Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria

Doing It In Lagos: Boogie, Pop & Disco In 1980s Nigeria

Soundway Records present a compilation of twenty rare and mostly unavailable tracks from the slick and sassy world of Nigerian pop music and club culture of the early 1980s. pBuoyed by an explosive oil boom and a return to democracy after a series of military dictatorships, Nigeria's economy in the years of the early '80's was mirrored by its recording industry as countless young artists and groups hit the airwaves and dancefloors of the capital and beyond.p pIt was a glossy, brash new form of pop music born out of ashes of late 1970s disco and funk and, just as in America, was the soundtrack to a new generation for whom money, style and flirtation trumped the overblown psychedelia of the previous decade. Eager to sound as American as possible with no hint of the fervor for afrobeat, afrorock and afrocentric thinking that the 1970s had thrown up, a new generation of young artists and performers turned their backs on their cultural roots in music and sought a new kind of stardom and fame firmly connected to the glossy, snazzy world of the 1980s that was erupting in the USA and Europe.p pThe 1970s flares and cuban heels began to disappear, in their place came sleek suits, rolledup sleeves, bowties, jumpsuits, leather jackets, greased hair and a firm nod in the stylistic direction of Michael Jackson.

Track-listing

1. Hotline - Fella's Doing It In Lagos 05:34
2. Peter Abdul - Don't You Know 03:43
3. Steve Monite - Only You 06:19
4. Oby Onyioha - Enjoy Your Life 06:14
5. Kio Amachree - Ivory 05:08
6. Livy Ekemezie - Holiday Action 05:10
7. Willy Roy - Don't Give Up 06:35
8. Danny Offia - Funk With Me 05:20
9. Rick Asik - Too Hot 05:14
10. Terry Mackson - Distant Lover 05:32
11. Ofege - Burning Jungle 03:21
12. Odion Iruoje - Identify With Your Root 06:45
13. Mike Umoh - Shake Your Body 06:14
14. Burnis Moleme - Where Is The Answer 06:58
15. Sony Enang - Don't Stop That Music 05:11
16. Veno - Groove I Like 03:36
17. Godfrey Odili - Let's Do More Music 07:37
18. Toby Foreh - Ore Mi 05:42
19. Gboyega Adelaja - Colourful Environment 05:19
20. Lexy Mella - On The Air 05:30
21. Nkono Teles - Be My Lady (Mix) 04:26