What’s Up, Naija’s Best Albums of 2009

What’s Up, Naija’s Best Albums of 2009


By late 2008, a flurry of singles hit the airwaves from artistes like Wande Coal, M.I and Darey. This caused Nigerian music aficionados to believe 2009 would be the year of the Nigerian musician and in some ways it was. Some great albums came and conquered, some good albums came and were slept on but some terrible albums also came and the market rejected them.

Here’s our list of 2009 albums and what we think about them

Whats Up, Naija?’s Best 5 Albums of 2009

1. Mushin to Mo’Hits – Wande Coal

2. king Kong – Shank

3. Big Boy - eLDee

4. D’jinee – D’jinee

5. Life & Times of Killz Vol. 1 - Ikechukwu



Whats Up, Naija?’s Worst 5 Albums of 2009

1. Tradition – 9ice

2. Danger – P-Square

3. With all due respect press play – Olu Maintain

4. I.D entity – I.D Cabasa

5. Who Am I – Jim Iyke



Whats Up, Naija?’s Top 5 Artistes of 2009

1. M.I – For taking great music from the rocky hills of Jos to the airwaves of Lagos and the entire nation

2. Bracket – For giving us the best wedding song of the year ‘Yori Yori’

3. Darey – For those sparkling videos

4. Wande Coal – For showing the others what an album should be like

5. D’banj – For showing us the essence of building a brand



Whats Up, Naija Worst 5 Artistes of 2009

1. Terry G – For all the nonsense lyrics and repetitive beats

2. Pls feel free to add in names of your choice