Innocent “2face” Ujah Idibia one of Africa’s finest literally and artistically. One of my all time favorite Nigerian artiste, and guess what we share some characteristics plus am also “Jos-tified”.
The most successful of the defunct “ Plantashun boyz”
singing group and also a pioneer
of the new Nigerian music industry. With the likes of remedies, azadus from
def-o-clan, ruff, rugged and raw and you know the list.
A lot of people will want to attribute his success to his talent. Well,
as much as I agree that he is talented. I beg to differ and say it was more of
his humility and hard work.
From the grapevine, we heared he signed an almost
slave deal with kennis music. But he weathered the storm, paid the price and
now he is the boss. Head honcho of hypertek
digital that is home to recording artists such as victor uwaifo, Dammy krane
and RockSteady.
As a group from my point of view, most of their
tracks were dominated by blackface(I gbadu that guy) and Faze had that killer
voice that always made the ladies go hmmmmm!!When 2baba is Solo choi! he over does it and over
kills it. And has consistently been in the entertainment circuit for a while
now.
2baba’s “grass to grace” album was a classic and
evergreen album that i jam in my car stereo till tomorrow. I can relate to most
of the songs and its already a part of
me.
I won’t call “African queen” as one of my favorite
of all his songs in as much as I love
it. “True love” and “Right here” kills me when it comes to matters of the
heart. And there is “For instance”, “One love”, “Catch the vibe”, “Hate what
you do to me” from the last album and the track with Fally Ipupa “Diaspora
Woman”.
What I would really want from my guy 2baba is for
him to perform more of his indigenous
songs; the ones with his local dialect in international gigs. Let him sell and
promote our culture, tradition and language just like Phino Nwanem and Olamide
baddo are doing.
Picture 2baba performing “Odi ya e” at the Kora
event with traditional idoma dancers, dressed in colorful attires. I have a
picture of it in the ROM capacity of my brain…awesome! Check out Salif keita, Yousou
N dour, Papa Wemba, Awilo and
even the youthful Fally Ipupa. They all sing in their dialects and are
international acts.
Well, ’nuff
said you deserve a crown because you are a living legend who stood "face
to face" with the music adversity. And "ascended" from "grass to grace", because you
are "unstoppable". If they don’t get it ,
I suggest they "rewind select and update".
I look forward to making a song with you in the future.
So we can pick up that much desired Grammy award together.
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