Music
Do You Remember This #ThrowbackTrack? Listen to Da Trybe – Oya
Is it safe to say Trybesmen are the pioneers of hip-hop in Nigeria?
We throw it back this week to 2001, the days of baggy jeans and over-sized jerseys, the year Trybesmen released “Oya” – ten rappers spitting for like 30 seconds each. The track and video proved that they were all about artistry.
The Trybesmen was a Nigerian hip-hop group with Eldee, Kaboom and Freestyle as the original members.
“Oya” was a collaboration of all the artistes on the label which were Sasha P, 2 Shotz, Blaise, Dr Sid, Oladele, Double O, Dr Timi and Myst. {They were called Da’Trybe } With the tight chorus, the dance steps and the hard bars, it wasn’t surprising when it became a hit and stayed for 19 weeks on the Nigerian video charts.
Nigerian rap history won’t be complete without this track.
Beremole, oya baraje!
Listen to the track below!
[audio: https://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Trybesmen-Oya-BellaNaija-June-2015.mp3]Watch!
Austar
June 18, 2015 at 3:44 pm
I hope the video vixens and dancers of today will watch this video and realize that you don’t have to dress half naked before you can dance in a music videos. The dancers in this video were fully clothed and still rocked.
Ade
June 18, 2015 at 10:47 pm
That was my jam back then. Tribesmen deserves some real credit. I will forever play their songs, bcos they stood out in everything.
jojo
June 18, 2015 at 4:01 pm
Nice. Good old days.
MamaY
June 18, 2015 at 4:34 pm
I love this song. It just brought back loads of memories…..LD, free style blaise, sasha, Sid….great song and great artistes. We need a remake maybe……….
cheryl
June 18, 2015 at 4:35 pm
mheenn.. dis na real throw back mheenn, i rocked dis song dat year with my “walk man” my bro destroyed d cassete then cos he felt d lyrics are too raw hahahahaha, i cried heennn
Demashi
June 18, 2015 at 7:30 pm
Wow, looks at SID looking small and skinny. Big ups to the trybesmen. Remember when they were just coming up back in the day in Unilag
tunmi
June 18, 2015 at 8:35 pm
Blaise!!!!!
Gbola
June 18, 2015 at 10:11 pm
Love this song! Still have it. @cheryl I can send it to you via mail if you drop your email addy….
Na We We
June 18, 2015 at 10:19 pm
Correct jam…. the joint still tight even today
Person
June 19, 2015 at 4:13 am
Baba Anino!!! LOL. Dang. Good old days men!
like
June 19, 2015 at 5:23 am
Took me farther than this. I remember plenty nonsense too.. Major throwback..
Olori Tari
June 19, 2015 at 6:50 am
OYA BARAJE…BEREMOLE! Good times. Look at Sasha’s body and ‘fit…she was werking it. I used to like that Sid’s way of talking and the one I loved most..Eldee and his ‘phoneh’. I’m trying to remember if that’s what skyrocketed my love for Eldee then and I’ve been on it till today. Legend that man ❤️
nene
June 19, 2015 at 8:24 am
great song! even till date. another great one was “shake body” half of these guys are married now, freestyle just got married too, tiki is a dentist, sid is married, elder too, 2shotz, etc.
who's business
June 19, 2015 at 10:15 am
Good Old days. Beautiful track..
Then came, plenty things, 2 short ft Big lo see that thing, then sasha Adara..
Songs that would live in the hearts of those days.
Sukie
June 21, 2015 at 5:12 pm
even in 2001; Blaise and ElDee sounded so good…. those two were way ahead of their time ….. Jam for ages!!
The Bull
July 3, 2015 at 4:53 am
wow.. see Dr. Sid..lol.. this was my jam
kiente karla
June 5, 2016 at 12:43 pm
I have been searching for this song for a while. They indeed are the pioneer of hip hop in nigeria. Its a shane such a great group went under. I wish they could have a come back for old time’s sake, just the original members of the group