When I saw the title of this, I chuckled to myself a bit, as I immediately though of the exasperation, “Good God!” (and perhaps that’s appropriate) rather than using “Good” in the descriptive sense. But if you know about Sammie Okposo, you’ll know this is a Pop/Gospel song sending praises to God.

Thanks again to the wonders of youtube, I stumbled upon this video earlier today. And while the gratuitous color filters, aerial camera moves and setting do get old very quickly, the message is the key here… unfortunately the video did little to reinforce that. Regardless, enjoy the Naija Pop/Gospel sounds of Sam Okposo.

Lágbájá is at the top of my list when it comes to Nigerian artists. And as much as I’d like to write about him, I just haven’t had the time to properly tackle the topic. This was important to me because he is one of the most misunderstood Nigerian artists… and while I have several half-finished articles on him, I resolved to not post any music until I’d given him the proper introduction. Then I came upon this video today (via youtube) from his latest album, Africano… the mother of groove, and I couldn’t hold back any longer - I had to share this with the rest of you.

I won’t say anything more at this point - look for the proper Lagbaja introduction in the near future. For now, enjoy Skentele Skontolo.

http://www.lagbaja.com/

(official Lagbaja website)

Los Angeles based director Seyi recently sent some of his latest work our way. Here’s a sample - the music video for Omoge Wa Jo by Sauce Kid featuring Mike Okri.

http://www.seyibabatope.com/

(official Seyi Babatope website)

For those of you who may have previously checked out DJ Dee Money’s Naija Gbedu Part 2 and Part 3, here’s the first segment of the three part gbedu mix.

Much like second and third parts, Dee Money’s bringing the hot naija jams on this one - providing heavy doses of new material infused with a bunch of classic gems, all wrapped up, mixed & ready to go for your enjoyment.

Gbedu Part 1 is special though in that it really takes you back with some serious 80s and 90s jams. Tracks like, Seun Rere, Omoge, the original Belinda and more. Dee Money has outdone himself with the selections on this one giving you a solid 80 minutes. I hope you all enjoy it as much as we have.

(continue reading for the download link & tracklisting)

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ChiiDo don come again o! Last month the UK-based naija rapper graced us with a pair of music videos. This time around he’s slapping down 50 minutes of goodness on the mixtape album, “Pidgin Mixtape King.” The mixtape presents ChiiDo’s rhymes over some original and some classic hiphop beats. We hear well-known instrumentals from Junior Mafia’s Get Money, Black Rob’s Whoa!, Dre & Snoop’s G-Thang and more.

Definitely some fresh material in here here including tracks we’ve already been introduced to in Pidgin English and Shake Body. Apart from these, my favorites included Africans Dey Everywhere, Owa and Get Money.

We’re bound to take over, no dey my main road
I go knock you off with range rover
Your game’s over, You still dey do mumu
I go slap sense inside you, papa mugu
I still dey craze, so make you sabi say
when you look my face, you go get cash to pay

Look out for the upcoming album: Afro Knowledge… from Naija to London - Coming September 2006, but for now, enjoy the ChiiDo’s mixtape:

(continue reading for the music downloads & more)
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