Yep.One is an american n d oda nigerian.Polow da don produced hero by Nas aod a guy called Apprentice produced a hero comes home by mode9.Listen to both songs.Nas was lyk he is the hero that wil save d game while mode described a fictional way he was goin 2 save d game.Dont be biased,wch is better modes own or nas.
I lyk nas bt i think a hero comes home is better than hero.
Those that v listened to d track,wch track is better?

well i havent heared Nas's Hero but I have heared M9's Hero Comes Home so i cant judge. Maybe you could just post the lyrics of Nas Hero and then we analyze. . .

@Rhymestein
U do come again!!
abeg stop killing us with nonesense
Nas wackest track is better dan mode zero best.
stop comparin d two b4 I loose my temper

dammiecool:

@Rhymestein
U do come again!!
abeg stop killing us with nonesense
Nas wackest track is better dan mode zero best.
stop comparin d two b4 I loose my temper

u go just die of hyperyension

there is enough room for comparism of these 2 cats. abi who do u want us to be comparing modenine with, RUG HEAd MAN. . .? we don pass dat level. . .

so guy i dey wait for d lyrics oooo

@java
keep fooling yaself
Ode

no be ruggedman again, now its nas. its a pity modenine pay you guys 4k per month to hype him on NL. All this wahala for the same chicken change i spit out every month 4 ma HITV subscription. ILLMATICS 4 life

l.a.t.o:

no be ruggedman again, now its nas. its a pity modenine pay you guys 4k per month to hype him on NL. All this wahala for the same chicken change i spit out every month 4 ma HITV subscription. ILLMATICS 4 life

u pay 4k per month for ur HITV. . . then i guess i can assist u and ur broke family by paying a hundred months up front. . . lmao!!!

@java
It's now official, u'er the biggest FOOL on NL. I mean what's ur beef with the guy's family? Once again JAVA U'ER A BIG FOOL, inshort the BIGGEST FOOL. Incase u haven't heard enough of it, Rugged remains better than Mode and Hero is better than A Hero Comes Home. Now go ahead and kill ur self, FOOL.

java is going insane

Rhymstein:

Yep.One is an american n d oda nigerian.Polow da don produced hero by Nas aod a guy called Apprentice produced a hero comes home by mode9.Listen to both songs.Nas was lyk he is the hero that wil save d game while mode described a fictional way he was goin 2 save d game.Dont be biased,wch is better modes own or nas.
I lyk nas bt i think a hero comes home is better than hero.
Those that v listened to d track,wch track is better?

stupid fool.how can u compare somebody who is a failure in his own country with sombebody who is a world wide true hero.u r lame even in ur brain.mode fool whom is higher up in the hierachy of the waifs and strays of nigeria is not even among the recognized artistes in naija let alone going international. he is recognized by some few fools like u only in NL.

javalove:

well i havent heared Nas's Hero but I have heared M9's Hero Comes Home so i cant judge. Maybe you could just post the lyrics of Nas Hero and then we analyze. . .

how many times have u ever heard mode's lame :hero comes home"on the radio.plus he stole the chorus from a foreign movie.beirworlf is the name

soso dawg where u @

dammiecool:

soso dawg where u @

always here to kill these fools man!

thanks a lot

when u try to over praise mode 9, ur stupidity is understandable. but when u compare mode 9 to NaS in any way, it is blasphemy. the same idiotic rhymstein compared Illmatic to a mode 9 album.


these stupid mode 9 fans like javalove must be high on mode 9's semen. its better to ignore them.

ure right

bgees:

when u try to over praise mode 9, ur stupidity is understandable. but when u compare mode 9 to NaS in any way, it is blasphemy. the same idiotic rhymstein cogood as impared Illmatic to a mode 9 album.


these stupid mode 9 fans like javalove must be high on mode 9's semen. its better to ignore them.

i used to think all this things shud be logical and at least we shud not take all this personal, the poster was comparin a track and not the individuals, so why are u guys raining abuses on him, see we all here to have fun.

i have listened to both tracks and i like nas better but modenine own is good as well.

pls u pple shud stop all this abuses, try and put maturity in ur opinions and views, the poster just asked a simple question which he has a right to do.

yeah java, whatever, the truth is always bitter, i know you too well, just four yrs ago u were a cafe attendant, where u met mode9. I gathered he promised to increase ur monthly take home by 0.05%. olori buruku, dan iska barawo, maciaci, talaka,

@bgees
ur father gave birth to an idiot.I never compared pentium ix to illmatic.The reviewer on www.rapreviews.com did.It seems u dont v retentive memory.
@soso boy
u claim to knw so much abt hiphop,i nw see u knw nuffin.Dnt u knw sampling is allowed.The beats of hero(nas)contained lyk 3 samples.Ur fav rapper(ruggedman)didnt he jack 4rm d good,d bad n d ugly,even watch me had james brown samples.Jay z's american gangsta had 16tracks,14 tracks were sampled.Kanye wests stronger,jesus walks were sampled.
@dammiecool
i neva said mode is better,i only found modes a hero comes home more creative than nas hero
@java
i wld post hero's lyrics 2moro
@deji
thanx.Thats y they say different strokes 4 diff folks.Actually my friend felt mode's own was beta.I felt that way too.Thats y i brought it here to knw ppls opinion.Actually some ppl ere daft wel wel.These ppl r gettin mode's issues to personal,prob they r jealous i dnt knw.Sometimes i dey wonder wot they gain deceivin themselves that mode is lame when they knw mode is way ahead of other nigerian rappers,when it comes to skil.Make dem tell me wch rap song wey one rapper do wey beta pass d effort mode's put 4 contradiction.Dem go dey yan anyhw.Nigerian rappers cal themselves rappers,i neva hear any1 do a complete rap that u can call poetry.

@javalove
You can watch the video of the song "Hero" here:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2qtkqLf8-s[/flash]

Nas' hero is one of my best songs from him, the beat is tight too. Definitely haven't heard Mode nine's own. Post the lyrics, maybe I can give my opinion.

Mode Nine's 'A Hero Comes Home' has good lyrics but I don't like the flow and the beat. Nas' 'Hero' however was a better song cos it's beat was tight, chorus sweet and the lyrics were good too. Imo

@java
link 2 the lyrics http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/n/nas_feat_keri_hilson/hero.html

@bgees
read n shut ur trap
Mode 9 :: Pentium IX :: Questionmark Records
as reviewed by Jordan Selbo
Forget the fact that Mode 9 was born in the UK and now reps Nigeria—whatever else you know or think about dude, know that he is PASSIONATE. In the effort he applies to honing his craft of emceeing, in his desire to keep Nigerian Hip Hop quality, as well as in his blatant disrespect for those that opt to perform and support lazy commercial rap. It's the passion of an assured veteran, the kind that speaks through actions. It's appropriately then that Mode 9's newest project, a 21-song mixtape that rivals anyone else's most carefully polished and sequenced major label release, is a supremely dope slice of Hip Hop. In the best sense, this boom bap flavor is timeless, skillful and universal. Seriously, if it weren't for Mode's slight French-inflected accent and his occasional references to his city of Lagos, I'da sworn this was released alongside "Hard to Earn," "Illmatic" and "Liquid Swords." And though it's not quite as classic as those albums, it does have the same flavor and swagger.

To start with his lyrics I gotta start with the voice: Mode 9 possesses an instantly recognizable and imminently strong instrument, both gravelly and deep (sounding similar to RA the Rugged Man) but also pleasingly melodic (due no doubt to his subtle accent, which comes off as a Wyclef-when-he's-not-singing-wack-shit vibe). His flow is airtight, never even slightly slipping off beat or sounding strained. The content varies considerably, covering everything from social commentaries ("Lagos State of Mind," "Pain", to relationships ("Gentle Wind", and even global economics ("419 State of Mind Pt. 2 Revisited". But clearly Mode's specialty is straight get-up-in-dat-ass battle raps. He excels with lyrics heavy on punch lines, sprinkling in the occasional scientific or technical jargon, packed to the gills with clever metaphors and cultural references. Examples of amazing lines from just one recent listen include: "throw sand in your food if you ever try to crunch me/ you got weak lines but still wanna bungee" to "making more headlines than cornrows and partings" to "I'm off the hook like wack singers on the chorus." Seriously, the dude puts more thought into any one16 bar verse on "Pentium" than most commercial cats put into their whole joints. He often comes with so much craft that it's easy to miss how clever seemingly throwaway lines like "play the wall like Peter Parker" are. It's also important to note that it's clear Mode is one intelligent and well-versed cat, but he manages to be himself and sneak plenty of knowledge into his raps without ever sounding preachy or egghead.

Beat wise, it's even more apparent that Mode takes his inspiration from the second renaissance of East Coast Hip Hop (circa '94-'96). The boom bap vibe includes a liberal use of scratched choruses (a la Premo), basslines that are understated yet chunky and whole, and beats in that New York state of mind. Besides keeping your head nodding, there are also enough interesting flourishes to keep you pressing rewind. Just a few highlights include the gentle guitar loop on the aforementioned "Lagos State of Mind" (big ups on the clever flipping of Nas' original title, by the way), the eerie vocal chorus on "Elbow Room," and the mournful violins of "360 Poetry." I could go on…

In short, if you're a fan of that NY aesthetic of the mid-90's, or of clever and fresh lyrics, or of quality Hip Hop in general, "Pentium IX" is definitely recommended. Matter fact, I'm confident enough to say that anything by Mode 9 would probably be dope. Because it's a mixtape, "Pentium" does lack some cohesion (but as the songs keep coming up dope, I didn't seem to even notice). And my copy is edited, but thankfully expletives are relatively sparse and the censorship of them is creatively undertaken. Never falling to that mass appeal, and straight from the heart, the man is on a mission to almost single-handedly raise Nigerian Hip Hop out of the muck of east money pop rap bullshit. And he just may be skilled enough, and yes, passionate enough to do it. Some haters may claim that in doing so he seems mired in nostalgia for that mid-90s East Coast sound (and maybe the cultural dispersion from US to Nigeria makes this more than merely a choice), but if that's the case, I'm not complaining!

Music Vibes: 8.5 of 10 Lyric Vibes: 9 of 10 TOTAL Vibes: 8.5 of 10

Originally posted: November 21, 2006
source: www.RapReviews.com

@chiogo
i might not get some words on that track,i wil try my best sha.post it tonight.cos i think the track is in nigerianhiphop.net and it is also in his myspace page or check youtube,someone might just put the audio there.his myspace page is www.myspace.com/modenine.hey the beat of nas hero is far better sha,but i think presented a better story

I like Hero. . . and I like Hero comes home. . .

I am not saying I like Hero cos Nas sang it. . . I like it cos its good. . .

The difference in the two is first the delivery. . . NAS delivery is better ( I mean beats and flows)

The story line, I kind of connect more with Modenine's cos it talks more of our own industry and I can relate with every bar he dropped

NAS own is very tight too but its not all the lyrics i understand. . .

c'est fini

@Rhymestein What's up modey's myspace page? It says it's deleted or something

Rhymstein, sorry for rude words I used. BUT spare me ur baseless explanatns. Mode 9 is boring and irrelevant. And dont u ever make similar comparisms again.

I prefer "A Hero Comes Home" to "Hero". I wasn't feeling Nas that much until the last verse.Modenine was hittin it right from the start but Hero's hook is better

Why is mode 9 using double id's to advertise this hopeless songa and keep his dieing name alive?mode 1 should focus on doing good songs that people would like and not use double id's to force the songs on people

bombsquad:

Why is mode 9 using double id's to advertise this hopeless songa and keep his dieing name alive?mode 1 should focus on doing good songs that people would like and not use double id's to force the songs on people

now another nitwit on here, modenine using double ids? lol what is the first and the other id he uses >?

Dejiariyo is a big tyme hypocrite, earlier on this thread u requested people to be less insultive but objective in their posting, now i take a swipe at modeone and you call me a nitwit?why did it hurt you so badly you went against ur own principle??well,i belive ure one of modenine's double id's, i actually see about five of them in this thread already, Deji ariyo(modeone),focus on making good songs and botch propaganda, ure already an old man you know

bombsquad:

Dejiariyo is a big tyme hypocrite, earlier on this thread u requested people to be less insultive but objective in their posting, now i take a swipe at modeone and you call me a nitwit?why did it hurt you so badly you went against ur own principle??well,i belive ure one of modenine's double id's, i actually see about five of them in this thread already, Deji ariyo(modeone),focus on making good songs and botch propaganda, ure already an old man you know

now this nitwit is here again, earlier u opened a thread to question legitimacy of 2face collabo with rkelly, and u called him ole without even finding ur facts and knowing what went down and who even paid the money for the collabo.
and u dissing modenine on here again shows how disturbed ur brain is, maybe if there are more jobs in nigeria,u would have got urself one and stop licking pples ass up and down the internet.