Chocolate City presents Aboki, Ice Prince Zamani’s first single after his much acclaimed E.L.I album. This song was produced by Chopstix of the Grip Boiz City, and was directed by the talented Phil Lee in Los Angeles.

A rather old clip of Mi getting fooled by Lasree. Enjoy

The songs “ABOKI” and “MORE” are produced by Chopstix and will be exclusively released today, August 28, 2012 on www.spinlet.com

ABOKI is Ice’s way of celebrating the North, the successes that are largely unnoticed, and correcting the stereotype that comes with the word “Aboki”

Both songs can be exclusively downloaded on Spinlet.

The official list of nominations for this year’s HEADIES (formerly known as HipHop World Awards) has been released.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

Best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges’ requirements of excellence (in every realms: songwriting, production, rendition and promotion) and acceptability (sales, popularity)

Everybody Loves Ice Prince – Ice Prince

The Invasion – P-Square

Superstar – Wizkid

Super C Season – Naeto C

ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review Overall most successful artiste for the year under review.

P-Square

Wizkid

Ice Prince

Naeto C

D’Banj.

SONG OF THE YEAR

Most popular song from an album in year under review. Decided by voting

Chop My Money – P-Square ft. Akon & May-D

Dami Duro – Davido

Oliver Twist – D’Banj

Gaga Crazy – Chuddy K

Kukere – Iyanya

RECORDING OF THE YEAR

Best single recording (on-air only or released) by artiste or group in year under review. Originality and production very essential

Stupid Song – Bez

Private Trips – Wande Coal

Ara – Brymo

I Love You – Praiz

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

The individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed songs/album in the year under review. His CV for the year includes top-notch tracks and production credits no one can fault.

Cobhams – Stupid Song (Bez)

Tee-Y Mix – Super C Season (Naeto C)

Shizzy – Dami Duro (Davido)

Jay Sleek – Private Trips (Wande Coal)

Jesse Jagz – E.L.I (Ice Prince)

BEST MUSIC VIDEO (AWARD GOES TO DIRECTOR)

Best conceptualised, best edited, best picture, best directed and most exciting video in year under review as voted by fans and decided by the jury.

5 & 6 (Naeto C) – Clarence Peters

Chop My Money Remix (P-Square) – Jude Okoye

Ara (Brymo) – Aje Filmworks

Kosorombe (Dipp ft. Da Grin) – Mex

BEST R ‘N’ B SINGLE

Best R&B single in year under review (by single individual or group)

Private Trips – Wande Coal

Stupid Song – Bez

Nawti – Olu Maintain

Soundtrack – May D

Love Me (3X) – Tiwa Savage

BEST POP SINGLE

Best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group)

Dami Duro – Davido

Oliver Twist – D’Banj

Gaga Crazy – Chuddy K

Chop My Money – P-Square

Kukere – Iyanya

BEST R ‘N’ B/ POP ALBUM

Best R&B or pop album in year under review (by single individual or group)

Superstar – Wizkid

Super Sun – Bez

Versus – 9ice

The Invasion – P-Square

BEST RAP SINGLE

Best single released on-air recording of a rap song

Too Much Money – Iceberg Slim

Shutdown – Phyno

Angeli – Vector ft. 9ice

Oh My Gosh – Yung6ix

Young Erikina – Olamide

BEST RAP ALBUM

Best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review

E.L.I – Ice Prince

The Dreamer Project – Show Dem Camp

Rapsodi – Olamide

Super C Season – Naeto C

LYRICIST ON THE ROLL

Rap Artiste with best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album

Vector – Angeli

Yung6ix – Oh My Gosh

Iceberg Slim – Too Much Money

Phyno – Shutdown

Erigga – Mo Street Gan

BEST COLLABO

Best R&B, Pop or hip hop collaborative track (including cameos) in year under review

Chop My Money remix – P-Square ft. Akon & May-D

Angeli – Vector Ft. 9ice

Carolina – Sauce Kid Ft. Davido

Stupid Song – Bez Ft. Praiz

Orobo – Sound Sultan Ft. Excel & Flavour

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)

Single male artiste with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album

Wande Coal – Private trips

Banky W – Low Key

Praiz – I Love You

Brymo – Ara

Bez – Stupid Song

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)

Single female act with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album

Tiwa Savage – Love Me, Love, Love Me

Chidinma – Kedike

Ijeoma – Oloomi

Waje – Na The Way

AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

Non Nigerian category

Sarkodie (Ghana) – Azonto

Camp Mulla (Kenya) – Feel No Pain

D-Black (Ghana) – Get On The Dancefloor

Zahara (South Africa) – Loliwe

BEST STREET HOP

The most popular street-hop single in year under review

Kako Bi Chicken – Reminisce

Gaga Crazy – Chuddy K

Akpako – Terry G

Roll – Rayce

Mo Street Gan – Erigga

NEXT RATED

Most promising upcoming officially unreleased act in the year under review

Davido

Eva Alordiah

Praiz

Chuddy K

HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION OF THE YEAR

Best New artiste in the year under review

Wizkid

Ice Prince

Bez

Timi Dakolo

Olamide

HEADIES HALL OF FAME

Special recognition for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry.

Femi Kuti.

Davido and Tunde Ednut

Quovadis signed, Tunde Ednut follows up his viral debut ‘Catching cold’ with an all star collaboration titled Jingle Bell. Jingle Bell features Ice Prince, Lynxxx, JJC and Davido. The video is directed by Big Brovaz Entertainment headed by JJC. The video centers on the concept of celebration with several cameo appearances and persons having fun.

Check on the video below:

Ice P – oops – Ice Prince and Basketmouth.

Left to  Ice Prince, album would not be dropping anytime soon as taking from what he said in a Newspaper interview recently. He released his massive successful single ‘oleku’  last year and it rose to be an anthem like 9ice’s Gongo Aso and Da Grin’s pon pon pon. “The fact that I won Hennessy artistry does not mean I am ready. It is just a part of my journey. Also I can’t really do stuff the way I’d like to because we have a calendar at the record label so the album might be out in june or July and we have to get it right.” He said.

He also shares in the credit of the chorus to the hit song performed by Brymo: “I was writing a nice melody in my head too but there were no words so I called Brymo and we work it together”. Also, his would be ‘musical’ on the album and doesn’t particularly like being called a rapper, he said. ” I rap but don’t like being called a rapper, I write songs and know how to compose music”.

The rapper also confesses that he can’t tell the number of tracks that would be on the album as a board by the label would pick the best songs from the collection he would make available to them.

Ice Prince.

A couple of months ago, an upcoming rapper named Ice Prince made a surprising entry into main stream Nigerian music with a song entitled, ‘Oleku’. The hype surrounding the song was so massive that at the time of its reign he himself called it the ‘hottest song in Nigeria’. The track also featured another less famous character by the name Brymo, who laced the chorus with such dexterity and simplicity that most people felt that without him, it would have been just another ‘ordinary’ song. Then came the talk about a video for the song and that got fans even more hyped. Then the video came out and this was the output:

After watching the video a couple of times, it was hard to understand what the director was trying to achieve. It is very likely that they were working on a tight budget because this is less than is expected from the ‘House of Chocolate City’. So i am thinking they felt the song already gave them all the hype they needed and there was no need to go all out as far as the video was concerned. [But] Visuals help a lot; especially when you are trying to promote previously unknown personalities. I think Brymo’s acting was terrible by the way! Although that can be forgiven when you think about the fact that it was his first time in a ‘real video’. Although in the reality of things, first impression counts. Also, what’s with artist(s) thinking good videos must showcase their one thousand and one celebrity friends?

A shabby video can ruin a great song (remember prince and his Omoba video?) and a good video can hype a shabby song and even turn opinion about it. For example Cabo Snoop’s ‘Windek’.

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FUNNY PIC: ‘Sleep-Smoking’ Ice Prince is Center of A Joke!

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Ice prince was having a shut eye (fast asleep as seen in the picture below)  in a plane while the other Choc Boyz decided to make a joke on him by sticking a cigarette in his mouth. Can’t miss the excitement on M.I.’s face – Jesse Jagz is also an accomplice.

in flight.

You think it is funny?!

Choc boys

Contrary to the information that Oleku video has been premiered, the video was leaked onto Youtube by a privileged individual and reliable sources have it that at the time of its release, the video director – Mex – was yet to deliver the edited and ready to view version to the artiste’s management.

The video had received over 300 views within the first 24 hours of its release and a large number of comments (including likes and dislikes) with an obvious disapproval from many fans who recognized that the work was the unfinished effort of the team behind the project.

The Chocolate City camp is currently working on taking legal actions over the perpetrators of the leak; you will recall that other Chocolate City acts have suffered similar pre-exposure of unfinished material. Recently, MI’s hit single “One Naira” featuring sultry singer Waje was leaked on an online website ahead of its official release in a bid to attract visitors to the site.

Call it fate or popularity, these leaks are a disregard for the professional capabilities of the concerned artistes, and repeatedly the culprits behind such acts are not made to face the consequences of their actions. If piracy is to be stopped in Nigeria, then who leads the pack and who is responsible for the protection of artistes’ rights when materials which are in most cases unfinished products are already out for mass consummation even without prior notification of the necessary authority, in this case Chocolate City.

Wizkid and the Oleku duo..

Questionmarkmag.com can authoritatively tell the reason why the official video for Ice prince’s Oleku has not been released is due to the artiste / record label’s dissatisfaction with what director Mex delivered after the first shooting. Another quick shoot for additional scenes took place at Bode Lawson’s studio..

A video – that is rather disappointing, reading reviews by fans – for the hit single surfaced online (watch below) but Ice Prince -via twitter – informs it is still not the official video.  ‘The real Oleku vid comes out next week. Thanks to those that like what they see so far tho and to those that criticised it, thanks to you to…’, Ice Prince said via Twitter.

“Been doing a recording with Mtvbase allday and I jst got out to realise people are watching oleku vid. ……. Read my next tweet.

Apparently there was a leak somewhere. That is the first cut my director submitted and me and my label were not exactly happy with it so he had to take it back to the lab..

And to that person that leaked the first cut without me and my label or my directors permission, God dey see you.”, He included.