THE RISE AND RISE OF BLACKTRIBE

THE RISE AND RISE OF BLACKTRIBE
As a matter of fact today in Nigeria, Blacktribe is the longest surviving group. All the hip-hop groups before them which include X-Appeal made up of Jazzman Olofin and Lexzy Doo, Remedies which was initially made up of Eedris Abdulkareem, Eddy Remedy and Tony Tetuila before Tony left the group and Plantashun Boiz made up of 2Face, Blackfaze and Faze had all broken up.
Ahead of the group’s third album release on December 7th, friends and fans of the group hosted them to a lavish pre-release party in Festac Town on December 4th, 2009 to wine and dine with the talented duo. Another party that will attract lots of major players in the entertainment industry is slated for December 9th at La Cachette club in G.R.A, Lagos. Several artistes such as 2Face Idibia, Faze, Timaya, Dagrin, Sound Sultan, OJB, Klever Jay, Danny Young, among many others have confirmed their attendance. The privileged few that have listened to the album described it as a brilliant effort.
Blacktribe’s album titled Addicted boasts of 15 tracks and it features acts like; 2Face Idibia, Sound Sultan, Timaya, OJB, Mallam Spicy and Prince Banton. The album was produced by some of the best crop of producers in the country which include the likes of K-Solo, Spanky, J-Sleek, Dr. Frabs, OJB and Jiggy Jegg. Some of the tracks on the album are Chacha, Ife, Trusted Friend, Ganja, Gbabeski, Follow Me Go, Story, Leave Am, My Size, U Make Me Wanna, 2nite, Wondale, Chikito and Addicted. Two videos 2from the album, Chikito and Trusted Friend were shot in South-Africa. The video for Trusted Friend has been enjoying massive rotation on different TV stations for a while before the duo followed suit with the second video; Chikito last week to herald the album release.
The group has no doubt come a long way in the music industry. They recorded their first single in 1999 titled Be Ma Girl featuring 2Face Idibia and Blackface of the defunct Plantashun Boyz and it was produced by Paul Play. Accordingly in 2000, they recorded another successful single titled Nino and it turned out to be another hit. It was produced by ace producer, Nelson Brown. The song was well accepted then in all spheres of the society and it instantly turned them into a household name.
Due to their growing popularity then, they rocked so many concerts in the country and they are still doing same till date. Some of the most popular shows they have performed at are Star Trek, The Play Safe Campus Tour for the awareness of HIV/AIDS, Y’hello Africa, Taraba and Benue States government organized Peace Concerts, Big Brother Nigeria Show, MTN 2Face & Friends Tour, amongst others.