Lagos Jumping
The curiously (poorly) named, “Third World” Jamaican pop-reggae band takes you back in time to a period when Lagos was a vacation destination on the track “Lagos Jump.” Released on the All the Way Strong (LP, 1983), the track became an instant favorite in their native Jamaica, internationally & especially in Nigeria.
Sitting on the hillside in Jamaica,
I can remember the times we had in Nigeria…
Lagos Jump, Lagos Jumping…
Lagos Jump, Lagos Jamming
It’s unfortunate to say, but I don’t think many foreign-based artists make thier way to Lagos for holiday let alone write a track singing the praises of Lagos. The thought seems almost ludicrous today, yet thirty years ago, this wasn’t the case and begs the question - what happened?!
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Eugene
May 19th, 2005 at 5:10 pm
Hey, can you give the public a little intro on who you are and why you are doing this project? And you wouldn’t happen to have any Funmi Adams or Zaki Adzee, would you?
May 19th, 2005 at 6:00 pm
Lagos was jamming when Third World came. And Lagos is jammin today.
Stop being so damn negative about the current situation.
Third World didn’t really come on ‘holiday’. They came to do concerts.
Many artistes of the new generation have been coming to Nigeria in droves eg Usher, DMX, 50 Cent, Ashanti, Ja Rule etc, so what’s your point?
Just because they haven’t released a hit song praising Naija doesn’t mean Naija is no longer rocking. Abeg make we hear word jare!!
May 20th, 2005 at 11:25 am
Of the Nigerian-based artists that work with those based outside, I can’t think of any of them that actually go to Naija to spend time & produce.
All I can think of right now is Femi Kuti & his collaborations with people like Mos Def, Common & the various electronic musicians that remix his work (Nuyorican Soul, Francios K, Joe Claussell, etc)… all of these were produced & recorded outside Nigeria… and this isn’t to say that one needs to be in Nigeria to produce this material, but in my opinion, it would add a different dimension to the end result. To go and actually “see” what you’re doing rather than hearing it in a Brooklyn studio.
May 21st, 2005 at 12:15 am
KC… sure, the introductory post to the web log goes into it a bit:
http://www.naijajams.com/naijajams-goes-live
> Funmi Adams or Zaki Adzee
I don’t think I have tracks from those guys… I’ll have to recheck some of the compilations I have.
May 21st, 2005 at 1:44 am
Ross Ike:
>Third World didn’t really come on ‘holiday’.
>They came to do concerts.
Yes, I hear you. The general impression I get from the song especially when they talk about chilling in Aba & so on, is that there was some significant traveling & sightseeing involved in the visit implying some kind of holiday.
> Just because they haven’t released a hit song praising Naija
> doesn’t mean Naija is no longer rocking.
Without a doubt… I did not mean to imply that for one second. Merely asking why more western musicians don’t spend time, show interest, etc. in Naija music as they once did… perhaps my perception is off.
> Many artistes of the new generation have been coming to Nigeria
> in droves eg Usher, DMX, 50 Cent, Ashanti, Ja Rule etc,
> so what’s your point?
The new crop of western musicians are stopping in Naija (or being brought to naija) on tour, but the difference to me (and granted Third World is probably a special case,) is that they’re not singing the praises nor seem to show interest in the local scene. I think you mis-understood me to imply that because they’re not singing their praises Naija is not hot… I’m not implying that at all, I’m more puzzled than anything. Honestly I would be surprised if Ja Rule could recall Lagos Nigeria as the place in “Africa” that he played. Better yet, ask any to name a couple of the top naija artists.
Third world came, they saw, they sang the praises. I haven’t heard similar nor heard of any collaborations with local artists.
I saw the Ludacris coverage (via MTV) of his “first visit to Africa.” “We goin’ to Afrikuh…” you know, to see his people & what not… so he visited Cape Town, South Africa (circa 2002). Needless to say, I wasn’t impressed. If memory serves me correctly the first time that he & his entourage left the comfort of the comfort of their super upper crust (white) neighborhood in Cape Town was on the last day of the holiday. It was interesting to see the reaction he had when all the children at the school/orphanage showed him so much love… it really seemed to have a strong impact on him… and it was clear that he was uncomfortable & seemed awkward. I found it odd that as musicians, they didn’t seem to check out any of the local music scene… I wonder what the music scene is like in Cape Town… I know Johannesburg is live.
Anyway sha, notin’ spoil.
>Lagos was jamming when Third World came.
>And Lagos is jammin today.
No doubt!
January 28th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
Some one put the question… What happened to Nigeria in just 30 years?
Quite simply, corruption, misuse and abuse of public resources. Sadly, the current situation is to the advantage of everyone… A oil rich land … run by corrupt leaders… Not only is oil traded on the International markets… the leaders of these countries are also traded as if they were a commodity..
Music scene still continues to develop and so it should…
Why is the relationship between Muslim countries and corruption so strong? It seams that Muslims tend to be traiters to their own countries, people and their future prosperity. Why is that?
March 11th, 2007 at 9:54 am
I was searching for information about the song Lagos Jump and stumbled upon this site. I want to join in the talk about Naija not having any impact on international artistes when they come. Jay Z was around in October last year and during his diary on MTV he made mention of the Naija hip hop scene playing the song of Street Monks, a group in Lagos.He said Naija’s hip hop scene is really growing. It was only Naija’s music he made mention of in all of his talk about Africa when he visited SA, Ghana(which I attended) and Angola.
I believed more than any other thing in recent times, that has given praise to Naija. Let me also add that Wyclef Jean recorded a song alongside 2Face,Faze,Sound Sultan and Ara in 2004 wen he came to Lagos.As time goes on and as our economy and our music marketing improves,I believe we’ll be able to take back our rightful place in the scheme of things.
December 1st, 2007 at 6:28 am
Unbelievable.. I still remember the original lagos jump song by third world song when i was in form1 in FEd Govt Coll Warri.. over 20 yrs..
Remake by Bantu isvery good.. still have the original on LP..
I’m now in Yankee country and and i still remember rocking to this song on saturday nights during school night in the assembly hall.. over 20 yrs ago..
long live nigeria..
December 14th, 2007 at 8:51 am
pls can you locate i-d cabasa the producer of nice,ajasa contact email, telephone etc, cos i need to work with him.my homehool is T-ZEE BANK FROM MUSHIN, LAGOS. NIGERIA.Thank you
December 14th, 2007 at 8:58 am
my email is “princeolusegun73@yahoo.com” for the previou comment
January 24th, 2008 at 3:34 am
am in niaja to do some musical productions,right now am in the confluence city of lokoja at bright studios who wants to work b4 i leave the country,just halla at me at babajfo@yahoo.com