dayokanu:

You know yours is still the sweetest "awo" ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch=/v/rutPsgP5c3E&feature=fvst

So, I finally got around to watching the above.  Hmmph! That is not Hip Hop.

This is the real deal. Never mind the "trendy" outfits, the sucky video concept or the video vixens; just listen to the RHYMES.  Over the next several days I will give you some more tutorial on the history of Rap.  Okay, buddy?

Rappers' Delight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-MEL84yXh0&feature=related

The Message.  It was actually written by a middle-aged woman. hehehe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o8TeqKhgY  
Live performance.  How many of the new ones can do it that well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN9-K0aZXRg

Public Enemy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PaoLy7PHwk
Same as above, but Rosie Perez is a machine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDgPeJBHuUM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHLnv--a9kA

Rob Base:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IBRbzf3Fws&feature=related

Eric B and RAKIM. That's all you need to know.  All roads lead back to Rakim:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPfIIn5V_LQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFOeJOtq_xc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95gP3m-uBHA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TN-kDEKxF0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y1Emb7Jyks (You'll like this one)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7t8eoA_1jQ

P.S. I just wanted to add that, I've always seen a similarity between early rap and Yoruba and other African traditional praise-singing.  Others have made the connection, so you may even have the same view.  For me, I just see how the early rappers stand in front of a crowd, battle with other rappers, praising themselves, boasting, all the braggadocio, the rhyming, and compare it to the Griots, or the person you hire to say your oriki - I forget what they're called in Yoruba.  Music historians probably have differing view and can back up their theories intellectually.  For me, it's almost primal - instinctive - when I watch them, I'm thinking: "this is (an extension of) Yoruba/African culture."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWlYf1G5Lig

^ Actually all roads lead to 2pac 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl54ABY8VgY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXwmDGJAB8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W69SSLfRJho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcloTmvTeA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5VCY28_Xo

and my all time fav :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4HjsZqOaQ0&feature=related

^^^^

We have a lot more in common than I realize

No wonder we get along quite well


PS: Did you forget about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psBEj6cUXyk&NR=1

fstranger3:

Nkan to wu omo je, l'opa omo niyen.   .   .  I see no'ing wrong with that!

PS: Should I take it as a yes from you?

naijababe:

You dey craze o soo gbo!!!

Katsumoto:

Fi iyawo oniyawo si le. Remember Karma is a b.i.t.c.h; if you do it to someone, someone else is bound to do it to you.   

naijababe:

^ Actually all roads lead to 2pac 

and my all time fav :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4HjsZqOaQ0&feature=related

Hahaha.  I can't do it all in one day.  I would have gotten there (mention Tupac) eventually.    But I appreciate your contribution.  Let's all come together and single out and mock help our brother, Dayokanu.

DK, I'm just playing.  I know you posted the video just cos of the video vixens.  You knew that "song" sucked!

fstranger3:

^^^^

We have a lot more in common than I realize

No wonder we get along quite well


PS: Did you forget about this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psBEj6cUXyk&NR=1

Changes is alright but i mostly prefer his early works. I think it's almost criminal for any hiphop fan to not possess All eyez on me.
2Pac was a freaking genius 

DK, I'm just playing. I know you posted the video just cos of the video vixens. You knew that "song" sucked!

Na only suck you go use, try wack and whatever else! Couldnt even bring myself to watch the entire clip

naijababe:

Changes is alright but i mostly prefer his early works. I think it's almost criminal for any hiphop fan to not possess All eyez on me.
2Pac was a freaking genius 

Na only suck you go use, try wack and whatever else! Couldnt even bring myself to watch the entire clip

Girl, you have no mercy.  I just do the punishment; like removing a bandage/plaster.  Painful, but over quickly.

You, my dear, utilize torture, I see.  Thank heavens DK has no feelings, being a man 'n all. 

^ I tell it like it is durling

naijababe:

^ Actually all roads lead to 2pac 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl54ABY8VgY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfXwmDGJAB8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W69SSLfRJho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNcloTmvTeA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX5VCY28_Xo

and my all time fav :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4HjsZqOaQ0&feature=related

fstranger3:

^^^^

We have a lot more in common than I realize

No wonder we get along quite well


PS: Did you forget about this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psBEj6cUXyk&NR=1

It will be extremely disappointing if Obama does not have Tu Pac playing all day In the Oval office and all over the White house. 

Tu pac's songs are motivational, It will be a stoopid waste of resources if that Brotha is trying to preside over America without inspiration

It's like me ruling Nigeria without some conc. Ijala and Ewi songs playing in Aso Rock!

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32 pages? oh my!
tis the season to be. . . . .rosey with valentine (?)

yoruba thread


where is the foreign issue

Oga Kilode
c/o Nairaland
The Interweb

Dear Oga Kilode,

Re: your location, "Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest - Diderot."

Are you an anti-monarchist?  We await your response.

Respectfully, 
Isale Gangan (Miss)
From the office of the Oba of Lagos

^^The only King I trust is me

Respect is a different issue though. Iba f'oba Alade!

Kilode?!:

^^The only King I like and trust is me

King of what?  Cyberspace?  Where is your palace?  Who crowned you?  Where is your kingdom?

Choose your words carefully, earthling.  I am sure you are well aware of the punishment for blasphemy.  If that doesn't stick, we can charge you with treason.  How about inciting a revolution? 

Gone are the days when we would do oro in Isale-Eko and pick up wayward individuals deemed a threat to the survival of the kingdom.  I don't have to tell you what became of them. 

Dont be too sure those days are gone, may be they are lot more discreet these days. We dont know what happened to lots of those missing people.

heard rumors that they still bury dead kings with living men (bodyguards), that must escort him to 'aja'. Hope the rumor is untrue sa.

isale_gan2:

King of what?  Cyberspace?  Where is your palace?  Who crowned you?  Where is your kingdom?

Choose your words carefully, earthling.  I am sure you are well aware of the punishment for blasphemy.  If that doesn't stick, we can charge you with treason.  How about inciting a revolution? 

Gone are the days when we would do oro in Isale-Eko and pick up wayward individuals deemed a threat to the survival of the kingdom.  I don't have to tell you what became of them. 

HAHAHA Isale eko Princess, You are not making a good case for Kings with all those threats.

See why I agree that men will not be free until we wrap the neck of kings with the entrails of their usurper priests?

I'm not sure if this was said by Orunmila;Ori la ba bo, a ba f'orisa sile. ~We ought to worship our individual heads(destiny) and leave the gods or divinity aside~

^^^^^^
Read that Proverb again! I don't think the greatest philosophers of western liberal societies can come up with a more profound statement in support of freedom, liberty and individualism.

Now, if the wisdom of my ancestors coupled with those of the Orisas can utter that, why should I give my freedom and liberty over to some King or priest?

Why should I fear an ordinary Igbakeji Orisa, when my Ori is more important than the Orisa himself?

I decide my destiny, and if the king or priest won't let me do that freely, I will determine theirs


BTW "kings" = all Monarchs, Presidents, Prime-ministers, even your boss at work

[size=5pt]I kinda guess you are spoiling for a philosophical fight, be careful what you wish for, I'm very formidable  [/size] j/k

Sorry


What is the point of this thread - hence

Thread Locked.

^^^ You keep coming back

cant get enough hun?

Kilode?!:

Blah Blah Blah.  HAHAHA Isale eko Princess. . . . blah blah. . . 

Forgive me.  I am 100% true son of the soil.  I am not anti-monarchy, but a king is not a deity. . .  they serve their purpose. . . I am definitely not an ant-monarchist. . .blah blah blah. . . a constitutional monarchy is best. . .

Fixed.

I like you Kilode.  Carry on.

Katsumoto:

I step out for the night and come back to this? Omode yi, so ara e o. Mi ni fun e ni awon nkon ti mo lo ra fun e fun valentine. 

Katsumoto:

Sweetheart, I will tell all on vals day.  abi ko ju e-correo si mi. 

It is Valentine's day everywhere at the moment!  Where are you?!
                                                         

Friends:
I didn't know what to get you all, and since I could afford only one gift, I got you this.  It should be enough for everyone. 


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-1351147/The-burger-laden-days-calories--actual-size.html

happy val to all the ladies in the house

isale_gan2:

Fixed.

I like you Kilode.  Carry on.

Great! The Eko princess approves!

Now I can enjoy Valentine!

That Burger pic messed up my appetite

Kilode?!:

That Burger pic messed up my appetite

Terribly sorry.  Are you a vegetarian?  Just for you:

^ maybe one day I will become a hard core vegan.

for now, I'm too Nigerian to be a Vegetarian. Meat is good for the soul!

but that triple cheese burger with half-cooked meat is just a mess.


The new pic; Thanks! I'll take the liquor, you can have the flower

isale_gan2:

It is Valentine's day everywhere at the moment!  Where are you?!
                                                         

Waiting for your mail.

Whats your email address?

@fstranger4

nzizi@yahu.com
phone add is 911-291-9110
thanks for asking

^^ Happy val to you

armyofone:

nzizi@yahu.com
phone add is 911-291-9110
thanks for asking

rotflmao

Kilode?!:



The new pic; Thanks! I'll take the liquor, you can have the flower

and the strawberries and cherry?

Jenifa_:


and the strawberries and cherry?

Those are for you

You took that pretty girl off your profile?