Madman On the Loose

Base One

From the stables of Wahala Media Entertainment, which has successfully launched off the amazing career of female songstress, Nikki Laoye and is also presently leaving the sweet-smelling trail of great music in the form of the sugar-filled R&B, Sugar Boy A1, is now arising the third element to the amazing Wahala Trio mix, a new phenomenal artiste Base One aka 'the MadMan'.

Quietly raising dust underground since 2006, Base One can simply be tagged “Naija’s HipHop’s best kept secret”.  In that year, a coincidental meeting with the young man who would blow his ideas sky high and serve his lyrics on a platter of hit making beats – ace producer Ade ‘Xblaze’ Laoye; who has produced major hits songs for the likes of ModeNine, Nikki Laoye, Kidpresh & Blaise, got his musical career off to a good start when he recorded and released a couple of demo singles including 'Five Fingas', 'Singbere' and 'Kondo Tayin', which received massive radio airplay at that time.

Born Ayomipo Isaac Shotunde, Base One who's now a final year undergraduate at the Lagos State University, remained focused on his Banking and Finance University degree still went back to the drawing board with producers Xblaze and Gray J’onz. The end result; two new hit singles 'Surulere' and 'Werey', giving you a clearer view of the amazing lyrical genius called Base One.

With a style so intriguing, Base One is rapidly re-stirring the ripple effect caused by the phenomenal late Nigerian HipHop artiste, Da Grin, who he’s constantly compared to due to their similar musical delivery. Asserting that his style of music was acquired on and is for the “streets”, led to the creation of his own acronym, Base One which stands for “Be A Street Entertainer” and the number One representing his uniqueness.

Combining his love for music from HipHop greats like Krs One, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Wayne and the positive influence of the Yoruba lifestyle of his Ayobo Hood in Ipaja where he was raised, hence produced his style of delivery which is an intelligent mix of street language and slangs in his native Yoruba dialect alongside English Language.

Werey (Madman) produced by Xblaze
Surulere