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Caliente:
[size=13pt]Yes sir! Thee speaketh! I never said Mode don't have tight puns but he seems to brag more about punchlines.[/size]

@
Khanye
Send me ur yahoomail addy.
oNe

Caliente:
[size=13pt]BIG FAT LIE! MI is the ish and F9 is shit. I like Mode but I tend to dislike him when his [b]bona fide zombie fans hyper blow up his hype beyond any thinkable proportion. [/b]I like word play more than punchline and MI's got that, comprende?

. . . .  I solo like Isolo . . . . . . [/size]

@
Caliente
U keep sayin they blowin him outta proportion, i ask how?
If at all, it's Ruggedy Stans that do that.
E'rone u refered to as M9's Zombies that talk bout M9 has always refered to
his lyrics. U may not like the hightened passionate way Javalove or Khanye go about it
but beyond that they'v mostly stated facts.

But y'all keep diminishin' waeva is a type of credit to M9.
Waeva M9 gets, be it props from int stars, shows, respects, it';s nothin
but if It's Ruggedy, then it's dope and worthy of praise?
Dude we all see beyond waty'all type, so use catchy words like bonafide Zombie and all
fact remains that y'all just hatin and whippin up lame excuses for it.

And dude learn, when  wordplay can become a punchline,
u can wordplay wit metas and the outcome of metas are wordplay.
That said lyrically M.i has nothin on M9, i assume M9 is one of M.i influences lyrically.
Tho, on flow, ridin beats M.i is the shit!.
oNe

khanye:
Rapidshare will be okay!

Ok, if i cant get the hang on Rapid i'll Zshare it.
Ok?
oNe

khanye:
I dont have it
How can i get it from you?

How dyu want it
oNe

khanye:
I dont have it.
Get me the names of the songs on it.
Then i can say if i do have it or not

-come clean freestyle
-genghis freebie
-mathematics freestyle
-nas is like freestyle
-one and only freestyle myspace
-real freestyle
-so gangsta freestyle
-The way
-Full
-the way
-africa ft savanah(not sure if this was originally part of it)
oNe

khanye:
can i get it from you

R u sure u dont have it?
Maybe u dont know it goes by that name.
it hs just bout 11 tracks on it.
Well u can get it from moi if really u dont have it.
Just tell me how u want it.
oNe

russellino:
DBR you sound like a REAL hip-hop fan. Nice one. By the way have you listened to mode 9's "Pentium IX" mixtape? Its a hip-hop fan's delight

Gracias.
Yup, i have.
From "Malcom iX", to "Pentium iX","El Puribus Unum", "NigelBenn Kraftword-the soul Edition mixtape",
"Orisuna Experience mixtape", "Mode meet Dj Premier mixtape" to "PS(The Paradigm Shift)"
oNe

eldee:
First of all I DON'T HATE MODENINE.
I respect what he's done for Nigerian Hiphop in the past.
But does that mean I should ignore blatant facts??

I was disputing the argument sumone made bout him being mature and him doing his own thing before Rugged came to disturb.

Fact is, when you do a song thrice, it's acceptable.
But diss songs are not just everyday songs, they're meant to hit once and c'est finis.
Talking to You was even a warning shot.
Just imagine having three 'Ethers' . . . Come on!!!

When you do one diss song thrice, it's simply attention seeking.
Aight, he did one song thrice and what happened when he did the next diss track? FLOP!!!

eldee i get ur point.
I was goin to say that but u said it already, Talkin to u is not a diss track.
So y cant he do it more than ones, especially when the second has a featuring act?
Or when he loses a whole song file cos of system crash.
And so u cant compare it with Ether, if u compared DeathBlow with Ether better,
then u can say imagine havin three "deathblow/Ether".
And we knoM9 wont do 3 deathblow.
oNe

eldee:
Who said Mode100 is mature?
Dude's 40 but he had to release the Ethopia line thrice to get attention.
To me that's not love for the game, that's that's just monotony borne out of his inability to improve.

Laaawddd!!!!! Eldee, im mumified by how ur hate for this dude is kinda dullin u,
for real, and i say that witout any diss intended. I like to be factual.
So in ur assesment no difference/improvement in the quality of the 1st and the 2nd?
Dyu know how many materials M9 puts out? Tell me who equall that.
Just cos he does same song with different producers means it's no longer
done for the love and it's monotomy??, u gotta be jokin'.
Dyu kno how many time JayZ did "moment of truth"? And other songs.
Dude it's an accepted practice which u kno but just ignored cos its M9.
U dont have to like M9, u can even hate, it's ur choice and opinion,
but while at it make sure, at least endeavour to come correct.
oNe

rapjunkie:
Awwwwww!!!Isn't Mode a wonderful saint? He does it for the love and not the cake. Thats why he quit his job to do hip hop full time! Yeah, he is so great, thoughtful and caring!

We are all so lucky that Mode does it for the love. He doesnt compromise and thats why nobody buys his albums. He's a really smart guy. God bless him.

Y r tryin to be funny?
Who said M9 does NOT want the cakes, y dyu inject ur own erroneous imagiations into ma quote?
Infact ur sacarstic point- "thats why he quit his job to do hiphop, " buttresses the point that he's doin it FIRST for the love.
Ask most of the dudes workin in the banks they'll tell u they doin the job cos of the pay, yet we have those who quit
same bank job where ur salary is guaranteed for a less certain field just because of their passion. For them, the money
is secondary, their passion and love comes 1st, u dont have to be a saint to do that so quit playin.
U know this is a reality and ur sacarsm wont change that.
oNe

~Sauron~:
.
It will be nice to pit the 2 cats together for a MC Battle and watch your Mode-9 choke!!! He forces his shit, i dunno why y'all can't see that.
I can smell a natural anywhere. Mode-9 is not a natural.

@
Saurone
Wait, lemme ask this strait up,
are u sayin ur opinion is that Ruggedy is lyrically sicker than M9?


Well M9 has maintained a certain level of consistency, so that suggests natural for me.
And if u say he forces his shit, that may be because his isssHHH is hard!
oNe

The difference is M-9 does it FIRST for the love, then for the cake.
While some others have it the other way round. And when u have the priority
twisted, compromise is inevitable.
The lil' u get from wat u love doin feels more satisfyin' than
the accumulation propelled by greed and compromise.

oNe

I'v seen vacillations of different levels displayed when it comes to
y'all criticizin M9.
Same guys who say he's rhymes are elementary
say he uses dictionary to look for words in one breath,
same will still say he aint got no vocabs.
Same will say his lyrics are too complex and later say
their pry 4 nephew can spit beta lines.
Same will say, yes he's a good lyricist and later say he's lines r wack.
From one timberland rocker to he got lots of 'em.
From he's broke to wateva, really i dont think all this hate
is cos of Khanye or Javalove as most y'all claim.
@
Saurone
ok, lets agree that he cant flow ceaselesly for 60sec.
Do me the honours of revealin who does.
And since when did memorizin a line bcom unacceptable?
The best of freestylers do memmorize some lines they'v worked
in their head, and pull it out when the need arises.
oNe

~Sauron~:
Of course. . . . .

Mode-9 is 40 and Ruggedman is in his late 20s.
Naturally, Ruggedman being a hip hop head woulda been a fan of Modenine but does that mean Mode-9 is better than him.
U wanna know how many artistes Biggie listened to before he became the King Of NY??
Your theory is royally flawed.

Any logic or fact can be flawed if it's erroneously taken outta context.

Even at that,
Biggie listened to the likes of Rakim, even when Biggie
was tagged KON he STILL respected Rakim, not becos Ra was so
"relevant" at that point, or cos Ra got more cash, or rock more shows.
But because, Rakim repped well, lyrically.

The only thing e'rbody is shocked at is u Saurone, tryin to convince
e'rbody and even urself that Ruggedy is better lyrically.
U seem to be the only one ridin that surreal mix of fantasy bus.
Also notice i neva said Rugged was wack, or that i dont like him
but lyrically, u got to be jokin that he's beta than M-9
oNe.

@
Hoh-dee
@
dammiecool

Of course OD is ill!
But why wuld u say he's better than M-9
I just wann know.
oNe

rapjunkie:
@DBR

wow!!!! you are so smart. Amazing! I'm sure your boss in your branding and marketing communications company is proud of you. Logging on to NL to display all your worldly knowledge. Incredible!!

Its an honour to be lectured by you.

Thanks

My boss?, well if he's not a Ruggedy stan, maybe he'l be proud of me, lol.
Duhhh. i'v not even displayed any knowledge,worldly or heavenly,
class aint even in session so dont thank me just yet
But seriouly, if u feel offended by ma post i apologize,
im not the type who posts to insult no one.
OK?
oNe

rapjunkie:
C'mon DBR are you serious? What doors?

Rugged gave Naija hip hop an edge. Made it sound cool ( and not just funny/odd) to rap in pidgin. Made Alaba realise that Naija hip hop could be commercially viable. He inspired other artists to get in the game and reconsider their strategy. He took on the industry bigwigs as an independent artist without fear and still came out on top

At this time Mode 9 was a journalist!!!! He only jumped on the bandwagon AFTER Rugged made a career in hip hop seem possible.

I think you should give Rugged the props he deserves

Yea true, he took on bigwigs and that is really courageous of him.
I admire Ruggedy's boldness to do that.
But like it's said he who's down fears no fall.
What he did was just to roll a dice on it and it worked.
Remember he said,he was ready to quit and go get a job
but wanted to give a beefblow as he exits the scene unrecognized.
So it wasnt for any scene, or any industry.
Yea at that time M-9 maybe a journalist, wonder wat m.i, naeto and the likes were.
When Henry ford did his thing i wonder where Mercedes was then
when Bush was presido i wonder where Barack was, dyu get ma point
Now, unlike u, i still like Ruggedy deathblow or no deathblow, i buy his CDs
i listen to him, i like his voice, and kinda fancy his New crossfire too , but i RESPECT
M-9 for his art, his lyrics, and his resolve not to go with the pop,bling,butt shakin fad.
oNe

rapjunkie:
Ok. let me get this straight, Mode is far better than Rugged but Rugged has more audience appeal. hmmmmm!
Rugged is a mass market brand and Mode is a target brand.

That makes a lot of sense. Mode doesnt release his album for the masses but targets it for you and Javalove , abi?

I just put it togther. Thanks.

Dont reveal how little u know of branding and marketing communications, ok.
I rather u left ur reply blank, t'wuldda made more sense than what u just posted.

But on a pedestrian level, i guess M-9 sold just 2 copies then? pshhhhhh!
Next!
oNe

eldee:
Except the part that you said M.I's not lyrically more skilled than Mode17
Dude's the 'Mister Incredible, Most Immaculate Mic Inspector, Music Innovator . . . Nigeria's Hiphop token, you gotta be joking'     

Nigerian Hiphop has evolved past Modenine, people are discovering that they don't need to sacrifice good delivery to make sense.
This beef is Mode's last gasp

I luuuuvvvv M.i.
After listenin to his illegalMixtape CD yesterday he finally became ma favorite 9ja emcee.
Y?, cos i see him as the mainstream version of M-9.
Dude is lyrical, nice lyrics no doubt, tho i dont see him to be more lyrical than M-9, yet
Cos he's has only hit me up side the head with just a few of 'em lines. But his
delivery is workin well for him. And that is the edge he has.
Now listen to wat i call openin doors; 9ja rap scene has always been bout beat
dance and all, M-9 was the one who primed the psyche of dude to start LISTENING to poetic lyrics.
Now pple talk bout metaphores, word play, puns punchline and all and pay attention to it.
Truthfully i do not see M-9 as a mainstream cat but the Leader of the Undergrounds who's
skills has brought to limelite and recognition. Hence he's still very well respected.He dont need noo beef
to be relevant he is already, he's been for couple of years. He didnt foment the beef, so y blame him for it?
oNe

rapjunkie:
@Sauron

Please dont mind them.

Modenine is their King/Emperor/Ruler/God. If Mode farts they will say the sun is shining out of his ass.

I didnt mind Mode until all this palavar over 'death blow' started and I realised just how sycophantic his fans were.

Now i can't stand him!

Rugged opened doors in naija hip hop while Mode has done absolutely nothing.

MI released his album 2 weeks after Mode and totally eclipsed him. If i was Mode ( or his fans) i would seriosuly think about that

That very statement is one that i'm so incongruous with!
What doors? What did he really do?
Can u name 3 rap artists that emerge from the said doors?
Mother tongue this- mother tongue that, is that d door?
Lemme even ask u, is pidgeon english your mother tongue?
lets assume it is, Ruggedy even claims pple who do so now are because of him?
wat he "preached" as a cast in stone ONLY way to make it in 9ja?
Eedris done did that, Junior and pretty were dope wit it, Dr Fresh was hot wit it,
even Maintain, RR&R all opened that door b4 him, and these are facts, so wats d fuss?
The door he opened was door of beef.
Even the M.i u talkin about did he follow the scripture as preached by your, (im tempted to get abusive here)
by Ruggedy?. If M.i eclipsed M-9 is sales only tells me M.i's album is more commercially friendly,
it doesnt tell me more than that.It doesnt tell me M-9's of lesser quality content wise.
oNe

~Sauron~:
I now have 2 modenine's albums. I put ma cash to help/elevate that Arrow and yet he cannot rap.
Contradiction?? Just okay nothing special.
Rugged's "Peace Or War" has more substance than "Contradiction".

I just like Ruggedman. He has more appeal to his audience than Mode-9.

Now u talkin. U just like Ruggedy, i like him too, but not beyond facts.
And if u notice the fact i'v maintained here is that M-9 is far better lyrically.
True Ruggedy has more audience appeal, have u ever heard of mass market brands?
Now, have u heard of Target brands?? Now put it together.

"Peace or war" has more SUBSTANCE than "Contradiction"
Saurone!!!!!!
Dude, u breakin ma heart, waat! i give up on u.
Not takin ur word serious no more,
U just lost me with that one.
oNe

@
javalove
Nuthin's gon' change Saurone's mind.
U know Y, cos he deliberately chose to
be averse to anythin M-9.

The good thing is deep within he knows
that we know that he knows that M-9
is the best recordin lyricist we have around.
oNe

darequam:
GUSH!
An hatrick of same belivers
@DBR
STOP preaching tha wrong Gospel!
Drag things with mia.
KOLEYEWON! was not a mess up.
Eedris has improvd, aint rapn again, now singin.
In tha days of rasq andco, peeps were in d dark, and just cus rugged combines his rapskilz wit d dancefloor doesn't mean he his tha same wit them. He would never rhyme wit words like 'fufu'
also no copy-copy or overliftin,
I aint emotional about da thin and also agree mode is not wack, neither is Rugged!

Wrong gospel? U'll do well to point out the "wrong gospel" i'v preached on this topic.
But u sayin Eedris is NOW SINGING shud fall into the category of wat is wrong gospel.
Do u knw watya sayin at all?
Plus, if PEOPLE were in the dark those days then the quality they got sufficed.
Samplin was and still is very much in vogue, remakes of pple song was and still accepted.
Wat banky, mi and some did, if Maintain did it then Rugged wld have said it' copy copy n
liftin, Or is it cos Maintian didnt call it so and so freestyle, or mixtape

Way back we got B/W tv, but t'was acceptable cos that's the level of development then.
We watched our progs. with joy on it. Eeedris and co did their thing then and was accepted.
We danced, didnt we? They rocked show n clubs and opened pple eye to 9ja thingy.Didnt they?

Plus, wat is wrong wit rhymin with fufu,especially if u preachin  ur "motha tongue (c)rap"
Or is fufu not mother tongue? will it be better if he rhymed with spaghetti?
Never said Ruggedy was wack, but compared to what he was, his dumbin down moved
is headin him strait to the wack's arena.
oNe

@
SAURONE

Show me M-9's credit history. Show me his best work on any record.
I don't hate M-9, i just feel he is the most overrated artiste in Nigeria and he's got nothing to show for it.

He's not overrated at all. He aint even gettin the kinda honour he deserves. For real!
First listen to his Malcom ix album then u'll get the picture wat we talkin bout.
Then listen to "Contradiction", "Cry", "Skin is Black", "Nine", "Spartan"
Awards aint good enuff credit no more cos it's M-9

Neck long like fowl just doesn't qualify as a good diss. There are 500000 things he coulda talked about to diss Ruggedman but he was just too watery for me liking.

And u think Nas doesnt have a million things to say bout Jay other than "U r ugly", "No moustache havin, like a cat"??
Check how many barz the track has and dont critic just 1 or 3 lines.

If he intended to clown on DeathBlow like he did, he miscalculated.
He sounded off like a child throwing his toys outta the pram.
"U claim to be rich but maintain get dough pass you" Duh. . . . .This is Ruggedman Versus Mode-9. What has Maintain gotta do with it??
It's like saying. . . .DBR, you claim to be a lyricist but Ibime got lyrics more than u. . . .The punchline was just too OFF tangent.

The line was on point. Cos Ruggedy been braggin bout cash and all, he also dissed Maintain.
And the same guy he dissed now got more money than him.So M-9 is just pointin out that it's not bout the money.
Dyu get??
If i said im doper lyricist than Ibeme, and that his lyrics are wack,
and u know Ibeme is evidently gettin more props for being a tight lyricist than moi.
is it off tangent to point me to the rude fact that the dude i claim to be better than lyrically
is gettin more props lyrically?? kapish!

One misplaced line in Jigga's war with Nas brought his downfall.
He should take his battle more seriously if he wants his target audience to take him serious.

Oh!, they already take him serious
If Nas cld spit stuff like- u r ugly, u no get moustache, u have sos so kind of lips, and still be
rated to have won the battle, cocoyam head, guinea fowl neck shuddnt be an issue.

That said, this beef will take it's course, and of course they will squash it,
but since Ruggedy has called for this battle, it's too early to back out from wat he asked for.
No matter how many units his new album sells, no matter the space shuttle he buys, i'll
buy his CD, jam it, but will never RESPECT him as much as M-9.
oNe

el_jonero:
I think Mode9 and Rugged are just trying to sell more records

Nahh, the iiishh is as real as life.
Cant believe these are ma 2 favs at a time.
But I think since it's on they shud put on a good one,
and then squash the shit afterwards.

oNe

tosinaded@:
besides u sound like deathblow is just another song, lets assume it was, why hem wan do part2
talk about misplaced priorities

Tosin is it not just another song? d 22nd at that on an album.
It's not even close to ma best in the album. He even clowneed a bit on it.
In ma thinkn i believe t'was a strategy, start easy, get a rely and come harder.
Like savin the best for later thingy.
im so sure deathblow part 2 has been done ever b4 the release of part one.
Permit me to sound like a broken record here:
Ruggedy asked for a blatant diss track from M-9 promising he too's gon'
come hard, slashin and floggin with cane.
If i get that kind of word from sm1 who claims he's ready to go all out
wit me i'm gon' prepare. Wont u? At least i tot he was serious bout it so i'ma
do maa stuff and be ready to go to and fro till ma foe submits.
It's a last man standin lyrical battle, until one party has nothin more to say.
Thats how it goes.
oNe

coolguyz:
modo dosent wanna gv ghetto p publicity?

then i concur as well dt modo's move was to get a response from Ruggeman so he can do a deathblowpt2 and hope dt would sell to blow him to limelight and satisfy his obsessed fans hunger abi?, iro le pa, we wont respond and he'l kip wallowing in poverty while we kip BANGING d arena   !

compare ghetto p's diss track and deathblow

dts like sleep compared to death, ghetto p mentioned his name, [b]called him a stupid b***h arse nigga and enuf punchlines wtout mincing words and even challenged modo to a 5minutes contest and wat do u get in response from the king of punchlines - mode 0? ''big boys dont bla bla bla nonsense in his flip-flop big boy rap track   [/b] .

as a mode zero fan, was he nt supposed to be thinking of a response to ghetto p's diss track to probably lock ghetto p up lyrically and shut him up forever as the king of lyrist?

mode 0 will need to prostrate to ruggedy and beg to get a response to deathblow (which he will obviously nt get) else his deathblow pt2 which is still cooking will be anoda flip-flop as usual

When did u kno GhettoP.
Which of his works dyu know b4 "bigbaby"
and which dyu kno after that?
Plus, u said punchlines? since that track
is the best and only GhettoP's work we know
Lets see 7, nay, 5 of what u call enuff punchline,
is it "stupid bitch ass nigga" as u quoted that makes the track dope
Maybe when he realeases his 1st album, win a couple of awards, gets
recognised local n internationally he may be worthy of 8bars from M-9.
oNe

kay_pumpin:
This is exactly the problem i have with peeps who have taken Mode 9's part of the divide since the whole beef thingy commenced.
Mode 9 wouldn't respond to Ghetto who mentioned his name YET will rush to do Deathblow for Rugged who did not even mention his name on Banging
Rugged decides to not respond to Mode yet y'all wouldnt give him the benefit of doubt you gave Mode as per Ghetto P
Something's fishy about the whole arrangement in me opinion.

Did M-9 ask to for a diss track from GhettoP?
u guys keep ignorin that fact.
Ruggedy as it were begged in about 3tracks
and interviews for death blow. that's y pple are
sayin Ruggedy is a coward for backin out
Y ask for it if u dont want it, dyu get?
What part of that is hard to undrstand?
Now like i'v asked over and over again, who is GhettoP?
I neva heard of him b4 bigbaby, not heard bout him after too.
He's the like u throw general warnin shot at, and that M-9 has
done just that.
oNe

tosinaded@:
_{more like i must blow by force, abeg make una tell am say noo be gra gra o, na abinibi}

Nahhh, i dont know the defination of blow in Q here,
im ma definaattion, being known and recognised beyond the
shore of ur counrty is wat i call blow.
M-9 got that b4 deathblow.
C'mon death blow was the 22nd track on an album, aint it?
oNe

rapjunkie:
@dejirayo

So you have to wait for others to tell you who is your best MC and then follow them like goats?

I thought Nas said illbliss was the best rapper in naija?

I think we can all think for ourselves, thank you!

Mode9 is suffering from a very large self inflated ego which makes him believe that his nursery rhymes like ' i'm bringing  a wrecking ball for your sand castle' are the greatest, wittiest lines ever spit by a naija MC.

OJB got better lines than that

U said it right, you think
there's nothin wrong with thinkin.
If the thinkin is right is a dif. story.
Nas neva said Illbliss was the best in 9ja.
Nas PRESENTED to Illbliss the award for the best video.
The video in Q is U go wound o.
So dont get it twisted homie
I wonder if u guyz wld be sayin the same hate filled comments
if t'was Ruggedy that gets all these props, and gets credit for
his lyricism. I guess then it will be sth to go shout on the roof top.
Let's keep it real dudes, give to Ceas wat's Ceas's.
M-9 shoulder rubs with the likes of Prov' lyrically.
On an international level across africa Ruggedy aint on that radar.
If we sayin delivery yes, maybe, but now M.i got that locked down.
Howeva the scepter of lyrics aint shifted, yet, M-9 still clutchin' it.
oNe

Here is a brand Nuu Micworks remix of Illbliss ft TerryG Aye po gan.
Download and enjoy and let the comments roll in.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/562423125d055a79/

oNe

eldee:
@DBR
Exactly . . . You used the word 'when'
We all grew up. . . Modenine should too. He's 40
At 40, Hov stopped replying to disses, Nas grew up too.
There comes a time in a man's life when he concentrates on doing his thing, making his mark and probably getting new timbs.
Mode15 finds that concept too hard to understand

@
eldee
dude, are u for real with this?
First all, who says Jay is the cast-in-stone age template check for diss
or hiphop in general??
It comes when it comes bruv.
Can u boldly say Jay didnt take shot at dudes recently?
Or wat year was the Gallagher shot?
In "aint i", "True Life", put on remix" "go hard"
can u say he aint respondin' to some shots taken at him?
i doubt that much.
oNe