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| He is known as the Minister of Enjoyment.He formed a record label in 1974, fed up with being exploited by a major label.He was soon billed as the African Bob Marley, and headlined concerts in the US.The New York Times described one of Ade's several concerts in New York in the eighties as one of the most significant pop music events of the decade.Soon after, Nigerian imports (mostly pirated copies) of his massive back catalog began flooding the Western market.By the end of the 1980s, Ade recoiled back to his shell and released several albums in his native Nigeria, though many could not be compared with the Island releases.He soon found an American manager, Andrew Frankel, who was sympathetic to his cause and believed in his potential; negotiated another three album record deal with the Mesa record label (a Division of Paradise Group) in America.One of these album was 1998's Odu, a collection of traditional Yoruba songs, which was nominated for a Grammy Award.He was also the first to intoduce the use of synthetizers and Tenor guitar into the juju music repertoire.This page was last modified 02:44, 25 December 2007.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.United States and Europe as well.He is known as the Minister of Enjoyment.He left to form The Green Spots in 1967.Soon after, Nigerian imports (mostly pirated copies) of his massive back catalog began flooding the Western market.He continued to garner critical acclaim and widespread popularity in Africa.In 1987, he was yet again thrust into the international spotlight when Rykodisc released a live concert he did in Seattle and was given an astonishing embrace by fans across the globe who were eager for another international album release.He soon found an American manager, Andrew Frankel, who was sympathetic to his cause and believed in his potential; negotiated another three album record deal with the Mesa record label (a Division of Paradise Group) in America.One of these album was 1998's Odu, a collection of traditional Yoruba songs, which was nominated for a Grammy Award.He was also the first to intoduce the use of synthetizers and Tenor guitar into the juju music repertoire.This page was last modified 02:44, 25 December 2007.See Copyrights for details.King Sunny Ade, sometimes also called the Minister of Enjoyment, was born in Oshogbo, Nigeria in 1946, the son of a Methodist minister.Inspired by the music of I.In 1966 he formed his own band, the Green Spots.Sign in to get personalized recommendations.You have no recently viewed items or searches.For 30 years King Sunny Ade has been thrilling audiences and listeners with dynamic live performances creative videos and innovative recordings.Sunday Adeniyi, September 22, 1946, in Oshogbo, Nigeria.By 1975, he felt sufficiently powerful and financially secure to set up his own label, Sunny Alade Records which was his main recording vehicle through 1990.In the 1990's he set up Sigma Disc records now a major independent in Nigeria, and Masterdisk Nigeria Ltd.By the early '80s, African music was finding a growing audience in the UK, where a number of the more adventurous labels were looking around for African artists to put under contract.Bluemoon under which he released three records.Odu, and Seven Degrees North.King Sunny has channeled the monies earned as a music superstar into holdings in a multitude of companies, including an oil firm, a mining company, a nightclub, a film and video production house, record labels, pressing plants, even a PR firm.Ultimately, it appears King Sunny's greatest investment is in the lives of others.Juju Music Juju music is a music of broad social messages.Musically it is a thrilling hybrid of Western pop and traditional African music that incorporates electric guitars and synthesisers with such indigenous instruments as talking drums.Do you know something we don't?The "A with the arrow logo" is a service mark of ARTISTdirect, Inc.Yoruba drumming to create the rich, dense sound of modern juju.Afropop invasion with his sensational tours in the early 1980s.Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey.Ebenezer, with his melodious "miliki" system, drove juju music to unprecedented heights as they competed to update the sound.Yoruba proverbs and Christian themes."Then I was a stranger," he said, "but now it's like we are all part of a family."Others like Papa Wemba, Youssou N'Dour, and Salif Keita have transformed their music radically to conform with international pop standards.In that war, Yorubas, more associated with juju, triumphed over Ibos, more associated with highlife.Following in the footsteps of his musical hero the late I."That's how juju music is," he told Afropop Worldwide in a 1996 interview.Dairo, I used other instruments, but the same sound.Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, and the ranks of both bands swelled as the two leaders vied to add more to their respective sounds.It's like making a dress.Fela Kuti drummer Tony Allen, and featuring an overdubbed harmonica solo by Stevie Wonder.So we shook hands and we went our separate ways."As satisfying as these live sessions were, American juju fans began to wonder if they'd ever hear new studio work from the African Beats again.Nigeria that he would do less stage shows and concentrate on records and films.Even school children marched to my house to protest."Nigerian musicians to record a record against ethnic violence called "The Way Forward."We said, 'This Nigeria belongs to us.We need to salvage it together.So why are we now fighting each other?"Today it has been reduced, but still we have a long way to go."Do not duplicate or redistribute in any form without permission. |
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