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BN Bytes: Karen Igho, Big Brother Amplified Winner chats with the Associated Press about “Nigeria’s Reality Show Success”

Big Brother Amplified winner, Karen Igho was just one of the reality TV “personalities” and commentators who spoke to the Associated Press’ Yinka Ibukun about Nigeria’s “reality show success”. BN Editorial Assistant, Nkechi Eze was also interviewed for the article – you can read the complete article HERE and Check out the video below.

Psquare’s ‘The Invasion’ [Album Review]

You can’t teach an old dog a new trick. This saying best sums up the fifth album by Africa’s biggest and most famous group Psquare. After giving their massively hyped ‘The Invasion’ a good spin or two you get to know that beneath the layer of their Euro-pop beats, it’s the same old Peter and Paul with their same old gimmicks of jacking and cheesy lyrics.
If you got a feeling that you’ve heard the album opener ‘Beautiful Onyinye’ before, you are correct as it is a lazy rehash of their previous hit ‘No One like You’. The album picks up on ‘Chop My Money’ featuring their latest signing May D. Not wanting to drop the party tempo ‘Asamkpoto’ comes next. The party jam reveals another Psquare faux pas as the instrumental is a brazen rip-off of one of Samklef’s popular beats.
From here on, the album is divided into contemporary highlife songs and Euro-pop tracks. While the sloppy singles ‘Forever’ and ‘Bunieya Enu’ threaten to bore you, ‘Do As I Do’ featuring Tiwa Savage & May D and ‘She’s Hot’ featuring Naeto C help to raise the temperature of the contemporary highlife groove.
Mixed results also trail their experimentation with the Euro-Pop genre which is the trend right now. No doubt, they get the beats hands down as they are solely capable of making you move in the club but it’s quite obvious that the twins are not masters of these genres as their vocals uncomfortably float on the instrumental without making an impression on you. However on songs such as ‘Jeje’ featuring Waje and ‘Player’  they seem to get it right.
It’s not all dance through and through. The LP’s deepest cut is a slow reggae track titled ‘Me and My Brother’ which chronicles their rise to fame while ‘Ole Buruku’ represents the music Psquare has been known for.
‘The Invasion’ feels all over the place, it doesn’t have a binding core to it which makes it loose. Maybe P-Square wanted to prove that they can be part of the crowd sadly however they are lost in it. What this album reveals is that is high time P-Square upgrade their approach to music or face irrelevancy within the next decade.

SLEEK Magazine relaunches as a Weekly Glossy – Ohimai Atafo, Lisa Folawiyo, Frank Edoho & Genevieve Nnaji “cover” the new issues

In October 2006, we published a stunning photo spread featuring Funmi Iyanda – Click HERE to view. The spread was from SLEEK Magazine, a periodic lifestyle and fashion print publication.

For 2011, the magazine has reviewed its format and relaunched as a glossy weekly publication. Media professionals have often noted the gap in the Nigerian magazine market for a glossy weekly publication a la OK! Magazine, US Weekly, Heat etc…

The most recent issue of the magazine was released this week and features Who Wants to be a Millionaire Nigeria host, Frank Edoho on the cover. Other features in this issue include a review of M.I’s album and tons of recent event photos.
Check out the recent covers of the new SLEEK Magazine.

Who run the Beat

The Beat 99.9 FM & Motbenson Solutions in conjunction with Promasidor makers of Top Tea and Loya Milk presents “The Beat Of Lagos” on the 9th day of the 9th month which is also the Beat 99 Day.
Come and celebrate with the Beat FM on Friday 9th September 2011 at the Landmark village in Oniru Estate, Lagos. It will be a fun night filled with top class performances by artists, dance crews and top comedians.

The Beat of Lagos will be hosted by your favorite Beat FM presenters and will feature performances by P-Square, Tuface, Wizkid, Mo’Cheddah, Dr SID, Tiwa Savage, Waconzy and a host of other super stars.
Rocking the dance floor on this day will be the fantastic DNT Dance Crew and comedy will be provided by AY, Ushbebe and Ajebo.

Hurry now and get your tickets
Ticket Prices: Regular N 5, 000 and VIP N 20, 000. Please note that on the event day, regular tickets will be sold for N 10, 000 and VIP N 30, 000
Ticket Locations: The Get Arena Lekki | Ozone Cinema Yaba | Silverbird Galleria | Beat FM Ikoyi.

The Beat 99 FM Presents “The Beat of Lagos”
Date: Friday 9th September 2011
Time: 7PM
Venue:Landmark Village, Oniru Estate, Lagos

The after party kicks off after the event at the Chrome Nightclub on No 82, Adetokunbo Ademola Street, Victoria Island.

This event is supported by Classic Fm, Naija Fm, GA Productions, Event Secure, Bailamos Dance Company, Laredo Small Chops, HITV, Hip On TV, Dynamix On TV, Ozone Cinemas, STV, Rhythm FM, 1 Music, Unilag FM, BellaNaija.com and Rolla Entertainment.