The much-awaited Hip-Hop album in Nigeria and Africa is finally here, as M.I Abaga finally serves us “The Guy”, his most anticipated album of all time. It’s been 3 years since M.I Abaga dished out a Solo Album for his fans – “The tribe of Judah”.
The Guy LP is M.I Abaga’s7thstudio album and it contains 12 tracks with guest appearances by Duncan Mighty, Wande Coal, Olamide, Phyno, Ice Prince, Jesse Jagz, BNXN, The Cavemen, Chillz, Lord Vino, Tomi Owo, Ossi Grace, and American veteran rapper, Nas.
According to M.I, the album is a statement of victory, and freedom of expressing one’s self while at it.
The album is a well-packaged body of work addressing some of life’s pressing issues like mental health and love.
Enjoy the album below.
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Dubbed one of the richest rappers from the City of Beau in Cameroon – Taku Joel has revealed that after he drops his much-anticipated forthcoming mixtape titled “Sound & Sorrows”, he won’t accept less than 300,000 FCFA for a single verse from any artist who wishes to feature him.
Oh and After my mixtape, a verse from me is 300k. Only Part that needs negotiation is.. if it’s Cash or Transfer.
The Cameroonian rapper, singer, and songwriter who came to prominence for his single “100 Percent” and gained more exposure after he released the song “3:30” on his birthday in 2020, recently dropped a new tune titled “Heavy Talk” While delivering numerous bars on this tune. Taku Joel proves why he is one of the best young rappers in Cameroon and the leader of the new wave.
The music video which premiered on 13 August 2022 off his forthcoming “Sound and Sorrows” mixtape was directed by Otantik Films and New Wave, produced by Neloh Again and SK
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A month after the artist made waves on social media with an epic stage fail during his performance at the annual Miss UZ pageant, Joey has released Mhuri Dzinorema. In an interview this is what the artist had to say about going underneath
” They setup structures that can’t handle me, my energy is unmatched”
Mhuri dzinorema is a single that addresses the hardships and obstacles that come with being in sire marriages. Joey opens the song with soft melodic singing fusing snippets by one Kudzai Zamba who narrates her story about how she found out about her then boyfriend’s union with another via social media. He let’s us see and understand the situation by telling a story about economic hardships in the inflation struck country. The standard of living has drastically declined in the country and this has made it extremely difficult to make sure a couple of molars chew everyday and support a family.
The artist clearly moves with the notion #NoToChildMarriage and advocates for development and growth in children rather than rushed, baseless marriages.
This year has seen the artist release a couple of singles and this is him serving us with something to feast on once again. You can listen to the song viaYouTube
All through 2021, a new sensation hit South African hip hop, with his slew of viral acapella freestyles, physical and musical resemblance to superstar elder brother ‘A-Reece,’ KAYDENCE who went by King Kay at the time caught the eyes of Mzansi’s rap fans who have been asking for official music from him.
Kay’s fresh face may be new to the hip-hop scene but his name isn’t, the young lyricist has hip hop royalty bloodline in his veins and has been referenced many times by his two older brothers who are established rappers by the names A-Reece and Jay Jody.
The earliest mention of Kay was in the song ‘Family’ on Reece’s debut album ‘Paradise‘ when he said ”lil Kay, me and Jody gonna make a Paradise for you.”
Probably the latest mention of Kay was on the intro to A-Reece’s last mixtape, ‘Mark 15:35.’ The line reads ”never thought my n***a Kay would tell me I should read the bible more.”
The young rapper who recently changed his rap name from King Kay to KAYDENCE has been learning from his big bros as one listens to him rap one is instantly reminded of A-Reece, he also took his big bro’s pinache and confidence.
A listen to the ‘H.E.I.R’ EP one is reminded of earlier Reece projects like ‘Forever King‘ and ‘BROWNIEZ.’
The EP’s title stands for ‘Honoring Evidently Is Respect,’ it’s obvious he is trying to pay homage to the ones that came before him and paved the way for his success in the persons of Jody and Reece.
The Five tracker EP is worth giving a listen , watch out for the nostalgia if you’re a day one A-Reece fan.
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Cameroon’s most prolific Female Rapper/Song Writer, Askia (Mami Bakala) has taken to her official Facebook page to address the issue of being a citizen of her country and living within its borders. The “Get The Bag” Series Queen wrote:
“Have you ever thought like the number 1 problem you are facing is being a Cameroonian living in Cameroon? Scary feeling. Wakes me up from sleep in the middle of the night a lot these days only to wake up and see it’s reality and not just a nightmare. How do I tell these kids that being a female rapper in Cameroon is a good idea? And how do I make it better for them all by myself? So much talent that is struggling to breathe in my hands while I am also struggling to breathe and support them at the same time ALL BY MYSELF.”
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South African-Zimbabwean Big Zulu rapper has finally put the rumours to rest as he has confirmed his collaboration with ‘Zulu man with some power’ himself and Nigerian ragga artist Patoranking.
The indigenous rapper shared a snippet of the song during his interview on Everything SA Music Podcast.
This will not be first time Patoranking is working with SA musicians as the ‘Abule‘ singer has previously worked with Nasty C on Major Lazer‘s 2017 global hit ‘Particula.’
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Nsikayesizwe Ncgobo and Ronald Mataboge popularly known as A-Reece and Nasty C respectively, have been pitted and paralleled since they shot into limelight in 2016. Both are rappers and were the same age at the time, as they led the revolution of the young rappers influx into the SA rap game. Six years later both rappers are still very relevant, bagging nominations for artist of the decade at the 2022 SAHHA’s and are celebrating individual milestones.
A-Reece has been announced the most streamed Indie artist in SA for the second year in a row, in 2021 Baby boy had the most streamed project from any hip hop artist in the country racking up more than 3 million streams for his ‘Today’s Tragedy Tomorrow’s Memory‘ mixtape.
Reece’s streaming numbers this year come from the mixtape and the joint album with his elder brother Jay Jody.
On the other hand, Nasty C’s 2021 single ‘Jack’ has been certified platinum in the country and also hit another milestone as the most streamed solo hip hop song from South Africa ever on Spotify, with over 4 million streams on the platform.
Apparently, Boxing bouts between SA’s biggest stars have come to stay, Cassper and AKA were the first celebrities to suggest substituting the microphone and booth for gloves and a ring respectively. Albeit their match never followed through due to AKA losing his fiance last year, Cassper went ahead to find another contender and found himself in the bout with Slik Talk and subsequently Naakmusiq.
Boxing being a sport big on trash-talking and rattling one’s opponents Cassper Nyovest has sent a warning message to his next challenger, South African rapper Ricardo Moloi, most commonly known as Priddy Ugly.
The preparation for the boxing match is constantly heating up since Priddy called Tsibip out on Twitter in July, as Cassper announced that facing SlikTalK for a rematch was not worth it.
Recently both rappers have been spending most of their time in the gym.
Don Billiato shared a video clip of him working out in the gym on Twitter. The ‘Tito Mboweni‘ rapper warned Priddy Ugly stating that his fellow rapper must work hard as he is coming for a knockout when the two faces off.
In the same tweet, Mufasa also urged Priddy to sign the contract so that they can go ahead with the fight.
I heard you’ve started training for me. Make sure you train hard cause I’m coming for a knockout .@ItsPriddyUgly Sign the contract!!!! Let’s go!!! pic.twitter.com/tkJ2iVu4al
Cassper’s boxing record is one win against Slik Talk and one defeat to Naakmusiq, fans are eager to see how Priddy will do against Mufasa and still agitating for AKA to hit the ring but that seems unlikely as Cassper and Kiernan shared a bromance moment in the Riky Rick celebrity football match organized by Big Zulu.
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There’s a lot of new music for Nigerian hip-hop fans to be excited about in the remaining months of the year 2022. After Hip-Hop lovers in the ‘Green-White-Green’ territory have been forced into listening to more of the Afrobeats genre, it looks like we’ll finally get some of the music from our preferred genre again before the year runs out. And if the usual build-up events after the announcements and release are any indication, things are sure to get interesting. From the underground to the A-list rap heads, the rest of 2022 is shaping up to be a year full of surprises from some of rap’s biggest names in Nigeria.
Of course, the world is a bizarre place these days, and anything could happen. But for the sake of optimism, here are 3 of our most anticipated rap albums for the last few months left in 2022.
Interestingly, the trio listed in this article are all proteges of Chocolate City. Without much ado; I present to you —
Blaqbonez – Young Preacher
Blaqbonez previously announced that he is been working on a new album on his Twitter page. In a tweet, he wrote, “my next album is called ‘Young Preacher,’ been working on it since the day dropped Sex over love.” Since the release of his 2021 Sex Over Love, Blaqbonez has been the opposite of a preacher of love. He held a whole concert dubbed “Breaking the Yoke of Love Crusade” where he gave other performing artists names like evangelists, ministers, and elders. He also went ahead to release Go Home earlier this year and it strategically keyed into the ‘no-love’ message.
Seeing that Blaqbonez has an album in the making called “Young Preacher”, we are wondering what kind of funny tactics the rapper wants to pull on us this time and this keeps us excited and anticipating the release of the new album.
M.I Abaga – The Guy
When M.I Abaga drops an album expect bars, punchlines and the best lyrical delivery. Having won the Headies Award for the Best Rap Album and Lyricist on the Roll in 2016 and 2018 respectively, the revered rapper is not the one to joke with when it comes to hip-hop.
After continually teasing the album on his social media pages, M.I recently revealed via a tweet that his new album, The Guy would be released on August 19th. The album consists of 12 tracks with features from Nas, Olamide, Jesse Jagz, Wande Coal, Ice Prince, Duncan Mighty, and BNXN. He’s also asked his fans to address him with the new moniker, ‘The Guy’ as a build-up to the new album as well as released a single titled, The Guy. With five more days to go, we can wait for the release of this new album.
Jesse Jagz – Family Tree
M.I Abaga did say Jesse Jagz is the greatest in lyrics of ‘I’m Hot.’ “See even Jagz don’t mess with me and Jagz is the greatest.” No doubt, Jesse Jags is one of the best rappers to come out of Nigeria. The ace lyricist has proved his career worth with albums like Jagz of all Trade and Jagz Nation Vol 1: Thy Nation Come.
The announcement of Jagz’s new album, Family Tree came with a twist, “my forthcoming album is going to feature a lot of music genres. Hip hop, Jazz, Reggae, Afrobeats, R&B, Pop and so much more. The waiting hasn’t been in vain! You’ll understand why Leo had to isolate,” he tweeted. Normally, Jagz is the type to do full hip-hop but with this tweet, it’s obvious that we should expect different genres which even makes us more delighted about the release of the new album.
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Ghanaian rapper famous for his hit song ‘Sor3 Remix‘ featuring Kwesi Arthur, and British rapper Stormzy, revealed in an interview with the lifestyle & celebrity blogger, Zionfelix on the Uncut Show, that he wouldn’t want to rush his plans but he wants to exercise patience with the continuation of his tertiary education.
The alumnus of Opoku Ware Senior High School revealed that he has plans of furthering his education but not in Ghana.
The ‘Sophia’ hitmaker also mentioned that hat he has already started applying to some schools in the United States of America and the United Kingdom and hopefully, he would be admitted to one of the prestigious universities in these countries.
Apart from ‘Sor3’ Tog is also known for his viral 2021 seven-track EP ‘TIME.’ Click the link below to listen to the EP you love the Drill genre, you will surely love this one.
