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you cats are still tussling over this matter? y'all need to give it a rest now....

SELFWORTH: You mean, you think broken homes and abusive homes are one and the same? What is your IQ again?

my iq is 5 multiplied by the age of your mother, you homoerotic bastard!!! what's the difference between a broken marriage and an abusive one? they are all dysfunctional!

tpia1: the question shows low IQ

1. someone with a normal IQ wont be asking anonymous strangers on the web, something that will affect him personally in this manner. Shows he has no social life or value system. Or sense for that matter.

it's called seeking a second opinion.....

2. somebody with a normal IQ will simply waka pass any girl he cant date/marry, without making an a.s.s out of himself by trying to make her look bad. You dont have to slander someone just because you cant date them- that shows low level reasoning and gutter mentality. The person you slander today might not be in the same situation tomorrow.

there's no simplicity in waka-passing.....obviously, the op had fallen in love before he realised the babe came from a broken marriage!

3. As someone rightly pointed out, its laughable the way you gutter mouth nlers all claim to be from perfect homes? Was that where you learnt to act jungle and uncouth?
just asking.

uhhnnnn??

4. OP and his supporters have serious self esteem issues which they try to cover by pointing fingers at other people.

come on - gimme a break...
what has self esteem issues got to do with this?

tpia1: topic and op smack of low IQ

some of the posters also.

low iq?
op asked a good question - is it safe to marry women from broken homes or abusive homes?

berbatov is messi - he's the only player who can do that to arsenal!

montelik: I hope some people aren't still believing that Kagawa can't get back into the side considering Rooney's performance, particularly in the final 3rd.

i think rooney should play the furthest - van persie seems to pass it better than rooney and he's more cool headed in the final third.....

[quote author=WS. Smith]which nonesense award? e don win award reach femi kuti or papa wemba or mariah makeba? abi e don win grammy? nonesense roadside awards. Most of which are for Oliver Twist (much credit to DonJazzy) - watch as your daft kanye west ass licking hero falls down in slow motion. Dbanj is not a musician and got no music in him, I repeat he is good for MC at wedding ceremonies, probably playing his harmonica by the side.[/quote]of course - femi kuti, makeba and papa wemba are all 30 yrs of age, aren't they?

nateevs: I always laugh at Managers who take off an attacker in the 80th minute against ManUtd hoping they can defend till the end. They never achieve it, yet they continue to do it. I cannot understand the mindset.

everton did it in august and got away with it.......teams often get away with it but the key here is the timing....once you allow united to score with more than 35 mins remaining, then start praying....

santa007: For ur info, femi kuti(grammy nominee) is more global than dbanj and yet still doing his african thing and getting recorgnition for it, was shocked to know he voiced in grant theft (video game)...dbanj should continue with what has brought him this far and stop trying to "strike a balance".. So stop giving bad advice .. #getsense

this is where you get it wrong....
femi kuti's music is pure afrobeats - d'banj is afro-hiphop! the concept is to fuse african sound with pure american hip-hop.......d'banj sought after the big people in the game and joined kanye..........the entire project is no longer his, he must tune to what his record label wants otherwise why did he join them in the first place......you mgbeke nigerians need to go out more and understand what it takes to make music and sell to a global audience!

abiL: Funny , but unnecessary

well - she was gagging for it!

debosky: Frustrating Arsenal at its best - maddening individual errors continue to cost us. I think Wenger has to introduce a fine for every one of these stoopid errors - £10k off your paycheck if you make one!!

Once again, Theo needs to learn what works - when he calmed down and didn't try to shoot for goal, he created very good chances for Giroud. When he went selfishly, nothing came out of it. He needs to know when to shoot and when to pass.

Arteta had a shocker - poor till we conceded the third goal. When time came for redemption he failed to convert his spot kick. Koscielny was abysmal in the first half, only recovering some drive after the third goal.

The only bright spots were the front three - scoring 3 at home should be enough to win a game against Fulham.

Terrible, terrible performance, but then again not surprising considering the downward spiral this club is on. Up next Tottenham - if they mess up next week then expect a full scale revolt to begin.

we have been saying that about theo since 2006 - he has no football sense!

[quote author=Mr_TA]Berbatov taking a dump on Arsenal. oh how I miss that swagtastic laid back Bulgarian. [/quote]we missed a trick letting berbatov go - he would score 20+ goals this season...

[quote author=Mr_TA]Good to know we're still the comebacks kings. Hernandez is just so sharp in and around the box its unreal. He might not have much more to his game but he's just such a natural goalscorer. Good result. Average performance.[/quote]rooney, scholes, valencia and smalling(in parts) had a shitty game.....
the 2nd goal we conceded was so annoying - rafael was overloaded by ireland and agbolahan....where was valencia to help him out?

rooney's first touch needs prayers - he cannot pass, his vision is blocked! valencia's left foot is as useless as anything.....he refused to run at his marker in the 2nd half and 80% of his attempted crosses were blocked. scholes kept giving the ball away as well! smalling got body-bagged for the first goal - what was he thinking? he should have fouled benteke and get his yellow card....

hernandez is a supreme predator! what a steal!!!

Julieccentric: Silly nitwit, what is wrong with an honest opinion without sentiments and insinuations??

tape it shut, miss potato.....

Ikengawo: He's not doing anyone proud of anything, be easy with your inferiority complex.

your innate propensity to stretch the borders of daftness is peerless.....
inferiority complex? you must be having a laugh....

So Bob Marley is who 100X a bigger star than him, did he say "My music has reached beyond the shores of Jamaica, i can't be too Jamaican"?
Has Jay-z, who is popular in Africa, Asia and Europe ever said "My music has reached beyond the shores of the US, i can't be too American"

d'banj's target audience has now shifted to uk/usa.........bob marley's target audience was uk/usa(this is why most of his songs were in english not patois)....jay-z's target audience is in the usa! it is not where you come from that matters but the audience you are trying to capture - d'banj's new boss would dictate exactly how they want him to sound to capture the exact market they want - but what do you know? mgbeke rat like you who is yet to amount to anything.....

That's the language of a fool. Oliver Twist still sounded like a song from Africa and it was a hit, wtf is this trash?

how's oliver twist different from this bachelor joint? it's the same concept, same cadence and same style and this is exactly why i am saying you have an agenda.....the only remarkable difference in d'banj's music was when he first started with his harmonica.....

Don't throw our musical legacy in the trash because you want to blow smoke in the hole of your ethnic 'brother' because if you died he won't come to your funeral so relax and be fair to yourself. This song is trash, this video is trash, and it represents the directlessness of our artists.

will he come to your own funeral if an asteroid collides with you? you are irrelevant to the statistics his music is trying to reach out to - you are just a hater who will not amount to anything! keep hating while d'banj's stock rises........your words won't stop his reign! his video is crap, his music is crap - leave it like that! why are you on his topic if you despise his music so much.........go and buy some weed and flex with your oliver d'coque, you hypersensitive imbëcile!

montelik: The song is okay. Personally for me, its better than Oyato which was destroyed by Bankuli voice on the chorus . Its true that fans seem to have become a lot more critical of D'banj overnight, and it seems to have coincided with his divorce from Mo Hits. But I believe these reactions aren't just to do with that. When D'Banj first went on his initial "Kanye signed me", "I with Good music" press promo tour, whether he intended to or not, he raised the bar of what most expected from him. I certainly thought that we would now see growth from him, experimentation and a sound with greater detail and quality. Most fans naturally expected him to step up his game. By the time split happened and he was now talking Def Jam Africa, International artist, World domination. It was set in stone that expectation for him had risen whether or not he asked for it. He could no longer give the same product and not expect blowback or indifference. People now expect see visible improvement and when they don't see it, they won't lower their expectations, they will instead voice criticisms. When 2face walked away from Platashun Boyz, the expectations bars was raised for him too. He scaled it and fans responded. D'Banj so far has yet to meet the expectations he raised with his own mouth, going by the reaction of most fans.

Now its quite clear that it is too early for many to be declaring him in trouble, after all he hasn't even released an album and Oliver Twist was unexpected monster hit, but its also silly to dismiss some of the criticisms as "hating", tribalism, "Jazzy fanbois" e.t.c. My money is D'Banj eventually getting it right, but only if he isn't listening to just the sycophants around him, but the realists too.

excellent post - you raised good points!
however, you cannot compare the leap 2face made from plantation boys to the giant leap dbanj made from mo hits to kanye's g-o-o-d music! it's not his fault people expect gargantuan improvement from him.

some of the criticisms are not justified - imagine someone comparing davido's dami duro to this new song of d'banj.......some people actually think mr endowed is better than this one when its the same concept - it then makes you worry that some of the criticism have a hidden agenda in them!

like i said, i am a rap fan - d'banj's music is not my style but he should be applauded for putting nigeria on the global scale and he needs the support of all and sundry!

abiL: The fück?!
I'm not. I'm just using it as an example.

If you have an issue with understanding what I wrote in that post, let me know and I'll simplify it

please simplify....
i have an issue with understand your missive....

abiL: Stop trying to change MY opinion. The music ain't that good. I don't like it.
You might like it, but I don't.

You don't expect everyone to like the same thing that you like.
&& don't expect me to like every music that d'banj makes.

It's like tonto dikeh's song, even though the song is clearly shît, some people still like it.

If the song was good, I won't have any issue saying it is.
The concept of the video is sick. That's it!

abiL, how dare you compare this to tonto dikeh....
comot for here - jor!

Sam xiu lee: that is why I asked what is the purpose of the card?am carrying enough cards already in my wallet,is it going to be a crime to walk on the street of lagos without the card?so why should a law enforcement officer ask me for the card?are non residents going to face another law than what residents are facing?
If its to capture data and to plan for the people?yes am all for it but it can be done without cards Which is going to cost the govt more money.

this card would supersede some of the cards you already carry......
throw away your okada card, old voters card, etc.....the purpose of this card is security....help the state clamp down on crime!

donwilz: You are deviating from the main issue here... Is this song good enough for you? if yes, it's your opinion... good for you... but i'm entitled to mine... don't forget that...most of Nigerian musician release crap... this song too. don't be immature by talking about achievements.. think with your head... if you are sure u got one...

very good point!
this is why i said the criticism on these pages is a witch-hunt!
99% of the music released in that industry is wack - i don't particularly like d'banj's music but for people to claim he has deteriorated is a white elephant lie.....this has always been his style - don jazzie or no don jazzie!

abiL: I have and it's still bland.

your mouthwash has expired then - maybe you should french-kiss your partner and have another taste of this rice of yours - there's a stew underneath, i reiterate!

donwilz: Reason with your head... not with your heart... you guys are taking it personal... you no like D'banj pass me... but you my friend is being unreasonable...#nopunintended ... I criticized the song... not the person...

my brother, you are entitled to your opinion but don't abuse the privilege....
if you like mr endowed then there's no reason not to like this one - it's the same concept and that is d'banj's signature. however, if you never liked mr endowed - then you were never a fan of d'banj before and now so his style of music does not suit you.....find another artiste that suits your style. let me suggest baba fryo, daddy showkey or eedris!

abiL: Meh meh meh!!
The video is good, but the song ain't doing it for me.

It's like having rice with no stew.

Bland!

.......or garri without sugar!
abil, use some mouthwash so you can savour the real taste - there's stew beneath that rice!

adelaja70: Then why the shout of Don J this Don J that?! If he's so flawless why I never hear any hit song from Mavin Crew?!...One idiot said his career has expired,which kain talk be that? Na wa for una oh!

nigerians would run their mouths at every given opportunity.......
don jazzie should be glad he met d'banj in 2004 - d'banj added gloss to don jazzie's life when don jazzie became jobless in london!

Parosho: @coogar, I don't think this is all about being from a particular tribe or not. For instance, I am a yoruba infact from Ogun state as dbanj but truth must be said. Most of the songs dbanj has been chunning out in recent time are just kinda below par. When the music is good, you will surely see majority of the peeps giving it positive review, but once majority of the reviews are saying otherwise then you sure know the song could truly be below par.

levels don change - his music has evolved.....it's no longer afrocentric like "koko music". he now caters for a variety of other music fans so there must be a balance! remember - he's no longer independent - his bosses must have an influence on how they want his music to sound. the real target here is the sales not necessarily entertainment factor! personally, i don't see any difference between this new song and mr endowed!

As much as we all often appreciate 2face's music, he still gets criticised once in a while and that doesn't mean those critics of his music are haters.
I wish all good musical artists out there the very best.
Rasheed.

what's the difference between "bachelor" and "mr endowed"?
it's all in the mind - d'banj is no longer with don jazzie - everyone is eager and nervous to see how he fares on his own so we start looking for the difference instead of enjoying his music. if d'banj did this same song while he was still with don jazzie, people would rate it as world class!

deenee: When I posted this, some people said that I was a prophet of doom and now it is fast becoming a reality. Very soon dbanj will release an album filled with just animal sounds and we will call it a "club banger"

We need to stop celebrating mediocrity. The song is wack simple and short!

go and make your own song if its wack.......
it's not like you would buy the original copy even if its not wack - so how are you relevant to the fans d'banj caters for?

Sam xiu lee: I think the lagos state government need to come out with a better explanation,reason of issuing a state resident,we need to know the reason for the card,what are the consequences of not holding the card and residing in lagos?
How are they going to mitigate against residents of other states from registering in lagos?
I think if they want to have a data base of residents in lagos they can only get a honest figure,with no string attached to the exercise,I.e. "resident card".
I am a full blood lagosian and am already worried about the implication of this exercise,because we don't av control over our state boundary,
If they want to take bio metrics of all the residents,good but to issue a card? No please they should use the money for the cards to dredge the canals.
I love fashola but he is only human.

so you want them to take the biometrics of people but you don't want a card issued.....tell me then, how would you be identified if you don't have a card? you expect every law enforcer to have a fingerprint machine on them in all parts of lagos? you people need exposure!

[quote author=Ejiné]Coogar, you're the ghostwriter of the song, aren't you? Don't lie! [/quote]i have only seen d'banj once in my entire life - nottinghill carnival about 8 yrs ago!

i don't particularly like his type of music but he's nigerian and he should be supported. nigerians are beginning to put tribal bias in their music review. ever since the split between d'banj and don jazzie, their fans have been divided! igbos support don jazzie, yorubas support d'banj! must we tribalise everything in nigeria? d'banj is special, don jazzie is important.......they all need the support of nigerians! we should stop putting one down for another!

dayokanu: And who would say Lucas Carrick Bouquets or Mikel are the best players in their team. Makelele was an important player in the teams he played for. But saying he was the most influential is simply overrating it.

guardiola said busquets is the first name on his team selection.....
the others are just the substandard version of makelele so they don't have that much influence to generate the hype....besides, majority of today's fans are too attached to statistics and stuff! i bet you think lampard is better than xavi/iniesta after all, lampard scores 20+ goals per season.

Abagworo: I thought he'd follow the path of "Oliver Twist" but it seems his career is about to expire. A lot of funds has been wasted on good videos with bad songs like "Mr endowed" 1 and 2 plus this "Bachelor".

nostradamus - the man who knows tomorrow!!
if you spend half of the time you use online to criticise nigerian musicians on bettering yourself, you would be more famous than d'banj! talking about career, do you have one?

Gbawe: Let us try and avoid revisionism. It is totally optional and not to "control illegal citizens". You can use the link below to see how many Nations of the world have the model Lagos wants to implement. Certain things should be made legally clear before Lagos starts attempting to set itself up as a nation within Nigeria.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_document

so what's the difference? the optional ID cards you have shown me here is not a driving license and you need enough documents and a proof of address to get one! how's it any different to what fashola is about to do?

americans wont use this state issued IDs for immigration because there's a system already in place with a central database.....nigeria have no such system in place...no database, nang! is it normal in your own view that we have no central database to identify who is who? the lagos government must start somewhere.....i don't care where - let them just get some data and start building from there on ....

if this exercise achieves to capture 5 million out of the 21 million population estimate in lagos state then it's a good start! i am all for any biometric database in lagos. this is 2012 not 1012. it's a crying shame that we are just starting when other countries have left us.....lagos cannot wait for our yeye federal government suffering creeping neurosis before they kick off their own programme - it is lagos who has to deal with overpopulaion, not abuja!

Ikengawo: Let's stop celebrating mediocricy.
The song was trash, has no point and is not memorable or noteworthy
the video is only shot with a standard 2012 HD camera, that doesn't make it quality, there are youtube videos with the same resolution so don't be wow'd by shininess. Look at the details. The woman 'smashes' the TV but they use a cheap CGI 'glass break' effect because they couldn't afford to smash an actual TV.
the woman 'smashes' the car window and it's the same thing. Mind you it's all completely pointless so you can't say the video was 'quality' there was nothing special about it.

The only reason I would say any of these things is because im worried at the level of 'america wanna-be' the nigerian music and movie industry is taking. We were able to be #1 in africa because for the first time we were showing the world africa. I don't think there has been a video shot in africa this year and the enthuasiasm for the music and movies are dying because instead of being africa we've become the cheap version of America. Sad thing is now we appeal neither to americans or nigerians. I hope this is just a foolish trend. These artists are getting arrogant and thinking anything they put out is gold. If you look at this years biggest hits

Kukere
Ile Ijo
Chop My Money
Pakuromo
Dami Duro
Nwa Baby

they still sounded very african, looked african, and used africans as the stars of the video.
This is a disappointment.

you are a troglodyte......
i bet you are one of those animals feeding off don jazzie to write nonsense about d'banj - your stupidity knows no bounds - d'banj cannot continue with the concept in the old videos....his fanbase has now stretched beyond the shores of africa and there must be a balance....he cannot be too afrocentric!

a dolt like you who has never achieved anything meaningful in your life should not be running another down. it's only a music video - not your superstory....music videos do not have to make sense - it's often abstract! as far as i am concerned, the song is superb and the video is top drawer. if you are not impressed, sell your father's house and go make your own! d'banj is doing nigeria proud and he's here to stay!

Gbawe: Where do you see that being done worldwide with a "resident" ID card that ostensibly confers more rights on some than others they share citizenship with regarding use of a geographical space within a nation? Where are we taking our examples from in Nigeria?

i reiterate......some states in america issue resident's card......
why are people against this exercise? has fashola come out to say it would be used to discriminate against non-lagosians? a state of 21 million population and yet no central database to identify who is who - and all you can see is segregation? gbawe, are you sure this is you posting or someone hijacked your nairaland account?

Censuses and headcounts are acceptable tools of demographic/social/economic planning but what is the concept behind States having "resident identity card"? I certainly admit that Fashola is a great administrator but I don't agree with this current move. Of course I may be wrong but I am just unconvinced this will reduce let alone cure the problem of urban migration that, to me, is the target of this initiative.

unfortunately, census and headcount would not reveal the true statistics - it is either understated or overstated. people have been manipulating that exercise in nigeria since the fall of adam - the biometrics system in this new move is a niche! no 2 humans can have the same fingerprint - so there can be no double entry or impersonation!

kingoflag: Lmaooooo

Yup, you were Prime Minister or Sec. Of State for which country when you was 8years old? Who is "Your Fashola", eh, tribal monkey? I have never benefited anything from Fashola's govt in my life, but most of us know that if Nigeria could even have 15 Governors with his tenacity Nigeria would be a totally different country. Olodo, I already gave you the synopsis of how SSN/I.Ds are issued in my last post not your village, backwards thinking self want to act like youre telling us something new. Thats the problem with people like you, always deceitful to the core and can never be relied upon to utter the truth even at the point of death.

Ok, if youve been traveling around the world and represent your country since you were 2 weeks old ---- obviously youve seen the benefits of identification in other countries--- why then are you so adamantly opposed to it in Lagos State?

too many bush people in nigeria - imagine someone arguing religiously that no state issues it's own identity cards in 2012.........i honestly don't know what else to say.....it's been a long day...time to hit the sack! only enemies of progress would frown @ this exercise! anyone with an iota of common sense would see the importance of having a central database in lagos state....

CuntDestroyer: just name one country in the world where a state issues a resident id. just one.

united states!
i know wyoming/california issue their own resident's cards.....