Remixing is a derivative art-form, meaning music built from a recorded song either by copying the hook, chorus or an element of the instrumental which appeals to you . Remixing instrumentals have become a norm in contemporary urban music with the fluid evolvement of heavily synthesized digital softwares . US artist Girl Talk is the most famous for creating an entire album using sounds from other music and cutting it to his own. Criticism and controversy on P-Square has been outrageous as a majority of their hit songs have been derivative forms of other recorded music or a mere sampling of western songs;, Last night ,Get squared , Game over, ”Bizzy body’, Danger , ”Omoge mi” , just to name a few are quintessences. Remixing and sampling is used by artists as an easy strategy or short-cut to garner quick attention and popularity. As this strategy worked like magic for P-Square and ” now the don di troway”, budding Cameroonian acts seem to have plunged into the same pool . Big Bzy remixed Akon’s ”Belly Dancer” , Steveslil remixed T-Pain’s ”Buy you a drank” to ”Buy you shack” , King Aluan recently remixed ”Chop ma money” to ” mange mon argent” , ”Don 4 kwat to ” Pa 4 kwat ” etc and criticism gets rave as pundits consider this a non-creative aspect or ”gate-scratching” on another’s success. Are these all acts of plagiarism ? . On the other hand, some artists remix or sample songs just to increase fidelity on the older song which may have degraded. Variety of reasons flourish.
Red Cafe
If you are keen enough, you can rightly say without fear of contradiction that Cameroonian mainstream song ”Don 4 kwat” by JOVI is a derivative song from US rapper and Konvict’s Red Cafe 2009 single ”Hottest in da hood” or Is it just a translation of title ?
Listening to the ”Don 4 kwat” instrumental, you get some musical components that are derived from ”Hottest in da hood”. ”Jovi simply added spicy melody like the whistle and hit strings to make it different” someone told me yesterday. ”The rap style equally sounds similar” he continued . Can the assertion that no contemporary urban music is original be justified ?.
Diana Tambe Blackpearl is a young Cameroonian top model and aspiring designer based in Holland . She serves as the CEO of Africa Fashion Week Holland. Blackpearl’s dexterity, passion and potential is evident in her ability to create fashionable Red carpet evening wears for women who want to feel girly , Über Chic and unique. Her clothing label “Blackpearl Secret” shall unveil the famous ”Ubber Afro Vintage look” for men and women this summer.This collection will depict her roots and originality.
She’s determined to bring to the European and international market new designs every season! Themed “Seasons of the Year” , her theme works to showcase fashion from all four seasons ;
-Swimsuits, shorts and tank tops for SUMMER.
-Sweatshirts, pea coats and pants for FALL.
-Coats, mittens, scarves and sweaters for WINTER.
Rain slickers, boots and short sleeve tops for SPRING!
Stay tuned !
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Quote of the day: Art is making something out of nothing and selling it!
Hey NexDimers, Mumak new protege in the block , Magasco a.k.a Bamenda Boi officially popped in the industry with a single ”Lineloba” which is definitely a street anthem . The song which was originally produced by DJ Pazzo of Scratch Recordz has all the spices of a chart-topping hit and we just can’t wait for that glorious moment. Here below is the highly anticpated video of ”Lineloba” produced by seasoned video director February 16th . Great job !
Cameroonian artists under the canopy of Syndicat Camerounais de musicien (SYCAMU) have aired out their grievances against the mobile network service provider MTN for paying huge amounts of money to foreign artists to perform meanwhile Cameroonian artists wallow in abject pernury, often humbled to receive meagre sums of money for concerts. They consider this a typical evidence of capital flight which contradicts the 8th May 2012 communique . SYCAMU president, Romeo Dika vented his dissatisfaction saying it is absolutely unfair for a mobile network company to pay 200 or 300 million CFA to foreign artists and can’t pay such sums to local artists. The union is therefore planning a public manisfestation against MTN on May 18th , the date scheduled for the P SQUARE concert. Concertation meetings are ongoing with the Minister of Arts and Culture ,Ama Tutu Muna and the authority incharged of copyrights SOCAM. Remember it’s not been long the same union fired a bullet on MTN for involvement in piracy.
As an ever-rich pool of footballing talent, Cameroon can’t stop producing tomorrow’s football sensations. The latest in line is called Gael Etock Junior. Born in 1993, the 18 year old is being touted as the next Eto’o. At the tender age of 12,the youngster joined F.CBarcelona‘s reputed youth academy “La Masia” in 2006 from Fundesport. Hardly did arrive that his performances with Barcelona’s youth teams drew comparisons with his illustrious Cameroonian counterpart Eto’o. He later signed with English giants Chelsea who immediately loaned him to Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon so he could sharpen his skills. Although,it is has been reported that the player has made that move permanent, his talent as a striker to reckon with are not in doubt. One can only hope that his talent matures well so that one he can be the lion leading our lions to glory.
Anzhi F.C ‘s Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto’o has surely settled in well to life in Russia. Not only has he been banging in the goals, the player has equally been into music. Along with his Cameroonian team mate Benoit Angbwa, Eto’o recently featured on the track of Russian rapper Timaro. If you want to see Eto’o from a whole new angle, do well to watch this video.
The wait is finally over. The much-anticipated Lotus SP album from Cameroonian rap artist Melcube has finally dropped. The artist made this known via his facebook page. Now that the album is finally available, critics and fans alike will get a chance to judge for themselves whether the Buea-based hiphop artist is worth platinum or not. Let’s remember that in a recent chat with nexdimempire.com, Melcube suggested that this album was his best work yet. So, if you want to see (or should I say hear) whether the album is worth the hype, grab your copies rightaway by calling 70-31-98-81,75-02-54-38. Let us know what you think about the album.
Here she goes again. Cameroonian soul princess Danielle Makedah Eog has offered connaisseurs and fans of soul another chance at musical delight. “Hiphop nation” is her latest. As usual, it is a brilliant piece of soul music with a sassy hint of hiphop. Like the virtuoso that she is, she keeps it simple yet classy. This song triggers thoughts of other soul greats like Erykay Badu and Musiq Soulchild. Despite her artistic brilliance, Danielle Eog is yet to get widespread recognition here in Cameroon given soul’s newcomer status in the mainstream Cameroonian music landscape. Pending a massive hit that will make her and soul known to the wider public, she is, in my humble, destined for the world music scene where she will surely soar. Enjoy this track.
Kumba-based ”Ajebota” king WEST DON has declared his intention to file a legal suit against event organizer and presenter of ”Friday Nights Out”Prince Mykel Enobi on the count of using his brand name and image on posters ,flyers and video spot of an event to take place during the opening of the University games on Saturday at Amphi 750, University of Buea without his consent.
Despite several pleas to let this matter go, the Afro-beat artist West Don who calls this act a flagrant disrespect and a stain to his image wants to put the event organizer behind bars . Cameroonian artists are gradually drifting to intellectual property rights .
If the artist , WEST DON is a registered brand and if copyright applies to work that is recorded in some way; rights exist in items such as literary, artistic, musical and dramatic work as well as films, sound recordings and typographical arrangements, it could be an act of infringement or plagiarism which calls for a legal action . But he may not have a point , if his brand is not been registered. Or what do you think ? .
He declared that Prince Mykel has to sign an undertaking to pay a damage of 50,000 frs . Where is Cameroon music industry driving to ?
The recently-created hiphop cabaret that started in Yaounde seems to be well on track. Hardly have the curtains fallen on the opening edition that a second date has already been set. On May 5, the second night of the hiphop cabaret will take place at montée Zoe near Acropole in Yaounde. A litany of artists have already been lined up to strut their stuff on that day. Amongst them we have guys like Habib du Bled and Xzafrane. Hiphop lovers are called upon to attend.
Remixing is a derivative art-form, meaning music built from a recorded song either by copying the hook, chorus or an element of the instrumental which appeals to you . Remixing instrumentals have become a norm in contemporary urban music with the fluid evolvement of heavily synthesized digital softwares . US artist Girl Talk is the most famous for creating an entire album using sounds from other music and cutting it to his own. Criticism and controversy on P-Square has been outrageous as a majority of their hit songs have been derivative forms of other recorded music or a mere sampling of western songs;, Last night ,Get squared , Game over, ”Bizzy body’, Danger , ”Omoge mi” , just to name a few are quintessences. Remixing and sampling is used by artists as an easy strategy or short-cut to garner quick attention and popularity. As this strategy worked like magic for P-Square and ” now the don di troway”, budding Cameroonian acts seem to have plunged into the same pool . Big Bzy remixed Akon’s ”Belly Dancer” , Steveslil remixed T-Pain’s ”Buy you a drank” to ”Buy you shack” , King Aluan recently remixed ”Chop ma money” to ” mange mon argent” , ”Don 4 kwat to ” Pa 4 kwat ” etc and criticism gets rave as pundits consider this a non-creative aspect or ”gate-scratching” on another’s success. Are these all acts of plagiarism ? . On the other hand, some artists remix or sample songs just to increase fidelity on the older song which may have degraded. Variety of reasons flourish.
Hey NexDimers, Mumak new protege in the block , 
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