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@Barmsyle

Thumbs up. I gbadun ur analysis. But thats mode and thats aw he has chosen to do his own. From ur analysis, he I can depict that the best emcee in naija is not at his best and yet, he scored a chanel o hat trick in 2006.

Yea, the best thing I v heared from him is Contradiction.

@skingo

i no say until i c ur obituary na in we go get rest for dis forum. cant u just die? or better still hang urself. i bet u, u wud feel good. fool

thank Fod i didnt waste my bandwith downloading the trashm i for vex

audacious:
Here we go again with the lies. I no get beef with you or Sauce Kid, just stop lying to buttress your claims. When did Sauce kid's album become highly anticipated in Naija? can't even remeber when last I heard his name mentioned on tv or radio. You, me and every other Nigerian Hip-hop head knows that M.I.'s Album is the most anticipated in the Naija Hip-hop cycle (at least for now).


Mode nine has never been top ten on any charts? Haba! Where was Yebariba Samboribobo when "Cry" feat. Nnenna was number one for several weeks on Channel O's top ten (that's number one against other artist in Africa not only Nigeria). Where was Skingo on October 15th 2006 when Modenine's "Cry" won 3 Channel O Awards including best Rap Video, Best Director and Video of the Year? Check here if you missed it- http://www.bbc.co.uk/africabeyond/africaonyourstreet/features/17796.shtml or here http://museke.com/fr/node/943
He was nominated in the same category again in 2007 along side 2face and Jimmy Jatt for "Style". That's highlighting his achievements in Africa, I no even mention the naija ones wey he recieve.

Please I repeat, this is a forum everyone is allowed an opinion. You don't have to lie to justify your opinion.

Guy, u are me best friend here, followed by Kay Dee

!FLOWSHOW

When u type posts like u did above, always end them with IMO - In my opinion cos u just spat ur maind. You wont buy a modenine CD unless he gives u a club banger? Na u sabi?

The question is "is every music that is supposed to be danced to?" cos na shake body all of una dey talk since and i dont get u. I dont want to dance. All I am interested in is Good Sensible Intelligent rap lines. Dont be syprised there r lots of pple who think like I do.

@skingo

why are u fooling ur age. u won make king give saucekid cheap publicity abi? if rugged dey yab mode or mode dey yab rugged, we understand cos a question of publicity wont come in. dey r both trying to drive home their points. whats saucekid's business? what point does he have to make?

etete:
I just heard Rugged Man's Lullaby, and he calls that a Diss Song, i seriously appeal to my man Mode not to reply ( BIKO) ,

LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROTLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think he ain't 4 real.that is all.But i did't know him that personally,because nairalands r impossible sometimes.

Gbam ! They are all impossible, over hyping artistes more than d skillz or money dey got. Anyway eyinlemo, cos mad pple full here, skingo na dem king (man dat guy's stupidity is fightening), and tosin too.

[b]i don come[b]

skingo!!!!! u go hate mode so tey one day car go jam u cos of bad belle. I dont like sauce or rugged but I cant be this callous as to cook dis story up. man u be fuk up big time. Mode is not sauce that is looking to break into the mainstream at all cost.

How on earth do u expect us to belive this cock and bull. Go tell that to Baba Skingo Salami or Mama Skingo Salami. Since u are all fools at home, i guess dey wud commend u for a job well done.

Try harder and let me know aw much ur hatred for mode has deposted into ur account. ole jatijati. suegbe . aja igboro. gay ass idiot

@tosin

as fpr u, refer to my signature!!!

Na wa oooooo

Where I go start now cos i get small headache sef. I agree with what u guys are saying, not all though but most part of it.

Ok, no breadth control, i accept.
No club banger, I accept
Flows, ? I . . . em em. . . em. agree _{(i no get time to argue)}

but eldee wait, u say u are yet to listen to any modenine's lyrics that is intelligent. Hmmmm, dis tin don turn personal oooo. well na ur choice. also, u say modenine no dey move heads and emotions, omo reveal ur identity and show us where u belong.

most of my opinions might have also been influenced by my personal hatred for rugged or any rapper who steps on pple to get on top (IMO).

Imagine Rugged saying modenine lyrics lame!!!! This thing don dey go personal oooo. Hope dey wont start using revolvers and all

I watch modenine's Facebook page daily and I know how pple drop comments about him and his music. People still gbadun am. It shows not al nigerians are interested in all what u guys have been posting. Dont get me wrong, I agree he needs to improve, everyone needs that as there is no perfect MC. Even with all that mode is still king!!!!/b] If he drops a madd ass club banger then all of una go join us wey don accept am as ing already.

ANs i think u guys are beng unfair in abandoning the minority hip hop listeners who are just concerend about lyrics. I dont dance, cos I dont like to. I hate watching videos of half naked gals. All me and a few peeps out there want is for d rapper to spit fire and my emotions are moved. Mode has his fans. Rugged has his.

Heard a line from a certain rapper y/day, 'ur dissing attempts need crutches cos they're lame', after listening to the track twice, it was too obvious that line is a perfect description of his song!!

[b]True skill will always be recognized, whether in english, pidgin or ibo. Modo keep doing ur thing, u're d best!!


Modenine still rocks. He moves me head and my emotions. Pigin, Ibo, Hausa or Yoruba, real skillz wud always be felt.

eldee:
I get what you're saying . . . but you'll have to admit that this is the closest to Nas Vs Jay we'll ever get
This is the only time we'll get the poetic, golden generation-like rapper against the generation next crossover, radio-friendly emcee.
We might never see sumn like this again . . . let's just enjoy this while we can
For someone that claims to know Modenine well, I'm dissapointed in you too.
Do you know since when 'em verses in Talking to You have been around??

Step into the shoes of an average Nigerian like me . . . no affiliations, which would you like to put on playback??
To tell you the truth, I've got nuffin against Mode . . . _{I can reach him anytime, his YiM is at me fingertips}, but u're just anti-Ruggedman

Even Nas has accepted that hiphop is evolving, but you and a few other fans won't hear that
I don't blame you, to you, anyone that doesn't use punchlines is a crap rapper

I have all the versions of it. From "Dissing on the low", to "All the way" and now "Talking to you", I got dem all. Even if it has been around for 100yrs, its still dope.

I v never said that. I v used the word "intelligence" in my post than any other nairalander on this forum. All I preach is intelligence and sensible lyrics. All u counter me with is whether the lyrics are wack or not, once it has a naija feel, its ok which i wud never accept.

@david

if no one knows whats wrong with you, i do.

neva been a fan of kennis

DOGGMAN:
the truth, modenine is lyricaly strong but is song are boring.
best Rapper 4 nigeria as for now is RUGGEDMAN don't BEEF.
World Up!
4k Animashaun.

all of una go suprise!

eldee:
Finally we have it . . . Ruggedman at his best since Thy Album Come

Please can sumone tell Modenine that this is how to get the attention of Nigerians
Put a sick beat, a crazy hook, direct punchlines and sprinkle the Nigerian feel . . . Bleep the metaphorical out-of-space shyte, we appreciate directness
Tell me this track won't hold you down on autorepeat
I won't call it a diss, this is a rapper helping another one up

'Streets dey rule, they carve your behaviour'

Best part of the song?? 'Can you hear me?? ODE!!!'
This is Naija hiphop with the humour we got in Piggy Bank

Too early to say who won this battle . . . let's just hope Mode replies and we keep enjoying Naija's version of Nas Vs Jay
Meanwhile, I'm not ready to argue with Javalove that believes wordplays, punchlines and metaphors are the three elements of hiphop

LOL!!!! :d

what took u so long. No line in that track was more direct than modenie's diss!!!! U dont have to accept.

So "Talking to you" didnt have any nigerian feel in it? I'm disappointed at ur judgement, though is ur opinion.

Not another mode and rugged thread abeg. Ur assesments sef na wa. because rugged started b4 mode thats wat makes him better.

em . . em moderator!!!! lock this thread

initialize:
@java

You still refer me to JayZ as one of those feeling you hyped Mode, You must be S*lly. Don't you know that mode stole Jigga's Girls, Girls, Girls concept from which he wrote the Nigerian girls track,

I thought ur next post wud come without any abuse but it did.

It wasn't Nigerian Gals Jay-Z hailed. He hailed the track he did with terry - Spazmodic. Dont let me start analysing that track for u cos with ur IQ, e go difficult for u to understand.

If you talk about Rappers/MC's making good music and classical Performances you go watch rugged on stage and see what he's capable of. He's the best Nigeria Rap performer on stage and don't think your sucker is next because we still have good performers like Naeto C, Rooftops,

Well, he might not be the best stage performer we have in this country. Una won kill am? Everyone has his/her opinion what to expect from a stage performance. As for me, no one rocks the stage better than Eedris!!!! Thats one person I enjoy watching on stage.

How many of modenine's stage performance have u ever in ur life seen judge. I can bet u havent seen any. Your foolishness wud make u talk from abstract and not on facts and figures. suegbe.

When you talk about african rap kings, I wonder what number the likes of Mode9 will be ranked because the best of the best rappers in always rap in their local dialete, take for example: Tictac, tinny, Kabelo, jozi, Rugged, Dagrin etc

Mo ri r e oooo. What the hell has rapping in local dialect got to do with being king. Stupid you!!!  Is pidgin our local dialect? Has ruggedman rapped in ibo and won award with it? Man ur stupidity is frightening!!

There is not dialect modenine canot rap in. Is it because most of his raps are in the best and complete queens english? Even at that, there is still a fusion of where he comes from in his lyrics. How many of modenine's tracks ave u heared sef?

I cause more harm than drugs with no NAFDAC number
Go ahead talk about me on another song/ "oloshi" i cause u out in my mother tongue
Life is rougher than the runway of lagos airport, so i try not to crashland when i air thoughts

Sooo many of his songs have naija inclined lyrics in them. Just because they are not done in pidgin, its hard for u to understand them. Every beef about modenine on this forum is mostly because he doesnt rap in pidgin and who says he cant rap in pidgin? Have u the track "small boy" or "no be small thing ft tuface"? Man go get a life.

If you think Mode is the best in Nigeria, I wonder what will happen to him if he's told to go represent Nigeria in USA and he goes there and start rappin like he does(i'm sure he will sound wack to them because he's copied most of their lyrics.)

Mode wud rep us well and really well. What the hell are u talking about. Mode can do rap in any dialect and still remain hard!!!! The similies, the mataphors, the poetry and all other figurative rap entails wud not be missing, even if he raps in Ibo. Who told u he copied their lyrics. WHich one of them did he copy, man i thin m wasting my time with u cos u just talking without facts!!!! He wud bridge the gap b/w us an them with his lyrics. They wud understand whatever our culture is, its meanings and all when they listen to modenine than rugged!!! I stand to be corrected!!!!

Talking about rugged ability: you said he's good at lyrics, let me tell you that's a special gift that most rap artist wish they have(ask people like Game, DMX). Game is having problems just because 50 isn't doing the chorus, and you can check out little wayne when he sings the chorus.

Once again, you are fool. I said post ruggedy's best rap line u have ever heared that can stand that of mode, or OD or Illblis or freestyle sef. Lets hear them. We are intellects here and no fool can just come and talk and feel he has made a point. When u make points, back them up. Shebi u be die hard fan of rugged and u v probably heared his songs more than us, omo go and sit down somewhere.

I know I can't change your believe because ur mind is already made up but I know what thing for sure, no matter how much you hype you mode I still tell you his musical career can't last long enough because he's not what we African are proud of as our rapper.

If you want to listen to good African rap, I recommend you go pick up DAGRIN's album and listen to some of his collabo's with sheyman, YQ and others. that's what I call real african lyrics and not what mode speaks

RAP is RAP. whether african or asian or european.



[quote author=~Sauron~ link=topic=169852.msg2908935#msg2908935 date=1223411320]Ruggedman is miles better than Mode9.

Mode-what?? He raps like a puppy. . . . No breath control, no rhythm, no lyrical nous.
In DJ Jimmy Jatt's "Stylee", Mode9's rhymes were so wack he needs to be told to consider another profession.
With his weight, i suggest he should try FARMING!!! [/quote]Not funny.

kaydee:
@ Java

Man!!!! U've got time oh! Schooling fools that will never understand.Their IQs as low as their GP.U should have noticed that my debate around here is with Wordsmith and not those people who Ruggedman saved from Eedris.Stop wasting ur time man!

No mind them. I v told them that I m not only here to speak my mind. I'm also here to tell all modenine's haters to go to hell!!!!


Oya, make una begin dey attack my post

@mukina

see say babs don leave 2 of us now. anyway, we know where we dey meet. we no suppose dey discuss am for public. aw has ur day been.

@babs

so u don back off mukina go face bibs. i go show u pepper, i go snatch bibs from u, since the max is 4. Mukina and Bibs are on my list,

initialize:
@ Java

you,re the most stup*d fan I've ever encountered in my life, this is my first time of entering this section but I'm sure I'll come around often because of s/cumbags like you

Who be this one? Come around, u are most wmed. we have peeps like u here already in person of skingo and his crew. You have my 10 pounds if u are more stupid and foolish than them, skingo especially.

How dare you compare the baba with modenine. I remember their first tracks(rugged and modenine), try listening to eh-en and "about to get ugly" then compare the two artist base on their intro to the music world.

Where the heck did u stop in school? How many times would have to explain to u guys what rugged did was publicity stunts? Any rapper, wack or not can do that. While modenine believed in his skills to bring him ti limelight, rugged believed in stepping on people to get top. I'm not saying its a wrong thing he did because its part f hiphop. Picture this. Okocha is faced with 3 defenders in the box eighteen, he gets pass them with his skills and scores. Rooney is faced with the same scenario, he can't dribble them so he plays the ball to the hands of one of the defenders and the refree awards a penalty. He also scores. While Rooney's skills cud not get him the goal, the rules did and thats what ruggedman is doing. I think U and I would prefer our skills bringing us to glory in anything we do.

The fact that he dissed Eedris and he dissed him well brought him glory. Nothing more. Nothing less and that was the beginning of his career.

I'll tell you a fact that can't be disputed, Rugged started with all what modenine is trying to do today, when you talk about punchlines, tight lyrics, metaphor and all the lyrical content you might want to hear when you listen to rap music,  when you listen to rugged's Peace or War or Big bros you'll hear what a proper dissing sounds like. when it comes to dissing straight at someone, mode really needs to learn from rugged because rugged ain't afraid of anyone, not even the self acclaimed BIG Bros of Nigerian Entertainment.

ROTLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!   didnt want to ya u until the last paragraph of my post but i'm no sorry to say that u are a fool. not only that oo, u are mad as well. Did I hear u well? Ruggedman? Tight lyrics, Metaphors, Punchlines? Since its ur first time in this section, i would want u to know that posting of lyrics to back up ur points are nessecary. I beg of u post the tight lyrics of rugged. The punchlines, the metaphors u taled about That guy id not rating first 20 in lyrics in this country. quote me anywhere. I'v heeared Peace or war die!!!

Modenine is not trying to do punchline or mataphor today. Its sometg he has started since!!!!!!! and since he has started, no nigerian rapper, i repeat no rapper does lyrics better than him. Take a survey of modenine fans and ask them why they feel him. They would tell u he's a poet and its a fact. If u think I'm lying, ask Jay-Z.

Big Bros? Have u ased why he dissed them? They were trying to block his moves and shield him from coming out big. He made a track directed at them and made it big again. Hope u are following the trend. He yabbed Eedris, yabbed the Big Bros. If u say rugged is not afraid of anyone, u are nasing it on past glory. let him those that would murder him now. Let him mention mdenine's name. Shebi na in sabi mention name, why e dey fear.

Eedris, rasquie and co are all lyrical cowards. They can't battle so rugged did it and got away with it. Abeg, if u sabi rugged, tell am say modenine dey wait am.

If you say rugged didn't mention mode's name means is a coward then you must be s*lly, Rugged is simply showing maturity because you know he's good at naming names (If he can diss the pioneers of nigerian entertainment then, so who the F**k is modenine ).

Hear this fool. Rugged is known for mentioning names, so what stops him from mentioning modenine. How old areyou sef? Mode doesnt have a record of mentioning names, its rugged that has that. So what stops him from mentioning modenine's name. The Big bros u are talking about caused that for themselves. U need to know now that the era of mentioning names for ruggedman is over. with the calibre of rappers we have in naija now (modenine d king, terry, freestyle, OD, AKS and co), if he tries it. them go ruin in career for am.

Also from the modenine lyrics you supplied, he too never mentioned rugged's name because their are many baba's in the Industry. If you are close to Modenine(I know you are because I'm sure he paid you for this) advise him to hit the nail on the head by going further in his lyrics to mention Ruggedman or Ruggedy Baba which happen to be rugged stage name and see if the likes of you will ever be able to sign in to this site not to talk of contributing or posting in this forum.

man you are a fool. Again and again, u keep justifying why i call u that. There is an open air beef b/w ruggedy baba and modenine. Modenine enters the studio to throw subliminals at a "baba" who happens to be ruggedy baba. Is it ruggedman that is foolish or his fans. Wh did he reply with "Banging" if it wasnt him that mode was refering to.


Here's the sweetest part, this baba, that baba/ u not the father/ u got intellect myopia/ so when i-diss-a-baba/ its not ethiopia!!!!

When modenie disses a baba (Adiss Ababa), its not ethiopia, then who? Answer me fool who? Who is he having open air beef with with baba in his name. Why can't his cowardly boldness (oxymoron) push him to do same, at least wordplay with modenine's name. Meeen, once again, u re a fool.

NB: I'm not a Modenine hater, just trying to be realistic and give honour to who honour is due. RUGGED man is Nigeria's Hip -hop saviour because i remember the sigidi gbon, hankahone, inkophne days we spent before he opened our eyes and hear to enjoy the sound of a perfectly African blend hiphop genre which he(rugged) always supply, Listen to OPomulero and you'll understand not the foreign rap . rugged "cleared the whole area, now real rappers have a say too. Mode nine fo postrate to rugged and say you are sorry because I know you can never diss Hip VT not to talk of the whole Kennis/primet VT.

If rugged had not dissed those guys, we would have still heared the songs we are hearing today. We would have still had mode, terry, OD, illblis and co giving us good music. What rugged successfully did was a forced change of orientation on us (which i commend him for). Just chill, modenie has the baton now and he's carrying us along with what he has to offer, which ruggedman can only dream of having.

RAP can't be redefined. RAP is Rhythimatically applied poetry. The person who rhymes better, more poetic with his flows oer a good beat is the better rapper. Forget the word "afro". You can have nigerian inclined lyrics, but it doesnt mean "afro". A nigerian can have ghanian inclined lyrics, it doesnt mean "afro". Same with sports, politics, education and every aspect of life can be touched with RAP. From my assesment, where does ur ruggedman stand.?

Lastly, if you want to compare Rugged and Mode on the same platform go listen to TWO's since you be gone track(tribute to Jaiye) then come back to comment further.

I don hear am wella. I don watch the video sef. I gbadun my man modenine well. His lyrcis were tight.

Finally, (the yab paragraph)

You are a fool (once again). If u are too daft to decipher what modenine spits, u better drop out of school. How on earth can u compare ruggedman to modenine.? [b[ His resume got the naked truth covered up[b/]. I can stand comparisons wth 2shots, freestyle and co but not rugged abeg. Let ruggedman do collabo withall him pals to address mode, nothing go happen,

[b]
In any nation before a war commences, the army generals of a nation reach out to percieved freidnly nations to merge soilders and all tools of war. Ask why? They are doing that to go to war with the strongest possible force. Its no doubt that the strongest force in naija hip hop is modenine.

Liste fool, not reconcialatios with eedris wwud be enough to save rugged when modenine arrives on him with his lyrcis of assunder and wrath!!!!

Not collabos with durella would the dere to save him when push comes to shove!!!!

Come on rugged, what u need is men, not boys!!!

If u think u are too dumb to understand all i have posted, den don't come hear again.!!!!!!

I have spoken.





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sakam:
Re-Eid Mubarak
I congratulate my fellow muslim brothers and sisters for witnessing the end of ramadan but, I urge them to remeber the lessons of Ramadan and impact it into their daily lives. Many happy returns of the day. Amin.

Amin.

lol!!!!! everyone

ok, make i try do my own

modenine will conquer africa, will rule his world then force nigerians to appreciate poet rappers like him by 2009. He would be the first naija rap artiste to win a grammy, cos only him can !!!

Ruggedman would still remain rugged for the rest of his life. Rugged in lyrics, in clothes and sense. By December 2009, we hope he removes his headwarmer for fumigation, maybe then he would realize rap ain't for rugged souls

Saucekid By 2009, he woud be in jail for stealing beats and sentenced to another 4yrs in prison for copy copy and over lifting Then he wud realize just like his ruggedmate that rap aint for small kids

AKS go try well well for 2009 but would Alaba international make them reap the fruits of their labour|

Eedris AbdulKareem By 2009, he would still be searching for his lost crown. Modenine would have to beef up the security in his Lekki residence cos Eedris cud be dangerous

Tony Tetuila He would be doing back up fpr Ebenexer Obey by 2009, believe me

D'banj I forsee this guy singing fuji

Don Jazzy Wud be in jail for drugs . . . .

wande coal this guy wud be fair in complexion by 2009. He for don bleach die,

faze wud still remain alone

black faze na igbo go end this guy career, say sometimes around november next year. lets watch and see

banky w see chasisgal's comments

2 face wud be confirmed impotent by june 2009 by american doctors. then all his girls wud explain who entered the place before him

javalove chasisgal wud be pregnant for him by november 2009 [/b]

still thinking,

send an i m to smilewithjaji

@dammiecool

lol!!! IF mode and rugged ever do an album together, dont expect rugged to rap where mode is oooo cos na only chorus rugged go do. Thats what he's good at. How u go say make rugged dey follow modenine rap for the same album. Rugged sabi those wey dey in leauge oooo, Eedris and 'em

dammiecool:
Javalove what u don't know is that ure creatin more enemies 4 mode nine.I know u are on naira land 2 promote mode. nice one.
Talking about conquering africa, java please stop dreamin

who cares? I'm only pouring out my heart and how I feel about the guy. I'm also here to tell those enimies and hater to go to hell, in fact thats my priority.

chasisgirl:
NO! except u do a tight video for modenine ft faze originality remix and modenine ft banky w talkin to u , and don't allow all those small boys to be using southafrican videos to win you. and upload some modenine songs for me

so if I do all that, u go marry me for real?

analysing the song wordplay for wordplay punchline for punchline, metaphor for metaphor, modenine killed it. Rugged na feel-amonger walahi. he just dey try feel among like say he sef sabi do unchline, not even moenine, FREESTYLE gor murder am. I can do better than that guy,

dammiecool:
Still Rugged

ewo lawon ooo? who u be? why still rugged? give us reasons abeg. All rugged's yabs to modenine na all about "u are broke
' and all dat shit. The moment mode hits 10,000,000 dollars today, those yabs become invalid. Even if rugged makes 10 billion, those subliminals of modenine go follow am even till e enter grave

if all his sick punchlines and wordplays weigh 2kg, modenies' weighs 1000kg !!!

lol!!!!!!

dat means u love me too. chasis (sorry maryam) wud u marry me?

LOL !!! I believe u man, i really do.

Scopium:
[size=13pt]Rugged is the bomb, Mode9 is the bomb[/size]

omo bine that one oooo. we know where u belong. did ruggedman disappoint u? i tot u said mode 9 was the coward. ur eye don clear now abi? i thing rugged is not the coward, neither is mode. scorpium is the coward !!!!!!

Fecko u are doing good. Keep it up

even if na baba tosin, who happens t be ur papa get am, the message has been passed acceoss.