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The English dictionary defines a Legend as someone that has an extraordinary accomplishment. Webster dictionary of English defines the terminology “legend “as a person or thing that is very famous for having special qualities or abilities.


Music pundits, listeners and lovers have over the years expressed divergent opinions as to the validity and appropriateness of the terminology “Legend” being indiscriminately conferred on some recording artistes (not musicians) in the Nigerian music industry with many claiming most of the recipients do not deserve and are not befitting of such title/appellation in cognizance of corresponding exploits, years and rate of success in the music industry.



The rate at which every tom, dick and harry is being labelled a Legend is alarming and can only be considered a mere puff.


It should be noted that while some of these artistes tagged legends are well deserving, the comparison of some artistes to the real legends constitutes nothing but an act of disrespect and not giving proper recognition and honour to whom it is due. The holy book of the Christians says “Give unto Caesar what belongs to Caesar”. This appellation “Legend” given to some of the not so deserving artistes is what pushes some of them to misbehave even to their superiors or even rest on their oars and reduce their efforts because they feel that they have finally arrived. The only Legend most of these type of artistes deserve is Legend extra stout.

IN MY OPINION, taking into consideration the practicability of the subject matter and looking at the issue from a realist perspective armed with the knowledge of the custom usage of the word “Legend “and conferment in the past, it is pertinent to note that certain factors are to be put into consideration when considering giving someone the title “Legend” vis a vis the Nigerian Music industry.



One has to take into consideration the Period of “Active “years of the so called artist in the music industry, the impact of their songs in the society, number of Mega Hits, Number of Hit Features, endorsements over a certain period of time, Brand and content acceptance, versatility and then amount and quality of successful artists that such individual has groomed amongst others.

The Likes of Sunny Ade, Sunny Okposu, Ebenezer Obey,Fela anikulapo kuti, Ik dairo ,Onyenka Onwenu ,Zaaki ,Orlando owoh and others tick the boxes in most of the above listed requirements.


As far as the contemporary Nigerian music industry is concerned, personally, I would mention only 2face, Dbanj, Psquare ,Davido , Olamide (yes) and Wizkid as Legends in the Industry.The rest are towing the path to achieve this great status and in few years’ time and with consistency, most of the remaining A list Nigerian artists will be considered Legends for their contribution to the music industry.


Legends should never be mistaken for pioneers. Because one is the pioneer of a genre of music at a particular time or the forerunner at a particular time, doesn’t automatically make one a legend. Ask Mr Eazi, self-acclaimed creator of Banku music if you think I am lying.

In the 21st century Nigerian Music Industry, who do you think qualifies to be labelled a Legend??


This article is Written by SamSynord ..He tweets Via @Iamsynord ....

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Laird:
Music is a reflection of One's tastes, ambitions and Aspirations
Some people have higher tastes and higher standards resulting in a higher taste for foreign or Higher Standard Indigenious Music.
Your state of mind help to determine Your aspirations

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He sure looks like wizkid !!!! Many have stated he can easily impersonate the International.Nigerian Superstar !!!

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‘Music is a universal language . Love is blind,
genuine love supersedes all . ’


Yes , some are of the above opinion . However ,
many will also agree to the fact that it is very
much easier to be attracted to someone with
the same music taste ( i . e . talking about the
genre , the performing artist or a particular song
itself ) than someone we are not connected to
in terms of music taste .


Music speaks to the soul and at times there
are words we want to say to our partners /
people that can be conveyed efficiently through
music but what happens when the partner is
not interested in , conversant with or unable to
interpret and decode the type of music that we
so desire to convey these messages through?


Scenarios of when your favourite song comes
on and you engage on your own ‘ don’ t forget
the lyrics ’ challenge, wishing your partner could
join the rendezvous and sing along the lines
with you while you both giggle and laugh aloud
as either of you forgets a line or two while
looking deep into each other eyes and
connecting on a spiritual level .


A lot of people have associated music taste to
depict the societal status of individuals. The
local and less wealthier human beings listen
to razz sounds while the educated and high
class folks listen to the jazz , blues type of
sounds while sipping a cup of fine wine and
casually gisting about the economic policies of
the current leader of the country or about when
the payment for a particular contract would be
wired into their account.


Can this assertion be really true?



Well , imagine going on a date with a beautiful
light - skinned lady with over 10 k followers on
social media platforms , an amazing dress
sense and a banging physique , only for
someone to call her halfway through the date
that she has been struggling to finish one cup
of wine for over 30 minutes and then her
ringtone goes ‘ customer dada ni , dada ni ‘ or
any of those razz sounds , would your view of
her personality and status be altered ?


Your partner listens to mostly Nigerian music
while you are more of the foreign music
listener, Would the relationship be constrained?



Do you consider the music taste of an
individual stringent to a relationship or even
friendship or a determinant factor of an
individual societal status ?






www.tushmagazine.com.ng/music-taste-define-societal-status/


This article was written by Sam Synord ; he
tweets via: IAmSynord.

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A twitter user has linked the Current travails Davido is facing to an incident that occurred in January ,2017 . Davido recently lost three of his friends and has been embroiled in the murder of one of them by name Tagbo.

The twitter user linked the current davido travails to
kamal ajiboye, Davido's former manager .Davido and his hype man , Special Spesh once accused him.of using juju against them and their rift remains unsettled.

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The year 2017 is almost drawing to an end and the Nigerian entertainment industry has experienced growth especially in terms of international acceptance , quality and versatility of artistes . The female artistes in the industry are not joking either and they are making power moves to take their content all over Africa and the world beyond.


Below is a list of five female artistes currently shaking up the nation in 2017 .








Niniola
After winning third runner up on MTN project fame in 2013, Niniola (who is related to Fargin crooner, Teni ) has witnessed a steady rise in her music career . The Afro house singer started the year with the mega smash hit , Maradona in which she details her travails in the hands of her male lover who is actually a player , playing her heart like ‘suwe ’ and dribbling her like the legendary Argentine player. The song has been enjoying massive airplay and currently has over a million views on YouTube . With features like Kini on Legendary Beats’ project and Dj Spinall’ s Ojukokoro, Niniola has made sure she is not to be toyed with in the Nigerian music sphere. Her recent single ‘Sicker ’ also produced by Sarz is enjoying massive airplay and acceptance across Nigeria .






Mz Kiss
The female rapper signed to Clarence Peters ’ Capital Hill Records is pretty much the only consistent female rapper in 2017 . With an impressive verse on Pepenazi ’ s I Aint Got No Time remix , tracks like Fuji and the street accepted, WAWU. Mzkiss has proved to be the only female rapper holding it down in the industry so far in 2017 or at least , the most well - known female emcee giving the male counterparts a run for their money.





Yemi Alade

Since she won the Peak Talent show in 2009 , Yemi Eberechi Alade has never looked back. Yemi Alade has been doing great so far with her music this year. She went on a tour , dropped songs like Charliee , Want You and Knack Am , good videos to songs like Tum Bum and Knack Am and a very successful EP titled Mama Afrique with songs like Nakupenda, Africa and Gucci Feragamo . She has been featured in a new dance video game, got a Grammy invite , became a judge on the Voice Nigeria and her Johnny video currently has over 60 million views on YouTube .







Simi

Since dropping her EP ‘Restless’ in 2014 , Simi has refused to ‘ sin mi’ . With the help of songs like Jamb Question, Open and Close and Love Don’ t Care, The Chemistry project with Falz and features on Falz’ Soldier and Adekunle Gold’ s No Forget , Simi warmed her way up to the hearts of Nigerians. She dropped Smile For Me
and Joromi in 2017 to massive acceptance and airplay. Her second album , Simisola debuted at number five on the billboard World albums chart . The album has been enjoying positive reviews and many have already considered Simisola as the best album In 2017 and a strong contender for album of the year at the Headies and making her one of the hottest female artistes in Nigeria at the moment .


Tiwa Savage

With scores of collaborations from Emtee, Fuse Odg, Awilo Longomba , DJ Kaywise, DJ BigN , DJ Exclusive , Diamond Platnumz , Pepenazi and others , performance at the Made in America festival headlined by J Cole, performance at the Grammy Essence Black Women in music and a recently released Sugarcane EP which includes the hit Malo featuring Wizkid and is already topping charts and getting the attention of international acts like Chris Martin of Coldplay . No wonder she was listed in the BBC 100 Women list for 2017… . Tiwa Savage is All over this year just like the title of her smash hit (which has over six million views on YouTube )


Notable mentions



Omawunmi (dropped a new album timeless during the course of the year ) Cynthia Morgan Seyi Shay


www.tushmagazine.com.ng/5-hottest-female-artistes-2017-far/

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Senator Ben Murray Bruce recently tweeted about how Nigerian artistes are making waves outside the country with their music ..He mentioned Psquare, Tekno and Wizkid .Apparently, this did not go down well with some davido fans as they immediately stormed his TL asking him to include Davido...

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Earlier on, Former aide to President Good luck Jonathan ,Reno omokri made some tweets about secession of Nigeria in relation to the psquare issue .

https://www.nairaland.com/4080170/biafra-reno-omokri-uses-p-square

Nigerians are not taking the issue lightly with him on Twitter as they have stormed his page to give him their various opinions.