Soul singer WAJE has been looking gorgeous on all sorts of Nigerian magazine covers these past few months, but we couldn’t be happier to reveal that she is fronting our very own online fashion magazine “HOUSE OF MALIQ EXCLUSIVE” (November Cover).Go girl!
Photography- Yomi Black
Happy Birthday Waje! The beautiful singer will be celebrating her birthday in New York where is performing at The Nigeria Entertainment Awards tonight.
Oko Mi is her freshest single and is a beautiful love song in Yoruba and English.
Listen to ‘OKO MI‘ by Waje
Her other song ‘I wish’ is the recently leaked single that has become popular overnight. It explores a woman whose heart has just been broken and is trying to let go. On the track she says, “For every heart that has been broken, ‘I wish’ is a song that says I’ve been there, I will survive”.
Listen to ‘I WISH‘ by Waje
Julius Agwu’s Festival of Love event took place in Abuja on February 13th – it featured MI, Darey, Waje, Iyanya, AY and Onyeka Onwenu. Read report by our writer that attended the event.
Julius Agwu and Iyanya
Julius again.
Julius Agwu and guest.
Double Dare…
Already there are five singles from Darey’s forthcoming ‘double’ album released, the album is well anticipated and long overdue for release, there are speculations that it would be released on February 28th. ‘Double dare’ would feature Timaya, Cobhams and Mo Cheeda.
In related news, Darey was hosted by City people Magazine on SUnday, 6th February and he was awarded as King of R & B at the event attended by Waje, Jedi, Ali Baba and Julius Agwu, Kunle Afolayan, Banky W , Bisi Olatilo,Ayo Animashaun, Moyeen, Audu Makori, Djinee, Emeka Ike, TY Mix, Femi Adeyinka and others. It was hosted by Tosyn Bucknor, Gbenga adeyinka, Ali Baba and Tee A.
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Waje is vocalist of the moment with her latest collaboration with rapper M.I. on ‘One naira’ song getting rave reviews and airplay.
The singer broke out as the lady in the P Square’s DO Me song which she was invited by the twin for the recording of the ‘Game Over’ album.
While the song became a massive hit, fans wondered who the female singer on the song was as she wasn’t properly credited – she was bothered when she wasn’t given the desired credit she informed. “As human beings…, we want some sort of leverage and when that is not forthcoming, you begin to question a lot of things”
She did confront them with her worries. There was also a failed arrangement at getting her to perform the song with them, largely due to her inexperience. She however, says there is no bad blood, only they see themselves very often.
She remains grateful to God for the opportunity to feature on the successful single: “At least, I’ve been associated with a big hit and it cannot be removed from the sands of time. It’s now part of history that Waje was the female voice in Do Me. I went to a show in Sierra Leone and nobody knew who I was. But the moment I did the Do Me thing, the crowd erupted and I was brought back on stage to perform again”
She looks forward to recording a duet with them in the nearest future.
M.I. at the Premiere.
M.I.2 has received over a zillion reviews since it release (have you bought it on NHH yet?) with a chunk tagging it ‘an album that just works’. Critics might be getting at it but the album ratings still holds well, above average. The album might be trending over Twitter with a few still not certain of what they feel but the premiere at the Silverbird Galleria was a huge success.
Jude “MI” Abaga fondly referred to as Mister Incredible premiered his sophomore effort tagged MI2 – THE MOVIE at the Silverbird Galleria in a launch like never before experienced in the Nigerian entertainment industry and from a HIP HOP artiste. The highlight of the premiere was the release of all 16 – tracks of the album, as well as clips of different phases of the artiste’s life.
MI2 – THE MOVIE featured clips of four chapters; Chapter 1 – The beginning (with the ACTOR M.I. as the primary cast and focus in the HIP HOP WORLD) when everything is good and the going is smooth depicted in songs like “Action Film” ft label mate BRYMO, “Slow Down” ft Julius Ceasar; Chapter 2 – where there is an encounter with people, and there is a lot of hate and negative energy as depicted in songs like “Beef”, “Nobody” ft Tuface and “Anybody” ft Timaya. A special rendition is dedicated to the city of his youth “JOS” in a song he calls “Wild Wild West” where the artiste lyrically describes his pain over the degradation of his homeland and once peaceful dwelling place. Chapter 3 introduces us to the point of the actor’s life where he meets the woman of his dreams and falls in love, interpreted in songs like “One Naira” ft sultry songstress Waje and “Epic’’ ft Praise. Chapter 4 tells of the end, where the actor has it all together, has embraced his life and is ready to move into the future, to the happily ever after as seen in the song “Imperfect Me” ft Ruby, Kauna and Bola.
MI singing to a lady in the audience
The event was attended by media, fans and industry personnel like Obi Asika, Wale Ewedemi, Olisa Adibua and Frank Edoho. Fellow artistes Wande Coal, Sound Sultan, Naeto C, Omawumi, MoCheddah, Rooftop MCs, Kel, and Dipp attended the event, as well as Waje, Timaya, Bez, Chocolate City label mates Jesse Jagz, Ice Prince and Brymo who all shared the stage with him in different performances.
Another premiere is slated for Abuja fans on December 10, 2010 at the Silverbird Entertainment Centre.
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Rapper M.I. has finally released his most anticipated sophomore album. The movie album, as it is been described by press was expected earlier but had the release postponed. The album which is available for purchase at Nigerianhiphop.net also trended on Twitter as fans and colleagues expressed their excitement and announced their excitement over the release via Twitter. The album parades a decent list of collaborators like Tuface, Brymo, Waje, Ice Prince, Jesse Jagz, Ruby and surprisely Timaya and Flavour (of MC loph’s remake of Oshondi Owendu track). Evidently M.I. decided to be musical with the album and played less at being a lyricist. As previously reported, There would be a premiere of MI2 at Silverbird, and in Abuja on Dec 9th.
M.I. – Number One ft. Flavor
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Since February 2009, We Plug GOOD Music has consistently provided its online community with the very best emerging music from all around the world vis-a-vis plugging these emerging artists to a wider range of audiences via its’ websites & online radio show as well as bringing quality live music to diverse audiences in and around London (UK) & Lagos (Nigeria) via their ‘One Mic’ showcases.
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A Prelude to the Future features 20 of the best emerging artists that we have come across over the last year from all around the word & Specifically hand-picked from the ever-budding Nigerian Music scene is an array of amazing artists (with exclusive and unreleased material) including…
WAJE an incredible emerging Songstress, whose name is fast becoming a strong brand in Nigeria after having worked with the biggest African R&B duo, P-Square on 2007’s massive hit record, ‘Do Me’ and releasing two hugely successful singles herself, ‘Somewhere’ & ‘Kolo’. She is widely regarded as the Queen of R&B in Nigeria and her discography already includes collaborations with huge African artists such as Banky W, Eldee the Don and J Martins. We also feature emerging ‘Alternative Soul’ Singer/Song-writer BEZ, a natural performer with a charismatic and playful stage presence who has previously opened for International Sensation, Asa & performed alongside Nigeria’s premiere artists like Tuface, 9ice & D’Banj as well as World-renowned Hip-Hop/Soul singer, Nneka. Bez also took part in the Nigerian leg of the 2009’s Hennessy Artistry Series which culminated in the Series Finale in NYC featuring the legendary Common & The Roots.
KEL, the Poster Child of Nigerian Hip-Hop, who right now at such an early stage in her career & with the release of her first and only album so far, has already been nominated for a number of prestigious awards in the Nigerian Music industry including the MTV Africa Music Awards (Best Female), the Hip-Hop World Awards (Best Rap Album), the Future Nigeria Awards (Musician of the Year) and the Dynamix Awards (Best New Artiste), blesses us with a Remot-produced exclusive for ‘A Prelude to the Future’. Also featured on this mixtape is ‘Urban Soul’ Singer/Rapper/Song-writer & 6-time Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) nomineeNAIRA (Nigerian American I Represent Africa) who, having already worked with & shared stages with the likes of Tuface Idibia,Raskimono, Banky W, Naeto C & Stacey Epps as well as contributing two original songs to the soundtrack for MTV Film’s ‘My Super Psycho Sweet 16′, has taken time out of recording her forthcoming album ‘Fearless: The Art of Letting Go’ to link up with US-based Nigerian producer Kid Konnect for an exclusive track just for this project.
Also introducing Nigerian-born Yomi ‘GREEDS’ Sode, who is an emerging talented and eclectic spoken word artist, has been able to showcase and experiment with numerous musical styles & lyrical expressions so far in his infant career. In little over two years on the UK scene, he has shared the stage with amazing established poets such as David J, Kat Francois, Tshaka Campbell & Floetic Lara as well as new generation poets like Inua Ellams, Dean Atta, Deanna Rodger & James Massiah. On his latest release ‘Sampler 4’, GREEDS continues to bring a new sound to performance poetry & push the art form forward to the unaware.
You will also get to hear new, exclusive, previously unheard & some re-released material from some of the finest emerging artists we’ve been privileged to work with, in the genres of Hip-Hop, Soul, R&B & Spoken Word from all around the world including emerging UK Soul & Hip-Hop artists Shanaz Dorsett, The BB Architects, AKS & Shadez the Misfit, America’s fast-rising underground Hip-Hop and R&B artists Remot, Midian, EOM & Emay, Spoken Word artists Greeds & Zayna Daze and so much more in this 20-track opus & ode to EMERGING MUSIC.
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Listen and Download: Waje – To the Top
The video shoot for the tribute ‘my pain’ song to Da Grin was directed by DJ tee took place in lagos on the 10th Of May,2010. Here are pictures from the video shoot. The triubte was recorded by SHEYMAN, REMINISCE, DURELLA, ELDEE, OMAWUMI, JAHBLESS, AJASA, RUGGEDMAN, BANKY W, T-CODE, DUDE TETSOLA, WAJE, BIGIANO, KEL, AY.COM and JAYWON.
AT The Shoot – DJ Jimmy Jatt, Dj Humility
