The Man - Modenine

The name Modenine sounds as a no-go-area for upcoming artistes, when it comes to collaboration or featuring the lyricist as the case might be in their works. The Emcee, who was recently labeled by another rapper as an artiste, who doesn’t have a share of the market in Nigeria considering his style of music, which might have caused the beginning of another world war in the music industry few months back.
His last album titled Paradigm Shift (an important change in which the usual way of thinking or doing something is replaced by another way of thinking or doing something), serves as blueprint for upcoming emcees, dummies guide for wannabe rappers in the industry. Unswerving, is the perfect blend of creativity, dexterity, something he uses astutely when he expresses himself while delivering his sometimes hard to comprehend messages.
Observers have already begun to heap plaudits on him as he had begun to show interest in some of the talented upcoming individuals in the music industry by doing one or two tracks with them.
One of them is quoted saying that, “I was thinking of getting a rap version of one of my songs in my upcoming album and I told him to refer me to someone who can do it for me and he told me blatantly that ‘O Boy, you’re good let me do something for you’ and I couldn’t refused it because it was like having 2pac, Rakim or Na on my album,” he revealed.
Babatunde Olusegun caught most people’s attention with his monster hit single – cry, which won him several awards both home and abroad and another single titled Nigeria girls. The emcee of emcees is now on the verge of making history again.

Kleva Jay Gets Baby Girl

The nigeria music scene was yet in another celebration mood as one of the fast rising hiphop act in nigeria, Kleva gets a baby girl on Friday 13th of june 2009 at a private hospital owned by the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) at Fagba area of Lagos state.
The bundle of joy happens to be the first blessing of their holy matrimony some months back.
“I'm very happy and I thank God for this magnificent gift. This is a very big thing that has ever happen to me in my musical career, though I’ve been waiting for a great day like this that I’ll become a father and here I am today,im now a proud father”
The christening of the newly born baby took place at his Fagba residence last Friday, and it’s well attended by friends and well wishers of the Koni Koni Love crooner.

Sauce Kid Joins Storm Record As Ikechukwu Quits for Mo-Hits

This is not A mere rumors now as Ikechukwu is confirmed to have moved from Storm Records to MoHits Records. It is very surprising as he just released an album under Obi Asika’s Storm Record label a couple of weeks ago - Killz zone.Killz, as he is called was reported to have mentioned that decision to leave Storm was mutual and both parties came to a common ground on the decision. Meanwhile the self acclaimed African Ambassador of Rap music has finally left his crew at the Q-Beats Entertainment to joined the likes of Sasha, GT the Guitarman, Naeto C at Storm records.
“I have no problem with Q-Beats; we’re still a family,i only left the label to be independent, I don’t wanna be under any record deal any more,its time for me to be on my own. I only signed a management deal with Storm 360”Sauce kid explains.
The father of one has been shuttling between Nigeria and the United State since the release of his Omoge wajo a track that featured Mike Okri and also Yebariba Samboribobo in his debut effort, Money Long-The Mixtape.His much awaited debut album African American is schedule to hit the stores anytime soon.

TERRY G HAS FREED MY MONEY

Few weeks back, we reported that, one of Nigeria best beat maker Terry G is in loggerhead with a U.K based singer Shakar El-Swagger over a production fee of 100,000 naira, because the producer couldn’t meet up with the expectation of the singer for the fact that the beat that the singer is requesting for,has been done for another well known artist.
When Terry G couldn’t meet up with what Shakar requested, the singer cried out that Terry has duped him and when Terry G was contacted, he said he’ll pay him back his money.
“I’ll pay him back his money before the week runs out” Terry G said penultimate weekend.

Last week,Shakar El Swagga contacted us and stated that Terry G has fulfilled his promise by refunding his money,“I want to thank everyone that played a role in my operation free my money, some looked at me as an attention seeker or rather saw it as a publicity stunt, some thought it will be impossible for me to get my money, some wanted me to shut up because im not a superstar. Some joined me in the struggle. I wanna thank everyone cuz all said and done, the fact remains that am so happy to get my money back”Shakar continues “I don’t have anything against terry G anymore because he has paid me back my money. Terry G has freed my money. So ginger your swagger, he concluded.

LAGBAJA FLIGHT FINALLY TAKES OFF

The masked one-Lagbaja has remained hibernating since the release of his last album titled –Africano in 2005. Few weeks back, Lagbaja told the media that he’ll be coming out with two CDs’ simultaneously before the end of April. Omo baba mukomuko as he fondly called himself released two new singles titled sobolation and bling bling, which serves as a prelude to his upcoming album. The two singles remain encore to his numerous fans both home and abroad as they’re currently enjoying massive airplay on radio stations across the nation

FELIX DUKE SETS FOR EURO TOUR

The Chinga Linga crooner is leaving stone unturn as he on the verge of putting the reggae music back in the map in Nigeria, the genre that has almost lost its value in this part of the world. The reggae artist confirmed to Arpeggio Plus that he’s getting ready for another European tour in May 2009 after his last one in December last year.
“I’m planning for another European tour after my last one starting from October 1st and came back to the country on December 2nd in 2008 touring most of the European countries. Right now, I’m set for another one cum May this year” he said.
His monstrous hit track Chinga Linga ling is currently ruling the airwaves since its release early this year. Asked about the video, he said “the video of the song will be shot in South Africa or we’ll bring down the entire crew member down to Nigeria but that would be after my European tour” he concluded

P-square Bombshell! Square Records X-clusive To P-square

The duo Peter and Paul of Psquare is another big name to reckon with when it comes to music in this part of the globe. Psquare who are also a proud owner of the record label-Square Records told Arpeggio that “Square records is solely for Psqaure only and we’re not in any way planning to sign any other artistes on the recording label” they said. The record label has been responsible for the different hit traks they’ve been churning out for some years now after their fall out with Timbuk 2 music, owned by Bayo Odusami Howie T.

Cabassa to Drop Album on Birthday

Foremost beatsmith and producer to the stars, ID Cabassa is currently in the studio working on his debut album. The producer cum singer divulged that his full album is ready but it’s presently passing through the final touches. “My full album is ready now but I’m releasing the album on my birthday, which happens to be 29th of July.” ID Cabassa came into prominence as the force behind hits from artistes like; 9ice, Lord of Ajasa, Jah Bless and 2shotz. He follows the tradition of other indigenous producers grabbing the mic.

....20 faints as P-square performed in Gambia

Multi-talented twin brothers, Peter and Paul Okoye, popularly known as P-Square on Wednesday 13th of May embarked on the musical tour to The Gambia. Gambian president, Yahya Jammeh also had a dinner with the twin brothers in Baruj on May 15 to show his love and support for their music. , in which they later headline a concert at the Gambia National Stadium in Banjul on Saturday 16th of May 2009.
However, the most attractive moment of the night was when they sang their popular number `Do Me`, the song which fans did not want to end as most of the time they were heard saying ``we want more, we want more...``,about 20 female fans fainted while the twin brothers were performing.
As it has become their tradition, the fans requested for their T-shirts and without any hesitation, they honored them and threw their T-shirts to them as they repeated `Do Me`.
One of the foremost and best security outfits in Nigeria Voltron is now the official security guard of the pop-star both in and outside the shores of Nigeria.
Plans for the duo and their team to visit England and the US have also reached advanced stage, although no dates were announced for the UK and US shows, the band is scheduled to touch both countries in May and June respectively.
The identical twin brothers, Peter and Paul, who are managed by their elder brother, Jude are presently rounding off work on their fourth album scheduled for release in September.
The concert was organized by Africell and Oceanic Bank, organized by War Room Entertainment.

Timaya Again

The self-styled Egeri Papa I of Bayelsa, Timaya has, undoubtedly, been tipped as one of the best artistes to have come out of the volatile Niger Delta region of Nigeria in recent times. The chubby, dread-locked singer, who has warmed himself and his brand of music into the hearts of many music buffs, especially in the Nigeria wetland - the Niger Delta, where his message of change and non-violence to the restive region is considered as a soothing balm, has consistently been in the news in recent times, but for the wrong reasons. That Timaya has hordes of fans, especially the female folks is not in doubt, but his alleged ravenous appetite for anything in skirt, as media reports have indicated, is a one dent on the image of the musical act. Aside his recently reported love adventure towards nollywood, Yoruba actress, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe, Timaya, whom the actress was said to have rebuffed, was also sighted in Abuja by our reporter behaving as if he was desperate to satisfy his supposed alleged uncontrollable sexual urge.
The talented act, who was in Abuja for the just concluded hyped music awards, the Hip Hop World Awards, was showed the ghetto stuff in him at the Bolingo Hotels and Towers where invited guests, the awards nominees, journalists and other artistes billed to perform at the awards ceremony were lodged.
Timaya, who arrived at the hotel in company of his back-ups Dem Mama soldiers sighted a certain lady and suddenly became a jelly. Those who should know of the lady’s mission divulged to us that the lady had come to see his boyfriend, who was also lodged at the hotel, when she was accosted by Timaya. Playing the courteous John Bull, Timaya extended his hand to the dashing beauty and the fair-skinned, tall lady reciprocated by taking his hand in hers, but had a raw deal leaving for her mission, as Timaya decided to give her a chase up the elevator to the floor she was going to. While in the elevator, Timaya and his crew engaged tried like little school children to outpace each other in who got the attention of the lady who blatantly refused to give them her number. The pretty chic was not freak about Timaya’s celebrity status and so, blatantly refused to heed to his request for her phone number.
Unsatisfied with the move, Timaya decided to follow her to where she was going to, but turned back when he was the lady’s supposed host emerged from his room.
Timaya, later, called one of his boys on the ground floor to find out who the lady’s boyfriend was from the receptionist.
Minutes later, Timaya and his boys started blaming one another for standing in the other, thereby making the lady decline in giving her number out.
Timaya has since his emergence in the music industry produced two albums, titled Timaya , as well as, The Gift and Grace , which won him the Hip Hop World Awards for the Best Reggae/Dance Hall Album for 2008 and 2009 respectively.