FIFA 2018 Russia World Cup logo unveiled

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia and the official logo was unveiled in Moscow.

The theme for the 2018 World Cup is 'Russia heart & Soul'

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Sauti Sol's Sura Yako hit song gets a Kisii Remix

It certainly is a song that has taken Kenyans by storm. Sura Yako, sang by Sauti Sol who recently bagged The 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards Best African Act  has managed to colonize the charts, hearts and minds of Kenyans and firmly established itself as the event song of 2014 especially at weddings.



A few months ago, artist Agwatta- who is known for remixing various songs, including Ashawo, originally done by Nigerian heart-throb, Flavor- remixed SuraYako to a Kisii version titled 'Nyaboke' and released and audio version produced by Teddy B.

The self proclaimed king of remixes in East and Central Africa has captivated Kenyans especially those of the native Kisii community since the song is done entirely in the Kisii dialect. The video to  "Nyaboke" has garnered over 1000 views on YouTube in just under three days.

Kenya has 42 tribes hence 43 distinct dialects, meaning remixing a Swahili/English song into any of them would  raise an artist's profile as it has Agwatta who was not known prior to his remixes. The musician is currently a post in every Kenyan blog after 'Nyaboke'.







Below are some screen grabs from the song that is doing quite well on YouTube,by Kenyan standards.This also comes after Sauti Sol's own remix to the song with Nigerian singer Iyanya.

 

Agwata Mfalme's video for 'Nyaboke,' the Kisii Remix to Sauti Sol's Sura Yako hit single.

Sura Yako RMX (Sauti Sol ft Iyanya)

This Kenyan band has come a long way even bagging the 2014 MTV EMA Best African Act Award and they are nominated in a host of other Pan-African awards.

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This year Sauti Sol released ''Nishike''( Swahili for touch me) & they were heavily condemned by pretentious Kenyans for straying off their 'family friendly' songs and videos.

They sort of heeded their fans cry and came out with ''Sura Yako" (Swahili for your face) which really sounds bland when translated but is a really catchy song.

They first released a dance instruction video for the Lipala dance and the ''Sura Yako" dance craze went viral in all the weddings and party joints.

It is touted as being a better video for the song than the official video, we think mainly due to the energy exuded in the dancing, you be the judge.

 They followed this up with a swanky video by the one and only Kenyan cinematographer extraordinaire Enos Olik.
The official video hasn't caught up as much as expected but still has favorable reviews and views.

However, the remix, featuring Nigeria's Kukere master Iyanya, fails to meet expectations to say the very least and will be a hard sell with the instructional dance video being a better video despite its very low budget nature compared to the other two.

Some critics have described it as having a sort of choir element between the Iyanya-Sauti Sol verses.

You can have a look at it below

In all fairness to Sauti Sol we love them and the song. However, the 2 main videos, for the original and the remix, should have had more...we were expecting something bigger and quite frankly glamorous.

If you think am being too harsh, watch Sura Yako. In my opinion, this is how the video should have looked like.

Marvel's "Avengers: Age of Ultron" Trailer

Avengers 2 is set to be released on May 1, 2015 and it already has movie-goers in a frenzy over what to expect especially after the hugely successful Avengers 1 of 2012.

There have been wide speculations and guessing over how Avengers: Age of Ultron will look like and what earth's mightiest heroes will do in the face of annihilation in the form of super villain Ultron.

On a personal note am also interested to see if they will retain the same guy who played the Hulk in Avengers 1, we have had too many Hulk changes since his independent movie.

Without further a due I give you Marvel's ''Avengers: Age of Ultron''