By Kehinde Ajose of vanguard news paper
Collabos
are means by which artistes bring their unique ingenuity on a song and
leverage on each other's creativity and fans base. Juacali, a Kenyan hip
-hop rapper puts it this way: "Artistes should be ready for
collaborations. And the concept is ever-changing as new faces as well as
sounds come. This has changed the way fans consume music. Collaborating
gives one high chances of opening up new markets."
Onyeka Onwenu's
Wait for me duet with King Sunny Ade was one of the collabos that
changed the face of the Nigerian music scene in the early 90's. Ever
since, artistes have teamed up with one another to create a seamless
artistic chemistry. In no particular order, we chronicle Nigerian
artistes who bring their own brilliant magic on collabos and are often
sought after by other artistes.
Don Jazzy
The Mavin records
emperor has suddenly become a collabo magnet. Before now, he was just
satisfied with being behind the scenes; suddenly artistes started
recruiting him for their songs. He was featured on Psquare's Collabo,
Olamide's Skelemba, Iyanya's Gift, Timaya's Concur and other songs. The
highlife flavour he brings to collabos seems to be his selling point.
Don Jazzy fans are gladly waiting for him to release his own album. Will
that happen anytime soon? Only time will tell
Phyno
Ghost Mode hit
maker, Phyno is another talented artiste who gets featured on songs. His
unique delivery, versatility and punch lines are things to watch out
for whenever he is being featured on a song. He was featured on Humble
Smith's Osinachi, Flavour's Wiser, Olamide's In my circle, Jaywon's
Madantin, Falz's Karishaka and others. Though he hasn't come out to
declare that he charges for collabos, but whenever he collaborates on a
song, you can be sure he will deliver.
so the question now is who is your own king of collabos in NIGERIA?
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