acenazt: Even in the US. Who listens to Nas,Mos Def,KRS ONE,Talib Kweli,Rass Kass,2Pac,Immortal Technique any more?? Every body's busy listening to Useless music by the likes of 2Chainz,Future,Migos,Asop Ferg,Rich Homie quan. Its the generation. Times change and so does taste and interests.

Smartsyn: Real rap is not sellable in Nigeria...




We prefer noise..

iceberylin:
no one is perfect bro...

uhmmmm
listen to
Crowd mentality
imperfect me
Safe
One Naira
damnn...that's where mi Abaga stole my heart..

iceberylin:
one million likes for u bro...
just when i taught i was alone...
listening to phenom ft Mi 6foot..
noticed that phenom killed it with awesome punchlines...
tho Mi abaga was suberp also..
check out shot on shots by iceprince
was just shouting...

acenazt: damn man I didn't say people have stopped. I meant The Mainstream Is more appealing to the Younger Generation. If you Look well Gangsters aren't as common as then. I am 18 and I still Listen to the Likes of Immortal Tecnique,Ice Cube,Big L,Chino XL,Cannibus,Eminem,krs One,Jay Z,AOTP,Mobb Deep,Dre,Nas,Mos Def and all them Old Rappers.

Djicemob:

Conclusively, I doff my hat to these real hiphop artistes who never gave in to the commercial stereotype-craze in the industry today.To me,it all boils down to LOVE and PASSION for the art(which is the real essence of listening and making music) and not the money.Thanks to these "real artistes" for keeping rapheads like me glued to nigerian music.
DJ ICE-MOB
#Now playing:Desire by jesse jagz
#jagznationalist

tsolz84: @ OP;to be candid;it has faded bro..the only real hip-hop/rapper still holding it strong in 9ja is d legendary "Jesse Jagz"..the likes of ice prince and co aint rappers;dunno the kind of music dey play but it definitely aint rap..

NickiRoman: Real hip-hop is long gone in Nigeria..So it doesn't matter,every Artiste is going with the trend of producing Club songs.. It still won't stop me from listening to Real Hip-Hop Artiste like Tu'pac,Nas,Papoose,Jay-Z,Biggy,Mc Lyte,Lauryn Hill,Twalib kwali,Snoop Dog,Eminem,Common,Mos Deff,Andre 3000,LL Cool J,Dr Dre,e.t.c



*Plays Nas-It ain't hard to tell*

Djicemob: U are saying real hiphop have given way for normal hiphop even in the US? Dont be so sure.Take example in K.dot,he keeps it real am talkin real "real" and so he is king.And then jcole.Nobody puts them on sideline.Am sure if these same rappers were in nigeria nobody would take them serious. And...bruv u listed nas,mosdef,krs1 and even tupac as been ignored? those artistes are pioneers,they enjoyed success one point or year in time and cant enjoy that forever u know.

Creamish: Its basically all about what sells. No point putting unwanted articles in the market. Dare Art Alade learnt d hard way...he almost went extinct.

IMHO

disloman: E dey pain mi when pple dey mention jesse jagz a rapper.Una dey craze ni?I don download his numerous tracks n can't see what he is rapping.Bro!no tell am again.

Creamish: Its basically all about what sells. No point putting unwanted articles in the market. Dare Art Alade learnt d hard way...he almost went extinct.

IMHO

MadCow1:

Poems are way more vast than Rap music in intellectual content and scope of what they cover. #No Contest.
The diciphering aspect makes for an even more interesting intellectual exercise.

Rap on the other hand is limited in scope of topics covered. I am yet to hear any Rap that talks about the sufferings of the Girl Child, But I have heard my mian Nigga tell his Girls Biitches to pull their panties to the side and work his diick like a lollipop...

Yup! I have heard rap talk more about Guns and not snitching in the hood and hating on Police and other such stuff ad even talk about going to jail like Jail was the new Marriots Hotel for street Niggas.


If you are in tune with the Gangsta side of you more than the actual tre life you living everyday (as a Nigerian), then Hip Hop rap is your Poem.

iceberylin:
u miss road


Davido ni


ur so Dumb

iceberylin:
u miss road


Davido ni


ur so Dumb

mbulela:

I am assuming you have an alternative source of income for them?
When we spout all this love and passion c.rap, we need to balance it with reality. It is fine doing this in late teenage and early twenties when you are still young and do not have responsibilities but when you are a grown man,you need to find a way to make the love and passion pay your bills. Unless you have another job and doing music by the side.
However, I still believe you can still do real hip hop and make it commercially successful. While the listeners are lazy,I also think the artistes are lazy too.

BRAV0O: I just decide not agree with you tho I understand the angle you ar coming from but when we talk of good rap music as nothing to do with all those you mention... I remember when Nigerians dance to many rap tunes without even understand the lyrics, if we are lucky to have one good rapper that can represent what real rap stand for one day? I believ then we'll realize that making real hiphop is not only about what we listen to this days ...

Anacksunamun:
I don't pay mind to people that don't know what Rap is all about. I was arguing with one doofus offline and the hediot told me "2chains is the shitt. He raps better even than Nas." I nearly weeped. people don't know what rap is all about no more. It's all about their taste not what the Genre entails.

Afropop ain't rap!! It's just commercial rap watered down with bullshitt rhymes. Imagine someone calling Ice Prince's "Whiskey" a rap song. Dafuq?!! WTF is "whiskey whiskey whiskey whiskey carry me go, ayanyaya?" I mean what kind of rap is that? Yet BET called him up for that tripe? Phenom is one of the most underrated Rappers in Nigeria. Listen to that Nigga spit. He goes harder than any "eréction"!! His verse on M.I's "6 foot rmx" is something Ice Prince can't bring to the table!! If Ice Prince wants to know what rap entails, then Yung6ix's verse in M.I's "Export" (off his mixtape) is what he'd be infusing into his raps. I'm outta here jare. And about "shots and shots", if not for sarkodie, I wouldn't have downloaded it.

Djicemob: So u r saying music is now like a gateway shortcut to riches right? This,my good friend,is the problem.And this is why upcoming artistes fail even before starting. *Weeping* for nigerian music future.

BRAV0O: good rap music still sells any tym any day, is not just easy to find one this days!

Djicemob: Rap is limited in scope of topic covered? Now i know u been sleepin on real rap and artistes like:Lupe fiasco,Jcole,Talib kwali,immortal tech,our very own modenine(with "cry)and so on.Bro stick to ur 2chainz,rich gangs,Asap rockys and all em gangsta wannabes.

iceberylin:
BRO U JUst nailed it..Phenom was like "i Gat a Chick CV for a BL0w job"i just drop cap for the dude.
Young6 is even better. cause that export lyrics was really incredible...
he was like "i was made for this sh|t,u can call me diper" coll huh
phenom really need to be recognized, cause he's always representing... unlike ice..
i listened to TEARS FOR NAIJA
had to check if it was really done by iceprince...
WtF...dude was like.."if na ur sister i bomb, how u go feel..i for don follow the battalion "cant recall the exact words buh it was so wack compared to
Ashes by Mi abaga..

musicwriter:

Don't get me wrong brother. I love rap music as well. But why are the good rappers not doing well in Nigeria?. That's the question, and that's what the OP is saying; Nigerians don't appreciate them. But until the radio station and TV's bring this good raps to the fore Nigerians will not get to hear them. That's the way I see it.