The Recording Academy has announced Nigerian music stars Afrobeat maestro, Femi Kuti, and his son Made, Wizkid, Burna Boy among the nominees in the 64th Grammy Awards.
The musicians are nominated in the Best Global Music Performance and Best Global Music Album.
Burna Boy fetched a nomination in the Best Global Music Performance for his collaboration with Angelique Kidjo.Femi Kuti’s ‘Pa Pa Pa’ and Wizkid and Tems song ‘Essence’ are also nominated in this category.
Made shares the spotlight with his father as their collaborative album ‘Legacy +’ receives a nod in the Best Global Music Album .
Burna Boy and Wizkid were among the winners last year.
The 64th Grammy Awards is scheduled for January 31, 2022 in Los Angeles.
After a few hours of realising the official video of "Champion Sound" the Adeleke offspring Davido delivered the official video featuring Focalistic. The video was released a few hours now which has accumulated a million views on the Youtube channel.
The song "Champion Sound" is a mind-blowing track where Davido and the Amapiano crooner himself, Focalistic prove to the fans what it is to be a champion. They showcase their capabilities and still keep their records ongoing. The video had a wondrous performance from these two best acts which you have never seen. It was directed by Dalia Dias.
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⚽🍑Across the album, the Flyboy boss seems reflective and contemplative, as he crafted musings around different episodes in his life as a lover, a dreamer, a youth and a believer.
Kizz Daniel - Barnabas. (EMPIRE/Flyboy)
Kizz Daniel - Barnabas. (EMPIRE/Flyboy)
Earlier in the year, Kiss Daniel became a topic of conversation. So this writer made him the focal point of a Facts Only episode which examined his career, talent, third album King of Love, his reputation and his journey. King of Love was a fantastic album with high replay value, but the industry didn’t support it.
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From the perspective of an observer, it also felt like there was no expectation for Daniel’s music - ‘King of Love’ simply didn’t hit the right channels. Even those who listened complained about Daniels’ tendency to fall into a tiring template. They also complained about his familiar approach to music and his plateauing sound - which felt like an exaggeration.
So far in 2021, he has released three buzz-worthy singles, ‘Currently,’ ‘Flex’ and the chart-topping ‘Lie.’ He has also followed them up with a curiously-titled quasi-surprise EP, Barnabas.
While his first two albums were significantly filled with formulaic music, which evolved within the Kizz Daniel sonic blueprint, and had a tendency to slowly creep up on the audience, King of Love was his adlib-driven best studio album, which failed to creep on people.
Records like ‘Eh God (Barnabas)’ retain the classic formulaic Kizz Daniel essence - a blend of killer adlibs, quasi-traditional Yoruba percussion that’s suited to owambe and a hook that seems cut from the staple of Yoruba police bands - but records like ‘Pour Me Water,’ ‘Addict’ and ‘Lie’ represent a shift that conforms with demands of Contemporary Nigerian Pop music.
Kizz Daniel - Addict (Official Lyric Video)
Those three records contain coherent lyrics, backed by structured songwriting and easily trackable storytelling delivered in English or Pidgin. The style of music feels peculiar to newer acts like Buju, Fireboy or Cheque, delivered via the Kizz Daniel essence in cadence, vocals and technique.
The beat for ‘Pour Me Water’ might easily attract someone like Buju.
Nonetheless, Kizz Daniel showed this on his ‘King of Love’ track, ‘Tempted To Steal,’ which was a step away from his established brand of music. Sonically, ‘Pour Me Water’ and ‘Addict’ also represent a slight evolution for Kizz Daniel. Across the album, the Flyboy boss seems reflective and contemplative, as he crafted musings around different episodes in his life as a lover, a dreamer, a youth and a believer.
Kizz Daniel - Burn (Official Lyric Video)
On one hand, he seems addicted to unrequited love, backed up by episodes of intermittent intimacy and garnished with lies. On the other hand, he is a lover of the good life [Addict], who defers to God on ‘Eh God’ and ‘Skin’ to offer solemn prayers about the ideal life he envisions for himself.
While some of these things are not new, the overall feel of ‘Barnabas EP’ is calmer, more methodical and slightly more experimental. Experimentation isn’t new to Kizz Daniel: we’ve seen him execute Afro-swing/R&B with ‘Bad’ on No Bad Songz, but ‘Addict’ is appropriately-timed. ‘Burn’ is a Bashment/Dancehall record and ‘Skin’ is a two-step Soul/R&B track from a Pop perspective.
In essence, ‘Barnabas’ is a maiden totally experimental Kizz Daniel body of work. However, ‘Oshe’ endures a forced Cavemen feature - it was totally unnecessary and cliche. The record needed someone else entirely. Kelvyn Colt had the right flow on ‘Skin,’ but he lacked the appropriate pockets that B.O.B or Andre 3000 would have easily produced.
Kizz Daniel, Kelvyn Colt - Skin (Official Lyric Video)
On the track list front, it feels like ‘Barnabas’ endures a chaotic sequence. But on subsequent listens, it becomes obvious that it’s not a concept project. Instead, it’s a diary session, with songs crafted around different entries. Thus, it only needs to achieve sonic cohesion/progression and it did just that.
At times, it feels like Kizz Daniel aims for a larger audience beyond Nigeria. The music is sufficient this time. But how sustainable is it? Only time will tell.
Even though the music tells us a story, it feels evasive and insufficient to truly offer a cogent insight into Daniel's state of mind. We know he can tell stories like this, what we've not gotten is age-appropriate music that offer true insights into his mind state. He might need to be less guarded in the future.
As a title, 'Barnabas' is cool, creative and cerebral, but it is also abstract.
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Nigeria’s Music star, David Adeleke a.k.a Davido, says he has redeemed his N50 million pledged as part of N200 million donations to orphanages in Nigeria to Wema Bank.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Davido had earlier announced that N200 million received from friends and colleagues would be donated to orphanages in Nigeria.
NAN also reported that Davido announced a personal donation of N50 million to increase the money to N250 million for distribution.
NAN reports that ahead of his 29th birthday, on Nov. 19, Davido had opened a Wema Bank account and asked friends and colleagues to donate one million naira each.
The thespian took to his Instagram page on Monday to announce the payment of N50 million, making the total money realized, N250 million.
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He wrote: “My N50 million donations have been added for transparency and more details soon regarding the disbursement of funds”.
He stressed that it was his desire to do fundraising every year to celebrate his birthday as a means to give back to the people in need.
“It is my hope that friends, fans and colleagues in the industry will continue to support me as I drive this cause,” he said.
Adeleke added that five man committee had been nominated on how to distribute the fund to the beneficiaries.
He noted that the committee would compile the list of the orphanage homes in the country.
