I heard it was a great show as I wasn't there. Eve was the host and she looked really hawt and the performances were great(as i heard). So why exactly am i not impressed? well, thanks to some of the winners i noticed how weak the nominees list is.
MAMA2010 NOMINEES & WINNERS
Best Video
Fally Ipupa – Sexy dance (DRC)
P-Square f/t J. Martins- E No Easy (Nigeria)
The Parlotones – Life Design (South Africa)
Banky W – Strong Ting (Nigeria)
AND THE AWARD GOES TO FALLY PUPA!! i have not seen the video so won't comment on that.FALLY PUPA CONGRATS. Anywaiz, both p-square and banky w dont have the best videos in naija and they are both soo old that i can't remember what it looked like.
Brand:New
Mo Cheddah (Nigeria)
Diamond (Tanzania)
Muthoni (Kenya)
JoJo (Gabon)
AND THE AWARD GOES TO MO CHEDDAH!! good for you dear, we expect more good music and pleassee work on your videos.
Artist of The Year
2 Face (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Jozi (South Africa)
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
YUP!! THIS AWARD REMAINED IN NAIJA (hpe no one is thinking about p-square). lol.CONGRATS 2 FACE.
Song Of The Year
D’Banj – Fall In Love (Nigeria)
Liquideep – Fairytale (South Africa)
JR – Show Dem (South Africa)
Banky W – Lagos Party (Nigeria)
AND THE WINNER GOES TO LIQUIDEEP . i just listened to the song ..its not bad but i'm not sure!! who knows how this "nominees list" is compiled .. i mean what is fall in love and lagos party doing here...not like i hate the songs o but better tunes have come out of naija since both songs were released!!
Best Group
P-Square (Nigeria)
Radio & Weasle (Uganda)
Teargas (South Africa)
P-Unit (Kenya)
AND THE AWARD GOES TO P-SQUARE...O well no comment on dis one, i'm even confused as to how most of them on the list came about their names..radio & weasle, who chose to bear weasle??
Best Female
Sasha (Nigeria)
Lizha James (Mozambique)
Nneka (Nigeria)
Barbara Kanam (DRC)
AND THE AWARD GOES TO SASHA...SASHA??? i'm like mega confused..i love sasha but with Nneka on that list..ahn ahn!!! *shocked* haven't even heard a song from her in ages. someone should have pulled a KANYE STUNT at this point o..lol...
Best Male
2 Face (Nigeria)
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Black Coffee (South Africa)
Wande Coal (Nigeria)
AND 2FACE TAKES IT AGAIN!!..wande coal no hating but im not sure you should be on the list..i love most of your songs but there are better male artist in naija.
Best Anglophone
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Wande Coal (Nigeria)
Daddy Owen (Kenya)
Big Nuz (South Africa)
AWARD GOES TO DADDY OWEN
Best Francophone
Fally Ipupa (DRC)
Awadi (Senegal)
DJ Arafat (Ivory Coast)
Ba Ponga (Gabon)
AND THE AWARD GOES TO FALLY PUPA
Best Lusophone
Lizha James (Mozambique)
Paul G (Angola)
Cabo Snoop (Angola)
Dama Do Bling (Mozambique)
AND THE AWARD GOES TO CABO SNOOP
Best International
Rihanna (USA)
Drake (USA)
Eminem (USA)
Rick Ross (USA)
I MEAN IF IT AINT MY HUSBAND EMINEM...NO ONE ELSE!!...
MAMA Legend – Miriam Makeba (South Africa) ... I TOTALLY AGREE!!!!
now for my extra opinions,
there should be more categories like best rap artist and best RnB categories. Talking about Nigeria, I'd really like to see eldee, bez, MI, ASA(na wa she no even dey there sef) and other good musicians win some awards. I know some of them are already internationally recognized but its only wise that we recognise OUR own TOO.
Congrats to all the artist that won but judging from the list of nominees list, its either
A. Africans don't know yet what good music is
B. we are always over hyping some artist that don't deserve it
C. the people behind MAMA have to start checking the credibility of the award show!!
The show is going to air on Saturday, December 18th, on MTV Base and there'll be a repeat performance on the 19th. Be sure to check it out.
once again congratulations to all the winners
much luv,
dangel eyez.