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Something from my M.I archives, stuff he did before he blew and you'll talkin none stop about him now, Used to guard my M.I classics but whatever, whats the use of good music if u listen to it alone,

Track is Let's get Together, guess some people dnt like rapidshare, someones else could place it on some more friendly file sharing site, enjoy


http://rapidshare.com/files/242870052/04_Track_4.mp3

last time i saw him he was on that Zain music show where they compare artistes and all, the weekend he was on, he was pitched against the Wiskolo Wiska master, bad stinking Durella (i love that guy) and Durella won and i think he ended up winning the competition,

OD is tight sha, hopefully we wld hear from him soon,

You wont blive i heard 'whisper' on radio 3days ago, i cant remember the station, i was shocked.

is she not a member fo KD World those guys never just cut it and they were good sha!

Open Sesame, u really did open this sesame for me,

Lord knows how long i've had this on my mind, u know what really annoys me, even when they dont mime their songs, they sing it exactly the same way its on the CD. when i go to watch a concert, i go to watch the xtras, pls,if i wanted to hear the song the same way, i'll play the CD and watch ur video, its the extra effects that matter, thats where Dbanj and Psquare stand out, Aside Tuface singing African Queen where he tries to pick a girl from the crowd, he is awful, 9ICE needs help, hes terrible on stage, who is not tired of him swingin his right arm and turning around with 3 of his homeboys,

watch Dare Art Alade and u'll know what a real performance is, i think its worse cos our artistes dnt play musical instruments, just youtube John Legend performing 'If you out there' live and you'll be blown away,

As for me if Dare, Asa, Mode 9 or M.I aint performing, i'll sit my butt at home and wait for the clips on HipTV, i aint paying money to watch someone jumping and shouting Gborie won fokasibe,

nice post, and who is this Frijos tryn to do some marketin, ?

Slam has never appealed to me, dnt think he wil now, the game is past him

How bout Age Baker??, u guys remember those classic hits (Angelica and Girl of my dreams), still carry them around on my phone,

hmmmm,

really divided opinions, its all good anyways, its easy to say Asa's album was worth more than we all paid for it (fact), but we found that out only after we bought it and listened to the whole album, are we saying if Asa releases a new album sometime this year which i hope she does, her reputation would be big enuf for you to buy the album for a thousand naira without listening to a track on it, ??

i bought tuface idibias new album and i had heard only the songs on the promo cd, truth is i bought it cos of his reputation and Lord knows i would have paid more, but truth be told, i didnt like the album and its now underneath my album rack,

What i can deduce from all the post here is that
1. Artistes need to do more work on the content of their albums, party tracks may last for a couple of months(Do Me), but classics last a lifetime(Bibanke)

2. Artistes need to do more than just put a CD in a pack, insert lyrics, cool pictures/wall papers, tickets to hang out with stars, celebrity t-shirts, album/free autograph signing sessions in fans hoods, (M.I, had one at the galleria sometime in march)

3. Associations that represent artistes rights(PMAN, NCC,etc) need to draw up a bill and present to the national assembly on protection of artistes rights and intellectual property (boring talk, but true talk)

4. National Assembly need to enact laws that stop piracy.

5. Worst case scenario, close down Alaba and let some trusthworthy distribution agencies handle these things,

Hope i've not said too much, holla

Pls don't hate me over this, but i was going thru my Nigerian CD Rack and the net worth was less than 3grand and thats where i got the thot,

considering  the amount of work put into making an album especially ur first one in this country (sessions, transport, marketing, promotion, record label rip offs, bribing DJ's, attending free shows, being back up for stars before ur album lunch, actual album lunch, pirates ) and  that every artiste makes an album once in two years except P-SQUARE course (lol) maybe we should pay alot more for them,

i know the arguement would be pirates would take over the market again by making it cheaper but that can be fixed with more stringent policies,

its easy for D'banj, Tuface, P-Square, M.I, Mode 9 et al to make money from album sales, how bout artistes like Excetera, Terry G, Bracket, Terry Da Rapman, OD, Pheroshuz etc

I would figure something with the range of 400 bucks would be okay, what say u??

Casting Crowns is way at the top for me,
Also Three 63
and Third Days Grace,

aint nothing better than listening to ur favourite genre and getting blessed in the process

Since Arsenal refused to give us a trophy, i might focus my attention on the HHWA taking place on the16th,

VOTE FOR NIGERIAS ILLEST RAPPER

http://www.hiphopworldawards.com/nominees.aspx?action=vote

'HE IS WALKIN WITH THE ILLNESS LIKE HIV CARRIERS'

Its amazing you guys just sit and write stuff, you just had an interview barely two weeks, an interview of about 400 people if i get my numbers right and thats in Lagos alone and you expect them to call you after 5days, you think they dont work in HR abi? they would have to mark ur essays, combine scores, sort the best they want in different groups, contact the hospital for your medicals, prepare a schedule and mail everyone around the country etc,

u had better be patient,

If there was ever an artiste who had real street credibilty it was and would remain "Abami Eda", dude spoke the hearts of people and was not scared to say it, thats why his music never dies, it might not be the regular track u press play on ur laptop but when u do on a saturday morning while doing ur laundry, u know this brother was speaking and still speaking sense and making beautiful music while doing it,

compared to what we listen to now, 'gborieee won fokasibe' and the likes, now u knowwhy our intellectual processing capicity is getting lower,

Fulukuma Fulukuma Fulukuma Fulukuma eday pain me ga ga oh
Fulukuma Fulukuma Fulukuma Fulukuma e dey pain me well well e yio
my brother yankulu yankulu yankulu yankulu yankulu yankulu ya
brother yankulu yankulu yankulu yankulu yankulu yankulu ya
who kill them mama oh oh na who kill dem mama ye oh!!!

dont need to tell u the song or title, sure u know it

this song is banging in the ear drums of half the country
what is he saying sef,
sickening

yeah, the album is in stores now, i bout mine on the island,

@dejiariyo

why does someone else have to do something to make it right, what ever happened to diversity, was mode nine not working in Rhythm Abuja presenting shows for some time , ELDEE (not the one of trybes men)was rapping and used to present on Rhythm also before he got sent to PH, DARE is promoting his new album and he is also doing his personal next underated reality tv thingy, snoop hasnt stopped rapping and he does that his crap reality tv show, i'm sure there are alot of foreign mc's that do the same thing, its all bout diversity, who knows when his rap career is over he might consider radio or tv presenting like bebe winas is doing now,

what we shld be lookin out for is if Rugged has presenting skills as good as his rap skills

hi,

there's a firewall placed in my office that stops uploading stuff on rapidshare and the likes, type ur email addy and i'll send u the song,

i love the dbanj part of it, just seems to me he just strolled into the studio, met them doin a track and decided to spit, it sounded so unscripted, and the beat of the song just reminds me of renegade by warren G, just the way rap is sup 2 be done

I sincerely think answering this thread was a wrong thing in the first place, the person who started it has even disappered off it,

M.I has raised the bar definately, MODE, RUGGED, FREESTLYE, ELDEE, all tight rappers and every one has a right to brag bout being the best cos i think they have all earned it, doind rap in this country where FOKASIBE and the likes are what we consider HIT Songs is not easy and anyone who does rap and still has appeal should be respected,

I sincerely think answering this thread was a wrong thing in the first place, the person who started it has even disappered off it,

M.I has raised the bar definately, MODE, RUGGED, FREESTLYE, ELDEE, all tight rappers and every one has a right to brag bout being the best cos i think they have all earned it, doind rap in this country where FOKASIBE and the likes are what we consider HIT Songs is not easy and anyone who does rap and still has appeal should be respected,

Heard this track from Double K in a friends crib, feelin it, what u think?dudes a Port-harcourt guy.

http://rapidshare.com/files/209394928/03_Wetin_Dey.mp3

at least that sort of clears the air on the ruggedman/timaya thingy,

"i hope im done wit ur journalistic voyage into dem mama records"
dude, got some mad english skills, lol


if i were an artiste i would never feature timaya on my hit track, dude always sounds better than the owner of the song, lol

review of M.I's Talk about it album by Switchedonnaija.com
http://switchedonnaija.com/newcms/index.php?categoryid=16&p2003_articleid=13



Let’s talk about it; M.I’s debut album has been playing on my ipod for a few weeks now. You see after listening to it a couple of times, I was sure convinced a proper review would be a huge task and hard to achieve. Luckily I did my research from blogs to sites including Switched On to read up on M.I.

Now since we are all in the buzz of Obama becoming the first African American president, we easily forget the road he took at achieving the results we all celebrate today. Okay, it would be a sin to try compare a tall black articulate powerful individual with a short black articulate boy (okay young man J), but I should say the road to achieving their dream may have easily been the same. This dude (M.I) came into the spotlight with his faculties in check. In my view he came to disable the equilibrium and make his senior brothers and sisters in hip-hop sweat and go back to their old notes and try come up with real lines powerful enough to make people think.

So this time, I have decided not to review this album! This is because it would be hard to do it justice.

However, I can tell you about “Anoti” (track 2) and how M.I introduces himself as Nigeria’s Hip Hop token! No disrespect to our uncles and aunties in hip-hop, who choose to waste their studio-time dissin each other, but M.I could just be right. He’s fresh, he’s real and he has got his identity stamped on his forehead! Let me try and imagine what one of our uncles in hip-hop would have said when they listened to M.I’s album for the first time.

They would have looked for mistakes and found none. They would have imagined how they could have made a particular phrase rhyme better, but their I.Qs may not have been able to comprehend such creative genius. So at the end of the day, maybe they may have been able to diss some of the skits on this track (let’s give them that!)

They (our uncles and aunties in hip-hop) could try to diss his height, but on track 3, he’s already told you that though he’s a short black boy, he can move the crowd and he’s good with the ladies too. He has told you his name is Jude and not Judas, so you can’t use this against him too. Track 3, “Short Black Boy”, is a smooth biography of this guy who’s out here for business.

You see when M.I “talks about it” and calls himself a rooster; he’s also saying he means business. Many rappers feel they need to frown like warriors in the 300 movie when talking about social issues. They go on frowning into the camera and acting like new members of the hit serial HEOROES! I even like the way he pronounces “amebo” sef. He talks with a conscience and suggests that though some people in government might want him silenced, the street credibility pushes his crusade.

Now “Safe” featuring Djinee wasn’t even supposed to make the album. It’s funny because the whole world is making so much noise about something they were ready to give out for free. Is M.I picking at everybody in the industry by sampling their songs and making it sound better? (No comment)

Now many of us are waiting for the opportunity to dance to “Blaze” in the club. Others need to love-vendor up their sound systems to put this jamming track on full blast while in their cars. We get to hear Jesse here, and we know there are better things to come out of these guys. Personally for a guy that gave up smoking, I wish I heard this those years I was lighting up, it would have given my smoke breaks more swagger (don’t mind me o). But this isn’t about smoking guys! Listen to the words. M.I saves the best for the last. Just as we thought it was ending Blaise does justice to the track and seals this as a confirmed 'hit'.

I could tell you about “Area”, my new hip-hop national anthem. I get goose bumps when I hear this, because it’s all about national pride people. Wait, M.I takes another swing at our uncles and aunties “I’m not saying I’m the best but I’m asking who's better?” I could easily answer that question (lol). M.I continues with the swings, “I’ll make this other rappers sweat in the rain and they vex cuz they lame but the cheques in my name.” Haba M.I, take it easy bro. You wan kill dem?

Now you see the next track “Fast Money, Fast Cars” shouts ‘controversial’ from the word go. You see at first we could use this as struggling guys to challenge the ‘aristos’ and big girls in society. But at the same time, these girls on the spot call themselves hustlers, ”Mike Adenuga types, I need a man to make me glow”. So, just as I was going to use this to diss them, I could imagine one of them asking me if “I had an end-of discussion (Honda car) cuz that would signal an end of discussion"! M.I keeps it in check by saying “don’t spend your life to buy money, cuz you can’t spend your money to buy life.” True talk jare! At least I can use that on them!

Wait a minute people; I am not reviewing this album o. I can’t go on and talk about the music, the beats and the brilliant production and the mixers M.I borrowed from Paula and Amy, lol

My clients owe me, and M.I’s “Money” strikes a nerve! It drives the point home. There’s only one of the uncles in Hip-Hop who have been able to strike the same chord with me when it comes to struggling to make it (no names here). Back to M.I, “Money slow to enter, money quick to go!” Could I add at this point that M.I does not say he is broke. He just says he, like a lot of us, may not have been the flashy guy or big boy when growing up. You know the guys that got everything on a silver spoon and oppressed our adolescent years, this brings back memories (sniff, sniff)

Aha, “forever” is another club banger. I am already practising a step for this song in the club. In my days we used to call it the “Toasting Song”. The guy mouth sweet well well for this track! “Hello hi, I’m M.I. I’m so fly my low is high!”Yes o! Everything about this track is smooth. And Yes, M.I is singing on the hooks. Maybe I’ll use this song to get a babe for Valentine’s Day.

Just as this song “forever” ends with me thinking about sinful things, the next one “Jehovah” makes me see the angels! (Sharp contrast M.I) I was savouring the moment there and then from nowhere I hear Jehovah, lol. Could M.I make it as a gospel artist? The answer is yes. I wonder what would happen if the guys who sit on top of roofs find out this lyricist was coming into their terrain to build a skyscraper over their heads and cast them in a shadow? They would ask and pray that God would use a stick to hit his head! (I got jokes, lol)

I'll end here and talk about “hustle”, though I wish it followed either “Money” or “Area” on the album. It’s about the hustle guys! and M.I shows us where he gets that needed push from. I once heard from a very unlikely source (Kimora Lee Simmons) “Don’t forget your past, but Never forget where you’re going”. M.I says never forget the place where you’re from cuz, if you don’t come home what good have you done (shout out to all my people overseas).

So just as M.I tries to make us all believers, he gives a shout out to those who are ready to travel dusty roads to get paid. So, as we listen to this young lyricist, we soon realize what Jude (M.I) is all about.

Let’s Talk about it guys, buy the album, it’s definitely Switched On. Before I go, I’ll like to use this medium to say to our uncles and aunties in hip-hop; Live and learn guys. Okay even if you can’t come out in public and endorse the album be true to yourselvesJ.

In closing, I would like to warn M.I and the whole chocolate city, UnRulies, Loopy records' crew and all. Respect your elders o. You guys are making them (the old school) look irrelevant (lol). You’re changing the game. Please make una do am small small! They (our uncles and aunties) also want and need to be relevant.

Shikena!

Wande is on another level now, seems everyone on Mo Hits is special except Dr Sid of course, Jehovah track is somethin else, i love the bridge especially when he said, don baba jay, ,


http://rapidshare.com/files/185746844/jehova-wande_coal.mp3

Jessy Jags is just too hot, i opened a new bank account and put N150 in it,i'll use it and whatever interest accrues to buy Jessys album whenever he drops it, the other track is MI spitting on D'banjs Gbono Felli Felli beat, feelin this two brothers so bad, yu'all listen and say what u think,

My favorite M.I LINE
"You cant copy me I Solo like ISOLO"

Jessy Jags----best rapper alive, lol
http://rapidshare.com/files/185125089/I_m_hot.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/185122110/Greatest.mp3

plzzzz plzzzz, do u really think its cool to start posting MI's songs, his album just came out nd is still tryn to get his marketing thing right and now his songs are online, why wouldnt we just let people buy the albums and support Nigerian arts, my friend in abuja cant find d album to buy and i refused to send mine to him, now he has downloaded from u,

heard Kanye's I'm in love with you and he had the stuff on it too, guess thats y they all sound different on stage,

M.I's album is just a monster hit, it takes more than good music to make me listen at 3am, Talk about it is great music, give it up for jesse jags, production was just classy.all tracks on the album are cool, couldnt figure which ones i liked so i dumped all on my phone, M.I with me on the move, Bleep trafiic,

M.I is sure here to hold down, as for Modes Album, fact is i prefer his former album, just my point of view before Javalove comes to start giving a lecture, lol

Experience 2008 was a blast, it was my 1st one and i've already booked seats for the next edition, it was really sad that it had to end the way it did anyway, i really wanted to watch donnie and don moen, they were the main reason i came, the quality of the artists invited showed because when one finishes i'll ask myslef would d next be as good? but performance after performance had me stunned, i was beaten in the rain for bout 2 hours but i know i was happy to be in his presence, , "HE IS HERE", , just like Fred Hammon kept saying,  God bless Pastor Paul and everybody that worked hard to make sure the event took place

hi, pls anyone who gets communicated as regards the next stage after the 3 stages last weekend should pls post, i'm expecting to be called but my both phones were collected by the owners at gun point yesterday, i'm working on gettin the lines restored but while MTN is putting me thru that process.i'm banking on nairalanders to inform so i can at least go and check my name on the list,

hope i can bank on u guys, ve a great festive period

I agree with u, i sincerely think he is not as good as people make him to seem, i've got a lot of his tracks on my lap and i 've listened to them and i still cant figure out y there is so much hype, i like the whole a millie series aside that i like him on a track he's featured like on paula deanda, busta rhymes etc, but on his own, it aint werking for me

Decided i was going to use this weekend to find Mode 9 new CD, walked round ikeja, in stores where i could normally walk up and get a dbanj,tuface cd days after release and i could not find a mode cd to buy,

thats why he is broke, finally got one from a friend who bought it from the island and ripped it to my system, had to listen to it at work so u burnt a copy on my empty cd, my colleague who likes mode to and cant find the cd, lent it from me and copied it on his laptop and has given the cd out again, sincerely, i wish i could stop him but i couldnt,

U see, mode might make good music but would remain broke if he doesnt get his distribution right, he has lost money from 3 people now.

Cool adverts, my sisters love it too. amd the whole song on radio, its really cool. dude sure got talent, he better eat enuf cash from etisalat cos i'm not sure any other telecom firm would use him again,

did u notice in the basketball part of the advert, the guy bouncing the ball wore a white jersey and the opposing player wore black when the white jerseyed guy made the pass, it was to a black jerseyed guy jumping to dunk the ball, whts the idea, passin the ball to ur opponent, what do u guys think

When i started this thread the intention was to pay respects to a pioneer in broadcasting in Nigeria. I did not know it would turn into a lyrical battle ground, some of this death descriptions are are appauling, u guys must be watchin too many movies,

Pls, lets just keep the thread on the subject and it should apply to every other thread on nairaland pls,

there is enuf chaos in the world we dont need to start another one here,