Music, Glamour & Lots of Yellow as Wande Coal & Da Grin dominate the 2010 HipHop World Awards
Posted on Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010 at 12:52 PMBy BellaNaija.com
The 2010 edition of the Hip Hop World Awards took place on Saturday the 29th of May at Eko Hotel, Lagos. African time was at its best as the event started over 3 hours later than had been earlier scheduled. However, guests were kept entertained as various celebrities and industry folk graced the ‘yellow’ carpet wearing a mix of stunningly fab and on the other end of the spectrum, amazingly garish outfits.
Nigerian talent was on obvious display throughout the night with mind blowing performances from Goldie who delivered a sexy performance, Obiwon who channeled MJ in his dance-heavy performance, Ark-quake caused a sensation by delivering an amplified Alanta performance – you had to experience it to understand. D’Prince transformed the stage into a boudoir with vixens writhing around the stage while the night’s big winner Wande Coal showed us that “Orobo Toh Bad” by having a very acrobatic plus-sized dancer on stage. However the nights most welcomed performance came from the artists including General Pype who performed tributes to dearly departed, Da Grin. It really got very emotional when Da Grin won the best rap album award and his father accepted his award on his behalf. The father received a standing ovation as he mounted the stage and gave a short speech.
Wande Coal and Mo’Hits were the biggest winners of the night, with Wande walking away with 5 awards and Don Jazzy won the Producer of the Year award.
Duo, Skuki were the surprise winners of the keenly contested, Next Rated Category.
Though we wish the Nigerian factor of technical issues and late starts do not happen next year, overall the night was successful for Nigerian talent and the Hip Hop World organisers.
The Night’s Big Winners were:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges’ requirements of excellence (in every realms: songwriting, production, rendition and promotion) and acceptability (sales, popularity)
MUSHIN 2 MO’HITS
Artiste: WANDE COAL
Producer(s): Don Jazzy
Record Label: Mo’Hits Records
ARTISTE OF THE YEAR
Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review Overall most successful artiste for the year under review
WANDE COAL
Real Name(s): OJOSHIPE WANDE JNR.
Album Title: Mushin 2 Mo’Hits
Record Label: Mo’Hits Records
SONG OF THE YEAR
Most popular song from an album in year under review. Decided by voting
“YORI YORI”
Artiste: BRACKET
Album: Least Expected
Producer: Dekumzy
Record Label Ape Planet
RECORDING OF THE YEAR
Best single recording (on-air only or released) by artiste or group in year under review. Originality and production very essential
“HEAVEN PLEASE”
Album – TIMI (Unreleased)
Artiste – Timi Dakolo
Producer – Cobhams Asuquo
Record Label – (Unreleased)
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
The individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed songs/album in the year under review. His CV for the year includes top notch tracks and production credits no one can fault.
DON JAZZY
Album/Song Title – “Banana”, “U Bad”
Artiste(s) – Wande Coal
BEST MUSIC VIDEO (AWARD GOES TO DIRECTOR)
Best conceptualised, best edited, best picture, best directed and most exciting video in year under review as voted by fans and decided by the jury.
CLARENCE PETERS
Music Video Title – “Finest”
Artiste – Knight House Ft. Sauce Kid & Teeto
BEST R ‘N’ B SINGLE
Best R&B single in year under review (by single individual or group)
“STRONG TING”
Artiste(s) – Banky W
Producer – Cobhams Asuquo
BEST POP SINGLE
Best pop single in year under review (by single individual
U BAD”
Artiste(s) – Wande Coal
Producer – Don Jazzy
BEST R ‘N’ B/ POP ALBUM
Best R&B or pop album in year under review (by single individual or group)
MUSHIN 2 MO’HITS
Artiste- Wande Coal
Producer(s) – Don Jazzy
Record Label- Mo Hits Records
BEST RAP SINGLE
Best single released on-air recording of a rap song
“SAMPLE Remix”
Artiste(s) – Terry Tha Rapman Ft. Stereo Man & Pherowshuz
Producer – Pherowshuz
BEST RAP ALBUM
Best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review
CEO
Artiste – Dagrin
Producer(s) – Sossick, T-Frizzle, Dokta Frabz, Sarz
Record Label – Missofunyin Entertainment
LYRICIST ON THE ROLL
Rap Artiste with best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album
MODENINE
Song Title – Bad Man
Album Title – Da Vinci Mode (Not released in year under review)
Record Label – Red Eye Music
BEST COLLABO
Best R&B, Pop or hip hop collaborative track (including cameos) in year under review
“KOKOROKO”
Artistes – Kefee Ft. Timaya
Producer – K Solo
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (MALE)
Single male artiste with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album
DARE ART ALADE
Song Title – “NO STARS”
Producer- Cobhams
BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE (FEMALE)
Single female act with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album
LARA GEORGE
Song Title – “KEEPER OF MY DREAMS”
Producer – Wole Oni
BEST STREET HOP
The most popular street-hop single in year under review
“FREE MADNESS Pt. 2”
Artiste(s) – Terry G
NEXT RATED
Most promising upcoming officially unreleased act in the year under review
SKUKI
Song Title – “BANGER”
HIPHOP WORLD REVELATION OF THE YEAR
Best New artiste in the year under review
WANDE COAL
Real Name(s): OJOSHIPE WANDE JNR.
Album Title: Mushin 2 Mo’Hits
Record Label: Mo’Hits Record
Photo Credit: BellaNaija.com & HipHop World Awards
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1st to comment..lol..
wao Wande Coal just dominated the awards.. good for him
what happened to 9ice..:(
FIRST!! FIRST!!! FIRST!!!
wanna dedicate this award first to God, to my mama, to my man, and lastly to all my fans,,i wont my wonderful FANS…i wouldnt have made it without u guys…. much love…xoxo!!
the “orobo to bad” chic dancing with wande cole…eek!
love love the award.
LOVE LOVE THE AWARD.WANDE COALLLLLLLLLLL
yayyyyyyy…first to comment….y didnt dbanj win an award???
Can we have the” yellow” carpet feature please
I thought this event was sponsored by MTN but I don’t see any mention of the brand asides from “Yellow” carpet mention in the first paragraph.
nice award. they all deserve it.
I dunno why but I’m feeling this Munachi chick.. She seems hood!
Also please tell me there are “yellow carpet” photos coming? I mean let’s face it these are properly DRY and not even labelled
Umm…is it me,or does Modenine take the award for ‘lyricist on the roll’ every year?I mean,did he even have any song/album out in the year under review? If I didn’t know better,I’d say it some kinda deal wv the HHWA organizers to keep his name relevant.Just saying….
I knw most of the songs….now that is a big achievement for me:O)
Please can u label the pix a s some of us don’t knw all the people…thx
And I wished they’d not put together the best pop/RnB album award. There should have been one for each as wande coal is not really pop….and people like Banky and dare and a lot more are pure RnB
I love the Munachi girl. She’s so dope!
excuse me!!! but please why didnt my wonderful, fantastic, talented and not to mention cute
MI win anything……this award was crap IMO :’(
Yea..can we have “yellow carpet” pictures please??
munachi is a stunner man!!!
Can we get videos?
Is that Asa in the red dress with dreds? That dress is tres haute!!
orobo toh bad o aint taking things easy arall, ees too much
OMG!!! lololol @ the big chick dancing with Wande, just a really funny pic.
and whats even funnier is the guy in the army outfit being yanked.
and as for Wande Coal sweeping about 1/3 to 2/5 of the awards? SMH. who was even the panel deciding who should win or not. he isn’t THAT great.
@DUDU, i agree. we would like to see that too bella and team.
@passerby, you are so ungrateful.
Who’s the Beyonce wannabe in the first picture? Can’t make out her face.
Is that Asa in the red strapless dress? The dress is so pretty!
this is mohits award and not music award kai!
who is d lady in red pls?am sure is not ASA.
MI did well in d year under review,ow come no award?
NAIJA …………………..
nah… the lady in the red dress with dreads is Tosyn Bucknor…. she aiight!!!
thank god it has come and gone as others, may b next time it will b my turn the awards was nice but what abut p squre.
Awww it looks interesting…God Bless Da Grin
there’s one chick called: TOOLS.. men.. I was hoping to catch her pics in here.. d lady got tools men…
According to twitter d red dress was made by sasha
No award for mi? Why???
Apparently Orobo toh bad did the splits…..oh my frigging Gosh..t
Anyways SKUKI as in ma yin e ni banga is that even a song?!?!?!?! does it make sense? i will throw them banger out of that place…RUBBISH! do we need to define music to some of these producers? na wa
I wonder why MTN wastes money sponsoring this crap?
Ayo just cooks up silly award winners list and expects an idiotic public to just accept it.
What the heck is the meaning of ‘voted by fans and decided by the jury’?
If Da Vinci code was not released in the year under review, why nominate mode 9 for the award?
How senseless is that?
Wande Coal, R n B/Pop?
Whoever came up with this lists must be high on 2 day old feremented urine.
Why can’t we do things thorougly and devoid of mediocrity?Don’t get me started on that Skuki – Banger joke.
When MTN stops sponsoring crap like these, hip hop heads would start complaining that companies are not supporting the entertainment biz.
another question…are any of these awards televised?
WTF???that orobo is hurting my eyes..wtff????
whats this crap about modenine taking lyricist of the year?…….what happened to
MI… this awards is just crap….mode9 didnt even release an album in the year
under review…. i tink its all a grand conspiracy and utter crap…… and MI is still
the best!
Who’s the girl in the first picture o?
I also feel MI deserved at least two of those awards given away. HISS… Nigerian crap. Munachi always impresses!
There should be a best dressed/worst dressed list tho.
@ kk…on point waste of time, i say…they all look like circus freaks..
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the lady in d red dress is tosyn bucknor (top radio) contradiction and not ASA
Most truthful award eva!!!…d winners so deserved it..
But I fink M.I shud hav won somtin though
Kefee’s kokoroko was hot & her award speech was off d hook…
Kefee is one singer Nigerians should watch out for. I heard her speech & song @ d end and was impressed.