He answers it on this Q&A
http://notjustok.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/mode-nine-qa.html

guy u just dey open threads up and down for nairaland
na u get am??

just kidding
nice job u doing

QUESTION: I have to ask you this question; the line "dis baba dat baba /you not a father you got intellect myopia / so when i dis a baba it's not Ethiopia" on your new song, 'Talkin to you' featuring Banky W has created a rumor that indicates that it was a shot at Rugged Man aka Ruggedy Baba. Is there any truth to that rumor?

ANSWER: There are so many Babas, So it wasn't a Rugged man diss when I recorded it, but as the chorus implies , if the cap fits wear it, he recorded a reply for a joint that wasn't even 4 him!!! , Anyhow since he did it, that means right now all the other Babas are free to go!! Those lines are now his, lol! , He needs to be taught a lesson , and I've got some shit 4 him. Just cop the album; he came into the game dissing people who couldn't swing back, now hes fucking with an Octypus!!! It's on baby!! I'ma go back to the old Mode Nine and straight blaze him till he leaves the game!!!




in as much as i think mode9 lied wen he said he didnt do it for rugged, i think his reply means war!!!!!!!!
am loving this

well he can keep blazing while other rappers make the money

great mc's have extensive vocabulary, and the Mr. nine reps dat.

I actually don't see Ruggedy staying strong on this beef thing.

After listening to Mode's last album e paribus, I can't wait for November 22

There are so many Babas, So it wasn't a Rugged man diss when I recorded it, but as the chorus implies , if the cap fits wear it, he recorded a reply for a joint that wasn't even 4 him!!! , Anyhow since he did it, that means right now all the other Babas are free to go!! Those lines are now his, lol! , He needs to be taught a lesson , and I've got some shit 4 him. Just cop the album; he came into the game dissing people who couldn't swing back, now hes fucking with an Octypus!!! It's on baby!! I'ma go back to the old Mode Nine and straight blaze him till he leaves the game!!!



2 Baba is free to go
Sole e baba is free to go

but my pipu, RUGGEDYBABA IS IN DEEP SHIT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm loving this. I like the way modenine toys with his hater's minds. So the bob ring durella up to do a track to save himself but d track na Bleep up. Now on the net, facebook my space, AHH Nairaland and d net at large, the slogan is DIS BABA, DAT BABA !!!!

22nd of Nov, cant wait man !!!

Mode, let me see how u win
Ruggedman, its time 2 use ur double edge sword to slice mode.
let d war begin i cant wait.

"Spazmodic , with terry is one our later tracks. We've been doing shit way b4 that!!! I don't consider myself a hardcore rapper, I'm just a lyricist!!! If you listen to my songs a lot of 'em have bits and pieces of local lingo, some of 'em have hooks in Nigerian languages , people just hate cause they can't juggle words the way I do!!! Simple , So forget that mother tongue issue!!! it's wack!!!!
I was born in London, and your up bringing plays a very important role in what you'll eventually turn out to be in life, You feel me?"

The Paradigm Shift

Na only mode den born 4 london?
won cliam butter
won de jo fufu.

wat has being born in london got to do wiv all these, u be hardcore hater ooooo, keping it real hating lol

@java
I love ruggedman,I like mode 9.I dont hate.I stand 4 being real and kkeepin it real.
dont over value things
cos such thins might lose its value.

i love 9. i hate rugged. when he yabbed dose guys, everyone tot it nice dat ruggedy don come. now he's ben yabbed and u are dere barking like a dog bearing skingo,

stay there suegbe

MOSE9 IS AN ASSHOLE!!!
Y CANT HE JUST ADMIT HE WAS TALKING TO RUGGED?
HE NOW SAYING SHIT ABOUT RUGGED DID A DISS TRACK BACK AND BLA BLA!!!!

MY QUESTION IS HOW ON EARTH DID HE KNOW THE TRACK WAS A RUTURN TO HIS "TALKING TO U"?
COS I DIDNT HEAR HIM MENTION MODE9!!!!!!

IF HE CAN DENY DISSING RUGGED ON HIS OWN TRACK WEN ITS OBVIOUS IT WAS FOR RUGGED, THEN WUTS HIS FREAKING POINT??

javalove:

i love 9. i hate rugged. when he yabbed dose guys, everyone tot it nice that ruggedy don come. now he's ben yabbed and u are dere barking like a dog bearing skingo,

stay there suegbe

LMAO!

tosinadeda:

MOSE9 IS AN ASSHOLE!!!
Y can't HE JUST ADMIT HE WAS TALKING TO RUGGED?
HE NOW SAYING SHIT ABOUT RUGGED DID A DISS TRACK BACK AND BLA BLA!!!!

MY QUESTION IS HOW ON EARTH DID HE KNOW THE TRACK WAS A RUTURN TO HIS "TALKING TO U"?
because I DIDNT HEAR HIM MENTION MODE9!!!!!!

IF HE CAN DENY DISSING RUGGED ON HIS OWN TRACK when ITS OBVIOUS IT WAS FOR RUGGED, THEN WUTS HIS FREAKING POINT??

As crazy as this shit sounds, u do have a point. . . Hmmm. . .

@Java
Guy, u re moving ur self away 4rom reality,when rugged dissed eedris,maintain n rasque,it was a constructive criticism,(megede fegede chi chi,copy copy n over liftin, poor concept n bad lyrics)good enough this guyz listened and they are better 4 it.
Rugged himself said they should mail him cos he will like 2 do a collabo with them,which they re already doin.
Rugged is doin well, he can go hard if he want to,he can go soft if he want 2,he won d best rapp albulm award of which mode was also nominated,d street feel rugged more than mode.I still dey wonder his weakness mode can capitalize on.kennis tried it they failed d guy still dey blow, java suegbe so n banginnnn si e leti

no mind the grown up coward jare!!!!!
na person wey no call him name, him dey declare war!!!!!!
ghettop finished him in big baby and till today him no fit talk nothing

2 BABA
SOUL E BABA
RUGEDDY BABA
OLUWASAUCEKIBABA


Looking at this list, anyone who dissses 2Baba is juz a player hater plus 2Baba is a father of 3. "Soul E baba": This guy is not even in the music scene or industry or whatever.

Now any "BABA" who is feeling the pains of 'Talking To You' can reply with a credible track,  The only baba in the beef now, is not new to the Beef Game. I think this is where we'll know who's better. And all Nairalanders can talk about sumthin else

"This Baba Dat Baba" [Nigeria is juz too funny, the expression Sounds like sayin "Realest Niggah"]

personally i think that line was for rugged rite from day 1
duno y he's playing innocent doe.
i hope hes comin album has alot of spark to it
if he's as good as i think, he should be fine
i aint even seen the video he was talkin bout in the interview.

time 4 d paradigm shift

i wonder y the dude keeps denying

He's a fool that tries to blast any of the two warriors("warriors" - not coz they're in war, but bcoz they represnt like gud fightaz shud). They're both gooda than ur average.

So, java blowing off Rugged is like saying Achebe is whack bcoz u "think" u're feeling Soyinka. Good news tho, u've the right to ur opinion _{even if it doesn't count.}

But seriously now, Rugged scores mo in dynamism 4 me. He's as plain as he is blunt; as flexible as he is taut.

Mode9 is a seeker for 1 thing - new routes to the divinity of instrumental poetry. He is flows, and that is no typo; I mean, he is flows in himself.

If their beef will school, then let's all gladly go to class. Ka ji? Muje class sosei.

nanaboi:

He's a fool that tries to blast any of the two warriors("warriors" - not because they're in war, but because they represnt like good fightaz should). They're both gooda than ur average.

So, java blowing off Rugged is like saying Achebe is whack because u "think" u're feeling Soyinka. Good news tho, u've the right to ur opinion _{even if it doesn't count.}

But seriously now, Rugged scores mo in dynamism 4 me. He's as plain as he is blunt; as flexible as he is taut.

Mode9 is a seeker for 1 thing - new routes to the divinity of instrumental poetry. He is flows, and that is no typo; I mean, he is flows in himself.

If their beef will school, then let's all gladly go to class. Ka ji? Muje class sosei.

Ina ji nka. Yaushe Za muje class, yanze ko anjuma?

inaaka fisamun modenine. wannafa ruggedman, kangali koi saucekid , nigeria hiphop kanjuda.sanjuma

FLOWSHOW:

inaaka fisamun modenine. wannafa ruggedman, kangali koi saucekid , nigeria hiphop kanjuda.sanjuma

which dialect of hausa is this one?

javalove, yaya harkoki?
baren je class yanze if the tutors r ready show up jst as quick.

nanaboi:

javalove, yaya harkoki?
baren je class yanze if the tutors r ready show up jst as quick.

lafiya kalau. yaya abubua awoje nka. nima baren je class un tutors ya zo. in tutor yazo ka kira ni. ko ba haka ba?

@nanaboi

ina mubi yanzu. yaushe za ka shiga mubi?

Shege dan borowa mode9 and java.
Wuteva dat means lol(i will talk my own wnt i)

yariyan zungkangmun javalove , wanafa aks, baa tosin koi. shegeya!banza ne

@Flowshow and @tosin

waawa nku kawai!!! me e damu nku? in baa aiki ma kyao a nairaland, dan Allah ku fita mana. Kabari magana banza. idan kai magana baa kyao anan, za n kira eldee to ban u guys.

At this juncture!
Iya é