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Music/Radio › Re: Why Are Nigerian Musicians Forever Copying African American/jamaican Artistes? by eldee(m): 4:29pm On Mar 04, 2010

MzDarkSkin:
The real question should be "Why SHOULD'NT Nigerian/African artists be able to collaborate with their Jamaican and American bretheren"? I think it is shameful and pitiful to accuse us of the diaspora as being part of "white dominant" societies i mean you live in Europe come on. You act like we asked to be in the west. Do you need a historical lecture about how it is we came about? In reality. . .REALITY, American media dominates world wide.

The reason we Jamaicans are on top in entertainment is because we are willing to culturally collide with the Americans, you can't expect to get love and recognition and preach separatism. Know that. Good music is good music regardless of background. Blacks in the west don't want to hear African music or Africans trying their styles? Is that why Akon is on fire in the caribbean/US? Is that why I am into Soukous, Coupe Decale, Mapouka (W. African) and Congolese dance music? And yes even the dreaded Liberian Hipco lol. Please. We love you all and your cultures. I respect your view and I respect your Naija pride but don't "look down" on us, you are flesh and bone as we are.

WTF!!! How are Jamaicans on top in entertainment?? ?? ??

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 4:23pm On Mar 04, 2010

Rhymstein:
@eldee
Are u sayn mode9 didnt use multies n internal rhymes way b4 m.i came?
U fall my hand o,i go fit give u plenty

And guess wot?a girl in i knw,told me 'i lyk m.i,bt mode9 has more punchlines', if those girls had been listening to hiphop,they must be dumb dat they didnt knw wot punchlines were b4 m.i came

M9 never appealed to the musical half of hiphop presentation before M.I came.
That's a fact . . . you can't stay here and shout till next year, that fact won't change.

Rhymstein:
V told girls dis line dat lupe said 'out of d trillions of numbers in d world,jst leave me a few,that leads to you', i havent found any that knew wot i meant', u expect em to decipher wordplay,make dem go read novel

What kind of girls do you roll with??
In the UK, girls are doing better than boys in university matriculation examinations.
I guess those dumb girls only live in your area, cus I lived in Naija and I've not seen a girl that cannot 'decipher' basic pick-up lines.

@topic
I'm done discussing Modenine . . . I'm almost sounding like a groupie now.
Next thing I'll start picking a dress for my date with Modenine like Javalove. grin

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 4:13pm On Mar 04, 2010

DBR:
your choice. I kno dudes who wanna puke when they hear Mi's voice.
me i gbadun it sha!
Flow, u cant say that either, cos M9 is always on point wit his flow,
he even rates high in it by unbaised intnertional critque, neva off beat and breath control is sound.

The fact that some people hate Alicia Keys' voice doesn't take anything from it.
M.I's voice with his flow is what separates him from other Nigerian rapper . . .

M.I rides the beat better than Modenine . . . we can't keep haggling like market women over facts like this.

DBR:
Howeva,U think dumpin down only refers to lyrics? eyaaaaaa

Now, when hip hop now turns and sounds more POPish, almost turnin sing along nursery rhymes, it's equally dumbin down.
Aint sayin ma boy M.i is excessively that ooo.
Anyway, y'all kno i got his back.
oNe

Hehehe . . . that's you guys' problem, what do you think pop means??
By your own definition Notorious B.I.G was pop?? Even DMX too??

You only dumb down when you say bullshit . . . appealing to musical aspect of hiphop (where hiphop actually started) doesn't mean you dumbed down, it just means you're a better artiste.

tavarez:
and thats the final word on this thread please,, Modenine still outshines M.I in the hearts and Souls of real heads, and yeah M.i has more fans but like Canibus told LL "99% of your fans wear high heels", and on the 9ice feat M.I Safarawe he said and i quote " if you trying to take my pride/me and my guys go organize/and my Fans will Mobilize/WE will take you to the back and SODOMIZE ,well the last time i checked Sodomy didnt have any other meaning, welll please can M.I heads like eldee help me decipher this one?cuz i dont know ohh

WTF!!! I cold write a book on M9's crap lines!!!
Infact . . . why am I even talking, go to the 'Worst Lines in Nigerian songs' thread and see.

And what's all this B.S about real heads??
Y'all need to grow up maynne, you sound like emo indie music fans that think Coldplay is not 'real rock'.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fan Thread: For Gunners Only (In Arsenal We Trust) by eldee(op): 11:37am On Mar 04, 2010

v3:
@eldee.

Please , i'm the dude with the message from PH

lol @ that message

Are you sure?? I'll give you the benefit of doubt then.
If you sent a message that gay, you prolly won't have shown us.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Arsenal Fan Thread: For Gunners Only (In Arsenal We Trust) by eldee(op): 11:29am On Mar 04, 2010

v3:
Ramsey gets 56,000 messages in three days
My heart skipped when i saw my name on the list

You can send yours too. . .

Hehehe . . . you had the gayest message on the website grin

Even the girls were more masculine. tongue

I was crying when I saw you on the floor. Please Aaron, get well soon. We all love you in Nigeria and all over the world, I which you a speedy recovery.

Ismail, Nigeria

Music/Radio › Re: Eldee Recommends: L - My Ex by eldee(op): 4:35pm On Mar 03, 2010

[quote author=oyinda. link=topic=388498.msg5618247#msg5618247 date=1267602572]um the fact that u have all these contacts and access. doesn't that qualify as swagga/ coolness? lol[/quote]I don't have 'contacts and access'. . .the only reason I know the Acacia Music boys is because we're friends and we went to school together grin

DBR:
Heheee, r u remotely insinuatin i aint gbaduing ma life?
Omo Mehn~~ i de gbadun hard o! i just add me wifey and kids in the mix
oNe

Hehehe . . . nice one grin

Music/Radio › Re: Favourite Rap Lines By Nigerian Rappers by eldee(op): 4:26pm On Mar 03, 2010

DBR:
I need kelly.R and Z.jay on this one cos im Innocent until proven guilty.
Funny i just called your attn. to it on another thread, didnt kno your hand was
alredi in ma toilet feelin ma sh.!t
y u droppin comment for it in here and not there, is ma crime that grievious?
oNe

How can you plead innocent when you trademark is all over the crime scene??
Are you going to say you're not responsible for leaving this evidence below??

'the Golden Rule is this: only those with d Gold rule/'

Drama unfolding in the land~~lets sit back and watch this/
Terror got a Time Piece~~9ja on its Watch list/
d ruler or the ruled~~e'rbody is worst hit/
inter-Party Beef/ witout the Music~~~it's the worst Meat/

There's no way you can escape from this one . . . pleading guilty will cut 1/3 of your jail time.
That's from life sentence to 375 years only. grin

[quote author=tosinaded@ link=topic=189393.msg5620828#msg5620828 date=1267629204]am too hot i can give the sun a tan
now am number 1, somtn like 10/10

-Vector[/quote]Dope line . . . what song is that??

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 4:14pm On Mar 03, 2010

@tosin

Were's your Alaba State of Mind verse?? grin

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 4:00pm On Mar 03, 2010

Au contraire, M9 set the blue print, he sensitize the genre, Mi just built on it.
You cannot dismiss the foundational work of M9. It's easier to appreciate an edifice and forget
how neccesary the foundation is.
M9 no get im own flow,voice and delivery? And the lyrical SKILLERY u mentioned, can u tell me how it came about?

Of course I admitted that M9 was influential . . . but M.I's influence took it to a higher level.
A level that even M9 is now benefitting from.

Kama puro kama jale . . . M.I's voice, delivery and flow trumps M9.

See just 2 approaches: Bring pple up to where u at; or, Come down to where they at.
M9 chose the former, Mi the latter.
Definately the latter will get more crowd cos it involves dumbin down.

How did M.I dumb down?? He was the one that actually managed to bring them up.
Modenine tried to, but didn't provide a ladder. . . dumb down is Ruggedman not M.I.

How can you call 'coming at me is the only way you ever approach a star' dumbing down??

How many girls were talkin multies, PLs and metas durin Ra, Nas, and all
even when LL d ladies man was hot, even Jz~ they aint talkin bout stuff like that.
cos really it's only heads that will go to such technicality, and knowledge grows and
becomes general in time.

Are you on Facebook?? Just go and see what people are posting in status boxes these dayz.

An aside, did u see the droppings i dropped for u on WARCRAFT STATE OF MIND?
U aint rallyin dudes to drop stuff again, u on to d nxt~~analysis lyrics
oNe

Like Jay-Z, I'm on to the next one grin

I saw it, I actually referred to it on the Fave Lines thread a few minutes ago.

oNe grin

Music/Radio › Re: Favourite Rap Lines By Nigerian Rappers by eldee(op): 3:41pm On Mar 03, 2010

DBR:
Cos we know that your ex was just foolishly blinded by e-love?
or how else wld make a gurl say Tintin is more muscular than Tyson ?
Classic example of love been blind and dumb!
oNe

hehehe . . . tell that to Javalove. grin

Yeah . . . a court order has been placed for your arrest on the suspicion of murder, grievous bodily harm, attempted suffocation and overkilling.
The crime scene . . . Warcraft State of Mind Thread.

Hand yourself in ASAP and what's your plea?? Guilty or Not Guilty?? grin

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 3:32pm On Mar 03, 2010

DBR:
Sharaaaaaap there Eldee[i]gy[/i]
So i guess if Drakes album does better than Nas' it means he got more influence than him?
U dey fall ma hand o, u really dumbin down big time.
Seriously, when M9 culdda been man of the moment "Crowd mentalically speakin" was when he dropped
Malcom ix, but e'ryone knu he was years ahead of his time then.
And eldee u kno M9 wont hop on track with just anybody,
im sure there r some M.i collabos that u felt wasnt neccesary, no?

Exactly what I was saying . . . I didn't want to bring in commercial success but he kept posting it.
I was just playing his game.

Plus, Talk bout it didnt launch Jagz n Iceprince ooo. No dey talk wetin u no sabi.
I knu Ice well far before M.i
And haqve been hearin the duo of M.i and Jagz way b4 Talk About it. your over hypin is gettin outta hand

I knew J. Cole since he released The Come Up doesn't mean signing to Roc Nation isn't the launch of his career.

The defining moment of their careers was Talk About It . . . make we go ask them?? cheesy

oNe

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 3:26pm On Mar 03, 2010

When one person masterfully gives us the best of both worlds, it's a higher level whether you like it or not.
That's the only reason Jay-Z is rated with the Biggies and the Pacs.

M.I didn't take lyricism to a higher level . . . he took that to a different level with his flow.
But he took Nigerian hiphop to a higher level. . . in just three years, Nigerian hiphop has changed, and most of it is M.I's fault.

One misconception you guys always drop is the 'Modenine's music is for smart people' maxim.
No . . . Modenine all through his career has tried to make the average Nigerian appreciate lyrical artistry.
That's why he tends to employ the teacher-like style in his rhymes. . . that's why he launches these wordplay-based albums through major marketers.

If he was targeting only the hiphop heads, the internet is enough to do that.

Now did he succeed at first . . . maybe a little, but not to the level of M.I.
You now hear girls talkking about multies and wordplay.
With M.I's flow, voice, delivery, he has taken this lyrical skillery to everyone.

Modenine's doing just that now by actions like rapping in the autotune and still dropping heavy bars, dropping stretches of multisyllabic rhymes in Rap Messiah and stuff like that.

At the end of the day, M.I set the blueprint . . . listen to Crowd Mentality again for an example of this.

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 3:03pm On Mar 03, 2010

tavarez:
MI DID IN ONE YEAR WHAT TOOK MODE 15 YEARS TO DO? -ok please let me have the name of his record company,Movement,and the six albums he released in one year i would also like to have the 150 collabos he has done,and also please give me the link to 20 M.I music videos and even Cameos, i dont know if there is anyone here that watched MTV base 2009 leaders of the Nigerian Nu-skool where Don Jazzy was ranked first,.
??Mi was number 8 and mode was number 6 so please, im not disputing you, fine Mi sold and has critical acclaim but i urge u one more time please stop Blaspheming please,

You talk like you need six albums to make an impact . . .
And you're talking about collabos (talking about commercial acceptance is always a wrong move) . . . point to one year that Modenine has been the man of the moment.
It's now an accepted fact that a Nigerian album/concert is not demographically complete without an M.I/D'banj/Tuface collabo. . .
Of course MTV Base will most likely place artiste with more videos over sumone with just one.

I wasn't even talking about commercial success, but if you're that adamant, let's see what one album did for M.I.
Many collabos/cameos e.g Lami, Djinee, 9ice, Tuface, Tha Suspect, Sound Sultan , Dipp, Jamix, Duncan Daniels main singles not album tracks.

Two MTV Base Awards (trashing Jigga and Kanye)

Performance at every big concerts . . . BBC's Bring The Noise tour

Performance at MTV awards alongside the best from Nigeria, Kenya and America . . .

Talk About It practically launched careers of Jesse Jagz and Ice Prince

Number 1 in hiphop charts in Tanzania, Uganda and other African countries

Five hiphop world awards nominations

Tour of UK, and many African countries. . . I've not even started yet.

You're still bringing it to commercial acceptance, we all know M.I trashes Modenine in that area.

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 1:47pm On Mar 03, 2010

DBR:
Very true! He's all that and maybe more.
However, if popular here mean likeable n accepted.~~maybe
Cos if u talkin generic popularity~it's very debatable.
Question like: popular amongst who, within or witout d country,will arise.
Cos there's no denyin the fact that M9 name has been poppin up and still pops up
e'time ~~almost since the rap game started in 9ja till now.
And if there's a dude u brot back lyricism which we lay much importance to
it's gotta be M9. And u cannot downplay lyrical influence in the rap game.
So how dyu rate who's got more influence and more popular cos each is popular in their own oikos.

M.I is synonymous with Nigerian rap music.
When people talk about Nigerian music they think D'banj, Tuface, Psquare and M.I comes close with.

To many people Nigerian hiphop was either daft or boring before M.I.
M.I(much more than Eldee) reconciled two schools of hiphop appreciation. . . now Modenine, Ruggedman and many other people are coming to the compromise zone created by M.I.

Yeah of course, Modenine's influence cannot be underestimated but M.I took it to a higher level.
M.I did in one year what Modenine spent fifteen years trying to achieve.

European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Did Wayne Bridge Did The Right Thing? by eldee(m): 1:24pm On Mar 03, 2010

Did he do the right thing?? No!!!

The right thing would have been to knock out JT for offering the silly handshake.

Music/Radio › Re: Favourite Rap Lines By Nigerian Rappers by eldee(op): 1:02pm On Mar 03, 2010

[quote author=tosinaded@ link=topic=189393.msg5619502#msg5619502 date=1267617433]only an Id.iot wnt biliv he sold 30,000 in 30mins
and only a bigger I.diot will conclude that since he sold 30,000 in 30mins, he shoulda sold millions by now undecided

[/quote]Javalove is not an id[i]i[/i]ot, he's just a girly girl that cannot accept that a rapper can be more popular than the guy she fancies grin

Come on, my ex-girlfriend used to think I was more muscular than Tyson grin

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 12:59pm On Mar 03, 2010

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

oNe grin

How do you remember to put this in every post??

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 12:58pm On Mar 03, 2010

DBR:
And by influence u mean~~~?

oNe

He's more popular and widely accepted and he's making the industry musically inclined while still holding on to its lyrical roots. . .

Music/Radio › Re: Favourite Rap Lines By Nigerian Rappers by eldee(op): 12:56pm On Mar 03, 2010

javalove:
Start

@eldee

I'm a guy not girl!!!!!!

That 30,000 pple are in favour of falsehood does not make it d truth. . .

Watever man

End

M.I and his label came out to say they sold 30,000 in half an hour. . . usually record labels don't tell the truth to artistes.
Modenine at the time when rap wasn't popular in Nigeria came out to say he shifted 50,000 . . . why should I believe him and not M.I??

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 12:51pm On Mar 03, 2010

Fred87:
Am a big fan of M9,he's just too big 4 a copycat job on the boy M.I.to add its just like u sayin JAYZ sounding like DRAKE for what:commercial success or, eez mam

Jay-Z implied in Moment of Clarity that he'll like to sound like Talib Kweli.
Hov is one of the best and most consistent rappers around. Back then, Kweli didn't even have a solo album yet.

Jay-Z even said it on live TV that he stole the concept of performing with a live band from Lupe Fiasco.

The best rappers learn things from everyone. As I said, it's nothing to be ashamed of.

Music/Radio › Re: Favourite Rap Lines By Nigerian Rappers by eldee(op): 12:41pm On Mar 03, 2010

@DBR
That song is too fast for me . . . M.I was just showing off on another level/

Microphone testing, Is there any question??
I'm the most interesting, the best thing since best things
Cardiac arresting your chest 'n'
Lyrically molesting the rest and the rest are not resting
Listen
I'm the rapper ladies are requesting
I'm the dude these other dudes suggesting that their other dudes listen to . . . - 123 Hiphop

Music/Radio › Re: Favourite Rap Lines By Nigerian Rappers by eldee(op): 12:33pm On Mar 03, 2010

javalove:
Start

Eldee is not dumb and not an idiot to believe he sold 30,000 copies in 30 mins. . .Logically he should have sold billkons by now. . .I know Eldee isnt that dumb. . maybe d guy is just kidding jare. . who knows

End

Stop being a hater . . . it's simple, most of the sales will come from the album launch.
Come on . . . Talk About It was the most anticipated album since P-Square's [i]Game Ove[/i]r.

Girls love M.I, guys respect his delivery, I have three bought three copies myself(downloaded off I-tunes twice after my music got deleted), I'm yet to see any Nigerian chic in the UK that doesn't like M.I.
And in Naija . . . come on. M.I's hype could sell a blank cd.

Nas's Untitled sold 100,000 in one hour, by your logic he should be selling trillions now.
Javalove is a very smart girl grin

oNe

Music/Radio › Re: Lyrical Contents Of Naija Musicians by eldee(m): 12:18pm On Mar 03, 2010

SOMEBODY WANTS TO DIE - M.I ft ICEPRINCE

This is not a full one . . . posted this in an argument a few months back.
This one is a hiphop song touted to be off the M.I2 mixtape. . .like most rappers, M.I tends to focus on competition in the game.
SWTD is a back-off song warning his competition not to attempt to diss him.
The highlight of this song is the use of poetic devices to drive the message across.

His use of pun and metaphors is quite unique as he does it with everyday words that most people can relate with.
An example is 'These niggas standing way too close they so homo'

Bragging??

They a little fly M.I is an orbit
Making more green than an orchard

M.I finito, never be an equal, never be a sequel, such a huge eagle
And I'll never crash, I'm no Sosoliso - Forget punchlines, sometimes just bragging off is the difference between an average diss and a good one.

Coming at me is the only way they gon ever approach a star - How cocky can a beef song get??

References??

Don't even bother, beneath us (Benitez) like Rafa
Rule over the game . . . Sepp Blatter

I'm a plane, I'm a rocket, I'm an eagle (Superman)

Wordplay??

I do eat beef but right now I'm fasting
You don't even want it anyway why u acting??
Niggas want drama I'ma holla when I'm castiing

I'm a plane, I'm a rocket, I'm an eagle
And it's plain how I rock the desert eagle
That's what I call my microphone it's so lethal.

Multisyllabic Rhymes?? Just start from 'This is real talk I had to restart'.

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 12:11pm On Mar 03, 2010

javalove:
i will argue it. . .HE SOUNDED DIFFERENT does not translate to SOUNDING LIKE MI. . .there are a couple of tracks where M9 sounds different from his usual style. . .please u guys should stop disrespecting mode abeggg

Stop being sentimental . . . the only reason you're saying this is because you're ashamed of 45 year old Modenine been influenced by a newbie.
Be a man and stop being a girl about this, it's nothing to be ashamed of. grin

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 11:54am On Mar 03, 2010

[quote author=tosinaded@ link=topic=406278.msg5619127#msg5619127 date=1267613237]wondering how any1 would argue that modenine sounded different on badman undecided

[/quote]It beats me . . . grin

But what really surprised me is the way they'll accept that it's probably[b] Lil Wayne or Crooked I or Weezy or infact any of the USA for Haiti musicians but not M.I[/b] grin

Music/Radio › Re: Favourite Rap Lines By Nigerian Rappers by eldee(op): 11:49am On Mar 03, 2010

Really kill[b]ing it[/b] frigging drill[b]ing it[/b] or you rigg[b]ing it[/b]

Overbugg[b]ing it[/b] they all flogg[b]ing it[/b] internet blogg[b]ing it[/b]
Rock[b]ing it[/b] hawk[b]ing it[/b] talk[b]ing it[/b] till there's no alt[b]ernate[/b]

M.I - Overkilling

His flow's cold as snow in Moscow.
And you guys wonder why he sold 30,000 in 30 minutes??

1 Like

Music/Radio › Re: Favourite Rap Lines By Nigerian Rappers by eldee(op): 11:33am On Mar 03, 2010

idaraosso:
i'm a beast
i'm a monster
A legend and
A rockstar,
Mafioso flow so loco, so call me a mobster,

M.I. overkilling it-remix

oNe

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 11:28am On Mar 03, 2010

tavarez:
Abdulrazak seems u got some sense there, ok eldee i didnt mention your name and said you said Mode was poor but if you read this thread you would see different comments on what people say about Modes pocket so i was Addressing them and not you, you know one of the greatest gifts God gave me is the ability to resist Internet Gangsterism, anyone that knows hes a Man should stop using Pseudonyms to insult people just because you know you are very far away and unidentifiable, well im not even going to reply ,but facts remain facts, and I never said M.I doesnt make Good music.inasmuch as he is not in My top 5 Naija emcees list.he still appeals to a certain audience that love his poo so, well one more thing well MR ELDEE Imbecillic retard you called me,and you also said im your Groupie and you also said you pity my dad <who happens to be dead>, I still have no comments for you all i say is

WE DO IT FOR THE LOVE
#nowplaying Bounce-Str8Buttah Feat A9mus and Dasuki of Kaliphate and Terry the rapman<off the mixtape the fall of one the rise of many>R.I.P Fleet Militant

Dude you mentioned my name and then went on to write Modenine's biography and called me a fool.

Anyways, I'm not going to be a child about this . . . I apologise for insulting you and referring to your dad.
I never mean any of the insults I drop in posts, it's just nothing and I don't think you should take it to heart.

Music/Radio › Re: I Just Might Buy Modenine's Album (davinci Mode) by eldee(m): 11:23am On Mar 03, 2010

rapjunkie:
Cant believe that people still claim that mode sounds like MI in badman. . . thats just some major BS. I notice that some people will try and make a ~~fake~~ point and others will just jump on the bandwagon in order to discredit an artist. . . its so sad

and MI didn't sell 30,000 copies in 30 mins. . . . that was just propaganda. . . . how many has he sold now? 2 billion?. . . . i beg

Do I look like someone that will ever join a bandwagon??
If it were just a made up thing why do people keep bringing up excuses??
If I didn't hear it myself it would be different . . . I gave it to Sauron and asked a simple question 'who does this sound like'
He gave the same answer.
I've tried it with a couple of people . . . they give the same answer at first instance.

You can say anything about M.I, but we all know the hype he had before the album.
I don't know why you guys keep hating on the short black boy, his album appealed to people that actually buy albums not download link hunters like Rapjunkie grin

@Rhymestein
Crooked I, Weezy?? This is getting extremely Ludacris grin

You guys are being extremely sentimental . . . this is a minor thing.

I'm sure if it weren't sumn easily identifiable, you gys would have said M9 didn't use the auto-tune too undecided

Music/Radio › Re: Lyrical Contents Of Naija Musicians by eldee(m): 10:43am On Mar 03, 2010

DBR:
Eldee[i]gy[/i]
nice concept, but this' gon be hard.
one wld need to write an opus to deliver on point on such task.
oNe

It doesn't need to be on point
It just annoys me that everyone dismisses nigerian music as superficial when we probably work more at it than other people.

Just do it for Naija music.

Music/Radio › Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? by eldee(op): 2:17am On Mar 03, 2010

Jailer - Asa

@Everyone
If you think any of these songs are worth it, could you please drop in and break down the lyrics so more people can appreciate them.
It's all for the love of music.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-404688.0.html

Music/Radio › Re: Lyrical Contents Of Naija Musicians by eldee(m): 2:11am On Mar 03, 2010

That challenge I put up before was kinda hard . . . but to deliver on my promise, I'll do an easier one.
Before I start, I have to remind you guys that lyrics are heavily influenced by personal interpretations and this has not being verified by Asa herself.

Jailer - Asa

First, to start with, we have to see the personality behind the song. Asa, a French-Nigerian artiste is an advocate of the 'let's all work together to make Africa better' school of thought.
Jailer, one of her most popular songs is a first person metaphorical narrative of the African situation.
In her own opinion, our leaders have sold their fellow men to westernisation and capitalism.

Verse One

I'm in chains, you're in chains too
I wear uniforms n' you wear uniforms too
I'm a prisoner, you're a prisoner too
Mister Jailer

This takes us to a prison cell with a one-way discussion between the prisoner and the Jailer.
The imagery is that of the outdated system where the warder was chained to the prisoner to stop him from escaping.
She taunts him about being in her situation without knowing. False consciousness of his state is what she's pointing out.

The jailer seems to be a symbol of the African leaders that let western governments and multinational corporations trick them into exploiting resources in the name of investing.

I have fears, you have fears too
I will die, but, you self go die too
Life is beautiful, don't you think so too,
Mr Jailer

Now she's taking the taunts to the next level.
The 'you sef go die too' line in pidgin implies that this prisoner is not learned. . . a pointer to the possibility that the prisoner is the poverty stricken Nigerian.
Do our leaders actually have fears?? Won't they first need to have a conscience??
They probably do, they probably think they could be cautioned by the same westerners they feed, like in the case of Mugabe and Ghadafi.

I'm talking to you Jailer
Stop calling me a prisoner
Let he who is without sin be the first to cast a stone
Mr Jailer . . . Mr Jailerman

For once, the prisoner admits that he might have done some wrong. . . 'let he who is without sin'
She implies that the common Nigerian might have contributed to the situation, but then she's emphasizing the fact that the jailer does not have to take part in punishing him.
Is this an indirect way of supporting the Niger Delta militants??
As they say, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. . . should our government help in punishing the Niger Delta militants for revenge against the westerners for what's happening in their land?? Asa thinks not.

Verse Two
You suppress all my strategies
You oppress every part of me
What you don't know, you're a victim too
Mr Jailer.

This line is what did it for me . . .it's probably the most significant rubber-stamp of the view that this was for the Niger Delta boys.
It shows that the prisoner had tried to escape . . . same way the Niger Delta has tied to break away from Nigeria.
The Jailer has been good at stopping any efforts at attacking the unknown head. . . but this jailer has obviously been oppressed himself.

In her view, our leaders suffer as much as the masses. . . this sympathetic view is quite questionable.

You don't care, about my point of view
If I die, another will work for you
So you treat me as a modern slave
Mr Jailer

Now like any smart poet, she shines a torch on the whole thing at the end of the story.
'If I die, another will work for you' is a sharp deviation from the sympathetic view we were made to accept a few lines ago.
Now the Jailer is seen as a selfish and cruel man.

This appears to be because all the efforts at compromise had failed.
Now it's a rebellious stance . . . and finally a stage of acceptance with 'so you treat me, as a modern slave'

Notice the phrase 'modern slave' tells us that she's relating it to sumn we go through today.
The Jailer is now abusing his power and making the prisoner get extra punishment.

You see
If you're walking in a market place, don't throw stones
Even if you do, you just might hit, one of your own

This is an old Yoruba adage I heard a lot as a child for literally throwing stones over the fence grin

The prisoner sort of gives advice to the Jailer, warning him of the dangers he puts his own people into.
Her message is, capitalism shouldn't be trusted.

Life is not about your policies all the time
So you better rearrange and be good to to your fellow man
Mr Jailer

Now she tells us exactly what she intend to pass across.
'Life is not about your policies' . . . she wants a complete change from the ideologies that lead our norms and values.
National solidarity before money, general good over individual wealth.

I hear my baby say - I wanna be President
I wan chop money from my government
But he don't know, but he won't know what he can know

This deserves a moment of reflection . . . as she tells of how our ideologies are influencing the future.
Restricting their mental capacity to this unnecessary thirst for material wealth.

All in all, this song is a metaphorical torch on the African situation.
With narrative abilities that will shame most songwriters, she gives us the story in a way everyone can relate to.
The fact that she refuses to be labelled as just another towncrier that sees things on the superficial level is what makes her unique.
Notice the simplicity of her diction and the concise length of her verses.

It's one thing to have a message, it's another thing to pass it across.
Asa's insight into the situation is sumn that even Fela would have applauded.

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