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Gurgle:
[s]I like him but he should try and do some songs in his native Ahaoda language...every time he's either rapping in Jamaican or Yoruba mixed with pidgin

Theres nothing wrong with it but he's forsaking himself...because I know for sure that all the artists he collaborates with will never rap in Ahoada so I don't get why he's bending himself like that

He is helping another language to flourish whilst leaving his own in the dark and becoming confused in the process

He is very talented which is what makes it more of a shame[/s]

vickerz:
thank you, i love phyno too, eventhough i dont know wat he is saying.

SLIDEwaxie:
u're welcome jare.
I love with ur signature!

SLIDEwaxie:
jesus!!! That's the point. Why must he if he doesn't want to?

Like must it be dt way?

Akon represents senegal with the flag very well but has never done a song or a line with the language.

Wale, represents Nigeria but wasn't doing it in yoruba..

My point, it is not must...abeg forget that part and enjoy the music.

Like I said, music is suposed to be a universal language.

cc: gurgle

valkaywalex:
wetin concern us?

If hin like make hin wear worst footwear, all dese yeye mods wey dey smoke oshodi weed just dey like push anytin to Fp.

Abeg anybody ft tell us wetn dis topic teach us?

loifez123:
The write up is written in bad english

Gurgle:
I like him but he should try and do some songs in his native Ahaoda language...every time he's either rapping in Jamaican or Yoruba mixed with pidgin

Theres nothing wrong with it but he's forsaking himself...because I know for sure that all the artists he collaborates with will never rap in Ahoada so I don't get why he's bending himself like that

He is helping another language to flourish whilst leaving his own in the dark and becoming confused in the process

He is very talented which is what makes it more of a shame

**modified ok, you guys have told me that his mother is Yoruba. Ok. In any case, as I said, theres nothing wrong with singing in Yoruba at all. I just think he should drop at least one Ahaoda line somewhere

mcodedprof:
i dont like the guy

Gurgle:
I like him but he should try and do some songs in his native Ahaoda language...every time he's either rapping in Jamaican or Yoruba mixed with pidgin

Theres nothing wrong with it but he's forsaking himself...because I know for sure that all the artists he collaborates with will never rap in Ahoada so I don't get why he's bending himself like that

He is helping another language to flourish whilst leaving his own in the dark and becoming confused in the process

He is very talented which is what makes it more of a shame

**modified ok, you guys have told me that his mother is Yoruba. Ok. In any case, as I said, theres nothing wrong with singing in Yoruba at all. I just think he should drop at least one Ahaoda line somewhere

teetee123:
Singing in a particular language depends on many things. His mother is Yoruba and was his manager until about a year ago. He was born in Port Harcourt but he grew up in Lagos.
Naturally a growing child pick up the mother's tongue better than the father's. There is hardly any of his song that he doesnt have Yoruba word or slangs. You need to understand his background. The fact that he has an Ahoada father does not mean that he sees himself as such and can also speak the language as Yoruba. Many of our people in the Niger Delta are also more comfortable speaking Pidgin than their local dialects and therefore should not complain if their kids cannot speak their native languages. Growing environment is a big factor in determining what language an individual speaks.
Angelique Kidjo is another example. Her father is Fon while the mother is Ketu Yoruba. She was brought singing in her mother's cultural troupe and was exposed to the core Yoruba tradition and culture. Today, seventy percent of her songs are in Yoruba and virtually all her top hits are in Yoruba.
I cannot blame Oluwaburna Ebunoluwa Damini Ogulu, let him sing in the languages he is comfortable with.

dancok:
that means u never listen to his leatest "soke" go listen to it.

xtervaganza:
no mind am




I don't understand why you sef no drop your comment in your local lingo

Gurgle:
Yeah theres nothing wrong with that, Yoruba is very established in African music.. its very marketable and it sells well

I don't have a problem with it I just think he could try and drop a few lines in Ahaoda because the thing is looking strange

When I first saw him I was excited to see an Ahaoda person in modern highlife because they have a good musical tradition...so I didn't get why he doesn't bring it out into the current musical world

Gurgle:
Yeah theres nothing wrong with that, Yoruba is very established in African music.. its very marketable and it sells well

I don't have a problem with it I just think he could try and drop a few lines in Ahaoda because the thing is looking strange

When I first saw him I was excited to see an Ahaoda person in modern highlife because they have a good musical tradition...so I didn't get why he doesn't bring it out into the current musical world

Gurgle:
the few words I understand in Igbo, I drop

dancok:
say" I did n't say that it was a mistake". U don't like Don gargon. Smh

LadyBoss1:
Yh but thats cuz most ppl understand yoruba its actually easy to get ( city life) go to lagos even hausa understand yoruba self
Its his style , just because he comes from a certain place doesnt mean he cant be influenced by other languages , genre of music i.e Reggae
If he feels comfortable y not ..


Tinnie tempah dey rap for igbo ?
U see dat nicca even speak pidgin ..but yet he still making money n ppl still listen to his tracks. The list is endless

Nothing strange about it

xtervaganza:
why did you understand only few words in igbo?



You be choc ice

vickerz:
yah man.. Is ur name damilare, cos of the name of d blog on ur signature

vickerz:
yah man.. Is ur name damilare, cos of the name of d blog on ur signature

Gurgle:
Yeah I said that in my first statement. Yoruba is widely understood, and it sounds good. I didn't say he shouldn't be influenced by other places. The reggae is good and its something we don't see often- I really like it, I didn't say its not good

Gurgle:
Music is a universal language, yes. So why cant he insert his own dialect of that language

The artists you have mentioned are not an excuse for Burna Boy, Akon would also do well to try and drop some lines in his language. Besides that, their situations are different. They are based in the US and marketed towards a US audience. There are rappers in the UK with Nigerian heritage who only rap in English because that's all they really know, fine.

If Burna Boy were just to rap in English I would understand it more. At least its our national language and nobody in Nig owns it.

How can you equate that to rapping purely in Yoruba? Somebody who grew up in Port Harcourt, travelled and then returned to the same Port Harcourt. Wetin consign the guy with Yoruba language in the first place

Whichever way you look at it, its just promoting somebody else's culture over your own. At least English is a part of our culture shared between all of us, even though it was done forcibly.

**modified, ok. his mother is Yoruba and grew up in Lagos. But I still think what I think

bomasek:
U don ask ya self if him sabi his native tongue

HDee:
definitely True.... Buh, are you in any way related to dis people?

Gurgle:
Ok, is it there? I heard the first part of it but I didn't like it so I didn't listen to the rest. If its there like you say I'll modify my comment

LadyBoss1:
Lol it must be a mistake

D guy makes ppl want to even visit nigeria with his swag, the way he incorporates naija, western style together .. I got jamo friends dat wanna visit nigeria cuz dey actually like his style although i told dem make video no fool u ohh...

LadyBoss1:
Lol it must be a mistake

D guy makes ppl want to even visit nigeria with his swag, the way he incorporates naija, western style together .. I got jamo friends dat wanna visit nigeria cuz dey actually like his style although i told dem make video no fool u ohh...