10 Unpopular Nigerian Songs That Are Too Good To Be Ignored

The Nigerian underground music scene is bursting with so much music geniuses that one wonders why a lot of them are yet to achieve mainstream recognition and fame.

Here are10 Nigerian songs that are too good to be slept on; give them a listen and thank us later.

Desire by Odunsi the engine ft Tay Iwar and Funbi If you don’t know who Odunsi is, you’ve not been paying attention to the underground music scene in Nigeria. Today is your lucky day. While we wait for the release of his EP, Odunsi has dropped “Desire” as a tease of what’s to come. Listen to the song below.


2. Come Home by Enzobobbies ft Nkemjika : A new comer to the game with a fresh sound and a voice so melodious it could make angels fall in love; that’s what Enzobobbies brings to the game. Fresh off his new EP “Blessed“, Come home is a great song that appeals to an old lover to come back to Enzo’s arms. Listen to the song below




3. One More by KING ZAMIR ft AYLO : Zamir is no stranger to the game as he was part of the now-defunct group LOS that gave us “Bad Guy P”. These days he runs solo and he teamed up with one of naija’s most underrated vocalists AYLO to give us this amazing song.



4. Red Cup by Shuley Dee : Fresh out of Forever Records, Queen of the Melody, Shuley Dee shows no sign of slowing down as she drops another certified hit titled ‘RED CUP’. It’s a massive club hit with huge potentials and produced By the prolific Flamezbeats.




5. Cozy Wave by STRAFF ft M.I Abaga : Thirsty worldwide signee STRAFF released his highly anticipated EP “Vanilla Sky” last month and Cozy wave is one of those songs that once you hear it, you’ll want to hear it over and over again. He recruited M.I Abaga for this banging track and their collaborative efforts on this song is nothing but pure fire.



6. Kashe Ni by Lady Donli : After the release of her critically acclaimed Wallflower EP, Lady Donli kicks off 2017 with her new song “Kashe Ni” which shows her expressing her emotions in a relationship.



7. Tonight by Nonso Amadi : This song was officially released in 2015 but it’s currently gaining more attention in 2017 due to its freshly released music video and the fact that good music has no expiry date. This song is a classic already.


8. Lagos City by Caze : This song was released last year by FMINC front man Caze. The song is a tribute to Lagos and was produced by ace producer Sarz.



9. Get Up by Sarz ft DJ Tunez & Flash : Star boy producer Sarz teamed up with DJ Tunez to give us the party jam of the summer.



10. Beat it up by Santi ft DJ Yin & Tay Iwar : The sensational ozzy b a.k.a Santi teamed up with DJ Yin and Tay to bring out a monster track. Santi seems to be on a wave that has no end as 2 of his songs were featured on Drake’s OVO Sound radio. This is your chance to get familiar with the wave that is Santi.