I’m back with another episode of the Cha Cha Album Review Series on your Award-Winning Podcast; Cha Cha Music Review Podcast, of course, my name is still Hafeestonova; Your Musical Plug and Creator of the Energy Force.

In today’s episode, I did a review of L.A.X's third studio album titled No Bad Vibes which was released on the 21st of April, 2023.

The album features the likes of Konshens, DJ Obi, Ayra Starr, Ronnie Flex, Loui & Black Sherif, Quessswho

The production credit goes to Shyno, Clemzy, A.T.G, Zerodix, Jordan Wayne, Smeez, Dean, and Sakpase.

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You can stream the album here https://open.spotify.com/album/7Isz78RyCrtTdtVBexTV0E?si=at1qlfgpSjWQsTCdfu_gTA

May is currently becoming notorious for heavy new music releases in the history of Afrobeats. May 12th of 2023 (Friday) is definitely the busiest Friday so far this year because of the gridlock of new releases that happened over the night

My name is Hafeestonova; Your Musical Plug, Creator of the Energy Force, and this is Cha Cha Music Review Podcast

That said, here are the songs I reviewed for the week;

1. Boy Spyce - Relationship https://open.spotify.com/track/6CypiZh1I7VSPE9tyzvEK4?si=0406e3fc61ed4cbe

2. Naria Marley – Body https://open.spotify.com/track/1Ut1vSnb0hM58jFbPVhZaC?si=4fc46ee8f4704ebb

3. Buju BNXN -Pray https://open.spotify.com/track/69bvwTwKZBlynqbMyZmEO2?si=8d0d0f0b18854e17

4. Efya-Super Super https://open.spotify.com/track/5uTchNrLEREPxobWrFQHx8?si=4876abfcc4f6401f

5. Bella Shmurda ft. Tiwa Savage -NSV https://open.spotify.com/track/7sIUw9iU1eVB0qq3wFrwBb?si=f27f619c315c427a

6. Teni-No Days Off https://open.spotify.com/track/3zlSLyucr1QS2XPfRnPdcy?si=6f9cc953485745ab

7. Medikal -Road Clear https://open.spotify.com/track/0XIhHYGnjN8wOlxsNbB0T2?si=b3153b0bbde64de3

8. Blaqbonezft. Ludacris - Cinderella Girl (Where you dey) https://open.spotify.com/track/1E4ed73l5iopAIr9UkAlGy?si=fd556a9b32e04a82

9. Kizz Daniel - Shu Peru https://open.spotify.com/track/7uifQO5WcO2x15mdA6W50L?si=3d1927daac6c4be7

10. Ruger ft. Jugglerz -Bum Bum https://open.spotify.com/track/20UOD6dewU0XNIpYgMx7Rg?si=9b128722470d46dc

Jonzing Boy https://open.spotify.com/track/0JoCuk9LuUwjLavIGxtKs9?si=f0f2aff32cea4022

11. Kcee ft Skiibii -Dum Dum https://open.spotify.com/track/24QP25ZI2d1HO4Fhn9OgPa?si=8e4c00e813a74f60

12. Sarz ft Gimba x Millymay_pod x Fxrtune Jam One Kele https://open.spotify.com/track/76QO1kpcj4a2loIWPT3oCn?si=fa25f9bcd10e44e1

13. Tay Lwar ft, Twelve XII- Undercover Lover https://open.spotify.com/track/27z7oXTVCZnNL23hPI1cPj?si=cb0801779a2f4e2a

Yes, I am your Musical Plug, the Creator of the Energy Force and this is definitely the Cha Cha Music Review Podcast, so you should tell a friend to tell a friend, and let all and sundry know, Hafeestonova is back and I would be talking about these new songs released by top African artist during the course of the week.

Here are the songs for this week

Good day Cha Cha Nation, Your Musical Plug and Creator of the Energy Force, Hafeestonova is back with another episode of the Cha Cha Let's Talk Music Series on your award-winning podcast, Cha Cha Music Review Podcast.

In this episode, I had a conversation with Olukanni R. Oyinda and we spoke about Music Marketing and Promotion For Emerging Artistes, trust me when I say a whole lot of gem was dropped in this conversation. He spoke about how emerging artiste can market and promote their songs without having millions of Naira in their accounts, as a matter of fact, all you need is as little as N5000

Olukanni R. Oyinda is a Music Matketer and the current A&R for Soundhalla. He is a Music Business and Special Event Consultant. He was in charge of Airtel1Mic which produced Zlatan Ibile. He is also an Author

There is a 50% discount on his books; Guide to a Successful Emerging Artiste and Music Marketing Plan but you have to listen to the end of the podcast to know how you can get the discount.

His Twitter handle is @TheOyindaOlu

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Cha Cha Nation, I’m back with another episode of Cha Cha Album Review Series on your award-winning podcast Cha Cha Music Review Podcast and of course, my name still remains Hafeestonova; Your Musical Plug, Creator of the Energy Force.

In today’s episode, I and my guys from The Sample Axis Podcast did a breakdown of Davido’s 4th studio album titled Timeless. The album was released on the 31st of March 2023, it contains 17 tracks and features collaborations with Skepta, Angelique Kidjo, Asake, Focalistic, Morravey, Musa Keys, Dexta Daps, Fave, Logos Olori, and The Cavemen.

The production was handled by Young Alpha, Blaisebeatz, Rore, Magicsticks, Sparrq, Jon P, Shizzi, Darmie, Rage, 1da Banton, Rugged, Yung Wills, Caltonic SA, Tee Jay

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You can stream the album here https://open.spotify.com/album/6lI21W76LD0S3vC55GrfSS?si=H7q-B1a8SQ-UbJq9m2evgA

Cha Cha nation, I'm back with another episode of the Cha Cha Hit Makers Series, on your award-winning podcast Cha Cha Music Review Podcast, of course, my name is still Hafeestonova; Your Musical Plug and Creator of the Eenrgy Froce.

Cha Cha Hit Makers Series is a conversational series with music producers where we talk about what it takes to make a hit song and what it takes to be an outstanding producer. The series will also touch on some of the difficulties that producers face in the music industry.

The producer I had a conversation with in this episode is the renowned hip-hop producer Teckzilla. Teckzilla is a Nigerian-born producer/DJ/Writer and a founding member of the Hip-Hop group "Str8Buttah". As a producer, he has worked with a vast array of emcees from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Kenya, Canada, the USA, and the UK. He worked on the Choc boi nation compilation: The Indestructible Choc Boi Nation. He produced singer Maka and rapper Phlow's debut Eps and also worked with Illbliss, Mode9, and Mo’cheddah just to mention a few.

Press the play button to enjoy this interesting conversation

Stream his music here https://open.spotify.com/artist/7mHvCKcUZZWCMGw1XMcZGG?si=iE0Yfu93Sp-yn-oIItXYDg

Happy New Month Cha Cha Nation, It's going to be a conversational April as your award-winning podcast, Cha Cha Music Review Podcast will be dishing out a lot of conversation series this month.

To kick off the Conversational April, I present to you this episode of the Cha Cha Let's Talk Music Series titled The Most Important Nigerian Songs (1999-2019) and my guest in this episode is no other than Jide Taiwo, the author of the book "History Made: The Most Important Nigerian Songs (1999-2019)".

Jide Taiwo is a Media Practitioner and Author and together we spoke about his book, the writing process, the challenges, and the criteria for picking the songs.

Some of the songs that made the list are

Tony Tetulia -Omode Meta (1999)

Da Trybe -Oya (2001)

Ruggedman -Big Bros (2005)

PSquare E No Easy (2009)

Ice Prince -Aboki (2012)

Pyhno ft Olamide -Fada Fada (2016)

If you are interested in getting the book to see every other song that made the list, click here https://linktr.ee/thejidetaiwo

Cha Cha Nation, welcome to another episode of the Cha Cha Spotlight Series on your award-winning podcast Cha Cha Music Review Podcast, I remain Your Musical Plug, Creator of the Energy Force, Hafeestonova.

The Cha-Cha Spotlight series is an interview series for fast-rising artists/music producers, the aim of this series is to introduce these artists to the world and introduce the world to their sound.

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Click here to stream his new song titled Busy Body https://onerpm.link/597118682379

Stream the EP Psycho Poerty https://open.spotify.com/album/2fNBbHCGD9prFhJeFw9DXL?si=2YuvlvUOQ_yxDzR2VtDSGA

Allow me to reintroduce the Cha Cha EP Compilation Series to you, this series is to plug you into those good musical projects that might fly under your radar.

My name is Hafeestonova, Your Musical Plug, Creator of the Energy Force, and this Cha Cha Music Review Podcast.

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Here are the EPs I spoke about

The 8th of March 2023 was International Women's Day, so I decided to join in the celebration by releasing this episode titled Celebrating African Women in Music (I.W.D Episode). My name is Hafeestonova, Your Musical Plug, Creator of the Energy Force

In this episode of the Cha Cha Let's Talk Music Series on the Cha Cha Music Review Podcast, a few members of the Cha Cha Nation and I celebrated some of those African female artists that made our childhood memorable and unforgettable.

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I also took time out to create a playlist that included all the songs that were mentioned

Here is the link

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5sb6LRBOhIIKHwjLHZrzqv?si=d03addf62dd543a8