This year's Lagos leg of the tour
which held on Sunday, October 2, 2016 at the Hard Rock Cafe was
turnt not just because it was an MTV Party or because the drinks
were free, it was the music and the way it was
delivered. Lights, DJs and illustations
Before the show kicked off, there was a press conference
where the final list of the MAMA nominees reveals nominations in
seven award categories including Artist of the Year, Best Female
and Song of The Year.
As guest arrived for the party, MTV Base
refreshed guests with canapé
, a never ending well of drinks and
music. It was a very visual event - graffiti artist Osa gave people
something to look at and bowl over as he brought to life
inscriptions on a blank white canvas. There were mini TV screens
showing moving animations positioned around the ground floor provided visuals to go with the
music.
The crowd this year was an interesting mix, apart from the
Lagos crowd, Viacom International Media Network Africa clients, there were party rockers from
Ghana and South Africa present.
Apart from the performances, one
thing MTV Base never jokes with at their show are the music pied
pipers aka the DJs. At any MTV concert or party there’s bound to be
at least three DJs! And they all get to play their set. The DJ’s of
the night were DJ Hazan, DJ TTB, DJ Humility who played before the main show
and DJ Xclusive and DJ Kaywise who played a set after the
performance. Each one of them brought on their A-game especially
Humility who decide to showcase his skills are remind us why he’s a
battle DJ.
The performances
The first performance kicked off at
11:48PM with Koker performing his singles ‘Do something’ and ‘
Kolewerk’. The Chocolate City signee warmed up the staged for what
was to come next.
Nasty C. Nasty C is a 19 year old rapper who most
Nigerians know for featuring Davido on the remix of his single ‘
Juice back’ alongside Cassper Nyovest. The rapper might be a
freshman but he’s definitely got it.
His confidence is commendable
- he stood in front of a crowd of people who were not familiar with
his music and yet he still had everyone cheering and moving to his
music. His lyric delivery was seamless and his crowd engagement was
on point. At the end of his performance, I was sold - whatever
Nasty C is selling I’m buying!
Following this Ycee came on with his
laid back delivery starting off his set with ‘Condo’. The rapper
brought on a twist and performed a yet to be released single of his
titled ‘Back to front’ for the first time and then he did a number
on ‘Omo Alhaji’; giving it a house a South African house and pop
vibe. He also performed ‘In a benz’ and ‘Jagaban’.
As people got
super hyper during Ycee’s performance, no one was expecting the
energy levels to get lowered when the organizers introduced Simi
next. The singer came on with her alternative vibes and mellow
sounds that calmed us down. Olamide proved that he was the turn up
king as he commanded everyone to dance with his music.
Backed by
his YBNL DJ, DJ Eni Money and radio presenter/hypeman Do2tun, the
rapper had the crowd screaming, dancing and singing along. He
performed ‘Who you ep’, ‘Konkonbility’, ‘Don’t stop’, ‘Abule sowo’
as well as songs her featured on ‘Fada fada’ and ‘The money’.
The
performances came to an end with a bashment session from
Patoranking who had the crowd in a frenzy.
By 2:11AM, the
performances were over but no one wanted to go home - like I said -
MTV Base hired the pied pipers to ensure that people didn’t go home
and partied till the morning.
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