Oliver de Coque was one of Nigeria’s best high-life musicians. He came into the lime light in the 70’s with his soulful hit Peoples club of Nigeria. He died in 2008. Download Share

Junior and Pretty made headlines in the early 90′s when they emerged on the music scene with their brand of pidgin english rap music (Fufu Flavour). I memorized every line of this track back in my Junior Secondary School days lol..oh Yeeah! Shouts to all Government college Ikorodu alumni. God bless the 90′s. “Bolanle” is [...]

Enjoy this classic tune from one of Nigeria’s premier reggae band. Download Share

Funk music did make its rounds in Nigeria – around the 70′s through the mid 80′s. I’m talking about some funky garage disco boogie Woogie stuff here guys. Most of you reading this probably weren’t around then, but there’s a whole discography about that era. I’m going to keep today’s lecture short and save the [...]

if you were to ask the kids of my youth (the 80′s babies); the ones that spent a great deal of their teenage years in Nigeria, who they considered most famous female music icon of the 80′s and 90′s, one name that will come up a lot is Onyeka Onwenu. Although there were quite a [...]

One of my favorite African divas of all time, Angélique Kidjo was born in Cotonou, Benin and started singing and dancing with her mother’s performing group by age six, giving her an early appreciation for traditional music and dance. Her musical influences came from both her father’s Fon and mother’s Yoruba backgrounds. Kidjo grew up [...]

Throwback Friday is back! Africa Style Lekwa Uwam Respect Africa You can’t hurry the sunshine Download Share

Two of the biggest stars of the ’80s were Segun Adewale and Shina Peters, who started their careers performing in the mid-’70s with Prince Adekunle. They eventually left Adekunle and formed a brief partnership as Shina Adewale & the International Superstars before beginning solo careers. The group later split up, with Shina Peters going on [...]

One of the more popular artists of the late 80′s early 90′s era, Danny Wilson was famous for singing classics hits like ’999′ and ‘Give me Calypso’. His music style could be described as “Raggamuffin”, due to his reggae music influence. Although there doesn’t seem to be much info about danny over the internet, his [...]

Sade’s ice-cool vocals and sophisticated, jazz-tinged instrumentation defined a new kind of soul music for the ’80s. This drop features a few of Helen Folasade Adu’s most memorable classic hits. We all need some sade in our lives. Tracks All About our love By Your Side I’ll Be There Kiss Of Life Smooth Operator The [...]