With so many archival labels putting out compilations of 1970's Nigerian Funk and Disco, Soundway has decided to change tack. Doing It In Lagos is a primer on the country's lesser-celebrated 1980's Boogie scene. According to the superb liner notes, most of the music on show here - and, yes, it's universally brilliant - was created by a younger generation of musicians who wanted to move away from Afrobeat, and further towards an authentically American style Electrofunk sound. As a result, many of the tracks featured on Doing It In Lagos - not least Hotline's brilliant opener, Livy Ekemezie's disco-funk slammer "Holiday Action" and Sonny Enang's superb "Don't Stop That Music" - are every bit as special as the American-produced records they were trying to emulate.
- A1 Fellas Doing It In Lagos
- A2 Don't You Know
- A3 Only You
- B1 Enjoy Your Life
- B2 Ivory
- B3 Holiday Action
- C1 Don't Give Up
- C2 Funk With Me
- C3 Too Hot
- D1 Ore Mi
- D2 Colourful Environment
- D3 Shake Your Body
- E1 Where Is The Answer
- E2 Don't Stop That Music
- E3 Be My Lady (Mix)
- F1 Groove I Like
- F2 Let's Do More Music
- F3 Distant Lover
- G Burning Jungle
- H On The Air - Rap Mix (Frankie Francis Edit)