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[quote author=Iyke-D link=topic=39179.msg928245#msg928245 date=1172790268]May be you need to re-read/re-write this as I am not sure what you were implying in the end.
There are lots of rich kids all over the world that love football (soccer) to death still - its just a
beautiful game![/quote]From what the troll said you'll think every person in the NFL was born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Many of them grew up in the ghetto, broke as hell. So there was really no point made and what a reason to love a game; A game made for the rich (does that remind you of anything?)

sharetroll:
I'm the same troll, idiot.

i'm sorry for that but you don't have to get mad. So which of the trolls is the nice one? I think we need that one to come out. this twoll is bweing mean

she try small sha 4 the 2 videos. I think jay-z told her not be humping and jumping on him like she was doing in the deja vu video. lol

tianshie:
Yes He Can NEVER, I say NEVER b in the same level with FAze @ all because faze is talented & 2fac is not! Buhahahahahaahah

Here's where people create flawed arguments. How How and How can you say 2face is not talented but I agree that, for now, they're not on the same level (interpret that anyway u want to)

its funny how the trolls keep using the words; strong, 285lbs, 300lbs, knocking out, and so on. I love America/Americans but u guys tend to celebrate violence too much. U r comparing American football to a sport that requires mad skill and endurance (Football fans are not so crazy about seeing eyeballs and limbs flying all over the pitch). I think you should rename the topic to: NFL TOUGHER THAN WWE.

Lagbaja - Never Far Away
2face - see me so
Djinee - ego

this list should be like top ten

@texazzpete
Pls how do you play divx files on your 360? I have tried but its as if it doesn't support it

Nas is definitely more versatile and more creative. Jay-Z has the flows and commercial success but I'll have to go with Nas this time (some of his songs are just rushing to my head right now). "Can't forget about you"- As trendy said I think thats what the originators of rap were going for. Nas is the epitome of hip hop.

star01:
@beam bally \
am sorry 2 say this men u must be a lunatic 4 callin faze a looser, one thin yall dnt no is that 2 face hit track 'AFRICAN QUEEN"was dropped down by faze, nw imgaine a guy that droped that kind of song, what do u expect of him next n fortunately he's comin on konvict label nw he;s going to be regonised worldwide, GOOD LUCK BUDDY faze 4 life(georgia on my mind)

Comments like this make me keep commenting on this topic. So what if faze dropped African Queen? Does that show talent or lack of? He probably didn't know what to do with it and 2face turned into a massive hit. 50cent's "In Da Club" was originally supposed to be for D12 but they didn't do anything with it. 50 came along and turned it to his biggest hit till date. Again I don't want to sound like I don't like faze but that does not justify him better than tuface. The only way that argument would be valid is if faze has come out with a hit better than African Queen

http://www.esnips.com/doc/9f8fd1be-9632-4c8c-9a8d-2537bb38b960/05-FOREVER

Forever - Paul Play

he could have done better no doubt but its still good nonetheless.

See Me So
One Love
E be like Say
No Shaking
I dey feel like

2face aint going nowhere he just needs to go back to when he was hungry. Just a case of the sophomore curse

Sheriff231:
The big deal about KOLOMENTAL is that it's a very creative CLUB BANGER, u heard

whats so creative about it he just lifted a reggaeton beat and laid down some not-so-fantastic lyrics. The guy is good no doubt but I think there are some people hyping that dude too much and passing out uncomplimentary remarks about 2face. Thats the real problem I have. People keep talking about faze's lyrics and don't know how its so different from 2face's. As people have mentioned earlier only a handful of musicians write their own music. In fact its a big deal for singers when they write their own lyrics. It all comes down to is how u lay it down and the voice. People keep saying 2face was lucky to be marketed. People if the product is not good enough it would not be marketable. Nigerian music has not gained that much commercial success internationally for a mediocre singer to come out and blow up like that. The boy is good!!! His song was featured in a movie and he appeared on some local tv stations in the states. My people thats not luck. I can't wait for faze to come out with Akon and prove himself to me. He might be better that tuface ooo but for now I just don't see how.

P.S. African Queen wasn't the only nice song on his last album (maybe the best). All the other songs were very good as well.

I was so sad when I read this article because I actually have very close tanzanian and kenyan friends. I even dated a Tanzanian chic once. During that period she told me her father told her to stay away from two groups of people; Nigerians & Ghetto Boys (I don't want to say black ppl generally). The reason the guy hated us was because he schooled with Nigerians and have done business with us. We all know how some Nigerians do business, yes they 419-ed the dude and he still doesn't like Nigerians. I'm kinda happy we broke up, imagine the wahala if I had to meet her parents. I'll have to go through Immigration and if I, by some luck, survive them I'll still have to face a bitter old man who would prob hate me from the word go. I guess we Nigerians partially caused this problem but I don't think we generally deserve this kind of treatment from another African country.

I really don't understand the big deal with the "kolomental" song, I still prefer "kpo kpo dipo" and "tattoo girls" by far. "Letter to my brother" too is not bad but "grass 2 grace" is a banging album. I think "one love" and "e be like say" among others are very nice songs

I just found this story and it was very shocking and depressing to me that this could happen to a citizen of the so called "giant of Africa".

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/articles/guest-articles/no-nigerians-welcome.html

RECENTLY, my good friend, Chief Udeh, the Head of Nigeria's Immigration Services has been sounding upbeat about changing the face of immigration services. I am so far impressed by his talk and thoughts. I have decided to narrate a story I had for two years decided to live down. It is the story of my own humiliation in the hands of Kenyan and Tanzanian immigration officials. It seems I am also not alone as some of our journalists have suffered similar fates. As the story went, a group of Nigerian journalists had been denied entry into Tanzania on the same grounds that they had the misfortune of being from Nigeria. I suffered a similar fate but perhaps the difference lay in the fact that my own story had a bizarre and rather hilarious ending as the reader will see.

My first experience was in 2003 at the Jomo Kenyatta Airport in Nairobi. I was on a Kenyan Airways flight bound for Cape Town, South Africa. We had a stop over and the airline had kindly booked a hotel for me for the night. At the airport, I went to get a transit visa, which I was told was a mere formality. I queued up with a few passengers, mostly white. A bunch of smiling Kenyan Immigration officials enthusiastically stamped visas into their passports. I got to the desk, handed in my passport, but the official took one look at me and handed by passport back to me, saying he could not issue me a transit visa. I was told that I was being denied a visa on the grounds that I had a Nigerian passport. I was in shock, but I did not wish to create a scene, so I simply stepped aside. I simply returned to the Business Class lounge where I spent the remaining part of the night. Later, when one of the white who had been behind me on the queue met me at the lounge, as he poured himself a scotch, he asked if I had got my transit visa, I nodded because I felt so ashamed to admit that I had been refused a transit visa and that I had to cry on a white man's shoulder for a cup of humiliation being served to me as a Nigerian. As I settled down, I said to myself: Nigeria has just turned the corner and ended military rule, the Kenyans had just sworn in Mwai Kibaki as the new President. Both he and Obasanjo were supposed to be a sign of the new dawn in Africa. Was this the sign of the Africa to come? Though I had traveled to South Africa on two different occasions, I was wondering what would await me for being a Nigerian at the other end. Thank God, the South Africans were gracious.

My second and more traumatic humiliation took place in 2004 as I was completing a research trip which I had undertaken to Rwanda. As an African, the Rwandan genocide had hit me rather badly. As Catholic priest, I had felt even worse and as Secretary General of the Catholic Secretariat then, I was pained by the feeling of total helplessness that engulfed me. The genocide had come and gone, but I was sad that I still had not managed to get a proper idea as to what had happened to the body of Christ in Rwanda. When the opportunity to visit Rwanda presented itself, I took it with both hands. My trip to Rwanda was a spin off from a Lecture I delivered on civil society in Africa in Dublin in 2003. But that is another story.

My trip to Kigali was fantastic. The people were wonderful and I found that so many doors opened to me as a Nigerian. The people here pronounced President Obasanjo's name with greater affection than in many parts of Nigeria. In fact, at a Sunday mass in the Cathedral in Kigali, I met some five Nigerians who were members out of the Technical Aid Corps in Rwanda who told me they had found wonderful reception in Rwanda. But my real nightmare, the subject of this piece was outside Rwanda.

In the course of my stay in Rwanda, I had spent time listening to stories, interviewing senior Church men and women, government officials, priests, sisters, lay men and women and so on. I was satisfied with my trip. Due to my experience with Oputa Panel, my interest naturally had gravitated towards the efforts at the restoration of justice in Rwanda. I had first heard about this initiative from the Rwandese Attorney General who had shared a platform with me at the University of Edinburgh in 2002. He had helped greatly in fixing up appointments for me. After my field work, I felt that I needed to do a comparative analysis of the effectiveness or otherwise of the Gacaca system of African justice system. I had also known about the United Nations International Tribunal on Rwanda based in Arusha, Tanzania. To ensure my smooth passage to Arusha, I had obtained a visa in Abuja from the Tanzanian High Commission. That exercise was smooth and the Tanzanian officials were courteous.

When I finished with my field work in Rwanda, I had the option of flying by a UN helicopter from Kigali to Arusha which was just across the border, but I opted to travel back through Nairobi with Kenyan Airways. I was so anxious to see some part of rural Kenya and Tanzania that I opted to both fly back to Nairobi and continue my trip by road. My flight was to take me through Kilimanjaro which I would have loved to see, but from Nairobi, I opted to go by road.

On arriving Nairobi, I had checked into the Nairobi Hilton which I was told was nearest to the motor Park where I could get the Taxi/Bus from Nairobi to Arusha. The next morning, I arrived at the Park, bought my ticket and boarded a bus. There were about eight of us in the bus and I recall that apart from the driver, I was the only black face. We stopped for refreshments and finally got to the Kenya-Tanzanian border. The bus driver pointed at the border post and told us to go and have our passports stamped.

For some strange reason, I took the lead, feeling that this being African soil; I should be the one to lead the four white men and the three women to the post. I got there first and feeling like a tour guide, I smiled at the officer and then depleted the only Swahili I knew: We are all traveling together, I said. The mzungus handed in their passports and I made sure that mine was the last almost as a courtesy. The officer had no hesitation in stamping the passports of the seven mzungus. When he handed them back to us, mine was missing. Hey, I said, where is my passport? He sized me up and said: My friend, you are from Nigeria. You will have to wait a while. What for? I demanded. Because you have a Nigerian passport, he said.

The mzungus looked back and then moved on to the bus. They waited for me in the bus and then the driver came over to find out what the problem was. He is a Nigerian, the immigration official said, as if those were the imprints of the badge of my criminality. The driver tried to plead that I was his passenger, to no avail.

After over 30 minutes, the driver went back to the vehicle, took down my bags, brought them to me and drove on. I wondered to myself, what those mzungus would have thought: that the Nigerian had been detained because he was criminal, carrying drugs, or whatever. But I was calm.

I took out my lap top and settled down to work. Since it was a Sunday, I asked the immigration officer if he was sure that his boss was really going to come to work. My plans to be at Sunday Mass in Arusha had crumbled. Since I had a ticket, I wondered if I should simply return to Nairobi, abandon my wild life search and take the flight to Arusha. But the officer said: The Mass should finish at 12.00noon so my boss will be here after 12p.m., unless they have a meeting in the Church. I felt relieved by the thoughts that first, the boss was a Catholic and secondly, if he was also a leader in the Church, my problems were over and who knows, I might even get lunch before I continue my journey. At about 12.30 p.m., one gentleman walked in and from the reaction of the officer, I knew this must be the boss and I thanked God that there had been no Church Council meeting. After he settled in the office, the officer nodded and asked me to go in. What of my passport, I asked? Just go and explain yourself, he will call for me later, the officer said, as if he and I were acting out some conspiratorial plot. I went into the office, retrieved my Habari, the only Swahili I knew and put it again to use. He looked up and then smiled.

Even before I introduced myself, he stood up when he saw my collar. Good afternoon Father, he said as he stretched out his hand. What can I do for you? Goodness me, was I pleased to see this gentleman? I was already preparing a plea bargain for his officer because I was sure that the officer was going to be seriously reprimanded by this good Catholic for keeping a Catholic priest waiting, especially having just come from Mass. I was wrong. As soon as I finished my side of the story, he called the officer. Yes Father, he said, you are from Nigeria. Unfortunately, the law does not allow us to let Nigerians in. You fall within a category of countries that we have problems with. So, I am really very sorry, I cannot do anything for you. But, I stammered, you have a High Commission in Nigeria, I have a valid visa from your High Commission, I paid for it. Do you suspect that the visa is fake; I asked him, feeling a bit clerically agitated with an erring parishioner. No, it is not about the visa. In fact, Father, it is not your fault. You see, there is something that is supposed to be in this visa but which our officers in Abuja keep forgetting to put. What is it, I asked? The visa has a signature and a stamp, so what else do you need? We are the only ones who know, Father. I am really sorry about this and for the inconvenience. I thought for one moment. Should I ask him to take me back to his parish priest so I can lay my complaint? I thought no, I would sweat it out and see.

But, he said, what is taking you to Arusha? I was a bit angry but wondered if I should answer such a stupid question. If I did not have anything to do in Arusha, why would I buy a ticket, apply and get a visa and come all the way here, I thought. But, somehow, I thought it would be nice to remain calm and end it peacefully even though it was clear I was going nowhere. I am going to the International War Crimes Tribunal, I said to him calmly. Whom are you going to see there, he said? I am going at the invitation of the Secretary General of the Tribunal, I said. Do you work for the United Nations, he asked. No, I am just interested in what is going on there. As you can see from my passport, I am just coming from Rwanda. So, I am merely completing the second leg of my research. Not satisfied, he continued: Are you a Researcher for the United Nations? No, I am merely undertaking this research out of interest as a priest and as an African. He gave me a curious look and then asked: So where are you based, Father, in a Parish or a University? At this point, I was desperately suppressing my anger, but I pressed on. I am in both actually. But, he said, you cannot be in a University and a Parish at the same time. I shot back: That is what I just told you, I am in both. The dialogue continued: How and where? Do you have any identity? Well, I am a student at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University in the United States and I live in a Parish in Boston. As if stung by an insect in his pants, he jumped up. You are from Harvard? A Nigerian, an African at Harvard? My goodness. Let me shake your hand, again Father as he surged towards me. I am proud of you as a Catholic and an African. Harvard, he repeated with the reverence of a babalawo in a shrine.

Sorry about all this Father. Felix, he called out to the officer, stamp Father's passport immediately. Please get him a soft drink. Tell my driver to please hurry up and check in the Park if there are taxis going to Arusha now. All of a sudden, the heavens opened up. I sipped my coke as a waited for the driver's return, shocked by this sudden turn of fortunes. There was a taxi, he said, but it was still waiting for two passengers for the front seat, the driver said. Tell the taxi to bring his car here, my new friend thundered. In less than 10 minutes, the taxi pulled up in front of the office. Please take the Rev Father to Arusha immediately. Do you have enough money, Father? I nodded as I pulled out my rosary.

I did not wish to tempt fate by continuing any form of conversation. I could find no words to thank the officer. I felt more shame than gratitude. But, as we sped past the border post, a sad smile danced across my face. The smile retreated as I tried to wipe a surging tear, I sank into deep thoughts and asked myself. Is this my beloved continent, Africa? Is this the Tanzania of my greatest hero, Julius Nyerere? Is this the Tanzania that our Nigerian soldiers put their lives on the line to save in the 60s? Is this the Africa that the likes of Thabo Mbeki have tried to re-enkindle the fires of the African renaissance? Is this Africa after apartheid? How could Harvard mean more to my brother than our common brotherhood both in faith and skin?

So, when next these African Presidents and Ministers sit in their ill fitting suits and clink their glasses in Abuja, will President Obasanjo remember to ask why this humiliation of Nigerians and Nigeria persists? The President has been quick to tell Nigerian immigration officials to issue visas in 36 hours. Does he care to know what Nigerians are going through? What exactly is responsible for this nonsense? By the way, the big man at the border offered to show me the list in which Nigeria appeared. It includes citizens from Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iran and some strange nations that we have nothing in common with. This nonsense has to end now. Kole Omotosho has argued for more than 20 years that Africans should have no reasons to seek visas within Africa. Sadly, our leaders are too comfortable in their little diplomatic privileges to bother about the rest of us. This is the greatest shame of the leadership of Africa.

* Rev. Fr. Kukah is the Vicar-General of Catholic archdiocese of Kaduna and Parish Priest, St. Andrew Catholic Church, Kakuri, Kaduna

P.S. - If this article has been posted before please feel free to delete or redirect

Pls Minister for Works and Housing for me. After you destroy all the roads and buildings I want to be the one handing out all the contracts to build new ones. Thereby awarding the contracts to my family members and ultimately creating more jobs. We keep doing this until everybody related to me has a contract awarded to them.

Wow is it really going to be an argument that faze is the underdog in this case? Someone said tuface's fans carry lot of sentiments but I think its faze's fans that do that. If you read other threads in this forum about faze and tuface. Pro faze ppl just go on about how "2face is done", "the mtv award was a fluke". "his last album was a fluke" and so on. I don't know any of these guys so there's no need to support anybody in particular. I'm not saying I don't like faze but in this case I think 2face is better thats all.

I realize both these artists are ours thats the reason I have never bashed faze or any other artist I think is doing well. I have only stated the person I think is better. To annoy pro-faze ppl more I even prefer D'banj

@bluenubian

bluenubian:
oh suckerrzzz , y all don't know ish, T I's the KING killed it with all 17 tracks, luda is over there singing runaway love, what rubbish! runnaway to what, abeg, Luda is a pussy a$$ b**** that would get his butt whooped any day by T.i, he can't even stand up to Oprah, he wants to face TI

luda thinks he can act, he can't get out of the rapper sterotype, hence he is not going anywhere in hollywood, at least TI did a great Job with AT

R u serious? Runaway love is rubbish? Thats the very first time I'll hear that. Ludacris without any doubt is the one of the most creative rappers out there. Although I still can't choose between them but luda is BAAAD and he has proven himself time and time again. He can't stand up to Oprah? What do u want him to do? Bum rush her show? lol. He dedicated his grammy to Bill O' Reilly and her. And then get his ass whooped, physically or lyrically?

Luda can't act? Thats a new one too. In terms of acting I can say without stuttering that TI has nothing on luda (have u seen crash?). Luda wasn't ludacris the rap artist in that movie he did a great job, even in "hustle and flow" he transformed. TI was very mediocre in ATL and thats the truth.

http://www.esnips.com/doc/75f4d6f2-4e7a-485b-980c-948e881c0634/18-kolomental
Faze - kolomental

@eleshin
thank u for that. ppl just love supporting the underdog. Grass 2 Grace is a fantastic album. I was skeptical about it at first but the more I listen to it the better it sounds. The song "one love" is great. I was listening to Stephen Marley (traffic jam) and "one love" came on after that and I have to say 2face is up there with artists like that. He is more diverse than faze. My friend heard "letter to my brother" for the first time and in the beginning of the song he thought it was another remix for "faze alone".

its kind of tricky because t.i. was one of the top selling hip hop artist of '06 but luda just won a grammy so. . .

2face Idibia - If love is a crime
http://download.yousendit.com/325246FD5AC7B42F

2face Idibia - I dey feel like
http://download.yousendit.com/F3C5C20319A66B6E

D'banj - Funk U Up
http://download.yousendit.com/7C49206838CF49BB

Yeah dell laptops could be problematic. I was changing motherboards for people throughout last summer. It was actually amazing how many motherboards we had to change everyday. Still I don't think they're that bad. I have a dell laptop and its been working fine for me. I think its still better that Acer and brands like that. There were particular models of the dells we had to fix more than any other so I think those models were the faulty ones. I'll still recommend a dell laptop any day all brands have their problems.

@maneater
Tell them jare

@badman888
Thanx for the hook up. Really appreciate it

anyone with
tattoo - faze
kpo kpo dipo - faze
kpongolo - mad melon

I haven't really heard faze's album but I'm truly enjoying grass 2 grace so I think I have to go for tuface. Kolomental is not really a great song to me its just reggaeton beats over naija lyrics. The songs I really like so far are tattoo and kpo kpo dipo

Anyone with
Faze - Tattoo
Oladele - Oyinlomo
Sasha - Not Tonite
Mad Melon - Kpongolo

Pls read this article its long but interesting and very relevant to the situation our beloved country is in. Its sad to learn whats going on in that country. It just made me realize Nigeria is unfortunately in a worse state than I thought it is already. We really NEED a change

http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0702/feature3/index.html

I'd heard two of songs previously "Its not that easy" and "call me daddy" and I love those songs esp the first one but the second one I was trying to figure out his accent but I couldn't place it. Nice to know he's naija

@Christino
thanx for the tuface pls do u have
see me so - tuface

please anyone that has 2face's new album should just post it please. I'm feeling most of the songs on there. I have about 3 songs only