₦airaland Forum

raumdeuter:
Many of the early afrobeats and were knockoff Hiphop with most of our musicians doing everything to sound and sing like these foreign hip hop stars. Most R&B wanted to sound like Usher or RKelly, the rappers sef were doing megede-fegede to sound abroadian.

Most of our early hits were straight beat samples of foreign songs. The Mi O shako mo beat was a sample, Plantation boys, the name I think belonged to a foreign group and few of their songs too were samples

I grew up on mostly Yoruba core music, Fuji and Juju. The 80s and 90s were filled with Naija musician borrowing and trying to be raggae artistes, The 90s hiphop were mostly trying to copy the foreign ones we even had groups like Maintain where 70% of their songs were beat samples

Afrobeat started breaking out on its own in the early 2000s and that was where our originality came into it and has grown since then

For Nollywood their best products IMO still remain the epic movie genre Igodo, SaworoIde etc those Ramsey Noah acting BF and Genevieve GF, Rita Dominic sidechic. Or just some girls trying to act out Olosho/hookup movies got stale quickly

These movies were too predictable for me.

Pete Edochie will either be the Igwe or a wicked ritualist who will never help relatives with his wealth. Kanayo O Kanayo is a goated Ritualist.

Ramsey Noah the lover boy, Gnevieve the lover girl, Tony Umez will surely cry, Clemz Ohameze will suffer for a while, cry small and then do ritual . Jim Iyke will be speaking one kind American accent as a bad boy, etc.

I enjoyed Tunde Kelani movies, Tade Ogidan movies too. The core Yoruba ones are just too tiring to watch except for few epic ones like Jogunomi, etc. Perhaps budget makes it difficult for our producers to come up with quality production movies

raumdeuter:
Many of the early afrobeats and were knockoff Hiphop with most of our musicians doing everything to sound and sing like these foreign hip hop stars. Most R&B wanted to sound like Usher or RKelly, the rappers sef were doing megede-fegede to sound abroadian.

Most of our early hits were straight beat samples of foreign songs. The Mi O shako mo beat was a sample, Plantation boys, the name I think belonged to a foreign group and few of their songs too were samples

I grew up on mostly Yoruba core music, Fuji and Juju. The 80s and 90s were filled with Naija musician borrowing and trying to be raggae artistes, The 90s hiphop were mostly trying to copy the foreign ones we even had groups like Maintain where 70% of their songs were beat samples

Afrobeat started breaking out on its own in the early 2000s and that was where our originality came into it and has grown since then

Yes, I agree most of the early naija hiphop and RnB artist breakthrough trying to Nigerianize foreign beats/music. I remember Maintain' s" Catch Cold" was literally a Naija version of another American music.

But I think maybe because the wordings of their music was relatable endeared me to the naija artists. While people were buying music lyrics books to learn US hip hop artists' music word for word, I was more interested in the wordings style plus' "call my name", I was more interested in arguing the correct wordings of Rasquie's " Soji".

Amigoss:
The comedy genre of nollywood was lit sha,grew up watching that..Today the whole world is using pawpaw gifs and meme...

Yes I agree the comedy genres were actually funny back in the days with comic acts like Sam Loco Efe, Aki and Paw paw, etc. But over time, they become monotonous. The scripts were predictable and the script writers just didn't go above and beyond to write better scripts than previous works

raumdeuter:
90s and early 2000s were greatest times for hip-hop
Bangers every year

Right now I struggle to list songs on these levels anymore. I barely know the artistes partly because I am getting older

https://www.nairaland.com/8142808/throwback-10-romantic-hiphop-songs

Can any young hiphop head make a case for great hip-hop music released in the last 15yrs 2009 till date vs the previous 15yrs 1994 to 2009?

I think hip hop peaked early 2000s

On the flip side death of hiphop favored Afrobeat

I have never liked foreign music in any genre be it hip hop, R n B, etc. I can say the late 90's and early 2000's were not my fave at all as far as music is concerned. That period when AIT would play foreign music endlessly on their lunch break shows, I never really enjoyed those period.

I was happy when the era of dem 2face , plantaishun boiz, remedies, style plus , Dbanj, Don Jazzy,Six foot plus, etc came around. I never really fancied the whole affection with foreign music and I don't know why.Even till date, I will always take naija music over and over any foreign music genre

Ironically , I am not a fan of naija movies. I find naija movies otherwise called nollywood quite distasteful. Even why I force myself to watch a naija movie , I just can't help but see so many plot holes, robotic acting, stereotypical and predictive narratives, etc written all over it. I believe the naija movie industry lacks originality; I may be wrong tho

GloriousGbola:
there is a problem northerners have and that may be where the vibes and insa Allah jibe comes from

they are not proactive and are mostly content to throw insa Allah at a problem and leave it at that.

everything i read in the link amoto posted shows a dog and pony show where there is no concrete plan to actually solve the water issue.

but because they know that the populace is deeply religious, let us have a show of prayers. we will not get the water, we know we will not get the water, but people will see the chief imam praying for water and will know we sha tried.

meanwhile, let us chop the estacode from our germany and Netherlands jamboree

The bold is why I was laughing when he posted the link. While he’s here being sarcastic by making comments like “ We know what we are doing “ ( with the assumption that I have something against the religion, the state or the region involved ), the governor and his aides,SA’s , SSA’s and those who accompanied him on the trip have smiled to the bank.

GloriousGbola:
if they are really unlucky, they will have a fake commissioning ceremony where they will truck water into the location overnight and then pretend it was pumped from the ground.

Like someone once said ; “Nigerian politicians are the luckiest in the world “ . The electorate don’t expect so much from them and that works for them

Amoto94:
And who said Katsina is not doing anything other than prayers?https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/04/09/tackling-katsina-water-crisis/

Lolz 😂 😂😂😂
I posted a link showing a religious country that has far gone into cloud seeding to solve its water shortage issues as at 2022/2023.

U posted a governor that is still meeting and planning to buy few pumping machine they will use to embezzle money and then cut ribbon when commissioning .

Make dem keep praying and give press men money to write more articles like the one u posted jare

GloriousGbola:
this is bluerays point:

we are in the 21st century.

should we be praying for rain or investing in boreholes and irrigation technology?

replicating the practices of Islam willy nilly from 2000 years ago in 2024 is mental laziness

as an example - if they want to do that , they should also practice hajj as it was done back then

it was on foot and it was your own responsibility

Leave sheikh Amoto to be defending a laughable action in the big year 2024

Amoto94:
Islamic injunctions aren't decided by what Saudi do or doesn't do but since you asked for it here is King Salman seeking for rain prayers:
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2199856/saudi-arabia

"The performance of istisqa prayers is in accordance with the drought practices of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him)."

Lmao x 1,000,000 😂

Below is what Saudi is doing beyond istisqa prayers .Let our Katsina stakeholders continue with istisqa prayers without action na.

Amoto94:
There is nothing wrong in what they did it's a legislated affair in Islam to pray for rain during drought.

😂

Na so!

Is that what Saudi Arabia and UAE are doing to address to the same issue ?

[quote author=raumdeuter post=130769457]Brother izzou ushering department wait after service to see the Pastor

My brother in Christ is enjoying Ushering pic.twitter.com/FyYCVRQkyt

— The Instigator (@Am_Blujay) July 2, 2024

I think two professions I will pick over any other are usher and Gym instructor 🙅‍♂️

Lolz 😂

liveLongNprospa:
BTW.. Fubara really nor like wike and he wants to outdo him😁

Wetin him do again ?

Cipolla’s law of stupidity . If u have time spare 5-6 minutes to watch this .


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGr8bMTSD4s?si=0wspfd4u2iCHJybg

I guess this speaks to our situation in Africa and even Nigeria specifically .

larride:
The Twitter one still fit pass as cruise or troll but that whatsapp own, his lawyer will do alot of explaining.

Make police just see any evidence that he belongs to a violent group lasan, he will be surprised how they will link him to other unsolved crime

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Maybe he thinks going to a Nigerian court is what we see in Suits, and The Lincoln Lawyer.

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Most people think going to police station and getting released is the same thing as going to court and getting released.

Most times sef police is doing u a huge favour by keeping u in their cell.

The moment they take u to court and the judge has reason to have u remanded and the case adjourned, u just start a new journey niyen o. The next court date may not be until 3-4months time the duration of which u will be at the mercy of prison wardens who will take u to prison immediately after adjournment .

When the date of adjournment comes, if ur people don't go to the IPO in charge of ur case to mobilize him with funds to come to court, u will see another problem. Ur people will also have to pay the prison wardens to bring u to court. If the IPO is not present in court, ur case will be adjourned again and u will be taken back to prison .At that point u will realize u are at the mercy of both Nigerian correctional services officer and the IPO in charge of ur case in the police station. The police know this, that is why they always raise the bar high for bribes to allow u walk while still with them

That is how a lot of people have been on "awaiting trial" for years.

Amigoss:
Wow,news to me...which means the pastor grew up as a muslim,always thought Oyedepo was a christain name...

Oyedepo is from a Muslim family na. His sister is an Alhaja sef

Amigoss:
So Oyedepo is related to koko zaria...Blueraydick,you been knew ?

https://twitter.com/Toyosibash1/status/1807708775718981868

Yes, koko Zaria also mentions it in his videos that he's related to Oyedepo.

GloriousGbola:
It is toyin Abraham's legal right as a well connected Nigerian to fk up people who do not stay in their lane. The guy could have kept the insults to Twitter.

It is quite likely he is some sort of cult boy who plays this game with other people and he was drunk on his own delusions of power thinking that the rest of Nigeria is his hood/stomping grounds where he can cough and people will piss their pants.

Reality is here.

The bold is my thought too; because the only thing I can think of that can make him that emboldened.

Its the audacity for me! Going to someone's WhatsApp and telling that person u will kill her and her kid is some high level of crazy.

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
That is left for the court to decide. But first the police should follow due process.

Yeah, the court will definitely decide .

If the guy will be unfortunate , let the police find evidence that suggests he belongs to a particular cult group ; he will smell his anus

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
What the guy said is very wrong.

However, he should be charged to Court. Let the court decide, keeping him in police custody is abuse of court processes.

I agree with u keeping him detained without charging him to court is illegal beyond the days prescribed by the law.

But like izzou pointed out,When he is eventually taken to court he will most likely be remanded in prison . He poses a serious threat to the society since he has threatened her life in white and black .

iamoyindamola:
Stupid boy, he should rot in jail
I read he's one nd2 student

Can u imagine !

I think a lot of the youths nowadays are miseducated .They are so ignorant that they commit crime and will be thinking it is cruise .

How can u be telling someone she and her son will die irrespective of ur differences ? 🤷‍♂️

I support this arrest 💯

Make dem give the guy warring number 7 for a Portugal EMOTIONAL D’Or . His tears inspired his teammates 👏

If God no punish this Sesko, make I know wetin cause am

iamoyindamola:
How?
They believed it’s a murder case instead of suicide

Below is what the Lagos police PRO said when the Punch newspaper contacted them to confirm the news of his death before they went to press .

It is not like Punch just fabricated the story na.

The tone of the family’s statement sounded as if they are angry with the manner in which the news was broken because it affects a lot of things .

For example he may have a life insurance that will not death benefits to his family because the cause of death is suicide .

Well, let’s wait for the police investigation to unravel the mystery behind his death sha

Sportsweb:
https://www.nairaland.com/8141602/ex-konga-ceo-imudia-did-not

This family’s statement sounds like damage control sha .

Domainer1999:
Enough of this back and forth on religion and let's talk about this idiots with overbloated ego called Jarus.

How much does he even have that makes him brag around? Since I've know him, all he does is go around and hype himself of graduating first class from OAU economics as if he alone attended OAU.

Seun is too gentle for my liking!

https://www.nairaland.com/8141425/seun-osewa-mental-disorder-jarus

Na two of them know wetin cause their fight sha

https://www.nairaland.com/8141340/rivers-local-government-elections-hold

itsrm Ur governor has fixed October 5 as date for LGA elections o

izzou:
[color=royalblue]If you say "Overly religious", you are right.

But this "Judgemental" tag is kinda confusing.
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U may not like the word, but it is what it is.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]This has nothing to do with a denomination being judgemental (or whatever the context means)

There are still Deeper Life members that married people from other denominations and their MIL accepted them happily.

This is solely on the woman, and shouldn't be translated as the doctrines of a group[/color]

That's just an example. I know that group very well and I know how judgmental they are . We have so many of them where I grew up and I am very conversant with their doctrines.

I don't want it to seem like I have a personal score to settle with the group, but there's a reason why I say they are the most judgmental sect of Christians in this country. There are several videos of their ex-members on the internet speaking about their experiences in the fold. A simple google search will put u in the right direction.

afrodoc2:
Deeper Life was the most judgemental church that existed when I was growing up. The very definition of close minded. Maybe they have changed now sha.

They are still very close minded till date . All those PR Ellexy is doing is just to save face as a member/ex-member .

I know a woman who was married to a deeper life member . For over 20 years that she was married , her mother-in-law never accepted her fully simply cos she attended another Pentecostal denomination. The husband and his mother attended deeper life while the wife attended another denomination. The mother-in-law stayed in a duplex in the same compound with them , It was only when things got so hot that she finally decided to join them and the mother-in-law accepted her with open arms