The Headies 2012 Nominations List

As released by the screening committee on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 Only music materials released into the Nigerian market between March 2011 and February 2012 are eligible for nomination for Hip-Hop World Awards 2012.







ALBUM OF THE YEAR



Best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges’ requirements of excellence (in every realms: songwriting, production, rendition and promotion) and acceptability (sales, popularity)



Everybody Loves Ice Prince – Ice Prince



The Invasion – P-Square



Superstar – Wizkid



Super C Season – Naeto C







ARTISTE OF THE YEAR



Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review Overall most successful artiste for the year under review.



P-Square



Wizkid



Ice Prince



Naeto C



D’Banj







SONG OF THE YEAR



Most popular song from an album in year under review. Decided by voting



Chop My Money – P-Square ft. Akon & May-D



Dami Duro – Davido



Oliver Twist – D’Banj



Gaga Crazy – Chuddy K



Kukere – Iyanya







RECORDING OF THE YEAR



Best single recording (on-air only or released) by artiste or group in year under review. Originality and production very essential



Stupid Song – Bez



Private Trips – Wande Coal



Ara – Brymo



I Love You – Praiz







PRODUCER OF THE YEAR



The individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed songs/album in the year under review. His CV for the year includes top-notch tracks and production credits no one can fault.



Cobhams – Stupid Song (Bez)



Tee-Y Mix – Super C Season (Naeto C)



Shizzy – Dami Duro (Davido)



Jay Sleek – Private Trips (Wande Coal)



Jesse Jags – E.L.I (Ice Prince)







BEST MUSIC VIDEO (AWARD GOES TO DIRECTOR)



Best conceptualised, best edited, best picture, best directed and most exciting video in year under review as voted by fans and decided by the jury.



5 & 6 (Naeto C) – Clarence Peters



Chop My Money Remix (P-Square) – Jude Okoye



Ara (Brymo) – Aje Filmworks



Kosorombe (Dipp ft. Da Grin) – Mex







BEST R ‘N’ B SINGLE



Best R&B single in year under review (by single individual or group)



Private Trips – Wande Coal



Stupid Song – Bez



Nawti – Olu Maintain



Soundtrack – May D



Love Me (3X) – Tiwa Savage







BEST POP SINGLE



Best pop single in year under review (by single individual or group)



Dami Duro – Davido



Oliver Twist – D’Banj



Gaga Crazy – Chuddy K



Chop My Money – P-Square



Kukere – Iyanya







BEST R ‘N’ B/ POP ALBUM



Best R&B or pop album in year under review (by single individual or group)



Superstar – Wizkid



Super Sun – Bez



Versus – 9ice



The Invasion – P-Square







BEST RAP SINGLE



Best single released on-air recording of a rap song



Too Much Money – Iceberg Slim



Shutdown – Phyno



Angeli – Vector ft. 9ice



Oh My Gosh – Yung6ix



Young Erikina – Olamide







BEST RAP ALBUM



Best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review



E.L.I – Ice Prince



The Dreamer Project – Show Dem Camp



Rapsodi – Olamide



Super C Season – Naeto C







LYRICIST ON THE ROLL



Rap Artiste with best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album



Vector – Angeli



Yung6ix – Oh My Gosh



Iceberg Slim – Too Much Money



Phyno – Shutdown



Erigga – Mo Street Gan







BEST COLLABO



Best R&B, Pop or hip hop collaborative track (including cameos) in year under review



Chop My Money remix – P-Square ft. Akon & May-D



Angeli – Vector Ft. 9ice



Carolina – Sauce Kid Ft. Davido



Stupid Song – Bez Ft. Praiz



Orobo – Sound Sultan Ft. Excel & Flavour







BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)



Single male artiste with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album



Wande Coal – Private trips



Banky W – Low Key



Praiz – I Love You



Brymo – Ara



Bez – Stupid Song







BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)



Single female act with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album



Tiwa Savage – Love Me, Love, Love Me



Chidinma – Kedike



Ijeoma – Oloomi



Waje – Na The Way







AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR



Non Nigerian category



Sarkodie (Ghana) – Azonto



Camp Mulla (Kenya) – Feel No Pain



D-Black (Ghana) – Get On The Dancefloor



Zahara (South Africa) – Loliwe







BEST STREET HOP



The most popular street-hop single in year under review



Kako Bi Chicken – Reminisce



Gaga Crazy – Chuddy K



Akpako – Terry G



Roll – Rayce



Mo Street Gan – Erigga







NEXT RATED



Most promising upcoming officially unreleased act in the year under review



Davido



Eva Alordiah



Praiz



Flowssick







HIP HOP WORLD REVELATION OF THE YEAR



Best New artiste in the year under review



Wizkid



Ice Prince



Bez



Timi Dakolo



Olamide







HEADIES HALL OF FAME



Special recognition for excellence and outstanding impact to the entertainment industry.



Femi Kuti



Source:tooxclusive.com

We Have Reasons For All Our Activities – Boko Haram

The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Restore Order yesterday confiscated about eight rocket launchers among other dangerous weapons from the Jama’atu Ahlus Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, otherwise known as Boko Haram sect in Borno.

Meanwhile, the Boko Haram sect had yesterday claimed responsibility for the attacks on police formations in Sokoto.
This was contained in an email statement sent to journalists in Maiduguri, Borno state capital.

In the statement signed by the sect’s spokesman, Abul Qaqa said ‘All praises goes to Almighty Allah. This is a very important message from the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunnah Lidda’awati Wal Jihad.

‘We wish to extend our profound gratitude to Almighty Allah for giving us the opportunity to fulfill the promise we made on launching spontaneous attacks in Sokoto.

‘We have reasons for all our activities and we only kill those who wronged us. We attacked Sokoto because many of our brethren have been incarcerated there. We are gladdened by the successes we recorded at the office of the AIG in Marina and the police divisional office at Unguwan Rogo as well as the police station at Arkila.

‘We wish to reiterate that our crusade is not for personal gain; it is meant to ensure the establishment of an Islamic state by liberating all Muslims from the excesses of the infidels.

We strongly believe that Almighty Allah will reward us with his famous paradise in the hereafter as  he rightly said in chapter 9 verse 111 of the Holy Qur’an.

‘We want to stress that in our struggle, we only kill government functionaries, security agents, Christians and anyone who pretends to be a Muslim but engage in assisting security agents to arrest us’.

‘We wish to strongly warn people to desist from collaborating with security agents. The fact is that we are the warriors of the Almighty and even the security forces are finding it difficult to contain our activities.

‘We are also aware of the activities of some women who have been recruited to spy on us. This is a final warning to all of them. By God, whenever we catch any woman spying on us, we would slaughter her like ram.

‘We are responsible for the attacks in Bauchi and at the residence of Namadi Sambo in Zaria as well as the one in Damaturu where we bombed a patrol vehicle.

‘We equally dealt a big blow on JTF operatives in Maiduguri who, out of frustration went back and killed innocent and defenceless citizens.

‘It is erroneous to say that we are killing Muslims. We do not kill innocent Muslims. The fact is the bottom line of our struggle is to set the Muslims free from enslavement. We only kill the unbelievers.

                                                                                          Source:http://news.naij.com

Nigerians Condemn Senate President David Mark’s Call To Censor Social Media

Nigeria, with a population of nearly 160 million, is one of Africa’s giants when it comes to the use of social media. Nearly 4.6 million Nigerians are on Facebook. Twitter is the 6th most popular website in Nigeria. So it comes as no surprise that Nigerians were angered when the President of the Nigerian Senate David Mark suggested that social media in the country should be censored.
On a Senate Press Corps retreat last week, David Mark said that Nigerians use social media to demean their leaders and that there is no avenue for retraction of criticism.
Mark also added that Nigerian reporters should emulate foreign media “who never report negative things about their countries.”
It may be recalled that Mark, a former communications minister, stated a few years ago that Nigeria’s poor were not ready for telephones.
SaharaReporters created a Storify of responses to David Mark’s comments about censoring social media. Most Nigerians rejected the notion that social media should be censored and that social media platforms are a mechanism for ordinary citizens to assess the performance of their leaders.
Interestingly, several posts circulating on Facebook called for an “Occupy David Mark” movement:
“ATTENTION: Occupy David Mark. The senate president must be stopped from his moves to restrict the use of social media in Nigeria, as it has been done in militarised countries of the world. He has been quoted as saying the social media is being used to insult leaders. We are not in North Korea, this is a democracy. “Occupy his telephone line and help save our only freedom of expression. Call, text and even flash 080350088**. Please rebroadcast.”

No word on if the mobile telephone number broadcast is the Senate President’s actual number. But the message is clear: David Mark, do not try to come between Nigerians and their social media.
 

U.S. Seizes Over $3 Million in Looted James Ibori Assets

The United States yesterday announced that it has identified and taken possession over $3 million in funds looted by the jailed former governor of Delta State, James Onanefe Ibori.

Mr. Ibori was last April in the United Kingdom convicted on money laundering and conspiracy to defraud charges, and sentenced to 13 years.  

The announcement of the seizure of his funds in the United States was made by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton, following a May 16 application to enforce two orders from the UK courts.  

The assets involved are a mansion in Houston, and two Merrill Lynch brokerage accounts.
“Instead of working to benefit the people of the Nigerian Delta, Governor Ibori pilfered state funds and accumulated immense wealth in the process,” said Assistant Attorney General Breuer.  

“He conspired with [his lawyer] Mr. Bhadresh Gohil to funnel millions of dollars in corruption proceeds out of Nigeria and into bank accounts and assets maintained in the names of shell companies and nominees.  Through the Criminal Division’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, our message is clear: the United States will not be used as a safe haven for the ill-gotten gains of corrupt foreign officials.”

“This serves as a warning to those corrupt foreign officials who abuse their power for personal financial gain and then attempt to place those funds in the U.S. financial system,” said ICE Director Morton.  “ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents will continue to work with our law enforcement partners at the Department of Justice Criminal Division’s Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section to investigate and prosecute those involved in such illicit activities and hold corrupt foreign officials accountable by denying them the satisfaction of their illegal earnings.”

                                                                                                                                                                       Source: Sahara Reporters

THE HEADIES PRESENTS WIZKID WITH A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA CAR

The Headies, Nigeria’s leading awards for urbane music and hiphop culture kicked off activities for the 2012 edition with the presentation of the next rated prize – a 2012 Hyundai Sonata to Wizkid Friday, July 13, 2012. 

The car presentation held at the Silverbird Galleria in Victoria Island, Lagos. 

Faces present at the presentation include vice president, Silverbird Group, Guy Murray Bruce who presented the car to Wizkid, Smooth Promotions CEO, Ayo Animashaun, Bola Salako, General manager, Silverbird Group among others. 


Goodluck Wizzy!!!!

DAVIDO PLANS TO GO INTO ACTING

Fast rising Nigerian pop star, David Adeleke, otherwise called Davido says he’s interested in acting
The 19-year-old musician made this known during a recent interview.‘I am a son. I am a brother…I am a business owner, and I plan to go into acting when people get to know me’ he said, when he was asked who he is, away from the cameras.

He further spoke about his hit track, Dami duro, which he describes as a ‘bad song’ compared to what is contained in his full debut album which has just been released.

Speaking on his academics, the debutant disclosed that he has switched his full time programme into part time to allow for his busy schedule as an entertainer. He’s currently a student of Babcock University in Ilishan Remo, Ogun state.

Davido will on Sunday, July 22, 2012, launch his debut album, Omo Baba Olowo: The Genesis at the Eko Hotels and suites, Lagos.

5 REASONS TABLETS WILL NEVER REPLACE PCs

1. Tablets do not have the power of a PC. Whether it is a classic desktop PC or a sleek netbook, PCs simply have more power under the hood compared to tablets. Try running a graphics- intensive program like Adobe Photoshop on a tablet, you will pull all of your hair out waiting for your projects to load. A tricked-out PC will never be as lightweight as a tablet, but tablets are only good for lightweight computing tasks.

2. Tablets do not have the storage capacity of a PC. Until cloud computing is fully established, most tablets are only as useful as a paperweight. A tablet with a mere 16 gigabytes of storage capacity, like a brand-new iPad will cost about $500 for a basic, wi-fi only model. For the same price, you can buy an HP laptop with over 50 times the storage capacity of the aforementioned tablet. With HP coupons, that laptop can be yours for even cheaper than an iPad.

3. Tablets are not as good as PCs when it comes to tactile response. Typing anything on a tablet is hard work. With a PC, one has the tactile response of a physical keyboard and mouse. On a tablet, the typing experience is much different. One simply can not type as fast when using a tablet, the technology just is not there yet. Plus, how can one type from touch without feeling the keys? Also, typing on a touchscreen tablet forces one to stare at the keyboard while typing, which wastes time.

4. PCs are better for gaming. Sure, most tablet computers these days come pre- loaded with “app store” software that allows you to buy games to play. How many of those games are of real quality? Sure, Angry Birds can be a great time-killer, but try playing a game like StarCraft 2 or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on a tablet. It simply will not work, because only a PC can deliver a true video gaming experience.

5. Tablets are no good for multi-tasking. Can you play music on your tablet while surfing the web, checking your e-mail, and Skyping with your BFF all at the same time? Didn’t think so. As far as multi-tasking goes, PCs are supreme. A PC can also be hooked up to multiple monitors to greatly increase productivity. Tablets only have one display and it is nowhere near the size of a PC display. Will you ever replace your PC with a tablet?

Innovation and Creativity – The Importance of New Ideas

 

 What is the difference between creativity and innovation? When you look up both words in dictionaries it is clear that these two words get mixed up and sometimes even are used synonymously. So here are my working definitions which I hope you find to be helpful and realistic.

Creativity is coming up with ideas that are different from anything you already know about. Innovation is when the ideas are also something new to the world AND has a value that someone would covet and pay for.
First the ideas have to be developed. Then there is a search to see if someone else already thought of it. And finally there will be market research to determine whether anyone finds value and will buy it. Sometimes the last stage is done by bringing the idea to market and testing sales directly because the inventor/developer is sure it will be a hit. Sometimes the idea is brought directly to market because the developer feels that is the best test and doesn’t allow competitors a chance to steal the idea.
So let’s back up for a moment and explore how those creative ideas can emerge more consistently and profusely since that is the first step to innovation. Though sudden inspiration can happen, idea generation is more predictable if you have methods to brainstorm and document lots of ideas all the time giving you a much better chance that some of them will reach the innovation stage.
Here are a few ways to hold on to those ideas you get.
Most of us think we won’t forget when we come up with a good idea. After all if it seems like a great one how could you forget? Unfortunately, if you don’t write it down you may easily forget. Keep some way to make notes with you all the time. A little pad of paper or notebook, a folded single piece of paper, a napkin, or your phone if you can type in a note or record a short message to yourself. You can even call your own number and leave the message in your voicemail.
Leonardo da Vinci always carried around a little notebook and made notes and drawings about his ideas and thoughts.
It is common to wake up at night with one of those light bulb ideas. If you have been dealing with an ongoing problem that you are trying to solve, your brain will keep working on it in your dreams. Keep a notebook or pad of paper, pen, and small reading light or flashlight. No matter how sleepy you feel and how sure you are at that moment that you will remember in the morning, write it down — at least write enough keywords or phrases to remind you what it was all about.
Creativity is the way you fill the funnel with many ideas so that some of them will turn out to be true innovations.