[Like a perfect gentleman,i would like to apologize to all those who felt offended by my top ten countdown.never knew my top ten will generate so much interest & controversy.i have been getting all sorts of mails and some people even went as far as cursing & raining abuses on me.no hard feelings,its all good.

For those who don't know,a blog is for expressing your views & that is what iam doing,if you are mad at that,go and start your own blog.

if you are mad that iam right,wish me wrong
if you are mad that iam on top,wish me gone
if you are mad that iam on the road,wish me home
but after your 3 wishes,blow it out ya head

A lot of people criticised my ratings.just so you know,the ratings was based on how successful an artist has been,how many hits he/she has,what impact he/she has made in the music industry.

i am so pro-Nigerian that i made sure that everyone on my top ten can spit/flow in either yoruba,hausa,igbo or pidgin.spitting in english is also an added advantage.so if you can find an artiste who meets all these standards & wasn't on my list.let me know

I believe any naija rapper worth his salt should be able to flow in his mother tongue.

ruggedman said it best on ruggedy baba
"wetin go make them know where you come from
na the fusion of grammar you slang in your mother tongue"

my top ten > Modenine,M.i,saucekid,ikechukwu,(fill in the gap).
if you take away everyone on my list from the rap industry,there will be nothing left(simple arithmetic).so until mode or m.i make a ruggedy baba or kini big deal type of song,they will never be mentioned in the same breath as ruggedman or naeto c.

some said i should have called it top 10 most successful/influential rappers in Nigeria.others said i should have called it top 10 indigenous rappers in Nigeria,but i chose to call it mic check-top 10 rappers in Nigeria and i owe no one an apology.

I am AYX & i rep 9ja to the fullest.what you have here is my top ten,hate it or love it. ]

tosinaded@:

Swallow ur apology jare!

~Sauron~:

I have not seen the list. . . . . .Do u have it??

asha 80:

U no fit cough if u see the list.

~Sauron~:

Give us the list, abeg.
I am sure Junior-N-Pretty, Eedris, Ruggedman and few other cats would be there. . . .

asha 80:

1.2shotz
2.eedris
3.nigga raw
4.weird mc
5.eldee
6.lord of ajasa
7.ruggedman
8.freestyle
9.sasha
10.naeto c

Bamsyle:

He's hallucinating . . .

I'm ok with only 4 names on that list:

Lord of Ajasa
Ruggedman
Freestyle
Sasha

Eldee was promising but he's been so irritating of recent . . . Bosigbangba, Champion, Big Boy . . . Great snakes!!!

It was a good joke . . . I'm still laughing.

Bamsyle:


Eldee was promising but he's been so irritating of recent . . . Bosigbangba, Champion, Big Boy . . . Great snakes!!!

It was a good joke . . . I'm still laughing.

MrCrackles:

Song not bad!

I could bust a nut inside that shawty's asshole man!!

Eldee looked malnourished in the video

American infused transformation is awesome!

Moonstone:

I don't know what to call Eldee but I don't consider him a complete rapper. He's more of a singer in my opinion.
I'm okay with all those names above but I'm still trying to control my gag reflex. He might as well have included Daddy Showkey and Daddy Fresh for all I care.

~Sauron~:

Eldee is now in the comfort zone. . . . . . .
You don't expect him to crack his head and look for superb wordplays/metas/multis in his lyrics any more.
He is now complacent ever since he moved to Yankee but you cannot discount his lyrical ability when they were Trybesmen.
Eldee is good and he helped build the Naija hip-hop industry including King Of Wackness, Eedris!!!

For many years, this song was actually the best RAP song in Naija.

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~Sauron~:

Song not bad?? Are u kidding me??
That song would be in top 3 of all time in the Naija hip-hop industry.

Fair enough!

Do you want me to say excellente?

It takes a lot for me to rate Naija music highly brethren, no disrespect!

Having said that, i think itz kinna refreshing from the wannabee bullshit getting a lotta airplay nowadays!!

MrCrackles:

Fair enough!

Do you want me to say excellente?

It takes a lot for me to rate Naija music highly brethren, no disrespect!

Having said that, i think itz kinna refreshing from the wannabee bullshit getting a lotta airplay nowadays!!

Bamsyle:

Eldee flattened out in the latter part of his career . . . he was a rapper when in Trybesmen . . . he became a singer as a solo artiste.
I'm not even talking about wordplay et al . . . if that's the case, it woulda been good . . . fact is - dude doesn't even rap anymore!!!

He relaxed at a stage in his career when he should up his skills . . . what with the influx of new rappers like MI, Naeto C, Ikechukwu . . . and the incessant competition Ol' Gees like Ruggedman and Modenine constantly bring

"Oya" was good . . . but the face of Naija Rap has changed since then . . . this ain't no moment to flatten out . . . except you're retiring . . .

'Champion' was the thundering height of it . . . dude was singing and dancing galala like it was going out of fashion.

~Sauron~:

Once NEPA and Egunje-driving Policemen get out of one's system, one gets LAZY.

I guess he is not bovvered about his street credibility anymore.
He is just having fun and doing it for money.

Bamsyle:

LOL . . . Agreed.

Check your list again . . . you left Eedris' name intact . . . was that an error??

nuzo:

Cant believe sauron ruled out nigga raw of all person.
Anyway, one need to understand Igbo language in order to fully appreciate his works.

As for hating on 2shot and his so-called ibotic accent, you forgot to rule out lord of ajasa, eedris and sasha cos of their tribal accent as well.
However, the blogger listed them as the best because of the thrills these accents bring to their audience.