₦airaland Forum

tbaba1234:
Good news for Oruma.

Na wa this Pinnick of a guy is not bad at all.

LeSudAfricaine:
let's just say it's far more diversified than Naija's economy

ok, oil is just about 15% of the Nigerian GDP tho but I'm tired of this argument, you win

LeSudAfricaine:
ah come on, your economy is all about oil, oil and more oil, that's a fact of life.

ls your economy all about gold and mining? What is the percentage of the oil sector in the Nigerian GDP?

LeSudAfricaine:
Niniola is the one that does Maradona ne? that's hardly house music but another Pon Pon track

So house music would be only what South Africa accepts then? lt's called Afro house music, it's a blend with her native Yoruba tradition. Others like SARO exemplifies her style perfectly.

LeSudAfricaine:
that's the point I keep on drumming, I'll make an example, Nigeria,'s economy is bigger than that of South Africa but South Africa's economy is far more sophisticated because the economy is diversified, you have manufacturing, you have the gold and diamond etc, you have the tourism etc, in Naija you have the oil and that's pretty much it! now you can't claim you are better than SA in music while your industry relies heavily on one genre against South Africa's house,Gqom, Afro Soul, Hip Hop, Opera, Techno, Rnb, Pop etc

lol, so you also think the Nigerian economy is all about oil? just the way you think Nigerian music is all about afropop. Your analogy with oil is spot on.
People believe the Nigerian economy is majorly about oil just like libya(which is half truth) and in same way you only see Afrobeats when it comes to Nigerian music. Now l get you completely.

LeSudAfricaine:
I know jealous ones will envy but compare US hip hop to SA currently, the likes of Migos, Rae Sremmurd, Lil, catchy, Dram, Gucci Mane, Future, Young Thug, etc compare them with South Africans like A_Reece, Youngsta, Sean Eagle, NastyC, Kwesta, Reason, Stogie T etc I could argue that South African hip hop beats US hip hop black and blue

Hiphop is no longer as it used to be, the value today cannot be compared to the late nineties or early 2000's.

LeSudAfricaine:
I'm not saying you don't have other styles, I'm saying you wont go anywhere doing rock music in Naija for example, your market is not sophisticated enough. in SA a Jazz artist like Hugh Masikela is still big to this day, fills venues like the cape town jazz festival and so forth, south Africa's gospel industry is highly successful , it's artist regularly sell gold, afro soul artists like Zahara, Nathi, Lira, Zonke also sell platinum records are highly popular, House artists like Black Coffee, Culoe de Song, mi Casa, fill clubs, concerts , collaborate with international artists etc SA house is regarded as the best in the world, and you have rock bands like Prime Circle and The Partitioned doing their thing, Opera legends line Sbongile khumalo and Sibongule Mngoma still fill opera house both locally and abroad and then you have the hip hop. honestly can you compare with this? can you compare with South Africans vocally? ,can you match SA music production ethics? music videos? overall music industry structure? t he answer is No

lol, you know all these about SA, so you assume Nigerian music industry is worse than these? l agree TODAY afropop rules than anything else in Nigeria unlike SA, but l do not agree your vocalists, production ethics or videos can match Nigeria. Your overall music industry structure does not beat Nigeria, the problem people have when they talk about Nigerian music is that they only think about wizkid and Davido or Olamide. Naija music is way bigger than that.
lt is true SA is more diverse in terms of race, but of course we have the most diverse of African cultures, so you can be sure Naija is not all about wizkid.
The reason for the popularity of Afropop now is that this is the era of the pon pon beat, and so the others are underground but they are there nonetheless.

LeSudAfricaine:
laughing, the likes of MOBO are glorified popularity contests, they are not based on quality, so is BET, if the likes of 2 chainz can win such awards ,lol.playing second fiddle to who? delusions of grandeur much? lemme ask you, which country has most Grammy's in Africa? arguably the greatest achievement in music? the same South Africa that you claim plays second fiddle. South Africa is a diverse country and the diverse genres mirror it's people.I know you'll argue this but the best music comes from South Africa and for one reason. only, variety. in Nigeria it's Afrobeat or nothing. that's not stimulating or healthy.

Do you know how popular Asa is in Nigeria? Even M.I ruled the naija airwaves in his time, say what you know only. We have seen rappers and many other genres of music, this is just the era of Afrobeats moreso from the days of Khona and DamiDuro.

This is bullshate

Jayceon:
the fact is No country in Africa has strong vocalists and more soulful music than the mighty RSA..FACT

we've been doing this since the 50's and as for why our hip hop is bigger than anywhere on the continent...well Hip Hop has always been part of SA culture and we never really looked at it as an "American thing" rather as a tool for black youth to use against injustices.

Your first paragraph is subjective not factual.

donniemc:
totally right! am sure she won't mind having both names plus an extra Hausa name let's add Hauwa to the list too!!

Yeah she can also be called Aisha.

donniemc:
"Biggest I have ever received in my life" Am sure you were not expecting the GIANT OF AFRICA to be packing any less .

What part of it was an insult?, oh you don't like that look? here try this one

l think we should even give her a Nigerian name, she should be called Obianuju henceforth or Funke.

mpowa:
Boss meaning he's better than Ronaldinho?

Learn to put things in proper perspective, Ronaldinho was much younger when he joined Okocha, an established player in Psg so definitely he'll look up to him in some aspects just has Messi looked up to Ronaldinho, the world best at the time Messi joined Barcelona first team. But we all know Messi is better than Ronaldinho, just as Ronaldinho is far better than Okocha.

l think Ronaldinho and Okocha both have a more similar style of football than Messi, they also have more unique blend of skills than Messi, but of course Messi is slightly better than Ronaldinho and far better than Okocha in terms of being effective with his skills.

ken2baba:
story


When ronaldinho was scoring 23goals in one match when he was a child, was JJ with him?


They play similar football, Ronaldinho acknowledged JJ's skills but JJ didn't teach him anything.

Exactly, and it's impossible to teach anyone the kind of skills performed by both Jay Jay and Ronaldinho.
Ronaldinho looked up to Jay Jay as a young man while in PSG, but it's impossible to learn the Jay Jay tricks solely by learning, you have to be naturally gifted to do them.

LeSudAfricaine:
laughing, you guys have this thing against South Africa, its funny to watch at times.first all Casper is not Zulu secondly he never said he was Kanye West, he compared his popularity in SA to the popularity of Kanye West in the US, what's so unoriginal about that? and by the way how is telling the truth and attempt to trend? and lastly we value what we have since we produce a variety of music styles while you guys are stuck with that noise called Afrobeat

You are wrong, we also value a variety of music styles, even Afro House is being promoted by Niniola. The thing is the likes of Wizkid and Davido, or Yemi Alade are just the most popular.

Austinoiz:
After reading some comments here, I can bodily say some commenters are either ignorant or they choose to be stupidly parochial about this topical issue..
Casper corroborated M.I's earlier assertion that Naija rappers are whack and you guys are attacking the dude as if he lied.
Casper simply nailed it....his point is faultless. Whether we like it or not, SA rappers such as Casper, Nasty C, and AKA are leagues ahead of our rapping minnows. In fact, as a Hip Hop lover, anytime I listen to the lyrical iines of Lil kesh, Olamide, Phyno, Cdq,small Doctor etc, I shed tears.

Only MI, Jesses Jagz, Falz, and Vector kinda stand out 'small'.

M.l of 2010 was good, falz is not doing that badly though, but l still wonder wat folks see in Olamide or Small Doctor

emerged01:
Guys here don't know what the guy is saying. I believe there is difference between Afro hip hop and hip hop. The guy is referring to hip hop and which is the gospel truth. Nigeria rappers are noisemakers.

Except the old M.I of 2010.

Lionessza:
Lol, you are already obsessed with South Africa even without a thread like that . Everything thing south african makes first page ....wait !... there are conditions ;

1 . It has to be bad news
2. It has to be lies told by your media
3. It has to be fake news.
4. It has to be social media post by some bimbo or fool.

Then the pained children of hate will come in numbers to portray their delusions, inferiority complex and throw useless insults as if their country will be more developed or better working after they are done . I guess it's therapy for the stress they have to go through daily .

And you think this is specially targeted at SA? I've seen similar stuffs on Botswana, Ghana, Uganda, etc. Even then rarely do l see news on SA(or foreign topics dealing specifically with other nations) make front page except(as in the case of SA) when it comes to the alleged killings of Nigerians in SA, that's certainly the only time l see a report on SA.
Unfortunately it's difficult to find news about other countries on nairaland, 90% of what l see reported here are so naija centric. This is same in even blogs like BellaNaija and Linda lkeji. lt seems there's so much to deal with internally than to worry so much about the beloved South Africa.

Deathlezz:
So what does Buhari want ECOWAS block to do?

Secure his own boarders for him?

Help him build modern ranches for him , when he couldn’t create one himself in his own country?

Send troops into Nigerian soil to combat the gun trotting Fulani imbeciles?

Document these itinerant herdsmen for him?

I wonder why the sudden esclating herdsmen rush for land and grazing since Buhari came in when there are no other same frequency of clashes in other West African countries.





writing in bold fonts can’t make your dumb comments anymore appealing. There are just too many simplistic gullible mediocres roaming unchained in cyberspace, I tell you.

lt's same frequency of herdsmen violence in Ghana recently though but l get your point.

Deathlezz:
What can ECOWAS do? Are the Fulani herdsmen coming from outside Nigeria’s borders?

Never seen a criminally negligent government like this!

What kind of support are they asking from the 16 country ECOWAS union when Nigeria already provides over 60 percent of ECOWAS funding and has 75% of the economy of the region?

Buhari believes most of the Herdsmen are not from Nigeria, so l think he needs Ecowas to review the law on migration across the borders of Ecowas member nations.

Solorrman:
I wonder why the haters of buhari are christians and most especially igbos,does that means he does good only to muslims ? Can he actually separate a bunch of muslims to spent alot on them ? No they hate buhari bkos he is a muslim and mind u,most of the cartoons here that hate buhari were not the ones that voted for him so it doesnt matter if 2019 come,we the majority gonna vote again and let see how u will disqualify grade of wining and acheivement. We like buhari to rule till he die,thats what going to happen,u said north are hungry but u have abundant foodstuff yet u become the complainants. Buhari forever,even if u reply me that means u gonna waste ur precious time bkos i never read replies since 2012 on nairaland and naijapals

Are you also one of those Herdsmen? Even if you are a Muslim or from the north, pray the Herdsmen do not approach your family, or don't you realize this Government must take a decisive stand on the issue? Also Buhari contributed to the recession by staying 6 months without a cabinet, so he can't blame it solely on Jonathan(who was also clueless).
These issues abound and many more but you are only interested in petty things like religion and tribe, what a pity? l hope I'm writing to an adult though.

GavelSlam:
Please are you expecting the government of a country to employ approximately 50 million people ?

Please tell me where in the world this has been done.

Does this sound realistic or achievable?

You ask what happens after 2 years? A graduate who has an electronic device and a skill in the area of education, agriculture or health , who is university educated that cannot figure out a solution is simply not employable.

No apologies.

l may not agree with you on all of your arguments(because l believe Buhari is clueless and this Government only specializes in the blame game) but l agree with this particular post. The Npower initiative was clearly misunderstood by the person you quoted. Nevertheless if l were to be the president, l would take it a step further by either scrapping the useless NYSC or converting it into a skill acquisition center for fresh graduates alone with funds for start ups to outstanding participants, while the Npower would be strictly for others especially non graduates.

mtis:
Thats what i want to see from naija..street level view....nice pics..

Well if you have the time to watch, this video gives street level view of lkoyi Lagos.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fab3wvXSJSU

We should be taking these chances mehn

free kick

GOFRONT:
There goes Yemi "Golddigger" Alade

ls it your Gold?

phemmyfour:
She is lyrically poor.....repeating a verse over and over again

So many Nigerian songs have poor lyrics though but some know how to package them better. Take Davido's fall as an example, poor lyrics but still a very catchy song, and dope video explaining the lyrics.

She try sha, but why is Niniola not as popular? that bae is the queen of afro house music. Her song maradona almost top the South African chats for the year 2017.

AIG07:
rasheedat Ajibade again?

How many times she wan play u-20 World Cup?

She was taken from the U17 the last time. This is her set actually.

Hati13:
I don't think they understand pidgin, but few of them might do. Most Ethiopians don't even understand normal English well.

oh thanks, Ethiopia is a fascinating country, just that over here we hear little about it, maybe due to the language barrier. l am happy to learn about Ethiopia and Ethiopians from an Ethiopian. Thanks for the thread.

Hati13:
I've seen a documentary in which non-Kenyan getting to Ethiopia legally via Moyale, so you will definitely get the visa there. I don't know if it's quick to get there or not though.

Hati13, my question is above.

l watched Ethiopians singing in pidgin with Davido in a Davido concert in Ethiopia last year....(lf l tell you say l love you o)..Do Ethiopians understand pidgin too, or they know just the lyrics of the song.