Last week , Mode9 was on HotFM ' s breakfast
radio show and complained bitterly about
putting out an album and no one giving a
f***k about it . Ruggedman who was on the
same show recently , replied him
" Basically if you are an entertainer you can' t
do music for yourself that ' s why you are an
entertainer.If People you are made to
entertain are not entertained , you should do
one of two things … get another job or adapt'
am not saying this to be funny or anything ' .
If something is not working anymore the
least you can do is try and adopt to what ' s
up''
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Even in America at a point it was all Eastside
… then Westside, you can' t do anything about
it, if youcan' t shape up, you shape out ' I
actually started writing ' ehen ' song in English
but paul play advised me ' you are in
Nigeria ,make music for Nigerians , add the
local language so people could understand , I
put a little comedy to it by bringing in
Normoloss, ' It ' s not about how good you are
but how smart you are . I have said it ' i don ' t
want to be ' he can rap kinda artist ' but ' to
be a successful artist ' . ' Switching your style
doesn ' t make you any less of a human cos at
the end of the day ' what you have achieved
is what would be asked ."
This was what Mode9 said
" You see how the industry is ' how do you
expect me to feel ? ' Nigerians don' t like hip
hop they only follow the hype , they don ' t
even know what it is ' . I only cater for my real
fans; I don' t really care about the fair
weather , band wagon jumpers ' I cater for my
fans and they are feeling it ' i have put up too
much effort in promotion of my materials' .
"It ' s just some certain people in their minds
feeling that I ' m not doing well' I have
decided I am going to attack anybody who
calls me up and asks ' where have you been ?'
I have attacked everyone that has done that ,
I am not afraid of anybody. It ' s just the way
they think . If your music is not playing in
clubs then you are not putting out the best .
My music is not club music ; I didn' t put out
a club album . Real fans of Mode 9 know
where it ' s happening and know how to get it .
They' ve seen it on TV and they loved it . So I
think I' m doing a great job. Imagine you
doing all this and someone walking up to you
and asking , common where ' ve you been ?
Imagine how bad you' ll feel after spending
millions of naira to promote yourself from
your own pocket
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