NIGERIA: 10 Nigerian Songs That Rocked The Nigerian Music Scene 10 Years Back in 2007 (Flashback Friday)

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<p align="justify">Nigerian songs have come of age, and it always feels good to tune in to those songs every once in a while.</p>
<p align="justify">Pulse Music looks back a decade ago to revisit those songs that rocked the airwaves in 2007, those songs we couldn&rsquo;t get enough of.</p>
<p align="justify">Here we go:</p>
<h3 align="justify">Psquare &ndash; Do me featuring Waje</h3>
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<p align="justify">Off their &ldquo;Game Over&rdquo; album, Psquare went naughty naughty on this song, with Waje blessing the song with her vocals. A colorful video to complement the song was also put out. The song rocked all the way into the Christmas and end of year, &lsquo;disturbing the peace&rsquo; at parties and carnivals.</p>
<h3 align="justify">Asa &ndash; Bibanke</h3>
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<p align="justify">The tearful song from Soul singer Asa, connected to souls and hearts that had encountered broken relationships once in their life. The song is off her 2007 debut album &ldquo;<em>Aṣa&nbsp;</em>&rdquo;.</p>
<h3 align="justify">DJ Jimmy Jatt &ndash; Stylee ft 2face, Modenine, Ela Joe</h3>
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<p align="justify">Off his album &ldquo;The Definition&rdquo;, DJ JJ drops a fine record featuring legendary 2face, Modenine and rapper Ela Joe. The DJ sends a strong message of doing his own thing and breaking any perceived norm.</p>
<h3 align="justify">TY Bello &ndash; Greenland</h3>
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<p align="justify">The unofficial Nigerian patriotic evergreen anthem, by the beautiful photographer and singer. You couldn&rsquo;t help but love the song and everything it stands for.</p>
<h3 align="justify">2face &ndash; &nbsp;If love is a crime</h3>
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<p align="justify">Off his Grass 2 Grace 2006 sophomore album, this song by 2face Idibia strikes a chord in every listener&rsquo;s heart. It&rsquo;s one of those perfect love songs that describes a woman worthy of all that good love and affection.</p>
<h3 align="justify">Mo hits &ndash; Pere&nbsp;</h3>
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<p align="justify">&lsquo;&rsquo;<em>Cos I want to dance with you pere, omo ma lo ro p emo kere&hellip;&rdquo;</em>, everyone sang along to this like a baby. 2007 was the year of the Don Jazzy led Mohits crew without a doubt as far as pop music was concerned in Nigeria.</p>
<h3 align="justify">D&rsquo;banj &ndash; Why me</h3>
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<p align="justify">The song off his second studio album &ldquo;Run down funk you up&rdquo; ran like wildfire because of its youthful appeal in terms of the lyrics. Don Jazzy&rsquo;s beat also was magically infectious, especially at the intro.</p>
<h3 align="justify">2Shotz &ndash;Make them talk ft 9ice</h3>
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<p align="justify">A fire anthem from 2shotz that talked about social problems Nigeria was facing. 9ice&rsquo;s indigenous flow on the chorus did the most for the song.</p>
<h3 align="justify">Faze &ndash; Tattoo girl</h3>
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<p align="justify">Off his &ldquo;Independent&rdquo; album, Faze rode on the tattoo kraze that was becoming a thing among youths all over and made a song about endearing himself to the ladies. It easily became a party song.</p>
<h3 align="justify">X- Project &ndash; Lori le feat. Konga</h3>
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<p align="justify">This one coming off their third album&nbsp;&ldquo;<em>Sierra</em>-<em>Naija&rdquo;&nbsp;</em> rocked the dancefloors with its slangs and vernacular making it a crowd favourite. &lsquo;<em>Lori le odi gobe&rsquo;</em> the hook goes. Xtreme Project aka X- Project were a group made up of two &nbsp;Sierra Leone artists and a Nigerian artist.</p>
<p align="justify">Source: pulse.ng</p>

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