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Repping Mr. Solek!

Rep Naija Artists is proud to REP their FIRST hipjufuji artist: Mr. Solek!

My first exposure to Mr. Solek’s work was through DJ Preview! His song had me dancing instantly! His fuji and juju tracks will be truly appreciated by those who listen to such genres. Forget all the old talk about these genres being “razz”. It certainly isn’t and it takes an open mind and appreciation for Nigerian music and culture to see the worth of these genres. Not only is Mr. Solek a talented recording artist, his live performances are to die for! You are guaranteed to be on your feet the entire night!

Coming forth with his self-created genre: hipjufuji , an eclectic fusion of hip-hop, juju and fuji in Yoruba, Mr. Solek a.k.a wonder boy a.k.a Mr Practical is known not only to entertain the young minds but the older generation as well.

Born Adesoji Adebayo, Mr. Solek has made his mark across several regions of the world including but not limited to U.K and the U.S. Graduating from Osun State Polytechnic, Mr. Solek left for the UK in 1995 where he worked as a chartered accountant. However, he soon quit this lucrative career to fulfill his passion for music which had manifested since his younger days. Through hardwork and dedication, he made a name for himself and has been known to throw one of the most anticipated and successful concerts every December in Nigeria.

Besides working as a musician, Mr. Solek also produces. Although he’s been producing just for himself lately, he has begun directing music videos with the first of such being the video of “Well Done” which he directed in Nigeria 2 weeks ago. He also owns a record label: Solek Ent and is currently looking for talented young artists to recruit in Nigeria. Young artists who think they have what it takes should get in contact with him!

Mr. Solek is not a newbie when it comes to albums. In 2005, he released an album titled “Your Number” which projected both juju and hip-hop. In 2007, his album titled “Why Worry” generated hits like the award winning “Mumu” amongst others like “Sodi Muke”, “Why Worry”, and “Your Number (remix)”. His past album has featured artists like Ruggedman and Lord of Ajasa.

His newest album scheduled to be released sometime this year features collaborations with artists like DaGrin, Sauce kid, Jedi the comedian, Skin (from wa wa alrite), DJ Zeez, Tianni etc. Perhaps, the best news Mr. Solek provided to me collaboration-wise during our conversation was about a track featuring him, Terry G (on the track and on the beat) and Timaya. Seriously, you should expect nothing less than hotness from this combo! You all know how I feel about Terry G! This is bound to be one hot album and I look forward to the release!

I personally have my favorites amongst his tracklist and this includes but not limited to “Are they mad” ft. DaGrin, “Lotto”, “Mo Nwole Jesu” and Practical ft. Dj Zeez! He also sent us an exclusive track as of this post titled “Well Done” ft. Skin! Listen below! This is definitely one artist to keep on your radar!

The king of hipjufuji is gonna make you go hyper…hyper hyper hyper!

I REP Mr. Solek!

Listen to “Practical” ft. DJ Zeez

Listen to “Well done” ft. Skin

Listen to “I care”

Listen to one of his live performances: “Alujo jor jor”

You can download the featured tracks above in the FREE Mixes and Download Section.

For more information on this artist, please refer to the links below:

Join his facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/MrSolek/38384543865

Check out his Myspace page at: http://www.myspace.com/mrsolek

Follow him on twitter at: http://twitter.com/wonderboysolek