Bamsyle:


@Javalove

Rugged may need to enhance his lyrics but he ain't bad overall. . . Dude's got delivery - he cuts the Naija version of Luda/Xzibit for me.

BajaGold:

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. Rugged came out at a time when there were loads of wack emcees. Back then you compared Rugged w Rasquie w eedris.

I truly believe if a new rapper came out today, IMO, with the same skillset as Rugged. . . He'll struggle. He's lucky he already has a fan base like dammiecool

Cos he'll be competing with MI, SauceKid, ikechukwu, Naeto C and all. . . . E go try gaan.

debosky:


Who is this mode9 sef?

He's one of the best lyricist in 9ja if not the best,
Jay-z, Talib, Nas and other rapper gave props to this dude.
still you guyz thinks his hardcore thing is not paying him.

debosky link=topic=239699.msg3522540#msg3522540 date=1235730465:


Rugged should go back to the studio?

Yeah man, He asked for it, but now he's backing out,
He did Banging to reply Talking to you but now
he's scared of even doing the battle.

Mode Said: i will not trade words with him on any magazine, tell him to go back to the studio and do it the way real rappers do it.''

debosky:


Rugged already has tight lyricism,

Dude U must be joking about him being a lyricist
The dude got delivery but after that nuttin else

debosky:


he changed the game with Ruggedybaba - encouraging rapping in your mother tongue. He has tight lyrics, but he's MORE than that.

He did'nt change anything dude,
Dude this aint Arsenal and Man Utd thingy,
Must everybody have the same way of doin things
Why are u not supporting chelsea?

debosky:


I hope he got at least one pair of timbz from death blow. loser.

Does what u put one identify you as a rich person?

debosky:

Who is this mode9 sef? Rugged should go back to the studio?

The guy is making money and featuring in hit tracks, mode9 (who the heck is he anyways?)

This isn't about making dance tracks - Ruggedman came in and made a difference, has made tighter tracks talking more sense than some rubbish cocoyam head spitting, one timbolo owning, wannabe.

Rugged already has tight lyricism, he changed the game with Ruggedybaba - encouraging rapping in your mother tongue. He has tight lyrics, but he's MORE than that. Mode is simply a rapper - a wannabe clone of the 'hardcore' American guys. Beyond that, he's nothing. Out of his irrelevance, he wants to use Rugged to gain attention.

I hope he got at least one pair of timbz from death blow. loser.

eldee:

@Sauron
All this talk over modenine choice of footwear?
One day the guy go vex go buy timbs for Yaba, even if it means he'll have to squat with Terry da Rapman for three months.

debosky:

Rugged is far better all round than Mode, that's the reality of the matter. Based on that, Rugged won't dedicate hours of recording and thinking over a mouse like Mode. He was asked questions in an interview and he replied off the cuff with no preparations like Benitez  . That is the end of the matter for rugged.

Let mode continue making diss tracks while Rugged continues raking in awards.

debosky:

Who is this mode9 sef?

one timbolo owning, wannabe.

Mode is simply a rapper - a wannabe clone of the 'hardcore' American guys. Beyond that, he's nothing.

I hope he got at least one pair of timbz from death blow. loser.

DBR:

M-9 till date is still the heaviest lyricist we got. And just like other great lyricists u may consider
some of their lines elementary but as a whole they still got it locked.
oNe

~Sauron~:

He is a Fiddy wannabe. No wits, no nous, no ambition to blow up like nitro.
His mates are busting their guts to make cheddarz and he is still relishing a battle of verses with Ruggedman.
What a kike!!!

Africa's top selling rapper. 9 Platinums n still counting. Mode-9 is a SoundScan Killer.

Don't be disrespectful, u herb. Timberland boots are £120 a pair. E easy??

U are crazy. . . . . . When are you getting itunes USA on your damned laptop??
If United beat SPURS on sunday, i am sending Mode-9's "Paradigm Shift" and Ruggedman's "Thy Album Cometh" to you.
I want u to compare the 2 cats and the variation each of em brings to ride on tracks. Ruggedman is miles ahead of Mode-9.

funkybaby:


Brutality!!!!

How come you get away with all these and those crack heads mode9 fans do not eat you up

eldee:

@Sauron
Do u need Sisikill to explain my post to you?
Thy Album Come is on i-tunes USA? Damn!!

debosky:



No, we mustn't all have the same way of doing things, but what exactly does Mode9 have over Ruggedman?

Ruggedman is more popular, has more hits, more awards and more sales than Mode9. Rugged's diss track about 'rapping like mumu' will forever be more popular than any of Mode9's, so in the words of Naeto C, kini big deal?  

RUGGEDY IS MORE POPULAR, MAYBE LOCALLY. BUT HAVE U SEEN A THREAD THAT 9JA HIPHOP IS DISCUSED AND M-9 NAME DOESNT COME UP

In what area is Mode better? Lyrics? Is that the only determinant of a good hip hop artiste?

YES LYRICS< VERSITILITY< CONCEPTS< POETIC IMAGERY<KICKIN KNOWLEDGE< AND INT. RECOGNITION

It's like scoring 80% in Biology but 10% in Physics, Chemistry, Math and English- you won't get admitted for medicine

Someone else who scores 70% in all five has a higher cummulative score, and is a better student.

Rugged is far better all round than Mode, that's the reality of the matter.

HE ONLY GOT FRIENDLIER DELIVERY, AS A RESULT OF HIS VOICE WHICH I LIKE. EXCEPT U'RE COUNTING HIS DANCERS AS HIS STAGE CRAFTMANSHIP. BUT LEFT ALONE ON STAGE HE AINT BETTER THAN M-9


Based on that, Rugged won't dedicate hours of recording and thinking over a mouse like Mode. He was asked questions in an interview and he replied off the cuff with no preparations like Benitez  . That is the end of the matter for rugged.

BUT HE COULD WASTE THE HOURS ON  A DISS TRACK VIDEO AND TURNED A REPORTER?

Let mode continue making diss tracks while Rugged continues raking in awards.

OH!, LIKE M-9 AINT RAKIN' IN AWARDS??PUHLEEEAZEEE!!

eldee:

@Bamsyle
Can't u sniff a good joke when you see one?
The timbs thing is just like the whole 'Jay-Z's a swagger jacker thing'
But seriously speaking, those timbs are more famous than Modenine
Do a review?? Thing is, you're mistaking me for sumone that gives a hoot bout this guy.

DBR:

Y'all funny dudes!
How many bars was death blow?
And all y'all can say is "cocoa yam lines? sayin it's wack?
Do y'all know the place of humour at all?
I guess when Nas spat words like
, scared to smile they call u ugly? u think u gettin gurls cos of ur looks
all yabbin JZ that he's ugly-those lines are wack too right?
Or when he spat-You no Mustache havin with whiskers like a rat
Are those not wat y'all wuldda called "elementary" or wack if t'was M-9 that spat 'em??
Have we not yabbed pple like dat when we were in pry/sec skool?
M-9 till date is still the heaviest lyricist we got. And just like other great lyricists u may consider
some of their lines elementary but as a whole they still got it locked.
oNe

kay_pumpin:

DBR the emboldened makes me e-laugh
So Mode lost his childhood and is doing NOW what we all did in pry/sec school ?Classic
But seriously,i'd like to ask why Mode 9 hasn't replied Ghetto P'diss and decided to reply via interview too,not a track,that he wouldn't want to dignify an unknown element with a response via track?
Mode is a lyricst no doubt,bar for some songs where he tries way to hard.Contradiction,I'm black,and 9 are some tracks i really love and i feel he should stick to battlling those "invisible foes" rather than an all out war as he seem he's not so good in this.
He should have stopped at "talking to you" really

debosky:


In what area is Mode better? Lyrics? Is that the only determinant of a good hip hop artiste?

It's like scoring 80% in Biology but 10% in Physics, Chemistry, Math and English- you won't get admitted for medicine

Someone else who scores 70% in all five has a higher cummulative score, and is a better student.

~Sauron~:

I disagree with this.

Before Nas dissed Jigga, we all know what he was about. . . . .Illmatic, I Am, It Was Written(3 Undeniable classics).
If he decides to go elementary in one song, then we can naturally assume he is just clowning.
When Eminem was dissing Michael Jackson, Britney Spears n Janet Jackson's tits. . . .we all knew he was clowning cos we have seen doper stuffs from him in previous years. Whereas, [b]Mode-9 does not have any credit history [/b]before coming up with those wack lines.
A [b]debutant [/b]should give his best first before clowning otherwise the audience won't take him serious.

eldee:


@DBR
Exactly . . . You used the word 'when'
We all grew up. . . Modenine should too. He's 40
At 40, Hov stopped replying to disses, Nas grew up too.
There comes a time in a man's life when he concentrates on doing his thing, making his mark and probably getting new timbs.
Mode15 finds that concept too hard to understand

dejiariyo:

modenine has more tight lines,so why cant you judge him all over rather than a couple of lines and his personality?