Last week’s emotional outburst from rapper Mode 9 “I
released an album and nobody cared” has gotten a
blunt reply from fellow-rapper Rugged man… ‘Get
another job or adapt’ he tells Mode 9.
Rugged Man was speaking on Hot FM’s breakfast radio
show and did not mince words. He said “Mode 9 is not
the only one that does the non-commercial kind of rap.
Basically if you are an entertainer you can’t do music for
yourself that’s why you are an entertainer.
Rugged Man
‘IF People you are made to entertain are not
entertained, you should do one of two things…get
another job or adapt’ am not saying this to be funny or
anything’. If something is not working anymore the least
you can do is try and adopt to what’s up’
‘Even in America at a point it was all Eastside …then
Westside, you can’t do anything about it, if you can’t
shape up, you shape out’
‘I actually started writing ‘ehen’ song in English but paul
play advised me ‘you are in Nigeria, make music for
Nigerians, add the local language so people could
understand, I put a little comedy to it by bringing in
Normoloss,
‘It’s not about how good you are but how smart you are.
I have said it ‘i don’t want to be ‘he can rap kinda artist’
but ‘to be a successful artist’. ‘Switching your style
doesn’t make you any less of a human cos at the end of
the day ‘what you have achieved is what would be
asked.


Mode 9 had recently lamented the neglect of his type of
non commercial rap saying that He dropped an album
‘alphabetical order’ earlier this year and no one cared.

Rugged man abeg hlp me tl mode9 o,he called him self an entertainer nd d pple hez entertainin are nt enjoyn it ,no b 4him 2 swtiched go shake up ur bum bum lyk timaya ...dou i respect him sha,buh na b respect we go chop

If after spending millions of naira on marketing and promotion of my artiste all over the country which includes media houses (tv, print & radio) placing of singles on mix cd's and all what not yet i still dont make returns on my investment, then my guy im "lettin you go" i cant kill my business because i like your music. To all those mode 9 fans who will come out speaking jargons i implore you guys to actually BUY his album & pay for shows instead of doing free downloads from the internet. Ok

Dis was dis arguement i was havin wit my frnd 2weeks ago. Mode9 style of rap is nt applicable in naija. He shud juz change his style of rap in2 commercial. Juz like ruggedman said, at d end of d day its wat u ve achieved dat actually matters.

Ruggedman na bad guys o. But that's d truth o. Its better he change something about his trade instead of keep trying and trying...you kno b Abraham Lincoln na