Liya Alari EP Review: New lady in the Block Liya is a name I have never heard of before. I love music and I listen to a lot of musicians especially from Nigeria. Liya is a name that has not blown through my radar. But her new EP titled “Alari” just gave her that privilege. […]
Oxlade Eclipse Review: Should have borrowed us two more songs Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman whose stage name is Oxlade is one of the big revelations of Nigerian music in 2020. Sharing the year of breakthrough with Omah Lay and Bella Shmurda, was a something really tasking. This is because the aforementioned artists are very talented musicians, […]
Ayra Starr 19 & Dangerous Review: The more you hear the more the sense When Wizkid’s made in Lagos was released last year, critics including cillacritic were fast to negatively critic the music because of its cultural difference. It was not 100 percent wrong to critic it that way but it’s “the more you hear […]
Victor AD Nothing to Prove EP Review: Not bad for a first complied body of work In recent times, Nigerian music artist have come to understand that recording extended playlists (EP) or Long Playlist (LP) is important in competing in the international market. That was not the case three years ago. Albums were not trendy […]
Dave We all alone in this together Review: Poetry from the Child of an Immigrant. The first time I listened to Dave was when he release Location which features Burn Boy. The song which blew up in Nigeria made everyone at cillacritic want to know who this Rapper was. It turns out that he is […]
Cheque Call me Baby Review: Breaking the new norm Nigerian music have gone through some really unique metamorphosis. Before it became the center of Afrobeats music, Nigerians used to gravitate to western RnB and Hiphop music. This helped Nigerians understand their sound and merge it with their local Nigerian instruments and vibe to create contemporary […]
Patoranking Celebrate Me: Name hailing is a Nigeria musical culture Some days back I was listening to the radio and a certain on air personality alleged that the key to making a hit song is: creating a song that hails rich and great men in one track. That is not far from the truth because […]
Buju Testimony Review Just like basketball in the United State where there is a yearly draft of NBA players; so also it is with the Nigerian music industry. There is always a star that is introduced to the world every year. Last year was one of the years that stood out because Nigeria was blessed […]
Bella Shmurda High Tension 2.0: Put some Respect on his Name It is one thing to become an instant hit artist as a result of a hit song. it is another thing to remain relevant in the music industry. Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed who goes by the stage name Bella Shmurda broke into the Nigerian music […]
Adekunle Gold Sinner: The Lyrical strength is Divine When Adekule Gold was switching up his sound to Afropop (the Nigerian popular sound), our fear at cillacritic was that he was going to loss his lyrical purity and strength. Its now almost two years since he fully switched sound and he is still giving songs that […]
