From the stables of the fast rising entertainment company, Wahala Media Entertainment, which has successfully launched off the amazing career of female songstress/perfomer, Nikki Laoye and is also presently leaving the sweet-smelling trail of great music in the form of the sugar-filled R&B/Reggae genius, SugarBoy A1, is now arising the third element to the amazing Wahala Trio mix,a new phenomenal artiste on our platform...
*drum roll* ......Introducing..wait a min! Let me allow him to introduce himself...(passing the pen over...)
“You can call me OLUWABASE aka BASE ONE, the MadMan ‘cause am lyrically insane”
No be me talk am o! You heard it by yourself o...LOL! Base One’s personal introduction of his music persona says it all.
Quietly raising dust underground since 2006, Base One can simply be tagged “Naija’s HipHop’s best kept secret”. In that year, a coincidental meeting with the young man who would blow his ideas sky high and serve his lyrics on a platter of hit making beats – ace producer Ade ‘Xblaze’ Laoye, (who has produced major hits songs for the likes of ModeNine, Nikki Laoye, Blaise and many more), got his musical career off to a good start when he recorded and released a couple of demo singles including “Five Fingas”, “Singbere” and “Kondo Tayin”, which received massive radio airplay at that time.
Born Ayomipo Isaac Sotunde on March 24, 1988, Base One (now a final year undergraduate at the Lagos State University(Nigeria),would for the next couple of years, stay focused on his Banking and Finance University degree while he went back to the drawing board with producers Xblaze and Gray J’onz.
The end result: Two new hit singles “Surulere” and “Werey Re o!”, giving you a clearer view of the amazing lyrical genius called Base One.
With a style so intriguing, Base One is rapidly re-stirring the ripple effect caused by the phenomenal late Nigerian HipHop artiste, Da Grin, who he’s constantly compared to due to their similar musical delivery.
Asserting that his style of music was acquired on and is for the “streets”, led to the creation of his own acronym, BASE ONE which stands for “Be A Street Entertainer” (BASE) and the number One representing his uniqueness.
Combining his love for music from HipHop greats like Krs One, SnoopDogg, Lil Wayne and the positive influence of the Yoruba lifestyle of his Ayobo Hood in Ipaja where he was raised, hence produced his style of delivery which is an intelligent mix of street language and slangz in his native Yoruba dialect alongside English Language.
Recently, Base One decided to pitch his tent under the management of Wahala Media Entertainment, who also manage the careers of top female artiste, Nikki Laoye and R&B artist, SugarBoy A1.
The video to the first hit single, “Surulere” (Produced by Gray Jon’z and Xblaze), directed by upcoming video director, Seun Williams , is finally on its way to a TV screen near you.
The word is out….there’s a “MadMan” on the loose and his name is BASE ONE… You can download MP3s of songs by Base One right here.... "SuruLere" by Base One-http://bit.ly/fbkJSG
"Werey Re O!" by Base One -http://bit.ly/fH5KtJ
Video Directed by Seun Williams
(Featuring Xblaze as the cameo sidekick)
Watch and Listen to the DJ Mix between DaGrin and BaseOne, a mix of DaGrin's Pon Pon Pon and Base One's Ewure, created as a memorial to him at his death by Xblaze, Nikki Laoye and DJ Sulexxy.
Nigeria’s pool of talented, inventive and promising youth can often seem bottomless. Then, ever so rarely, that talent rises with a direction evidently distinct from the pack, placing that extra responsibility to stay ahead of the game as a beacon of hope, success and the positive future. Swirling to the top in the ripples of the many voices straining to be heard, with a song that speaks the heart and thoughts of every Nigerian IN this election season of the country, is an outstanding young singer, PITA who is on the search for that ONE MAN- a well crafted song and an excellent video shot by the infamous director, DJ Tee.
For Pita, this is the moment he's been waiting for...ever since the age of 7 when he joined the children’s choir, at Upper – Room Mission Church, in Satellite Town ,Lagos . A veritable nurturing ground ,which led to the formation of a 6 – man gospel accapella group called Baby’s Heart – a reflection of their collective youth and devotion to proclaiming God’s gift through the beauty of sonorous harmonies and melodies. It wasn’t long before the group gained a fair degree of good publicity ,invariably leading to PITA’s growth and direct collaboration with much older, established artistes including B.O.U.Q.U.I, Segun OBE, Tosin MARTINS, Olufunmi, Pastor AITY amongst many others.
Now Pita is ONE MAN with a mission, crying out for that ONE MAN who would move this nation to its promised land.
Futuristic, funkdafied and full of praise and worship: if you have a hard time connecting those adjectives with sanctified music, then perhaps you've never heard of the phenomenal Deitrick Haddon. Ever since his professional debut in the 1995 with The Voices of Unity, the 37-year-old Detroit native has taken his elastic vocal range and enthusiastically-eclectic production style beyond his home church to a worldwide audience. His most recent hit single "He's Able" took the world by storm and Nigeria wasn't spared as every church in Nigeria and all over the world made an anthem out of that song. . Now out with a new album, Church on the Moon, holding steady at #4 on BillBoard Gospel Charts for 11 weeks, his first musical project in nearly three years, its one of Mr. Haddon's most imaginative offerings yet, blending spiritual and soulful messages of hope and healing that will move practically anyone within hearing range. With 19 tracks, ....Moon is an ambitious undertaking, Deitrick takes the listener on a journey to the Moon, literally. Not your everday church sound, he's gone "futuristically ballistic" on this one -a creatively cohesive album, pairing conventional-sounding songs with more modern offerings. With the hard-hitting hip-hop track "Reppin' The Kingdom," an Auto-Tuned and ‘chopped-n-screwed' track featuring Tye Tribbet, J. Moss, Canton Jones and the rap debut of Deitrick's cousin, T-Haddy and many more hit tracks like "Well Done", "Fighting Temptations", Deitrick's got just one line for ya - "God can do ANYTHING!!" People said we would never put a man on the moon but we did. If he can given men the knowledge and wisdom to do that, then he can do ANYTHING!!
Recently Deitrick tweeted that Jonnetta Patton, Usher’s mother, is helping to manage his career.
Usher famously fired his mom in 2007 and then considered bringing her back in 2008 once his album sales were low. For Deitrick, he says "I'm excited Jonetta Patton is managing me. She believes in me completely and encourages me to do something new and fresh. We have had a great relationship and i am looking forward to all our great plans. She really gets my project and understands music and the business. It's a great partnership. It's been a good match for me professionaly."
Deitrick Haddon's new project "Church on the Moon" is garnering critical acclaim in gospel and secular mainstream in the United States. And trust Naija peeps, we catch on pretty fast. (*wink)
Listen toRepping the Kingdom feat Tye Tribbett, T-Haddy, Canton Jones, J Moss and lets have CHURCH ON THE MOON! Amen Somebody!
Credits: Contributions from GospelCity.com and tekoagospelmusicnews.com
eLDee has recently announced a new platform for unsigned artistes called “Top Talent”. A musical opportunity for unsigned Nigerian artists of all genres to simply send an entry of an mp3 recording of their original composition which will be pitched against the fellow artistes, to be voted upon by the general public. The winner of the "Top Talent" competition will win a music collaboration opportunity with eLDee including a possible music recording deal offer from Trybe Records.
So fellas and ladies of the show world, get into the booth and send in your entries now. Get the word round, this could be your lucky day!
For more details and entry guidelines, Read on.... -------------------------------------------------------------------
OPPORTUNITY FOR UNSIGNED NIGERIAN ARTIST: MUSIC COLLABORATION WITH eLDee & POSSIBLE RECORD DEAL OFFER FROM TRYBE RECORDS
To enter;
* Pls send ONE mp3 song (NO LINKS) to: Trybeproductions@gmail.com You MUST be the owner of the song or recording to enter the competition. Deadline for entries is April 22, 2011 at 2:00am EST.
* All songs will go thru a pre-screening process by internal team and the best 10 songs will be posted online. Links for listening and voting will be provided on this page from April 25, 2011.
* General public will listen and vote online to narrow down to the best 3 artists. Top 3 get scrutinized further by internal team. Top 3 songs with the highest number of online votes selected on May 6, 2011
* and Winner announced May 13, 2011.
Your entry will be disqualified if;
* You send more than ONE song * You send in a collaboration song (It is difficult to tell who is who) * You send in a song which you do not own the copyright to (It is ok to do a cover song, but you must be the artist who did the performance on the recording)
IMPORTANT: * By sending your song to trybeproductions@gmail.com, you agree that your song may be published online for streaming and voting by the general public.
