Majek Fashek - Best Of Majek Fashek



African reggae star Majek Fashek (born: Majekodunmi Fasheke) attracted international attention, in 1987, when his self-penned tune, "Send Down The Rain," seemed to coax a rain storm that ended one of the worst draughts in Nigeria' s history. Majek went on to become one of Africa's greatest reggae-influenced performers. His debut solo album, “Prisoner Of Conscience”, released in 1988, sold more than 200,000 copies in Nigeria alone.
Born in Benin City, once the center of the ancient Sini kingdom, Fashek inherited his love of music from his mother, an Edo woman who raised him following the death of his father when he was eleven years old. A businesswoman, who supplied concrete to road contractors, she inspired him through her participation in traditional religious ceremonies where the Olokun rhythms were used to accompany worship of the river goddess. As a youngster, Fashek played maracas during the ceremonies.
While he developed an early interest in the music of Jamaica, Fashek was equally drawn to the music of Indian cinema. Learning to play guitar while in secondary school, Fashek joined a band, Jah Stix, and began playing in clubs in the capitol city of Lagos.

Here is a compilation album.

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Adewale Ayuba - Bubble



Adewale Ayuba was born May 6th 1966 in Ikenne Remo,Ogun State Nigeria.His distinguished voice and immeasurable talent led to him picking music as a career after his secondary school education at Remo, Secondary School, Sagamu, Ogun State.

Although he gained admission to study Architecture Economics at the Ogun State Polytechnic, Abeokuta, his music career took center-stage and in a bid to carve a niche for himself he made his first album “IBERE”{Beginning} at the age of 17. In early 1990, Ayuba was signed-on by Sony Music (Nigerian) to record an album, “Bubble” which was released in 1991. It was a classic, those who were in naija at that time can attest to that fact (lol)

For the first time in the Nigerian music history, a Fuji Music album dominated the scene, topping musical charts for six consecutive months, winning multiple awards at the Nigerian Music Awards, (NMA). It bagged Ayuba the coveted Artiste of the Year Award, the Album of the Year Award, Song of the Year Award and Best Fuji Album of the Year Award. What better way to break you all into the Fuji music genre. Here is the classic “Bubble”

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