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You brought up looks: I squashed you.

You brought up associates: I uploaded a picture you can reverse image search to see my hobnobbing with senators and judges.

You changed to being paid: I'd show you screenshots of me making allegations against my state government, fingering oil companies, and issuing a notice to traditional rulers to let benefits due communities be given to them by tomorrow.

You brought up voice and I dared you to upload a 60 seconds voice note to see who sounds better.

Even a screenshot of me telling a huncho of one of the oil companies the issues with their oil pipes being passed and how they must do right by the law. Still this afternoon.

You and I are not the same. When I told you in December 2022 I command respect to the highest level and my people would start a war for me, I wasn't bragging.

Heck! I've been invited by traditional rulers to pitch a proposition to solve the oil and gas and HCDT impasse soon.

I'm awake now because I had to design a registration form for a programme which would get people in the state absolved by oil companies within it.

We are not the same. Not today or tomorrow. My social proof is solid. And I do this without inducement.

When you are ready, you'd do that voice note upload then I do mine.

Face card and looks: I've got it on lock down.

Voice: Hell yeah! I'd upload screenshots in the morning as I have exhausted my limit for the day.

Social proof: I hobnob with the high and mighty. They ask for me specifically, and never me them.

Erm, I'm comfortable. Comfortable enough to be honest and post my pictures and other details.


And, yes, today I just attacked the whole state government structure and fingered traditional rulers on their complicity in oil and gas issues. If anything, I have been told to tone down on my rhetorics as it's preventing me from getting government largesse. Screenshots for this later tomorrow.

You and I are not the same. Never! Not all of us are greedy.

LOL.

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I have exhausted my picture upload limit.

diggz:
Do you think this is your village square? Lol. I heard your voice is like that of a dry cvnt. Community peasant!

LOL. I literally have posts on Nairaland by acquaintances saying I sound like an OAP.

I can share WhatsApp screenshots of more than 15 women swooning over my voice.

Heck! Diggz, let's upload a voice note this night. If you sound half as good as I do with no noticeable regional accent, I'd deactivate.

I double-dare you to do. This minute let's upload voice notes reading any quote on this thread for 60 seconds.

I get begged to do voice overs.

Anyway. This is me just last week Saturday. I was at an event with a serving Senator, Appeal Court judge, and some persons on the highest rung of the academia.

Maybe if you do a reverse image search, you'd find a post I did linked to it.

Dude, don't go into the looks part considering I'm accused of being a snub now by the women you're crushing on. I'd crush you.

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Let's focus on the shit music argument.

diggz:
I smell pvssy! I smell pvssy!





Jesus wept! Is this you, boy?

Are you okay? Where have you been? This is me.

First picture: 2025 January.

Second picture: 2023 January.

You want me to give you my Facebook names? LOL.

Everyone here would laugh at you.


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Taguchi:
True

But it's bothersome to me that without a 17 year old , our team look lost in attack every single time.

I think that's why that trident works perfectly. Remember MSN? On Messi' and Suarez's off days, Neymar (the youngest) went beast mode? Remember our comeback against PSG?

Let's just be happy we have a front three willing to be mules pulling the weights of each other to help the team. Other teams aren't so lucky. Man. City is a good example.

diggz:
Here we go again, the one who suffers from schizoaffective disorder strikes again! Have you taken your medications lately?

Do you want to let me know what your age and that of the others you’re famzing, as if you were the one who discovered them, have to do with this section of my post below:

••Historically, this issue has existed for decades: each generation tends to enjoy music that resonates with their time while dismissing that of the newer generation as trash. There was a period when listeners of Fela Kuti in the '90s and early 2000s were labelled louts/agberos. Likewise, when hip-hop took over the airwaves, many older generations condemned it, questioning the quality of the songs being played. This rinse-and-repeat cycle is nothing new, and you certainly won’t be the first or the last to speak on this matter.••

You bipolar cvnt, the world does not revolve around your circle or the social media that’s your second home. You’ve stated as far back as 2015 that Nigerians have a shitty taste in music, while the entire world has been echoing the same thoughts about the quality of music in their countries even before your caricature was birthed into your miserable existence!

You must really think there’s something new or special in your discovery of the names of the artists you keep dropping here. Mugu!

By the way, what model and year is that N15 million luxury car of yours again?

What on God's green earth has varying taste in music got to do with a phantom #15 million luxury car?

Diggz, go home! Take your legs away from that table. Leave Iya Monsurat's joint. It's the eve of Easter. Paraga is not food. Enough combined for today. Go home!

And put that phone away until you're sober. Put it down!

diggz:
Nonsense! No one is gaslighting you here. You've made enough statements and lengthy posts on the subject to do a 360 now. Own your superiority complex, quote Nihilist directly, and let him know how disappointed you are in him. Alternatively, you might want to inform him that you consider yourself his better based on his music choices.

To be frank, the way you leap into generalisations and make wild assumptions about people is fascinating. I find it hilarious that you, of all people, can be crying gaslighting when that’s what you actually specialise in.

Anyway, today I’d like to highlight a rather insightful verse from the Bible regarding seasons, found in Ecclesiastes 3:1–8: “To everything, there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” This beautifully underscores the importance of varying times and phases in our lives, especially concerning the things we enjoy.

As I’ve pointed out before, you can’t force a sense of class upon yourself simply because you prefer slow music. While it’s perfectly fine to appreciate artists like Bez and Tems, if you’re DJing at a nightclub, it would be unwise to cater solely to your own tastes, disregarding the audience you’re meant to entertain. After all, their spending ultimately covers your wages. Remember, there’s a time and a place for everything.

Likewise, when a Yoruba man hosts an Owanbe party, you’ll likely hear music from artists such as Osupa, K1 the Ultimate, Barrister, Obe, Sunny Ade, Obesere etc. An Igbo person, on the other hand, might play Oliver, Chief Osadebe, or Flavour etc. It’s all about the right time and place, and the age group of the organisers too. Even if you’re the king of your village, if you find yourself at a random party or club—not your personal event—you’ll need to vibe with whatever music is playing.

Setting that aside for a moment, you’re not really championing anything novel in your critique of the music people enjoy.

Historically, this issue has existed for decades: each generation tends to enjoy music that resonates with their time while dismissing that of the newer generation as trash. There was a period when listeners of Fela Kuti in the '90s and early 2000s were labelled louts/agberos. Likewise, when hip-hop took over the airwaves, many older generations condemned it, questioning the quality of the songs being played. This rinse-and-repeat cycle is nothing new, and you certainly won’t be the first or the last to speak on this matter.

I personally don't enjoy listening to most mainstream music, but I don't go around classifying myself as a better person based on the type of music I tend to enjoy in my personal space. Also, as a man of the world, whenever I find myself in outside, I vibe hard to whatever tone appeals that’s being played, like when I go to any event or club or one of those salsa sessions.

By the way, I've only challenged you on this matter since you’ve positioned yourself above others based on their musical tastes, which makes absolutely no sense in the grand scheme of things.

Lastly, since you have no evidence of me ever listening to Shalliwhatever, unless you’re willing to confront Nihilist, who happened to be at a concert where that Shalliwhatever music was played, you should allow people to enjoy what they like.

Stop conscripting people to fight your seeming battles. Until you mentioned me, I wasn't even on this thread to see Nihilist's post. Good he had a nice time with his lady, but if he listens to Shalli-whoever, it's still shit music. Someone posted about DJ Cuppy grooving to Shalli-whoever mid last year and my retort - still trash music.

What hogwash about generational preferences are you on about? Dude, I was born in the 90s. I've stated this much over the years.

Nonso Amadi was born in 1996.
Johnny Drille was born in 1990.
Tems was born in 1995.
Bez was born in the mid-80s.
What generational distinctions are you prattling on about?

I've always stated even as far back as 2015 (months after I got on Nairaland) Nigerians have mostly shit taste in music. You want me sharing links to such comments?

You want me sharing screenshots of me trolling relatives and acquaintances albeit lightly for their taste in music over the years?

You want me sharing screenshots of me commenting in the comment section of popular Facebook pages denouncing such songs?

Didn't I upload a screenshot of my Facebook post just last week advocating for listening to quality music?

You are quoting Bible portions to exemplify as what? As Very Reverend of Shit Music Gospel Mission? Drink responsibly, you digg?

Taguchi:
I don't know whether to be happy or concerned that a 17 year old is the best player in a club such as Barca

He's the best Spanish player at the moment generally and more of a contender for the Balon d'Or than all but 5 of the best players of the top clubs in the top 5 leagues.

He just happens to be a child prodigy.

One of the top 3 best players in the world is just 18. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gukesh_Dommaraju. Age isn't always a measure of ability

diggz:
Shitty music is shitty music, but let’s not derail from the main issue at hand, which is that you’re a higher human or in a higher class than those who listen to that shitty music. Have you forgotten that bit so quickly?

Now this is gaslighting - trying to make me cower for loving attestably quality music.

Forget about every other thing; I've seen your comments a few times joining in on socioeconomics and other such topics. How you do marry such mentally stimulating engagements with the brain-cell-depleting producer-aided garbage these social media hypejobs call music?

I'd understand if you were a Morufu dwelling at Oshodi underbridge who is barely literate, but someone who is confessedly educated and expected, resultantly, to be refined in taste and expectations? Come on! How do you guys do it? I genuinely want to know.

Except it's mass MPD on a national or global scale, the contrasting switch to accommodate such parallels is puzzling.

diggz:
It’s such a pity that the classist, the one who sets the standard for those with or without good taste in music, would claim that everyone with the presence of mind to be in that stadium lacks appreciation for the singing arts. By the way, that includes you! Lol

Shit music is still shit music though regardless of the geolocation. Isn't it in the same climes outside of our country people listen to mumble rappers and stream them to the top of the charts? Whether in Yorkshire or Yaba, shit music is shit music.

If you do a test this minute placing two boomboxes and one blaring your Shalli-whoever playlist, I'd wager a bet giant houseflies and dung beetles would be magneted to it.

BlueRayDick:


Incompetent Remote Worker you mean.

Tinubu is a techie. First tech bro president ever.

OasisX:


......Disst.roy! Your Gomina jez carry PBAT for head like Gala. LOL!

Link

Search #Alignment2025 and "Ebre owo" on Facebook which transliterates to "We support people [not groups/parties]" in Ibibio.

Filter-search for the beginning of this month till now. His aides, politically inclined and those who just follow the actions of their thought leaders have all jumped onboard. Most of those people were very vocal Obidients until last month.

It's crazy, man. It's not just in Akwa Ibom State. The Niger Delta is onboard. But 2027 is a long time in Nigeria so...

Theflint1:
What would you attribute what has come to resemble a well orchestrated attack on the people of Plateau and Benue to?

Is it ethnic, religious, political or multi-faceted?

Sociopolitical/ethnic reasons is more like it. No other ethnic group which is predominantly Muslim goes marauding like these Herdsmen. Ghana is battling the Fulani herdsmen - farmer crises too and it's happening in Muslim regions of Ghana.

It's a sociopolitical failing.

I've seen videos of some of these attackers yelling religious chants, have also seen people say it's ethnic cleansing at play, and in some instances it's said that people are being killed because of the rare earth minerals on their lands.

I'd show you videos of ISIS decapitations and setting off bombs in the Middle East while yelling these religious incantations. The Middle East which is almost homogeneously Muslim dominated.

It's ethnic cleansing quite alright. And, based on what's happening in Congo with the cobalt mines and other rare minerals funded by foreign bodies, it sure is happening in Nigeria.

That village boy who believes he's found his niche on this thread spreading Zionist propaganda in hopes of being 'unique' to compensate for his intellectual deficiency doesn't even realize Israel's IDF has more Muslim soldiers than Christians and there are almost 9 times more Muslims in Israel than Christians.

Ballzproblem2:
The killings at plateau is alarming,why Muslims around Nigeria or the globe no dey intervene?

They don't care about their own people

Just pray someday you'd leave the limited horizons of your childhood so your kids would experience life in a multi-religio-ethnic place and you'd come to that realization that demonizing hundreds of millions of people because of their religious leaning with no regard for the intricacies their ethnic and nuances of parental upbringing might play makes no sense. You realize it watching them bring home Muslim friends or achieving things together.

The victims of herdsmen attacks in Uromi are also Muslims since Uromi is multi-religious and has Muslims amongst its populace.

Plateau has Muslims too. Benue isn't exempted. The farms of Ondo these marauding herdsmen throng pillaging wantonly have Muslims as their owners too.

Some of you grew up never experiencing interactions with people of other religious affiliations so you feed off the mangled stereotypes told to you by your kith who are just as prejudiced.

Katsina mothers protesting killings: https://leadership.ng/protest-mothers-cry-for-justice-over-katsina-killings/ .

Ogun women protest: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/01/ogun-women-protest-against-invasion-of-farmlands-by-herdsmen/ .

Muslim pilgrims from Plateau state yet the herdsmen didn't spare them when they murdered en masse: https://calebmutfwang.org/2024/05/plateau-state-governor-bids-farewell-to-muslim-pilgrims-urges-prayers-for-peace-and-unity/ .

You are blaming the victims (since some are Muslims) for the failings of the government?

ShaqFu:
The very reason why you need to start giving kudos to that man, ma main man. This is among the reason I respect him, this uncanny ability of his to unite even the worst of enemies and make them agree to his terms ....

Nobody has ever disputed Tinubu's ability to rally friends and foes for a common political cause; not even his staunchest critics. But PYO or Obi would have done a better job handling:

- The Rivers issue without resorting to a ràpe and strangulation of democracy ;

- The fuel subsidy issue as he was suppose to ease into it not jump head first, and;

- The wanton killings and pillaging in the South and Middlebelt by marauding herdsmen unlike our GCFR who banks on intermittent scripted rhetorics with as much meaning as a baby's babble or looks the other way in hopes that the easily distracted victimised Nigerians drown their sorrows in the escapism of VDM's shenanigans or Iyabo Ojo's never-ending televised catfights with other Nollywood actresses.

Tell your man to sit up. The people he governs are dying daily and curse out at the bio-geolocational lottery picks which made them birthed in the +234 code area as I read such admissions on X and Facebook every other day.

OasisX:


......I actually logged in this account to tag you to the news. Una Gomina no fit hide am again, he kuku burst am open. SS is fully batified. LOL!



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What's crazy is how Tinubu was able to align with all our governors past and present.

1999 - 2007: Arc. (Obong) Victor Attah;
2007 - 2015: Chief Godswill Akpabio;
2015 to 2023: Dcn. Udom Emmanuel, and;
2023 - : Pst. Umo Eno.


- Akpabio has a quiet beef with Arc. Attah because the later didn't anoint him as candidate.
- Akpabio and Udom have had a cold war since 2018 when Godswill left the PDP.
- Umo Eno embraced Akpabio in spite of Akpabio's beef with Udom.
- Udom and Umo Eno defer to Vic. Attah as the eldest stateman.
- Umo Eno defers to Akpabio and Udom too.

Tinubu was able to make Udom and Akpabio agree for the first time in years.

All three are powerful men in their three Senatorial Districts. Everyone (and all politicians) listen to Arc. Attah so he was definitely consulted about this move.

It's over, man. APC as an opposition is officially dead in the state. PDP as a contender at the national is dead too at the state level. Backs have been rubbed.

I did not see Udom Emmanuel agreeing to this. He's supposed to be a strong Atiku man.

Darn!

OasisX, I told these people Niger Delta Governors are working for Tinubu but some thought I was bluffing.

Akwa Ibom Governor declares Tinubu will spend 8 years in Office.
https://www.nairaland.com/8399335/tinubu-complete-8-years-office

Like I also mentioned, Obi/LP's chief canvasser during the last elections and is currently still fronting the Obidient Movement in the state got a luxury car gift recently and has already been co-opted by the State Governor.

DissTroy:
And your man is a bad guy. He's pinpointed and given strong opposition voices either appointments directly or to their relatives.

Here's exactly what the Akwa Ibom PDP Governor said on live television in September 2024 weeks to the LG elections while handing flags to PDP candidates:
"Campaign based on our achievements as a party in the state. Campaign based on what you will do. Do not attack the APC or the federal government or other political parties. No insults to them. Campaign only on what we have done and what you will do when elected. "

In return, Akpabio weakened the APC so they couldn't field LG candidates in most places, and he didn't campaign for them.

That was the day it became very obvious to me how 2027 was going to play out.

I am sure other ND state governors have similar pacts we don't know about.

Amoto94:
One of my brothers was denied a job in Akwa Ibom based off the fact that he's a Muslim and not from SS by an IOC this was after he aced the assessment test.

I must have missed this but searching for a comment today, I happened on it. It's not because your brother is a Muslim - it's because he's not from the SS (and Akwa Ibom in this case).

The Ikot Abasi Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone (OGFTZ) was formed in 2021. It covers Akwa Ibom. Then there's Onne OGFTZ for Rivers, amongst others.

In 2022, a law was made designating 60 percent of all jobs in OGFTZs to host communities. And there's a special court set up to resolve such issues - the Oil and Gas ADR.

If your brother had gotten the job, you'd have unwittingly exposed him as the IOC would have to prove there's nobody from Akwa Ibom competent enough to fill the position your brother got offered.

A few companies are certainly flouting this law quietly but anecdotes like yours would unwittingly provide the evidence or lead we need to nail them legally.

Take the emotional outbursts, faux outrage and rehearsed pandering reactions of most Nigerians on the internet seriously at your own peril.

The same Nigerians who trended hashtags asking for Naira Marley's head for his complicity in Mohbad's demise? The same Nigerians who impulsively 'canceled' him?
The same Nigerians demanding his wife gets a DNA test or the heavens will fall?
The same Nigerians who went back to grooving to Naira Marley's songs and taking him to the top of the charts?
The same Nigerians who throng the deceased wife's Instagram page to celebrate her?

The same Nigerians who reacted with righteous indignation when a State Accountant-General embezzled #429 billion in 2022 but took the side of the looter in his fight against his looting honcho since last year till date?

Outbursts by Nigerians hold as much as baskets of water. We are fickle on social issues to politics to other aspects of our national life.

Worse even are those who sit in front of ringlights analysing. It's not about the issues - it's about them. Improving their social capital by stringing along the fleeting virtual gatherings of mobs whose investments in the topical issues argued run as deep as oil droplets on water. It's about the digital engagement metrics. If it's trending, they'd jump on it to lead on the herd. ...until a juicer trending controversy takes shape.

Take the emotional outbursts of Nigerians seriously at your own risk of disappointment. A year from now, that man would post his pre-wedding pictures with his new girlfriend and they'd congratulate him.
Just as one of the activists who got exposed for getting #2 million bribe from the government weathered the curses and cancel culture and he's now an ambassador of integrity. Please...

Roland17:
Our oga na cruise.

This website na money making hobby at this point and he is obviously bored with it. I don’t think this is a genuine request, particularly in terms of follow through.

The bulk of suggestions that will significantly improve this website without necessarily changing its identify have been discussed in the past and nothing changed.

Ibime echoed some of my sentiments on the front page. Nothing will come of this. Except when he is under serious pressure from influences beyond his control, our Oga no send.

There's an advantage though.
If you're building a B2C or scaling any public-facing service, the feedback on that thread is rich. You know what people are really clamouring for instead of guessing.

Any Growth Hacker would sieve through the comments and suggestions, bookmarking them. Se-un might joke with the feedbacks but I'm certain others are also seeing the hidden goldmine on that thread. Saves time and money with extensive idea/feature validation.

And it's a very diverse survey too most large companies wouldn't get - Nigerians and Africans from all works of life who are anonymous (seemingly) so being blunt about their opinions. Better than the echo chamber of Facebook and the indifference of X.

I'd give an arm to get such a diverse feedback.

Shegzdave:
After MMM, Racksteli you’d thought Nigerians will be wiser but Nah, quick Money syndrome contributes to it

The most reoccurring term is, every single time these ponzi schemes unravel, there is always a housewife who has invested her family's savings including her children's school fees in hopes of getting quick returns. Always.

It used to be prudent to leave monies with wives and sisters in the past but these days...

sageb:
So true, Bez was so underrated.
"Tonight" is My favourite song by Nonso Amadi. Where's is Nonso Amadi now?

In Canada like he has been for years. Low-key and controversy-free so you won't hear about him. But he's doing gigs.
You should listen to "Aika", "No Crime", and "Long Live The Queen" from the same EP "Tonight" was released on.

"Aika" beats "Tonight" in my opinion but he's Nonso Amadi so I'd listen to everything he puts out.

Ibime:
It's not about voice, it's about songwriting

Femi voice is like Joe , but there are a million guys in this world who sing better than Joe same way there are a thousand Nigerians with better voice than Femi

For the record I still listen to Joe. For solo acts, Joe is my 2nd most listened to behind Dave Hollister. Wanya Morris and Kevin Edmonds are my favourite vocalists but they sing in group setting.

Femi can only mimic Joe vocally, he can't pen songs anywhere near Joe. Get back to me when Femi can write something like this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_0BdJZ4y64?si=RiRDje01vJsu_-0L

Point made! Happy Sunday, Mr. Fenibeso.

Ignore Eedris' part on this song, tell me how CAPital F.E.M.I's part doesn't compare to Joe Thomas on this song too:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTnq72K1iQU .

"I Got It."

These are songs I listen to almost daily so when I make the comparison, I know it can be easily corroborated or negated.

Compare it also to the "Only One" song I posted above. Again, tell me the difference in style compared to Joe Thomas.

Ibime:
Which Joe abeg?

Joe Thomas aka "I don't wanna be a Player", "You dropped your dime", "Faded Pictures", "All the things your man won't do", "Why are all the Good girls"?

There's only one Joe who does that kind of music. Joe Thomas.

Now tell me how this song by CAPital F.E.M.I - "Only One" - doesn't compare to songs on Joe Thomas' discography:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6belbDT1b4&pp=ygUVQ2FwaXRhbCBGRU1JIG9ubHkgb25l .

Turn off the visuals if you want. Heck! They both had the same haircut.

Let's see if you really are immersed in Joe Thomas' songs to tell the style. You probably haven't listened to Joe in the last ten years. I listen to him weekly and I've made same comparison on the wider internet.

Now tell the differences in styles apart based on the song link I posted.

Probably 5 years from now when I claim Banky W was our answer to Craig David, some guy on this thread would claim I am "capping", citing songs like "Jasi" he did to heed the demand for "danceable vibing songs the Nigerian market wants."

But the same Banky W was putting out world class evergreen songs and visuals like "Don't Break My Heart" and "Back In The Building" in 2008. Craig David-level kind of songs. Vocals, charisma, looks, visuals...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiNdaNxNGOw&pp=0gcJCdgAo7VqN5tD

diggz:
I don’t know what you mean. Can you clarify what you mean by "flow well"? Or should I assume that your definition of "flow well" is when a rapper does well in any collaboration with a singing artist?

When a rapper does what S.K.A.L.E.S did on Banky W's 2009 "Can't Stop Me".


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvyxEtL-x5Q&pp=ygUcQmFua3kgdyBza2FsZXMgY2FuJ3Qgc3RvcCBtcw

Again, point to any other rapper asides M.I. Abaga who could better SKALES' flow in 2009 and keep it classy. Remember, there was the Knighthouse crew in 2009 too.

I'd wait.

diggz:
What do you mean by "flow well"?

You know what I mean. Mode 9 could rap better than most but he was poor with flows in any collaboration with a singing artiste. You listened to the song above with Banky W in 2009 and you tell me SKALES wasn't a good rapper? Come on!

He became shitty later when his deal with EME was ending with his "Mukulu". I crossed him off right then. Dude was trying to survive. I understand. He stopped rapping after EME, maybe trying to duplicate Wizkid's road to stardom. But SKALES wasn't wack when he rapped. That's unfair to him. His discography as a rapper is still available on YouTube.

S. K. A. L. E. S. is a shitty singer but he was not a shitty rapper.

You can keep enjoying your shitty music. But at intervals, whether on Nairaland, Facebook or X, I'd keep reminding that you prioritize noise over quality and artistes so gifted shouldn't be made to dumb down just to survive. In no world should Bez be relegated to the bottom of the attention rung. In no world should Johnny Drille or Praiz have to trade their special craft to please the crass in hopes of earning from their published art.

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