Darey is out with the remix of 'Sisi Eko' and he has decided to spice it up with a highlife flavour and we all know who that is, it's Flavour N'abania as his name implies. This song was produced by Darey and Del B. Nice blend of dialects from the two. Have you guys heard Darey sing highlife?Well, I guess you have to listen up to find out.
Just for your viewing pleasure...Darey is at it again, here is the acoustic session of some songs. Don't ask me why he picked these songs he picked because he explained it at the end of his session so don't push the stop button till the end.
Darey never disappoints when it comes to videos, and with the behind the scenes pictures I knew this video would be nothing less that stellar. “Ba Ni Kidi” hausa for “Give Me The Beat” is featured on his album Double Dare. Teasertube posted the audio version earlier and it went viral on the blog. top Class video by all standards. Directed & Produced by Mark Hofmeyr and Soul Muzik.
Profile of the week: DAREY (10-01-2011)
Oluwadare Art Alade aka “DAREY” is a multi talented, multiple award winning Nigerian International R&B recording artist, performer, TV presenter, radio DJ and OAP who rose to more prominent fame in 2004 following his participation in Project Fame in South Africa.
Darey was born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria by Olapeju & Modupeola Art Alade. His path to eminence started in 1998, when during a performance at the Cowry restaurant, Bjays Hotel Victoria Island, a top member of Cool FM management saw potential in him and invited him to the radio station.
A determined teenager that he was, Darey began shuttling between Cool FM and the University of Lagos where he was studying Creative Arts. During his stay in Cool FM, he had the ample opportunity to acquire the basic knowledge of radio presentation, production and marketing. His big break finally came at the 2004 MNET project fame academy where he emerged second runner up. His debut album ‘From Me 2 U’ hit the Nigerian market in 2006, with songs like ‘Fuji’ and ‘Escalade’ enjoying massive airplay in the Nigerian and International media. In fact, ‘Original Naija’ one of the songs from his debut album was the theme song for the first ever Big Brother Nigeria reality show.
In 2007, Darey left Storm Records- the label he was signed to and joined Soul Muzik, his current label. Coming closely was the debut of two of his videos ‘With This Woman’ and ‘Carry Dey Go’ ft 2face on MTV base.
In 2008, he went on to prove to skeptics that he didn’t intend to be a flash in the pan when he hosted Project Fame West Africa. The following year he hosted The Future Awards & the SMVAs.
He has over the years shared the stage with the most prominent names in music worldwide including Beyonce, Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Lionel Richie, Kci & Jojo, Joe, Shakira, John Legend, Femi Kuti, Akon, P Diddy, Lagbaja, Rihanna, Usher, Sean Paul, Diana Ross, Earth Wind & Fire, Lemar, Eve, Lucky Dube, Fat Joe, T-Pain, 50 Cent, Alicia Keys and has chatted with world leaders like Bill Clinton and Kofi Annan.
Darey’s new direction as evident on his second solo album ‘un.DAREY.ted’ has proven that he is aiming for the top. Armed with amazing songs/videos like ‘Not the Girl’, ‘More’ and ‘No Stars’ there is no doubt that he is en route.
This album scored him 2 nominations at the Hip Hop World Awards & 2 at the MTV Mamas in 2009 for the Recording of the Year, Best Male Vocal Performance and Best R&B, Listeners’ Choice categories respectively. He recently won the Soundcity Music Video Awards for Best R&B/Pop Video, Best R&B Nigerian Entertainment Award USA amongst others.
He was announced Most Gifted R&B and Most Gifted Male artist at the 2009 Channel O Music Video Awards held in South Africa. He also shocked many when 72 hours later; he was the highest winner at the 2009 Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA) carting away another 4 awards for: Best RNB Video, Best Producer of Music Videos, Best Use of Costume and Video of the Year categories.
Now more than ever, his eyes are on the mainstream international market. 2010 saw the digital and physical release of his 3rd album in Nigeria and internationally. Darey is married with a son.
Usually at the end of every year, several reviews, analysis, top 5, top 10, top 20 even top 100 lists are released by different players in the Nigerian music industry on different topics. So like you already know its that time of the year again and the Teasertube team is out with the Top 10 Nigerian videos with special effects. The act of using special effect is not entirely new to the industry, last year MI's Safe, Hman's Ndoli Ndoli, Dipp's Dangerous were among the videos that had mind blowing effects. This year saw an increase in the number of special effect video being released. The criteria for the selection is first and foremost visual effects, so many quality videos released this year didn't make the list. Without further ado, here is the list:
10. Zaaki - Catch Fire
09. Duncan Daniels ft M.I - Like This (Official Video).wmv
08. P-Square - Danger (Official Video)
07. DJINEE - OVERKILLING OFFICIAL VIDEO
06. Sazzy - Doubt
05. Darey - The Way You Are
04. Manie X: Just like you - Edited and Directed by Gbenga Salu
03. D'Prince ft. D'Banj - Give It To Me
02. Tiwa Savage - "Kele Kele" Official Video From 323 Entertainment
01. DIPP- POP OFF SELECTA MUSIC VIDEO
Watch and share your views. Remember, the criteria for the selection is first and foremost visual effects, so many quality video that was released this year didn't make the list.
When i called Darey a workaholic in the previous post of 2 of his singles; Ba Ni kidi and Sisi Eko, you all might not have nodded in agreement. I hope this latest effort he is going to drop in a few weeks time Convince you. Here is the excerpts from the studio session. Production credit goes to UK producer Wayne
Here are the latest efforts by Darey, arguably the most consistent classic singer (my opinion), 'Sisi Eko' is a mellow feel cool RnB track while 'Ba Ni Kidi' (done in hausa accent) has a house music feel. Cant stop laughing! (The clubs definitely have got a new hit)
Enjoy!
Darey Art Alade once again goes beyond standards as he serves us with yet another steaming bowl of creativity well blended in sound and motion picture. While we were yet to recover from the astonishment that 'You're not the girl' and 'No Stars' brought, Darey hits us with 'The way you are', his latest video off his upcoming album. ...if u are still sitting...na long tin!
