BOLAJI ROSIJI PLANS MUSIC COMEBACK

After a brief hiatus off the music scene, Bolaji Rosiji, the erstwhile President of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) is in the news again.
This time, Bolaji Rosiji is planning to make a return to the music world as he is working on a new musical works. According to our sources, this new works is to re-launch back his career by catching in on the election frenzy.
The song is all about sensitizing people to vote and defend it during the next general election. The song is being recorded at Wavelength studio located inside Old Phillip Building in Ojota, owned by Studio Engineer Morris Kawel aka Morris.
Sources also revealed that, Rosiji who is also a monk of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness has been in the studio for the past two weeks putting finishing touches to the song.

WATA GWAN DBANJ

That exactly will be what is going on in the minds of the KokoMaster's fans regarding his latest work, Mr. Endowment. After almost five weeks of the song’s release, it has lacked the basic characteristics of D'Banj in popularity and acceptance. Unlike his previous songs like, Why Me, Igwe and others that became anthems of
sort within few days of release, many still are not aware the multiple award winning star has a single out. With Wande Coal now the new toast in the Mo'Hits family and taking home five awards at the last Hip Hop
World Award (HHWA) and D'Banj going home with none, music analysts are of the opinion that the  Kokomaster might have worked in a hurry to no avail to regain his position within the scene.

MO'CHEDDAH BECOMES FRANCHISE CELEBRITY

All is now set for fast-rising singer, songwriter and femcee MoCheddah to release her debut album Franchise Celebrity. The much-anticipated album is scheduled for release on October 20th and a launch party has been been scheduled by Mo’s record label, Knighthouse Entertainment. According to the talented songbird, “it (the album) is the culmination of 7 years of preparation and was heavily influenced by my experiences in music over that period.”Mo Cheddah was recently awarded with the Most Promising Act to Watch this year at the just concluded Nigerian Entertainment Awards in New York City. She has also been nominated for the Most Gifted Female Video at the Channel O Music Video Awards 2010 as well as the Discovery of the Year at the SoundCity Music Video Awards 2010. The album will contain 15 songs including hit singles If You Want Me and club banger Ko Maa Roll and will feature collaborations with multiple-award winning rapper, Naeto C and the late Dagrin.

LETTER TO MR JUDE ABAGA (MI)

When the news broke that diminutive rapper, MI is ready to dabble into movie, eye brows were raised, tongues keep wagging and fingers failed to stop pressing those buttons of our cell phones to confirm directly from him or his close associates over what could led the rapper in making such decision.
Towards the end of September, the news of the rapper ditching music for acting in Nollywood emanated from his label. This however ended speculations allegedly planted by same label and the stance of the
rapper. The release went as far as telling us that the artiste “jet out to Los Angeles last week to take shots on scenes from his forthcoming debut performance in the action movie which he is cast in”. The implication of this information, as now confirmed by his publicist, is that there would be a delay in releasing the rapper’s anticipated sophomore album previously scheduled for a September/October release.
Different questions were being asked from different quarters asking why the Short Black Boy had to give up music in such a very short time of hitting it big in the music industry. Some believe this move is
just a publicity stunt to herald the arrival of his second album. Some of his predecessors like Tunde & Wunmi Obey (TWO) have tried similar stunts only to debunk over and over after a while and then release the next album. In the process, they occupy media space before announcing the next album release and then we find out it’s been a calculated move to stay talked about.
Mr Jude Abaga was a breath of fresh air when he came to us. He was quickly tagged ‘the rappers’ rapper’ by music pundits as he dominated the rap scene, just before introducing his brother – Jesse Jagz and
other protégées to the stage. Now only a few weeks to the hyped release of his follow up album titled ‘M.I 2’, news of a tentative career switch breaks from his camp. So I ask; is Mr Jude Abaga about to set a record as his label’s trying to make us believe? Or is this propaganda from another artiste, to keep us talking about him or appealing for his kind of music?
We’ve seen a number of Nollywood artistes dabble in and out of music: from Cossy Orjiakor, to Genevieve Nnaji, Jim Iyke and then Omotola who launched her second album where a table was sold for N1m each. Some recording artistes have also made a few appearances in Nolywood flicks – the likes of 9ice, Pasuma, Osupa and Jaywon to mention a few, but none of these artistes ever sacrificed their singing careers for one
in Nollywood nor confirmed such speculations when made. What if he’s truly taking a break for  Nollywood, can he be Nigeria’s Denzel Washington, Ving Rhames or others? Is he ready to compete with
the likes of Ramsey Noah, Segun Arinze, Saheed Balogun and the rest as he did years back in the music industry? Or is he trying to bow out when the ovation is loud (I doubt if it’s still loud). If yes, what’s going to happen to the career that catapulted him into lime-light?