NEW TV SLOT FOR AFRICAN ARTISTS - MTV BASE UK | FLY

UK music lovers could soon become experts on African beats such as kwaito, Afro-zouk, m’balax, hiplife, dancehall and Afro-beat if programmers at MTV base have their way. The urban music channel which broadcasts to 9 million households in the UK and Ireland via the Sky Digital, NTL and Telewest Broadband TV platforms, has created a regular slot for African artists and videos on late night music video programme, ‘Global Warming’.

Around 70 percent of videos on ‘Global Warming’ will be focused on the artists and music of sub-Saharan Africa, with the remaining 30 percent made up of artists from the rest of the world. To ensure that music content reflects what’s really happening on the contemporary African music scene, all African music video content for the show is drawn from recommendations made by music programmers at MTV’s base (Africa).

Among the African artists featuring regularly on ‘Global Warming’ are likely to be some of the African continent’s finest contemporary musicians, including: Bee Dee (Nigeria), Kaysha (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Zamajobe (South Africa), Perola (Angola) and Benon and Vamposs (Uganda). Dancehall act Bee Dee is currently scoring a big hit on the Nigerian club circuit right now with ‘Shorty’, while Kaysha’s Afro-Zouk ‘One Love’ combines African drumming beats with American and Caribbean pop rhythyms. Afro Pop ingenue Zamajobe shows off her unique fusion of jazz, gospel and dance music in ‘Magic’, while R’n’B female singer Perola represents for Angola with ‘Break It’; Benon and Vamposs showcase the best of Ugandan rap with ‘Mumuleete’.

MTV’s African music channel, MTV base (Africa) which launched 22 February 2005, have worked tirelessely since launch to encourage other MTV channels around the world to air African music videos and artists. All MTV networks around the world aired MTV base 100th LIVE!, a celebration of MTV’s 100th channel milestone taped in Abuja, Lagos and Johannesburg, South Africa in April 2005. MTV European, sister channel to MTV base, also started airing African music videos in November 2005, making its African debut with South African rapper Pro-Kid’s video ‘Wozo Bona’ . Other African videos featuring on World Chart Express on MTV European include Nigeria’s ‘Street Life’ by Streetmonks ft Questionmark Allstars.

Commented Alex Okosi, Vice President & General Manager, MTV base (Africa): “We are thrilled that our MTV colleagues around the world are opening up their airwaves to the grooves and beats of Africa’s finest contemporary musicians. The contemporary music scene on the African continent is almost infinitely varied, hugely creative and thorougly stimulating and we relish this chance to give African artists the international attention and exposure they deserve!”

African music videos feature fortnightly on Global Warming on MTV base (UK) at midnight from Monday 23 January 2006.

WOW! we can’t believe Africa is finally changing. Now Africa is the bomb. Keep doing real good jobs African Artists, and guess what? We about to join you in the arena.
geez blokes are proud to be Nigerians and Africans at large.
PEACE

this is wot i’ve been waitin 4 4 years finally we africa are been represented! this is big am comin watch out mtv africa!musman 2006 “african rythm” bless all ma fellow africanz,naija i no forget u ever,1

Question Mark ent, lagos is the best thing that is happening to Nigeria music.

Please play more of Streetmonks vedio, I salute you, the song is big at the momment in nigeria and the vedio is not been played by MTV. why?

where all of una dey when nigerian music dey manage,na una don run come out like rats come to make comments,i no blame una,na una mouth make una take am chot yash,na una buzness.i just tell us make we remember phc,no be only lag dey the line,na on;y wetin i wan contribute. idiots
- Wallas

for a more interesting website come to clydestone in ghana. accra, circle.they design websites international standard,anything you want to put on your website can be put there for you.is unplugged showing on mtv base africa,how can mtv base be cheaper so every african youth can watch 24/7
wilhelm

I was at the studios of Back2Black Records recently,men, the guys from the label are the next big thing i promise you.their new video “mo hardcore” simply shows that good videos can be made in Nigeria

I love Nigerian music so much.One label to watch out for,is Back2Black Records.Their style of music is really off the hook.The artists in the label and their producers are doing a marvelous job.

jude.

It good we talk about african music but the new african generation made not only new african sound but also come along with new arrangement and first african black language that become global
check www.myspace.com/dhalad
africa is loud & proud with is soul full inspritual sound stories & meaning full
music.

I predicted that Nigerian artists and there songs will storm the whole world in 2004 and see what’s happening now with likes of TUFACE,MODE 9 & soon you all will see & hear of JAYDO KINHO D AFICIONADO.THE ONLY PROBLEM WE STILL HAVE IS OUR VIDEOS COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE U.S. OF A BUT WE’LL GET THERE SOON.

i have seen good african music artist last year & there is an african new band that i met in the studio i was recording call Ayatoro band
when i hear the flying monk is off the hook & i also met Fonshu great new Nagerian Artist
above all african are coming up with new ideas & way of thinking & new way of life( African way)
Dhalad(founder of a new african arrangement & sound.
God bless Africa & african
may we see the ligth that will make us rigth.
Dhalad

talking about the hottest video on mtv from nigeria?then i think that spot belongs to morach,cus his video has been on the chart for over 2months.hapuya lyke dat morachi….i love you so much…..lenora

please,i want to know the e-mail of some group named the balcmonks in ghana.They played a song called (ones again,twice never again:this is a revolution sound)this clip was done in the elimina castle in ghana.i want to know them,
bcos they are very good.
THANK YOU.

Black Monkz is a RAP group that seeks to project true African concepts and values via the medium of Hip-Hop. The group is made up of extremely talented youth in the art of poetry and linguistics in this genre of music: Hip Hop. The members of this Rap group are not mere fanatics of Hip Hop music but rather an offspring of the study of African Consciousness and the Mastery of RAP Linguistics. Alpha

Hello to all in Africa and the world at large. big up to all Nigeria Music Stars and the upcoming ones like me.Man I really need Question Mark to Mark Touch my Dancehall Lingual Masters.I am pending to be in the hands of a Good i mean very promotive Producers Black Monks una dey there abi one Love. fi all the dancehall fraternity pull upppppppp

Hi Ya’ll,
this is your boy MORACHI, tha Hapuya Mezebu master, Just stopped by to thank you’ll for supporting my music and my Video on MTV Base (Hapuya Lyke Dat), please keep requesting the video. You can listen to my new single on my Myspace page, www.myspace.com/morachi. Feel free to drop a comment on my page.
Thank you.

MORACHI

check this out guys…..am a nigerian spreading the mode 9’s gospel…….
did a thread on him and wrote a wikipedia on him as well.
http://forum.rapgodfathers.com/showthread.php?p=2445280#post2445280

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modenine_%28rapper%29

hit me up on lekuche2001@yahoo.com or
forrealmen@yahoo.com

Hi Everyone,
It;s a brand new style from MENTAL PARK …we are just a brand new artiste with a brand new style for ya all…..just need to hook up with a label to handle our stuffs….we get Hit Singles like 1)( Rush Hour )
2)( Morenike )

But we gat 15 tracks in the album ready for handling by a good label tittled ( ORDER PLACED)…..CAN HOOK WITH US through (larrykyo@yahoo.com) IF YOU WANNA LINK US OR FEEL OUR STUFF AND SEE WHAT COMES FROM THAT…

Jazskid & Stunin Dude
(Mental Park)

MEN JUST MESSED UP BY GIRL FRIEND FEW DAYS TO VAL.BUT ITS ALL GOOD WHEN AFRICAN MUSICIANS ARE MAKING GOODS SONGS,IT MAKES ME 2 4GET ABOUT EVERY THING BAD,CUS EVERYTHING SENGEMENGE.KCPRESH U GUYS ARE THE BOMB

theres this new guy i saw his video in Abuja, Nigeria. His name ‘AMY DE STIQUE’ cool dude titled his song ‘Cry Baby’. www.amydestique.com
wonderful display of talent. I see him as a new risng star and i wish him the best.

iam an upcoming artist,i have good stuff and i wanna be on your list , how can i get to meet mtv base ,i need someone to listen to my stuff ,i am feedup being undeground,help your brother men ,mtv base for life, ayoade from ikeja lagos nigeria