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Discography: Paid in Full (as Eric B. & Rakim) (1987), Follow the Leader (as Eric B. & Rakim) (1988), Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em (as Eric B. & Rakim) (1990), Don’t Sweat the Technique (as Eric B. & Rakim) (1992), The 18th Letter (1997), The Master (1999), The Seventh Seal (2009)

The closest thing hip hop has ever gotten to God is Rakim Allah – the most revolutionary lyricist hip hop has ever witnessed.

On the strength of that famous opening line – “I came in the door, i said it before, I never let the mic magnatize me no more” – Rakim went on to transform simple rhyme patterns into an intricate art form.

Not content to stick to the rigid structure previous rappers like LL, Kool Moe Dee and Melle Mel were using, Rakim approached lyricism with fresh imagination, delivering his rhymes like a jazz musician plays their instrument – effortless, smooth and without boundaries.

And as groundbreaking Paid in Full was, Rakim upped the notch with Follow the Leader, expanding on his multisyllabic rhymes and displaying a variety of stunning verbal acrobatics.

There have been so many articles and reviews written about Rakim and his rhyme skills, anything I say now would simply be superfluous. Bottom line: Rakim is the most influential and one of the greatest rappers of all time, period.

saintgwizard:
Thank you OP. You said my mind. Sometimes, I wonder how we expect change from same persons who ruled us 30 years ago. Does it in anyway mean that we dont have brighter minds to lead us to greatness other than these old cargos?

Most annoying is when I still hear youths chanting praises to the likes GMB, describing him as the messiah Nigeria needs.

Where are the likes of Donald Duke, Pat Utomi and the rest that I would be proud to call my President.

Exactly,These are clearly sound minds.We can enjoy change with these men.

calebo101:
That's my biggest worry.

The fact that some peeps reckon we have to bring back a 72 years old ex president so he can magically roll back the 'so called' good old years is alarming.

If the whole of Nigeria and APC as an opposition cannot get a younger vibrant fresh candidate with lesser baggage then they should at best remain the opposition.

After buhari maybe they would bring in Shagari and later Obasanjo cos these guys dem fit rebrand and package even Abacha as a saint.

Or Babangida

charix:
Even a dead body in the morgue is a better option than Igbinedion was. Oshiomhole is the only governor I've seen attempting to bring Edo state to the 21st century.

Well, you are right.

charix:
Didn't read.

In sane countries opposition parties exist to guide the ruling party into action over pressing issues or lead by example by taking action when possible so as to convince the general public they are a better option.

Here in Nigeria with our half-baked knowledge of world policies the opposition party is more of a headache than guide to the ruling party and most times present themselves as a worse option.

Some diamonds still exist among the dirt; Fashola of Lagos State and Oshiomhole of Edo State deserve an honourable mention for the change they've created in their respective states.

Oshiomhole for real? You surprise me boss.

okangaijele:
This is what makes APC saints...........some heavily delaidated roads in Port Harcourt. Amaechi's APC

Lol.This can be likened to roads around ring road in benin city.

richeso:
What a pleasant and mature thread ever created in nairaland.
I wish I got this first. Thanks op.

I wish strongly the real nigerians will have something good to say.
Not e-rats.

Thanks boss. i really wish the real peeps who have nigeria at heart would have something to say.

Hopefully mods would let more peeps have say in the issues raised.

richeso:
What a pleasant and mature thread ever created in nairaland.
I wish I got this first. Thanks op.

I wish strongly the real nigerians will have something good to say.
Not e-rats.

Thanks boss.

charix:
Didn't read.

In sane countries opposition parties exist to guide the ruling party into action over pressing issues or lead by example by taking action when possible so as to convince the general public they are a better option.

Here in Nigeria with our half-baked knowledge of world policies the opposition party is more of a headache than guide to the ruling party and most times present themselves as a worse option.

Some diamonds still exist among the dirt; Fashola of Lagos State and Oshiomhole of Edo State deserve an honourable mention for the change they've created in their respective states.

You are right about the bolded.

This piece is written strickly for clarification purpose.Sadly, The one who needs clarification is me.Am i missing something here? or Maybe the word change has changed,funny huh? I've been an avid observer of the happenings in the country and the political section of this forum,paying close attention to the debates from the PDP supporters and the APC supporters on how each side tries to outwit,outshine and out-manoeuvre eachother using Facts,lies and propaganda and I can't help but observe,learn and contribute in my own little way.However, in the midst of all these, i sometimes fall in various states of confusion which i'm going highlight as we progress.

I don't seem to get the issue of CHANGE the APC and its Supporters and promoters use as their major mantra used to assure people of what they ARE,what they stand for and what we would enjoy as citizens when they get elected into office,which in simple terms means the PDP must be booted out of office for us to achieve this needed change,for they(PDP) have ruled us for donkey years with little or nothing to show for it.Now, my confusion is,what or who has changed to help us achieve this change? Is APC made up of angels that fell from the heavens in shinning armour with a mission to save Nigeria? What and WHO make up this heavenly party for change? I'd often ask myself, "Who is APC?" WHO because fancy abbreviations and mantras cannot bring about the change, the people who make up the party can,which is the most interesting part, who and who make up this heavenly party? Atiku,Ameachi,El rufai or Tambuwal?

A simple research into the political happenings of recent time in regards to defection would make you come to the conclusion that nothing has changed,PDP is APC and vice versa...or atleast to an 80percent ratio,the 20percent would consist of individuals who have held positions in various levels of government...in Nigeria and didn't bring about the CHANGE in their various capacities as public office holders.Do we just say changing abbreviations to APC automatically washes away your sins? Fellow comrades permit me to say, "Can't we just assume that these are selfish and power hungry politicians who keep showing themselves up in our faces with varying party abbreviations and who care only about themselves and their ambitions?" Why in the world would I support a former office holder who made no positive change whatsoever and still say I want change? Maybe the change we seek is a name change,you know, PDP to APC and then ironically let our past leader(s) to rule us once again.

Are we too brainwashed to see what is happening right before our eyes? Is it not high time we the people,the sufferer in all these call for an actual change?...In the form of vibrant,Intellectually sound individuals(be it PDP,APC,APGA,LP etc).Our vote matters,Heck! nobody said it must be the ruling party or the leading opposition,we must be wise or else the change we seek carries no meaning in our hearts.We talk GEJ(PDP,ya'll know his story) or GMB(former military head of state by a coup d'etat and three times presidential aspirant) but at the end of the day,what/who is the change we are talking of? Are we going backward or are we moving forward? What has changed,who has changed? Cos to me I don't see any difference between the both parties, If we need change,who will bring about these changes? I need clarity on these issues,hopefully we would all learn something new today.

CC:Progressives and Democrats.

gists:
Go a get eye glasses to aid your reading. To aid your sight read the bolded part with magnifying glass if necessary.



And you fail to address my question in red fonts

No. I was after Buhari lost the last election that they had to include it in their manifesto. Getit?

gists:
@mekaboy
Why are you people always reasoning upside down. You accused apc and buhari of sponsoring bh. Let us assume for a moment that you guys are right and so I will ask you this question: With the military and interlligent services under gej, why is it so hard to gather enough evidence and throw the sponsors of bh behind bar and throw away the keys? After all that will demolish apc and pave the way for smooth return to the office for the drunkard fisherman. The CDS fled mubi just before bh took over, yet the president is more concerned about who takes over the mantle of leadership in the house of rep.

all the people that promised to make the country ungovernable are all members of pdp. have you asked your self why senator ndume (pdp senate member that always had information about the where-about of the chibok girls) was tried secretly? As at today no apc member has been accused of sponsoring bh. the only set of people accusing apc are your likes beclouded with bigotry and prejudice. all the arrests made so far (which we hear nothing about a few days after) have connections with pdp members. since according to you the northern muslims are the brain behind bh, why is sheriff who was accoused by davis yet to be questioned let alone arrested. If you don't know he moves freely with the C-n-C (coward-n-chief). And to your bigotted mind, until the mosque is bombed before you know that bh is an enemy to all. You have not heard (or pretend you didn't hear) that the bh just kill randomly without discriminating who is xtian, muslim, hausa, fulanit,tiv, igbo, yoruba?

You are just concerned about putting the blame on the opposition and generally criminalise all northern muslims and never bother to question those who have been saddled/entrusted with the responsibility of providing security.


@ Djicemob

I have told you peace is the one thing that we cannot wait for. Yes apc has manifesto and peace is just one of many others parts of it. But of what good is a manifesto is you don't have peace? The people in the bh controlled territory, do you think they give a fvck if Nigeria is the biggest economy? And by the way, is this inscurity what pdp has in its manifesto?

We are talking about securing Nigerian lives and all you are concerned about is the content of manifesto SHM.

So in essence APC has no manifesto?

agabusta:
TAN guys are getting desperate. Creating threads upon threads to discredit the people's General.

The handwriting is clear on the wall. GMB is going to get elected next year. You don't need to kill yourselves with High BP.

The country is tired of the maladministration of the PDP.

Change is coming!

Who is gonna elect buhari? SS,SE,SW, freaking middle belt?...et al. Buhari and GEJ would share Parts in north so WTF are you talking about?

If fela was still alive buhari wouldnt contest

jamace:
So Buhari will use people like Tambuwal, Tinubu, Atiku, Umar Faruk, e.t.c to FIGHT corruption, abi? I de laugh o

Now this is funny

Those peeps are saints o

gists:
Jaundiced reasoning. Even if APC is only able to achieve peace, it would have achieved 1000 time better than your clueless brain-dead fedola hat wearing m0ron. We can and we have waited for constant power supply for decades, yet we continue our lives and buy our own personal generators. So many of us are not bordered about lack of gej's capacity and sincerity to provide constant electricity. We can and we have waited for good roads for decades. Many of us lucky enough have found a way around it with our personal jeep vehicles. So we are not bothered about the lack of this government and its predecessors to provide smooth roads. Many Nigerians have given up on our local schools. We spend millions of dollars to get quality education in foreign countries. Same goes for medical care. All these we have been used to and not really holding gej responsible for not correcting this abnormality.

But the major thing we are holding against him today is the introduction of insecurity at a scale never seen before. And to make matters worse, he doesn't seem to care! We have waited for decades for the aforementioned social facilities and we are used to waiting (unfortunately) but can we wait for security? Today, BH has seized a sizable chunk of Nigeria and it is said that the people living under BH-controlled territory is more that the total population of some countries. Let's not forget that the Chief of Defence Staff - the commander in charge of the army, navy and air-force evacuated his family and fled that territory a few days (or is it hours before the attach by BH) without adequate logistics for his men to battle the terrorists. The CDS and other security chives if you don't know is appointed by the president. Today the CDS and none of other top army chief has been fired. In fact the president is more concerned about the Tambuwal's defection to APC than to the plight of the people living under captivity.

So if APC wins and all they are able to achieve is to restore security which by the way is the primary responsibility of a government, then it would have achieved 1000 more than whatever the clueless skelewu dancing a$s-hole who think common stealing is not corruption.

As to whether apc is behind the insecurity. This is actually a big opportunity for the ediots in asso rock. He controls all the millitary and intelligent appartus in the country. Why not witch-hunt them with DSS/SSS et al and you will see that Nigerians (SW. SS and SE) will applaud him PROVIDED THE SSS AND CO PROVIDE UNDENIABLE PROVES THAT THE "WITCH-HUNTED INDIVIDUALS" ARE ACTUALLY BEHIND BH.

You didnt even answer my question,all you did was write an epistle throwing curses at GEJ, And That is the problem with APC supporters,quick to throw critism everywhere but dont even know what they are coming to power to do.Are you saying APC was created to tackle the security issues only?

olapluto:
Here:
Reports coming out of Mubi and Vimtim of major setbacks in the war against terrorism are distressing. Our thoughts and prayers are with our troops and those besieged by those marauding terrorists. May God keep you safe and grant us victory.
It is becoming clear that the government lacks any coherent strategy on fighting terrorism. Any strategy for fighting terrorism must revolve around the 4Ds (Defeat, Deny, Diminish and Defend).
That entails DEFEATING terrorism by exposing its sponsors and disrupting its support, DENYING it sanctuary and flushing it out of its safe havens, DIMINISHING the underlying conditions that terrorists seek to exploit like radicalism, intolerance and underdevelopment, and DEFENDING against new threats and proliferation of existing ones by targeting terrorist infrastructure wherever it exists.
On the humanitarian level, the authorities must make provisions to feed the millions that are hungry, provide clothing and shelter for those displaced, and medical care and rehabilitation for the wounded and deeply traumatized.
I strongly believe that Nigeria will not only defeat terrorism, but will succeed in bringing its sponsors and supporters to justice, no matter how long.
May God help our troops.
God bless Nigeria!

Who is this one again?

Ovamboland:
One proof of the incompetence of this government is the fact that with all the arrest of BH fighters and bomb throwers no meaningful intelligence has been extracted from them to track the sponsors and backers of the group. But the government is content to let rumor mill tell us the sponsors are northern politicians and PDP spokesperson also uses religious angle by labeling opposition members supporter of APC. Yet the president has never called them to order, and yet expects votes and support from norther muslims.
This fuels suspicion that the presidency and his party know more about how the insurgency has escalated and how it is financed than they disclose

Its as if you didnt read my post.I said we are tired of the blame game and the criticism directed to the govt,elections are near,as opposition or change seeker can you tell us the things APC or whichever opposition have in store for us? Yea we know you gonna shout security!!! Apart from playing the illusive security card, what else? Was APC formed just to tackle the security issue?

egift:
Jonathan is a failure, the only card he is left with is to threaten Nigerians. God forbid. The Zoologist is going Home.

The next administration is more than capable to handle Jonathan, militants, Boko Haram and their Kidnapping partners. Other corrupt politicians who decides to continue funding violence and destruction in Nigeria will be fished out, evidence presented and the court will decide their fate.

Nigeria is bigger than any man or group of persons. Jonathan has failed, he is going home!

The only card i see APC playing is the card on security and nothing else.Wait! Is peace the only thing APC are coming on board to offer nigerians? Why else would someone not feel that the APC are behind the current security issues and why it continues to linger and flourish.Lets assume there was no security threat in nigeria,does it mean the APC would be manifesto-less?

berem:
Rubbish post!

barcanista:
Thrash

As usual, they come in and throw insults. When they lack sensible rebuttal.

Instead of going this route why dont yall enlighten the OP on why we should vote APC.We are tired of yall critizing GEJ, tell us what we stand to gain if Buhari or APC is voted in.Atleast that'd help shapen the minds of gullible nigerians on here to vote wisely.

egift:
Buhari deserve the support of every Nigerian not because of the comic dispositions of the OP, but for very valid reasons:
- Buhari will effectively tame corruption. Ensuring that politicians do not keep squandering the funds that should have been channeled into development.
- Buhari will ensure that the Government Agencies and Institutions sits-up and perform their duties and run effectively.
- While we have Fancy Economic Indices under Jonathan, Buhari will ensure that Nigerians are positively affected and economic lives improved.
- Even those who hate Buhari will tell you, he will not remain silent and a terrorist group will be killing Nigerians and capturing towns under his watch. It is impossible. By now, those people and their sponsors will either be dead, in jail or hiding in remote parts of the planet.
- Buhari appoints competent men and also allow them to bring their creativity and ingenuity to the office they occupy.
- Buhari has a track record of working with people of diverse culture, language, religion and ethnicity, for the good of the Nation. Buhari will not despise anyone who holds contrary believes.
- Buhari is a peace loving Nigerian who will do whatever it takes to ensure there is peace.

Nigeria needs leadership, not sentiments. Buhari will not continue the looting sprees of Jonathan - and will not let other Loot as well. Everyone that supports Buhari know what he stands for. Join hands and let us build a better Nigeria!

"General Muhammadu Buhari as a member of the Supreme Military Council and as Head of NNPC was by nature taciturn and introvert. But he took any work that was given to him very seriously. He is reliable as he is hardworking and honest, his path of moral probity and rectitude is Incorruptible" – President Olusegun Obasanjo, in his book, “Not My Will”.

Do you believe all what you wrote here?

Wishes are not horses, his had his chance.

Ezemust:
u r such a low life. u want him to answer ur question while u kept skipping his. i have kept mute since the beginning of this thread coz i wanted to know were it's going. the first problem u barcanista got is how to present a comprehensible argument. reading for so long i found it difficult to comprehend what u r arguing about that detollee hasn't answered. external reserve this external reserve that. what really do u wish to know about external reserve? be specific and coherent .bring up ur question nigga.

I tire o.He skipped all datolee's questions but wants datolee to answer every word put to him.

NeduLuiZ:
when did i say so.... U must'nt jump to conclusions .. I pity your pathetic soul ... One of them paid e-fighters right?

U just agreed that killing politicians would reduce our problems and you are now saying i shouldnt jump into conclusion. You must be a nutjob to think You'll confuse me.

NeduLuiZ:
would reduce alot of our problems atleast

Is that the reason you want Buhari? I pity your mind.

Janj@weedians trolling cos their lies just got busted

Killing politicians would not solve our problems

Another D.O.A thread.

donnypool:
BRO i stand on a neutral ground. if APC pick fashola or amechi as their number 1 candidate, i will 100% support them regardless the party they are from. but buhari is a complete no for many people.

back to the topic.
so you mean i can say your family is bad by comparing the success of your dad and you? it doesn't make sense.
enlighten the general public on why APC is the best party.
start uplifting APC rather than telling them former PDP did better than present. i can interpret that as (GEJ is bad, but PDP is still better)
tell them PDP is not the party we seek.

what i see on this thread is GEJ bashing but PDP upliftment.

This is PDP VS APC.

More like saying I am bad by comparing the success of my Dad and Mum, meanwhile ignoring all the factors,context and challenges surrounding the 3 of us. #Clueless

karlmax2:
Datolee u have tried to educate this simpleton so let him and his fellow dullard continue makin a fool of themselves
Don give him audience again.his just tuning in circle and holding on to straws

Yea.The guy has done a good job already.I suggest he take a rest.

Give us Fashola or Kwankwaso and GEJ will be returning home, but Buhari, I pray heaven.. GEJ till whenever Buhari stops contesting election in this country - datolee

Who in their right thinking mind would place Buhari ahead of Fash and kwankwaso to rule nigeria biko? These are proven and tested men.For crying out loud Buhari is old,anti-democratic,manifesto-less,negatively inciteful,a sharia supporter,serial election loser and always appears unintelligent which can be noticed from his various pre/post election statements... to mention a few. Damn!

BBC reply nairaland how? I thought we knew the function of the blue ticks yesterday already.

frankyychiji:
Barcanista has been calling for back up but non of his fellow apc e-rats are responding to his SOS. He has copied them twice on this thread alone but they still won't respond. Reminds me of Elijah and the prophets of Baal in the bible.





moral: once you are fvcked, nobody helps get you dressed!

Yea bro. This might be the case