Journals
What happened in the room. Sessions, guests, and what went on the turntable.
Journal
Specially created and curated content to immerse you in #RetroHiphop and #VintageLagos Culture. Read, listen, watch and go down memory lane to relive the moments that made old school hip-hop culture and the great city of Lagos special.
Album of the Week- 2pac’s “Me and Against the World”
Album of the Week- Tupac’s “Me and Against the World” By DJ Daggash Our Album of the Week was released on 14th March, 1995, while Tupac was in…
Album of the Week (25th Aug)- Queen Latifah “Black Reign”
This is the maiden edition of our Album of the Week series. We plan to consider old school albums with at least 3 classic tracks in each album.…
Album of The Week (21st Sept) – The Score by Fugees
Our Album of the Week is “The Score” by the Fugees. It was released on 13th February 1996 and it was a studio rap album made for everyone.…
Album of the Week (28th Sept) – Ready to Die
DJ Daggash Ready to Die is the debut album by the late Great Rapper Known as The Notorious B.I.G., but fondly known by his cult followers as Biggie…
Album of the Week (Oct 12)
Album of the Week- (Rap Joint Lagos and DJ Daggash) The Rap Joint Lagos Album of the Week is “The Infamous” by Mobb Deep. It was released on…
The Man Who Had Death In His Pouch by Timilehin Salu
By Timilehin Salu Fela was a Nigerian musician born on 15th October 1938 in Abeokuta, Ogun State to Reverend Oludotun Israel and Funmilayo Ransome Kuti. He was born Olufela…
Album of the Week (19th October)
The Rap Joint Lagos Album of the week is “Funkdafied” by Da Brat. It was released on June 28, 1994 and is the debut album of the American…
My Egbon’s Caselogic was my Source of Rap with Wale Davies
My earliest memories of hip hop are always connected to my older brother coming to Lagos. When he would come to visit us, he would bring albums of artistes like Ice…
Know Your Lagos Vol 1
1. Slavery and the Birth of an African City: Lagos, 1760–1900 As the slave trade entered its last, illegal phase in the 19th century, the town of Lagos…
The Cinematic Version of B.I.G.
I know a guy. He listens to Biggie the same way people listen to the Agha Khan lectures or the audiobook version of Rich Dad Poor Dad. He…
A Short History of Lagos
The Name The name “Lagos” is said to have been derived from either the Portuguese name for a lake “lago” or the City of Lagos in Algarve, Portugal,…
A short history of Hip-hop
Hip hop began in New York City in the 1970s. Found by African Americans, Latino Americans, and Carribean Americans in the streets of the Bronx, the formalization as…
Bad Boys put Flava in Ya Ear with Bobo Omotayo
My first encounter with hip-hop has to be Craig Mack’s “Flava in ya Ear (remix)” featuring The Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, Busta Rhymes & Rampage, off Mack’s 1994…
Remembering the Golden era of Hip hop in 80s and 90s Lagos with ‘Wale Irokosu
My earliest recollection of hip hop definitely has to be in the mid-80s; It has to be breakdancing — that athletic style of street dancing from the States. Typically…
Kanye West: The Producer by Tomisin Akins
“Rapper. Visionary. Jackass. Artist. Mogul. Designer. Celebrity. Producer. Icon. Genius.“ Kanye West has been described as everything listed above and more over his musical career spanning over two decades. Kanye West’s…
The Best Of: Jermaine Dupri by Tomisin Akins
This week on Rap Joint Lagos we have been discussing the discography of super producer and executive, Jermaine Dupri a.k.a JD. The son of former Columbia Records President,…
Socially Conscious Rap Joints by Tomisin Akins
Socially conscious rap or sometimes referred to as Political Rap is a style/sub-genre of hip hop characterized by content that addresses society issues and calls for political and/or…
Rap Joints for Mom – Curated by Tomisin Akins
Mom, Mama, Mummy, Mother: in entertainment many have honoured the women who brought them into the world through the gift of music. In Hip-Hop, Tupac Shakur’s “Dear Mama” is the…
2 PAC 4 LIFE Joints
Happy birthday Tupac! Thank you for your legacy! In honor of the legend on what would have been his 49th birthday, we‘ve curated a selection of his most…
Majek Fashek Joints
As Majek Fashek leaves us, his over three-decade long call for black people around the world to unite for progress, rings true now more than ever before: “Arise…