airmark:


You are right about the voice, but my brother it's not a major. Before I came back I was thinking our rappers were just being lazy when they complained about not making it big like the commercial singers. I confirmed it. If you have the voice and dope, that's good but it wont take you far in Nigeria of today. Vector has the voice but he was making peanuts when he did nt work on his choruses. Mode 9 is being hailed as the best but that's where it stops, he caint afford buying a villa at parkview. Yung6 has a good voice, his lyrics are not bad as per 9ja standard, but you and I know he is still struggling and as it stands olamide can afford to sign him. Reminisce has been underground with same voice until he had to switch his style to suit the populace yearnings so as to be able to roof his building at ikorodu. Imagine! MI's one would nt have attained the height if waje did n't kill the chorus of that love song. Everyone loved it. But did it do better than shoki in acceptability?. Olamide's 'voice of the street' would never push him to the peak at which 'shakiti bobo' got him. It's unfortunate but the truth is, there is more to it than good rap voice. What I realize is make sure your rap song is groovy, the chorus must be something catchy, well knitted. Something audience can easily relate with and sing along. Majority of those who will buy your materials are lazy listeners who are all out to groove to beat and chorus. Then, Multinationals look at your fanbase before giving you those endorsements as an artiste to boost their own image more. No one wants to lag behind.

Yes. I agree it is more than a good voice. That's where intelligence and talent comes in. I think they are not talented and intelligent enough to device a way to make hit songs that are still dope.

And this is not just Nigeria but everywhere. Canibus is very talented but not intelligent enough to make that dope music that the club will dance to. My advice to rappers is to inculcate in their learning every other genre of music. That's why I like Kendrick.

airmark:


You are right about the voice, but my brother it's not a major. Before I came back I was thinking our rappers were just being lazy when they complained about not making it big like the commercial singers. I confirmed it. If you have the voice and dope, that's good but it wont take you far in Nigeria of today. Vector has the voice but he was making peanuts when he did nt work on his choruses. Mode 9 is being hailed as the best but that's where it stops, he caint afford buying a villa at parkview. Yung6 has a good voice, his lyrics are not bad as per 9ja standard, but you and I know he is still struggling and as it stands olamide can afford to sign him. Reminisce has been underground with same voice until he had to switch his style to suit the populace yearnings so as to be able to roof his building at ikorodu. Imagine! MI's one would nt have attained the height if waje did n't kill the chorus of that love song. Everyone loved it. But did it do better than shoki in acceptability?. Olamide's 'voice of the street' would never push him to the peak at which 'shakiti bobo' got him. It's unfortunate but the truth is, there is more to it than good rap voice. What I realize is make sure your rap song is groovy, the chorus must be something catchy, well knitted. Something audience can easily relate with and sing along. Majority of those who will buy your materials are lazy listeners who are all out to groove to beat and chorus. Then, Multinationals look at your fanbase before giving you those endorsements as an artiste to boost their own image more. No one wants to lag behind.

Bros u get sense die..
Na now vector start to make money...jus so happy for d dude...been struggling all dis while..he's new song "Kanawandabo" is so commercial but I dnt care anymore ...boys must chop na .

Reyginus:
Yes. I agree it is more than a good voice. That's where intelligence and talent comes in. I think they are not talented and intelligent enough to device a way to make hit songs that are still dope.

And this is not just Nigeria but everywhere. Canibus is very talented but not intelligent enough to make that dope music that the club will dance to. My advice to rappers is to inculcate in their learning every other genre of music. That's why I like Kendrick.

if nt for Kendrick lamar good lyrics d dude Os boring, he wouldn't sell more than 10copies if he were to be In Nigeria .



Boogey has a good voice ,he jus need to learn how to open his mouth so u can grab his lyrics well.

danbrowndmf:
if nt for Kendrick lamar good lyrics d dude Os boring, he wouldn't sell more than 10copies if he were to be In Nigeria .



Boogey has a good voice ,he jus need to learn how to open his mouth so u can grab his lyrics well.

Lolololol. Kendrick boring? Opinions. Opinions. Opinions, true. But I think he's mastered a lot of acts.

Reyginus:
Lolololol. Kendrick boring? Opinions. Opinions. Opinions, true. But I think he's mastered a lot of acts.

am a big fan of him.but he's kinda boring

danbrowndmf:
am a big fan of him.but he's kinda boring

Lol. A big fan? And Boring? Lol. You are not. How can you fan in the first place if he's boring? Except you enjoy boredom.

coogar:


don't shake your head!
do you really think elymax is good enough to box with god?

Well....He's good enough to have a try at it

Reyginus:
Lol. A big fan? And Boring? Lol. You are not. How can you fan in the first place if he's boring? Except you enjoy boredom.

his story telling ability is second to none right now....he want to rap n also take his chorus SAme time.that's not cool..u can suddenly sleep off when listening to him...buh his great though..

danbrowndmf:
his story telling ability is second to none right now....he want to rap n also take his chorus SAme time.that's not cool..u can suddenly sleep off when listening to him...buh his great though..

Lol. For me, he is my best rapper ever. And if your are talking about TPAB you should understand what he wants you to understand with all those depression.

Reyginus:
Lolololol. Kendrick boring? Opinions. Opinions. Opinions, true. But I think he's mastered a lot of acts.

this one caught me..yeah he mastered alot of acts worldwide

danbrowndmf:
baba Shey u get studio where u dy produce?

Home studio stuff... Way minor.

jreyez:

Home studio stuff... Way minor.

alright

jreyez:

Home studio stuff... Way minor.

cheap guy. fucc boi, sharap

danbrowndmf:
Jesse jagz
Boogey
Vector
AQ
Payback
MI
Eclipse
Mode9
Phenom
Blaqbonez(una boy dy try o)
Yung6ix


Though Vector is my favourite right now though.
MI is a legend a game changer,buh he's been dull this days.mayb after illegal mixtape3 he might become the number one bak

Ainomore her songs are only visible on notjustok,any other site?abeg

Limerick:

Vector, simple.

Vector is cool,am a fan.....But For me I think Jesse Jagz is somehow ahead...Jagz is very brilliant with his songs.

GIYAZZ:
Give me Boogey and Jesse Jaggz and I'm okay.

You are too much.....that drop on dbang beat was wow.

GIYAZZ:
Give me Boogey and Jesse Jaggz and I'm okay.

I told you be4,them don suppose to know you now.....the song sounds kinda official to me,I don't know what you guys are saying..... Giyazz this one is staying on my playlist.....Good job bro.

For me Boogey is doing great,the guy is good,very good.
Jesse Jagz is just unique, to me his songs are way out of nigeria,his songs are international.... He is Unique.



For Vector,he is there but he is loosing it....y'll remember that line 'you all should be painted yellow with two black strips' he was talking about rappers who went commercial to me.....i forgot the particular song he did that,but he said same stuff in that 2hours stuff he did.....but he himself is going commercial.

My only problem in Nigeria hiphop is that Mode9 is getting old and Rappers are not coming together.....

Olamide and the indegeneos rap heads are winning, I don't understand Yoruba but I still download his songs....I just downloaded one now he was featured in....illegal,he was singing tho.

For Phyno my hatred for him began when he was featured on that Rands and Naira remix....he knows how to rap in English but he run am for me....I was expecting something else tho

Ghost of SDC is my guy,he knows how to do his thing.
Mo'fame from right here in Edo is also cool.
Poe is doing great too,have almost all his songs.

coogar:


it's not my fault i script one verse per decade, its just that i have run out of netcees to kill.
the coog won't waste his time scripting for infants like yourself. it does nothing for my glory. if i kill you, i get no credits. everyone generally expects such outcome. you have not earned the stripes yet to clash swords with a monster like me.

i don't want to ever see you use that clause again. It's become archaic! You have been saying that since the jurassic times, yet you've had just three battles in this arena - the last of which you were mercilessly whooped.
All you do is build a false reputation by rambling on about how you're "coogar".

Wake up! Stop dreaming, no one thinks you will take the W against me.
If you whoop me you'll get all the credit, cos i won a tourney.
It is I who would get no credit for whooping your sorry @ss.
I mean, what qualifications do you have except yapping your mouth?
It behoves me to say;
You are not a lyricist. You are just a spectator who knows the rudiments of battlerap. Hence you are qualified to judge battles.
Stop stresssing yourself for a whole year just to come up with a verse. Instead, sit back, relax, and watch these guys do it consistently with no sweat.

Lol. Still waiting to see what coog will say now

If Boogey goes commercial, then i doubt if there is hope for Rap in Naija

Mode9 has done alot.
I mean checkout 30 days of modenine. I don't think it has been done in the past

desmondDessi:

I told you be4,them don suppose to know you now.....the song sounds kinda official to me,I don't know what you guys are saying..... Giyazz this one is staying on my playlist.....Good job bro.

Thanks man. I'm flattered.

Please do follow me on Twitter and Instagram too. @RealGiyaz

And like my page on FB too, for more updates. www.facebook.com/giyaz1

I will appreciate it if you do man. Thanks

MuhdG:
If Boogey goes commercial, then i doubt if there is hope for Rap in Naija

Mode9 has done alot.
I mean checkout 30 days of modenine. I don't think it has been done in the past

A lot? Mode9? I don't really know why people always say this. Mode9, to me, has not done anything for the industry. M.I changed the game and made rap fashionable within two years of showing up.

Mode has no artist he's mentored. Look at Iceprince. M.I did it. He doesn't even rap in alignment with his environment. Always trying so hard to sound like a Gangster when you are not. It is not as if his rap is unique.

He went commercial but still didn't blow. His idea of going commercial is dumbing down and to me that's an insult to rap fans. Using big words just to sound lyrical and when you try to be understood by using simple words you call it going commercial.

I think the dude is highly overrated. He can't even freestyle. And when you say he's done a lot what do you really mean?

Reyginus:
A lot? Mode9? I don't really know why people always say this. Mode9, to me, has not done anything for the industry. M.I changed the game and made rap fashionable within two years of showing up.

Mode has no artist he's mentored. Look at Iceprince. M.I did it. He doesn't even rap in alignment with his environment. Always trying so hard to sound like a Gangster when you are not. It is not as if his rap is unique.

He went commercial but still didn't blow. His idea of going commercial is dumbing down and to me that's an insult to rap fans. Using big words just to sound lyrical and when you try to be understood by using simple words you call it going commercial.

I think the dude is highly overrated. He can't even freestyle. And when you say he's done a lot what do you really mean?

Maybe we just see differently. How can you say mode9 is over rated
True, MI did a lot in the industry, were is he now? He is 70% commercial apart from king James and Man Down, i don't think he has released any single. Plus checkout his latest album, it was all singing except for one or two like millionaire champagne . But just because mode9 isn't as famous as MI doesn't mean he hasn't done anything mode9 is diff. He should just get into biz since he is complaining abt money and continue his Rap, he has fans out there that care. IMO other rappers are scared to compete with him coz they might see him as way ahead of them.

And YES modenine can freestyle. Check youtube for his freestyle on timwestwood tv.

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desmondDessi:

Ainomore her songs are only visible on notjustok,any other site?abeg

mayb u check google o,dat will be d only option now .

MuhdG:

Maybe we just see differently. How can you say mode9 is over rated
True, MI did a lot in the industry, were is he now? He is 70% commercial apart from king James and Man Down, i don't think he has released any single. Plus checkout his latest album, it was all singing except for one or two like millionaire champagne . But just because mode9 isn't as famous as MI doesn't mean he hasn't done anything mode9 is diff. He should just get into biz since he is complaining abt money and continue his Rap, he has fans out there that care. IMO other rappers are scared to compete with him coz they might see him as way ahead of them.

And YES modenine can freestyle. Check youtube for his freestyle on timwestwood tv.

How can anybody be scared of no- competition? YouTube videos where the rapper already have the lyrics in his head and just try to flow with beat. That's the only work there. I can do it too.

But again you didn't really answer my question. What has mode9 done for the industry? What impact has he made on the society. Absolutely nothing. Even Ruggedybaba has done more.

ELYMAXiimus:

i don't want to ever see you use that clause again. It's become archaic! You have been saying that since the jurassic times, yet you've had just three battles in this arena - the last of which you were mercilessly whooped.
All you do is build a false reputation by rambling on about how you're "coogar".

the coogar brand is what makes this place jump....
i would be doing your career a whole world of good if i decide to battle you.

Wake up! Stop dreaming, no one thinks you will take the W against me.
If you whoop me you'll get all the credit, cos i won a tourney.
It is I who would get no credit for whooping your sorry @ss.
I mean, what qualifications do you have except yapping your mouth?

mikuz has won 3 tourneys in a roll and yet he died without resistance.
coogar is way above your level of guguru & epa bars.

It behoves me to say;
[b]You are not a lyricist. [/b]You are just a spectator who knows the rudiments of battlerap. Hence you are qualified to judge battles.
Stop stresssing yourself for a whole year just to come up with a verse. Instead, sit back, relax, and watch these guys do it consistently with no sweat.

90% of the NL readership still think coogar has the award of the best script in the history of this forum. i think you need to stop opening that cesspit you call a mouth and enjoy your mini-tourney victory. i don't want to be the bearer of your death. even if you hire mode9, bogey, etc to write for you, you would die rather quick against a flesh-eater like me. go home and sleep.

liricyst:

Well....He's good enough to have a try at it

he's not!
stop gassing this imposter up.....he's not kr0ne or emaprince.
he's at least 2 tiers below me in the art of lyricism.

ELYMAXiimus:

i don't want to ever see you use that clause again. It's become archaic! You have been saying that since the jurassic times, yet you've had just three battles in this arena - the last of which you were mercilessly whooped.
All you do is build a false reputation by rambling on about how you're "coogar".

Wake up! Stop dreaming, no one thinks you will take the W against me.
If you whoop me you'll get all the credit, cos i won a tourney.
It is I who would get no credit for whooping your sorry @ss.
I mean, what qualifications do you have except yapping your mouth?
It behoves me to say;
You are not a lyricist. You are just a spectator who knows the rudiments of battlerap. Hence you are qualified to judge battles.
Stop stresssing yourself for a whole year just to come up with a verse. Instead, sit back, relax, and watch these guys do it consistently with no sweat.

Coogar is like Mohammed Ali before a fight ...he talks/taunts a lot to disorient his opponent & also to buy him ample time to study his adversary- in this case more time to script bars..If & when he finally accepts to brawl he would have had more than enough ammo..

coogar:


the coogar brand is what makes this place jump....
i would be doing your career a whole world of good if i decide to battle you.



mikuz has won 3 tourneys in a roll and yet he died without resistance.
coogar is way above your level of guguru & epa bars.


90% of the NL readership still think coogar has the award of the best script in the history of this forum. i think you need to stop opening that cesspit you call a mouth and enjoy your mini-tourney victory. i don't want to be the bearer of your death. even if you hire mode9, bogey etc to write for you, you would die rather quick against a flesh-eater like me. go home and sleep.



he's not!
stop gassing this imposter up.....he's not kr0ne or emaprince.
he's at least 2 tiers below me in the art of lyricism.

I thought you said Mode9 is average.


let's strike a deal...If I battle emaprince/Krone or Mikuz & win or lose by just 1 or 2 votes, would you agree to battle me ?

Classsyalabolas:



I thought you said Mode9 is average.


let's strike a deal...If I battle emaprince/Krone or Mikuz & win or lose by just 1 or 2 votes, would you agree to battle me ?

Badt guy,where hv u been since?