The definition of realness and absolute
intelligence is actually what Tha Erigma
encompasses in a flurry of storytelling
and ingenious narratives delivered in
the language of the street with a substantial dose of punch lines and
witty wordplays. It was laced in such a
way that both core hip hop heads and
punch line fanatics can easily relate
with, with the album creating a fusion
of braggadocio, core hip hop and pure lyricism.
The truth is hip hop can be delivered
in any language as long as its
fundamentals are strictly adhered to.
The strong points of the album include
Erigga’s good diction and the way he brought rap to the streets in fluent
language from the first snare to the
last beat of the album. He proved
critics wrong with this album proving
that hip hop can be done in any
pattern as long as the correct dose of realness is included. Provided he sticks
to this formular, he’s sure to succeed.
Erigga is signed onto Snowman’s
record label, New Money
Entertainment. This album brings forth
his street experiences in rich storytelling and witty wordplays, his
life on the creeks of the south-south,
his personal relationship and a bit of
socially conscious joints. He showed
an innate ability to take listeners
through a wide range of informal lectures with his pidgin English laden
words and revamped proverbs. Erigga
is however noted to have made
blasphemous comments on most of
his tracks such as: “my mille dey
provoke I no dey gree go church/ but I go die? When igbo dey smell for my
cloth…” with subsequent flows to
buttress his points on “story story”.
Irrespective of this, he managed to
inspire listeners with his bars and
hooks. The pidgin-English infused phrases
and words used might be difficult for
listeners with no street experience to
decode, but it might as well educate
them by taking listeners through
pictorial rhymes and composite occurrences in the streets. Some of the
commonly used words and clichés in
the album include: ‘kpo’- smoke, ‘
kpo-kpo’- police, ‘gbaga’- gunshots,
‘luga’- double barrel gun, ‘bistrot’-bar,
‘okpo’- prostitute,’ sk’- marijuana, ‘kra-kra’- shoot, ‘daga’-knife/straff,
‘bee’- call, ‘zoos’-relax, ‘buga’-brag,
‘ogaga’-gang members/militant and
‘poof’-die amidst a rich host of other
street slangs.
Most times some of his songs seemed to advocate gangster life, but he
clearly preached against it on “wicked
man” while also taking a punt at the
state of things in the nation with a
satiritic approach to both verses he
took on the track where he featured Oritse Femi; “2’o’clock for night I sit
down for my doormot dey blaow/
with the hope say all the pain go
comot as how?/ I just receive wan
mumu call/my padi for Ekpoma dem
just use am count scores/”, “which kain life be this wey one man go sit
down on e own p dey feel pain for e
fellow man/ boko dey bomb for one
side, but that wan no pain them”.
His cinematic delivery must be praised
on joints like: ‘no go away’, ‘wicked man’, ‘dem no get two head’, no go
away, alcohol and wild wild west,
while his performance was subpar on
“binu binu” which featured Klever
Jay. Even Klever performed below
expectations with a clear overdose of autotune dousing his true abilities.
Nonetheless, this was a good attempt
by Erigga altogether. Thumbs up! thawatcha..com/2012/09/album-review-erigga-tha-erigma.html?m=1

Erigga... feeling ya here in UK.
Erigga... feeling ya here in UK.
Erigga... feeling ya here in UK.

Erigga good.