pkasso:
Bros, dey calm down. Afrojuju ke? Next thing, you go mention Apala

Burna's good. The best at the moment. But I think you need to calm down with the worship. Wizkid is more than a worthy rival, IMO. He has had more success on the home front and has the longevity to back his argument. Burna's success was propelled by the Black diaspora, not his home base. An inversion of the natural process of 'blowing'. It was when he started getting international recognition, starting with 'Ye' that people began to jump on his train. You can't be the GOAT of something as tribal as Afrobeats if it took foreigners for your own people to truly recognise you.

This constant fellating of Burna is why he keeps misbehaving and thinks he's tiers above everyone else. Throwing his colleagues under the bus in interviews. He is very good at what he does, no doubt but saying it's an insult to mention him alongside other Nigerian artistes is disrespecting the numerous talented artistes we have in the industry.

nihilistjnr:


No, I said it has to have crossover appeal. You might want to google what that means.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Global_Music_Album

Look at this link and see the type of music that has been winning that award. Its not today.

Thats why I mentioned Las Las. That song was on Burna's Love Damini album, and is arguably the biggest afrobeat song of all time, peaking at number 1 on the billboard chart in that same America, and that Album lost in the world music grammy category to someone called Masa Takumi(?) from Japan.

When I think about it again, I have to revise my stance slightly on Burna's grammy win - and I wonder whether having Diddy as the executive producer of that album played a part.

Either way, I think based on the voting history, thag it looks like the Grammys are viewing afrobeats album as Pop albums trying to sneak in through the back door into the wrong category based on ethnicity.

Burna boy had a song in that album contesting with Drake, JCole, Durk etc. If Davido submits any of his songs in that category, he will lose, because his song doesn't crossover enough...meanwhile Burna's crossover appeal got him booked to actually perform at the Grammys

But maybe his music is also not seen as authentically indigenous as well. Because again, just look at the past winners of these awards, and other than Angelique, tell me which one you've ever heard of.

BlueRayDick:


The problem now is instead of Davido and his fans taking it in good faith and go back to the drawing board; some of them online have bee calling for Grammy's boycott from all afrobeat artistes.

There's this Sope guy that has been wailing since daybreak calling naija artistes to stop submitting their work.

I believe Davido and his fans invested so much emotions in those 3 nominations and that's why they've found it hard to accept the outcome. He should go back to the studio to cook and avoid all those Iskaba, keke napep rhymes. Next year is another year.

Like u rightly said, after the loss Burna had to go back and became intentional with his music and gave it crossover appeal. I believe same can work for Davido

odizeey:


Person wey win Best album no even use drawing board. He just wake up enter studio. Them give am award.

E sure me say he just submit with faith

BlueRayDick:


So shey Tatibiji wan boycott grammy's going forward ni abi Davido will keep cooking and submitting his work with faith too?

Ballzproblem2:

SMH

Realmrsean:
I know many people in this thread who will do this

https://twitter.com/somteeofficial/status/1754449342625189979?t=UKDSunMNsI6X21q1q5GJcQ&s=19

monerozi5590:
Lai lai! E no go work. You guys attempt to sell Burna on me will not work. I am Davido FC forever.


Is painful we didn't bring home the Grammys but we will go again next time.

David that I know will come back stronger.

iamoyindamola:

Anything wrong in what the neighbor did

BlueRayDick:
izzou abeg try slow down on ur road travels o. This is a report of 2 GIG & ABC Transport buses hijacked by kidnappers on the way to Abuja

https://www.nairaland.com/7991738/gunmen-hijack-two-buses-kogi

Amigoss:


Ahnnn ahnnn,Niger State people are holding their governor responsible na ....

Na only Lagos,protest is banned and protesters can be arrested,we can go to our state to hold our governors responsible by protesting and grounding economic activities there...

Realmrsean:
yeah it was a false alarm and false profilication..

And also snitching which the consequences should be the neighbor to be jailed or killed

iamoyindamola:

Not a false alarm
The people in ibadan if they have raised alarm of excessive movement of dynamite
Some of them won't be homeless now
Snitching or whatever is for the street, if you commit a crime and i know alaye i will rat you out

They play my fans

iamoyindamola:

Not a false alarm
The people in ibadan if they have raised alarm of excessive movement of dynamite
Some of them won't be homeless now
Snitching or whatever is for the street, if you commit a crime and i know alaye i will rat you out

They play my fans

Realmrsean:
make sure say de same police wey you rat 🐀 give make Dem too no rat 🐀 on you too cos as e dey be, na dat day might be your last

Animal

iamoyindamola:

Lol
Commit the crime first
Anofia!!!!

GloriousGbola:


But that is the problem. There are a lot of people who are working from home. I work from home for instance. And it is always in my mind that some ediat somewhere will report me to police as a yahoo man. And of course the police do not actually give a fk if I am a yahoo guy or not. They want me to be a yahoo guy so they can shake me down without consequence.

Though it may not even be the neighbors.it could be a friend or acquaintance, like those lastma dogs that sicc lastma on to you in traffic.

iamoyindamola:

Lol
Commit the crime first
Anofia!!!!

You don learn Igbo insult by force!

No gree for Darlington oh.

izzou:


The roads are scary, these days.

Very soon, transport companies will begin to exempt themselves for being responsible for passengers, even inside their bus

GloriousGbola:


But that is the problem. There are a lot of people who are working from home. I work from home for instance. And it is always in my mind that some ediat somewhere will report me to police as a yahoo man. And of course the police do not actually give a fk if I am a yahoo guy or not. They want me to be a yahoo guy so they can shake me down without consequence.

Though it may not even be the neighbors.it could be a friend or acquaintance, like those lastma dogs that sicc lastma on to you in traffic.

BlueRayDick:


Even if they don't exempt themselves, already where will they get ransom to pay for every individual in the bus? If for example kidnappers request for N10m each for 16 passengers, shey na GIG or ABC go cough out N160m ?

I read one guy's thread on his experience Birni-Gwari - Kaduna road . The guy is a motor boy for a truck and he narrated how all travellers along that route would stop at the outpost of Birni-Gwari once it's evening , pass the night there and wait till 8am when a military convoy led by two tanks would patrol the leghth of the road. So u just have to drive behind the military convoy to be able to pass safely on the road even during the day. Anything short of that, the insurgents ruling that route would kidnap u or worse still kill u.

https://www.nairaland.com/7986760/horror-see-birni-gwari-kaduna#128215464

iamoyindamola:

That is why i said there's nothing wrong with what
The neighbors were suspecting and needed to clear their doubt
The country is messed up that is why police don't want to know if you are innocent or not

izzou:
Good news


https://www.nairaland.com/7991276/dangote-refinery-crude-import-us

GloriousGbola:


What you have said is why I tell my kids they are going to have a hard time in a few years. The same police that smile at me will harass, Bully and threaten them, because they are fishing. Put my son in a car, give him a laptop and police will be stopping and searching and harassing him.

Suspecting people is not enough to subject them to the trauma of some useless police breaking down their door and ransacking their house.

Just as wearing dreads is not justification for being arrested by police.

GloriousGbola:


But that is the problem. There are a lot of people who are working from home. I work from home for instance. And it is always in my mind that some ediat somewhere will report me to police as a yahoo man. And of course the police do not actually give a fk if I am a yahoo guy or not. They want me to be a yahoo guy so they can shake me down without consequence.

Though it may not even be the neighbors.it could be a friend or acquaintance, like those lastma dogs that sicc lastma on to you in traffic.

KingTom:

izzou:


Nigeria complained of importing refined fuel.

They built a refinery, then switched from importing refined fuel to the raw crude.

Las las, Importation was sustained.

Now, na International market forces go determine the price of fuel wey we refine. The one wey e determine, we never recover

BlueRayDick:


APC= All Promises Cancelled!