Thy album come successful?,how many copies did it sell
I swear i dnt even wot d cover luks lyk,if na ruggeddy baba,i agree,but thy album come,niggah pleasssss

And EPU sold 100,000 d 1st 4 months

And now Da Vinci Mode,v seen 2 different covers,d 2nd,tjoe added an advert,the 1st 8 copies i got no get am,meaning anoda batch was reprinted
V got guys dat got in kaduna,kano,PH,java got his in abj
its everywhere in cd shops in benin,even d smallest shop,dnt start wot u dnt knw.
Una no get facts,una go dey yan
Until u ve d units they sold,dnt call any album succesfull,wot backs ur claims?

And mode has won other awards aside HHWA stupid punks
Cry won Channel O,Amen Awards,NMA for best rap vocal,it was stolen too?
Dnt be stupid,start listin d awards ruggedman has won
Na to dey misyarn,una like,yet u knw nuffin,idiots

And how many music awards are present in 9ja now

U ppl got to be kiddin me,mode9 gone,keep deceivin urselves

badman video was no 5 on top 5 at nta2 channel 5 countdown,(a video,dat is almost a year old?)

Ruggedman no get airplay for those im singles in benin,anoda fact

And back to mode,he jst signed a deal n headin to d Uk for a while,leavin ur local champion behind(i never see d headwarmer guy for mtv before self)
And mathematical sege is sure plannin a coup,shot *whut u want* ft mo'cheddah last wk,wit igho directin n shot *rhyme tyte yesterday wit clarence peters directin n illbliss playin B.I.G
Next is badman rmx,then we dey vex ft 2face,we at it again n my life is gonna be shot in US,make una dey post wetin una no knw here,bunch of e-rascals

And dat ruggeds line is jst there n not whack,

I tort u guys knew maths,simple mathematical induction,una no fit deduce,
Iff me and u =1+1=2,then for every real positive number,there exists
Me=1
U=1.
N in maths,and =addition Provided rapping exist,courtesy MTH212,Real Analysis 1,(real analysis has 4 parts,this jst an introduction)

And mode said
Me n u is prime nos,we r nt even and nt otherwise

Am sure mode wld be laffin at u guys now

And wots d big deal

how many maths dey most of una heads sef,all dose simple calculus n secondary skul ish, na so so do the math una dey halla
Me+you=1+1=2 abi?
No be 2 ppl be d main concern ere,wch happens to be even n also a prime number,n he met they cld only be d prime no type,not d even one.so y d long talk
Thats wot rapjunkie was tryin to make u understand
and y d abusive words on mode9 fans?some ppl jst create unnecessary tension so that they can start usin their latest yabs on ppl

Mode dresses cool too

This eldee guy na gay,leave me alone o,i dnt wanna do
E be lyk say u dey see me for ur dream.cos anytime u post,it most contain my moniker,evn when am nt online
U no go leave me,9th stalker.

Its quite funny how some ppl ere think they r smart bt they r actually otherwise

Takin comedy money was never a single
The one in d album is d 3rd version wit a different n replaced koffis name wit mr patrick n added a message at d end
The 1st was for an alaba mixtape,sound of revenge
2nd was a freestyle for 090909 mixtape

The singles were
Badman
We dey vex
Loke
Whut u want

And hiphopworld didnt say they giv d lyricist on d roll to songs dat had punchlines,or battle based tracks,cos 9 has never won wit a battle based song,so wetin una dey yan
Is it by spittin lines lyk am so rick ross,a boss lyk hugo dat make u lyrical
Clean up their flow wit omo,abegi make una rest,SWTD no reach

No one is talkn abt OD's U gots to love me,una dey yan balls
One line frm pherow,Give me 5mics like new edition is on stage

Wot differentiated badman frm d rest tracks,they kept describing how their flow was lyk dis n dat and d 1st few lines,inshort 1st verse of SWTD will make it lose points

Badman lines were carefully aligned,especially verse 1
The rhyme structure,simple wordplay,
Described his self proclaimed supremacy without droppin am dis n dat,d whole song had *like* jst once,
No am like this,am lyk dat or am dis n dat
So str8 to d point

If i was goin to pick,i for give pherow to give him hype but i wil never rate SWTD over Badman.#mythoughts

And make una dey hear dey argue,nxt yr 'black rap messiah' go win am,because they r not even nominatin mo dan one mode9 song in dat category,una dey hala

Some ppl wld jst be postin what they arent sure of,
Didnt mode9s cry win best rap single then?n also best rap vocal performance in NMA?
Contradiction
Nine didnt deserve the headie then
Now is it by punchlines,abstract wordplay dat makes a verse lyrical or does it ve to contain complex lyrics to be lyrical

The alignment of badman rhymes,rhyme structure,simple wordplay is enough for it to get recognition

No jst put SWTD there,if its Pherow,i can agree
And i xpected mode9 to say,i give it to pherow,lyk kanye did in american awards
Mode has 9 headies now
And he is gonna win nxt year,then una go argue again
Nxt yr d track black rap messiah go carry am,

Takin comedy money wld ve been nomin8ted dis yr

And mode9 was a cartoonist for hiphopworld mag,na staff
And i bet the judges r rap pioneers n mos def mode9 fans

@ofoka
U want sauce to remove dose tracks n record new ones?
He said d album wld be ready by march,nw we r in may,yet no album.
If he wan start to do other songs na,the album 2011/2012 e go ball out n by den all im singles don expire,n dem don dey expire sef

I thought nobody n monkey banana get d same verse

@tosin
Shey im ipod na billboard?

Wot has been my claim?

Airplay on local stations b4 he died,same reason,majority of d ppl stayn in d school hostels didnt knw him

I didnt hear his songs in ringroad where lots of cd stores are located

And a lag boy in my school said same thing,when i asked him,if da grin was popular in uniben last semester,he said few ppl,knew,and d guy is nt in my dept or faculty,i don tire to dey argue dis thing.
V asked 2 guys frm delsu,they said he was popular there
In benin,na diff story,u hear,cos ve asked ppl frm diff areas ere,they talk say na few ppl knw am b4 he died

@craziest
Since d lyks of ruggedman,mode etc no experience ghetto life,they shld start makin up stories?abeg they tell stories abt their lives,it doesnt ve to sound thuggish

And da grin can never be likened to NAS pls,For christ sake,50cent dey talk ghetto stories

@tosin
Shey im ipod na billboard?

Wot has been my claim?

Airplay on local stations b4 he died,same reason,majority of d ppl stayn in d school hostels didnt knw him

I didnt hear his songs in ringroad where lots of cd stores are located

And a lag boy in my school said same thing,when i asked him,if da grin was popular in uniben last semester,he said few ppl,knew,and d guy is nt in my dept or faculty,i don tire to dey argue dis thing.
V asked 2 guys frm delsu,they said he was popular there
In benin,na diff story,u hear,cos ve asked ppl frm diff areas ere,they talk say na few ppl knw am b4 he died

@craziest
Since d lyks of ruggedman,mode etc no experience ghetto life,they shld start makin up stories?abeg they tell stories abt their lives,it doesnt ve to sound thuggish

And da grin can never be likened to NAS pls,For christ sake,50cent dey talk ghetto stories

@sauron
Mode9 does nt v d best flow,i agree,he himself knws dat(forget the badest flow,or d best look,am a ,my style is a textbook)

Da grin's delivery suits his kind of hiphop,same as mode9's delivery suits his

Wetin be d argument there now,me i knw mode9 wnt flow better dan da grin on pon pon pon,
Da grin wont flow better dan mode9 on spazmodic. c'est fini

And i love da grin's flow on 'hola hola'

And okokomaiko,mode jst wanted to do a hook,a street boy can remember lyk Ehen

And Mode no dey get dope chorus,no be news,
But d hooks on DVM were ok

@dbr
I love proto's flow

@eldee
Becos i said SWTD was weak
Or Da grin no get airplay for benin until his death

Am a fan of fast paced flow,not droppin it slowly,that da grin does most times,na crime

Una dey talk flow,n pay less attention to the choice of beats d said artiste is used to

A track lyk Promode,or extra extra freestyle,shey da grin's sweet delivery go match dat beat?

Or didnt mode9 tear those beats apart,evn spazmodic

Mode9 doesnt have d best flow,he is gud at d choice of beats he is knwn for,abi na lie?

Na so so multies?internal rhymes nko

U ppl's arguement is not valid at all

Da grin flows over pop beats,Mode9 doesnt.

That okokomaiko beat sef,i come dey wonder how da grin for fit in,if mode featured him

And eldee,no dey find my trouble again

eldee:

At the end of the day, you're more of a pirate than I am.
You were asking for songs that the artiste hasn't even released yet.
In legal terms, you are intentionally circumventing the legal rights of 9ice to his intellectual property without his prior knowledge.

I'm asking for one album from a friend, the same way your family and friends don't pay to borrow your DVM album.
What's the use of buying an album when, one . . . I don't trust the quality and two . . . someone is offering it for free.
You sure say you be Naija guy like this??

All this one,na excuse,u wan bail urself sharply

@eldee
Na some u talk o,no be all

U asked for d whole songs frm jags,n anoda man wan giv u DVM for free,
Na jand u dey na,u wil able to cop it online,except 4 jags own sha,

U no dey buy?
If i get d means,i for buy na

Abeg M.I has d best flow
The only M.I delivery i didnt lyk was Fast Money,Fast Cars

Da grin ends his rhymes wit english most times,wots d fuss abt d yoruba multies,how many r there in his verses

They were some grins flow i didnt lyk in dat album,bt he is always on point when he is featured

Tracks in DVM,had no theme?that na proper lie,prove it

Wots wrong when a rapper pauses to add sound effects to his verses abeg

As long he doesnt go off beat,wot makes d delivery poor

Must sum1 rap lyk he is singin to ve a gud delivery?

Eldee is a moderator,i wonder y,dem neva lock this thread,una dey come here to promote piracy,how can u start sendin some1s album tru e-mail?
Tosin wan stil mail jags album too,

All this wey una dey write,na yans,it doesnt change anything

Some ppl wil do d rap communiity gud,by writin a book of 'how to flow'
Cos me don do research,mode9 hasnt done anythin contrary to wot i read concernin delivery,so wetin u dey post,no carry weight
The funny thing is,its jst one fellow dat h8 on DVM ere,n y has mode being gettin gud reviews,both home n abroad,the reviewers r dumb right?or he its arranged also,abeg be truthful.

And me thinks,eldee is scared of sauron,cos if na me,he go dey curse pesin anyhow,or is he ur gud friend?


@dbr
Save d thread,by nt arguin further

Bad belle people,nuffin wey una go fit do
Try to block us(blockus),na for there,we go kick u by terry da rapman

Where is lala,the arguement is borin

Why una dey follow dey argue sef,
Yes DA VINCI MODE is d worst album ever frm 9ja,
And its quite funny how ppl r embracing it(rapheads n non rapheads) n gettin gud reviews too,
As wetin one person talk,go dey disturb u,let it pass.
U no get your own ear,
And i think some ppl shld start writing abt how to flow,i didnt knw until now,dat there is one particular flow law,rappers must obey

I wonder y rappers lyk talib,black thought,inshort who has Rakims new album?,shey dagrin flow pass dat one too
And jay z's bp3 delivery esp young forever was top notch

Na different doctrines dey nairaland

If na beans to rap over soul+hiphop,y all rappers no dey do am
And wot was wrong wit modes delivery on
We at it again
We dey vex
My life
Okokomaiko
Tears of pain
Tales of the pot
I remember
Black rap messiah
Whut u want


Abeg stop arguin abt wot wnt change anyone's opinion,if he talk say he got bad delivery,its his opinion,if u listen n u think otherwise,dnt let anyone influence your opinion

As for me,mode got a good delivery

Una too dey talk
As any ibo boy come here n put up a thread lyk nigga raw is better than m.i

My stand remains,as long a musician,was a mainstream artiste,it wld be similar,dese ppl got fans for christ sake,dem go surely use d pic,as profile pic,ppl r gonna tweet abt it,na so life be,u gather more respect when u die.evn u wld stil give tribute to d person,i gave tribute to grin sef,evn tho i wasnt into him

Abi na member of my family,wey i go come dey cry or over do am.

Everyone wld be remembered

Parties r not allowed in uniben,mind u
And d few final yr week parties i attended(daytime),i dnt think i heard any da grin o,not evn pon pon pon,dat shld be december/january for geology,physics,maths dept

Ekosodin is a place outside uniben dat serve has off camp,lagos ppl full there,no be small,yoruba language frequently spoken

The girls i knw r in d hostels in school n almost all d rooms v been to,v a radio set,so if he was on radio regularly,as dem no go knw
No be d same means,dem take knw other jams,u dey diss them,

Evn lucky dube,when he died,his songs were on all radio stations n tv over here

We r behind in shows,y m.i,mode9,terry da rapman don come benin pass 2times
Or na banky,wande coal never show ere mo dan twice.Guy chill

@eldee
Wot abt cartiair?is d guy not an igbins student n frm d state too

Wch mode9 trap r u talkn abt?

I dnt lie,i saw wot i knw,i dnt give a shit abt wot u feel abt it

Ppl here didnt fil crowd mentality,d video wasnt played here except soundcity.it was safe dat blew their mind,n sydney shocker play am wella for radio.the 1st tym he zoomed in,his popularity wasnt hyper

Am i not jammin da grin,dnt i ve his cd,i lykd grin on yq's song around l8 2008,thats y i bought his cd last yr,i told my guys abt dude,i export evry upcomin 9ja rapper.
Me,now as i see something na i dey talk.

Shey na for cd retailer for ring road,u wan dey pay almost 10,000 for monthly subscription
When did dagrin started showin on mtv?u dey blame them.

Dnt think everybody get money,as for me,i dey mingle wit d rich,middle class n d ones for street,cos evn tho i was opportuned to ve wot rich kids have,i grew up wit streetboys,played streetsoccer,walked d street wit no shirt on,i dash back home when i see my dads vehicle comin frm work,cos for benin city,for where fine house dey,rugged house stil dey,u hear

@tosin
U jst dey spark 4 nuffin
Da grin died when the ovation was high,the brand was spreading bruv
If Majek dies today,wld u do this for him
Shey na streets of benin na im dem dey quote im lyrics,or na abj,kano,warri,kaduna,
I go tell u na,who no knw d lyrics of african queen,go india,u go surprise dem knw am,shey d last time,it happen,na fela?
Who no knw psquare lyrics for 9ja?wahala dey
Abeg go hide,

If any 9ja artist is involved in an accident,ppl wld do same for d person online,evn ppl dat didnt knw grin joined in wishin him well,u think say death na joke

@igbo boy
I tire o,his popularity grew ere after his death,
Im accident,no evn make entertainment news,na only when im die,na im dey announce am for here o,
My guy in jos read abt it on d funeral day,

The way this yoruba ppl take hype their pesin dey vex me

Oriri is bera dan 9ce
Inshort,black iq is better dan all rappers dat use yoruba

V learnt alot frm u guys,if u dnt celebr8 ur own,who will?

As frm today,i rep d bini artistes
Sir victor Uwaifo
Osayomore joseph
Oriri osayomore joseph
All the Bini speakin musicians r d best in 9geria
Fabomo,etc

As 9ce take sing pass Oriri,i no knw

Rep ur tribe!!!

I think 2months after talk about it,MI came to benin,evn tho his popularity had nt grown much,bt after then d guy don show like 5 or 6times(not sure)

Yesterday,was at a biz centre,wen a young boy brought d issue of da grin,d lil stil said,he wasnt popular here until his death,what da deal bros
The boy na yoruba boy sef
And d boy knws choc boys,ruggedman,mode9,wot da deal bros?

Una too dey underestimate mode9 sef,u think say,im no get family,friends,fans.
The strength of 1 mode9 fan = 20 of other 9ja rappers

I mean i knw how guys promoted his album on facebook
I knw guys dat bought 10 copies of Da Vinci Mode,some 5,my close pal got 3.

Do u think mode9 no get rapport wit other musicians.why dem show im album launch on Nigezie,some punk told me it was on MTvbase self(not sure)

@java
SA for shizzy,bt i dnt knw abt Ghana,i think he has a rapport wit kweku ananse,reggie rockstone

Jungle brothers would holla too

Make we reason well abeg,na everybody wey come funeral service knw d pesin wey die?

Una say na for facebook n nairaland na im mode9 fans dey,the fastest album v eva got in benin is mode9s,released in lag 22nd,got it benin 23rd
Im fans reach Northern Nigeria,not some west base

And let me add this

Da grin died when the ovation was high,if Majek goes home now,how many of y'all wld miss him?

eldee:

Omo that not just you ooh . . .

Rock stones like Reggie, your ice is vanilla
even in Philippines, you couldn't find a man iller.

Even Cartair was on point . . . he definitely had the best swag on the song

Cartiar on my back see the roof reclining
Cartiar on the wrist, can't find where the time is
Catch me on the web, well I'm Peter Parker.

Mami?? stressing go easy on the watch
But it's the Ice-Age, nigga's so cold, it's freezing on the block

No be gino talk dis one?

@tosin
Thanx for d advice.i wil keep dat in check

But y must it be mode9 vs other 9gerian rappers

Why didnt d poster put lord of ajasa is better than M.I,atleast he is d hottest around?
Or Ruggedman,saucekid,etc

So rapping in ur local language makes u original
And dnt use lagos as a criterion for popularity,cos they r 36 states+fct in nigeria

As long as,u fuse in ur local slangs,u r bein original

This is like comparin Slizzy e and Mode9
Its nt becos i understand wot slizzy e is sayn that makes him better dan any rapper dat uses english
U yorubas blow things out of proportion cos some1 uses ur language to do music

U wouldnt be on some fly shit,if u stand on tse tse feaces,
I seize it,everything plus his ho,
Now her speakerboxx is real busy on my love below
His hypeman,is lyk a dry river,he dont flow
Career is lyk a mouthless hooker,it wont blow

By mode9 on spazmodic

Na u knw,if u lyk no blive
He was popular ere n no show promoter brought him for a show in benin city,when M.I,Mode9,terry da rapman,pherow,have been ere more dan 2ce within 6months,evn igho don come

How come those same guys knw songs frm niggaraw,mode9,mi n ruggedman n u say,they r uninformed
BTW,i was in 100level when those songs came out,no dey luk me lyk a teenager or sum1 dat jst entered 20,b4 u go dey do ITK,

Tumba,lorile,wch kain beat dem get?,hiphop shey or na dance songs,
Before o4kasibe crept into benin,my cuzn in sagamu was already telln me,6 months earlier

Igbinedion uni-lagos resident infest dat skul
While uniben-ajegunle boys n lagos touts come wit their noise,one reason,i dont stay around skul,i come frm town daily,i no my city well,evn if i did my secondary skul in lagos

Come benin now n u go knw say,d local artistes r gettin more airplay on radio n tv
Slizzy e,franchize,maleke,zaga,evn monemsis without video,his freestyle was always on radio
Evn badman wit a low quality video was on rotation,lyk evryday on itv n ebs(myt be because of his connect wit playcity)unlike pon pon pon

Na now i dey hear da grin song for ring road stores n for radio
Evn d uniben girls i knw,most didnt evn knw d title of any of grins track b4 now

For where terry g,timaya n our local hitmakers dey,evn omo 9ja get airplay for ere,

I dey listen to dj da mix party mix on rhythm benin,i hardly hear grin

FYI,okada no be benin city,so dnt evn argue wit me,my satelitte guy didnt evn knw a da grin song til i borrowed him d cd
I mentioned ringroad,new benin,these places r where u get cds,
Jst recently sydney shocker used his beat as d background sound for his show
Benin ppl never play their slizzy e Edo boy n Gbastika or Maleke's 911
U r writin OKada,a community dat is influenced by students,wetin u no knw,u wan argue

DBR:

yuppp! Proto mehnnn~~proto!
Luvin this boy more with e'ry nu track.

Mnwhile i get the same kinda J.cole vibe from his voice and inflections.
Dude is aiite mehhn.

Rappers is bull shittin. bleep it,I ain’t hatin though/
Cuz Now a nigga hot enough to f.c.uk with one of satan’s hoes/
& She cant tell the difference.~~~~~

And did I fail to mention?/
Your bitche is tired of missionary,
boy you failed the mission/.
Speakin of positions/ Just witness
how i elevated.--J.Cole "Who Dat"

oNe

Sure proto n his chiddybang member sound like j.cole,maybe its coincidental

I aint feeling d new j.cole songs,d hook is nt catchy enough to sell him

U dnt knw wot death is?
Each popular artiste wld be respected

Da grin was nt getting airplay dat much in benin b4 his death.they didnt evn knw abt d accident until his death.
But now,his music bein played everywhere
They didnt knw him b4 now.this guys album shld be selling lyk never b4,alaba boys will make money off his death