Within the time span of Summer 2012 and Summer 2013, several new
artists have made their entrance into the music scene. Some have made a
lot of noise with their music, but only a handful of artists really had
us putting their songs on repeat, making noise when a song came on and
made serious impact between the aforementioned time period.
The list below is a True, undiluted run down of the Artists that
shaped, defined and led music among Nigerian consumers in the past year.
1. Burna Boy
Like To Party is a testament that you can
catch a hit record without following the typical music format that rules
the airwaves in Nigeria. Burna Boy appeared to have come from nowhere
after
“Like To Party” became an overwhelming
hit all over Lagos and most parts of Nigeria, but the reality is that he
has been dropping music since 2011 and finally caught his biggest hit
in 2012. Burna then went on to deliver a quality video for not just his
first single off the
L.I.F.E album but for his other strong and widely accepted singles such as
Tonight and
Run My Race which were produced by Aristokrat in-house producer
LeriQ.
2. Timaya
The Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa is still very relevant in the grand
scheme of things. After replacing his in-house producer K-Solo with
Young D,
his sound became more full of youthful energy and translated seamlessly
among the more modern audience consuming Nigerian music today. After
releasing what most of us call a banger in his “
Shake your Bum Bum”
single in 2012, it was a required song that had to play at least twice
at any given night. Then he went drop other extra catchy singles titled “
Sexy Ladies”.,
“Club on Fire”,
“Malonogede” and solid party album
UPGRADE
3. Ice Prince
After the huge success of
Oleku, and the launch of
Ice Prince‘s debut album in 2011; the critics felt like it was a fluke. However, Ice silenced them with
Aboki and a number of fierce freestyles. When it comes to most sought after rappers in Nigeria or Nigerian music around the world,
Ice Prince
definitely leads the pack and has been able to package his flow and
hooks properly for commercial success. He also confirms that he is the ‘
best rapper singer surely’ on
TRUTH; a recent freestyle he released earlier in 2013.