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Lyrics....2face
Albums...2face
Int'lly..d'banj
Biggest Hit single...2face
Record sales...2face
Downloads....d'banj
Media hype/promo...d'banj
Collabos...2face
Stage performance...d'banj
Inspiration...2face
Charisma....d'banj
Videos...d'banj
Fan base...9ja(2face) int'l(d'banj)
Awards...2face
Humility...2face
Management...d'banj
Talent(entertainment)...2face
Talent(music)...2face
Wealth...d'banj
Endorsement...d'banj
Relationship with colleagues...2face
Consistency...2face
Most respected...2face
You can add yours...abeg no partial o

It is quite surprising that simple English words such as "It" and "IS" cannot be used when speaking Vernacular.
Me don try use "Is and It" take make sentence for pidgin, my people i nor fit.
"Prove me wrong" or better still "teach me pidgin English".

justi4jesu: please house also see if you can translate this pidgin to English

"E DON TEY WEY DAY BREAK'"

It has been a long day

Hydrogen ion....why not use water instead of urine

My testimonies are numerous...in summary "GOD has been faithful"

My classmate in sec. School...his name is kessy.
We kept the the principal and teachers busy trying to identify us...

Love
Beauty
You

"Blackmanism"...worse than HIV
Blackman's inhumanity to Blackman

Long overdue...waiting for confirmation though

Just pray ur wife to be is not a SAN (senior Ash.wo of Nigeria) or a "F.ckative"

So 30% of Nairalanders are bastardz abi?
BIG LIE

Fans of star artiste, ‘Tuface’ Idibia, celebrated him lavishly on Sunday at the inauguration of their official website.
The Tuface maniacs behind the project, coming under the banner, 2facemaniacs,planned everything behind the scene. They wanted to honour the music star in a way that no other Nigerian act had been honoured. The manner in which the plot was hatched and executed was reinforced by the choice of the venue – Scintilla Club, Lekki, which, no thanks to the new configuration of the Lekki Epe Expressway now, you could only access after a dramatic twisting and turning on Chevron Drive.
The event that was slated to start by 7pm did not start until about three hours later, leaving some people to become apprehensive that it might not eventually hold.
The fact is that the honouree was part of the Senator Ita Giwa’s Chidren of Bakassi festival that earlier held at the Eko Hotel and Suite, Lagos. Most important, however, is that when the treat tagged 2facemaniacs’ TheLegend 2face Idibia birthday party started, it became as if the day had just begun.
The event where the fans’ club’s official website was launched witnessed by a large crowd of fans and celebrity friends of the artiste, whose wife, Annie, was also present. Among such are Lagos-based comedian, Princess, African China, W4 and Black Solo.
It started with the launching of 2facemaniacs official anthem, produced and performed by a budding artiste and also a member of 2facemaniacs – MrVyne. The anthem was written by Haywizie, also a member of 2facemaniacs. The audience applauded the anthem and the talent in the voice that sang it.
During the inauguration of the website, one of the five administrators of 2facemaniacs, Ojuko Ridwan, put Tuface through his registration process, which was projected on a big screen for the viewing pleasure of the fans. He signed up his profile on www.2facemaniacs.com with the username “2facemaniacTheLegend”.
With that, says, the Grand Matron of the fans club, Mrs. Yejide Shobande, the site is now officially open to fans all over the world to register their profiles and become an official and authorised fan of ‘TheLegend 2face Idibia.’
While others who played major roles in the build up to the programme also got various rewards, a documentary on Tuface was also unveiled.
http://talkofnaija.com/news_details.aspx?NewsId=2A22E755-FDC3-4CD7-A3DF-A98FEEB9055E

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Build content first, package second.

“2face isn’t famous just because he is just ‘humble’ and his name is ‘innocent’. He is famous because he has proven to be an ace musician. He is an ace musician because he is hardworking, consistent and persistent. He is constantly working on improving his music, especially his content and delivery”

Seeking fame before building your music content is like putting the cart before the horse. And with this kind of arrangement, there is no progress. The horse will pull the cart backwards. Your early search for fame will pull your career backwards. So, learn to put first things first.

Fame will find you…..

…but first you need to understand that you are in the entertainment business. You are into music so as to entertain or at least you are giving your gift of –singing, rapping- to people. Hence you are giving first, and if they like what they hear and see, they’ll pay you attention. It’s not magic – it’s reciprocity.

You can try to force your way to the forefront with aggressive publicity but you might probably not last long because your offering does not hold water.

You have to pay attention to details especially in your days of small beginning when you are not much known. You’ve got to have something to offer. Something different and unique or something better than what existing music acts are currently offering.

As an upcoming act, you should really care about your sound, your music, before any other. You should always be thinking and working on ways to make better music, how to serve it to your fans, and how to communicate YOU (your image).

If you must publicize, it has to be something that corresponds with the growth of your career. It must flow with the plan on ground. You don’t have to be on every kind of ‘show’ trying to make yourself visible especially when you don’t have your music out there. Of course, except you are at this place hustling for sponsors that will help push your career forward and not for the VIP section trying hard to rub shoulders with readymade celebs.
Build Content First

Ask:

What’ new? What’s hot? How can I make what’s hot, hotter?

Listen to your tracks. Would you dance to your songs if you weren’t the one who did them? Would you buy them?

What’s your message?

What’s your sound?

Ask: What do I want to be known for?

Try to find a producer you are comfortable with and work with him/her. And if you have your music ready, do all you can afford to get your music out there. Make it available to the music loving public.
Package Second

Package is like what clothing does for the body-the body being YOU and your music. YOU as a music brand have to come in a wrapper- in an attractive wrapper that will get to your target listeners if you have identified yours. You can be deliberate about your packaging or you could just work on being presentable and acceptable. Note that the Nigerian music industry is becoming more sophisticated than ever so you had better start planning how you want to present ‘you’ to the general public. Packaging isn’t just about how you look but also about how you present YOU and your music.

Package is second because just like you need to wrap the wrapper round a gift, you need to package your gift of ‘new music’ to us.

 

For those upcoming acts who are always striving to be around celebrities especially just to feel among or to be recognized by them. You need to answer these questions:

Are you in the music business just to tag along celebs?
Who would buy your music? Follow you on twitter? Celebs or fans?

You should be gathering fans and not celebrity friends just yet. You should be building ‘you’ a fanbase. You know what? Celebs will appreciate you more when they see or hear about your works- your good music. They’ll ask of you, come for you and want you to hang out with them. They would even do music with you.

So set your priorities right.

If you were more business like, you should even have it at the back of your mind that they are your competitors. Your aim is to get to the top. Your being at the top might have to mean taking the spot of an existing music celeb who isn’t serving it anymore (like we’ve never seen that happen). So stop tagging unnecessarily the poor celebs that are on the internet to push their music too. Stop following them around in the club or at shows with your demo CDs (of course, unless he is recruiting) later to claim he /she stole your song/lyric/line or whatever.

Lastly, don’t forget that your music can put your name on every lip. Your music could start ‘you’ fame. Meanwhile, your consistent and excellent delivery could make it a lasting one.

You, just know what you are doing.

You will succeed.

Cheers,
Esther.

Esther Fabunmi is the head of Entertainment Ideaz ( an entertainment social enterprise), and bank manager of Talentz Bank (www.talentzbank..com), a music business resource and networking platform dedicated to help entertainers ‘turn from talent to cash’. Facebook/Talentz Bank, Twitter: @talentzbank. talentzbank@yahoo.com.


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Everything is under control...just called the CMD n i was told not to panic

Thks man...

This is a brand new single from sauce kid baba... It is a remix of his "u don dey madt".
2face, MI and LInxxx took the song to another level...open link to download http:///Ps266R

[color=#000099][/color]no misunderstanding here na...dis na clear mata
Jonathan visited at d̶̲̥̅̊ wrong tym but out of respect the Oba invited him personnaly 2 his inner chamber