"My words are vehicles, watch the way I~ride~I
Never battle emcees, I just do lyrical drive~bys"

MI - With a Pen


"Rappers talking smack, I eight (ate) limbs like an octopus
We historic black boys, so Barack~of~us"

MI – Can’t Tell me nothing

Interesting topic. . .
I've only been blogging for two months. . .
With - http://www.rocnaija.com

Won an award for 'Newbie blogger of the year' at the Naija Bloggers Awards. . .
And I've been fortunate to get loads of positive reviews & feedback. . .

My motivation for starting it was just to tell the story of the life I've lived and the life I'm living,

Plus I been making a bit off google as well. . .

So I can't complain. . .

http://www.rocnaija.com

I got kicked out before I got my First degree/
You can say I got burned to the First degree/
I came back to the only land for me/
Some of my classmates still feeling bad for me/


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@ rapjunkie - nice one

I didn't like the 'originality' track as a whole sef. . .
Haven't heard the one featuring mode9 though. . .
Make I youtube am now

badman:

Lord of ajasa - its too much

But Why. . . .?

O'boy I for add Junior and Pretty put for the list. . .

Maybe you should just make the list [i]top ten, [/i]cos all the albums you mentioned as well influenced the rap game.

See me thinks Mode should consider a career in ghost writing. . . He'll probably make a mint off it, the way Mos Def & Kweli do for Diddy.

Yeah Durella had some hot tracks this season. . . . Plus it seems D'banj has been jacking his style & videos. . .

As they said 'year under review' [/i]so many times. . .  It's probably cause he didn't have a banger in the '[i]year under review'

@ dejiariyo
Interesting, So he's trying to get a buzz off SauceKid then, ?! Is Rukus based in Naija as well now?

dejiariyo:

yebariba samboribobo-sauce kid

dammiecool:

oloshi i curse u in ma mother tongue, mode f9

this guy is furstrated why he go dey curse, im still fit make am now

ROTFLMAO!!!

lol @ rapjunkie

Me thinks the awards list isn't too bad. . . Apart from that Asa and Terry G no dey. . .
Cos them two been doing big things.

dejiariyo:

if eldee is the don then i be the boss/the game is well seasoned we dont need sauce(sauce kid)-rukus

SauceKid diss, ?!

dejiariyo:

does MTV know anything about hiphop?if they do know they will be playing more of nas videos than soulja boy, and beside lil wayne was the best rapper according to MTV.

Weezy was for the 'hot right now' ish. When they did the all time list it was Jigga.

But then. . .  they all play that soulja boy, D4L crap now adays. . .
I'd give anything for the days of YO! MTV raps. I remember going to video clubs in hot lasgidi sun just to keep up.

Damn.

Bamsyle:

. . . I just decided to limit my ratings to delivery, wordplay and lyrics . . .

Why? Cos all those "swagger, punchlines, metaphors, breath control" that you mentioned are all offsprings of either Wordplay, Lyrics, or Delivery. Check it - are swagger (^{not in showmanship this time}) and breath control not felt in Delivery??; are metas and punchlines not part of Wordplay and Lyrics

I'm tired of so-called 'hip hop heads' always complicating issues . . . metas, punchlines, rhyme scheme, metre, bla bla bla . . . why expand issues when the whole darn thing can be compressed

Well . . . all said and done . . . Mode is still the better of the two . . . my opinion.

If it make's it easier for you to limit your ratings because it involves Mode9 then fair play to you. . . but there's a reason why when MTV did their top ten MC's dead or alive each was categorized on it's own. . . And no, I don't claim to know more than the dudes at MTV.

So you should forward your greviance about 'so-called hiphop heads expanding issues' to them.

As you're insinuating that because it involves Mode9 we should judge by different standards.

All said and done I disagree that Mode9 is better based off your arguments. . . but like you said we're all entitled to our individual opinions.

Bamsyle:

So how do I vote Should I vote based on their trademark abilities

Alright . . . Lyrics Mos' def Mode9.

Wordplay Hmm, MI's good on that . . . but by Jove, Mode even does more wordplay (cop more of his stuff and listen!) . . .

Delivery MI.

Mode wins.

This is as flawed an argument as I've ever seen,  Mode 9 is a punchline rapper,  he's not a lyrical emcee.
Ever heard the phrase. . . "you made it a hot line, I made it a hot song"

Punchline rappers are revered in the hood but it rarely translates into commercial success. . . see Cassidy, Gillie the kid, E-ness, Big L, Talib kweli. . .

Lyrical emcees transcend the hood and do well commercially without loosing their lyrical ability. . . see Jigga, Biggie, Eminem. . .

Even though you rate mode highly (and i do too) fact remains there's more to an emcee than wordplay and lyrics. His swagger, punchlines, metaphors, breath control all come into effect, 

So while mode9 may have numerous quotables, he still can't make a hot song!

Beedazzled:

this track's just the theme song for the 2009 ed of the Hiphop World Awards,
i fink Naijs jus criticize too much, rather than praise n encourage.
mefinks everyone repped well on the track,
kel's doing really well for a female MC in a male dominated industry, pple jus give her props as it's due.
banky w did a lovely hook, M.I repped jus as well.

It's not [i]really [/i]a critique of the track to have an opinion. It's a good track. . .
but if they set the standards themselves you'd always expect them to at least meet it or raise it when next you hear new material from them. . .
It's all love though

You're having larffff!!!

LMAO!!

Not a bad video,
lol @ those brown corrugated iron sheet roofs!! IB baby. . .

Isn't this the same guy they said eLDee copied?? can't see the similarities?! except for the title

lol @ rapjunkie, "apologise to freestyle, "funny

Yo the whole world is glass and plastic/
it's split like a faction. . needs action drastic/
. . .
these venomous lyrics off my lips like chapstick. . . ! /

MI ~ Crowd Mentality. . .

Don't hate, cos I get kissed by ten chics, /
That's ten direct hits, / on ten by two lips, /

Freestyle ~ Trybesmen, Roc da Mic

Yup Moonstone you's right on that one,

What kind of file is it? it ain't opening, you got the youtube link?

olayokun:


Whats d deal wiv dis fake ass thread.
This ain't no MI track oh!!!.Jeeeeezzzzzz man.Its a sound track of the 2009 ED of Hiphopworld Awards.

So wetin dey vex you exactly?? Did you read the initial post??

BajaGold:


what do you think?

Apparently a soundtrack for the upcoming Hip Hop World awards. . .

http://www.esnips.com/doc/815144af-8180-49b2-8cf6-04bb8bc66194/mi-ft-banky-w-kel

Or the people mentioned are not on the track And if you need the book 'Reading for dummies' send me your P.O.Box.

Jeeeezzzz!!! enough already. . . . where's the f**ing link?!

Bamsyle:


@Javalove

Rugged may need to enhance his lyrics but he ain't bad overall. . . Dude's got delivery - he cuts the Naija version of Luda/Xzibit for me.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king. Rugged came out at a time when there were loads of wack emcees. Back then you compared Rugged w Rasquie w eedris.

I truly believe if a new rapper came out today, IMO, with the same skillset as Rugged. . . He'll struggle. He's lucky he already has a fan base like dammiecool

Cos he'll be competing with MI, SauceKid, ikechukwu, Naeto C and all. . . . E go try gaan.

The problem is a lot of people need to understand that no matter how much money you make as a rapper. . .
you still want to be respected for your lyricism. . .
becos in the long run that's what you get judged by.

Till tomorrow Jay is refered to as the greatest to ever do it, but even he said. . .

"Truthfully i wanna rhyme like common sense. . ./ but i made five mil. . . I ain't been rhyming like common since/"

Rugged started out doing hardcore like mode. . . but dumbed down for his audience cos hardcore wouldn't buy him a chrysler.

it is what it is

where's the link?

eldee:

@Bamsyle
You really think Pac eva made a Top 3 album?
Funny thing is the only Pac album I'll listen to without skipping is his Greatest Hits CD

Real talk right there

Black Album ~ JayZ