Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, popularly known by his stage name, Reminisce is one of Nigeria’s biggest indigenous rappers. For almost a decade he has established himself as a fan favorite with his wordy and groovy songs.
Way before he started releasing hit songs, Reminisce had started his rap days as far back as the early 2000s and was featured on 9ice’s song, “Bachelor Life” off the award-winning album, “Gongo Aso“.
While his first single was “Ever Since“, it was however the hit song, ‘Kako Bi Chicken‘ that launched his career.
The song was a commercial success and was a street anthem at the time of its release.
Almost a decade later, the award-winning rapper boasts of several hit singles, Four Albums, one EP, and several awards to his credit.
On the 26th of January 2020, the rapper celebrated another age, and Mp3bullet.ng present 10 of his hit songs that show the Rapper’s versatility and originality.
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Kako Bi Chicken
Kako Bii Chicken is the lead record off Reminisce’s first studio album, Book Of Rap Stories, which was released on 31 March 2012 with the lead released in 2011.
The song which was produced by Sarz was a commercial success becoming Reminisce’s breakout song.
Local Rappers ft Olamide, Phyno
There came a time when there were perceived bad blood between English rappers/ Hip Hop purists and Indigenous rappers over who were the custodians of Hip-Hop in Nigeria, Reminisce fanned the rumors with the release of “Local rappers“.
The song which was off his third studio album, Baba Hafusa features fellow indigenous rappers, Olamide and Phyno.
While Reminisce and others might argue that the song wasn’t meant as a diss song to English Rappers, it was hard for fans to believe this as part of the lyrics says that wordplay and punch lines are no longer in demand; rather, rap in the local language is the fans favorite.
The song also pointed out how indigenous rappers are enjoying the good life, getting the shows ahead of hardcore rappers.
Government ft Olamide, Endia
If there is one track that shows how good of a rapper Reminisce is, it would be ‘Government‘. The Cypher like song features Olamide and Endia.
The beat which was produced by Chopstix combines elements of Dancehall/Reggae and Hip Hop. The song is off his ‘Alaga Ibile‘ Album.
Ponmile
On “Ponmile“, Reminisce strays from his usual path and sings about the conflict of a relationship and how the craziest of situations can make a monster of someone.
2Mussh
Off his debut album, ‘Books of Rap Stories“, ‘2Mussh‘ is an ode dedicated to beautiful women. He released a remix featuring Ice Prince and Sinzu.
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A Reminisce and Olamide collaboration have always been a certified hit, then when you include Naira Marley, there was no way, the song won’t be a bigger hit.
These three come together to rap on a Sarz-produced beat about how ‘No manners’ girls want to destroy their life/home with half-naked pictures and sexual videos they send on Instagram.
Kpomo
Just like Olamide, Reminisce doesn’t shy away from releasing explicit and sexual songs, ‘Kpomo‘ being one of them. The song was released in 2015 and produced by Tyce.
He later released the remix to the song featuring Nigerian rappers, Seriki, Lil Kesh, Falz, and CDQ.
Eleniyan ft Wizkid
‘Eleniyan‘ is off Reminisce’s second album, ‘Alaga Ibile‘ which features Wizkid. The Sarz-produced track was a hit for its groovy beat and catchy hook.
Reminisce goes in on the beat with his usual witty lines, alaga flows in street lingua. With Wizkid on the hook, gives the song a sweet melody.
Tesojue
Released in 2014 “Tesojue” was a street anthem, with lyrics laced with street slangs and a catchy hook, it was an instant hit. It was off his “Baba Hafusa” album.
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Daddy ft Davido
On ‘Daddy‘, Reminisce and Davido create a highlife-like party jam. Reminisce is mellow on the track while Davido handles the hook and chorus with perfection.
10 songs from Reminisce that reminds us of his originality
- Kako Bi Chicken
- Local rappers
- Government
- 2Mussh
- Ponmile
- Instagram ft Olamide, Naira Marley, Sarz
- Kpomo
- Eleniyan ft Wizkid
- Tesojue
- Daddy ft Davido
- Problem