10 new songs you need to hear this week

Away from the bright lights of pop stars, there's a healthy dose of music coming out of Nigeria. Every week, Pulse brings you the other side of the culture that you barely see. We're scratching the underbelly of Nigerian creativity for this one. Enjoy.

1. Atela - 'My Life' ft Temity

Squeeze Records present once again, Atela with a new single featureing Temity, a songwriter and vocalist.Download

2. Tega - 'Need Me'

Great music from Tega, who pushes through with some vocals and some heart-warming melody.Download.

3. Bad Bridge - 'Ja ma lo' ft King Zamir

Enjoy this fusion of styles from Bad Bridge and King Zamir. It's Trap music redefined.Download.

4. Oma Mahmud - 'Truth' ft Barelyanyhook

Here is a new single by Oma Mahmud titled ““, featuring BarelyAnyHook.

On this song, Oma and Barely vent about uncertainty in a relationship, over a live recorded saxophone performance by Adeboyega, mixed in with virtual instruments arranged and selected by Oma himself.Download.

5. Sute Iwar - 'Girl like you'

We all know Sute, but ‘Girl Like You’ is something different though. The rapper is putting all his mind on ‘that girl’, and no love poem could be delivered more consciously.Download.

6. DJ Yin - 'Kilimanjaro' ft Bankyondbeatz

'Kilimanjaro' by DJ Yin which features and produced by music genius Bankyondbeatz is a song about her journey with depression, she explains that she released the song in order to help other depressed people out there, the song stars popular radio OAP Kemi Smallz, artistes like Fasina, Odunsi (The Engine), Nova, popular Producer Benie Macaulay as well as Poet Ayo Wright, with an up tempo beat produced by the one and only BankyondBeatz, the song doesn’t make you feel depressed but brings you into a lighter mood.Download.

7. Jay More, L.A.X - 'You know'

Jay Moore and L.A.X team up on a new song titled 'You Know'. The single, which comes on the heels of Jay Moore's release 'For Real' precedes future collaborations from both artistes. This is definitely a match to watch out for.Download.

8. Shimon - 'Her'

Shimon is an upcoming independent artist born in Lagos, Nigeria where he spent most of his life before moving to the UK. His songs tell stories of love lost and love found in a way that the listener finds both humorous and heart breaking. 'Her' is Shimon’s latest single, which takes inspiration from the hit 'Yahooze' by Nigeria's very own Olu Maintain. Shimon samples this hit and adds his gentle vocals over a rollicking beat creating his own unique twist.Download.

9. Tipsy - 'Fargin' (Teni cover)

Nigerian Rapper Tipsy decides to drop s cover of Teni's '' Which Was Originally produced by Mystro.Download.

10. Phizbarz, Devin Di Dakata, Razor B, Black Mattic - 'Rewind'

Nigerian pop act Phizbarz hooks up with Grammy Award nominee and Jamacia's music star Devin Di Dakata alongside other reggae/danchehall stars Razor B and Black Mattic for a fantastic dancehall number titled 'Rewind'.Download.