuti shares a social conscious single titled “Free Your Mind”. The Kuti lineage is renowned for its activist spirit. From way back in the 70s when it’s patriarch, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti dedicated hundreds of hours to tackling corruption in the government, to the present day with Seun and Femi Kuti among others walking the same path, activism, has become something like a trademark in the family. Made Kuti is the latest to challenge the status quo on a song titled “Free Your Mind“. Mirroring the jazzy Afrobeat instrumentals that was Fela’s go-to for his preaching, Free Your Mind leverages the shaky percussions and resounding acoustics the world came to love way back in the 70s to cushion Made’s sparse but challenging lyrics. What better way to inspire introspection than with...
