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Few I can 'member:

Only You - 2face

Fimile - Kas (both original and remix with 2face)

Dr Sid - Over the Moon

Asa - Be My Man

Sumn About You - Dr Sid

[b]O[/b]ba [b]A[/b]won [b]U[/b]niversity

Favourable??

Erm . . .

Slim, you'll cringe when you hear the voice o . . . you go think say na one Saudatu dey rap . . .

Hehehe,  Slimshay that line kinda made me believe it's Eldee . . . he's wont to saying such in his posts . . . Tosin's confirmation kinda makes me believe too.

But that voice and crappy delivery mahn, like Chiogo, I'm like "huh"?

BTW, I'm still waiting for the nucca to come here and defend his ish . . . what kinda man fights his battles from a safe distance??

Nella ease up na . . . I know you critic' constructively . . . and I know you're hawt but you don't keep kickin' a man like that . . . even when you consider him down already . . .

E dan do . . . Hanhan! 

@Rhymestein

You need to develop a thick skin against what some peops say on NL . . .

Of course a lotta 'voters' in here are usually biased (taking sides with their friend(s)) . . . but even if you wanna address such folks in your posts, don't go whining . . . dump s[/i]hi[i]t in their faces and let 'em be the ones to recoil . . .

Like it is in real life, what this kinda ish should tell you is that some folks' opinions don't count . . . they'll make up every reason under the Sun to back up their arguments even when they're being plain biased . . .

If you look up all my posts in threads pertaining to lyrics/rhythm, you'll see that I'm not a fan of folks who rely only on punchlines, metas, etc to call themselves emcees . . . if that's the case, a lot of the rap songs we hear on radio would only be read in textbooks . . . it's the reason a lot of these catz are 'underground' . . . in the guise of 'keepin' it real' (who doesn't wanna blow, get respect 'n' make dough with his talent?? ) . . . and they're usually the first folks that scream "wack" at other emcees who make good music . . . I see it as blaming their failures on someone else.

Your effort was fair and can be better . . . the boos and jeers?? Be like a duck an' shake 'em off like water.

rhymz:
. . . Like he was rappin under his bed while d beat was blaring in d sitting room. . .

The sound must have been mixed with an egg bowl . . .

drop4tp:
Is it the lady him and ruggedman are beef because.

Yes . . . it is the lady him and ruggedman because are beef

Where's Eldee??

04kaa:
then who is itlmao, thats eldee dawg, he sent it to me , all man still dont beleif that eldee can reply,
, yall are still doubting innit? thats the legendary eldeegy!!!! where is dbr genuflect and sauron do i look like am playing pranks, thats the legendary eldeegy!!!the warcraft brigadier general, where is rhymestein,sledge, krayola, dbr ,javalove, mobingo, nellaluv and the rest of my family members??

Billions of raging thunderstorms in a million avalanches . . .

May Amadioha fire Eldee's scrotum with this bullcrap that he fed our ears with . . .

In fact, I still can't believe it 04kaa . . . lemme give Eldee the benefit of doubt . . . I'll wait for him to come here and claim ownership of this merengue music . . . he should explain what in God's name he was thinking when he was recording this Dan Maraya song.

What was that??

O4kaa, that can't be Eldee, talk true . . .

LWKMDFH

04kaa:
. . . OR ARE U SCARED OF DA-WHIZKID NOW I USED TO THINK U WERE LION HEARTED , I DIDNT KNOW U WERE A SISI. SLEDGE MY FOOT, DA-WHIZKID OYA COME AND BATTLE SLEGDE O ;

Hehehe . . .

Drama never ends on NL as long as O4kaa is around.

04kaa:
yes we are boy, we were born to have fun man, dont kill this fun eldee pls!!! reply , u need to reply.! oh my gosh eldee has replied.!!
this is rhymesteins murder

Didn't you see the metas, multis, imagery, wit and punchlines in that reply?? 

Still smokin' that thing erhh??

nellaluv:
Yeah, and it will continue to evolve for the better hopefully.

Amen! . . .

Nice write up by-the-way

Thanks, nice topic . . .

Rap Music has evolved . . . there was an era of boom-bap, another of gangsta rap . . . we also had G-Funk and all 'em rest . . . early Hip-Hop had DJs who just 'toasted' over beats . . . Old School Rap (late 70s to early 80s) was nutin seriously lyrical . . . it was basic . . . it used to be all about partying and having fun.

The late 80s/early 90s witnessed the emergence of rappers who focused more on lyrics (the likes of KRS-One and Rakim) . . . emcees like the Notorious B.I.G then emphasized the other very important leg of Rap . . . Flow (/Rhythm/Rhyme/Cadence) . . . most emcees during this era were managing the dual ends of lyrics and rhythm well . . . and that's why it's often referred to as the "Golden Age of Rap".

How emcees flow on a beat is attimes overlooked all in the bid to spit 'sick' lyrics . . . a message is as important as its delivery . . . Rap ain't all about talking on beats . . . it is Music . . . as such, it must have rhythm and melody . . . that's what makes it different from reading Martin Luther's "I Have A Dream" speech over a background beat . . .

However, rappers of nowadays seem to be focusing more on dope delivery/rhythm, sick beats, and what-have-you . . . this ain't bad in its entirety - I believe that both the rhythmical and lyrical endz of Rap must be handled well . . . a handful of them still use metaphors, imagery, similes et al . . . but I always tell folks, lyricists are folks who know how to tell a story with so much graphics, imageries, etc to make you feel like you’re part of the story . . . folks that’ll pick a topic as simple as water and make it come alive in our minds . . . it ain’t all about bragging, boasting or battling.

I think such rappers still exist - emcees who handle topical issues well (like Common, Mos’ Def, Nas, etc) . . . they rarely get played on TV/radio though.

Most of the ones that get played are not necessarily dope . . . but they may also not be classed as wack . . . they might be lyrically inept but fascinating with mad-a[/i]s[i]s delivery.

Eldee ought to be stripped butt-n[/i]ake[i]d and flogged on CNN . . .

Even Mariah Carey has more balls than he's got.

chamotex:
[size=2pt]Eldee, no fall my hand o . . . I don big you up for here[/size]

At this rate, we should all be expecting a double-disc album . . .

hax:
Will ignore that bullsh-it.

Hax, I hope it's Eldee's BS that you're ignoring . . .

If you check ma post on the experimenting theory, I stated that the folks complaining about Nas might have gotten tired of his unchanging/fixed style . . . as an example, I said that he doesn't experiment like Jay-Z does (Collision Course is an example) . . . Eldee, in his usual style, lumped everything together just to make a cheap point.

Nas is still dope to me . . . he just loves to do his thang - folks like Eldee prolly want him to get involved in controversies (like Eminem) so he can "keep up appearances" and still remain "relevant" and s[/i]hi[i]t . . .

He is way ahead of Eminem, anyone can bite me . . .

@chamotex

Exactly my advice to the dude . . .

By now, I thought Eldee would have released a 14-track album to counter Rhymestein . . .

eleshin:
he's always bn an average musician right frm his 1st album bt he is a gud entertainer anytime anyday.

Seconded . . .

Plus the Entertainer album with tracks like "Suddenly" and "Igwe" sounded like him improving to me . . . but all of a sudden, he's going 'dark' again.

eldee:
Just because the Beastie Boys song didn't garner recognition doesn't mean it's not an attempt at experimenting. . . it just means Jay-Z did it better.
Forever Young is a pure rap song, and Jay-Z only gets to tour with people like Coldplay because he's famous enough.

An attempt and an actual act are two different things . . . when you read stuff, you'll never understand by always interpreting literally . . .  when folks say Flo-Rida ain't a rapper, they're not saying Flo-Rida has never ever done what we commonly refer to as "talking fast on a beat".

If experimenting is what you call it, Biggie's "F[/i]cuki[i]n You Tonite" has gotta be experimenting.

Jay-Z never did anything with Fela on any album, it's a couple of producers playing around . . . Nas on the other hand did Warrior Song with African drums and Fela samples, Can't Forget About You with Nat King Cole samples, Bridging the Gap had the Country Music influences and you tell me he's not being experimenting??

You must be joking . . . whether it was Mike Love playing around with beats or not, the end-product was a perfect blend of two different cultures that could be called "experimenting" . . .  with Jay-Z's active involvement in the Fela! Broadway project, it's not difficult to see Jay-Z's connection to and blessing of the music project . . . on Nas' samples (SAMPLES dude!), can you compare "America Dreaming" with "Warrior Song" (where the beat even changes from the Fela rhythm at the very start to a rap beat) and 'em rest??

My point is, it's not that Nas doesn't want to do it, he lacks the ability to . . .

Which exactly is what I've been tryna say since . . . and that makes nonsense of your points on whether he's been touring with rock, pop and reggae bands since 3004 B.C. . . . "he doesn't experiment", "he lacks the ability to experiment" - six and half a dozen.

Nas doesn't switch his style, Jay-Z does that a lot, check out his perpetually changing rap pattern from "Reasonable Doubt" to "BP3" . . . and that doesn't mean he's better than Nas . . . I'm very cool with Nas' style - only hardcore R'n'B fans and 'em other genres can label Nas a mediocre rapper.

All Naija artistes - young and old, old school and new school . . . should take a cue from 2face . . . he's not only dope, his humility is awe-inspiring.

The same folks shouting "crucify him" will be the first set of peops to go kiss his feet if and when he dies . . .

2face'll continue to rock . . . all haterz should drink vinegar.