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Thoroughbreds Hip Hop scholars , Nigeria's finest
Elajoe Tha Funk Wizard
In the quest for mass appeal most Nigerian hiphop artistes have had to task their creative faculties for new sounds and styles with which to increase listenership amongst the music buying public and in turn move more units of their offerings. While some have resorted to mimicking popular American rap stars like Jay-Z, 50cent and Ja Rule, others have decided to go indigenous, creating a collage of rhythms and curious rhyme styles which they brand severally as afrohiphop, national hiphop or hip"naija"hop. The rest have, like their mainstream counterparts in the U.S, simply gone pop. In the midst of all these a group of young men have elected to to stay true to the game.
This five-man collective known as Da Thoroughbreds are determined to keep it real, keep it basic: phat beats and a message. Just as their name implies this Lagos based posse are pious hiphop apostles who are not only well versed in the tenets of real hiphop but are also very conversant with the dynamics of the industry both locally and internationally, all these in addition to being respectable professionals in the fields of banking, marketing communication and information technology. Infact to describe more aptly, if all the hiphop artists in Nigeria represent the regular infantry battalion of the music army, this group of four emcees and a supervising raptician are the equivalent of sandhurst trained special elite commandos.
From the foregoing it is apparent that the group comprising members IllBliss & Obiwon a.k.a Coal City's Finest, Elajoe tha funk wizard, B-Elect and MGB are refined gentlemen of considerable erudition. A visit by this writer to their Ojodu, Berger abode confirmed this assertion. In their spare time Da Breds immerse themselves in hiphop music, journals, books and related materials while also brainstorming on a wide range of burning issues ranging from world politics and the global economy to the need for social reengineering in Nigeria, all these in addition to treating yours truly to endless hours of stone cold rhyming. Their lyrics, mainly in English with a sufficient sprinkling of local lingo, is delivered in a diction clear enough for the average Nigerian hiphop music enthusiast to discern. The group has just released a 5-cut EP to showcase their skills behind the mic and boards and more importantly to test the waters of the Nigerian music industry.
Elajoe Tha Funk Wizard
In the quest for mass appeal most Nigerian hiphop artistes have had to task their creative faculties for new sounds and styles with which to increase listenership amongst the music buying public and in turn move more units of their offerings. While some have resorted to mimicking popular American rap stars like Jay-Z, 50cent and Ja Rule, others have decided to go indigenous, creating a collage of rhythms and curious rhyme styles which they brand severally as afrohiphop, national hiphop or hip"naija"hop. The rest have, like their mainstream counterparts in the U.S, simply gone pop. In the midst of all these a group of young men have elected to to stay true to the game.
This five-man collective known as Da Thoroughbreds are determined to keep it real, keep it basic: phat beats and a message. Just as their name implies this Lagos based posse are pious hiphop apostles who are not only well versed in the tenets of real hiphop but are also very conversant with the dynamics of the industry both locally and internationally, all these in addition to being respectable professionals in the fields of banking, marketing communication and information technology. Infact to describe more aptly, if all the hiphop artists in Nigeria represent the regular infantry battalion of the music army, this group of four emcees and a supervising raptician are the equivalent of sandhurst trained special elite commandos.
From the foregoing it is apparent that the group comprising members IllBliss & Obiwon a.k.a Coal City's Finest, Elajoe tha funk wizard, B-Elect and MGB are refined gentlemen of considerable erudition. A visit by this writer to their Ojodu, Berger abode confirmed this assertion. In their spare time Da Breds immerse themselves in hiphop music, journals, books and related materials while also brainstorming on a wide range of burning issues ranging from world politics and the global economy to the need for social reengineering in Nigeria, all these in addition to treating yours truly to endless hours of stone cold rhyming. Their lyrics, mainly in English with a sufficient sprinkling of local lingo, is delivered in a diction clear enough for the average Nigerian hiphop music enthusiast to discern. The group has just released a 5-cut EP to showcase their skills behind the mic and boards and more importantly to test the waters of the Nigerian music industry.
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