horlabiyi: you mentioned REMEDY group? Hahaha aswear you no sabi anything about music

Idrismusty97: All they sing about is cars,fame,money and women. Not only in Nigeria but hip hop all over the world. Why would i be listening to people praising themselves and demeaning everyone else in their songs …

plaetton: And I thought I was the only that noticed that nowadays , Nigerian musicians lack musical talent to start with, and make no effort at producing music. All they produce is noise pollution, as far as I am concerned.

The shocking thing is that, unlike their foreign counterparts, they don't even sing.
They just blab incoherent words , then the rest are sound effects.
I have been asking why all Nigerian hip-hop music sound the same.
No creativity whatsoever, with just a few exceptions.

The fact that everyone goes ga ga over these songs says a lot about our mental fragmentations and our love of mediocrity.

horlabiyi: I'm sorry to tell you this op. Most of those foreign artiste you are seeing as music lords sing trash too. Just listen to the likes of Lil Wayne,Rick Ross,2chainz etc all they talk about is Womanliness,weed,booty and clubbing. Though there are some artiste that always kill the lyrics like Bruno Mars and co. Respect to the likes of Jesse Jags,Vector,Olamide,Reminisce,9ice and their mama Asa.

MissTeaseMe:
I Love Dagrin's democrazy
2baba is doing well too.

Rapmoney:

You talked about real hiphop. Yes! So how many peeps will buy if one does real hiphop you talked about without involving trashy words? The shallow minds of most listeners won't allow them to buy it. Someone should please, tell me what Erriga is singing?

icekidgodfrey:

That's about it. Erriga is like the only name that comes to mind when you talk of the 'Nigerian Hip-hop' the way he uses the pidgin and yoruba is a total knock-off! He still got fans bro, the thang is... Lot of people aint gonn digg your music, but at the end of the day you're still doing somethang you love. I'm like a hiphop head, and I think you don't have to go all hardcore if u need Nigeria to patronize you; remember the female folk is the target. Talk about people doing hiphop in Nigeria imma stick with mode9, a lot of people don't even know or understand sh!t he does, but he still does it... Man its for the love of it, it gets to the people who know its value. Remember some really talented artistes put a bit of that 'Nigerian-music' flavour to hiphop; thereby gettin to almost everybody out there people like Vector,Sinzu, Ruggedman...

Rapmoney: I used 'hip hop' because I didn't want to use 'music'. Music consists of both native/cultural, gospel, etc. There are lots of naija cultural songs I can kill for; they cut across many Nigerian languages. When it comes to gospel, there are songs and artistes I admire. I can play the likes of Frank Edwards, Chris Morgan, Boniface Adefu, Sinach, etc all day

Now, naija hip hop. Getting so empty!!! What do these peeps say in their songs if not the butts of women and how they can die for it. Does it mean there is no other reasonable thing to talk about if not nyash? Out of every 10 naija hiphop you hear on radio, 9 must be talking about nyash. Gosh!!!

The effect of these songs on our kids cannot be easily over-looked. They corrupt these kids to a large extent. I have seen kids singing lines such as 'take banana till you go...', ' I fit die on top your matter ehhhh', 'ukwu', etc.

Nigerians are quick to conclude that foreign songs contain nothing, but with all sincerity, I think the ratio of foreign songs that are empty and those of naija cannot be compared. Most naija hiphop/dance hall songs are loved so much by the 'unintelligent' folks who find it hard to understand philosophical lines or lyrics. I still feel the level of your mentality determines the type of songs you listen to. I give respect to Gino, Yung Hanz, Modenine, Jesse Jagzz and the peeps who have been keeping it real.

Views are welcomed...

Orikinla:

You just made my day.

The fact is majority of these hip hop acts in Nigeria are intellectually re-tarded.

Rapmoney:

Thanks bro. This thread was inspired by what happened recently. I was playing 'Oh Girl' by Paul Wall when a friend of mine told me to stop the 'rubbish' song. He said he couldn't figure out what the song is all about. He finally asked me to play 'Dorobucci'! I told him that his brain has been eaten so deep by the mediocre songs we hear everyday in naija.

Rapmoney:

Thanks bro. This thread was inspired by what happened recently. I was playing 'Oh Girl' by Paul Wall when a friend of mine told me to stop the 'rubbish' song. He said he couldn't figure out what the song is all about. He finally asked me to play 'Dorobucci'! I told him that his brain has been eaten so deep by the mediocre songs we hear everyday in naija.

blaxx:
That jam was cool. The chorus ws off tha chain.