Throw Back: Naija Hit Songs In Early 2000s

How much do you know these songs? Do you still remember them? Can Nigerian music industry produce this kind of evergreen hits again? These and more are the questions that come to mind whenever you listened to any on these hits.
When the Hiphop music was brewing up in Nigeria in late 1990s and early 2000s music lovers then where lucky enough to rock these evergreen hits when it was fresh.
And to those that were only exposed to modern day heavy churn out of songs, worry less we’ve got you covered with this incredible list of old hits.

1: WALE THOMPSON: "LALALE FRIDAY"
Wale Thompson did justice to this song, it was one of the pioneering hiphop songs for the Friday night crawlers it was indepth and clubs rocked it hard then. You remember the song?


2: REMEDIES: "SHAKOMO"
Remedies group was the biggest then, they churned out many hits before their split. The group consisted of Tony Tetuila, Eddy Montana and Eedriz Abdul Kareem. Shakomo was a big hit do you still remember its lyrics? How about Jealousy and others?


3: MAINTAIN: "CATCH COLD"
Olu and Tolu maintain with their manager, Big Bamo were big then, with their funny songs and lyrics they were known for comical songs. One of their numerous hit was ‘Catch Cold” that was acted like a film you remember? It was big in the early 2000s.


4: PLANTAZION BIOZ: "YOU AND I"
The incredible trio of Faze, 2Face and Black Face were dope then with lovely solo songs best of which was You and I, am sure you are singing along right now big one it was. They have other songs like ‘Knock me Off’ among others lovely songs. Their split wasn’t a blessing to Nigerian music industry.


5: STYL PLUS: "OLUFUNMI"
Style plus consisting of Tunde, Shifi and zeal won fans over with their lovely voice and their solo hit Olufunmi. Who wouldn’t love that romantic single? Guys used it then to win ladies over.


6: AZADUS: "YOU IS THE ONE"
Azadus became fans delight with his evergreen love song, You Is The One. This song is evergreen.


7:JAZZMAN OLOFIN FT ADEWALE AYUBA: "RAISE THE ROOF"
Raise the roof was a blend of Hiphop and Fuji back then it was epic and rocked dancehall in the early 2000s. Jazzman went solo after this song, but his impact remains evergreen.


8: RAQUI: "SOJI"
Soji hun, soji hun toba ti dagbo ko soji hun, feels like singing along and stop writing. Which club would dare not play this jam back then? Raqui did a good one on it.

9: ZULE ZOO: "KEREWA"
Kerewa was big and it launched the duo to Nigerian music scene. It was so popular and everyone can sing its lyrics. Their follow up single was also big but they did not last much in the game.


10: MAD MELON AND MOUNTAIN BLACK: "DANFO DRIVER"
Danfo driver completes our list of 10 evergreen songs since the start of Hiphop music in Nigerian. It was popular and dance able.

Other evergreen songs will be posted soon..pls keep visiting.

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