Nostalgic Sunday: In 2000, Tope Alabi broke into the Nigerian gospel music scene with Oore Ti O Common, the album that brought her into the limelight and marked a major turning point in her career. . The album arrived after years of work in Yoruba theatre and film, where she had already built a reputation for composing and performing soundtracks. After studying Mass Communication at The Polytechnic, Ibadan, she worked briefly with NTA before joining the Alade Aromire Theatre Group in 1994. Her work with the group brought her deeper into Yoruba theatre and home-video productions, where music gradually became an important part of her career. . By the late 1990s, her voice was already familiar to many Yoruba-film audiences through the soundtracks she had written and performed. But her success as a recording artist did not come immediately. Tope Alabi has recalled recording earlier projects, including Ikoko Dudu and Baba Iwo La K’epe, without getting the breakthrough she had hoped for. . That breakthrough eventually came with Oore Ti O Common. Speaking about the song years later, She explained that it grew out of a Makossa song that originally carried a different message. She rewrote it with a gospel message and recorded her own version. . The song connected strongly with listeners, and the success of Oore Ti O Common helped take her from a voice already known through Yoruba films to a much wider audience as a gospel recording artist. . The breakthrough opened another chapter in a career that would produce albums including Iwe Eri, Agbara Re Ni, Agbara Olorun, Angeli Mi and Kokoro Igbala, while her connection to Yoruba film soundtracks remained an important part of her musical journey. . More than two decades later, Oore Ti O Common remains an important record in Tope Alabi’s story, marking the period when years of work in Yoruba theatre and film music gave way to a new level of prominence in Nigerian gospel music. . . . #GospelMusic #SundayMood #2000sNostalgia #Throwback #NostalgicSoundNg - @nostalgicsound_ng