Djicemob:
Prefer whatever you like

safarigirl:
Asa's voice is nothing spectacular. I rate Timi higher, Nigerians will just gravitate to anything foreign naturally

Octaves:
What do you expect them to sing when auto-tune was doing the singing for them in the studio.
We dont have real vocalists in Naija (except for very few). All we have are commercial hit makers with no real singing talent. Put most of them on stage and give them a standard classic song to perform and 90% will flop so hard. Most Naija ppl dont even appreciate real singing talent. They love auto tune and could care less if an artiste is performing life or playing the very studio record u already have on ur i pad

Djicemob:
I've been reading how you trying aimlessly to play Asa's brand down over Timi's and i cant help but wonder if you listen to music for listening sake.Mentioning Asa and Timi's name in the same sentence is an insult in itself.Check! am a true hiphop and hardcore addict,i was the type of guy that changes the channel anytime i hear an R n B or soul music,it was garbage to me but Asa changed that,her album was actually the first non-rap album i bought with my money -she was that good.Did you say Timi? Heck! Praise is better than Timi.

Sanchez01:

True that, Tuface, Lagbaja and a few are the only ones we have around as far as live performances are concerned.

Sanchez01:

True that, Tuface, Lagbaja and a few are the only ones we have around as far as live performances are concerned.

safarigirl:
Nobody does better live performances in naija than P-square, Banky W, Timi Dakolo and Flavour and most recently, Yemi Alade, everybody else na wash.

Sanchez01:

Nigerians, we're fond of answering questions with questions. And yes, I know what LIVE performance is. D'banj is a lip syncher, last I checked. This brought about my question "when did he start doing LIVE performances?"

Sanchez01:

You raised the most important point there. Rather than leave people with something worth remembering, the keep revelling in a wicked vicious cycle. No Nigerian artistes has ever left me speechless with their performance. My sole purpose of avoiding them overtime remains the same.

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Ziggyzito:
this is another hater. D'banj is the king of the stage. This dude has been doing live performances since 2007. It isn't easy. P-square just started using bands 3 years ago. D'banj is one of the best performers in Nigeria. Stop hating. Quote me with insults and I won't bother replying.

Truth234:


Thank you, he started before most of them. In fact he is the best, follow by Sound Sultan

safarigirl:
whatever you guys think it is, I don't like it. Everyone doesn't have the same idea of 'good music', some of us just don't like her style. It doesn't mean we don't know good music, we just don't like that one. I rank her alongside Nneka, I'll probably dose off if I have to see either of them in a concert. Timi's voice is strong, powerful and can hit you where it matters (listen to Great Nation, it's one of the best songs to ever come from Nigeria), Timi over Asa anyday. And we're back to the same ish of "Asa is awesome cuz the Western world likes her", why do we rate artistes based on who the West approves? Why can't we rate Africans on who Africans approve? Or are we not good enough to determine our brand of music?

safarigirl:
Asa is based in Europe and blew from there that's why she majorly performs there, it's not her live performances that make her a toast. Timi is a better artiste than Asa by any ramification, but you don't see him everywhere in Europe

jcmaiah:

Hmm, I see where you going. Its not every that loves pitches, personally i dont, except in occasional cases. Please when we talk of singers never mention Davido, I carry God beg you.

jcmaiah:

Hmm, I see where you going. Its not every that loves pitches, personally i dont, except in occasional cases. Please when we talk of singers never mention Davido, I carry God beg you.

14:



blame it on Autotune. 99% of musicians in nigeria use autotune in their songs.

Drahmah:
I agree that a lot of Nigerian singers still lip-sync, but its not all of them. More established artists like wizkid, tuface, yemi alade, p square, lagbaja, etc have moved their live performances up a notch, by bringing their bands along to stage. You only need to follow their instagram pages to see for yourself. And in the case of the glo lafta fest, i wouldn't really call them out because that show isn't exactly a concert. But i still, could have sworn i saw wizkid perform with his band/ dj.

Oh, and foreign artists do lip-syncing too. It just depends on the show. Not every performance requires a band/instrumentalists.