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The definition of magnificence was changed by Instagram Face, music discovered extra aggregated conversations, stan tradition grew to become extra poisonous and ‘Afrobeats to the world’ gathered tempo. Extra importantly, the significance of media as a floor for documenting Nigerian popular culture took on one other dimension.
In 2010, Nigeria Hip-Hop witnessed a golden period and a change of guard which introduced within the frontrunners for the final decade. 2011 was their first yr to place down markers and so they did that. Nonetheless, a few of the outdated guard refused to easily lie down. The area of interest artists additionally laid down the gauntlet.
The consequence was one other spectacular yr on the entrance of album releases. 10 years later, Pulse Nigeria celebrates a few of the greatest albums that have been launched in 2011. In 2020, we also made a list.
For 2021, take a look at our listing of memorable albums turning 10 beneath;
Kahli Abdu – Insurgent Music : The Insurgent Friday Compilation, Season 1
Kind: Mixtape
Date of launch: November four, 2011
Size: 13 songs
Singles: 13
Producers: Chopstix, E Kelly, Chief Willis, Maytricks, Khali Abdu, Charli X, Child Konnect, Chopstix, Chas Derr,
Movies: zero
Label: Impartial/Hosted by Jaguda
Within the second half of 2010, Khali Abdu launched two sturdy our bodies of labor; Ministry of Corruption and The Grind Idea to important popularity of his eloquence, readability, socio-political views and manufacturing.
In 2011, he began a Insurgent Friday sequence. By November, he packed all of it up into this mixtape and launched it. From the mixtape got here basic songs like ‘Heroshima’ and ‘Kill The Strain.’ From the tape, ‘I’m Not A Rapper’ additionally made his 2012 collaborative EP with Child Konnect, The Bandits.
Jamix – The Lecture
Date of launch: January 20, 2011
Size: 22 Songs, 1 hour 13 minutes
Singles: 1
Producers: Jamix
Movies: 1
Label: Tronix Productions, Peach & Prime Leisure
Writing for NigerianHipHop.Web in 2011, veteran Nigerian Journalist and Director of Advertising at OPay, Osagie Alonge wrote that, “After producing hit tracks for the likes of Styl Plus, Modenine, and OD, veteran producer Jamix lastly decides to drop his album (which we’ve waited endlessly for!).
“The album contains numerous artistes; principally dominated by Northern primarily based emcees (although they’ve made a transition to the ‘Centre of Excellence’). Jamix performs secure by inserting his belief with acquainted faces on this album, the album roaster options artistes he has both beforehand labored with or has a powerful musical bond with.
“Conclusively, “The Lecture” is a necessary album to take heed to, for the younger: an album to check, for the older: an album to cherish.”
He was proper.
Wizkid – Celebrity
Date of launch: June 12, 2011
Size: 17 songs, 1 hour three minutes
Singles: Holla At Your Boy, Tease Me/Dangerous Guys, Gidi Lady, Don’t Boring, Pakurumo, Oluwa Lo Ni
Producers: Samklef, E-Kelly, Jay Modern, Shizzi, DJ Klem, Masterkraft, Q-Beats, Banky W and Vebee.
Movies: 4
Label: EME
In 2011, Nigeria was on the ultimate leg of the formation of its pop sound. Work carried out by Timaya’s True Story, 9ice’s Gongo Aso and Wande Coal’s Mushin To Mo’Hits was perfected by Banky W’s A&R genius and Wizkid’s uncooked expertise. The consequence is among the few classics that Nigerian music has seen over the previous 15 years.
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Until date, it stays Wizkid’s greatest album. It’s replay worth is excessive and the template it created for introducing an artist stays as legitimate as Ruggedman’s intro to Ruggedy Baba.
Ice Prince – Everyone Loves Ice Prince
Date of launch: October 9, 2011
Size: 17 songs, 01:11:36
Singles: Oleku, Juju, Celebrity, Magician
Producers: Jesse Jagz, E Kelly, Samklef, MI Abaga, Wizzboyy, E Kelly, Chopstix
Movies: Three
Label: Chocolate Metropolis
When MI Abaga joined Chocolate Metropolis after he switched his title from Mygrep, he signed to Chocolate Metropolis underneath iconic duo, Audu Maikori and Paul Okeugo. Proving that they’re able to studying, listening and evolving on demand, Jesse Jagz and Ice Prince joined the roster and the beginnings of the enduring Choc Boiz period grew to become a actuality.
Ice Prince had gained the Hennessy Artistry a number of years earlier than this album, however critics by no means left him alone. When this album dropped, it once more courted controversy and unfavourable reactions from individuals who simply failed to comprehend that it was a unique sort of rap. 10 years later, it was the launchpad for certainly one of Africa’s hottest artists over the previous 10 years.
In some unspecified time in the future, Ice Prince was the most well-liked Nigerian artist who gained a BET Award for Greatest African Act. This album can be a basic with excessive replay worth.
Duncan Mighty – Ahamefuna (Legacy)
Date of launch: January, 2011
Size: 15 songs, 01:04:32
Singles: Port Harcourt Son, Ahamefuna (Legacy), Obianuju,
Producers: All tracks produced by Duncan Mighty
Movies: Three
Label: AireMighty Data
Duncan Mighty was a Port Harcourt singer-songwriter, Producer who launched onto the Lagos scene in 2008 with Koli Water. By 2011, he launched his sophomore album – which can be his greatest album. Some may even argue that the album is a basic and it will likely be laborious to rail towards that time as a result of this album is wonderful.
It was the second that helped Duncan Mighty seal his cult standing.
Samklef – Nonilizing
Date of launch: June 2011
Size: 13 songs, 41:35
Singles: Nonilizing, Molowo Noni, Mi O Le Beru,
Producer: Samklef
Movies: Three
Label: TBD
In late 2010, Samklef made grand steps to turn out to be Nigeria’s hottest producer of 2011 with a number of singles and hits of his personal. Nonilizing was his debut album and it contained hits, ‘Nonilizing’ and ‘Molowo Noni.’
Whereas the album had a variety of repeated formulation in sound, matters, subtext and type, it did pioneer a brand new wave of Afro-pop that infused snare drums into EDM codecs. It additionally produced a success off a Entice file in 2011. How that occur, no person is aware of. He additionally included Lil Wayne–styled warped sung-rap vocals into a fantastic Afro-pop template.
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Burna Boy – Burn Discover
Date of launch: August four, 2011
Size: 11 Tracks
Singles: Wombolombo One thing
Producer: Leriq, Tron
Movies: One
Label: Aristokrat Data
The challenge was introduced by Peedi Picasso also referred to as Piriye Isokrari on Twitter in August 2011. It was the very first thing Burna Boy made after he switched from being a rapper on the recommendation of his grandfather. It was a breath of contemporary air that made everyone ask the identical query, ‘Who is that this man?’
One place to obtain the challenge on the time was on Burna Boy’s blog .
Burna Boy – Burn Identification
Date of launch: November 2011
Size: 15 Tracks
Singles: Trumpet
Producer: Leriq
Movies: zero
Label: Aristokrat Data
The challenge was a follow-up to the spectacular Burn Discover. It produced spectacular data like ‘Trumpet’ that includes Davido, the sexually charged ‘Firewood’ and the spectacular damcehall file, ‘Each Lady.’
It featured Sinzu, Davido, Shank, LOS and Korkormikor.
Bez – Tremendous Solar
Date of launch: December 7, 2011
Size: 15 songs, 01:02:three
Singles: Cease Pretending, Zuciya Daya, Tremendous Solar, Tremendous Solar [Remix], That Silly Tune
Producer: Cobhams Asuquo
Movies: zero
Label: Cobhams Asuquo Music Manufacturing/Common Music Publishing South Africa
Wikipedia stories that, “The album’s title was chosen as a mirrored image of Bez’s phrases as he acknowledged “..everyone desires to be an excellent star, however they’ve by no means identified what variety they wish to be. I wish to be The Tremendous Solar, it’s probably the most distinctive star that offers heat, life, power and light-weight.”
In a means, the album continues to be a cult basic. The Boston Globe positioned it at quantity three on its listing of World music’s high albums of 2011.
Olamide – Rapsodi
Date of launch: 2011
Size: 17 songs, 01:10:54
Singles: Eni Duro, Omo To Shan, Kelegbe
Producer: ID Cabasa
Movies: 2
Label: Coded Tunes
In 2009, Kayefi, Olamide and Seriki grew to become the primary set of artists formally signed to a revamped Coded Tunes. In November 2010, Olamide launched the smash hit Entice file, ‘Eni Duro.’ It got here simply after the Hip-Hop group had misplaced DaGrin.
The video for ‘Eni Duro’ had a powerful advertising marketing campaign that learn, ‘Olamide adjustments garments 15 instances in new video.’ It introduced shock worth and energy to Olamide. This album additional launched him, however it proved to be his solely main album launch underneath Coded Tunes.
Naeto C – Tremendous C Season
Date of launch: February 7, 2011
Size: 17 songs, 01:06:58
Singles: Ten Over Ten, 5 and 6
Producer: Ty Combine, Dokta Frabz, Ikon, Terry G, Sarz
Movies: 2
Label: Storm 360, Curious Music, World Well-known Academy
In 2005, Naeto C returned from the US for his necessary one yr as a Corps member. He served in Abuja and met the likes of TY Combine, MI Abaga and GospelOnDeBeatz. Later, he joined Nigeria’s largest file label on the time, Storm. There he launched the award-winning album, U Know My P.
Over the approaching years, he grew to become the grasp influencer of elite Nigerian popular culture. With that his inventory rose and by his sophomore album, he determined to totally immerse himself into the Nigerian mainstream and he did simply that. This was a tremendous album.
9ice – Basorun Gaa
Date of launch:7 December 2011
Size: 18 songs, 01:10:07
Singles: On a regular basis, Perspective, 3310
Producer: Cheepho, TY Combine, Puffy T
Movies: 2
Label: Alapomeji/TJoe
In 2009, 9ice’s third album was mired in controversy round him, his ex-wife, Toni Payne, Ruggedman and his exit from Coded Tunes. Its high quality was additionally neglected. However by 2011, that notion received even worse, regardless of how 9ice nonetheless made hits in Nigerian music.
Basorun Gaa was one-half of a double album and this was 9ice’s most assured section of music. Each albums banged like a brand new bass drum. The album undoubtedly deserved higher.
9ice – Versus
Date of launch: 7 December 2011
Size: 18 songs, 01:17:04
Singles: Life Is Lovely,
Producer: Cheepho
Movies: 2
Label: Alapomeji/TJoe
Launched alongside ‘Basorun Gaa’ as a double album, it was an experimental album that see 9ice face-off alongside completely different artists throughout Africa. It has the spirit of a mixtape and the cohesion of an album. Like ‘Basorun Gaa,’ it doesn’t get the reward it deserves.
Dare – Double Dare (Coronary heart) Vol. 1 & Double Dare (Beat) Vol. 2
Date of launch: February 28, 2011.
Size: 9 songs, 37:58, 11 songs, 43:33
Singles: Sisi Eko, Bani Ki Di
Producer: Cobhams
Movies: 2
Label: Storm 360
In 2011, Darey shared the staple of the Nigerian King of R&B with Banky W, however this double act swung a variety of issues in his favour, as W was busy being a label government. Its sound was elite; half one had the extra methodical, lyrical and slower manufacturers of music, crammed with Different Sounds, Soulful songs and the very best of Blues. The second quantity had some pop data.
It was a fantastic idea that represented Darey’s perceive of who he was and what the market required.
P Sq. – The Invasion
Date of launch: July 29, 2011
Size: 18 songs, 01:16:24
Singles: Lovely Onyinye, Chop My Cash, Bunienya Enu
Producer: J Martins, Rudeboy
Movies: three
Label: Sq. Data
Guys, there aren’t any phrases to quantify each the impression and the standard of this album. On the 2012 Headies, it was named Album of the 12 months. Nevertheless, that was the least it deserved. On the time, P Sq. was undisputed as the most important act in Africa. They made strategic music with completely different markets in thoughts and matched the music with unbelievable performances.
On Invasion sat hits like ‘Onyinye,’ ‘Bunieya Enu,’ ‘Chop My Cash’ and ‘Do As I Do.’ Extra importantly, ‘Lovely Onyinye’ received a remix with the most well liked rapper of that yr, Rick Ross. However for Sport Over, Invasion is perhaps P Sq.’s greatest album. Sadly, it was from there that rumours of rift between the legendary duo began swirling.
Nonetheless, their legend is sealed. In some circles are arguments that ‘Onyinye’ began the tradition of ‘wedding ceremony music’ in Nigeria.
Culled from Pulse Nigeria
Present Dem Camp – The Dreamer Mission
Date of launch: July 29, 2011
Size: 18 songs, 01:16:24
Singles: Lovely Onyinye, Chop My Cash, Bunienya Enu
Producer: J Martins, Rudeboy
Movies: three
Label: Impartial
On the time, Present Dem Camp have been the shiny jewels of Nigerian Hip-Hop. On the 2010 MTV African Music Awards, they caught the eye of D’Banj who helped to enter the primary venue with out prior invitation. On the time, they principally labored with IKON and different members or collaborators of their collective, The Collectiv3.
Additionally they caught the eye of Nigerian-American rapper, Wale. This challenge was the primary submission for recognition; it was their wonderful diary and it stays a cult basic. A yr later, they launched the Juls-produced ‘Really feel Alright’ and so they haven’t seemed again since.
Timaya – LLNP Lengthy Life N Prosperity
Present Dem Camp – The Dreamer Mission
Date of launch: November 18, 2011
Size: 20 tracks, 1 hour,18 minutes
Singles: zero
Producer: IKON
Movies: zero
Label: DM Data
This was Timaya’s experimental providing for the three acts on his label, then-named Dem Mama Data. It was made alongside his Dem Mama Soljas; T.J 2 Solo, Allenian, and Recoba.
Phrase on the road is that TJoe splashed a fortune to accumulate rights to this album. Quickly after the album dropped, Dem Mama Soljas stopped being a factor. Sooner or later, Timaya will inform the story of what occurred there.
