XhosaNostra:


Oh, sorry I misunderstood. That could be it. Well, he could always port to Port Harcourt because we're not going to start liking Hip Hop over House any time soon

TSRC:
This is the same South African music that some oversabi Nigerians claim is the best thing sinced sliced bread.

They talk about how nasty C raps better than Ruggedman and 50cent combined.
As if that is what the world is looking for.

XhosaNostra:


I'm in bed feeling sick, down with a bad case of the flu yet again. I'm sensitive to seasonal changes. These are the last few days of winter, so my system is acting up. Got a splitting headache but I can't sleep during the day. But I know everything will clear within a day or two.

How are you?

Debaiz:
Hate him or love him that unity and promotion of local content is the handwork of OBJ.

I remember back then when he(through NBC) banned foreign musics and movies from Nigerian airwaves. B.C.O.S Ibadan used to show Indian films on Friday, Chinese films on Wednesday and American films on other days. They all stopped and were forced to show Nigerian films. AIT started showing English(Igbo) films. Then we also started hearing the likes of Olu maintain, Hedris abdulkarim, tony tetuila, plantation Boiz, tony one week etc.

He didn’t stop at that he encouraged comedians like Alibaba and the likes by constantly having a comedy slot on FGs public programs. These actions gave rise to Nigerian entertainment industry but the music industry exploded far more than anyone could’ve imagined given the advancement of the US music industry then.

The idea may not be his(originally) but kudos to him for the courage to implement it and follow through.

I can’t help but to bring the other things he banned that we are now enjoying massive local production.

Cement importation was banned.
Dangote, BUA Group and Larfarge took advantage of it and became what they are today. Today, we not only export cements, but we export cement companies as a whole(dangote cement company). Jobs for Nigerians and savings on forex. Higher foreign deposit. Stable currency.

Importation of vegetable oil was banned
Now we have mamador, Sunola, Grand oil, Power oil, Devon kings oil etc produced locally. Jobs for Nigerians and savings on forex. Higher foreign deposit. Stable currency.

Importation of Poultry products were banned
Now we have Zartech, Tuns, Obasanjo farm, Ajanla farm and scores of businesses in either small scales or large scale. Jobs for Nigerians and savings on forex. Higher foreign deposit. Stable currency.

Pasta was banned which gave dangote and flourmill the opportunity to produce spaghetti locally. When last did anyone saw a foreign produced spaghetti in any Nigerian shop.

Same goes for noodles. We now have dangote noodles, Indomie noodles etc produced locally.

Obasanjo went as far as arresting shop owners and supermarkets that still displays and sells those banned products then. A lot of people went bankrupt through poultry products seized and destroyed. Today we are the ones enjoying the long term effect.

PMB came in he banned importation of rice. Today we are the largest producers of rice in Africa. We are also the largest importer of rice in Africa. Meaning we are not yet there but we will get there.

Again they have restricted access to forex for milk importation, enemies of progress have started antagonizing it.

If you know what is good for you as a Nigerian, start your own RUGA on that your family land. That 2million you want to blow on a wedding that may crash after two months, go and buy 10cows and let them start producing 100liters of milk each per day. That’s a total of 1000liters of milk per day, 30,000liters per month and 360,000liters in a year. Get a company to sell them to and start expanding.

If you have N2million you’re not using come and borrow me o. I have RUGA to start in my fathers compound.

BizBayo:


I decree from now on, y'all will start liking hip hop. Say amen

BizBayo:


I decree from now on, y'all will start liking hip hop. Say amen

Neddstark:
Ours remains one of the worst music industries in the world. The top remains on top and doesn't let the upcoming ones take their shine

stanliwiser:

Aah, Ensure you treat it properly and take good care.

hehehe been down with Malaria for three days o, just got better yesterday and now much much better, it was really another bad malaria experience.

I pray for you from here in Jesus Name.

XhosaNostra:


Stop talking nonsense. Do you know how many music genres we have in South Africa? You have rappers in your country too, why aren't you making noise about them doing a music style from abroad? South Africa is known for two genres, House music & Kwaito. The later is our own creation (which is now done all over SADC), so I'm not sure how we're copying anyone when even you dabble in different genres of music.

Revolva:


Bro you are right I love south African sound a lot than our garbage we produce

Naija don't have any structure music Industry am a music promoter and I will tell you the whole truth even distribution here is poor . Piracy from alaba market alone can render a struggling label down

Even Spotify n vevo don't count here

It's all luck these artist spring up with garbage lyrics and meaningless sound it's all the luck of new advanced sound from software we were able to get where we are yes there are great artist from here but 70% of Dem are rubbish

In SA they have their own sound house music which anytime I hear it I feel sometin is bubbling in me so soul touching

Kwaito dance also very energetic dance move and SA hip-hop is for real and again their videos are much crisper and doper than ours right from time before the likes of clearance Peter's and the top A list director went over there to learn directing and invested it in naija

We only have Afrobeat sound here as our original sound the rest sound are not from us pls it's a hybrid of genre around d world music we use to get modern music done by our new generation artist

XhosaNostra:


This is one of the FEW South African Hip Hop songs I like because it's not boasting or rambling on about nothing

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Revolva:


Bro you are right I love south African sound a lot than our garbage we produce

Naija don't have any structure music Industry am a music promoter and I will tell you the whole truth even distribution here is poor . Piracy from alaba market alone can render a struggling label down

Even Spotify n vevo don't count here

It's all luck these artist spring up with garbage lyrics and meaningless sound it's all the luck of new advanced sound from software we were able to get where we are yes there are great artist from here but 70% of Dem are rubbish

In SA they have their own sound house music which anytime I hear it I feel sometin is bubbling in me so soul touching

Kwaito dance also very energetic dance move and SA hip-hop is for real and again their videos are much crisper and doper than ours right from time before the likes of clearance Peter's and the top A list director went over there to learn directing and invested it in naija

We only have Afrobeat sound here as our original sound the rest sound are not from us pls it's a hybrid of genre around d world music we use to get modern music done by our new generation artist

MRAKBEE:

So u mean the music industry hasn't done any good to us? What about employment opportunities, increase in GDP, promotion of the tourism industry and countless other benefits. They might not sing what u wanna hear but these guys have made us proud. There bring good vibes and happiness since government operates without any meaningful impact on citizens . I hope u are adding much value to your community every day.

BizBayo:


I remember those early years of MTV Base, I do watch HHP and I like his style of hip hop. I guess he is dead now, if I'm not mistaken. I like Casper and AKA too. Just that these guys need to infuse their rap with afro beat or the basic house music in southy. If they can project their rap in another dimension that the locals can relate with, it will help them. From there, they can get the locals to listen to their initial style of rap. Here in naija, we do infuse rap with home beats and its really helping.

stanliwiser:

Aah, Ensure you treat it properly and take good care.

hehehe been down with Malaria for three days o, just got better yesterday and now much much better, it was really another bad malaria experience.

I pray for you from here in Jesus Name.

Bambambiglo:


Why ass kissing that south African idiot so much. Get a grip of yourself man

stanliwiser:
You are very stupid for that. Do you know me before or do you know how we met?

Aderewah:
Lol. Southafricans have natural envy for Nigerians. I can't wait for Nigeria to take its right position in the world so we can deny every single south african visa.

Mandesz:
I wish to be a south African!

if swapping can be allowed let me hear

Bambambiglo:


Your dad is worse

Holla911:



I beg to disagree with you at this assertion. Accolades should be given to keke and D1 of primetime tv for there sacrifice to the Nigerian music industry and also to dokpesi for funding primetime tv projects.

throwaway:

Nigeria, largest producer of rice in Africa? Do you have sources?

Aderewah:
Lol. Southafricans have natural envy for Nigerians. I can't wait for Nigeria to take its right position in the world so we can deny every single south african visa.

olujastro:
Nigerians I know are not so enthusiastic about consuming only made in Nigeria products, especially because some local products have less quality than foreign brands.

But for Nigerian music, the quality has been consistently superb and original in the last 20 years thereabouts that we don't even have time to look outside.

Meanwhile, SA musicians will be copying American style, Ghana will be copying Nigerian style to a large extent, while Kenyan artistes don't even have talent at all, yet they expect us to listen to their craps.
IronGalaxy, tell your copycat artistes to make good music and we will listen.

XhosaNostra:


Stop talking nonsense. Do you know how many music genres we have in South Africa? You have rappers in your country too, why aren't you making noise about them doing a music style from abroad? South Africa is known for two genres, House music & Kwaito. The later is our own creation (which is now done all over SADC), so I'm not sure how we're copying anyone when even you dabble in different genres of music.

XhosaNostra:


I don't think he's envious because he's doing well in his own career & has major support at home. He fills up stadiums after all. However, South Africa is not a Hip Hop loving country. We love House music. Our own music awards revolve around House, so I can see how the likes of him would, perhaps, feel a bit unappreciated. Personally, I don't like his songs or AKA's lol.

olujastro:
Nigerians I know are not so enthusiastic about consuming only made in Nigeria products, especially because some local products have less quality than foreign brands.

But for Nigerian music, the quality has been consistently superb and original in the last 20 years thereabouts that we don't even have time to look outside.

Meanwhile, SA musicians will be copying American style, Ghana will be copying Nigerian style to a large extent, while Kenyan artistes don't even have talent at all, yet they expect us to listen to their craps.
IronGalaxy, tell your copycat artistes to make good music and we will listen.

IronGalaxy:
you only have one sound and one genre and anyone doing something else is not successful, hence why even your rappers change genres cause the market demands them to do Afrobeat or whatever you call it. In SA it doesn't matter what genre you make you still find success.