0merta:


Is there any monetary award if one's thread makes the front page?

Your mates dey use internet catch Mugu, you dey there dey find front page!

Ode!

bros i am gainfully employed but i dont believe in injustice

Elxandre:

he sounds the same most times.
The main thing in music is adjusting to suit what people really want.
If you want to rap hard-core and still make money, just relocate out of 9ja cos you will never sell here.

How can you try selling American culture to Nigerians?
If you are versatile, you will surely learn to tweak your music to appeal anyways!

I disagree with you..
Nigerians just have to accept the culture...

we have the likes of ice-prick and commercial rappers in u.s too..e.g 2 chainz drake e.t.c.
we have hard core too -- Eminem... Talib..common... they are all appreciated...

why is the case different in Nigeria? don't tell me because rap is not a Nigerian thing, because rapping is African

ireneony:
his rap is not commercial, he should try and listen to his fans. Sometimes is good to follow the trend,so that he will not be left out. I know he has punch line but not badder than vector or m.i.
His music sound all the same and his music lack growth.

What do you know about Rap music?

M.I? Vector? Punchlines? Now listen to me, B!tch...

He would have gone commercial if he wanted to. He chose the "hard-core" sub-genre and stuck to it.

A lot of underground Rappers out there in the states were better than Tupac and Biggie but chose not to "come out". A lot are better than Nas, Jay-Z, Rick ross but still choose not to come out of their shells.

There're codes that guide underground rappers, you know. Codes you'd never fathom!

fairheven:


Girle oo! You know about rap music so? because if u do ,u wudnt say that,it takes refined mind to grasp Mode 9's kind of rap.

I know about rap music.
we know African American originated rap music, but in other part of the world rapper try to infused their culture and style in hip hop, but in the case of mode 9 he sound so Americanize.
I call that plagiarism, trying to sound like a rapper from new York.
mode 9 is not creative and music is about creativity, when I hear his music he sound lame and doesn't grow.
hardcore for example is bobby shmurda.....hip hop is improving, we are not in the 1990s any more.

boy bye

icebeatz:
Modenine isnt loved very much in the industry.
He has a very bad bad bad personality and that is the main reason he hasnt gone far.
Even if he isnt selling albums, if the industry got love for you, you will make some money.
You will host big shows, you will be invited for concerts as a vip guest et al.
He uses people alot.


He is just a bitter mofuka.

GBAM!!!! Extremely arrogant

Darkrebel:


or...sekem seem sekem

hahahaha

0merta:


What do you know about Rap music?

M.I? Vector? Punchlines? Now listen to me, B!tch...

He would have gone commercial if he wanted to. He chose the "hard-core" sub-genre and stuck to it.

A lot of underground Rappers out there in the states were better than Tupac and Biggie but chose not to "come out". A lot are better than Nas, Jay-Z, Rick ross but still choose not to come out of their shells.

There're codes that guide underground rappers, you know. Codes you'd never fathom!

nas / jay z all did hardcore too ..but did commercial too..including Eminem...

.and yeah --modenine is keeping it real

... erigga too.. yaylow also

mode9 isn't a commercial rapper, he is the best but his songs aren't catchy, he should learn from rappers like ice prince,phyno and olamide who are the face of rap in the industry

ireneony:
I know about rap music.
we know African American originated rap music, but in other part of the world rapper try to infused their culture and style in hip hop, but in the case of mode 9 he sound so Americanize.
I call that plagiarism, trying to sound like a rapper from new York.
mode 9 is not creative and music is about creativity, when I hear his music he sound lame and doesn't grow.
hardcore for example is bobby shmurda.....hip hop is improving, we are not in the 1990s any more.

boy bye

you still haven't answered me..

bring out a punchline from m.i or vector that's better than that....

and wait a minute..you say mode nine sounds american ...true..but what about m.i and vector..
dont they rap in fake American Accent too?

just agree...modenine's lines fly over your head like a Russian aircraft

Darkrebel:



e don do na.. okay... I thought tupac did songs related to activism mainly..I don't have many of his songs.. I prefer Biggie ... funny enough I have California ft.Dr Dre but it doesn't sound danceable to me.. lol

Guy, for your level, you don't have many of pac's jams. Shoo! Well it's true he do more of activism tracks but listen to tracks like 'toss it up, I get around, gangstas party etc

VERSATILITY is the game of the art.

Even banky W a RnB singer now raps, wizkid does Rnb, afro beat, hip hop n stuff, dont be suprise to see
Olamide release a total RnB track.

What am saying is this, to stay relevant in d game u just have to change MODE(s) oga. MODE 9 is stale
Try 7,8,2,4 anything to show u versatility. U can release an album of 20 singles, keep 10 comercial keep the rest U, u go still sell.

*in NAS voice* hip hop is dead.

Darkrebel:



lol ..am a smart businessman and entrepreneur

all I need do is get patoranking or tiwa savage or WizKid or davido sing a nice chorus..
and I will rap is..

yo am fresh/ yo am fresh..
I will repeat that line throughout the song..as long as its danceable... am sure it will sell in Nigeria

The bolded is a simple way to get connected with 9ja fans.
sing on a hard-core afrobeats beat, and let's see if he wouldn't buy a Range in 12 months.
Why is it taking mode9 years to learn?

Remember his "Nigerian girls" hit track?
at that point Nigerians were feeling him! simply because he made a Nigerian song.

Make a song Nigerians can relate to!

ireneony:
This guy rap is lame. He needs to retire from music or better still stop rapping and join the thread of commercial music

Like skales, skales noticed his hip-hop rap wasn't selling so he went commercial. All na for bread

Darkrebel:



e.g -- give example to club banging song tupac did..

people go just dey formulate mumu lie up and down..chai

lots of dem...heard that song will elton john? Google&download it..its jux like talking about 50cent..dude raps in hardcore buh has hits like candy shop&in the club

.

Shey na una want better lyrics....

Buy album..even 100 naira, una no go gree....

But wizkid and davido, una go rush am

[quote author=juanmata post=29146235]I remember when he was interviewed on phone in a radio station at Enugu. The presenter said Your fans on twitter are sending in the shout outs, they said your album is Cool. Mode 9 : Tell them to stop disturbing me with their tweets and buy my album. Lol, it was funny but I was shocked. [/quot

Typical Mode nine........how does one grow with such disrespect to your fans? What has kept Tuface,Jimmy Jatt and co relevant is not just their music........its more

ireneony:
This guy rap is lame. He needs to retire from music or better still stop rapping and join the thread of commercial music

true... The guy rap like its 1999

Darkrebel:


thing is..I grew up listening to tupac.. I mean I didn't really hear his lyrics ..Lol ..I didn't catch his accent and what he rapped about but his topics were thought provoking and all ... but I don't have most of his songs on my pod. I just prefer Biggie ... I don't know why

Ok men anyhow. But try n get some Pac's hits in ya pod.

Darkrebel:

he does songs people relate too also...

if you read and are knowledgeable, you would understand ...

you are already having a brain fatigue from listening to mode nine.

how bout if you listen to Canibus..then you will have brain tumour ...

Rap is for the literate and enlightened

cannibus is broke so is modo. They are both good rappers tho but their music are not of quality productions. The beats they rap to are always boring and wack. Only when modo got nice productions for naija girls,cry,badman and some classic songs he was relevant. The whole lyricist shit got to his head,started rapping on lame productions thinking he is hip-pop. It's going to get more broke if he doesn't re-strategize.

Ezyp:
true... The guy rap like its 1999

so true, he forgot that music grow. the way rap sounded in the 80s was not the way it sound in the 90s. this is the 21st century mode 9 needs to improve on his music.

1 song i jam really seriously is that song with Gentle ''DOBALE'' that song till tomorow kills me.he needs more of that..if he had promoted that song wella,na die be dat..he needs to feature more..
Even though ice prince to me has fallen below par,every now&then he has hits due to commercialisation.even sark has learnt also

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who says mode nine is rude to fans...

that's arrant nonsense... get your facts right and stop saying what you don't know

have all mode9 album except for it is about to get ugly elbow room,epluriburn unum, et all mode u gat real fans like me punch lines are hard but the 9 speaks easy u don't believe then caught me on hiptv
fans anticipate lyrics of the all time grade undefeated super lyrical heavy weight
mode nuff respect

ChynoBEATS:

Source:www.360nobs.com/2014/12/mode-nine-disappointed-at-nigerias-poor-hip-hop-culture-im-not-hungry-but-im-not-very-comfortable/



Abeg any word 4this Bros

mode 9 the greatest. We who love great music, love.

I find it really absurd when people say we cant understand mode 9 because his lines are way over our heads, music is suppose to be universal, it is meant to be enjoyed by all sundry irrespective of societal differences, so if a rapper who wants to make money off music cant make a decent single that would play on the radio for months on end, then it isn't the fault of the people, its his lack of creativity and probably a morbid fear of turning commercial and making money.

ireneony:
This guy rap is lame. He needs to retire from music or better still stop rapping and join the thread of commercial music

Obviously, you know little about Hip Hop, so why not comment on something you're more familiar with and leave this alone?

ireneony:
This guy rap is lame. He needs to retire from music or better still stop rapping and join the thread of commercial music

Mode9's rap lame?? You absolutely have no clue!!!

TrackCee:


Obviously, you know little about Hip Hop, so why not comment on something you're more familiar with and leave this alone?

dont take my sex for granted, i have every right to state what hip hop is about.
he sound the same, he needs to grow or retire from music

he should learn from the short black dude and rugedy baba!!

shikena!!

SleekyGee:
mode9 isn't a commercial rapper, he is the best but his songs aren't catchy, he should learn from rappers like ice prince,phyno and olamide who are the face of rap in the industry

olamide rap? puhleeese

Alichexxman:
I find it really absurd when people say we cant understand mode 9 because his lines are way over our heads, music is suppose to be universal, it is meant to be enjoyed by all sundry irrespective of societal differences, so if a rapper who wants to make money off music cant make a decent single that would play on the radio for months on end, then it isn't the fault of the people, its his lack of creativity and probably a morbid fear of turning commercial and making money.

no. he stuck to the art by not selling out