Hi y'all. At school today, we were asked to list as many as possible, the types of music from our culture.

That was when I realized that I didn't really know Nigerian music genres. Well, I mentioned a couple I've heard of such as fuji and juju although I don't really know what they sound like.

I could ask my parents but they'D probably give me only music from the igbo culture. I don't need it for school anymore but for knowledge of the Nigerian music and culture.

Hopefully, other people would learn from here.

Shaz:

You coulda asked, you know . .

I know, girl. I was just looking for a general opinion.

Still waiting. . .

Highlife, Afrobeat, Afro juju, Ekasa

@Baro, thanks. I never heard of the "Ekasa" one but I got the rest.

Well, from the number of replies compared to the # of views, I can deduce that Nigeria never really had much music except the imported ones. So, I guess it wasn't really my fault for not knowing.

Akpala

afro juju? apkala? are you ppl for real?

@Morenike*. . .what do you mean by are we for real? No be genres of Nigerian music? Google even said the same thing. . Not that I trust it.

Just asking, I've never heard of them b4

*Morenike:

Just asking, I've never heard of them before

You are helping prove that you are an Egufe

Which one is Egufe again?

LOL@*Morenike, I guess we're in the same shoes but I think I'm better than you.

Yea, when it comes to naija music. No offense but they sux

*Morenike:

Which one is Egufe again?

Egufe is the feminine of EWURE, the brother to EKUTE

doyin13:

Egufe is the feminine of EWURE, the brother to EKUTE

Oh now I get it, you're ekute

has anyone seen Onyinye today, hurricane ikechukwu

@post Afro reggae

doyin13:

Egufe is the feminine of EWURE, the brother to EKUTE

Am just glad it didn't come over here

dreeldee

dreeldee:

Not funny

But seriously, what is egufe?

that's hella funny _{seriously, did u see Onyinye today, hurricane ikechukwu} 

@post yoruba

You didn't see her making trouble on the other thread?

Yes oo. . .@topic

You should give AXE a try.

It is brazilian but with a strong element of Yoruba.

The names of prominent exponents will indicate this.

Olodum (from Olodumare), Ilu Aiye, etc. . . .

*Morenike:

You didn't see her making trouble on the other thread?

naw _{i hope that ikechukwu doesn't come here, we're bordered by houston}

@post Juju

[Quote]Yea, when it comes to naija music. No offense but they sux[/quote]

@*Morenike, dayum! How could you say that? This is the mentality we have which makes us to not know music from our culture. I know haitian-Americans who know and appreciate their music and I personally don't think their music is better than Nigeria's.

The only Nigerian music that are appreciated are usually the imported ones such as hip hop which a 5-yr old can tell you did not originate from Nigeria or Africa as a whole. If I write hip hop and r & b, what will the AAs now write? Or if I write reggae, what would the Jamaicans do? Man. . . I tire for naija people and their copy-copy. That's why I want the real nigerian music genres.

@yeah, to those of you who are here to have side-conversations, please, this isn't the place. So, y'all can kindly go to the "romance" section.

dreeldee:

naw i hope that ikechukwu doesn't come here, we're bordered by houston

So you live in Tijuana

dreeldee:

naw _{i hope that ikechukwu doesn't come here, we're bordered by houston}

I hope it doesn't come there, well takia.
Bed a' calling

chiogo:

@*Morenike, dayum! How can you say that? This is the mentality we have which makes us to not know music from our culture. I know haitian-Americans who know and appreciate their music and I personally don't think their music is better than Nigeria's.

The only Nigerian music that are appreciated are usually the imported ones such as hip hop which a 5-yr old can tell u did not originate from Nigeria or Africa as a whole. If I write hip hop and r & b, what will the AAs now write? Or if I write reggae, what would the Jamaicans do? ManI tire for naija people and their copy-copy. That's why I want the real nigerian music genres.

@yeah, to those of you who are here to have side-conversations, please, this isn't the place. So, y'all can kindly go to the "romance" section.

It does not have to do with mentality or what not. It has to do with preference. I prefer rock music to all their rap/hip pop etc.
The only Nigerian GENRE I can bare listening to is the gospel. Yoruba gospel. Apart from that, you would not catch me dead listening to 9ice, or w/e.

Ok, 2face used to be my doug, but now. . . . . nah

chiogo:

@*Morenike, dayum! How can you say that? This is the mentality we have which makes us to not know music from our culture. I know haitian-Americans who know and appreciate their music and I personally don't think their music is better than Nigeria's.

The only Nigerian music that are appreciated are usually the imported ones such as hip hop which a 5-yr old can tell u did not originate from Nigeria or Africa as a whole. If I write hip hop and r & b, what will the AAs now write? Or if I write reggae, what would the Jamaicans do? ManI tire for naija people and their copy-copy. That's why I want the real nigerian music genres.

@yeah, to those of you who are here to have side-conversations, please, this isn't the place. So, y'all can kindly go to the "romance" section.

madame no vex, i like nigerian music too and i think the music industry is getting better even though they do a lot of "sampling"

doyin13:

So you live in Tijuana

lmao! naw that's far away

Rock music coo
@*morenike, well I do agree with you on the Tuface thingy. I used to like him but uhh,. . .homeboy got wack overnight. Anyway, I'm playing his song "African queen' next week in music class,. . .still a nice song and kind of has the african flavor, . .whatever that means.

@dreeldee, no problem.

Lol, you'll be singing his song?
Hehehe, I wish I could be there. Rock on sistah

Lolololol, singing his song?? Hell naw. I said playing it, unless they got a male version of 'african queen'. . .I can't sing that either- too shy. Anywayz, we were asked to play it. I've had it on my ipod for a while now so I'D just play it.

Afro funk. . .
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Afro hip hop thats the lamest excuse most Nigerian artistes use to create whack music they say they are singing Afro hip-hop so i bet a Chinese would say he is doing Chinese hip hop or and so on