Its surprising and really annoying too that Mr Abati would ridicle these people thaat much, when from all indications he’s an ardent listener, or how do you explain his ability to reel out all the lyrics?

He talks about failing a generation, pray tell, who is failing who? Like Banky pointed out we are young people trying to survive on the only foundation we’ve known since birth! They say when life throws you lemons make lemonade, what if it throws you maggot invaded agbalumo (cherry) just like Mr Abati’s generation?

Lyrics making sense…. its neither here nor there…. “if you see mammy water, never, never run away” (Mr. Abati’s generation)….whats the moral lesson? its been there since time immemorial, some artistees thrash political and economic issues, others make party and club tracks, a few deal with matters of the heart, isnt variety the spice of life anymore…ehn?

Naija! Naija!! Naija!!! its our dear Nigeria, yes, i agree we should stand upright for the anthem I agree, but please, enough about the name already! The Americans are synonymous with “Yankee’, no one ever makes noise about it. Mr Abati, please tell us why it is acceptable, or better still will Naija be acceptable if it were in the dictionary? Perhaps we would include it with many other words, Association of Nigerian English Professors (there’s nothing like that oh!) and Ministry of Education take note!

If you really want to deal with the issue of National identity, use your position to tell the Supporters club that adopting the VuVuzela horn is not our stlye and that we want our drums back so we can sing ‘ogbona feli feli… we’re hot and they’re not’ when super eagles score at the nations cup.

By the way, you seem to always fuel controversies http://www.nigeriansinamerica.com/articles/1534/1/Between-Dr-Abati-CNN-Nigerians–Nigeria/Page1.html

My advice is Mr Abati should stick to Patito’s Gang and discuss politics, environmental degradation and economics, as far as Entertainment is concerned, he’s got no invite and definitely wont be winning an award soon…. nuf said!

At the 2008 Nigerian Music Video Awards, Sir Victor Owaifo who also was a distinguished guest of the awards presented the best mainstream hip hop video awards to Roof Top MCs and lauded artistes like PSquare and Dbanj for doing Nigeria proud. If a Legend such as he could declare this…then sir, who in FLINTSONE are you?

In fact, there is this music store called Evagreen at Onipanu where Nigerian classics these are sold. S. B. Bakare, Victor Olaiya, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Sunny Ade, Ebenezer Obey, Dan Maraya of Jos, Osita Osadebey, Ayinla Omowura, Victor Uwaifo, Geraldo Pino, Rex Lawson, I. K. Dairo, Haruna Ishola, Yusuf Olatunji, Inyang Henshaw, Tunji Oyelana, Bobby Benson, Tunde Nightingale, and even the later ones: Shina Peters, Dele Abiodun, Y.K. Ajao, Ayinde Barrister, Kollington Ayinla, Batile Alake, Sir Warrior, Moroccco Nwa Maduko, Orlando Owoh, We buy them, we treasure them because they are the valued summary of an ethos we can NEVER replace. And so we create our own and regardless of the dysfunctions largely masterminded by the failures of your kind our children will also celebrate our irreplaceable music.

Lastly…NEVER talk trash about HIP HOP when even you, without knowing it have a Hip which you HOP on, which also keeps you from falling off. More than half of the Nigerian artistes you mentioned do not do HIP HOP MUSIC. HIP HOP is the most misrepresented culture and music genre today thanks to uninformed intellectuals whom you so aptly represent. Nevertheless, a few of none Hip hop music artistes are Hip Hop only because Hip hop is a consciousness/ state of the mind. For Example, Banky W is Hip Hop, even though is genre is R&B, Dbanj for example is POP music but don’t be fooled, Dbanj is just as Hip Hop minded as the next man. So please keep Kanye West , Jay Z, and Nas, Jadakiss out of your atavistic schooling that sorely needs graduation ( I bet some young hip hop buff came up with that list for you). May be I should stop here, going further might just be to futuristic for you to follow.

So next time you want to criticize, please be sure to research the genres in question and provide actual parameters that these music could be scaled by.

Yo Banky…keep smiling to the Bank!

And I’m Audi ( Like d car!)

These young boys are selling happiness… no matter the gbege wey dey your head, you must roll waist when you hear 9ice or Timaya… No matter how self righteous you are, you must sit along and dance to “MUGUUUUU DON PAY, SHOUT ALLELUYAH!!!! EEEAAAAHHH, EEEAAAHHH!!!”

Good job to Banky for responding in a respectful manner.. it just shows that even with their pants sagging these kids still know their roots… Hopefully Mr Abati will eat his words when 9ice finally brings home the grammy

I am tempted to say that Mr. Abati’s time is passing, but Banky put it right when he says that he is a tad bit out of touch. An evening listening to any of these artists would set him on the right course, then again, it could be like me listening to my father’s Jim Reeves collection! Kudos to you Banky for your response.