WEST AFRICAN NIGERIAN MUSIC

TO BE HONEST, I AM NOT ONE TO LISTERN TO NIGERIAN MUSIC AND I THINK SOME PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO THAT. UNLIKE THE USUAL RAP . RNB . SOUL, YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE ARTISTS ARE SINGING ABOUT AND SING ALONG....RIGHT?...WHILE NIGERIAN MUSIC, WOW WHERE DO I START FROM, HOLD UP! I AM NOT EVEN TRYING TO BE CONDESCENDING AT ALL BUT MOST OF THE TIME I CANT SING ALONG OR UNDERSTAND HALF OF WHAT THEY SAY.

OBVIOUSLY I LOVE THE WAY NIGERIAN ARTIST HAVE EMBRACED THEIR OWN CREATIVITY AND STYLE OF MUSIC. I MEAN THEY COMBINE IT WITH OUR TRADITIONAL LANGUAGES AND THERE IS NO DOUBT; YOU GET A SENSE OF BELONGING AND THE PRIDE OF BEING AFRICAN NIGERIAN.

LATELY MY BOO GOT SOME TRACKS FOR US TO LISTERN TO AS WE ARE TRYING TO EMBRACE A MORE NIGERIAN APPROACH BEFORE WE MOVE... HE GOT P SQUARE . WIZ KID . 9ICE . DBANJ . ICE PRINCE . M.I. .AND MORE. I THINK ONE OF MY FAV IS  "ICE PRINCE- OLEKU". WOW I FOUND MYSELF CLICKING ON THE REPEAT BUTTON, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND SOME PARTS BUT IT MADE ME MOVE MY HIPS, I WANTED TO START JIGGING AND DANCING.

THEN I REALISED IT IS NOT JUST THE WORDINGS IN NIGERIAN MUSIC THAT MAKES YOU MOVE, THE HUMOUR, AFRO BEATS, DRUMS, FLUTE AND THAT SOUND THAT TICKLES THE TOES, TO SUM IT UP "I AM IMPRESSED! I MUST SAY....I ALSO LIKED M.I PUT YOUR HANDS UP IN THE AIRRRR!  NICE......