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Sound Sultan - Motherland (5)

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I finally found this tune by Sound Sultan. Enjoy!

— Bella Naija has some photos of Jay-Z in Kwara state during his tour to Nigeria. They even named a street after him. Na wa o! (3)

— RIBS has a nice collection of “Rain” songs featuring oldies like Tempatations to comtemporaries like Jamie Foxx. There is a review of the collection here. “Can You Stand The Rain” by New Edition and recently by Boyz II men, was a favourite of mine for sometime. (Listen now) (1)

My Cubicle (4)

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I had a smile all day.

— Mona has an amazing tribute post on Fela. Whilst I may not agree with everything Fela said or did, he was one of the most talented musicans of our time. Another piece on Fela by Bayo Martins. (2)

Jay-Z to tour Nigeria and South Africa (29)

Jay-Z in partnership with MTV has been invited by the United Nations to raise water crisis awareness around the world. He will be doing an international tour covering various cities in Europe and Africa to spread the word. The dates and venues for African part of the tour are as follows;

October 04 - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Diamond Jubilee)
October 06 - Accra, Ghana (Accra Conference Center)
October 07 - Lagos, Nigeria (Ocean View)
October 09 - Luanda, Angola (Cine Karl Max)
October 11 - Cape Town, South Africa (Belleville Velodrome)
October 13 - Durban, South Africa (ABSA Stadium Outer Fields)
October 14 - Johannesburg, South Africa (Coca Cola Dome)

MTV will produce “Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life” during the tour.

Worth Listening to the press release. I was not impressed with Jay-Z’s response to the press during the Q&A session. He seemed very unprepared and failed to answer most questions. Hard to believe it was his idea.

— The more I listen to this song “I started a blog nobody read” by Sprites, the more I think it was dedicated to my blog. (2)

The Gnotorious Gnarls Biggie (4)

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The guys at Sound Advice have produced Gnarls Biggie, an album based on remixes of some rap songs from Christopher Wallace (Notorious BIG) with Gnarls Barkley. My favourite has got to be “Necromancing Thugs”, remix of “Notorious Thugs” featuring Bone thugs and harmony.

According to their Sound Advice blog, the album has been bootlegged on ebay. This will certainly hit the headlines, just like the Black Album back in 2004.

— Stars in your eyes: Rapping Granny (1)

— Meet the new Simon Cowell. I’m the talent scout, bring it on! #