As many know by now, host of Africa’s top Football superpowers (Super Eagles included,) failed to qualify for the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Because of this embarrasment reality check, many see this years African Cup of Nations hosted by Egypt as a chance to redeem themselves and prove who the best in Africa really are.

On the heels of todays Group-D opening match with Nigeria facing Ghana, I came a across these words of encouragement (and a few yabs) from US-based musician and self-acclaimed soccer nut, Pa-J. Laying down rhymes over the Neptunes/Snoop - Drop it Like It’s Hot riddim… the lyrics really made me laugh:

When it comes to Nations Cup,
Ghana Go Hear Wien…
Na den, them go sabi what’s up
Ghana Go Hear Wien…
Shebi na 3-0 dem go chop
Ghana Go Hear Wien…
When the green white green enter the green grass
Show time, make we skata anything dey waka pass

Best of luck to the Super Eagles in the African Cup of Nations 2006 - I’m looking forward to watching some excellent football in the coming weeks!

Pa J - Ghana Go Hear Wien

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For those starving to hear some new naija jams, we’ll be rolling out plenty of new material in the near future. For now, check out Femi Kuti with Can’t Buy Me off his brilliant live album and DVD “Live at the Shrine.” More on this later!

Femi Kuti - Can’t Buy Me

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I just wanted to take the opportunity to extend greetings to everyone in the new year. The holidays have kept us busier than ever, but we’ve used the downtime to plan for the year ahead and work on some upcoming projects. We’ve excited about what we have in store and look forward to sharing it with you.

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