Merry Christmas & a Happy new year to all my 9ja people

This is just wishing y'all a lovely time this holiday season, be merry ans remeber Christ is the reason for the season. Promise to blog more regularly in the new year. Do y'all wanna share your resolutions with me???

Grammy nominations are in!!!

I'm even confused too. This blog's beginning to seem to me like an award show blog. I get so damn excited when an awards show's around the corner. Pls y'all don't blame me. Put the blame on my SICKENING love for music. Put the blame on that. Anyways,on Wednesday, the list of nominations for the 51st Grammy Awards were announced with Weezy leading the pack of very diverse artists. This is definitely his year. Li'l Wayne earned eight nominations, followed by Coldplay with seven and Jay Z, Ne-Yo and Kanye West taking six. Coldplay, Li'l Wayne, Ne-Yo, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss and Radiohead are all up for the coveted, Album of the Year. The Grammys'll air live on CBS from the Staples Center on Feb. 8, 2009. And y'all in Naija know how to watch it if u're interested. We know our way round these things and as for those that don't, keep it locked on 9jaboogie. I'll be back in a bit with a full nominee list. CIAO BELLA

MTV Africa Music Award (MAMAs) Winners

And i know i didn't have to tell y'all we'd bring all the awards home. Nigerian artistes did what they do best (WIN!!!!!!) at the first ever Mtv Africa Music Awards held in Abuja, Nigeria. Beautiful Show and nice ass performances, nice concept too.

Winners' list below:

ARTIST OF THE YEAR - D'Banj (Nigeria)
BEST MALE - D'Banj (Nigeria)
BEST FEMALE - Wahu (Kenya)
BEST GROUP - P-Square (Nigeria)
BEST NEW ACT - Naeto C (Nigeria)
BEST ALTERNATIVE - Seether (South Africa)
BEST HIP-HOP - 9ice (Nigeria)
BEST R&B - Alicia Keys (USA)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR - Wind am well - Ikechukwu (Nigeria)
BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE - Jozi (South Africa)
MAMA LEGEND AWARD - Fela Kuti (Nigeria)
BEST LIVE PERFORMER -JOZI (South Africa)

SMH at our 9ja brothers beating out the likes of Weezy and the Game in those categories. Nice 1! Personally, i'm happy that all the people i rooted for took home the hardware. Tryna upload photos right now but having some problems. I'll be sure to do it asap. Meanwhile, is it just me or is 9ja on top of the game now more than ever. Its such a beautiful thing and i hope this is just the beginning. We sure are going for bigger things. Congratulations to all the winners and all y'all others tighten ur game for next year,ok. I'm out for now and i promise to try to blog more often. MWAAAAH!

My two cents: President Barack Obama

Before, i begin, i should make it very clear : I AM NOT AMERICAN, NEVER LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES AND NEVER EVEN BEEN TO AMERICA. Even at that, i'm extremely excited about the outcome of the 4/11/08 elections. Enough of all the crap little people go through on a regular, enough of "senior citizens who can't relate" governance, enough of the rich getiing richer and the poor getting poorer. We don't know yet exactly what it means for us, Nigerians in Nigeria, but i know in my heart that its a step in making the world a better place. Basically, enough of all the bullshit. Its a new day.
Its time for change!!! This is a little tribute to a new day. Yes we will!!!

Obama magazine covers + Colin Powell dancing yahoozee + MOBO awards 2008 winners

And so today, i continue my Obama campaign (y'all would think i were an American voter or something) by bringing y'all a collage of some of the magazine covers Mr Swagger himself has graced. The guy always has this dapper steez. YES WE CAN!!! Enjoy...............

Just saw something funny and thought to share with y'all, sure some of u've seen the pics and all. ITS COLIN POWELL, FORMER US SECRETARY OF STATE DANCING YAHOOZEE!!!This ridiculousness went down at the ThisDay Africa Rising concert which held at the Royal Albert Music Hall, London, England. WTF(in a good way)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good to know Naija dance is making an impact outside these shores...lol. SMH at the look on Olu Maintain's face and the bad way the cameras caught him, he looks constipated. Some hilarious ish there.

The MOBO awards went down yesterday hosted by Mel B and Rev Run and yes, people, we brought it home. Told y'all we had more than enough space for the plaques. 9ice took the Best African Act trophy...super nice!!!

Here's a full list of winners:

Best UK Female: Estelle

Best UK Male: Dizzee Rascal
Best Song: American Boy-Estelle

Best Video: Bleeding love-Leona Lewis

Best Album: Spirit
Best International Act: Chris Brown

Best R&B/Soul: Chris Brown
Best Hip Hop: Lil' Wayne

Best UK Newcomer Award: Chipmunk
Best Reggae Award: Mavado

Best Jazz Award: Yolanda Brown

Best Gospel Award: Jahaziel

Best African Act: 9ice

DJ Awards: Trevor Nelson (radio) and Tim Westwood (club)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Motown Records

BeMOBO Award: Ricky McCalla

Here's a photo of our guy, 9ice, at the MOBOs. The jury's still out on his outfit, wot do y'all think???

Saw something today that gave me a very big wake up call. It just basically made me realise that u can do whatever it is you set ur mind to. Hold on to your inspirations, keep those that inspire you around and get rid of them haters.

I'm out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Channel O awards 2008 winners + the 1st MAMAs - Mtv Africa Music Awards 2008 nominees

Ok people, the awards finally went down with the hosts looking right as expected. And a couple of ours took the awards for their categories. As y'all can see, i came through for Ikechukwu's "Wind am well" video...lol...all my voting must've meant something. P-Square did right with Best Duo/group Video category and the Video of the year category too. Nice one to KC Presh and MTrill as well as all the other winners too. I knew Freshlyground were winning for "Pot belly", nice ass song and video. Dunno if y'all will forgive me for this but i think P-Square have other videos that kill "Do me". For goodness sakes "No One like you" and my personal favorite, "More than a friend", well, those are my personal opinions. Does anyone agree with me? The list of winners below...

Best Male Video: Ikechukwu - Wind Am Well
Best Female Video: Lizha James - Nita Mukuma Kwini
Best Newcomer Video: Buffalo Souljah - Bubble Your Bumz
Best Duo/group Video: P-Square - Do Me
Best Dance Video: Lady May - Chokola
Best Ragga Dancehall Video: Buffalo Souljah - Bubble Your Bumz
Best Kwaito Video: Da Dogg - Can You Feel It
Best R&B Video: Gal Level - Falling In Love
Best Hip-Hop Video: KC Presh - Sengemenge
Best Africa Southern: Freshlyground - Potbelly
Best Africa West: M-Trill - Bounce
Best Africa East: Witness - Zero
Best Video of the Year: P-Square - Do Me

Just remembered i'd not done this so here are the nominees for the first ever MAMAs (Mtv Africa Music Awards) holding at the Velodrome, Abuja on the 22nd of November 2008, sponsored by Zain and hosted by the one and only Trevor Nelson

BEST FEMALE:
Wahu (Kenya)
Asa (Nigeria)
Dama Do Bling (Mozambique)
Sasha (Nigeria)
Zonke (South Africa)

BEST MALE:
Jua Cali (Kenya)
2Face (Nigeria)
D’Banj (Nigeria)
DJ Cleo (South Africa)
HHP (South Africa)

BEST LIVE PERFORMER:
Samini (Ghana)
D’Banj (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Cassette (South Africa)
Jozi (South Africa)

BEST GROUP:
P-Square (Nigeria)
Freshly Ground (South Africa)
Jozi (South Africa)
The Parlotones (South Africa)

BEST ALTERNATIVE:
Buraka Som Sistema (Portugal)
Goldfish (South Africa)
Seether (South Africa)
The Parlotones (South Africa)
Coldplay (UK)

BEST HIP-HOP:
9ice (Nigeria)
HHP (South Africa)
Professor Jay (Tanzania)
Lil Wayne (USA)
The Game (USA)

BEST R&B
P-Square (Nigeria)
Akon (Senegal / USA)
Loyiso (South Africa)
Alicia Keys (USA)
Rihanna (USA)

ARTIST OF THE YEAR:
Asa (Nigeria)
D’Banj (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
HHP (South Africa)
Seether (South Africa)

BEST NEW ACT:
Kwaw Kese (Ghana)
Wahu (Kenya)
9ice (Nigeria)
Naeto C (Nigeria)
Da L.E.S. (South Africa)

BEST VIDEO:
Movaizhaleine (Gabon) - Nous
Ikechukwu (Nigeria) – Wind Am Well
P-Square (Nigeria) – Roll It
Freshlyground (South Africa) – Pot Belly
Pro Kid (South Africa) – Uthini Ngo Pro

WTF (in a good way) at P-Square in the same category with Alicia Keys, Rihanna & Akon, also, 9ice, The Game & Li'l Wayne contending in the same category too for best Hip hop act. NICE, as in MAJOR NICE!!! So to vote y'all, please go to www.mama.mtvbase.com. Y'all with WAP/GPRS enabled phones may also vote at m.mama.mtvbase.com (standard internet charges apply). Voting closes on Tuesday 18 November 2008. For details of other methods of voting like SMS voting go to mama.mtvbase.com.

There's even a category for random everyday people to win awards, just send in A one minute video of you doing something fun, like rapping, singing or just plain misbehaving as long as the clip contains music. You might even choose to spoof your best or worst videos. I don't know yet if i'm gon send in a vid (na everyday tom , dick & boogie dey win MAMA?) BUT I know FOR SURE i'll be 'over-voting' again so pls y'all, do the same. Let's bring all these awards home. We have room for 'em all and then some. YES WE CAN!!!

P.S.
Will bring y'all MOBOs gist as soon as i can. Its coming up on Wednesday,the 15th of October. I'd like to hear from anyone that's gon be there. U know, first hand info. Also, anyone that was at the Channel O awards, hook us up with news on what went down, u know, real celeb gossip. Hit me up at pamboogie@gmail.com . Peace, people, i'll see y'all soon!!!

A little faith

It's so frustrating how from time to time things go soooooo bad and you feel like you're completely beat down and in serious need of a pick me up as in a major pick me up. When nothing seems to be going right and you can't find anything to make it better. In a bid not to come off too spiritual, i'm using this post as my prayer for everybody going through one hard thing or the other. Keep the faith, life's gonna get better. God bless you.