2face Names MI & Asa As His Favourite Nigerian Artists

2face, who has enjoyed great presence in the Nigerian music scene for long and whose style has influenced many within the nigerian hiphop circle shares his thoughts on who his favorite artists are. Surprisingly, he didn't list himself.


"When it comes to Nigerian music of today,I am just going to call two names, because I don't want to involve myself in controversy. If I start reeling names, I would offend a lot of people who would expect me to name them as among my favorites. But I am just going to call two names. Asha and MI.

MI is amazing. He is deep,intellectually talented. He is got it all. I first met MI at one show and I said Wow! Who is this guy? And that was it. He is going to
go really far. It is not for me to discuss the originality of his rap. These days, when you start talking about originality, you can't really lay claim to any original thing. Everything has already been done. But what I can say is that he is talented. He knows his onions. He's intelligent.

Same with Asa. She is not forcing it. She does it effortlessly. And then she has depth. She doesn't just want to sell S*x. Most of the females artistes these days, they just want to sell s*x. The first time I
heard her sing,I was amazed. I shouted: Who is this? The song I first heard was Eiye adaba. I was blown away. Then I heard Jailer. I am talking to you Jailer… I said." Wow,who is this? And that was before the album even came out. The second album is also brilliant. My baby is
gone,gone,gone. I think the Nigerian music scene is exploding. People are coming up strong.

Meanwhile, we are still expecting the outcome of his collaboration RnB Queen, Mary J Blige and Akon.