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There’s so much new music being released that it’s hard for even the most loyal fans to wade through the trash to find the gems. That’s why we’ve created #BumpThis – a Friday series that features new songs, by and featuring Nigerians, that you absolutely need to hear.
Rudeboy — “Take It”
Since the unfortunate P-Square split, Rudeboy has proven himself to be the more gifted twin, delivering solo hit after solo hit. His latest effort, “Take It” indicates that 2020 won’t be any different.
On the Chris Strings-produced track, Rudeboy sings about a woman who has complete control of his heart. He promises to give her anything she wants, from his money to his devotion.
Rudeboy seems to have cornered the market on unabashedly corny and relentlessly catchy love songs, and with the delightful, albeit slightly overlong, “Take It”, he proves the recipe is far from stale.
What’s not to love about Nigerian weddings. There is always free food, free booze, and good vibes. What I particularly love about Nigerian weddings is the music and in my opinion, no Nigerian wedding playlist can be complete without these songs.
No One Like You – P Square
The video alone is enough reason to add this song to your wedding playlist.
Wedding Day – 9ice
This song was made for Nigerian weddings.
Oruka – Sunny Nneji
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxGkcYbvZU8
I can remember how this song got played at every Nigerian wedding for years after this hit song was dropped.
Ada Ada – Flavour
Picking just one Flavour song to add to this list was hard. Every Flavour song is perfect for your wedding playlist.
Baby Girl – Nel Oliver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqzBFXa2js0
Here’s a classic for you. Nel Oliver’s ‘Baby Girl’ is evergreen.
Olomi – Tosin Martins
If you understand Yoruba then you don’t need to be convinced to add this song to your wedding playlist.
Forever – Paul Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHaB2YGpDWg
Because it’s your wedding day and you and your partner plan to be together forever.
Baby Jowo(remix) – Sir Victor Olaiya ft 2face
It was hard picking between the remix of this classic song and the original, in the end, 2face’s unique addition to the song won us over.
Be Your Man – Dipo
Dipo might not be as popular as the other artists on this list, but ‘Be Your Man’ makes for the most perfect love song ever.
Ololufe – Wande Coal
Its been 9 years since Wande Coal dropped Ololufe (yes you are old) but its still hard to imagine a Nigerian wedding playlist without it.
My Darling – Tiwa Savage
Tiwa Savage’s voice is at its finest in ‘My Darling’ and we can bet you the lyrics perfectly convey everything you feel about your husband/wife-to-be.
Ekuro – Davido
From Ekuro to Aye to If to Fall Davido keeps dropping the most perfect wedding playlist songs.
Love Me Jeje – Seyi Sodimu
You already know there was no way we could have left this classic of our list.
Obianuju – Duncan Mighty
This is almost every Nigerian’s favorite Duncan Mighty song and also the sweetest love song for those who might not understand all of the lyrics.
Orente – Adekunle Gold
Adekunle Gold’s Orente always has we single pringles clutching to our pillows at night wondering when the Lord will give us our own bae.
Iyawo Mi – Timi Dakolo
Fun fact- Timi Dakolo wrote this song for his wife.
Truth be told, new ideas are usually built on older ones these days. Nigerian musicians are great at copyingsampling , that’s why Wizkid probably sampled S7ven in Holla At Your Boy while P Square served us Fugees-inspired, Bizzy Body.
In May 2016, Paul Okoye from P Square directed and featured in a video titled Slow Slow.
But the guys at YNaija felt he copied Rihanna’s Work dance-hall music video.
And dragged him for it.
Paul didn’t take it lightly and went on full blast in their comments section. He even said they will never be as big as Linda Ikeji.
YNaija continued to be petty and threw more shade at him in their next post.
This is another case of two people fighting but it reminds us of Wizkid and Linda’s rofo rofo fight.
Although P Square’s total body of work is almost always based on ‘sampled songs’, and YNaija are just looking for trouble…
A lot of us were beyond heartbroken when it looked like the music duo had broken up. With all the drama and shade they were throwing at each other, and he said, they said, it certainly looked like they had done enough damage and had gone past the point of no return. In spite of this, fans were doing all they could for them to get back together.
Like this really passionate fan that cried her eyes out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHbC6h9MGdI
And this girl who couldn’t read for her exams, thanks to P-Square.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X5dMRiWEdg
Just when we thought all hope was lost, we saw this picture on Peter’s timeline on the 19th of March.
He said, “Psquare live in Rotterdam Netherland Saturday 26th March. Be there or be squared. It’s Gonna rock!@palmundoworld#festival“.
We were just looking, because this wasn’t the first time we heard that they had reconciled, only for them to turn around and be like they’re two, not one. They had stretched our hearts way past its elastic capacity.
But then, Paul posted it on his own page three days later!
If you’re a fan of P-Square, you’d have noticed that there’s been trouble in the business for some time.
No one knew exactly what was wrong, but some of us wondered if the music duo, were breaking up.
What happens when Naija music gets a Middle Eastern twist to it?
A Moroccan parody channel, Barbapappa shared videos of a group that make the coolest remixes of Naija songs.
To mix things up the guys sing in Darija, which is a Moroccan derivation of Arabic, and also use Gnawi instruments to modify the beat of the songs. We have compiled some of their videos but you can find more on Barbapappa’s Facebook and Youtube pages.
Their version of P Square’s “Shekini” titled “Hek Lili Nifi”.
Their own version of Runtown’s “Gallardo” called “Wili wili wili”.
These Moroccan guys also created a remix of South African artist, Mafikizolo’s “Khona” parodied as “Khouna kijak lfoul”.
