CHRISTMAS DUST

STARING AT THE NORTHERN SKIES,

SHIVERING TO THE FROST,

AS BLUE EXPLODING STARS BREAK,

THE CLOUDS INTO DUST.

FIREFLIES FROM A FALLING STAR,

BLINKING ON WINDOWS,

OF LITTLE SLEEPING CHILDREN,

WITH SMALL BALLS OF SNOW.

DREAMING OF KRIS KRINGLE'S SLEIGH,

HIS ELVES AND RAIN DEERS

ACROSS EVERY KINDLED CHIMNEY,

WITH CONFECTION AND GIFTS,

DAY BREAKS AS SMOKEY ROOFTOPS,

FILL CHRISTMAS AIR,

WHILE PARROTS IN THE BACKYARD,

NIBBLE ON OUR PEARS.

CHIRPING OF THE TEMPLE BIRDS,

LITTLE CHRIST IS BORN,

WITH CHORUS ON THE HIGHEST PITCH,

SEVERAL TO COME.

                                   

                                       JAKES.

iNTROducing SLIMZY

 

I am Uduak-obong Jackson, and Am infamously known as Slimzy. I am from Akwa Ibom state and I consider myself unique. I know God didn't create me to be like anyone else. Cause I perceive and react to situations in a different way from the next girl. Spoken word for me is a passion. It's far more than just performing and receiving applauds or commendation. It's me sharing my thoughts, airing my views on issues and also giving hope to people. Accounting and Medicine won't give me such platform.

I do spoken word and I believe spoken word has come to stay in Nigeria for good. In no time, it will become one of the most appreciated acts in this country. I'm sure that with proper awareness and sponsorship of poetry events, spoken word poets who feel there's no place for them will begin to break out of their shells.

I love God and all that He stands for. It's better to please Him than to put up an act of adhering to religious principles and still have no relationship with Him.

I believe young people have a wrong idea about certain issues one of such include Sex. Sex is something beautiful to be enjoyed in a union known as marriage. The way sex is presented to us nowadays, it seems right to have it outside the confines of marriage. Most of us have heard thousands of reasons why we should abstain but somehow we fall prey to the lies of sex being a scale to measure love. Personally, I have been there before but right now, it’s a "No sex till marriage" policy.

As a young Nigerian youth, you should believe in God first and then yourself. Never give up in life till you achieve your goals and no matter how hard things might get, never forget that there's always light at the end of the tunnel.

Don't stop screaming till the world hears you.

A piece titled- BEHIND THE SMILES - SLIMZY

All I needed was a right frame of mind and a solemn music on the background to get this over and done with.
The picture!
So here's a guy. Bright smile, cheerful spirit, good looking and that's all about him.
Every other part of him lies quietly in the shores of his heart, loudly giving out an echo at the end of every fake smile even when he sings a hymn.
As cool as he seems to be he gets baked up every second in an oven hot enough to bake bread for the whole city of Lagos in December.
By looks he's got everything locked down yet his mind is naked, void of any say of its own, tossed so deep and made to live in the shadows of yesteryears, scaring the person of today from putting a warmly knitted piece of cloth, more like bitter November.
Stitches of guilt’s and regrets sew mercilessly his brain into a piece of used table mat left in a bin just by the corner. Ruins rumple his thoughts and the only option is to play carelessly with a bucket just to kick it.
Harsh as the weather is, he barely knows what goes on around him not even a burning ray of the sun means a thing to him, he has shut down every response to external bodies, internal bodies make him  a slave of himself. Bitterness and depression keep him cold as he staggers on the inside unfed. Pains obviously are his only option to eat.
Labelled by his peers, he hides himself the more leaving fate to do its job but fate seems to have resigned from this slave. Burning up lungs, he brings the end product out in an attempt to free himself yet it gets him deeper and closer to his new best friend as he calls it.
Soon he loses it and the doctor says he can't make it and for the first time he speaks for the very last time...'No one cared to listen to me, they only heard me'.

I take a deep breath here cause if only we could listen he just might have lived...#sigh

Protek And The Game

We say it is amazing to know a great Phenom,  Protek Born Promise Audu is an Award Winning Gospel Hip Hop Rapper. Protek is a Well Respected Music Minister in the Industry. At The 2nd Annual Nigeria Gospel  Music Awards NGMA 2012 that took place in December 2012, Protek was Nominated in 2 Different Categories But Won 1 Award for Best Gospel Hip Hop/Rap. His Latest Single Holy Spirit Ft. Oso Sensei was Released in October 2012, All In All was Released in March 2012. The Extra Pray Ft. Praiz was Released in 2011, it is Pretty Old.  Protek is fast becoming a Major Force to Reckon with in the Gospel Entertainment Circle. Protek has been around for a while. He’s not New to the Game (Music). His Debut album “Zion Republican” Dropped in 2008 & he featured The Rooftop MCs, Illbliss, B-elect, Ziio, Clay, Tos, Rez D Poet and Oso Sensei, with Jonah D’monarch on most of the Production, other Producers were Mic Worx, Storm, Kraft and MD Flow. Please support our own Gospel Rapper #MadeInNiaja #JesusRock.

Countdown to the NGMVA (Dates & Nominees)

The clock is ticking and voting continues for the Nigerian Gospel Music Video Awards, NGMVA 2013. The video nominations for the awards have been released and voting has already been ongoing. The aim of these awards is to identify and to celebrate people who have initiated positive changes in the Nigeria Gospel Music Industry.
After months of long rigorous screening exercise of over 250 gospel music videos submitted from different Nigerian Gospel Music Artists all over Nigeria and abroad, the judges and the organizers of the Nigeria Gospel Music Video Awards have agreed to officially release this nominees’ list for the 2013 Nigeria Gospel Music Video Awards to the general public for the voting process to start.
The voting processes will run from 12pm Oct 25th 2013 to 12am Nov 25th 2013.
The aims of these awards are to identify and to celebrate people who have initiated positive changes in the Nigeria Gospel Music Industry; these changes are focused on improving the lives of the others through music performances. Also, to demonstrate that these awardees have the potentials to give Nigeria a face in the world at large
The awards ceremony will come up live on the 30th of November, 2013 from 1800 GMT at the prestigious Main Auditorium, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, Nigeria
This event will be viewed by millions of people all over the world through the Internet (Blogs social media platforms live streaming on YouTube channel, various websites and on other third party platforms.), Newspapers/Editorials, TV Stations, and Radio Stations.”
For the list of video nominations for NGMVA 2013, 
visit http://www.ngmva.tv/award-categories/

ALIEN INVASION!! IBK SPACESHIPBOI SET TO DROP DEBUT ALBUM “I COME IN PEACE” | SEE TRACKLIST IN GRAPHIC EDITORIAL

IBK Spaceshipboi won the Don Jazzy enigma beat competition in 2011 and went on to produce the first ever BET Nigerian cypher 2012.
The alien; code name: IBK spaceshipboi is about to land on earth. He is set to take you on a musical journey aboard the martianship positive vibe express and leave you speechless and inspired. This is the ace producers debut album titled “I COME IN PEACE” is being released under his own production company Martianship Music Company.
The album is scheduled for release online on November 25th 2013. With tracks like ‘Light in Me’ ft Tychi already bagging award nominations, there is no doubt that this is an album you would want to have.
Below is a graphic editorial of the album track list with art created by Raphael Kazeem of blue box media inc.+ video.

Obiora Obiwon Releases 3rd Album “Gold Water” In Concert Sunday 17.11.13

The countdown to the release and launch of a new album from urban gospel recording artiste and music minister, Obiora Obiwon has begun; his first full set in four years.

Gold Water will be launched with a 90-minute Concert on Sunday November 17^th, 2013 at the Grand Ball Room of Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos by 5pm. Guest appearances will be made by Nathaniel Bassey, Frank Edwards, Kenny K’ore, Mike Abdul, Nikki Laoye, ID Cabasa, Jodie, Soluchi, DVD, Alien Nation, Tochi, Victoria amongst others, with a special guest appearance by AliBaba King of Nigerian Comedy.

Obiwon reflects, “This particular body of work literally took four years to make. Apart from the physical recording, the melodies, lyrics and messages have been authored through the inspiring, joyful and painstaking processes of my life and faith within the period.”

 Obiwon marked a season of new beginnings and greater heights earlier this year as he was honoured by the National Gospel Awards as Best Crossover Artist, his first ever award in the genre. He is also nominated for two awards at the upcoming Nigerian Gospel Music Awards.

Also reacting to questions on the possible meaning of the album title Gold Water, the singer states, “Gold Water symbolizes something awesome, rare, an amazing sight, something unexpected and unusual…water usually signifies cleansing, refreshing and restoration while gold signifies glory and elevation.  A combination of both is pretty much the idea.”

The event is supported by: Eko Hotel & Suites, Vas2Nets Technologies, BlueMango Interiors, Posh Secrets Wears. Media Sponsors include: Cool FM, Wazobia FM, Reel Radio, PraiseWorld Radio, Kingdom Africa, Loveworld Plus, BellaNaija & 360Nobs.

We at COAST celebrate with Obiwon, we are proud of you.

To attend this Concert, fans are urged to visit www.alimemedia.com/goldwater.