Patrick Ezema
Content Writer and Music Journalist at Freelance
Music and culture writer. Words: @takingCustody @NativeMag, @guardianLifeNG, @morebranches, @thelagosreview , @afrocritik, elsewhere.
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2 weeks ago |
culturecustodian.com | Patrick Ezema
Two weeks ago, ID Cabasa released Anytime Reimagined, which features street pop acts Bella Shmurda and Ayo Maff as well as the Port Harcourt rap duo of Ajebo Hustlers. The track is a reimagined version of 9ice’s soul-baring Anytime from his Tradition album of 2009, a song that Cabasa produced while they were both under the umbrella of his label, Coded Tunes.
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1 month ago |
culturecustodian.com | Patrick Ezema
The 17th edition of the Headies, Nigeria’s premier music award, was held on Sunday, and as usual, it was a festive music event, featuring both freshly minted stars and music legends alike vying for their own iconic Headies plaque. It also saw the return of the many drawbacks that we must now assume to be a part of the Headies experience—professionalism issues, technical errors, time delays—that were not mitigated even when the award was relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, for two years.
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1 month ago |
culturecustodian.com | Patrick Ezema
To open 5ive, the poet Alhanislam recites a spoken-word commentary on the album and the man behind it. It feels a little pretentious, rooted in the same idea that drives artists to label every new project their deepest and most personal work yet. Yet some of it does have grounding in real-life events.
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2 months ago |
culturecustodian.com | Patrick Ezema
M.anifest’s new album, NEW ROAD AND GUAVA TREES, has a cover that satirizes the ribbon cutting spectacle government officials love, apparently another of the many Ghana-Nigerian experiences. “It’s a bit of a caricature of our leaders, most of them trying to be commissioner-generals and commissioner-in-chief. It’s a very African occurrence,” M.anifest says to Culture Custodian.
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Mar 5, 2025 |
culturecustodian.com | Patrick Ezema
In 2020, as the pandemic brought the world to a standstill, forcing Nigerians into movement restrictions and lockdowns, it was also incubating music talent and creativity that would go on to leave a legacy five years after. In Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, clubs were shut, concerts were getting cancelled, even smaller festivities like weddings and birthday events were either held virtually, on a smaller scale, or postponed indefinitely.
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