Everyone wants to become a hip hop star.

Same old overflogged, baseless argument....the rate at which people flock into music industry these days is becoming alarming, is it the fame or the money, which is which? Baseless lyrics, poor beats and low soundtracks, even on our campus these days.  The truth is as simple as ABC, Not everybody is interested in cracking metaphors or listening to punchlines.
... Its the same way everyone aint interested in poetry... The animosity here is due to the fact that the makers and listeners of this genre of music are not willing to accept that other people do not share same interest.... And what is real rap/hip-hop, music is an art and real is relative.... I do not care what any musician has to say, if I want words of wisdom, I'd pick a book... I can't just waste my time listening to a 10-20 track CD, with similar boring tune, drab choruses and verses with "words of wisdom"... I might just as well pick up a poem book....

Truth is, most of this artistes are not versatile, they don't go commercial because they cannot go commercial, its not because they don't want to...  They prefer to do the pose on Nigerian stages and campus podiums with many screaming to the six packs, beats, swags and the Gucci's and Versace but when it come to stepping up their bid and going international, presenting songs with poetic and brilliant lyrics for competition, excuses set in. Many artistes in Nigeria are nowhere to be found again when the real music sets in. Even at our campuses, how many voices are still in vogue? Let's face it, mode9 cannot sing to save his life... Versatile people like eminem, Lil Wayne, tuface, Darey (when he did safe, not now), have made nice tunes with sweet choruses whilst making sense at the same time.... The world is not static, change is a constant, one must adapt... Mode9 and the others may be lyrical but others are thousand times more lyrical (Phyno, Olamide). The world is going beyond moving their  waists to beats alone, real musicians get their pay ( as in high pay) from lyrics and not beats alone, some six packs and swags on stages. Reasons why many campus musicians only make impact at their schools only and not the outside world. Another reason why you hardly have Nigerian music in your blues list outside Celine Dion, Akon and many more of their calibre. Take America music industry and Nigeria music industry for instance.
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You can as well take ''on top of the world'' composed by R. Kelly but sang by D'banj cos the stage is for the world and not Nigeria.  for example. The lyrics is the bases but why many are queueing at the door of this Industry without creative and interesting lyrics is what still keeps me wondering what exactly they are after. The money or the fame?

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