Nuzo':
I love and patronize your music. However, most Nigerians don't always have the energy to be listening to songs with big grammar...and when they garner the energy, they go for Talib, common, Mos Def and even Nas.
So, instead of the big grammar thing...they deecided to pitch tent with the likes of Phyno the Fino, Olamide, Raw, Ajasa and co. These guys rap about almost everything you rap about. Difference is they do it with understandable languages.

And sir, if you are too proud to go a bit commercial....at least do more of that kind of 'CRY' song. It worked!

shymexx: I watched the BET Cipher and I personally think he's naija's best rapper by a mile. The only person close to him is Godwon. if you don't know Godwon, you need to go check that guy out. I have all his mixtapes from like 2004 when he was based in Houston, and he was "Houston's Best Kept Secret."

As for the other naija rappers including M.I - they're all trash. Nigerians need to stop rapping and stick to party tunes.

Swiftboy: @PRO Am never against commercials mind you,my point is we need to strike the ballance.Truth be told some people out there find the commercials rather irritating.we should consider them as well.I LOVE TO DANCE,I want hardcore rap as well.Music is for moods and seasons, why discourage people that feels they have their contribution! Think about that!

mbulela:
Even the CRY song was not original. Go and listen to a similar track by Zola,the kwaito artiste.
I accept that his music is not very commercial but dude is not even as good as his lousy ego makes him believe. Just that their is so much dross and mediocrity in Nigeria music else no one will be talking about him. He is just a slightly above average rapper with very poor delivery.
His complaint also does not hold water as MI before all this his Chairman rubbish was able to put out tracks that were both commercial and made sense. It must not be one or the other. A very good artiste can do both. It just needs hard work and strategy.

bigiyaro: As far as am concerned, mode9 is the only one true rapper in Naija n Africa for that matter.

Mr Aboki: Somebody should please explain to Mode 9 that Nigerian Music of Today is still very much in the clubs.. All that 'deep lyrics', 'metaphors', e.t.c aint none of our business. All we wanna do is; Get High, Dance and go fvck that girl we took to the club. Aint nobody got time to be like 'O! Snaps, Mode 9 just killed that beat with his deep rhymes'..

If we cant dance like this to your songs;




Then we aint digging yo shiit...

Mode 9 has to put up with the likes of M.I, Jesse Jags, Phyno and co who do more commercial rap that Nigerians wanna hear. Their rap style is easier on the ear when compared to yours.

I'm sorry hommie, but thats just the way it is..

D.J abeg repeat that Terry G song.. You can only run, run, run pass Terry G, If you run mad.. ..

mindtricks: Na witch kin dance b dat

Nuges11: Bros modo I respect you a lot, but the thing is you don't bring a gun to a pillow fight. I'm sure you'd have noticed that album sales don't really rake in the money anymore for Nigerian artists, shows and endorsements do. And when I go to a show I go there to unwind, not leave more confused than I was.

pro01:

As defined by who? These things are all subjective. Haba. Depth, substance, meaning, etc. are all subjective and mean different things to different people. In any case, music serves different purposes to different people. Not everyone wants to 'learn' or be 'inspired' by music. Some simply want to be entertained, and you can't define entertainment by your own standards, neither can you force your own idea of 'meaning' on someone else. It's a free-market economy out there, and people would patronise what appeals to them. Simple.

There is no need for Mode9 to whine about the failure of his kind of rap in the Nigerian market, he can't blame the market for that. He can keep making music for his 'niche' audience, or find a way of extending his appeal to the larger market. The ball is in his court.

Glamourogo: Mode9 Cries Out On Neglect Of His ‘Type Of Rap’. Babatunde Olusegun a.k.a mode 9 went all emotional on hotfm’s breakfast radio show with TuTu Adeoba and Cheezy Charles on his type of non-commercial rap, he re-affirms that he can never change his type of rap to suit an audience and decries neglect on his type of rap’

‘I put out a whole album nobody cared’
‘A whole 20 track album ‘alphabetical order’ nobody gave a f**k’
‘You see how the industry is’ how do you expect me to feel?
‘Nigerians don’t like hip hop they only follow the hype, they don’t even know what it is’
I only cater for my real fans; I don’t really care about the fair weather, band wagon jumpers
‘I cater for my fans and they are feeling it’ i have put up too much effort in promotion of my materials’
‘It’s just some certain people in their minds feeling that am not doing well’

Who then are these few people Mode 9 is referring to?

tjskii: Abeggy mak I hear,na creativity we wan chop,all we need is music to shake our bumbumz to in da club,mode9 had better conform or starve

runzlord:
Yeah Godwon! Omoele, too much money, hennesy in my tummy, forgive them(morell), bla bla bla ive heard many Godwon tracks! But guy have u heard any track on the illegal music 2?


Np. MI ft hench & boogey - ridiculous

tjskii: Abeggy mak I hear,na creativity we wan chop,all we need is music to shake our bumbumz to in da club,mode9 had better conform or starve

shymexx: I watched the BET Cipher and I personally think he's naija's best rapper by a mile. The only person close to him is Godwon. if you don't know Godwon, you need to go check that guy out. I have all his mixtapes from like 2004 when he was based in Houston, and he was "Houston's Best Kept Secret."

As for the other naija rappers including M.I - they're all trash. Nigerians need to stop rapping and stick to party tunes.