tosinaded@:

D'prince neva drop rhymes like this,guy dan hammer!
U dey here dey follow tosin battle. . . .lmao!
Dude get a grip jare. .focus on your rap career,no come dey form champion on top my head

OFFICIAL NEWS
Tosinadeda a.k.a mr oshi oda
signs on modenine's label
The guy don dey get REDEYE REDEYE!
person don finish ur nairaland career, u dey here, dey advice am to start a rap career, u sabi runway, thats the reason why i like u

Too many punchlines in this last post
Infact, dis is what the call murder, murder, tosin just apologise

On a much serious note,
Modenine
Ice prince
Iceberg slim
M.i
Ghetto p

Ice prince is a very underrated dude

Dis dude's really got skills. I gbadun im punchlines

'drop ur naira on the scale, he wont know how many pounds it is'


"right thots on ur head is periodic like menses/sees only with d LEFT eyes, hears with the LEFT ears, thas why he's not in his RIGHT senses


Nice lines

On the verge of buying a new laptop.i'm trying to consider which laptop makes it most now, with the trend of china/fake HP laptops, i dont knw what laptop's the best now, one thing i'm sure is ,i need at least a 4gb ram, duo core. But i don't have any ideas of the prices, which laptops are much durable and so on, i need ur advice, with the prices tagged beside it. Thanx

I'm really trying to slash down my monthly phone bill.at first i was exicited that MTN had nu plans, until i checked the tarriffs and discovered they were much worse.i stay in the west so i cant benefit from etisalat's south south promo, could some please help?

- Modenine Opens Up
Listen to Olusegun Babatunde, otherwise known
as Modenine for the very first time, will definitely
left no one in doubt that probably the U.K born
lyricist is not a Nigerian. Modenine ’s swagger
coupled with his ‘punchy’ lyrical wit are some of
those qualities that stand him apart from other
few Nigerian lyrical heavyweights, and he ’s one
artiste you cannot talk about with a few words.
Though, Modenine might not be your regular
commercial hip-hop artiste, the stoutly-built rap
music star remains a force to reckon with in the
Nigerian music industry, his beef with acid -
tongued rapper, Ruggedman is no longer news in
the music scene, as the two frontline rappers
have been trading words both in the newspapers
and on the vinyl. In this exclusive interview, the
gifted lyricist opened up for the very first time,
when KAZEEM POPOOLA caught up with him,
where he spoke on the genesis of his lyrical war
with Ruggedman, his music career plus other
issues. Enjoy the excerpt.
Gone were the days when nobody seems to
reckon with your kind of rap music, but now you
are more of a rejected some turned cornerstone.
What is the secret?
Longevity, consistency, perseverance and hard
work are the secret. If you exhibit all this, people
will definitely listen to you. But you have to be
strong, because more than three or four times, I
have almost called it quits, when the situation
was getting really tough. I was almost forced to
do some other things that I felt are more
commercial and the bad aspect of it is that you
may lose your old fans, and those who you are
trying to please might not feel you at all. This
might just leave you with no fans at all; and you
might disappear. The best thing to do is to find
something that you are good at, and continue to
push in that direction.
During your trying period, can you recollect one
of the bad compliments you had?
I went somewhere to deliver my CD and when I
got there, the person just look at me and my
dusty shoes. The look on his face was really
terrible; he just hissed and said, “All these
penniless artistes who are fond of disturbing us
with their CDs ”. I just left Abuja at that time, and I
was hanging out with Elajoe. I just needed to
spread my CDs to different radio stations and I
ran out of money, so I had to trek a little bit, I felt
so bad, but it really inspired me to continue
pushing hard.
One can feel the touch of ‘KRS-One’ in your music,
are you KRS-One’ ‘wanna be’?
(Laughs) No! KRS-One and I are talking about
different things, but people are just feeling the
force. This is because anything KRS-One does, he
does it with authority, and he doesn ’t ever show
signs of weakness or losing control. That’s the
same thing about me; it’s not as if I sound like
him.
Why rap music?
I ’ve been doing this hip-hop thing for quit a long
time; it’s not as if I stumbled on it. It’s something
that I really liked. The first time I heard hip-hop, I
did not think that I was going to be a rapper but
later, I developed a likeness for it and after
sometime, I started writing my own little raps.
Even though, I did not know that I was going to
release an album, I knew deep down that it ’s
something I wanted to do more than any other
things. I like reggae music and pop. My father
used to buy a lot of records, but the first time that
I heard hip-hop, through my big sister, I just
knew that it ’s something I wanted to do.
Is there any difference between rap and hip-hop
music?
It depends on how you look at it. I would say that
hip-hop music can be generalized, people refers
to hip-hop as music of the youth. So, you might
not need to be a rapper to be called a hip-hop
artiste. Hip-hop encompasses all the music of the
youth, such as rap, R & B and all that. Hip-hop is
not a genre of music; it ’s a way of life, attitude
and the music of the youth.
So, what is your own definition of Rap music?
Rap music is the act of putting words together,
rhythm and poetry. It is putting words together
to make sense and sound good, which is the
rhythm and act of passing your message in a
musical form.
You said that Rap is part of Hip-Hop and music for
the youth, what about the old ones?
I said, according to the people, they refer to hip-
hop as music of the youth, but left to me, if you
don ’t rap, you are not a hip-hop artiste.
How did you Mode the nine in your name?
The name just happened; it ’s from being able to
manipulate the scientific calculators. It’s a
function on your calculator that said mode 9. I
usually press that in front of one girl who did not
know my name and she called me ‘Mode 9’. The
next time she saw me, the name Mode 9 has stuck
as my name.
You and Ruggedman were good friends before,
but why are you joining issues ?
Ruggedman and I were cool back in the days, but
it ’s not as if we used to visit each other. I’ve been
to his birthday party once or twice, I was Abuja
based then. Words, speculations, rumours fly
around, all one needs to do as a friend is to pick a
phone and ask the next man that, this is what I
heard and all that. I had never really had any
problem with Ruggedman which will require me
calling him, getting him upset on the phone or
sending text messages back and forth. I have had
problems with my friends; ‘Terry de Rappman’
before. It cannot be smooth all the times as
friend; you might just have some disagreement
once in a while. I have had this disagreement
with the likes of “Terry”, O.D and other people
like, but till today we are still together, because
we were able to settle it in a mature way. But
when somebody is constantly dodging, he does
not want to respond to lies somebody might
have told him about me. For instance, there was a
show at the ‘Vault’ Nite club; somebody went to
tell him that I came on stage to rubbish him
indirectly with a ‘head Warner’. Honestly, I cannot
remember doing that; I had never gone on stage
with ‘head warnner’ to say that it’s not hip-hop.
Things are happening, imagine the beef between
Jay Z and Nas, nobody really knows how it
started.
Are you saying that your beef with Ruggedman
was caused by ‘hearsay’?
Yes! People have called me several times that
some people were abusing me, but I had never
taken it seriously.
Why can ’t you call him?
I’ve called him once for a ‘collabo’ about all the
speculations and all that, but he told me that he
was busy. It ’s just like the ‘hearsay’; they wanted
to put on ‘Sauce kid’. I have only met Sauce kid
once in my life, that’s when we met in South
Africa, and he was cool. They were saying that he
was abusing me, and I later found out that it was
not one of his friends.
‘ Sauce kid’ had said in one of my interviews that
he does not know anybody that goes by the
name ‘Mode 9’…
Don’t mind him, he was just joking. Sauce kid is
cool, but I can understand him getting angry,
because everywhere he goes, people keep asking
him about the beef between him and Mode 9. If I
were ‘Sauce kid’, I might even say the same
thing. Sauce kid and I are cool right now; we are
actually trying to do a track together. The reason
why we are cool is that we spoke about the issue
for seventeen minutes on phone. It ’s good when
two men sit down to talk things over.
Ruggedman and I never sat down to talk things
over. Let me be straight with you, we were on a
musical tour to Germany in 2006, from there, I
and Eedris Abdulkareem went to Italy, and he
went to London. When I came back from Italy,
Ruggedman, K-Show, Six-O, 2short and C’mion
were alleged to have done an abusive track about
me. I was confused, because we were together in
Germany, had fun and all that. I later asked him
about the song when we met at the ‘Vault Nite
club’, but he denied it.
In that same song, I learnt that they dissed
‘ Elajoe’, infact, he was really upset, but I have to
calm him down because we’ve not heard the
song, and we should not lose our heads on
something that it ’s not out. Unfortunately, we did
not know hat happened, the song disappeared.
It ’s got to a stage when I was thinking that,
probably it’s all lies, until I met OJB Jezreel, later,
when he confirmed the existence of that song.
Who started the lyrical war between you and
Ruggedman?
I don ’t know.
But you actually diss him in your last album…
He has been doing some indirect stuff, tracks like
‘ Ruggedy Baba’ ‘Waka ‘aka’, ‘ speak your mind’
and some other songs like that in his last album.
Go and listen to that album very well, everything
was about me. If you listen to my previous
albums and the one that contained my popular
song ‘Cry’, those albums came out at the same
time, I don’t leave to abuse anybody. I was doing
songs like ‘Nigerian girl’, Cry’, Africa’, Ogun Isoye’
and stuff like that. All of a sudden he came with
album with those insults.
So, between you and Ruggedman, who is doing
the real rap music?
I speak for myself. I don ’t speak for the mechanics
and shoemakers. I know that I am doing the real
hip-hop.
Tongues are wagging that the beef is a publicity
gimmick for both of you?
If it helps him to sell his record, fine, but I was
just replying his song ‘Banging’ that he did for
me, that was my first reply, and it hit him
hardest. I don ’t need to diss anybody. Eldris has
always been my friend, Maintain and I were not
close then, but we knew each other.
But Ruggedman is doing that to correct some
things in the industry …
No! Correct what? If somebody is doing
something wrong, do your own right and let
people compare.
He actually forced Eedris, Maintain, Rasqie and
others to change for the better?
No! Guys changed with time, even if he did not
say that. When a bunch of talented artistes come
out; those people would be forced to change by
all means. Nigerians were not fools; the problem
was that, there was nothing else at that time.
Eedris and other guys were trying to eat, do
something, and get money out of it, and you are
coming against them. I’ve learnt from everybody
including Eedris, when I was on a musical tour
with Eedris. I learnt from African China, Ade Bantu
and other people.
Since the problem started, we ’ve never seen you
and Ruggedman exchanging blow…
It’s not a physical thing, its hip-hop, and right
now Michael Steven (Ruggedman) is not my
enemy and I don ’t hate him.
Who are your friends and enemies in the music
industry?
I neither have friends nor enemies; I have people
as personal friend whom I don ’t see as industry
people. The likes of ‘Terry de Rapman’, ‘O.D’, ‘Six
foot plus’, ‘Kraft’ and ‘Jonah’, these are my friends.
I really appreciate the likes of Sound Sultan and
Baba Dee who gave me my first real show for
which I got paid.
How many awards have you won so far?
I ’ve decided not to talk about awards again,
because there is an influx of different awards in
the industry. An average artiste can just come up
with a song, manage to shoot some nice musical
video, and all of a sudden, he had ten awards in
one year. Awards are good, that shows that
people appreciate you, but to be sincere I am
trying to concentrate on how to please my fans
the more.
You have decided to put a question mark on your
recording deal with ‘Question Mark’…
I signed a recording contract with ‘Question Mark’
in 2005 and it ended in2008.
Are you happy leaving the record?
I won ’t start saying that Question Mark did not do
this or that. I won my first award and got
introduced to the rest of Africa through “Question
Mark”. I don’t regret to be on the label, because
things were very hard for me before I got signed
on ‘Question Mark’. I was really underground,
trekking long distance, entering buses, climbing
okada, even though, I still climb Okada, and all
that. I actually stopped entering buses toward the
end of my recording deal with ‘Question Mark’.
Who and who would make up your own top five
list of the Nigerian best lyricists?
In no particular order, I would pick a guy from Jos
called ‘Henchman’, ‘Terry De Rapman’, lyrical’,
he’s based in Port-Harcourt, ‘O.D’ and last but not
the least ‘M.I’,
What makes a good rap song?
From my own point of view, the beat has to be
tight, good choruses that people can easily relate
with, just like ‘Spartas’, a track four song on my
last album.
How many albums do you have so far?
I have four.
Let ’s compare your first album to the last?
The first one was very monumental; T-Joe who
happened to be my marketer pushed only five
thousand copies.
How many copies were sold?
He sold quite a few copies, but I don ’t really know
the exact number I think ‘Malcom IX’ stopped
selling in 2007, and I suggest it might have sold
more than five hundred thousand copies.
What about your second album?
That was ‘Pentium IX’; It was like a mixed-taped,
a prelude to ‘Pluribus Unum’ which was the main
album. Question Mark only made fifty thousand
copies of that, and it was a sold more than
hundred thousand copies in the first few months,
and that was not bad for a rap album. My last
album ‘Paradigm shift’ is not doing badly, people
are buying on-line, and so many Nigerians have
copies, they have been quoting my lyrics. I am so
happy that Nigerians are not stupid, it is a big lie
that Nigerians don ’t listen to lyrics, and there are
some people who know my songs, words for
words.
Let ’s talk about your love life…
That’s my private life; I don’t want to talk about it.
Are you trying to dodge the fact that you are into
a relationship?
Music thing is a business, and one doesn ’t have to
push his relationship in the faces of his female
fans.
Probably you don ’t want your trailer loads of
girlfriends to know that you are into a steady
relationship …
My private life remains private.
The first time that you had sex, how was it?
What ’s wrong with you? (Laughs) No comment.
Did you do it with your house help or your
girlfriend?
Let ’s just say the person is slightly older than me.
It was a quick thing (Laughs)
Who chases who, you or her?
I cannot really say but it was due to peer
pressure.
How do you get spiced up for stage performance?
I don ’t really need anything to spice myself up,
performing is a mental thing, I pace a lot, walk
back and forth in my hotel room before going to
stage. So, immediately I get to the venue, I have
to perform within five minutes because I ’ve
already ‘psyche’ my self up, which is like a build-
up before the main thing.
How was your first time on stage?
I was nervous, walking back and forth, because
my heart was beating fast, then one of my friends
just called me, and he gave me a sip of whiskey,
even with that, I was still very nervous.
How is the acceptability of ‘Modenine’ in the
Nigerian music industry?
I am not yet in the mainstream of the Nigerian
music industry, but a whole lot of people in the
industry have learnt that it ’s either you run with
me or run into me.
No doubt that fame is coming gradually, what
about fortune?
I am not fully there, but I thank God that I am not
broke; I can afford things which I could not
before. I have a studio in my house, three great
partners who I trust and who understand that it’s
not about what we can get right now, but about
building an empire.
about 5 months ago
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MODENINE
Back to SHOWBIZ EXTRAVAGANZA- (REALITY .1 ENT)

Eminem's Recovery enters
The Billboard 200 at #1 with
first-week sales of 741,000.That's the biggest one-week
sales tally since AC/DC's
Black Ice stormed on to the
chart with sales of 784,000 in
October 2008. Recovery is
Eminem's fourth album to
achieve weekly sales north of 700K.
It follows The Marshall Mathers LP,
The Eminem Show and Encore.
Eminem is the first artist in
Nielsen/SoundScan history
(which dates to 1991) to top
the 700K plateau in weekly
sales with four albums.
Runner-up Garth Brooks
topped that mark with three
albums: The Hits, Sevens and
Double Live.
Recovery sold substantially more
copies in its first week than
Eminem's last album, Relapse, which
opened with sales of 608K in June
2009. In just one week, Recovery is
already #8 for the year-to-date.
Recovery is Eminem's sixth
#1 album. Among rappers,
only Jay-Z has had as many
or more #1 albums (11).
What's more, Recovery is
Eminem's sixth consecutive
album to reach #1. That's the
longest string of consecutive
#1 albums (in which every
charted album made #1) since the
Beatles had eight in a row from
Beatles VI in 1965 to the so-called
White Album in 1968. (Eminem had
seven of the 22 tracks on Eminem
Presents: The Re-Up, which peaked
at #2 in 2006, but that was marketed
as a Various Artists album.)
This week's hefty total for Recovery
pushes Eminem from #10 to #9 on
Nielsen/SoundScan's running list of
the best-selling album artists in its
history. (He pushes ahead of Pink
Floyd on this list, which reflects sales
from 1991 to 2010.) Eminem has sold
36,519,000 albums, which makes
him the top rapper on the list. He is
way ahead of Jay-Z, who is #27
overall with sales of 27,888,000
albums.
Recovery sold 255,000
digital copies. Only one
album has ever sold
more digital copies in
one week. That's
Coldplay's Viva La Vida
Or Death And All His
Friends , which sold
288,000 digital copies
in its first week in June 2008.
Eminem is also
breaking records on the
digital song front. "Love
The Way You Lie,"
Eminem's collabo with
Rihanna, sold 338,000
copies this week. It's Eminem's third
song to achieve one-week sales of
300K. "Crack A Bottle," his all-star
collaboration with Dr. Dre and 50
Cent, opened with sales of 418,000 in
February 2009. "Not Afraid" opened
with sales of 379,000 in May. Eminem
is the only artist who has topped
300K in weekly sales with three
songs. Flo Rida, Katy Perry, Lady
Gaga and Taylor Swift have each
topped 300K with two songs.
"Love The Way You Lie" enters Hot
Digital Songs at #1. It enters the Hot
100 at #2, behind "California Gurls"
by Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg,
which logs its fourth week on top.
"Love The Way You Lie" may yet
reach the top spot. It would be
Eminem's third #1 on the Hot 100 in
18 months, following "Crack A Bottle"
and "Not Afraid." This is noteworthy
because in his first 10 years of
recording, Eminem notched just one
#1, 2002's monster hit "Lose
Yourself." This would be the second
time that Rihanna is featured on a
#1 hit by a rap star. She was
featured on T.I.'s 2008 smash "Live
Your Life."
Eminem's 741K debut comes on the
heels of Drake's 447K bow last week.
This marks the first time that albums
have debuted with sales north of
400,000 in back-to-back weeks since
November and December 2008,
when Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Kanye
West and Britney Spears all opened
with sales of 400K or more in
successive weeks.
T-Pain recently told
MTV.com, "Ain't nobody
selling records unless you
Susan Boyle." His one-liner
was so provocative it was
even picked up in TIME
Magazine. While T-Pain was
moaning about soft sales,
Drake and Eminem were
busy making themselves exceptions
to the overall trend. Good for them.
Recovery also debuts at #1 in the
U.K. this week. It sold nearly 140K in
that market, which constitutes the
best-one tally in the U.K. so far this
year. It's Eminem's sixth straight
album to hit #1 in the U.K. Eminem
has sold more than 7.5 million
albums in the U.K.
Pop Quiz: Eminem's only album to
fall short of #1 was his 1999 debut,
The Slim Shady LP, which logged
three weeks at #2. Name the two
albums that blocked it from the top
spot. Answer below.
The back-to-back
albums Relapse and
Recovery mark the
second time that
Eminem has told a
story in the titles of
successive albums. He
did the same thing with
The Eminem Show,
Encore and Curtain Call: The Hits.
Kanye West picked up on this trick
with the titles of his successive
albums The College Dropout, Late
Registration and Graduation.
If Recovery winds up in Nielsen/
SoundScan's top 10 for 2010 (which
it almost certainly will), this will be
the fifth year that Eminem has had
an album in research firm's year-end
top 10. The Marshall Mathers LP was
the #2 seller of 2000, The Eminem
Show was the #1 seller of 2002,
Encore was the #3 seller of 2004, and
Relapse was the #8 seller of 2009.
Eminem has won the
Grammy for Best Rap
Album four times, more
than any other artist.
He'll probably be in the
running again this year
when the nominations
are announced at the
end of the year. But the
competition this year is fierce. Jay-
Z's The Blueprint 3 and Drake's
Thank Me Later are also front-
runners. Ludacris' Battle Of The
Sexes and B.o.B's B.o.B Presents The
Adventures Of Bobby Ray are also in
the mix. Who will take home the
trophy? Discuss amongst yourselves.
The Fine Print: Because
acts sometimes release
oddities that have no
chance of hitting #1, let
me add a few names to
the discussion in the
third paragraph. Elton
John had seven
consecutive #1 albums from 1972 to
1975 if you discount a reissue of his
debut album. Jay-Z has hit #1 with
his last seven albums if you discount
the three-CD The Blueprint:
Collector's Edition and reboots of
two albums. And Michael Jackson
had six straight #1 albums if you
discount a few Motown repackages
and a couple of HIStory knock-offs
and give him credit for Number Ones
being a #1 album.

Ruggedy definately killed it back then,, his TAC album was good and was what naija hiphop needed to advance, His major problem is, what he did after acheiving this feat.
Ok Ruggedman broke into the game with 'Ehen' and then started recordin songs with other wack artist, I remember he used to say he was the 'most featured artist' then. MOST OF THOSE HE GOT ON TRACKS WITH WHERE AS WACK AS EEDRIS,TETUILA, RASKI.At first he baptised the game, then he started encouragin wack artists, thats what actually killed ruggedman props.
From a personal point of veiw, I think Ruggedyman dissed his way into the industry!he doesn't really have much to offer since that + he could be dissin his way out dis tym.
TAC, was superb. I bought RuggedyBaba, but it was filled with dancetracks unlike its predeccesor.He doesnt really have much to offer. 3 albums he's gone! Shows that as well
The mode 9 beef actually dragged him down, only conspicously (as he was already down anyway). I liked him back then, but he has failed me and will even fail the more if he does a deathblow reply now, as he should have done it wen the heat was on.Doin it now is like running behind curtains.
Well i will still listen to his new album, with an open mind, hopin he'l impress me.
For now atleast, Mode9 has achieved more 'hiphopwise' and thats all i care about (i dont have anythin to do with their money)

Ruggedy definately killed it back then,, his TAC album was good and was what naija hiphop needed to advance, His major problem is, what he did after acheiving this feat.
Ok Ruggedman broke into the game with 'Ehen' and then started recordin songs with other wack artist, I remember he used to say he was the 'most featured artist' then. MOST OF THOSE HE GOT ON TRACKS WITH WHERE AS WACK AS EEDRIS,TETUILA, RASKI.At first he baptised the game, then he started encouragin wack artists, thats what actually killed ruggedman props.
From a personal point of veiw, I think Ruggedyman dissed his way into the industry!he doesn't really have much to offer since that + he could be dissin his way out dis tym.
TAC, was superb. I bought RuggedyBaba, but it was filled with dancetracks unlike its predeccesor.He doesnt really have much to offer. 3 albums he's gone! Shows that as well
The mode 9 beef actually dragged him down, only conspicously (as he was already down anyway). I liked him back then, but he has failed me and will even fail the more if he does a deathblow reply now, as he should have done it wen the heat was on.Doin it now is like running behind curtains.
Well i will still listen to his new album, with an open mind, hopin he'l impress me.
For now atleast, Mode9 has achieved more 'hiphopwise' and thats all i care about (i dont have anythin to do with their money)

Thats why i dont like people who review music on NL, Most of em have programmed their minds. They have taken their sides, either with (mode9,ruggedman, sauce kid, e.t.c). Someone said mode9's best video was 'Cry'. If u Ask him back then, he prolly would have said it was crapppp.
Now how will someone comment on a video he doesn't understand, everyone knows mode's in for real hiphop, no rainbow colours, no dancers, e.t.c. What he's doing here is taking swipe at those who criticise his vids as too hard. Is this whut u want?
But here we have pple that don't understand the concept, judging it by mode 9 normal vids.sad!
When u want to make a commnt, make sure u understand what u'r saying, dont just write ish, cos u want bring down someone u dislike

I disagree with @eldee because
Artist usually have their highest sales early in their career, they tend to start fallin in sales when pple start getting tired of their styles, c the hype drake has behind him, u only have this kind of hype once in ur career.
Relapse lyrics wasn't below par, the accents spoilt it for me
Eminem is projected to sell 700k.

It will never be my spot that u'll own/crown so tight its cuts off brain circulation to oxygen, otherwords theres no heir(air) to the throne/when i die so does hiphop
Eminem despicable freestyle

Well now i'm ready to comment on this thread, i've followed the thread ever since, i've heard pple talk rubbish about this album, now real hiphop head are steppin up and talkin better. I was suprised wen @Eldee said Eminem's despicable freestyle is wack. I wonder what he is listenin to, wax or no-wax in the ear, the freestyle's on mthfkin point.
I have heard only 5 tracks so far but all 5 are hot
On Fire ¿On Fire?
Not Afraid ¿On Point?
Love the way you lie ¿Excellent?
U never over ¿Hot?
Session One ¿Hiphop at its fullest?