Odilafta: Hello,I'm a highlife music lover
I listen to highlife music from legends such as Oliver De Coke ,Osita Osadebe,Oriental brothers,Onyeka Owenu and co





And trust me,listening to highlife's goes down well with a glass of palmwine+garden egg & ose óji


I love highlife

Onyeka Onwenu isn't a highlife music. More like soul.

I'm a big highlife fan ; From Osili, Oliver,Ali, Oriental/Warrior, Fatai Rolling Dollar,Paulson Kalu, Celestine Ukwu to Bright Chimezie.
I grew up listening to Highlife,especially Osili nwa mama, Oliver and Ali Chukwuka.
My best of Osili ;Egwu Ogolo,Nkemdilim,Nwe ezigbo omuma, Emeka Omanbala and Egwu Amala.
Ali Chukwuma ; Amala isekise, Ogoli si, Anu m'melu ogo and Egwu ndi oma.
Oliver;Uwa cholu obi umeani,Eneta aghara/tolerance, Ogene egwu uwa, nke nakpa onye and Kaduna special.
Highlife music is smooth,melodious it puts you in the dance mood.
Anybody who loves highlife is definitely a fun loving person.

makazona: Some Highlife music Notables.

Bright Chimezie, Bobby Benson,Bongus Ikwue
Celestine Ukwu,Gentleman Mike Ejeagha
Chris Mba,Ebenezer Obey,Edu Ghana,Fatai Rolling Dollar,Fela Kuti(later to afro beat),I.k.Dairo, Ali Chukwuma,Jonezz,Mike Okorie
Ikenga Super Stars,Paulson Kalu,St.Augustine,Inyang Henshaw
King Robert Ebizimor,Lagbaja,Nelly Uchendu,Okukuseku
Oliver De Coque,Onyeka Onwenu,Orlando Owoh,Oriental Brothers
Osita Osadebe,Peacock Band,Rex Lawson, Professional Seagulls
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister,Sonny Okosun, King SunnyAde
Victor Olaiya,Victor Uwaifo, Prince NicoMbarga
Dr Sir Warrior, Babá Ken Okulolo, smart williams,Ogbogu Okonji,Lawrence Obusi,Jerry Hansen,Obuoba J.A Adofo,Mame Gyaisu.

Feel free to add yours.

Emeka Morocco Maduka. Can't believe you didn't remember him. My favorite is Ogbogu Okonji, Ndi uka track always makes my day.

Guiiiiiitar boy (victor uwaifo). Its like watching my dad sing love songs.

ril19: I give it up for Osadebe and Morocco. These are the undisputed top two

But Morroco Maduka was originally an Egwu Ekpili crooner like the late Ayaka Nsugbe and what he(Morocco) sings now can't be called highlife. It's sad, you need to listen to the old Morroco songs then you do hate what he is singing now in the name of music.

Thanks for your posts , kindly allow me clarify the following

Gentleman Mike Ejeagha does not play High life , he plays folkrore "akuko na egwu" music

Chris Mba plays World Music ......better known in Nigeria nowadays as Ninja Hip Hip (whatever that means?)

Sikiru Ayinde Barrister plays Fuji. "Fuji music is a combination of music consisting of sakara, apala, juju, aaro etc

King SunnyAde is a juju Musician and is indeed the King of it

Im not criticizing your write up per se but the truth remains that since Nigerians continually use wrong lingua in categorizing music genres and we have a hap hazzard (let me say Dynamic) musical culture / taste , anyone presents anything and gives it whatever name....
Little wonder why most Nigerians are not nominated for Grammies?
All the same , thanks for your efforts

egopersonified: Guiiiiiitar boy (victor uwaifo). Its like watching my dad sing love songs.

Can't go bad with Victor Uwaifo....One of the very best.
His arrangements are top notch.

Listen to his "Kirikisi" ....track was off the chain,mein.
I don't understand him but the beat is out of this planet!

I play lead guitar and bass guitar in shows here in the east. And for this, highlife lines must be running in your veins. The most highlife songs we normally play include osadebe's ebezina, onuigbo and agbalu aka n'azo ani. My group mainly plays oriental brothers' songs, almost all their songs. But you can hardly see any band playing Oliver de Coque's songs because of the complex ensemble you need for that and also his complex congolese style lead lines. Ogbogu Okonji is also good, his tracks like ndi uka and ada n'egbu azu. We also play smart williams songs and Victor uwaifo's guitar boy and zoro mi are also inevitables. My bongo brothers from Owerri, sunny bobo and Ababa Nna and others. But personally my best still remains Oriental brothers even though i dont understand their language atimes!

You are indeed a good listener of highlife but somebody is missing on that list where is capt muddy ibe or you have never listened to his music before

makazona: Some Highlife music Notables.

Bright Chimezie, Bobby Benson,Bongus Ikwue
Celestine Ukwu,Gentleman Mike Ejeagha
Chris Mba,Ebenezer Obey,Edu Ghana,Fatai Rolling Dollar,Fela Kuti(later to afro beat),I.k.Dairo, Ali Chukwuma,Jonezz,Mike Okorie
Ikenga Super Stars,Paulson Kalu,St.Augustine,Inyang Henshaw
King Robert Ebizimor,Lagbaja,Nelly Uchendu,Okukuseku
Oliver De Coque,Onyeka Onwenu,Orlando Owoh,Oriental Brothers
Osita Osadebe,Peacock Band,Rex Lawson, Professional Seagulls
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister,Sonny Okosun, King SunnyAde
Victor Olaiya,Victor Uwaifo, Prince NicoMbarga
Dr Sir Warrior, Babá Ken Okulolo, smart williams,Ogbogu Okonji,Lawrence Obusi,Jerry Hansen,Obuoba J.A Adofo,Mame Gyaisu.

Feel free to add yours.

pls ders dis song,not so sure who sang it it goes like. If u want 2 marry a husband make u no mari waka about,if u mari waka about o na so so trouble trouble trouble,na trouble trouble trouble double wahala,na so so trouble trouble trouble

mamziii: pls ders dis song,not so sure who sang it it goes like. If u want 2 marry a husband make u no mari waka about,if u mari waka about o na so so trouble trouble trouble,na trouble trouble trouble double wahala,na so so trouble trouble trouble

Wow, i just remembered that song now, sang by a lady, i cant really remember her name. A very old song

The thread is for men not boys

englishmart: hip hops I know!
Blues and reggae I know.
What is highlife?
MTSCHEEW!

Highlife ko?
Highlight Ni?

No one mentioned 'ozoemena nwa nsugbe' or is that not high life?
Anyway,don't really know their names but i love them and they put me in a dancing mood especially at traditional weddings.

I am a gospel highlife artist myself, I have my own Album presently on video, I perform in any occasion. I love highlife artist like Orlando Owo, Ebenezer Obey, KSA, Shina peters, Oliver , Bright chimeze, watch my videos www.youtube.com/my_videos?guid=&hl=en&gl=DE&client=mv-google

Biko, is FLAVOUR not a highlife musician? Nobody is mentioning him.

OdenigboAroli:

But Morroco Maduka was originally an Egwu Ekpili crooner like the late Ayaka Nsugbe and what he(Morocco) sings now can't be called highlife. It's sad, you need to listen to the old Morroco songs then you do hate what he is singing now in the name of music.

brother you are there, if you ever listen to old school morocco you won't like what he is doing now, meanwhile do you have any of the old school?

makazona: Some Highlife music Notables.

Bright Chimezie, Bobby Benson,Bongus Ikwue
Celestine Ukwu,Gentleman Mike Ejeagha
Chris Mba,Ebenezer Obey,Edu Ghana,Fatai Rolling Dollar,Fela Kuti(later to afro beat),I.k.Dairo, Ali Chukwuma,Jonezz,Mike Okorie
Ikenga Super Stars,Paulson Kalu,St.Augustine,Inyang Henshaw
King Robert Ebizimor,Lagbaja,Nelly Uchendu,Okukuseku
Oliver De Coque,Onyeka Onwenu,Orlando Owoh,Oriental Brothers
Osita Osadebe,Peacock Band,Rex Lawson, Professional Seagulls
Sikiru Ayinde Barrister,Sonny Okosun, King SunnyAde
Victor Olaiya,Victor Uwaifo, Prince NicoMbarga
Dr Sir Warrior, Babá Ken Okulolo, smart williams,Ogbogu Okonji,Lawrence Obusi,Jerry Hansen,Obuoba J.A Adofo,Mame Gyaisu.

Feel free to add yours.

Please any link that I can download most of them in zip folders or rar files cos I don't wish for single downloads. Been looking all over for Fuel for Love in Mp3 online. Anyone? Help a brother out!!!! I want to capture some spirits of the times when highlife was the be all this lovely weekend.

CHIM0Z: Biko, is FLAVOUR not a highlife musician? Nobody is mentioning him.

Am not too knowledgeable in classifying music but i must tell you that your flavour doesnt come anywhere near highlife. Check up the original meaning of highlife maybe google would help, but it was originally a type of music played for the elites of the society associated with high living standards hence the name high life!

Chaii... Nawa oo.

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Mine, Oriental, Oliver, Ugabi, Osadebe, Uwaifor. Na Suger Suger Oh Wen U Listen Wth A Bottle Of......Is With U

Osa nkwa.

Osadebe

ril19: I give it up for Osadebe and Morocco. These are the undisputed top two

Osedebe, Oliver de Coque, Emeka Morocco, Ozoemene Nsugbe; The man that sang 'ada na egbu azu' ...... I enjoy listening to highlife more than our circular music.

I like dis thread! Anyway, let's tell oursef d truth, if all dis artists all listed here play highlife, that means all Nigeria artists r all highlife artists except few. As a juju/highlife artist my self, n as a yoruba man, ther r hundreds styles of music in yoruba land not to talk of igbo, hausa, edo, benue settings etc. Even amidst hiphop artist today, their style differs. Yoruba has fuji, juju, pour highlife, waka, juju gospel, were, apala, awurebe, dadakuada etc, I nid someone frm other tribe to list ther style of music for 4 more idea. Thanks Ops.

isaco: I like dis thread! Anyway, let's tell oursef d truth, if all dis artists all listed here play highlife, that means all Nigeria artists r all highlife artists except few. As a juju/highlife artist my self, n as a yoruba man, ther r hundreds styles of music in yoruba land not to talk of igbo, hausa, edo, benue settings etc. Even amidst hiphop artist today, their style differs. Yoruba has fuji, juju, pour highlife, waka, juju gospel, were, apala, awurebe, dadakuada etc, I nid someone frm other tribe to list ther style of music for 4 more idea. Thanks Ops.

Tribalistic bigots. They re here again. They have to make anything and everything about their tribe. Make God help you people.

Eyop: Interesting...I love highlife and as a matter of fact am an 100% Old skool person and don't belong to the 21st century kind of music(musics that doesn't last maximum 6months no one hears of it again). My favourites are musics from my DRC brothers and so many other African music not necessarily Nigerian artiste. The below are some of my favourite artist that i have their albums right from the 60's till date:

(1) Koffi Olomide
(2) Franco Luambo Makiadi AKA OK'Jazz
(3) Bopol Mansiamina
(4) Nyboma
(5) Doctor Nico
(6) Monique Seka
(7) Diblo Dibala
( Tchico Tchicaya
(9) Freddy de Majunga
(10) Jean Baron(Et Le Groupe Loketo)
(11) Aurlus Mabele
(12) Mbilia Bel
(13)Zaiko Langa Langa
Etc Etc Etc

Wow, you must have a large collection. I love congolese songs as well, infact as a guitarist, you must know virtually every song you can think of. I started learning soukous of recent because it's a bit different from nigerian highlife. I enjoy zaiko langa langa and tp ok jazz!