http://www.naijajams.com a nigerian music blog Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:59:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I came across this clip from the BBC program Welcome To Lagos that introduces us to Vocal Slender—an aspiring musician who collects scrap at the Olusosun dump to make ends meet. His debut album, Vocal Slender - Send Them Come is available on Itunes. » vocal slender on myspace via 3dnam ... http://www.naijajams.com/vocal-slender Yesterday afternoon, I received email saying that I had been tagged in a video on Facebook. Anyone familiar with facebook knows that more often than not, you're not actually in the video, but rather someone wants to spam you wants you to see something. I was pleasantly surprised to see ... http://www.naijajams.com/siji Okosuns, 61, died on Sunday (May 25) in the United States following a battle against cancer of the colon, they said. Source: Yahoo Rest in peace. Sonny Okosun - Power To The People A clip of Sonny and his band in Lagos, 1979 - taken from the documentary Konkombe - The Nigerian Pop Music ... http://www.naijajams.com/sonny-okosuns-1947-2008 A short video story explaining the Yoruba Bata drum and dance tradition. Via naijablog http://www.naijajams.com/video-yoruba-bata-a-living-drum-and-dance-tradition-from-nigeria After performing at the Kora Awards 2007, Eedris Abdulkareem apologizes to 50 Cent for their previous encounter. I can’t say I ever expected to see these two on stage together again. 50 was probably just as surprised by the apology as I was watching it. Needless to say, I’m glad we ... http://www.naijajams.com/eedris-appologizes-to-50-cent-kora-awards-2007 In case you've missed it, Olu's Yahoozee is the one of the songs given incessant rotation on the naija air waves. The video hit the web several weeks ago and with it came rave commentary. I had high expectations given some of Olu's previous work as part of Maintain, but ... http://www.naijajams.com/olu-maintain-yahoozee Olu Maintain may be slick and suave in his videos, but sit him down with the sharp women of Funmi Iyanda's New Dawn, and... well, let's just say lots of squirming ensues. I don't get the sense he's had to support his answers like this before. Check out Olu's awkward ... http://www.naijajams.com/olu-maintain-on-new-dawn-with-funmi-iyanda I came across this video from Chiido called Gbejo by chance and it reminded me of why I like ChiiDo... he doesn't take himself too seriously and his songs make me laugh. This track has some fresh pidgin rhymes in "part 2" and lots of reasons to make you smile. ... http://www.naijajams.com/chiido-gbejo Weird MC isn't a new name in Naija music. If you've been to a naija party, wedding or the like in the last few years, you've probably heard her music. For more than a decade, Weird MC The Raptainer has been dropping afro-infused hiphop while splitting time between Naija and ... http://www.naijajams.com/weird-mc-riranwo According to TheNews, Tuface was attacked and shot at his home last night after returning home from London. "Hip hop music star, Innocent Idibia popularly known as Tuface, is currently on danger list at Cedar Group Hospital, 202 Road, B Close, Festac Town, Lagos, following an attack on him by unidentified ... http://www.naijajams.com/tuface-shot-by-armed-robbers-battles-for-life