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BlueRayDick:


See how time changes things and situations.

Now u just need to make a good song, upload it on streaming apps like apple music and spotify, have influencers make use of it in their social media contents , have tiktokers dance to it and u will smile to the bank .

Na DJ go dey carry him data look for free site to download ur music.

This life

BlueRayDick:
That time Lagos no really far. People dey leave FESTAC go record for studios in Surulere.

Remember Tuface's lines in Style when he talked about how they used to enter bus claim staff cos dem no get money.....say na Jimmy Jatt dey give dem instrumental. Omo those egbons really hustle.

DJ's were gods in their own world that time. DJ's used to have levels more than musicians and OAP's sef.

If DJ no play your song you are on a long thing.

Now na DJ dey beg to play song.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I just remember Marvelous Benji.

Suo, na the new dance wey dey reign. I think he shot that video in Festac. I remember that scene

Truly, Festac/AJ axis and Yaba were the grassroots of music back then.

AJ had people oh.

Junior and Pretty
Mad melon and Mountain black
Daddy Showkey
African China (although he moved to Festac)

Kai. E be like say I go use this morning take surf YouTube
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AJ had crazy influence back then. They were not just successful in the business part of the music. No structure.

China and Oriste Femi started rebranded kind of, and that's why they became successful in terms of money kind off.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I knew he would have an album.

Na the only hit wey i know be this[/color]

Those other tracks no too hit. Kennis dey busy milk Tuface. No time for him.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]This one just dropped one hit and disappeared

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He drop album o. We get the album for house that year.

DissTroy:
LOL. Blackface was not even Soundcity-worthy, not to mention MTV Base and Channel O which Faze was a regular on post-split.

Blackface's music videos were always those Ajegunle-themed ones, with towels and rough-looking guys of the Galala and Suo set. Not different from Marvelous Benji.
African China hit too but he was still an Ajegunle, Ghetto brand artsite.

Faze was on a higher level. Had almost the class and finesse to his songs and music videos like 2Face. Go watch their music videos from that era to compare and contrast.

Comparing post-split BlackFace to Faze is disrespect.

Blackface was not an Ajegunle musician, this man. Marvelous you are talking about sef was signed to Kennis.

The Ajegunle music you are making out to be bad was even hotter than most mainstream guys back then. They just didn't have the right structure.

Drop hit for hits between Ghetto Child and Faze alone.

What do you mean by soundcity worthy?

No be money them dey use put music for those platforms?

No be money them dey use do video? Blackface was an independent guy which was his downfall. He won be oga.

But for that first solo album o, Blackface floor Faze by a mile.

izzou:


[color=royalblue]Tony was good.

Maybe not like Eddy or Eedris, but he was okay.[/color]

He upgraded himself.

When you listen to his first album, the voice was not okay like that sha. But then Tuface and Blackface carry am for am.

But from the second album you could see an upgrade. Maybe technology but it was better.

The guy believe himself.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Yeah

I no sure say she last oh. She run go act film[/color]

I doubt it she had album sef

DissTroy:
Blackface's biggest song post-split was a remix of P-Square's "Do Me' called " Erimma".

Before that, it was some ragga-styled song called "Hard Life" in the category of the Marvelous Benjis. His music was Ajegunle-themed. Ghetto-themed.

Faze had his music on MTV Base, Nigezee, and the likes, and did shows outside the country.. He was bigger and more successful post-split. Only paled when compared to 2Face the colossus. But then 2Face was bigger than everyone.

Erimma was not even a remix. He just used the beat.

You don't even know what an Ajegunle themed music is.

Having your music on those platforms are functions of your label and who promotes you.

Amigoss:
Abi ooo,I think those rapping in Yoruba were successful;

Lord of Ajasa
Seriki Omo Owo
Jahbless
DA grin
Reminisce

I think mode 9 was more successful than these guys sha. But they gave us hits that the streets could relate with.

DissTroy:
Blackface's biggest song post-split was a remix of P-Square's "Do Me' called " Erimma".

Before that, it was some ragga-styled song called "Hard Life" in the category of the Marvelous Benjis. His music was Ajegunle-themed. Ghetto-themed.

Faze had his music on MTV Base, Nigezee, and the likes, and did shows outside the country.. He was bigger and more successful post-split. Only paled when compared to 2Face the colossus. But then 2Face was bigger than everyone.

You don't know what you are saying.

Emaprince:
The album was a very good one..but it seemed a single producer worked on it and the beats were almost similar.

Show me the way was one of my favorite then. I binged on that album for long.

Yeah. Maybe Nelson Brown.

Boys loved Blackface then so much.

BlueRayDick:
Aswear !

Eedris really senior them for streets level 💯
Eddy mentioned how his parents who resides abroad sent him $5000 which he was using to run their initial music hustle ; he dey combine school and music .

Eedris don tear eyes all those period ; he don enter desert come back even thought of joining ECOMOG soldier at a point

Eedris just chop Eddy money , chop Tetuila mama money and still ended up causing rift between both when they started making loney together as a group. The snake wey tempt eve dey learn work where Eedris dey.

That guy

Tony say open mouth for internet as e dey watch the podcast. E get one video like that. I just dey laugh.

KingTom:
Yeah, even when they did that their reconciliation album I.e Plantashun Boiz, baba drop one maaaaad high pitch for Ocean of Passion. Chai I don old, now na 'peperlilili peperlili I dey rock'

That their album was still cool too.

Na wetyn dem drop man go consume.

BlueRayDick:
Eedris na bastardd 😂

That guy just use everybody head still dey lie on top . He just use street for everybody .

Eedris is arguably the first yahoo boy in Nigeria. Talk about how he who was still an artiste trying to blow collected 60k from Tetuila's mum to help blow her son. Yet he dey make Eddy see am as if Tony na just one random handicapped guy he's trying to help in his musical career .

That guy run them local scam

Person wey say he enter desert. That one fit do anything for money.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Apart from that, rappers dey hungry back then.

As much as Mode 9 was eulogised, that guy no blow like him counterparts singing other genres[/color]

Na him go dey do hard core.

E no understand his environment. Do commercial rap. E go dey do hardcore.

KingTom:
Faze wey if you sabi do him solo for "baby don't you know that I, really love you so and I'll... never let you go o" that him opera voice solo, boys dey use am collect babes from us that year, we wey get Davido voice

Na thing blackface use like am. That high pitch. Baba get am.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Our female rappers have all disappeared

Sasha T
Blaise

Omoh! Music is not for the weak. [/color]

Music hook them.

And them no gree move over to commercial like some dudes did. Even Eedris come dey sing. Woman too get agidi.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Yeah

He joined the US Navy. I had so much love for Freestyle Essien.

That guy came too early. He should have come now.[/color]

With his fast rap.

No be small thing.

Jodera:


Fair enough then

naso o.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Those guys suffered

No wonder Freestyle leave music go join Navy

2shotz leave music go do photography.

Now, to blow na like free to air. You fit blow with Tiktok sef.

Chai...[/color]

Na Navy Freestyle go do?

Nawa. That na another OG them. Chai.

At least Freestyle still try. But where KB dey? Last guy in Trybesmen

BlueRayDick:
U need to watch the podcast. As much as it was hard to make money from music, these guys made money!

When Remedies made their first millions from tour; Eedris narrated how Keke helped them collect the cash, get hotel room with safe at Sheraton and all....

They didn't make much money from selling CD's and cassette but they made money from Shows like Benson & Hedges, Star Mega jam etc.

They said Eedris lied o. Na 350k them make. Watch Tony and Gbenga Awe interview with Daddy Freeze.

Eedris too dey lie

BlueRayDick:
Omo! That day I listened to their songs over and over again; Eddy's talent just ended up getting wasted. It's such a pity.

He was as good as Tuface; the guy could sing. It was a big business mistake he made getting emotionally entangled with Keke's Younger sister. If he had not mixed pleasure with busines , I believe he would've achieve more than he did.

Naso o. The thing hook am for throat. The things dey pain me for most of them.

A pity that they were born in the era they were born.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]That guy was underrated, abeg.
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Na setup. Industry dark. And keke were the lords then. raypower was one of the first if not the first private station in the country.

Kenis controlled the music side of things. If you go fall out with that kind people, how you won blow when your major way to blow na radio?

This life get as e be.

Eedris na street. The guy don see life. He carry everybody handicap.

See as he milk 50 cent issue. Na now I just dey hear say 50 no even dey plane then.

BlueRayDick:
Eedris just use everybody head.

If u go back and listen to their songs, u will pity Eddy and how his career later turned out. Eddy was really really talented with a very good voice. Eddy could've gotten the level of success Tuface had if he wasn't enmeshed in the fallout of the group's breakup and his marriage crash.

That Eddy get mad flows. Shade dey burst my brain every time. This life sha.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Oga, all these songs were not hits naa.

You wan compare 2face, Faze and Blackface solo album?

Which one go come last, if not blackface?

The guy good oh, but the others dey sing pass am.[/color]

First solo album, Two face, Blackface then Faze. Ghetto child album was mad back then.

iamoyindamola:
Calm down I never said black faze is not good
He went for Igbo instead of music

That's not true. Igbo did nothing to him.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Oga, all these songs were not hits naa.

You wan compare 2face, Faze and Blackface solo album?

Which one go come last, if not blackface?

The guy good oh, but the others dey sing pass am.[/color]

Were not hits?

"Oh lord. Show me the way. To make my pay" was not a hit?

Una no dey listen to blackface. I never even call Erima sef o.

As an independent artist, the guy did numbers. Forget

izzou:
[color=royalblue]After Ahead of the game, which of his songs was a hit again?

Abegg

The guy was known to be the songwriter, and i would give him his flowers for that.

But for singing, he was the distant third in that group.[/color]

Una no dey follow naija music. Na 50 cent dey una cd rack that year.


Show Me The Way, Be Ur Man, Carry Us Go, Why Oh Why, E Dey Pain Me, Hard Life. Ghetto Child album was dope.

Ahead of the game was even in his tribunal album with Rocksteady and Mallam Spicey.

Not aligning with any big music head was his downfall. No platforms like spotify then. Plus I don't think Youtube was already big then.

Industry mess am up.

Jodera:
I also say it here that Ten Hag have experience trophy -wise in managing his team compared to Arteta so yeah, there's high probability that with a stable and good environment he'll deliver trophies as well as good football quickly compared to Arteta

As for Arteta, we're already done in setting/playing the good football , the next is trophies which we're in that phase and we're already gunning for.

All these things is about Process sha. That's why the perfect model I always admire and look up to is Klopp and Liverpool. I remember defending him even when others are calling him bottler. Now, he's rated as one of the best or top 2 coaches in the world

Ten Hag has one ego that will destroy him. Apart from that, he should be fine.

He should go and let his ego finish him somewhere else.

iamoyindamola:
Same faze 😂😂😂

E sure me say you go dey among people wey been dey talk say Nigerian music no fit dey your phone that year.

Faze irrelevant?

No talk am for hood o