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Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by KosiGee(m): 9:12am On Sep 21, 2020 |
This is Opanka years ago trying to create something from the scratch. This video should be part of a documentary on Ogene if ever there’s one. Opanka is a legend. He is special and doesn’t plagiarise other peoples songs. When you hear his beats, voice and songs, they are so unique. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVwJTXz7j98 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Barryseal: 9:17am On Sep 21, 2020 |
KosiGee: It's no disrespect to Igbo-jah and Ejyk. I'm sure if you ask them, deep down, they know Opanka is the more talented. The tune in this video you uploaded sounds different. He choose to remain underground for whatever reasons. I can't believe you can't go to the market and find Opanka's CD. Some years ago, I contracted him at his ogbo oye, abakpa home to come play at my aunt's funeral, Opanka came and stole the show. If I could, I would have uploethe performance, but his performance was recorded in a VHS cassette. He is an Ogene god. 2 Likes |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Crixxx: 9:17am On Sep 21, 2020 |
chimezieeze98: If Ijele and Agaba mmanwu isnt there my brother forget it. Ijele is truly the mother of all masquerades. I love Ogene musics so much |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Nobody: 9:21am On Sep 21, 2020 |
GBOLAGBURUGBURU:Anybody can claim anything on Nairaland. So I take certain claims with a pinch of salt. |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by KosiGee(m): 9:23am On Sep 21, 2020 |
Barryseal: Ogene god is an understatement. Melodies like this should be preserved. If you love ogene and you don’t like Opanka then something must be wrong. I pray for these guys everyday. One of friends rapped to opanka’s ogene some years ago and I wished I had recorded that. We were talking about various Igbo musics and I mentioned ogene, then played him of his songs and he started some freestyle. It was so beautiful. |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Barryseal: 9:34am On Sep 21, 2020 |
KosiGee: If there were smart people heading ministries like culture and tourism in Enugu. They could embrace the Ogene music and make an industry out of it. The starting point could be a world Ogene music day just like they have for raggae music. The perception that Ogene music is for agberos and no do wells, must be changed. |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by KosiGee(m): 9:36am On Sep 21, 2020 |
@Barryseal, Afam4eva... This jantamanta. This isn’t pure ogene/nmanwu music...slight diversion here but the ogene incorporation gave this harmony. This song became popular after Chimaroke and Chime left office. It’s a feel good music...funny and very beautiful. Just to add that this beat, melody and song is popular and unique to Eke town...I think this is Igwa nshi music with Jantamanta’s ogene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBMq8wtuJs0 2 Likes |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Barryseal: 9:49am On Sep 21, 2020 |
KosiGee: Okpute kwe na okpu henye .... It was during Chime's regime it became popular. I loved the transition that happened @6:17... Is that not Janka? Downloading.... 1 Like |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by descarado: 9:51am On Sep 21, 2020 |
ayzTIGER:I think his genre is egwu ekpili. I'm not sure. I just realised that there are many different types of music in igboland and I don't know what they are called. |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by KosiGee(m): 9:59am On Sep 21, 2020 |
Barryseal: Yes that’s him. Igwa nshi/ogene ended at 06:17. |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Caseless: 10:09am On Sep 21, 2020 |
Juliusmalema:Anambra was mentioned too. |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by okwusdidi: 10:11am On Sep 21, 2020 |
African culture in its highest form on display here.Igbo kwenu!!! |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by KosiGee(m): 10:15am On Sep 21, 2020 |
descarado: Seven seven Okonkwo Asa na Enugwu Ukwu might’ve metamorphosed from ekpili. Not sure about that but he did mention that he mum was also a musician and I think ekpili might’ve been their main instrument but Seven Seven’s primary instrument was guitar. He apparently had a competition with his mum in 1947 during an ichi ozo ceremony. His guitar was prominent in his songs and he was a story teller. I’d say that he belonged to Mike Ejeagha’s type of music. Not sure what to call that. 1 Like |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by ayzTIGER: 10:15am On Sep 21, 2020 |
descarado:I don't think his genre is Egwu Ekpili. His music is unique and a joy to listen, too bad nobody has been able to do his type of music and start from where he stopped. So many of them and people often mistake one for the other. Each state has their own type of Igbo traditional music. When I hear Anambra music I know, same with IMO, Enugu, Asaba except Abia and Ebonyi. |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Bkayyy: 10:31am On Sep 21, 2020 |
Bia Mr OP, you can't go around ranking musicians if you know little about the genre. How can you give Ejyk Nwamba no 1 spot when all his music is cover of other ogene musicians. The part of his music people love which is "Àjà welu welu" is cover of Ajofia Nnewi "Ana welu welu". His second hit "mawa rụ m ọjị" is still cover of Ajofia nnewi "mawa rụ mụ ọjị". The rest of his track are cover from either from udu bonchi or ogene nwa Ghana, particularly from ikpachi. During rankings musicians that are into cover are not included because the credit goes to the original. The ranking should have either ogene onye ọma who sang "onye nwụrụ" with this line "ụwa mee na ndidi bu ije enu" or ogene nwa Ghana who sang "Igbo bunk" and "ikpachi" or ogene okanga. The fourth spot should be between pammy udubonchi and ogene nti ike. Then the rest. Please try to project the original. I know why you put Ejyk Nwamba there, it's because you were fascinated by the great use of proverbs in Àjà welu welu, But stop being so because it was a cover from the master of Proverbs track for Ajofia Nnewi which was a song for the popular mmonwu and for omenala. Ejyk Nwamba didn't even add anything to it apart from the names of people he was hailing. If it is Proverbs that you want listen to all the ajofia tracks, they are filled with Proverbs from A-Z. Nevertheless, the effect of Ejyk Nwamba in ogene genre can't be ignored. He is like the Robin hood of Ogene music, without him ogene music would have been gone for good in this generation, even though most of his tracks are cover. 5 Likes |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Bkayyy: 10:45am On Sep 21, 2020 |
SmartPolician:You know very little about about igboland, Ogene actually started from Awka (the home of the black smith's) 1 Like |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Bkayyy: 10:53am On Sep 21, 2020 |
Fedrick100:Ụmụ obiligbo is not into ogene but another genre known as ịgba, you can hear it from their lyrics, "ịgba mụ ooo". Ịgba is a very old genre that most people enjoy but don't know it's a different genre from highlife , the most famous musicians from this genre include "Show promoter", "ibealoke chukwukeziri" the Apama crooner, ọzọ emee and pericoma na ani ajọ arụ 1 Like |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Bkayyy: 11:00am On Sep 21, 2020 |
Antoeni:God of mercy, who said udu bonchi is into ụbọ genre? DO you know the genre you just mentioned? This is the most difficult genre in igboland, it is too difficult that we don't have any contemporary musician into it. The only musician that successfully mastered the genre is the only person that goes with the title "gentleman", the one and only Gentleman Mike Ejeagha 3 Likes |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by nursemyke: 11:13am On Sep 21, 2020 |
I listened to one and I wish anyone can get me the name and link where I can find more of his video. The lyrics is like : "2baba king Solomon of our time, anty bobrisky I hear say you cut your TomTom,......." |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by IDENNAA(m): 11:22am On Sep 21, 2020 |
UdechiHD: This old ffaggat, following me around like a beggar...tufia |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Nobody: 11:23am On Sep 21, 2020 |
KosiGee: Good |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by IDENNAA(m): 11:24am On Sep 21, 2020 |
ayzTIGER: Okonkwo Asaa Iyaji played ekwili music. He even said it himself. 1 Like |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Nobody: 11:26am On Sep 21, 2020 |
UdechiHD: My name will never depart from your mouth again. Just avoid Omambala ethnic nationality pls |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Bkayyy: 11:32am On Sep 21, 2020 |
KosiGee:You've said it all but forgot to mention that Ejyk Nwamba is yet to have an independent track. All his hit are cover from Ajofia Nnewi, especially "Ana weru weru" which he covered as "àjà weru weru". I think it's high time Ejyk Nwamba gave credit to Ajofia Nnewi crooner for all his tracks he has been using. We can't move forward without respecting copyright laws |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by gurujoe(m): 11:53am On Sep 21, 2020 |
The Ogene music originated from Enugu people. It all started when Chukwu Okike Abiama give Enugu people war victory over the neighbors the Igalas & the Idomas. It was a war masquerade fought with irons Spears, shade, bow and arrow, gun,cutlass etc. They use their war arsenal as the instrument for the victory music and that's how Ogene music originated 1 Like |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by KosiGee(m): 12:11pm On Sep 21, 2020 |
Bkayyy: Copyright infringement is a sad reality. I think every artiste should get permission to use other people’s works or at least acknowledge the source...However Ejike Nwamba in my opinion is ironically one of the most commercially successful of the ogene guys. He has great personality, he reaches out to people who acknowledge and pay for his services. I believe that he should acknowledge the source of his borrowed songs but I don’t think Ajofia Nnewi would hinder his success. That’s being paranoid...Ajofia Nnewi though is in a class of his own with his esoteric philosophical renditions...very scary masquerade, comes out with so much knowledge and deep sacred vibes. Listening to it, you’d think you are in some haunted environment hearing the voice of the ghost of some 1000 year old catholic priest officiating a mass. 3 Likes |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Mindclinic: 1:34pm On Sep 21, 2020 |
Abeg make una patronise me to see food chop, biko. 1 Like
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Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by nwosu1982: 1:40pm On Sep 21, 2020 |
Igbo amaka 1 Like |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by IDENNAA(m): 1:54pm On Sep 21, 2020 |
gurujoe: I don't believe this story but like I said Enugu is leading in ogene but they didn't invent it and some of the oldest masquerades In Anambra use the instrument |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by Drizzy5001(m): 2:36pm On Sep 21, 2020 |
Op, God bless u for this post... Ausuma malika and Ejyke nwamba are my favorite ogene musicians... For those of you arguing over which state has the best ogene musicians, I'll give it to Enugu state..they beat us hands down We Anambrians are better in high life music.
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Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by obiekunie2: 3:03pm On Sep 21, 2020 |
oglalasioux: God bless you! Morocco should be totally banned from singing. He has never been original and will never be. even his old ekpili music he copied all from the legend Ekwegbalu Anyawu - the doctor of ekpili himself! the great! "nnemu na nnamu anyanwu n'enigwe!" "ewu nwojojo di ngederegwuee! "ewu nwolololu ngederegwuee! "ewuwa ngedere ngedere gwuee! "ngederegwu! ngederegwu okwa ajayama! ngederegwu ekwe ikee!" Ekwegbalu dey kill me with his ekpili music! God keep Blessing my father for exposing me to these great musics which i still enjoy to date. May my Father's gentle and lively soul keep resting in peace! Amen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRAWbcgu03s 3 Likes |
Re: The Best Ogene Musicians In Igboland (videos) by OrdinaryPeeps: 3:21pm On Sep 21, 2020 |
Nice! You all may want to see this explanation of 'Ofala' festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrObqhHRqP0 |
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