http://www.naijajams.com a nigerian music blog Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:39:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Our friends over at Comb and Razor have dropped an amazing debut compilation, complete with 80 page mini-magazine. If Dizzy K, Kris Okotie and Bayo Damazio ring bells, this is definitely for you. Watch the video below then head over to combandrazor to find out more. http://www.naijajams.com/brand-new-wayo-funk-fast-times-nigerian-boogie-badness-1979-1983 Siji never fails to impress. His videos are visual feasts and Ijo is no different. Shot in Lagos, the video is staged as an open audition with dancers putting forth their best moves forward. Be sure to check out his vimeo profile for more. http://www.naijajams.com/new-music-from-siji-ijo I came across this clip from the BBC program Welcome To Lagos that introduces us to Vocal Slender—an aspiring musician who collects scrap at the Olusosun dump to make ends meet. His debut album, Vocal Slender - Send Them Come is available on Itunes. » vocal slender on myspace (video offline) via ... http://www.naijajams.com/vocal-slender Yesterday afternoon, I received email saying that I had been tagged in a video on Facebook. Anyone familiar with facebook knows that more often than not, you're not actually in the video, but rather someone wants to spam you wants you to see something. I was pleasantly surprised to see ... http://www.naijajams.com/siji Okosuns, 61, died on Sunday (May 25) in the United States following a battle against cancer of the colon, they said. Source: Yahoo Rest in peace. Sonny Okosun - Power To The People A clip of Sonny and his band in Lagos, 1979 - taken from the documentary Konkombe - The Nigerian Pop Music ... http://www.naijajams.com/sonny-okosuns-1947-2008 A short video story explaining the Yoruba Bata drum and dance tradition. Via naijablog http://www.naijajams.com/video-yoruba-bata-a-living-drum-and-dance-tradition-from-nigeria After performing at the Kora Awards 2007, Eedris Abdulkareem apologizes to 50 Cent for their previous encounter. I can’t say I ever expected to see these two on stage together again. 50 was probably just as surprised by the apology as I was watching it. Needless to say, I’m glad we ... http://www.naijajams.com/eedris-appologizes-to-50-cent-kora-awards-2007 In case you've missed it, Olu's Yahoozee is the one of the songs given incessant rotation on the naija air waves. The video hit the web several weeks ago and with it came rave commentary. I had high expectations given some of Olu's previous work as part of Maintain, but ... http://www.naijajams.com/olu-maintain-yahoozee Olu Maintain may be slick and suave in his videos, but sit him down with the sharp women of Funmi Iyanda's New Dawn, and... well, let's just say lots of squirming ensues. I don't get the sense he's had to support his answers like this before. Check out Olu's awkward ... http://www.naijajams.com/olu-maintain-on-new-dawn-with-funmi-iyanda I came across this video from Chiido called Gbejo by chance and it reminded me of why I like ChiiDo... he doesn't take himself too seriously and his songs make me laugh. This track has some fresh pidgin rhymes in "part 2" and lots of reasons to make you smile. ... http://www.naijajams.com/chiido-gbejo