A few days ago, I found a CDR compilation labeled Super Hits of Nigeria in the ungoogleable/bootleg section of my CD-DVD collection. It was a gift from my cousin who bought it in the streets of Freetown sometime last year. The opening track from the comp is “Yori Yori”– a massive pan-Nigerian/pan-African (global) hit in 2009 by the duo Bracket. This tune was large from Lagos to Nairobi, Freetown to London, even nightclubs in Guangzhou were unsafe from the contagious tune (Guangzhou has the largest population of Africans in China.) I saw a video for the tune in early ’09 while watching Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) in northern Virginia. Boima also mentioned it over at Ghetto Bassquake.
[audio:http://nyc.duttyartz.com/mp3s/Bracket-Yori_Yori.mp3]+
Timaya, who appears on at least 6 tracks on the compilation also had a great year in ’09. I saw a few of his videos on NTA – epic, conscious Nigerian rap grooves. Here are two more tracks –
[audio:http://nyc.duttyartz.com/mp3s/Timaya-Yankuluya.mp3] [audio:http://nyc.duttyartz.com/mp3s/J_Martins-Good_Or_Bad_Owey.mp3]J Martins feat. Timaya, P-Square, Banky W., etc. – Good Or Bad (Owey)