Repping Eva!

If you’ve seen our OOTV post on Eva, then you know how excited I am to do this post. You’ve seen her featured on Cartiair’s “Owo ati swagger(remix)”, listened to her collaborate with ID Cabasa on his track titled “Underrated” amongst others she has worked with.

Listen to “Owo ati Swagger Remix” ft. Gino, Dagrin, Eva & Terry Tha Rapman

We had the opportunity of asking her a few questions and we bring to you some information as she shared with us.

Born Eva Alordiah, Eva hails from Delta state and has been surrounded by music since childhood. Being around her brothers, she grew up listening to hip-hop music and has since being at the forefront of entertainment; be it through dancing, acting, music or anything that requires he to be on stage. Musically influenced by the like of Kanye West, Lil Wayne, M.I, Jay Z, Eminem and B.I.G amongst others, there’s no doubt that these models haven’t influenced her as her flow depicts such. Motivated by various things, it’s hard for her to pinpoint one thing. When asked to describe herself and her music to the fans, she said “My music is me. Me??I have various personalities, so my music comes different every time. One minute I’m rapping, next thing you know I’m rapping with reggae infusion. I just never know what would happen next, it just comes and if I like it, then I take it. A lot motivates me. Most of the time it’s the beat, you can’t go wrong when you are writing to a good beat or working with a dope producer.”

Now a graduate of Computer Science from one of the private Nigerian universities, she actually ventured into music professionally in 2004 but academic commitments prevented her from giving a 100% dedication to music. In 2008, she hooked up with Tha Suspect to produce “A millie” remake of M.I’s “Safe” and this gained massive airplay in and out of Lagos.

Listen to “I dey play (a millie mix)”

Since then, she has worked on various tracks with artists such as eLDee, Illbliss, Tha Suspect, The Knighthouse crew, Wizkid, M.I, Cartiair, ID Cabasa amongst others. Though she’s never released an album, she has a couple of mixtape singles. Should we expect a mixtape soon? Well, she isn’t certain if she will eventually compile a mixtape album. Hence, we can only hope and wait!

With her album still in the works, we asked her to describe her target audience and she replied with “I try as much as possible to reach as many different types of people as possible. But basically, it still comes down to young energetic lovers of music.” Though she didn’t specify names of artists she’ll be working with on her debut album, we can only imagine give her record of collaborations. However, when we asked her if there are any artists she looks forward to working with in the future, she replied saying “Tuface. He inspires me, he’s such a wonderful artist and it would be a pleasure. Then of course there’s Waje, MoCheddah, Y.Q, Iceprince, there’s a lot oh!”

Though she’s yet to win or be nominated for any awards, there’s no doubt in my mind that she’ll be racking in the awards soon if she keeps up and/or exceeds her current momentum. Eva, who’s currently based in Lagos, is looking forward to working on her album and putting out good music while the project is in the works. Besides being a rapper, she’s also a makeup artist and you can find out more about this part of her on her blog (link below), Like you, I am looking forward to more of her work! This is definitely one artist to look out for now and in the future.

I REP Eva!

Listen to “Under rated” by ID Cabasa ft. Eva

Listen to “Make Em Say”

Listen to “True Talk”

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To keep in touch with Eva, please visit the following sites! I recommend visiting her blog as she shares her life and experiences with the readers! She’s a very funny and down to heart lady and her blog will have you bookmarking her site to keep up with her.

Blog: www.evaalordiah.tk
Twitter: www.twitter.com/evaalordiah
Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eva/45157032483?ref=mf
Reverbnation: www.reverbnation.com/iamEva
Myspace: www.myspace.com/evaalordiah