Wande Coal is one of the most talented, young entertainers out in the Nigerian entertainment scene. When Wande appereared the first time with the Mo Hits Crew dancing on the ‘Why Me’ video, people asked a lot of questions. Then it was just dancing but since then, Wande has proven to be a capable entertainer. Apparently, his dancing was not the most interesting thing about him. We were in for a shocker when we heard his voice on ‘Move Your Body’. Since then, its been credibility and more credibility with his love track ‘Ololufe’ which is included in this album and many other tracks where he collaborated with the rest of his crew such as ‘Pere’ and ‘Close to you’ where his voice anchored the refrains.
The 22 year old entertainer; Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe aka Wande Coal has released his debut album; Mushin to Mohits (M2M). On his debut album, Wande exhibits vocal expertise and bursts of lyrical inspiration from his personal experiences. The 16-tracker is in no doubt a chart topper with tracks like ‘Bumper 2 Bumper’ and ‘You Bad’ already enjoying superior airplay both on radio and online. Released on Monday, April 13th, the highly anticipated album is already in circulation under the Mo Hits Records label and is filling up intellectual and data pipes in various parts of the world. All the tracks on this album pretty much featured other members of his world famous ‘Mo Hits Crew’ and Ikechukwu. One important and impressive thing about this album is that there is a spank of originality to it. None of the tracks sound like they had been copied or inspired by any other production both locally and internationally.
The album opens up with ‘I know you like it’. The track has a rock pop and hip hop fusion feel. Alone on this one, the beat is a nice one as always with all tracks under the production of Don Jazzy. Its lyrical content is good too and as the title suggests; it talks about how a certain girl likes what he gives to her. Altogether, this is a good one opening up a can full of goodies and appealing to the enthusiasm of any proper music lover. The album follows with ‘You Bad’ featuring the ‘Tongolo’ crooner; D Banj. This is where we would say the album starts showing some of its treasures, gradually encouraging one to listen deeper. ‘You Bad’ is a bouncing track with some absolutely knocking hiphop production. The track was one of the first singles off this album to be released for sampling by the public. Needless to say, the few avenues through which this track was available were filled with traffic from enthusiastic people who wanted to hear what the whole industry was talking about. ‘You Bad’ will definitely remain on many DJ’s playlists for a very long time.
‘Se Na Like This’ is the next one on this album with a danceable beat and easy listening. Most obvious on this album is his lyrical intent. Talking about the way things are in Nigeria and how things can get better, Wande has fulfilled his social responsibility to the community with this one. The track is void of extensive features but falls into the category of tracks that pass a clear message across. The next one on this album ‘Kiss Your Hands’ is what we would call a neo-romantic style not necessarily fitting into R n B but not at the same time fitting into hiphop. It also has a great beat behind it and is another one for easy listening. Sparking up the track is Ikechukwu with his verse of Rap towards the end jazzing up the track to an interesting finish.
Next on the track list is ‘Confused’ featuring D Banj. Its a midtempo track with a great beat. It features verses with Wande clearly exhibiting his sonorous voice. Its lyrical content as its title suggests has Wande explaining about how the love he has for a lady confuses him. Its a great filler track and is worth its position on the album. Personally, Wande appealed to a sensitive spot in my mind with the next track ‘Se Ope’; reminding me of break time in Primary School for five years of my life. That’s just by the way but Wande jazzed up a popular thanksgiving track in most Nigerian elementary schools for meals at break time. Tushed up with an awesome beat, this track is an interesting one with a universal important theme. Thanksgiving is important no matter what perspective we choose to look at it from. Its not an overly feature rich track but passes its message across clearly.
Next on the track list is ‘Now its all gone’. With an R n B feel, this song has a great beat and features D’ Prince; another new member of the Mo Hits Crew. The lyrical content describes Wande’s loss of feelings for someone he was once crazy in love with. This is one of the songs on this album with clear and deep lyrical exposure. After a slow and soothing ‘Now its all gone’, Wande follows with ‘Bumper 2 Bumper’, a song which is already enjoying bigtime airplay in various parts of the world. Needless to say, Don Jazzy’s production on this track is heavy and is definitely a guaranteed club banger with its occasional injection and fusion of the ‘Juju’ style towards the end. ‘Bumper 2 Bumper’ is a classic example of a song that moves an album. It definitely improves the total outlook of this album.
The next tracks; ‘Who born the maga’ featuring K Switch and ‘That’s wots up’ are midtempo hiphop ballads and great fillers with Don Jazzy’s production expertise making them way more impressive. We also have the R n B ballad; ‘Bananas’ next on the track list featuring dentist turned musician; Dr. Sid. ‘Bananas’ has been released for a while and has received a lot of airplay from various sources. ‘Taboo’; the next on M2M’s track list has also been out for a while. Its beat has an R n B and Hip Hop fusion feel. ‘Taboo’ is in one word, addictive. Its is definitely a radio-friendly one and is going to put heat on a lot of feet.
On ‘Jehovah’, Wande gets religious and pays allegiance to the heavenly one. ‘Jehovah’ has a clear message and is one for easy listening. It also features great production from Don Jazzy. The remaining tracks on this album include ‘Ololufe’, ‘Ten Ten’ and ‘My Grind collaborating with the rest of his crew on the last two tracks. These ones had been released earlier as singles and have enjoyed a fair share of airplay.
All together, Mushin to Mo’Hits in our opinion is a compilation of his previous singles including other fillers into one nice debut package. The tracks on this album don’t have dazzling, intricate wordplay or thought provoking questions about social disparity but they are a darn sight better than most pseudo–intellectual hiphop albums coming out left, right and center these days. In our opinion, this is a great debut and no doubt an awesome kickstarter for Wande’s futuristic career in entertainment. However, we think he should spend a lot more time with his pen and paper in subsequent releases in order to put some meaningful and thought provoking material into Don Baba’s (Don Jazzy) elaborately cooked up beats. Also, we feel most of the hits on the album were given out as singles long before the album itself was released. The only suprise in this package was ‘You Bad’ but the remaining potential chart toppers were given away long before we saw this album. Mushin to Mo’Hits remains an album worth having as the well thought out flow, lyrical composition on the fillers and production by Don Jazzy remains priceless on this one.
Rating: 3/5.
Reviewed by – Oluwaseun Pelemo for Nigerianhiphop.net.
17th Apr, 09
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atAkande Gbolahan
28th Apr, 09
Hey wande coal……..”You bad” real real…………i really wanna meet you with my greatest favorite artist”dbanj”…………keep doing it……..they will keeping talking shit………like say he donest sing well but dont be down…..i love you man
atgaius
30th Apr, 09
HEY WANDE COAL I DEY HAIL YOU OOOOOOO
atOMO YOU TOO MUSH- JUST KEEP AM UP
I DEY AMONGYOUR FANS OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
chykes
1st May, 09
wande has the best vocals in naija,upon say im dey w***,he is still the best.
atAKIN
5th May, 09
HEY WANDE COAL I DEY HAIL YOU OOOOOOO
atOMO YOU TOO MUSH- JUST KEEP AM UP
I DEY AMONGYOUR FANS OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
BISI ONEESA
7th May, 09
Wande Cool is just like honey, because honey is always sweet which mean wande is even more then sweet is best. Thank God for his life from grass to grace like 2face.
Wande is like Akon to me.
atKeep it up guy. one love.
Rlta
10th May, 09
Rita@yahoo.com
atRlta
10th May, 09
Hi wande coal. Wish 2 b ur friend.pls dnt get me wrong. I like ur style of music a lot and i jst want 2 hv u as a friend. Rita frm Benin
atscooljq
28th May, 09
hi guy, dis guy tooooooooo much, i just want to give a pices of advice keeeeeeeeeeeep it up.
atscooljq
28th May, 09
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atotas
30th May, 09
see wande u go still be the best one day and win the MTV awards i belive in you….. NICE ONE ( ABUM)
atSANDRA
3rd Jun, 09
HI WANDE, I am one of ur fans, u are just too good, my best track is “ten ten” but u snub too much and it’s not meant to be like that cos without ur fans, u are nobody. U ARE D BOMB……..
atfrank
8th Jun, 09
2face i love u u are too much ok from frankokojie13@yahoo.com
atRaju
28th Jun, 09
Wande, i lv ur work so mch.uve givn me risns 2 b proud of dis country.
atU sound lyk Akon….
Raju
28th Jun, 09
Wande, is Akon ur mentor cos u sound lyk hm; bt damn! ur gud at wat u do. I lv u die…
atFlowwitcutie@rocketmail.com
Sawyer
1st Jul, 09
Allow me to kiss your handss…. well part from the fact say u messed the bumper to bumper video.. I actually like na who born the maga and let me kiss your hands… nice on Wande.
atalabi josh
11th Aug, 09
wande, i love ur kind of music just like my mentor akon
atTundecoal
11th Aug, 09
It’s mohits…Its tundecoal,na who do d beat ooh,don baba j,2years when i was in surulere…I WISH I CULD JOIN MO HITS,AM ALSO TALENTED,AND I LUV WANDE,D’BANJ,D’PRINCE AND DON ”BABA”. Ur hommie tunde cole…
atTundecoal
11th Aug, 09
I forgot something,am a dancer…
atTundecoal
11th Aug, 09
I forgot something, am a dancer…
atTundecoal
11th Aug, 09
I forgot something, am a dancer…(Any time i drive by dem dey feel d breeze.)
atGod is able
11th Aug, 09
D/banj is the best have seen…they can say enu ose but u hot than fire and they wil see you blowing more and more suddenly
atfrank areh
20th Aug, 09
wande coal i salute
atT BOY
22nd Aug, 09
hey man you are too much i want you to keep it up.and also i will like to be your fan
atTEMITAYO
22nd Aug, 09
YOO MAN I AM HAPPY FOR YOU ,YOU WEY BE SAY YOU START FROM NOTHING YOU COMe get mouth pass me na wa sha no problem one love man you head they there nothing do you just they give me better music you see or this ten ten,if you fit do another won make he sweet pass ten ten i go they happy for you sha baba no broblem your head they there one love
atTEMITAYO
22nd Aug, 09
here is my id talktotayo2008@yahoo.com……………………………………..and this is my number
atCHIDI
29th Aug, 09
guy u too much
atHugo
1st Sep, 09
It cool man u rily rep
atSON
16th Sep, 09
Wande Coal…….. she na True say u don take cocaine and dem don carry u go Overseas bcos u won kpain?o boy if true u fuck yourself up ooo cos me i dey talk say na lie dem just won run u down.
atAnd to the people that says Wande Caol has the best vocal voice.Thats a big LIE!! we all KNOW 2FACE has the BEST VOCAL VOICE…But Wande Coal is a very very good one also..
Big uo to you WC C …E no easy to do EFIZI
Eyes pe De Street High Tempo Preacher
17th Sep, 09
Wande Coal u are good Homie….I would like to colabor with you….
Am diggin the gangstars party with J.D beatz on http://www.myspace.com/jdbeatzmusic is going to be hot stuff this year…just dig me homie…
Eyes pe
atDe SHTP
Francis
26th Sep, 09
I like wc,
atDhannyelle
29th Sep, 09
Yeah,Wande! Feel free!! Kiss my hands…stroke my hair…WOW! I’m already screaming WC!!! I luv yhu!!!
atbuunmi
7th Oct, 09
u re d bomb,,, tobi i hail and resoect ur talent,, i pray i get more of dat frm u . u know its not easy to do efixi
atbuunmi
7th Oct, 09
more of that tobi ojosipe
atTemi Tope
23rd Oct, 09
wande u bad bobo yi you de kill oh i sososososo much like ur music bring me and my B.F together
atdede
27th Oct, 09
wande is really driving me crazy
atkeep it up dude
kool
1st Nov, 09
we proud of ya wande ojosipe coal!may you live long
atKevin Tita
3rd Nov, 09
The album is pretty much gud
athembadoon
8th Jan, 10
u’re talent is clear to see but u’ll never really reach ur zenith as long as u’re in mohits cos u’ll always b under d big shadow of dbanji nd don jassy
atabiodun
27th Jan, 10
wande coal you are my best musician you are 200much don’t be distracted you will
atsurely get to the top because the skye is not the limit but the beginning for you. you don’t have to leave mo’hit because you are among one of the best group in nnigeria and also in the world you also have the best producer in the country in person of don jazzy. don’t be distracted,discourage or distablised we all love you. am you no1 fan
Hadeyeancah
16th Mar, 10
I love this site and i will appreciate it if i can get feedback.
atFemi
20th Mar, 10
Wande, dis is femi frm lautech. Just to tell u say we dey enjoy u, sometyms u go sing like akon, m.j, dbanj. Guy u are too much. We ar still expectn ur album
atolatunji
2nd May, 10
am proud of him cause his from my country and my area
atObokan rume
16th May, 10
Wande coal ur father well well
ateduvie
19th May, 10
you are a bomb
atGodwin
21st May, 10
wande u are too much joooooo ni sho ni be kip it up sky is ur limit
atGodwin
21st May, 10
U GUYZ DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING….. TRY TO BE ONE DONT KILL THIS GUY WITH TOO MUCH HEAD-BIGGING HA HA.
INFACT WANDE… I DEY FEEL U TOO OH
GREET DONJAZZY FOR ME
TELL D’BANJ SAY IF ME AND HIM NO SING FOR THIS WORLD WE GO SING FOR HEAVEN
KUDOS….. 08036331418
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atDehmmie ojosipe-isaac
13th Aug, 10
oh well, i shuld be one of your numerous cousins who is really proud to have sumone like in the family…. i”m ur cool fan.
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