all these people just do not understand now, do they? music that sells is quite different to music that challenges your mind intellectually. i tell you modenine does have fans in nigeria. if not for the piracy problem in nigeria the dude would still be raking in millions on a 'daily'. who says a krs one or a rakim does not make money. if a rakim makes 5 million dollars and a jay z makes 50 mil, believe me there is nothing jay z buys which rakim cannot buy. money isnt everything in life. listen to modenine, he might not make sense to the average citizen but his music is very intelligent. it teaches you to task your mind with words; the rhyming , the metaphorism, the punchlining. but no, we prefer artists who would sing a chorus from the beginning to the ending! modenine has always been stubborn though. this is naija, you cant make it as a krs one, or a rakim or an az, but you can as a nas, a scarface or an ice cube. modenine can stay true to his art, and still give a little bit of commercial or party twist to his songs. i dunno how broke or rich he has been but for all those yabbing him, you might be an olumide fan or a davido fan, or a tonto dike fan but trust me modenine equally has a lot of fans. like i said before, if not for piracy around here, modenine would have enough doe to satisfy you all.

I'm sure most y'all wouldn't know nada about Rap/Hip-hop if it wasn't for music blogsites such as notjustok and the likes. Now you are on here spilling ignorance embedded comments trying to feel among. Smh

pro01:

. . .and yet he remains a broke ass, 'broker' than new one-hit-wonder kids in the music industry. That says a lot about his "huge" fan base. Either his "fans" are as skint as he is, or they are miserable cheapskates that refuse to put food on his table by buying his albums and paying premium cheddar to attend his 'niche' shows.

Only wicked souls would wish he remains loyal to such a miserable "fan base" - to his own detriment.

Hez released five albums and countless mixtapes. Name one Nigerian rapper that has able to achieve that.It's all about the movement bro. By the way, u gotta be intelligent to understand whatever modenine is all about. Perhaps he is too deep for you. So it's understandable if u don't like him.

timecop28:
Hez released five albums and countless mixtapes. Name one Nigerian rapper that has able to achieve that.It's all about the movement bro. By the way, u gotta be intelligent to understand whatever modenine is all about. Perhaps he is too deep for you. So it's understandable if u don't like him.

their best rappers (ice prince,rug head,naeto c)e.t.c don't even have a mixtap,bunch of talentless clown and brainless fans that would say youngsix is better than Boogey...mtscheeeww..n/p spazmodic

ddippset: all these people just do not understand now, do they? music that sells is quite different to music that challenges your mind intellectually. i tell you modenine does have fans in nigeria. if not for the piracy problem in nigeria the dude would still be raking in millions on a 'daily'. who says a krs one or a rakim does not make money. if a rakim makes 5 million dollars and a jay z makes 50 mil, believe me there is nothing jay z buys which rakim cannot buy. money isnt everything in life. listen to modenine, he might not make sense to the average citizen but his music is very intelligent. it teaches you to task your mind with words; the rhyming , the metaphorism, the punchlining. but no, we prefer artists who would sing a chorus from the beginning to the ending! modenine has always been stubborn though. this is naija, you cant make it as a krs one, or a rakim or an az, but you can as a nas, a scarface or an ice cube. modenine can stay true to his art, and still give a little bit of commercial or party twist to his songs. i dunno how broke or rich he has been but for all those yabbing him, you might be an olumide fan or a davido fan, or a tonto dike fan but trust me modenine equally has a lot of fans. like i said before, if not for piracy around here, modenine would have enough doe to satisfy you all.

aint you trying too hard

Some people will just come here spouting nonsense about hip hop and naija's music industry when they know absolutely zero about it. What's even more pathetic is that they even compare Nigeria with America.
This same America where radio/tv stations pay royalty to their music artistes, where there are reputable distribution companies not our Alaba gangsters. American artistes get royalty on every single album sold and they also make money from every single song sold online through itunes and other such portals.
In Nigeria, an artiste has to PAY radio and tv to have his/her song played, an artiste has to pay Alaba boys and other criminals across the country to market their songs. American hardcore rappers are definitely bound to be richer than their Nigerian counterparts with all these advantages.
I laugh at people especially on this thread, KRS ONE and the rest have their LOYAL fan base who actually BUY their albums and thus ensure their steady royalty both online and in hard copies but does that mean KRS is a multi platinum selling artiste anytime he releases an album ? The answer is an emphatic NO. Young guns like Asap Rocky, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross etc are the ones making the major bucks just the same way Olamide, Ice Prince, MI etc are the one making the bucks in Nigeria. Does it mean Ice Prince/MI et al don't know how to rap ? Silly question when they keep all the tenets and rules of a proper rap song even the Olamide who raps in vernacular is actually keeping it REAL because the ordinary man on the street feels/understands his music which is actually the whole point of music, why do you think STYLEE is the most popular track and perhaps the best mode9 has ever been on markeing wise ? In fact next time, ask a marketer how difficult it is to sell a mode9 album even with his "numerous" fans out there. Music is business and it should be treated like such, keep the gangsta/hardcore s#it for your mixtapes then the real s#it for your albums and stop boring Nigerians to death with your awanna ganna jargons, we've got a lot of that coming from America already.

PEACE

talktimi: Some people will just come here spouting nonsense about hip hop and naija's music industry when they know absolutely zero about it. What's even more pathetic is that they even compare Nigeria with America.
This same America where radio/tv stations pay royalty to their music artistes, where there are reputable distribution companies not our Alaba gangsters. American artistes get royalty on every single album sold and they also make money from every single song sold online through itunes and other such portals.
In Nigeria, an artiste has to PAY radio and tv to have his/her song played, an artiste has to pay Alaba boys and other criminals across the country to market their songs. American hardcore rappers are definitely bound to be richer than their Nigerian counterparts with all these advantages.
I laugh at people especially on this thread, KRS ONE and the rest have their LOYAL fan base who actually BUY their albums and thus ensure their steady royalty both online and in hard copies but does that mean KRS is a multi platinum selling artiste anytime he releases an album ? The answer is an emphatic NO. Young guns like Asap Rocky, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross etc are the ones making the major bucks just the same way Olamide, Ice Prince, MI etc are the one making the bucks in Nigeria. Does it mean Ice Prince/MI et al don't know how to rap ? Silly question when they keep all the tenets and rules of a proper rap song even the Olamide who raps in vernacular is actually keeping it REAL because the ordinary man on the street feels/understands his music which is actually the whole point of music, why do you think STYLEE is the most popular track and perhaps the best mode9 has ever been on markeing wise ? In fact next time, ask a marketer how difficult it is to sell a mode9 album even with his "numerous" fans out there. Music is business and it should be treated like such, keep the gangsta/hardcore s#it for your mixtapes then the real s#it for your albums and stop boring Nigerians to death with your awanna ganna jargons, we've got a lot of that coming from America already.

PEACE

word !

talktimi: the gangsta/hardcore s#it for your mixtapes then the real s#it for your albums and stop boring Nigerians to death with your awanna ganna jargons, we've got a lot of that coming from America already.

PEACE