Ayo Adeniyi , Sep 21, 2009
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Total number of views as of August 27, 2022 10:15 AM = 1,060,758
Edited by Azizi Powell
This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on the 2008 hit Nigerian record "Gongo Aso".
This post showcases a YouTube video of 9ice's record "Gongo Aso" and presents information about 9ice.
The original lyrics for "Gongo Aso" are included in this post along with information and comments about that song.
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2022/08/what-gongo-aso-means.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post showcases a YouTube video of 9ice performing "Gongo Aso". This post also presents definitions for the term "gongo aso" that I retrieved from various online sources.
My Editor's Note is included in that post. That note presents the lines from 9ice's "Gongo Aso" that include the term "gongo aso". My Editor's Note also presents the line from Ghanaian singer's Camidoh's hit 2022 song "Sugarcane" that includes the term "gongo aso".
The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to 9ice for his musical legacy. Thanks to all those who were associated with that record and video. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post.
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INFORMATION ABOUT 9ICE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9ice
"9ice, born Alexander Abolore Adegbola Akande (born 17 January 1980) is a Nigerian musician, songwriter and dancer. He is known for his powerful use of the Yoruba language in his music as well as his proverbial lyrics and unique style of delivery.
Early life
9ice was born… in Ogbomosho, Oyo State in Western Nigeria.
He grew up in shomolu Bariga suburbs of Lagos…
Career
In 1996, 9ice recorded his first demo titled Risi de
Alagbaja, but it was not until 2000 that he released his first official solo
song Little Money.[4][3]
In 2008, 9ice released the single Gongo Aso... He went on to win the Best Hip Hop Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards.[6][7]
Gongo Aso won him four further awards at the 2009 edition of the Hip Hop World Awards held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja: the Album of the Year, Artiste of the Year, Song of the Year and the Best Rap in Pop Album categories.[8]
In 2020, 9ice released another album entitled "Tip of
The Iceberg: Episode 1"[9] to top his previously released albums. He is
the Founder and CEO of his own music record label Alapomeji Ancestral Record.
[1]”….
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LYRICS - GONGO ASO
Chorus
Gongo aso, kutupu ahu, anywhere I deh now
Gongo aso, kutupu ahu, any show I go now
Ajisebi Oyo Laari, Oyo o'shebi Baba eni kankan
I be double now , aiye nlo, e' o ri nkan
Verse 1
Gongo aso, you know am on fire no be beans talk
Gongo aso, you know eni foju ana woku ebora abolaso
This time no dulling
Everywhere weh i deh na party
Hennessy nlo, Moet nlo, Baccardi nlo
We no go stop, till the break of da dawn bebe nlo
Forget say you owe money
Call your pady dem make una join body
Chikitos deh there dem wan follow judi
Party jolly, jolly party,
Fidi gbodi, [make u] shark scordi
Make ur eye dirty
From now till eternity
Repeat Chorus
Verse 2
U be government worker u collect salary
Kamari kin ma gbomi gbin, kin ma jaye ori
Before I play lotto no be me
You know am ghetto solder
Kaaki no be leather
Every friday for sandra's bar
Laroda ojo that kain weather
Life is too short you know
Nobody knows tomorrow
Dance away your sorrow
Do like no tommorrow
Money speaking, speaking
Any idea waiting, waiting
Tin baje demi demi, aiye gbo oorun mo
Gongo aso
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
Gongo aso, otiso, ewo ile ewo enu oko
Gongo aso, otiso, see people on the floor
Gongo aso, otiso, my personality no matter at all
Gongo aso, otiso, all i want is catch some fun
Gongo aso, tin ba nsile
Gongo aso, if i buy bentley
Gongo aso, kilode
Gongo aso, eje kin jaiye mi
Eje kin saye mi
Jaiye mi, saiye mi
Repeat Chorus
Outro
E juru, e juru, e juru, e juru
E juru, e juru, Mama e juru
9ice, u no understand
Bebe nlo
Source - omoovie(f), Nov 06, 2008, https://www.nairaland.com/190987/what-does-gongo-aso-mean
"What does Gongo Aso mean? by omoovie(f): 4:48pm On Nov 06,
2008"
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omoovie wrote "Here's the song (courtesy of Museke.com)". She also wrote "If you want me to translate the pidgin parts let me know." However, there’s no pidgin translation of that song in that discussion thread. The lyrics for that song are in Yoruba, Nigerian Pidgin English, and English.
https://genius.com/9ice-gongo-aso-lyrics for 9ice's "Gongo Aso" is the same as the lyrics that are given above except for this three line intro:
"Yeahhhh
I'm back at y'all
I'm back at y'all"
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ARTICLE EXCERPTS ABOUT 9ICE'S SONG & ALBUM "GONGO ASO"
Excerpt #1
From https://www.pulse.ng/entertainment/music/throwbackthursday-9ices-gongo-aso-album-eternally-carves-his-name-into-the-place-of/m7qbv6w "9ice's 'Gongo Aso' album eternally carves his name into the
place of music legends", by Ehis Ohunyon, July 26, 2018
"10 years ago, 9ice released his sophomore album, 'Gongo
Aso', which delivered not just hit songs but evergreen anthems.
A year earlier, 9ice had released his debut album, ''The
Certificate'', which did quite well announcing him on the scene as the
album included songs like 'Ganga Man', 'Little Money' and 'Make Dem Talk', but
it was not until he dropped the ''Gongo Aso'' album in 2008, that his status
rose to level of music greats.
[…]
The Bariga bred artist started his journey far back as 1996
as a Fuji artist but as the Pop scene came alive in the late 90s, 9ice began to
take inspiration from icons like Wyclef.
This helped him re-invent his style, featuring a rich presence of his Yoruba dialect and proverbs mixed with contemporary sounds, carving a unique sound for himself.
[…]
The album titled song, 'Gongo Aso' became an anthem, a joint
about him been the life of the party with an enchanting beat, one effortlessly
delivered and filled with cultural references.”…
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Excerpt #2
From https://thenativemag.com/the-shuffle-bachelors-life-gongo-aso/
THE SHUFFLE: “BACHELOR’S LIFE” EXEMPLIFIES THE TIMELESSNESS OF 9ICE’S ‘GONGO
ASO’
Featuring Reminisce, XP and Six O
Written by Dennis Ade Peter - 16.Mar.2022
"In 2007, 9ice wasn’t an unknown commodity. In addition to
his indelible feature on Ruggedman’s seminal Nigerian rap smash, “Ruggedy
Baba,” the Lagos-raised singer and songwriter dropped his debut album,
‘Certificate’, to mild reception, even spawning multiple cult classic hits like
“Little Money” and “Ganja Man.” While he was recognisable to keen listeners, at
the time, he wasn’t quite popular to the wider audience to validate that
stardom. Part of that is because he came up in an era where artist couldn’t
skip steps on their way to widespread notoriety.
In hindsight, that first LP was a forecast of what was to come, a raw and vibrant mash-up of Yoruba Folk adages, Fuji-indented melodies, and vivid Hip-Hop influences, all held together by that guttural voice that squeezed out the elemental feelings and memories behind his stimulating writing. Building on these artistic axioms, 9ice fully arrived the following year with ‘Gongo Aso’, an album that stunned Nigerian music and all of Afropop with its overall ingenuity, merging aspirational grit, folksy soulfulness, measured bravado, and a booming sonic canvas.
Fourteen years later, calling ‘Gongo Aso’ a classic
album feels like an undersell. 9ice, greatly assisted by main producer ID
Cabasa, delivered one of the most essential, and one of the greatest records in
the history of Nigerian music. To the latter point, greatness is usually attached
to impact, and only a handful of albums are on the same scale of impact as
9ice’s sophomore. Led off by its titanic title track, nearly every other song
off ‘Gongo Aso’ became hugely popular—“every other track became a single,”
Osagie Alonge had once said while discussing the album on his podcast, ‘A Music
in Time’.”…
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THIS EMBEDDED YOUTUBE DISCUSSION THREAD
Numbers added for referencing purposes only.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5u6eYq-UtA
2016
1. Leanne Sono
"I first heard this song late 2009 at an
Afro Caribbean party in CARDIFF WALES, still to date its such a TUNE... never
gets old..."
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2017
2. olabanjo fashakin
"Gongo aso track is a very nice song. it was well composed by
9ice----Bolore. it was blend of juju, ijinle yoruba, rapp & disco vibes.
kidos to 9ice for coming up with a
master classic song. "
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3. Adesola Ogundimu
"Sick beat! All these years and I still know the lyrics by heart."
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4. Toyin Afolabi
"Shai! This song,if you don't know the
lyrics back then,you not in town/Nigeria...even when my mum asked me to cooked
and this song played,I dropped the food and go dance....😂😂
shai! Even when principal talk for assembly ,our last comments will be
Gongoaso...principal will kill tomorrow😂😂...this song reminds
me of old days"
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2018
5. Just Emeka
"If there was one song that got the entire Nigeria jumping -
it was this song. I don't think any song has had that same effect. Everybody
was jamming gongo aso. When I say everybody, I meant everybody. Classic tune!!!"
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Just Emeka
6. "Do me no reach Gonga Aso - when you have crowd from Kano and
Katsina shouting Gongo Aso and spitting the lyrics in Yoruba - you know sey you
don scatter land"
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Reply
7. dennis chande, 2021
"@Just Emeka I think Youtube views don't tell the whole
story how big a song is. Gongo aso is a huge tune"
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Reply
8. Just Emeka, 2021
"@dennis chande it was a massive tune. I served in the North
when it was released and I saw Northerners bursting their dance move. It was
that huge. The country was dancing to Gongo Aso. It was feverish. Only few songs had that effect. Send down the
rain by Majek Fashek was another."
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Reply
9. Sadiya Saleh, 2021
"You are right. I am a northerner and this song was loved
even though we don't understand what they were saying in Yoruba. While "do
me" was only popular with the youth,this song was loved by basically all
age group."
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The comment about Nigerian duo P-Square's song "Do Me" was in response to an earlier comment that "Do Me" was more popular than "Gongo Aso".
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Reply
10. Andre3000fan 123456, 2022
"FACTS!!! I was about 5-6 yrs old when this came out and I
distinctly remember everyone (myself included) running to the dance floor when
this song played. It has always been that way and I bet if they play this at a
party now we’d still have that reaction. Fast forward to now, I’m Isoko but I’m
singing Yoruba as if I understand what
he’s saying🤣🤣🤣🤎🤎🤎"
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11. P N Nyeswah
"These guys revolutionized
Nigerian/African music. Dec 26 2018 in the building."
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2020
12. CheetaraFan
"Who is here in 2020??? I was in Nigeria 11 yrs ago and this song was
FIRE... way before Afrobeats was poppin. I came back to NY and made everyone I
know listen to it... they had no clue how this song would make an entire club
lose their minds"
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2021
13. Young Arrow [FeelTheVibe]
"bro i remember this song was being
played everywhere in Ghana back in 2008. like i mean everywhere. untouchable
classic"
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14. Lydia Omari Mensah
"Ghana representing. We don’t understand
a word but we jam to it!"
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15. Deejahs Hub
"I could remember during the University
days no this song in your taxi no passenger at all.....🤣😂 Love
over here....gongo aso.......💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃"
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2022
16. Be Success Motivated
"I love this song so much it brings a lot of good memories for me everyday before I go to school I’ll play it and I’ll be feeling like a star funny part is I don’t understand what it means 😅love from Swaziland🇸🇿🇸🇿"
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17. Wandia Gichanga
"In Kenya too!!! 🇰🇪🇰🇪
This is an African hit! Can't believe he made this 12 years ago!! Sounds like
something from 3 years ago. A classic 🔥🔥""
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18. Ahmid kargbo
"This song really play in Africa and
around the world 9ice is great super star"
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19. Sage
"love from Somalia 🇸🇴
this song was my favourite!!! Still don’t understand it but naija no de carry
lastttt 🇳🇬❤️"
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20. Princess Gen
"Nigerians favorite party song!! can't go
to a Nigerian party without this song playing, at least back then yea!"
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21. Timi Ndlovu
"Real housewives of Lagos brought me
here. I heard this song for the first time on
episode 9 and I fell in love with it 😁"
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22. Lerato M
"Real housewives of Lagos brought me
here. Haven't heard this song since my university days in Malaysia. Beautiful
memories."
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23. Scaner Crew
"Gabon 2009 🔥✨ This one was
straight fire"
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24. funny pets
"who came here because of Camidoh -
Sugarcane Remix Feat. King Promise, Mayorkun & Darkoo ?
let's gather around !!!!! YOU KNOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW !!!!!!!!"
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Ghanaian singer Camidoh's hit song "Sugarcane" includes the term "gongo aso": "Girl you never know say you're kongo aso/Man dem suffer to find your love"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmidK8z4YzE
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I've also seen this word spelled "gongo" in the lyrics for Camidoh's song.
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