Iyanya is the winner of the recently concluded MTN Project Fame West Africa competition. Here's his debut single recorded with Faze. The Calabar-born singer took home a Toyota RAV 4 SUV along with a cool 2.5 million Naira. Not a bad prize, if you ask me.
Good start with this mellow joint. What do you think?
*O.O*
Props to Baba Dee Money
Previously: Faze - Play Ball
Good Music!!
Posted by: banko | January 23, 2009 at 12:41 AM
I definitely 2nd that! ZGood Music indeed!
...passionate, earthy instrumental music that inspires both body and soul...
FINE!!! I will be your #1 Critique!
Posted by: Chino | January 23, 2009 at 01:38 AM
dis is a real naija R&B with a simple yet sultry feel to it....very inspirational and challenging lyrics...I can bump my head to dis all day instead of usher and co....naija artist keep it coming...if u've done a good job we will let u know...and if not, we wont le to u...enjoy peeps
Posted by: tmonei | January 23, 2009 at 04:32 AM
this track is Fiya... feel good track
Posted by: Mola OG | January 23, 2009 at 07:01 AM
he aint king david but i think i'm in love with the smile. pretty boyyyy.
oh yeah...
nice song! lol. not GREAT but it works
Posted by: Elenu Nla | January 23, 2009 at 09:21 AM
Omo I've been playing dis song ever since it touched down on my email yesterday to this point (probably over 20 times...), No joke! I even had 2 come 2 d site 2 play it again... and again. Its mos def my favorite Naija R&B of 2009 thus far... Faze impressed me more than usual too.
Posted by: Ovie O | January 23, 2009 at 10:28 AM
Song is cool.
For his debut single, not the best, not powerful enough for the market he is entering. He definately can sing, so work on the inspiration and come back heavy. Good lucky dude.
Posted by: Egbe | January 23, 2009 at 10:35 AM
As for some1 dat won d project fame I was expectin som deep, powerful song like all these winners from all 'em shows do.
I agree wid Egbe, it's definitely not d best for a debut single.
Well he got a gud voice n I like his lyrics so I'll like to hear more of his songs
Posted by: bsb | January 23, 2009 at 01:41 PM
criticise softly, peeps...good song choice..it cant be better than dis...its a song chronicling his strugglies...peeps need to know where he is coming from and ow he got here...nice song choice for a debut...good concept...
Posted by: tmonei | January 25, 2009 at 05:03 PM
aw this is a verrry nice song!
Posted by: kriticque | January 29, 2009 at 02:33 AM
The song is smooth. His voice is very good.
But, I was distracted by something. Certain lyrical choices just seemed disjointed to my ear.
In the chorus, he says "all my ladies hustling oh, now you're rocking dem dey beef you oh"
I get what he's saying, but I truly think, and no disrespect intended, that his word choice was a little uninspiring. "hustling", "rocking", "beef" should have been changed to more 'Naija' words. Don't ask me why, but those 3 words kept standing out always as if they didn't belong. There is enough slang from pidgin to the God knows how many Nigerian languages there are to tap from. And, if there is anything we Nigerians know, it is that we are never at a loss for things to say.
But, overall, I did enjoy the song.
Posted by: solomonsydelle | January 29, 2009 at 11:38 AM
wicked tune !!.lovely collabo.faze did well.am enjoy thix lovely tune.can ask for more.9/10
Posted by: 9iceman | February 14, 2009 at 07:42 AM
....so wonderful. This is why i love having 50% of my naija genes.
Posted by: norma | February 17, 2009 at 12:08 AM
its amazing! the power of this iyanya guyz voice is amazing. if he works on it wella, we are looking at some tyrese and lemar things o. but the song isn't..'enough'. we've heard better from people with voices not as good as his-check D'jinee-guy needs to step up his game sha.
Posted by: kere ekun | February 18, 2009 at 11:42 PM