10. THE KALIFATE
You damn right they made it to the top ten. The trio of Psalmurai, A9 and Dasuki have proven to us this year why they should be, when they dropped the "Re-Ink-A-Nation" album. Extra points go to them for spectacular performances.










9. CARTIAIR
The boy Cartiair has earned himself the #9 spot not just because he's got swagger or he sounds lil' waynish but for the fact that the boy is actually good at writing and rhyming and of course stomped the whole country with one song and a follow up remix (Owo Ati Swagger). He recently dropped his "More Than Rap Music" album which is actually worth the buy.








8. STR8BUTTAH
This six man team of elite, visionary rappers have been in the
game longer than you know. What brought these underground mcs to the limelight was the award for the best rap video at the SMVAs this year and of course the release of their critically accailmed album SRT8 4RM THA ART.






7. DAGRIN
This ghetto vernacular spitting mc has made a lot of critics mouths go obese like Della Reese (shout out to Biggie!). That "Pon Pon Pon" single of his "C.E.O" album turned heads and even the ladies love him! You might want to hit him on the fact that he rarely spits in English but hey, Dagrin is a sore wound that won't be healing soon.











6. MODENINE
Nigel Benn has been awfully quiet this few months but earlier this year, Dr. Ninestein was really smoking in the hip hop scene with his critically acclaimed LP "The Paradigm Shift". Also, championing the beef with Ruggedman was a major highlight for the veteran. And when we all thought Modey was done for the year, he dropped his much talked about mixtape "09-09-09" to mark his "day" (9th of September, 2009.). Least we forget, he also won the HHWA award for Lyricist On The Roll for the 4th time since it's inception.

5. NAETO C
After the success of his debut album "U Know My P", Naeto C has been staying relevant (with help of his unstoppable chart climber "Kini Big Deal" which he won HHWA for "best rap single") even though he left the country to further his education in Dublin. He has featured on songs with Tosin Martins, Omawumi and Cibil Nyte ft African Emcees. He dropped the single to the sophomore album "Super C Season" called "Ako Mi Ti Poju" and a follow up called "Duro" ft YQ. He just want you to know his P.











Mr. Sinzu (please don't even ask me what Sinzu means) has been a buzzing bee all year from his feature on Knight House's "The Finest" hit song to dropping singles like "Monkey Bananas", "i can't feel my face" to releasing a video to his current single "Na me be fine boy".
Another big thing for Sauce is him signing up with
Storm Records.











3.IILBLISS
The Thoroughbred Vet has been phenomenal this year. A large part for this high position is due to his highly acclaimed album "Dat Ibo Boy" that we waited forever to drop. Well, when it did we were happy to see that Illbliss made an album and not a "bag of songs" meaning that he created a blend of music a lot of rappers have been trying to do!
He was also the main attraction at October's edition of CLUB ROCKAWAY The "Music Na My Hussle Edition". By the way, throw in that Bigiano's "Shayo" remix he lyrically murdered.





2. TERRY DA RAPMAN
Mr. Joe Spazm has paid his dues with slept-on debut albums and record label squabbles to mention a few. He bounced back this year with "The Joe Spazm" Mixtape presented by Knight House and hosted by DJ Jimmy Jatt featuring a host of MCs. Terry was the main feature in Novemeber's edition of CLUB ROCKAWAY "The Boiz Are Not Smilin Edition". Terry has already released two hot singles for the most anticipated hip hop album "Boys Are Not Smiling" which are "Sample" produced and featuring Pherowshuz and "How far" featuring Sound Sultan.







1. M.I
Hate or love him but this dude is in high demand like fuel in Nigeria! F.Y.I, M.I is the only rapper that gets to perform at show which include non rappers like P-square, D'Banj, Banky W et al. After the success of his debut album "Talk About It", the Chocolate City Repper released the "Illegal Music" mixtape which got a pass in the critics books. He also grabbed two MAMA awards as well as HHWA. Add that to the numerous plaques he's been getting here and abroad. Massive points go to Jude Abaga for his eccentric show performances which include live bands.

If you haven't heard of this young cat then pardon me to ask: WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?
Fecko da Emcee aka Raplogic is a witty Nigerian emcee/lyricist raised in the suburbs of Lagos state. FECKO has also developed various backronyms for his name, including Formidable Emcees Can Knock-out Obstacles. He started doing rap music professionally in 2005 shortly after he finished his secondary education.fter being inspired by the likes of KRS-One, Nas, Jay-Z, Tupac, Common, Talib Kweli et al. (who were all his early influences). Fecko participated in several hip-hop auditions, some of which include the Zain/Nigezie Trusearch (Enugu), Starcomms/Collosal Live Revolution Concert (Lagos) and the Channel O SPRITE EMCEE AFRICA Freestyle Battle Competition which also took place in Lagos. During the first quarter of 2009, he was featured on the JoeSpazm Mixtape hosted by Dj Jimmy Jatt and the AfricanHipHop - The Sequel mixtape alongside other emcees from Nigeria, Zambia, Zimbabwe etc. Although he hopes to pitch his tents with a good record company someday, but in the meantime he's currently working freelance on his LP, with guest appearances and production credits from Africa, Europe and USA. Fecko dropped his official mixtape in December 2009 titled The Raplogic Mixtape- featuring artistes like Joe Spazm, Str8 Buttah, Poetic Seraph (Belgium), Naycha da Poetmc (South Africa) et al. Fecko was also nominated at THE REAL HIP-HOP AWARDS-HipHop Revelation Of The Year category in 2009. Currently, he has three singles on radio and a music video which is still in the works. He hosts DEEP-SET With Fecko (Africa’s no.1 Internet Entertainment TV Show – Only on PowerHouseAfrica.com). Throughout various times during his career as a presenter, he has conducted several video-taped interviews with some illustrious Nigerian acts like Banky W, Modenine, Overdose, Illbliss and Terry tha rapman, just to mention a few. He’s also a student, graphic/web designer, creative writer, blogger and publicist.

Track list for The First Impression EP (The official pre-mixtape release)

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1) ANOTHER DAY - FECKO

2) PAPER PLANE REMIX - FECKO FT. THE CLIQUE TEAM (NIGERIA)

3) SPOKEN WORDS FT. POETIC SERAPH (BELGIUM)

4) ILL THOTZ (INTERLUDE) - FECKO

5) DANGER AWAITS (HURRICANE ALLEY FREESTYLE) - FECKO

6) SPITOLOGY - FECKO FT. NAYCHA (SOUTH AFRICA)

7) CONTROL THE MIC - FECKO FT. STR8 BUTTAH (NIGERIA)

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On exactly November 13, an online security company called "Identity Guard" posted a 30 seconds expose commercial on YouTube describing how credit card information can easily be retrieved or intercepted on the internet.

The commercial goes thus:
A certain white woman named "Dana Cole" supposedly living in a foreign country purchases a pair of sandals from an online store called "Houte Sandals", the next scene is in Lagos, Nigeria where her credit card info is intercepted by a "Black dude" who smiles, prints out the form and hands in over to a young boy who quickly runs over to the "Houte Sandals" store, drops the form and picks up the package.



We all know this country is notoriously known for internet fraud but why must we be constantly labeled for it? Common, a lot of other countries are known for "yahoo yahoo" so why hit Nigeria constantly?

First it was Sony, now this?

Another video from the boy Cartair to promote the recently released album "More Than Just Rap Music".
Nigerian videos and concepts are getting better by the day.
By the way, it's another from CAPital Dreams boss Clarence Peters.

He says and I quote "It's the return of the one who never ever left". Pherowshuz is back with the video to his latest single "Correct". Directed by Rcube and features cameos like Terry da Rapman, Mode 9, M.I, The Faculty and more. All I can say is that it's HIPHOP!

Group A: South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France

Group B: Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republic, Greece

Group C: England, USA, Algeria, Slovenia

Group D: Germany, Australia, Serbia, Ghana,

Group E: Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon

Group F: Italy, Paraguay, New Zealand, Slovakia

Group G: Brazil, Korea DPR, Côte d'Ivoire, Portugal

Group H: Spain, Switzerland, Honduras, Chile

Let The Games Begin!!!

The storm is gathering and it's good to know that Hiphop is gradually breaking grounds in this diaspora.

We have put together a compilation of hiphop tracks from some Nigerian MCs, some classic (believe me!), some outstanding, some fresh.

The mixtape is called: Rhymesville presents HOOD SERIES Mixtape (Vol 1) "I Do It For hiphop".

The mixtape was complied by Rhymesville and hosted by DJ DINO (Brilla FM).

PLAYLIST

1. Bring it back---- Modenine

2. Gemini ft Modenine--- 5mics

3. Live--- The Kalifate

4. 123 Shots--- AQ

5. Radio--- Str8buttah

6. Somebody wants ti die ft Ice Prince--- M.I

7. U say(samples from 2face)--- Osagz

8. Tobechukwu--- Illbliss

9. Wanna hear you say--- Alabai

10. Spazmodic ft Modenine--- Terry Da Rapman

11. Forever ft Osagz--- YS

12. Death Of Autotune (remix)--- The Wordsmith

13. Banginz--- B-Elect

14. Heading for a Grammy--- Skales

15. Sounds of the Illest--- Gidi Gang

16. The Last Stand--- Str8buttah

17. All hail--- The Kalifate

18. We go hard ft M.I--- Ikechukwu

19. Another Day--- Fecko Tha Emcee

20. Change ft Venomous--- Illbliss


DOWNLOAD: HOOD SERIES MIX

DOWNLOAD: HOOD SERIES TRACKS