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NIYI

i forgot my oyster card, so order me a plane!!!!!!

About Me

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im a really nice guy who who is trying to do this music thing after dropping out of uni. my mum got all african and threw her splipper at me. so i need to prove her wrong... i had to get her to pay my rent the other month, so im not doing so well so far........ hmm! got a really nice laptop from the most two wonderful people in the world (then completely broke it), a guitar from cashconverters (then completely broke it) yessssssss and now jus tryna finish an album of some sort, with a broken laptop....and of course prevent further slipper throwing and mum rent paying.
AND, im probably the shyest rapper in the world!!
if you see me out.. come and speak to meeeeee!!!
i didnt write what is below!!!!!!
ok, i did write the first line
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people like lethal B used to steal people like niyi's lunch money at school.

quotes:

"very quirky!!!"(IDJ)

"Amazing" (Popjustice)

"timing is perfect" (Mixmag)

"LOVE IT" (i-D)

"Quirky Bastard" (ARENA )

"I wasn't expecting something so dymanic. When I got hold of a copy of Niyi's CD I was really impressed." (Erol Alkan)

"Londons latest enfant terrible" (Rough Trade)

".. twisted Neptunes style" (Inertia Music)

"Niyi's jacktastic mixes should do the business " (DJ Magazine)

"Today.. was playing Niyi Can't Mix in my flat all day." (Lulu Le Vay, The Observer)

"Niyi- the boy that can do no wrong!" (Jim Stanton, promotor who gave Scissor Sisters their first London gig)

"My favourite.. really good stuff." (Essential Mix, Radio 1)

"I think it rocks." (Larry Tee)

"One of the highest profile performers to emerge.." (Jonty Skrufff)

"Sounds good to me, nice." (Neil Tennant)"Really diggin those tracks" (Tim 'Love' Lee, Tummy Touch Records)

"Marvellous tracks. Niyi Cant Mix is Superb." (Mark Moore)

"Playing the buggering knickers off this holy rollin mega track." (Kiss 100)

"We've all stumbled upon something special here." (Dee Ryding, BBC Television)

"Something is bubbling in London." (Steve Lamacq Documentaries, Radio 1)

"Not feeling this." (Phat Phil Cooper )

Final word from the man himself?


"I read in a magazine once that girls like guys in glasses........ HIGH FIVE!!!!"

all enquiries to [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/6/2005
Band Website: uhmmmmm, workin on it :-/
Band Members: leila and me
Influences:
Sounds Like:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

TV Performance TONIGHT - BIG BROTHERS BIG MOUTH - video now in blog!

You read it right mum!!!Im gona be on the telly!!hahaTo celebrate the release of my new single I Love You All / Poached Eggs The Queenz of Noize asked me to write and perform a song for the show toni...
Posted by NIYI on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:36:00 PST

can you sing? like to travel ? BACKING VOCALISTS WANTED!!!!!!

In the past year alone I have performed in these places: ManchesterBirminghamChemnitz (Germany)Leipzig (Germany)Cracow (Poland)Venice (Italy)Barcelona (Spain)Paris (France)Malmoe (Sweden)Vienna (Austr...
Posted by NIYI on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:54:00 PST

Remix I Love You All

I hope you like "I Love You All" which is going to be on my next single which is out in a couple of months time... if you would like to remix it, here is the link to the vocals:http://rapidshare.com/f...
Posted by NIYI on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:21:00 PST

POACHED EGGS VIDEO!

link in case the above doesnt run smoothly: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xNkiD9EA0R8...
Posted by NIYI on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:38:00 PST

shud i become emo??

well ive had a cold for about 2 weeks now which actually started off with the flu and in the middle had a chest infection (which incidentally the doc gave me antibiotics for, but i still had the infec...
Posted by NIYI on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:25:00 PST

NIYI still loves UFFIE (with pics)

So i had my party last Friday in Belgium- i stayed with thomas' mum and dad who are like amazing and live in a really lovely bit of ghent.. look at what i had for breakfast- ATKINS GALORE!!!!! perhaps...
Posted by NIYI on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:23:00 PST

lethal b sent me sum new shoes!!!

id like to draw your attention to the 1st line of my myspace"people like lethal B used to steal people like niyi's lunch money at school."then, d like to draw ur attention to wot happend today....LETH...
Posted by NIYI on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 06:15:00 PST

i love you all

im getting loads of messages asking wot the lyrics are and to explain my new track, and although i dont normally do this, i thought id do it in super brief here:basically, gauche chic... the 'first ne...
Posted by NIYI on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:43:00 PST

XFM!!!!!!!!!

hahahahaha in true niyi styleeee i forgot to say, but i was deejaying on xfm last sat----- the link is herehttp://www.xfm.co.uk/Article.asp?id=5285#then like click on listen to xfm, then past shows......
Posted by NIYI on Wed, 30 May 2007 06:21:00 PST

RADIO 1!!!

so like yeah i deejayed for half an hour last saturday night!!! not sure if anyone heard it..my mum said she fell asleep!!!! brrrrrrrrr http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/trophytwins/ thats the link, give he...
Posted by NIYI on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:14:00 PST