moxyz: Ki omo to daye baba e ni ebi
UP OBEY

Eemo re o! Eemo lukutu pebepebe. Olodumare o, what a blasphemy! How could you? Singing Sunny Ade and shouting up Obey? Enu e bi enu upobey yen.

oddy4real: i listened to Ebenezer Obey's 'The hOrse, the son and the man' as a 7 year old boy and i could not sleep. i kept thinking and thinking and thinking. Musicians like Obey are rare.
OBEY ALL THE WAY

seconded,thirded,fourted,fifthed and sixthed

mikeapollo:

So by your analogy, do you say Femi is better than Fela because Femi was also nominated for Grammy while Fela was not?
There are many factors and coincidences that make such nomination to happen. Dont be deceived

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iphedahyor:
I vote ebenezer obey





Nairalanders, lovers of Juju music and fans of both musicians, who do you think is the better artiste/musician between this two?

Who in your opinion was more innovative and influenced the juju genre and Nigerian music at large more?

Both command appearance fees running into millions and only very few peeps (Like Otunba Mike Adenuga) can afford to have both perform at their events but if you were to choose one of the two to play at your function/event (maybe wedding), who would you rather have?

Lets Debate. . ..

Olowo la'ye mo, oluwa temi dowo e, gbogbo la la eda, nitori owo ni, je ka'ye mi dun, ke mi le je eniyan ...... Obey for Life !

Jarus:

This almost got tears from my eyes.

I remember my early years too. Old man's favourite, after Haruna Ishola and Yusuf Olatunji Babal'egba was Obey.

I remember the song
[size=16]Good morning Sir, adupe pe mogboyinbo o[/size]

wonlasewonimi:

Slimyem I like you so much for this comment..is it possible to nyansh you?

Aburo, awon ti won ni asewo ni e, won o puro. Asewo paraku ni e. Gbogbo awon omo obinrin Nairaland lo fe nyansh patapata. Bi o ti wun ki o ri, ranti eleda re nigba ewe re, yee aburo hu'wa rere.

Sugbon bi o ba l'aya ti ko l'ewa, ma fi se ibinu. Fe aya naa sile nitori omo. Nitori wipe omo l'asehinde.

Maa gbadun adun ti ko de ereke maa lo jare. Ti ilu ba si pin si meji, ti Oba ni ki o se o. Nitori ijekuje lo ng mu agbalagba dobale fun omode o...

mikeapollo:

Why the abuse? Why the insults?

Well, I am well bred with good home-training, so I dont trade abuses and insults online.
You are free to exhibit the kind of training and upbringing you are made of.

What I wrote about Obey and Sunny are the facts. Obey was the first person to introduce multiple guitars, western drum kits among other numerous innovations, but he does not brag, unlike Sunny. Obey was the one that modernised Juju music before Sunny joined the train!


Who is Alaafin of Oyo in music? What does Alaafin know about music? What authority does Alaafin have in music?
So what happens if Ooni of Ife or any other Oba should just wake up and say some other musician is the king of Juju or Fuji or whatever? Obey avoided calls for him to be crowned as King by other Obas in Yoruba land like the Alake and Ooni.
Dont be deceived by some people who give some spurious awards to their favourite musician.May be you dont know that most of the so-called awards are solicited and arranged by the musicians themselves in order to boost their profile and marketability!Do you know how many 'Kings' we have in Fuji music now?
Well, I dont blame you if you do not know....you have already displayed your level of maturity in your first sentence

Obey is better than Sunny in all aspects of Juju music, except stagemanship and dancing.
What Obey lacks in stage craft, he covers with un-paralled ability in great lyrics, compositions, arrangement,instrumentation, percussions, delivery etc. His songs are timeless.

Obey's kind of musician is very rare...If you do not know, go and ask your elders!

guy,you have said it all, dont just mind whatever they said,in addition, k.S.A is just a stage entertainer,and he's very percfect in guiter playing, but when we are talking about good composition that inspired people, obey is known for that,no one composed like him in the history of yoruba juju,and most of his songs are messeges that can change life to better,if you do listening to his song you will understand what i mean,i like his music alot,coz i iherited it from my dad,i,v been listning to obey's and sunny's music,when i was a kid coz my dad got all their awo @ home then,even up till date and i was told that,obey is the best when i asked my dad this particular questoin... ,Ebenezer obey is the king of juju,take or leave it

I remember former justice of the ICJ, Justice Bola Ajibola during Obey's 70th birthday asked rhetorically on "An Jade Loni Eledumare" if one needs any more prayer after listening to this song early in the morning.

Sunny will outlive Obey for eternity.
Ask the stars, they will tell.
Of 5 Yoruba greatest sons, Sunny Ade will be there.

King Sunny Ade. I love his music.

I prefer ebenezer obey music, but prefer sunny ade on stage.

None of them! Prefer Oliver De Coque over Sunny Bobo and Chimuanya!!! Igbo blood

ZACHIE: Sunny will outlive Obey for eternity.
Ask the stars, they will tell.
Of 5 Yoruba greatest sons, Sunny Ade will be there.

Sunny Ade entertains better but when it comes to[b] GOOOOOD MUSIC[/b], Obey is better

mikeapollo:

Why the abuse? Why the insults?

Well, I am well bred with good home-training, so I dont trade abuses and insults online.
You are free to exhibit the kind of training and upbringing you are made of.

What I wrote about Obey and Sunny are the facts. Obey was the first person to introduce multiple guitars, western drum kits among other numerous innovations, but he does not brag, unlike Sunny. Obey was the one that modernised Juju music before Sunny joined the train!


Who is Alaafin of Oyo in music? What does Alaafin know about music? What authority does Alaafin have in music?
So what happens if Ooni of Ife or any other Oba should just wake up and say some other musician is the king of Juju or Fuji or whatever? Obey avoided calls for him to be crowned as King by other Obas in Yoruba land like the Alake and Ooni.
Dont be deceived by some people who give some spurious awards to their favourite musician.May be you dont know that most of the so-called awards are solicited and arranged by the musicians themselves in order to boost their profile and marketability!Do you know how many 'Kings' we have in Fuji music now?
Well, I dont blame you if you do not know....you have already displayed your level of maturity in your first sentence

Obey is better than Sunny in all aspects of Juju music, except stagemanship and dancing.
What Obey lacks in stage craft, he covers with un-paralled ability in great lyrics, compositions, arrangement,instrumentation, percussions, delivery etc. His songs are timeless.

Obey's kind of musician is very rare...If you do not know, go and ask your elders!

LET THEM SAY!!!
JEALOUSY!!!!

oddy4real:
Sunny Ade entertains better but when it comes to[b] GOOOOOD MUSIC[/b], Obey is better

define good music, please

I guess most ve not tried listening to KSA at all, go get som at the store am sure u will always pray that he live long for us ni ..... Shiki shiki shiki shiki kirakita kirakita ori baba mi ye ori mama mi ye o eleda mi jowo o ma je t'araka kin to jeun. Chai .. can't wait to jam ds gbedu wen I get home

when we talk of REAL YORUBA music legends, u should mention Obey, Yusuf Oltunji, Ayinla Omowura, IK Dairo, sir Victor Olaiya, Ayinde Bakare, Haruna Ishola. ksa isnt in their class at alllll. sometimes, being succesful doesnt mean you are exceptional

wengerjay: LET THEM SAY!!!
JEALOUSY!!!!

Hahahahahahahahahahaha! This got me

oddy4real: when we talk of REAL YORUBA music legends, u should mention Obey, Yusuf Oltunji, Ayinla Omowura, IK Dairo, sir Victor Olaiya, Ayinde Bakare, Haruna Ishola. ksa isnt in their class at alllll. sometimes, being succesful doesnt mean you are exceptional

This guy is too used to Yoruba incantations to draw the lines between Spirituality and musical actuality

Me play Yoruba music? God forbid

They both have accomplished a lot and are both legends. The issue of who you prefer would probably depend on your age; i think some older folks would prefer Obey because of the depth of his lyrics, while the younger crowd would prefer KSA for his entertainment. As for me, I love music and I love both of them when it comes to music.

All Obey fans lets meet here:
https://www.nairaland.com/1255598/chief-commander-ebenezer-obey-fans#15210789

"ori mi ye o ja a a a, ja fun mi" got goosebumps listening to this on NPR the other day.

Both men sang great songs!

ohereiyi: None of them! Prefer Oliver De Coque over Sunny Bobo and Chimuanya!!! Igbo blood

who cares about you olodo?

gratiaeo: Me play Yoruba music? God forbid

who knows you?ko se iru e la wa lagbo awon enia gidi

In the future, Our kids will in a similar manner compare Tuface and D'Banj. Some of them (the ignorant few) will pick D'banj over Tuface and back it up with Useless facts. E.g. He was signed unto Good music, He 'is' richer, he partied with Kanye, Jigga, Common and the likes,His energy on stage is greater e.t.c. My point is diff strokes for diff folks. Be that has it may, Some people are just deaf to Good music!

i cant compare both,as i can not compare bright chim ezie and oliver De coque,please forgive my spelling.

ighoosagie: As u go dey compare igbo and yoruba man, just as if u dey compare basketballer n footballer or u dey compare fali pupa and tuface, as long nor b d same language dem dey use perform, as person way no dey understand d oda one language go tk no which one good pass

Which rock you dey live

ZACHIE:








define good music, please

Singing through the nostrils like Tonto Dikeh,that's good music abi wetin you think
LMAO

85% of Nairalanders do not know about these superstar musicians.

yes KSA is commercial but it will be a huge lie to say he has no lyrical or local content. My question is do you listen to the wordings or lyrics of his songs at all?
For example in Let them Say their is a section where he describes people hanging out at a palmwine joint he goes in to a climax by singing " to mi ni igba kan se kan ko mi ko tun se kan ko ra re ka jo ma mu lo". That is the height of description of a way of life especially the Yorubas and he does it using the Ondo dialect (pardon me if i am wrong about the dialect). Apart from that it is a wrong assumption to say KSA sings praises while Obey does not. They both do Obey has sang praises of Ibadan, Ijesha and Iwo people before, i would say this is an integral part of music in Yoruba where you sing praises of popular people. it is also noticeable in our culture where most palace kings or rich people have an "akigbe" to sing their praises in the days gone by. So if you ask me i would say both had "akigbeism" in their music which was not peculiar to Juju alone it was done by almost all Yoruba musicians, Yusuf Olatunji, Ligali Mukaiba, Haruna Isola and even Fuji musicians like Sikiru Ayinde Barrister included.

And as regards to lyrical content please listen to sections of Let them Say such as "Maajo" where he desribes life as ever continuous despite the horrible and bad circumstances we face. Also listen to Surprise where he sings "Alagemo esi o kosa pa aso esi da o" these are references to the culture and rich language of the Yorubas. Or in another album where he sings " ore ti o si ni oro ni o so o lo o ni si ni hun o ba o so ro kan oro kan si ko o hun bun o ni nkan"

In my own opinion i would describe KSA has robust and very broad in his composition with a lean towards including dance beats while Obey is much more mellow with huge references to story telling and icons of the society.

We must give KSA credit for keeping both lyrical and local content in his music but also introducing global aesthetics to it. Both in my own opinion are Masters of the arts and i enjoy listening to their music especially Ebenezer Obeys " Eni ri nkan He"

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