When, in 2003, Sola Allyson was contracted to do a short sound track for a movie, ‘Eji Owuro,’ little did she know that the particular song would launch her into the limelight.
With 10 albums and a new EP set to be released, Allyson recently celebrated 20 years of the hit track’s release with a concert and an explanation for the celebration.
She said: “This is 20 years after Eji Owuro. Eji Owuro was released on November 20, 2003. It was originally a sound track of a film of the same title. Before then, I was already in the music industry for about 15 years. I have been a back-up singer before they contacted me to do the soundtrack for Eji Owuro.”
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Continuing, she said: “I didn’t know what was going to happen but I made sure I put my best into everything that I do. I am a thorough worker. If I want to do something, no matter how small or how much they pay me, I want to do it very well. I didn’t know it was going to become like that. Usually, sound tracks are not always very long, they are not as long as albums. After the film was released, the executive producer, Mr. Ola Ibironke said it would be good for the songs to stand on their own because the songs are too big to be left in a film. So, that was how I had to add to the songs to make them longer and we are here today 20 years after.”
The mother and wife also talked about what comes next after the milestone celebration saying, “I will be doing live. I did live and I got here. I don’t put myself under pressure. I just take everyday as they come but you can be sure that the way you do anything is the way you do everything. I have found my soul’s path now. I am very sure of what I’m supposed to do now. You can be sure that everything that I am going to do is going to be based on the same foundation that I laid, based on the same values.” The dynamics might be a bit different but I’m still going to be this same Sola Allyson that you know. I sing predominantly in Yoruba. I am very African. I’m very Nigerian. I’m very Yoruba. I am a woman. I’m a wife. I’m a mother. Anything can change in some things but the value that I put in will never change.”