A few months ago, we posted a brand new single “I Am William” from 2Shotz, one of the veterans in the Naija hiphop game. We also told y’all that his 5th (and possibly final) album was in the works. The final product is now set for release later this month, and hopefully, it will be made available for purchase right here at the notjustOk Shop. Guest appearances include M.I, Shank, Jesse Jagz, Ice Prince, YQ, Enze, Lynxx, Olstar, Waje. Production credits include some of the finest in the industry, Cobhams, Dr Frabz, Jesse Jagz, eLDee, Terry G, J-Smith, Spanky and IKON!

“I Am William” was directed by the highly respected DJ Tee, produced by M.I (hook also done by him), and shot in Victoria Island, Lagos. All in all, this will go down as a “Grade A” video by all standards. Enjoy!

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Here is the video for the fiya remix of 123 HipHop by the Eva Blazing DJ Neptune ft. M.I, Naeto C & DaGrin. As previously mentioned all 3 emcees delivered solid barz.

Video was directed by Bobby Boulders. Watch in 720p to see it in HD. Lovely video… Storm records is definitely trying to take over the last quarter of 2010.

R.I.P DaGrin

The original version of this song is what brought YQ and even the late DaGrin to the lime light. Their innovative collaboration kept this song banging in people’s CDs for a while. If you watched the video for ‘Efimile‘, you saw the hunger in the young YQ during his performance and his eager anticipation to blow. Now, he has reached a respectable status in the music industry and is getting ready to drop his much anticipated ‘I AM YQ’ album under 2Koncept/Storm 360 on ground in Nigeria this weekend and online (notjustOk.com) on Monday Morning. I can personally say that I have seen YQ evolve into a stronger and more mature artiste.

As you can see, this remix here is packed with big names so you should only expect a big Tune! Listen and share your thoughts.

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June 2010 was a lovely month for Nigerian music on an international platform; P Square and M.I were nominated and present at the BET awards held in L.A, California.

Here are the 10 tracks that appeared to be the most popular in June based on the criteria below. X.O got everyone saluting and talking after hearing his Victory track, Bracket dropped a remix for their already powerful single Yori Yori, an album leak which featured M.I off 2face’s new album dropped, Mo’Cheddah refreshed our excitement about her up coming album, Jahborne released a new single alongside Zara, YQ released a new video off his I AM YQ album, A1 sang to his college sweetheart (lovely track), Timi re-surfaced and told us where he had been, Onome Ovwori dropped a well composed patriotic song and we hyped AJUJU.

notjustOk Select – 10 is a list of ten songs/posts that have made a major impact on the listeners/readers in a given month. Several factors come into determining how big of an impact a single post made in a given month, such as page views, record breaking amount of comments and constant mp3 request for the specific song. In addition to spotlighting the select 10s, we will provide a download link so that you can save the mp3s.

Please REMEMBER: The download link will be up for 3 DAYS ONLY! after which it will be deleted/deactivated!

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1. X.O (aka NoHairDontCare) – Victory (Download)

2. Onome Ovwori – Naija Man (Download)

3. Timi Da Black One – Where You De + ….. Police (Download)

4. Jahborne – Fire ft. Zara (Download)

5. Mo’Cheddah – Ko Maa Roll (Download)

6. A1 – College Sweetheart (Sex Appeal) (Download)

7. Bracket ft 2face Idibia – Yori Yori (Remix) (Download)

8. 2face ft M.I – Be There (Remix) (Download)

9. YQ – Dresscode ft Naeto C & E-Jay (Download)

10. Ajuju (notjustOk Hype) (Download)

When we put up the Suggestion post in June, some of you suggested that we give you guys more stuff that bring fans closer to their favorite artistes. This video right here is as natural (and goofy) as it gets.

M.I, Jesse Jagz and Ice Prince teamed up with Banky W to form what I’d like to call the Choc Street Boys (boyband toh bad!) in this video recorded on a camera phone. eLDee was the talent scout from a record label. Watch and enjoy!

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In related news, expect a new single from Ice Prince very soon. Also, M.I 2 now has a tentative release date of November 6th, 2010.

Anyone who is anyone in the Nigerian music industry knows and respects Jamix! He is one of the craziest producers in Lagos but not as visible as the common names. His productions include Styl-Plus’s “Always on my mind,” ModeNine’s “Nigerian Girls,” Faze’s “Kolomental”, most of OverDose’s songs, and several others.

In 2009, he stepped out with one of the heaviest collaborations of the year featuring M.I, Terry G and 9ice” on the hit single “Omo Naija.” Now he has released his debut album as a Producer titled “The Lecture.” It’s a very juicy compilation with features from the likes of Kel, Ice Prince, Wizkid (on “My Party”, which you can hear below), among other known names. You definitely need to own a copy as a music lover. For those in Nigeria, look out for it on the streets. For the rest of us abroad, NJO is currently working on getting it on the notjustOk Shop for your consumption. We’ll update you guys on that. Stay with us… as always!

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My Party ft Ice Prince, Wizkid & Kel

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Omo Naija (Remix) ft Terry G, 9ice and M.I

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BET Awards nominee, M.I Abaga, was the star of the show over the July 4th Independence weekend at the Nigerian Reunion held in New York City. As stated earlier, this was one of several high-profile performances by Nigerian music heavyweights across the US.

For those of you who couldn’t make it, enjoy the clips below. Shout-out to House of Naija for hooking this up!

M.I responds to Iceberg Slim’s “Am I Better” line:

“Is he better than me, is he? I don’t know, is he? I’ve been too busy being busy!”

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Duncan Daniels comes out and performs his ‘Like This‘ single with M.I

“NAIJA LET’S GO!” was the patriotic shout Adewole (Wole) Lipede of Backhome Productions gave at Boulevard 3 as he matched about six of us Nigerians, VIP, into the BET 2010 Ludacris and Neo after party. Indeed it was a Naija dominated weekend in the international category at the 2010 BET Awards show.“We might not have scored at the World Cup. But we scored big at the BET Awards,” was how Paul Okoye of P-Square put it to Notjustok.com.

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Welcome to the 2nd half of 2010! An entire six months has passed us by and another 184 days remain before 2010 ends. I am excited about the future opportunities and look forward to enjoying the other half of 2010. I wish you all good success in all your future endeavors.

The notjustOk select for May is packed with hits from a lot of heavy hitters. For whatever reason several big names in the industry decided to drop their singles in the month of may. 2face Idibia dropped his 2nd single off his new album, D’banj dropped Mr Endowed and it got a lot of people talking, 9ice, the Alapomeji general surprised us with Appetizer and WWW, Durella hit us with 2 big singles, Terry G went spiritual on us and made a gospel hit single, Timaya hooked up with M.I to deliver Life Anagaga, Chuddy K laced us with You de Mad (creative delivery for a harsh title) and 2 other lovely singles, Jesse Jagz dropped his album joker Jargo and MI payed tribute to DaGrin. Just look in the list below and choose the songs you want to add to your library.You can download them one by one or you can just click on the massive download link to download all the songs at once.

notjustOk Select – 10 is a list of ten songs/posts that have made a major impact on the listeners/readers in a given month. Several factors come into determining how big of an impact a single post made in a given month, such as page views, record breaking amount of comments and constant mp3 request for the specific song. In addition to spotlighting the select 10s, we will provide a download link so that you can save the mp3s.

Please REMEMBER: The download link will be up for 3 DAYS ONLY! after which it will be deleted/deactivated!

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1. Timaya – Life Anagaga ft M.I + About That Time ft 2face (Donwload)

2. M.I – End of Time (Tribute to DaGrin) (Download)

3. Chuddy K – You De Mad ft Ima & DaGrin + Gbos Se Wo + I no Know (Download)

4. Jesse Jagz – Jargo ft Jago + Nobody Test Me ft M.I & Ice Prince (Download)

5. Terry G – God Guide Me (Download)

6. D’Banj – Mr Endowed (Download)

7. 2Face Idibia – Only Me (Download)

8. 9ice – Appetizer + Women Weed And Wine (WWW) (Download)

9. Durella – Boom Boom + Ileke (Download)

10. A1 (notjustOk Hype) (Download)

This past Sunday (June 27, 2010), the BET awards went down in Los Angeles California. Two of Nigeria’s finest, P Square and M.I were nominated for the Best International Act and both present at the award show.

Unfortunately, their category was not presented live but the winner (Dizzee Rascal) was announced online about half an hour after the show was over. I was quite pissed off that BET decided to skip this category on the live broadcast. I mean these artistes traveled a great distance to show up at the awards. Anyway, I hope the twins and Mr Incredible made as much contacts as they planned to.

In the video below, Nick Cannon of Dummer Boy Drum Line and Wild ‘N Out fame caught up with P Square, M.I and Kojo on the red carpet.

This is for all of you out in Naija who were not able to watch the pre-award show. Enjoy!

The lovely Ms. Uduak was also present at the award show and has inside gist on what went down behind the scenes. Watch out for her article and pictures here on notjustok.com soon.