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DissTroy:
Nigerians mostly have shitty taste in music anyway. And it's gotten worse since the 2010's.

- Banky W would have stood no chance of rising to the top today.

- Johnny Drille would barely get airplay today if he'd done "Wait For Me" today instead of in 2015.

- Nonso Amadi barely gets a listen today. Blessing Tangban who is a quality artiste never gets recognised but Yemi Alade who sings "No time for tumbo tumbo" gets all of the streams.

Bez Idakula who is the king of Nigerian alté has to focus on doing music gigs for special shows.

You forced the suave early 2010s version of Praiz to do shit music to survive. SKALES used to spit bars in the late 2000s now he does shitting music for streams. "Stay", "Rich and Famous", "Stupid Song" etc by Praiz are timeless and world class.

Munachi Abii held her own against other rappers on Banky W's 2010 megahit "Lagos Party (Remix)". Her next releases got no recognition.

CAPital F.E.M.I would rival Joe and Craig David anyday but he gets no attention.

Tems had to stay away before you lots force her to do shit music. Great artiste. I listen to her whole discography everyday.

Asa tried a comeback but you all ignored her. She had to do "Manyana" to get any kind of recognition.

I feel Bnxn can do better. He writes great lyrics. He prefers the slow tempo. But if he goes full Tems or Bez, you'd all ignore him.

Nigerians mostly have shitty taste in music but when I point it out, they get defensive.

iamoyindamola:
Are you just knowing this, ogbeni go and listen to seyi vibes incantation your body will calm
I have always known we listen to beat in this part of the world, when I told people I don't like rema they called me hater
If I want to listen to quality songs I will just play oldies playlist, you will hear the message and the content
These one will rather sing about yansh, drugs or money

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Maybe Lagos is understated, but you see that Ebonyi??

Ebonyi pass Rivers?

These politicians will not kill us with lamba

Fun fact: First bank has about 5 branches in Ebonyi state. Not a yardstick though, but I wonder the kind of commercial activities they did, that raised 6 billion[/color]

BlueRayDick:
The data is actually referring to IGR generated by local governments and not IGR generated by state.

What that means in essence is that LGs in Ebonyi makes more internally generated revenue than local governments in Rivers state. It can happen if the LG chairmen in Rivers state don't declare accurately the IGR they make while Ebonyin LGs do theirs diligently.

Another thing is most of the oil facilities in Rivers state may not be obliged to pay any form of rates and fees to Local governments.

iamoyindamola:
Are you just knowing this, ogbeni go and listen to seyi vibes incantation your body will calm
I have always known we listen to beat in this part of the world, when I told people I don't like rema they called me hater
If I want to listen to quality songs I will just play oldies playlist, you will hear the message and the content
These one will rather sing about yansh, drugs or money

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I understand the data

And I am simply asking what LGs in Ebonyi raised 6 billion?

Rivers does not have only Oil producing facilities as it's business. PH is far bubbling than the whole Ebonyi put together.

6 billion indeed[/color]

Theflint1:
Can't be someone from a state where the people are renowned from suffering identity crisis coming for Edo State sha...if they're not "Yoruba but Hausa/Fulani", they are "Hausa/Fulani but Yoruba"...even the gloriousgbola in question has been caught one too many times trying to claim Lagos and not his home state of Kwara.

Ask him why he's ashamed of stand strong as a Kwara native and he'd say he's lived longer in Lagos than Kwara, or that his mum is actually from Lagos so that makes him Lagosian...I know that's not how it works in our respective cultures

Before we go into why Kwara is the way it is, the question of its people's identity crisis has to first be resolved.

Gloriousgbola, why can't you stand strong as a Kwara native, and why did you run and never look back?

DissTroy:
Probably this think piece I just happened on posted about two years ago fully captures the nexus between our music choices today and the state of the nation: https://www.nairaland.com/7413121/nigerians-irregular-tastes-music .

Begin commenting on serious topical issues of nation-building amongst young Nigerian and in a few hours, it'd be watered down to "'cruise". Heck! If the protesters of EndSARS hadn't been shot at to stoke the ire of the youth, it was already devolving to street rallies.

Don't take my word for it. Go check out EndSARS videos. It was barely serious and for photo ops until the government foolishly shot at the protesters.

Our investment in intellectually unstimulating music mirrors our attitude to issues of national concern. I bet the reason why some of us debate pressing sociopolitical and economic issues on this thread is, outside of here, on the wider social media, most young persons are not interested in these discourses.

That's why Fisayo Sombo who is Nigeria's most consistent investigative journalist in recent years barely gets attention but a drama king like VeryDark-whoever who doesn't do due diligence but thrives on scandals gets all of the attention.

That's why Fisayo exposing Nigerian customs gets no attention but VeryDarkPerson facing off with Nollywood actresses gets all the headlines.

OasisX:


......Eedris merely wanna resurrect a career that has long faded into obscurity. LOL!

He understands that a certain group of niggâs gonna stream the yeye song solely because of their affiliation and emotion.

Everyone seems to be playing on their emotion and intellect like a game of ping-pong, all in a bid to serve their own interests. LOL!

Theflint1:
Can't be someone from a state where the people are renowned from suffering identity crisis coming for Edo State sha...if they're not "Yoruba but Hausa/Fulani", they are "Hausa/Fulani but Yoruba"...even the gloriousgbola in question has been caught one too many times trying to claim Lagos and not his home state of Kwara.

Ask him why he's ashamed of stand strong as a Kwara native and he'd say he's lived longer in Lagos than Kwara, or that his mum is actually from Lagos so that makes him Lagosian...I know that's not how it works in our respective cultures

Before we go into why Kwara is the way it is, the question of its people's identity crisis has to first be resolved.

Gloriousgbola, why can't you stand strong as a Kwara native, and why did you run and never look back?

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

donjazzet:
So singing against bad governance is bad now?

Amoto94:
I don't have a dog in this fight but saying Edo women aren't beautiful is like saying,sun doesn't shine in the Sahara Desert.
Also, a lot is happening in Kwara we tend to conflate lowcost of living with lack of economic activities. Kwara is a border state and a lot of business activities are taking place, the conservative nature of the people makes it look nothing is happening on the economic front.

DissTroy:
Nigerians mostly have shitty taste in music anyway. And it's gotten worse since the 2010's.

- Banky W would have stood no chance of rising to the top today.

- Johnny Drille would barely get airplay today if he'd done "Wait For Me" today instead of in 2015.

- Nonso Amadi barely gets a listen today. Blessing Tangban who is a quality artiste never gets recognised but Yemi Alade who sings "No time for tumbo tumbo" gets all of the streams.

Bez Idakula who is the king of Nigerian alté has to focus on doing music gigs for special shows.

You forced the suave early 2010s version of Praiz to do shit music to survive. SKALES used to spit bars in the late 2000s now he does shit music for streams. "Stay", "Rich and Famous", "Stupid Song" etc by Praiz are timeless and world class.

Munachi Abii held her own against other rappers on Banky W's 2010 megahit "Lagos Party (Remix)". Her next releases got no recognition.

CAPital F.E.M.I would rival Joe and Craig David anyday but he gets no attention.

Tems had to stay away before you lots force her to do shit music. Great artiste. I listen to her whole discography everyday.

Asa tried a comeback but you all ignored her. She had to do "Manyana" to get any kind of recognition.

I feel Bnxn can do better. He writes great lyrics. He prefers the slow tempo. But if he goes full Tems or Bez, you'd all ignore him.

Nigerians mostly have shitty taste in music but when I point it out, they get defensive.

Amoto94:
I don't have a dog in this fight but saying Edo women aren't beautiful is like saying,sun doesn't shine in the Sahara Desert.
Also, a lot is happening in Kwara we tend to conflate lowcost of living with lack of economic activities. Kwara is a border state and a lot of business activities are taking place, the conservative nature of the people makes it look nothing is happening on the economic front.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I don't know about now, but as at 3 - 4 years ago, there was serious lack of economic activities

Kwara was the first place I saw a shopping mall in the heart of the capital and close to the airport, having empty stores looking for tenants. The next state I saw that was Ebonyi.

As at that time, I entered bike of 150, and there were distances of 50 naira with cabs.

I bought BBQ fish for 2k, and it's not like people were rushing it sef. E just dey there.

I don't want to talk about the struggle of finding a vehicle from SS and SE states to Ilorin.

Maybe there is A LOT going on now oh. But as at then, nothing worthy of interest (in my opinion)[/color]

sleekdot:
I have to say the first 2 episodes of Tehran have been good. Impressive I have to say

More of this type of recommendation

Kundus to iamoyindamola and s 3 m1 d

Amigoss:
He didn't sing about insecurity and kidnapping?

iamoyindamola:
Chai I am hearing Christian chukwu is dead

Rip to him

diggz:
How can someone with any knowledge of music claim that CAPital F.E.M.I would rival Joe and Craig David any day? Is it the same Kenny’s Music Capital F.E.M.I again?

Then you claim in the same post that Skales used to spit bars—how? The same Mukulu Mukeke Skales, or is there a second Skales we don’t know about?

Putting Skales and bars in the same sentence is a sacrilege!

Trying to force class on yourself because you enjoy a certain kind of music is capping at its best! Especially if you’re dropping names of artists who aren’t even pioneers in the genre you enjoy—unless, of course, you’re just here to cap as usual.

Abeg, enjoy your music and let others enjoy theirs in peace!

diggz:
How can someone with any knowledge of music claim that CAPital F.E.M.I would rival Joe and Craig David any day? Is it the same Kenny’s Music Capital F.E.M.I again?

Then you claim in the same post that Skales used to spit bars—how? The same Mukulu Mukeke Skales, or is there a second Skales we don’t know about?

Putting Skales and bars in the same sentence is a sacrilege!

Trying to force class on yourself because you enjoy a certain kind of music is capping at its best! Especially if you’re dropping names of artists who aren’t even pioneers in the genre you enjoy—unless, of course, you’re just here to cap as usual.

Abeg, enjoy your music and let others enjoy theirs in peace!

KingTom:
Mukulu mukeke

rooftops:
I don't understand the unnecessary classism they associate with music. The definition of music is anything pleasing to the ear, whether na reggae or na blues, so far you like it you are good to go.

diggz:
How can someone with any knowledge of music claim that CAPital F.E.M.I would rival Joe and Craig David any day? Is it the same Kenny’s Music Capital F.E.M.I again?

Then you claim in the same post that Skales used to spit bars—how? The same Mukulu Mukeke Skales, or is there a second Skales we don’t know about?

Putting Skales and bars in the same sentence is a sacrilege!

Trying to force class on yourself because you enjoy a certain kind of music is capping at its best! Especially if you’re dropping names of artists who aren’t even pioneers in the genre you enjoy—unless, of course, you’re just here to cap as usual.

Abeg, enjoy your music and let others enjoy theirs in peace!

GloriousGbola:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z63cQKWlDgQ

semid4lyfe:
I agree with the general thrust of your post

but

Actually, Skales started out as a Rapper and he was quite good.

First time I heard Skales was on Jeremiah Gyang's Kauna Allah in which he featured as a rapper and he did acquit himself well.

Take a listen. Skales come on at the 3.05 minutes mark.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGnHLai-w6g&pp=ygUbamVyZW1pYWggZ3lhbmcga2F1bmFyIGFsbGFo

He dropped some other rap tracks but they didn't get traction and he diverted to afrobeats/street pop.