RHTYM AND fUJI---AFRO HIP HOP--NIGERIA MUSICIANs FINALLY FINDs SOLACE AND SETTLE WITH THE HOMEGROWN-HOmEMADE GENRE--FUJI-AND aLSO D GENRE CreATeD BY tHE LEGENDARY FELA ANIKULAPO RANSOM KUTI----AFRO--------------NOW THEY MIX it UP WitH A DANCING RYTHM AlSO OUR OWN WAY AND STYLE..-GONE ARE THOSE DAYS WHen our ArtiST used to borrows BEaT And Style of SinginG from other African Countries-RAnGiNG from GHAnA to East And Central African Countries-and also go as far as immitatting d U.S Artist------but immediately they fnd solace in their own locally made brand----now they r been recornized al over the World--cos their is power in ur beleive-and the beleive work for them...NOW ALL OVER D GLOBE-EVERYBODY WANNA LIstEN To noGERIA ContEnt---SIgN NigeriA ARTISTs-WORK WITH THEM-BRING THEM fOR SHoWs-COS thEY R TOPpIng ALL OTHer AFRIcaNs COuntries....NOW WE R d bIGgeST Export Out of AfRICA.....................................................................RYTHM aND FUJI.....................................................NIGERIA NEW sTYLE oF MuSIC......(R and F)...................
COUTESY 9JABOY..
Monday, 27 August 2012
Thursday, 23 August 2012
9JABEAT ENTERTAINMENT-PARTNERS-NIGERIA HIP HOP ACADEMY-FOR CORDiAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR ARTIST-FROM THE ACADEMY CAMP...
9JABEAT ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS-NIGERIA HIP HOP ACADEMY-FOR GOOD RELATIONSHIP ON THEIR ARTISTs........FROM THE ACADEMY CAMP.......
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
SOFAYA IN THE MAKING
NIGERIA BEST FEMALE SINGER OF D nU SKOOL(SOFAYA) JUST DROP A MADHT DOPE JOINT TUNE-TITTLE--FEELING LOVE----THIS SONG IS THE BEST TUNE BY ANY NIGERIA FEMALE ARTIST IN NIGERIA RIGHT NOW--AND ITS ALREADY ENJOYiNG SOME MASSIVE AIRPLAY ACROSS WEST AFRiCA AND sOME oTHER AFRICA COUNTRIES...............SOFAYA IN THE MAKING-COS SHE IS D NEXT BIGTHING................
Sunday, 19 August 2012
Friday, 17 August 2012
History Of HipHop Part II
The Timeline
1925: Earl Tucker (aka Snake Hips), a performer at the Cotton Club invents a dance style similar to today’s hip-hop moves.
He incorporates floats and slides into his dance style.
Similar moves would later inspire an element of hip-hop culture known as breakdancing.
1940: Tom the Great (a.k.a. Thomas Wong) uses a booming sound system to please his audience.
Wong also utilizes hip American records to steal music-lovers from local bands.
1950: The Soundclash contest between Coxsone Dodd’s “Downbeat” and Duke Reid’s “Trojan” gives birth to DJ Battling.
1956: Clive Campbell is born in Kingston, Jamaica.
Campbell would later become the father of hip-hop.
1959: Parks Commissioner Robert Moses starts building an
expressway in the Bronx. Consequently, middle class Germans, Irish,
Italians, and Jewish, neighborhoods disappear in no time.
Businesses relocate away from the borough only to be replaced by
impoverished black and Hispanic families. Along with these poor people
came addiction, crime, and unemployment.
1962:James Brown records Live At The Apollo. Brown’s
drummer Clayton Fillyau influences a sound that is now known as the
break beat. The break beat would later inspire the b-boy movement, as
breakers danced to these beats at block parties.
1965: In a historic boxing bout, Muhammad Ali (born Cassius
Clay) defeats Sonny Liston in the 6th round. Before the bout, however,
Ali recited one of the earliest known rhymes:
Clay comes out to meet Liston
And Liston starts to retreat
If Liston goes back any further
He'll end up in a ringside seat.
Clay swings with a left,
Clay swings with a right,
Look at young Cassius
Carry the fight.
Liston keeps backing
But there's not enough room
It's a matter of time...
1967: Clive Campbell migrates to the United States at the age
of 11. Because of his size, kids at Alfred E. Smith High School nickname
him Hercules. He would later become a writer and change his name to
Kool Herc.
1968: A gang named Savage Seven would hit the streets of the
East Bronx. Savage Seven later transforms into Black Spades, before
eventually becoming an organization known as Zulu Nation.
1969: James Brown
records two songs that would further influence the drum programming in
today’s rap – “Sex Machines” with John Starks playing the drums and
“Funky Drummer” with Clyde Stubblefield on the drums.
1970: DJ U-Roy invades Jamaican pop charts with three top ten
songs using a style known as toasting.
The Last Poets release their self-titled debut album on Douglas Records
combining jazz instrumentations with heartfelt spoken word. (The Last
Poets would later appear on Common’s 2005 rap anthem, “The Corner.")
1971: Aretha Franklin records a well-known b-boy song “Rock
Steady." The Rock Steady crew would go on to rule in the world of
break-dancing, with members all across the globe.
1972: The Black Messengers (a group that staged performances
for The Black Panthers and rallies relating to black power movement)
feature on The Gong Show.
However, they are only allowed to perform under the alias "Mechanical Devices," because of their controversial name.
1973: DJ Kool Herc deejays his first block party (his sister's
birthday) at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, NY. Herc would often buy two
copies of a record and stretch the break parts by using two turntables
and mixing in both records before the break ends.
The Zulu Nation is officially formed by a student of Stevenson High
school named Kevin Donovan. Donovan later changed his name to Afrika
Bambaataa Aasim in honor of an ancient Zulu chief.
Courtesy NaijaBoy
Thursday, 16 August 2012
Thanks to all yar dat came out enmasse for 502 musical video shot yesterday @ sultan beach--(kamalole) we say a big thank you-
To-iyanya
To-ice berg slim
To-rita afred da goddess
To-dj phobia-
To-dj kamo
To-mc julious
To-9jaboy
To-state filmz we say big thank u
To-nigezie crew tanks
To-soundcity-tanks a lt
To-claerance a peters for d assitance-tanks bigbro
To-Da saint-
To-figo m
To-skiver-
To-lizy
To-elizabeth
And to all others not mention here-we say big thank u...
GOD BLESS U ALL...
To-iyanya
To-ice berg slim
To-rita afred da goddess
To-dj phobia-
To-dj kamo
To-mc julious
To-9jaboy
To-state filmz we say big thank u
To-nigezie crew tanks
To-soundcity-tanks a lt
To-claerance a peters for d assitance-tanks bigbro
To-Da saint-
To-figo m
To-skiver-
To-lizy
To-elizabeth
And to all others not mention here-we say big thank u...
GOD BLESS U ALL...
Saturday, 11 August 2012
502 musical video shot-coming up on tuesday morning @sultan beach.time-9am-meeting place-LASU gate ojo iyana iba-Lagos state.ladies only.powerd by sTate filmz and heritage media.
da video shot of kamalole- d dopest joint of d moment-that u've all be hearing on d mxes of some of d finnest DJs in the country-like dj kamo-DJ ortega-Dj phobia-DJ blaise-Da video shooting of d song comes up nextweek tuesday..@ sultan beach-meetinplace b4 departing is LASU Gate ojo iyana ibatime of departure-9am. Pls ladies only.-
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
History of Hip-Hop and Rap Culture
A group of young adults in vibrant colored sweats hop, skip, and jump their way into the subway, searching for the right spot.
They find a deserted corner where the walls are covered in graffiti. One can no longer tell what the spray-painted messages say; they have been painted over many times. One member of the group sets up turntables and drops a beat. He freestyles to the rhythm as the rest of the clan begins to pop, lock, and break dance on top of a large piece of cardboard.
This is hip-hop. It is too complex to understand by definition only. You have to see it to understand it. You have to live it to appreciate it and love it.
Hip-hop’s roots stretch from West Africa to Jamaica and it soaks up inspiration from soul and rock and roll and anything else it can get its hands on. It takes the vibes and grooves it gains from the world and synthesizes it into the four elements of emceeing/rapping, DJ-ing, break dancing, and graffiti art.
Hip-hop started in the streets and subways of The Bronx, but it has since spread across the world. It became more than just about the music. It was a lifestyle, a way of getting up in the morning and getting dressed. It became a way of looking at the world, a way of responding to the stimuli around you. Indeed, for many, hip-hop is the fire, air, water, and earth that they stand on.
The genre was having its birth pangs decades before it emerged on the streets of New York in the 1970s. James Brown danced to beats that breakdancers, or b-boys, would soon break dance to. Mohammed Ali’s chant before his legendary fight with Sonny Liston was reminiscent of the future rhymes that emcees would place over driving drum beats. In fact, hip-hop’s origins stretch all the way back to West African traditions of storytelling which was characterized by chanting and rhythmic drumming.
It could be said that hip-hop was finally born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1956, as this is when and where Clive Campbell (“Kool Herc”) was born. Campbell would later become the father of hip-hop. Campbell migrated to the United States at the age of 11 and deejayed for the first time at his sister’s birthday party in 1973.
Afterward, hip-hop pioneers such as Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash joined the movement. As deejays and emcees continued to pop up all over the streets of New York, the term “hip-hop” was coined, giving a name to the phenomenon. Other pioneers of the genre included Sugar Hill Gang, whose classic song “Rapper’s Delight" is still popular, and Run DMC, who was instrumental in getting the movement going.
They find a deserted corner where the walls are covered in graffiti. One can no longer tell what the spray-painted messages say; they have been painted over many times. One member of the group sets up turntables and drops a beat. He freestyles to the rhythm as the rest of the clan begins to pop, lock, and break dance on top of a large piece of cardboard.
This is hip-hop. It is too complex to understand by definition only. You have to see it to understand it. You have to live it to appreciate it and love it.
Hip-hop’s roots stretch from West Africa to Jamaica and it soaks up inspiration from soul and rock and roll and anything else it can get its hands on. It takes the vibes and grooves it gains from the world and synthesizes it into the four elements of emceeing/rapping, DJ-ing, break dancing, and graffiti art.
Hip-hop started in the streets and subways of The Bronx, but it has since spread across the world. It became more than just about the music. It was a lifestyle, a way of getting up in the morning and getting dressed. It became a way of looking at the world, a way of responding to the stimuli around you. Indeed, for many, hip-hop is the fire, air, water, and earth that they stand on.
The genre was having its birth pangs decades before it emerged on the streets of New York in the 1970s. James Brown danced to beats that breakdancers, or b-boys, would soon break dance to. Mohammed Ali’s chant before his legendary fight with Sonny Liston was reminiscent of the future rhymes that emcees would place over driving drum beats. In fact, hip-hop’s origins stretch all the way back to West African traditions of storytelling which was characterized by chanting and rhythmic drumming.
It could be said that hip-hop was finally born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1956, as this is when and where Clive Campbell (“Kool Herc”) was born. Campbell would later become the father of hip-hop. Campbell migrated to the United States at the age of 11 and deejayed for the first time at his sister’s birthday party in 1973.
Afterward, hip-hop pioneers such as Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash joined the movement. As deejays and emcees continued to pop up all over the streets of New York, the term “hip-hop” was coined, giving a name to the phenomenon. Other pioneers of the genre included Sugar Hill Gang, whose classic song “Rapper’s Delight" is still popular, and Run DMC, who was instrumental in getting the movement going.
This is just the beginning, Cos Africa Got it All...there is more to come on this raving culture HIP hOP Hurray!!!
...NaijaBoy
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