Ask me about my best genre of music and I’d tell you I don’t really have one in mind. I just know I don’t like rap, I get lost when the thing starts hitting the sweet part. I don’t have the intestine to listen to Fuji, their mumbo-jumbo and non-adherence to synergy with musical keys piss me off. As a matter of fact, if not for the Osupa Saheed and Wasiu Alabi Pasuma fights, many of us would never know about Fuji. Thanks to those in the former place I lived, they made it a point of work every Saturday to start debating on the best between those two.
Naturally, I don’t love blues, the style is too slow for my life. It’s not that I love Apala or wéré and I don’t even like Hip-hop. The madness that has entered the Hip-Hop is enough to make you press stop, but does that mean, I don’t hear it? Sort of. It’s just that, sometimes I pass by places where they play the songs and I wouldn’t put my ears in my pocket. I would have to listen to it because me I’m not part of the committee of those who claim that what is not happening.
My best artist of all time is Abolore Akande of 2009 - 2014, that name doesn’t ring any bell? It’s normal not to remember whose name that is. I just hope you’d remember who 9ice is? Yeah! 9ice, that Gongo-á-so guy, very tall laidat. The one who married Toni Payne and fought Ruggedman, they've made up already. The guy who melted our heart with songs laced with Yoruba adages and proverbs.
I don’t really enjoy the songs he sings anymore and that should show why I was specific with the time period. I'm still a fan and I still follow his songs but not like before. The things is, it’s either he did an upgrade that is higher than my standards or I grew beyond his songs. Whatever...
Today, I’m not celebrating him but I must say he’s a game-changer. I was just looking at stuffs yesterday and my head started playing two of his songs. Let’s forget the Gbamú-Gbamù and focus on the one that touched my soul, Life Drama.
In Literature, they say Drama involves a piece of story-telling that is performed on stage which has been obviously well-rehearsed for a beautiful presentation. I would beg you not to mind my definition, I became a literature student not quite long. I haven't got time for much practice but I'm quite learning from the new Action Film (God bless Brymo) all around lately.
These days, different film are being released for us and we won’t even praise the ingenuity of the script-writers, who make time to dish us entertainment in an entertain-less clime that we have found ourselves. I just feel woke to watching Nigerian movies again, thanks to this mind-blowing, beautifully scripted films. I'd be doing my own review of the movies.
Title: The Marauders
Duration: 5 minute and backlash
Released: Wednesday, April 20, 2018.
Starring: Senator Omo- Agege and the cowboys
P:G: 18 years only
Location: Abuja
FILM REVIEW: An engaging film from the stables of the National Assembly. For a piece that was written as a one-man drama with no supporting cast, It was a hit. The addition of the bodyguards and the way the senator walked like he was Robin Hood should shame professional actors. The film for me has a 2-star rating.
NEGATIVES: The Mace wasn’t hit on any of the Senators’ head. If one of them had the mace slammed on their head, it’d have shown that Senators have red blood flowing in their body as well and this would have made the film an all-round hit. The Mace should be seen in a bush or somewhere like a gutter, not near the city gate. It made the film lose progression and ordinary
SUCCESS: The film was a budget office hit, over 120k comments and 25k retweets on twitter. It generated something close to 3000 write-ups on Facebook. If not for a bigger film that was shot in faraway London that day, the film should have grossed more than the mentions it had but it is my movie of the month.
Release Date: Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Title: The Lazy Generation
Director: Unknown
Starring: Muhammadu Buhari and Commonwealth Location: London
P:G: 13 years
FILM REVIEW: For a man who said “I’m for no one and I’m against no one”. This was an icing, an icing on the cake.
In the words of the Filmers award “ in the tell-tales and make believe of filming, this was an original piece. It is the success film of 2018”.
The Floomberg had this to say “Expect Yoruba movies script-writers to come up with epic films with the word lazy. This would be the success story of 2018". For a man who's quite old, the protagonist was very natural in his act.
For everyone involved in the scripting, it was a great film. The delivery itself was apt and well-timed
NEGATIVES: There is no negative to pick from the film. It is a 10/10.
Tvstar gave it a 4.5 star.
CrazyTV rated it 3.5 because the storyline was supposed to reflect a background of the lazy ones.
CF Films suggested that the filming should have been done in a place like Lagos or Enugu or Anambra or Port Harcourt. It'd make it a huger commercial hit and a cinema boom.
SUCCESS: It was a budget office hit. It overshadowed the movie the senators had earlier released late in the afternoon of that day.
It had over 450k major mentions on radio and Television.
Over 125k retweets on Twitter.
Countless memes on Instagram
Lazy became a major word since last week. The word “lazy” was never googled and searched in the dictionary like it was this past week.
It generated 15k write-ups on different Facebook timelines.
It grossed over N560 million for a number of youths who decided to cash in and pirate the film. That's a box office hit.
Release Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Title: The Fugitive
Director: Dino Mioraye Iranu
Starring: Dino Melaye and SARS
Location: Abuja
P.G: Only God knows
FILM REVIEW: The evergreen man has always been a man who hugged the headline so well. After his “Ajekun Iya” single produced by XC beatz became viral last year. Different choral groups did mashup for the song, making it one of the biggest song of 2017.
His mew film which was released exclusively for home and cinemas was a perfect Tuesday dose. It was action packed, suspenseful, heroic, intruging, no dull moment, satirical and very witty.
The costume and choice of location deserves a massive aplomb. The script itself was a masterpiece and the way Dino laid on that stretcher was emotionally funny.
Watch out for this film to rival the Lazy Generation
NEGATIVES: The only negative to pick from this is that the police didn’t make that part where Dino jumped look real. He should be allowed to re-take that part. The bus was too slow for him and he should have jumped from the roof not the window.
The camera was not that sharp and it made the production dull and dour. It might be down to the fault of the production crew. For a man who priorities flashy and fast things, his choice of crew isn’t the best. He should have taken more time on the stretcher before been driven away from the accident scene
SUCCESS: Dino Melaye is fast becoming a perfect actor, writer, composer and director. He should be sweeping and carting home the Next Rated Award during the Headies. More film should be expected toward the tail end of this year. This film isn’t the last from his stables. We don’t have official ratings from yet, as soon as we do, we’d send .
Well, those are the major films and drama from the stable of our Political theatrics in Nigeria. The advice I have is simple and I borrowed this idea from Pepper
“Everyone should start studying Singing (Learn from Dino) Scriptwriting (Omo Agege should be your mentor) and Drama (Learn from Dino, I repeat)".
"Law will make you too much of a gentleman and Political Science will make you love to follow due process"
"Those gentleman's stuff will not pay you in Nigeria. This was the exact advice I gave Dimeji Bankole. It's just that the boy couldn't interprete and act his roles well"
If those ones are too hard to study, go and learn dancing like Senator Adeleke, you have to be artfully talented and theatrically ready before joining Nigeria politics or Fayose will finish you with action.
9ice finished that song ‘Life Drama” with these words “My industry drama, no club for you, you no go popular”.
I better reconstruct it to “Nigeria Politicking Drama, if camera is not on you, go and buy your own and you'd be popular”
He also stressed further by saying "Abuja Drama, Politician fighting over Naira" .. Who knows what Omo Agege is fighting for this time, but I bet 9ice is a seer to have envisage this rightly.. #peace..