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Abuja’s Underground Hip Hop Music-scape by Abujafood: 1:11pm On Feb 05, 2013 |
Abuja’s underground Hip Hop scene is an undocumented yet vibrant music-scape of young Nigerians that live, breath and sweat music. In the nooks and crannies of Abuja from Garki 2 to Wuse 2 hunched over mixers and screens, with a microphone in one hand and a blunt in the other, hybrid sound bars inspired by 90’s R&B, European House music, with splatterings of Fuji, Gangster Rap and Afro-Beat blare from the speakers. These rumbling bases often combine with the dusty heat of Abuja’s harmattan season causing ripples of pure unadulterated groove that morph the limbs of innocent bystanders into the popular Azonto sequence. Often grimy, the Abuja underground music scene is not for the faint hearted. If you are newly initiated into this tight click of Abuja artists you have to be ready for the onslaught of negative judgment by the mainstream public who have labeled these urban dream chasers as criminals, hooligans, druggies and miscreants. Simply put, you have to be a musical ninja in skinny jeans with balls the size of asteroids to have any chance of keeping your head above the competition. The Hip Hop trio Gransonz fits this bill. Working from the CCbeat7 Studio’s in Wuse 2 this triad churns out lyrical gold layered on tracks of unique sound bites and the effect is distinctly memorable. Recently signed to Jim Iykes ‘Untamed Records’ label, Gransonz are being tagged as the next big thing. Judging by the leaked single “Love for the Game” #LFTG these guys mean business. Follow Gransonz on Twitter @Gransonz and @ccbeat7 to keep tabs on this much buzzed about act. Mingling in the studios of these young creative’s. Another name came up “Badguyses” like all underground musicians the name sounds familiar but you have to hear the song to connect the dots. Badguyses are made up of two dynamically creative individuals, Prokassy and MrPhemo. Their energy breaths through their music, you can hear it in the decadently danceable ‘Azontolizin’ and ‘Naija Gangnam Style’ Gransonz and Badguyses are only two in a universe of creatively rebellious artists that make up the Abuja underground hiphop scene. Abuja hip hop has its own flavor that is distinct from its alter ego in Lagos. It speaks for itself. Listen to “Love for the Game” here Listen to “Fun Time Mood” by Gransonz and Badguyses here. Listen to ‘Azontolizin’ by Badguyses here. Follow Baguyses on Twitter @BadGuysesNaija http://www.abujafood.com/lifestyle/music-a-entertainment/1123-abujas-underground-hip-hop-music-scape.html |
Re: Abuja’s Underground Hip Hop Music-scape by verticalx: 2:39pm On Jun 12, 2013 |
Can anyone please give me a list of dope Nigerian Underground Katz, i only no MODE9, anyway heres some dope South African emceez u can catch out, 1,Wirtters Block 2,Garlic brown 3,Anti-bullshit 4,Gini Grindith 5,Basemental platform 6,Crooked the war manga 7,Death star. btw check out www.scramble4money.com battels Can anyone please give me a list of dope Nigerian Underground Katz, i only no MODE9, anyway heres some dope South African emceez u can catch out, 1,Wirtters Block 2,Garlic brown 3,Anti-bullshit 4,Gini Grindith 5,Basemental platform 6,Crooked the war manga 7,Death star. btw check out www.scramble4money.com battels |
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