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Owerri Rock With Star Music Trek by kingsman66(m): 4:01pm On Nov 17, 2016 |
Bright Chimeze makes surprise appearance
•Olamide’s Yoruba lyrics popular among young
Easterners
DJ Neptune took the lead in the music rave,
setting the mood for the much anticipated
occasion. Anchored by notable Lagos MC
LaffUp, the Dan Anyiam Stadium, Owerri, Imo
State, played host to an amazing number of
revellers who were determined to keep vigil with
the widely advertised music stars in this year’s
Star Music Trek, an annual city-to-city tour of
trending artistes, put together by Nigerian
Breweries Plc.
As early as 9pm, last Saturday, the atmosphere
was turbocharged with ecstatic youths who were
not only anxious for live performances, but to
savour the moment with familiar artistes in
concert. On the line-up included Flavour
N’abania, Olamide, MI Abaga, Kcee, Nigga Raw,
Humblesmith and Runtown.
The icing on the cake was having burgeoning
artistes show their stuff on the glamorous stage
before the entry of the big ‘masquerades’. Not
less than 30 of these wannabe artistes took their
turns to impress the crowd. Although theirs were
not popular tunes, they sounded promising to the
ears, lending credence to why they were selected
among the multitude that approached the
organisers for a shot at stardom.
Hash-tagged ‘mycityrocks’, the road-show had
made previous stops in Makurdi, Abuja and
Calabar, with the last leg billed to hold at the
Eagle Club, Surulere, Lagos on November 26.
Kicking off the show proper, the dramatic entry
of Mr. Raw was indeed a show production
delight. The MC had feigned a random search
for freestylers in the crowd, and after putting the
microphone to the mouths of three guys who
struggled with their rap lyrics, the compass
rested on Mr. Raw who was only revealed when
he lifted the hood from his face. The crowd
roared as the artiste made his way to the stage,
singing his popular song, Obodo, which he did
with Klint da Drunk. That was soon followed by
tracks like ‘Baby Baby’, ‘Odi Okay’ and ‘Mr Raw
Nwanne’, ‘Spiritual Congi’ and ‘Hip-hop Gyration’
among others.
Mr Raw’s act was followed by that of Runtown.
The pop act started with his ‘Lagos to Kampala’
song before delivering other hits such as
‘Domot’, ‘Bend down, Pause’, ‘Gallardo’ and ‘The
Banger’.
Humblesmith, who was introduced by actor Osita
Iheme, aka Pawpaw through a recorded video, hit
the stage with his live band, comprising of a
back-up singer, two guitarists and a pianist, who
thrilled the crowd with some highlife beats that
changed the tune of the show. The singer
who did Osinachi remix, took a break to
announce that he started music 18 years ago
through the influence of the legendary Highlife
singer, Bright Chimezie. The surprise moment
came when the Zigima sound-styled crooner
climbed the stage to do back-up for
Humblesmith who sang his hit, ‘African
Style’. He ended with his popular “Boogatti”
song.
It was homecoming for Kcee who, alongside his
former band member, Presh, started his journey
at the Star Quest academy in Lagos. Kicking off
his performance with ‘Limpopo’, he raised the
tempo of the beats which was gracefully toned
down by Humble Smith’s kind of songs.
However, Kcee’s entry continued the live aspect
of the show, going by his inclusion of a back-up
singer and a pianist. He introduced two
members of his 5Star Music label, Xbustar and
Skiibii who rocked the stage with him. But
Kcee’s shows are usually not complete without
some show of generosity. Despite throwing a
bunch of N500 notes into the crowd, one Lucky
Azubuike won N30, 000 for being a good
dancer. Someone in the crowd also got his
golden anklet, and another, his sweat shirt.
Next in line for performance, M.I Abaga entered
with his ‘Africa Rapper No 1’ song, a mix of rap
and highlife. He also performed his popular
songs, ‘Bullion Van’, ‘My Belle’, ‘Anoti’, and ‘Bad
Belle’. For Christian, a guy spotted from the
crowd for being versed in M.I’s raps, the
artiste’s sun glasses and a brand new shoe
became his take-home.
Like Bright Chimeze, Kelly Handsome made a
surprise appearance with his ‘Maga Don Pay’
song.
When Olamide climbed the stage at 3:17am, a
new spirit appeared to have entered the fun
seekers. It was unimaginable how the leading
South-west hip star could have so much
impression on the Easterners. They know his
songs and were almost ahead of the artiste in
rendering the lyrics which are mostly delivered in
Yoruba. The shout if Badoo, as Olamide is often
called rent the air. The artist himself appeared to
be amazed by the sing-along, as he kept
stopping the music once in a while to examine
their mastery of the lines in ‘Durosoke’, ‘Story for
the gods’, ‘Shakiti Bobo’ and ‘Lagos
Boys’. Then, singing ‘Fada Fada’, a
predominantly Igbo song he did with Phyno,
Olamide showed he too was at home with the
Easterners.
Now, who is best to close the Owerri show if not
Flavour, the rumoured bae of Project Fame
winner, Chidinma Ekile, whose sexy biceps
makes as much news as his music across the
continent? He was the third artiste on the night
to deliver a live performance with a guitarist, a
pianist and a trumpeter. He rendered his popular
highlife music to the delight of all – Some tales
by moonlight, some romantic poetry, a bit of
adult remarks – he did tracks like ‘Ada Ada’,
‘baby Oku’, ‘Oyi’, ‘Mmege’ and ‘Obianuju’ among
others.
By the time Flavour hit the last note at 4:37am,
Star Trek Owerri had delivered a sterling night of
fun and the crew could only look forward to a
fortnight when the last leg of the series will berth
in Lagos. http://thenationonlineng.net/owerri-rocks-star-music-trek-2/
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