Tag: Lagos sound


  • Asake and Portable: Two Sides of the Street Revolution

    The street has always been the heartbeat of Nigerian music noisy, honest, and brutally expressive. But in the last few years, the street stopped whispering and started leading. It became the pulse of Afrobeats, the slang of the city, and the rhythm of survival. And if there are two faces that define this raw uprising,…

  • Street Prayers & Club Beats: Afro-Adura Is the Next Big Sound in Nigerian Music

    Street Prayers & Club Beats: How Afro-Adura Became Nigeriaโ€™s Next Big Sound If Afrobeats is the champagne in Lagosโ€™ VIP lounge, Afro-Adura is the palm wine poured under the streetlight. Itโ€™s gritty, spiritual, emotional and very Nigerian. Itโ€™s music for people who hustle hard, pray harder, and still want to dance before sunrise. Call it…