XAMINATION: Identity crisis

Chude......make you go sing your own make we hear. You go just dey for your office and spoil somebody album like that. You are indeed the average human that always sees the bad in us. The way you started one would think the entire song in the album was a disaster. I will go and get the album and hear it for myself.

Chude, pls no mind that brotha Sunday above me. Haba! Writers for this country don suffer o, no sooner than a well-informed, articulate and unbiased commentator offers objective journalism than they label u with such derogatory terms as a bad belle and olofofo or whatever else Timaya told his fans to call us. An opinion is an opinion, u have shared urs, the guy should offer his and avoid getting personal with it. I listened to the album and its actually far worse than ur review depicts. So will we not say the truth anymore becos it will may hurt his sales? More grease my senior bros. And nice get together at the Future Award Town Hall Meeting in Abuja. I'm a big fan. I write for HHW, just incase u were wondering.

I just eye the album everytime i see it at the music store. I'm always wary of albums like that - albums that i haven't heard a song from it on radio. So what if he is 9ice's producer? Abegi!

Its so unfortunate that some people are making good music while some people without talent are else condemming them. I have bought the album & I think its one of the greatest album I have heard in recent time. Healthy lyrics,simple,explicit,good beats and everything you want. Chude go ask God & cabasa for forgiveness. And pls go find work to do & stop confusing people

Did someone say unbiased? Its definitely a biased appraisal of somebody's sweat. How dare u chude? Its a shame that u r allowed to publish such. Cheap controversy doesn't sell. U didn't even praise his talent and encourage him. You speak of banky w as if he paid u to write nice things about him. Disgraceful. The same banky w that is trying so hard to be accepted as a real singer? Fishy fishy. Your article just seems lame like the abati one. We can see where u draw ur inspiration from....

Let's face the truth...The guy no sing well, he no sing well. I think the time is ripe for we to tell ourselves the truth. The Nigerian Music industry is saturated with a lot of crap artistes. So, what's the uprising?

i honestly dont know what the writers above are talking about, i bought the album 2 days ago and i was thoroughly disappointed. A producer of Cabasa's caliber should definitely have done better. Save for the songs mentioned by Chude, it was a disaster. Chude, this was definitely an unbiased review and you were definitely on point! The tow best songs were Gongo tin so and street credibility. Kudos to the female voice on the tracks.

Chineke! I don't know why people are arguing over this issue....well< I haven't listened to it, but my cousin who did is currently receiving treatment at LUTH for depression...Thanks to the album

Haba! @Niovo2Young, LUTH no good O! Make una fly una cousin go abroad. (Naija pipul, una no go kill me)

When I saw a track of the album on TV some weeks ago in a duet, I thought ID Cabasa had lost it and turned to ID Cabata. The writer is correct... that it is not a good album at all.

I totally agree with the first comment up there. What makes one a music reviewer? by what standards did the reviewer rate this album as " A bad album ". If you take into consideration the the gruesome task producing and packaging an album entails, you wouldn't make such comments about the album. Music is an art form, at least to some people it is, and every album doesn't necessarily need to break the mold. I haven't listened to the album either but I sure won't come out and say somebody made a bad "album" just for the sake of journalism.

Chude did a fantastic critique. As usual there are a few monkeys in the house who dont understand the concept of a critique. Whatever you say EVERYTHING to them is personal, so dont bother trying to explain. Good write up man! Give the other guys one of those 'Eze goes to school' books so they can learn English

@ Obiora....you must be on the same drug with the likes of Chude. Like I said to Chude.... we would glad to review your album soon. It is sad that the same Chude that is suppose to be at the vanguard of promoting excellence among the youth of this country is also at the fore front of rubbishing the effort a young man like ID Cabasa. Even if you want to do a critique...it should not be destructive. You have not heard the last of this matter.

CHUDE BE WARNED CONVENANT PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS TO TOIL WITH BUT YOU JUST DID, TAKE NOTE.

Out of the Artists we have in Nigeria,How many of them are really creative? Few,and we know them.There is more to Music than how 'LAY MEN' tends to see it.So guys even if the Album was a mess at least make your criticism constructive, No album is Perfect. I have not listened to all the Songs on it, but with this kind of criticism i need to sample all the songs.

@ Dipo - dude, was that a threat??? Just curious...

@Dipo: Yes, Dipo, was that a threat? Your type is responsible for Dele Giwa!

chude, it so amazing what writers like you all in the name of criticism are writing retarded stuff on great people that should be celebrated, am sure you are another version of Abati but I think you were bribed to do the damage to one of the great album in the market now. 1. I doubt if you've listened to the album at all, great lyrics that are healthy,rich melodies,good beats and life was in album. 2. You said this dude should know what sells on the street like, women,moet,yahoo e.t.c, Hear how destructive you are to morals, idcabasa gave us good music that is void of immoral vices here you are complaining in an era where we are trying to rebrand Nigeria. 3. You said he featured all the artist in lagos, even if he did, is he not a better person than you who is not a blessing to others, @least we now know the likes of Kayefi, Seriki, Supo & co, surprisingly he gave a voice to Kage who has been struggling to be heard 4 2 long. 4. Cabasa's lyrics on the song with banky W was deep & classic go listen to it again Mr critic, "although we might not be where we wanna be but we are not were we use to be" good lyrics with sense and rhymes. 5.@lolly, it shows you don't have a TV @ home you are just lying bcos there's no video yet for any of the song in the video. 6. Lord of ajasa's talent is questionable" see the height of foolishness from chude! Ajasa is one of the greatest lyricist that has been produced here in 9ja & u have the mouth to insult him! Go and check urself @ aro. I am a die hard codedtunes fan cause this guys will never stop from giving us good tunes in a simple manner. Then I pray this one wey you write no go end your career because humble people like Cabasa are hard to toil with. I wish to meet idcabasa 1 on 1 soonest so as to thank for a great album, but for you I will recommend you see Dr terry G for a dose of free madness

See talk! Chidi, you have never met idcabassa but you know he is humble? This is such a hatchet job i am laughing. BECAUSE of this review i bought the album and its weak ande watery and in fact lazy. BECAUSE i have listened to it (all morning in the car - waste of my time) i know that you are in fact talking more than a little nonsense

@shadyblue, I can bet it that it that just 1 person is writing all of these rubbish because the words u used. Its a shame on you guy, go repent so as to make heaven, I wish d guy should read this & answer you. 4 me & many others that know chude, no more patronising you. If u know d album is bad do your own make we criticise am. Am sure you know nofin about music! @ dipo, if u guys have cabasa's number, tell him to answer this dude. 234next to fire!

I've listened to the album and there are one or two songs on it , which i really liked, but that is not enough to condemn the album. HOWEVER, though art (music, literature, drama etc) is subject to different interpretations and appeals to divergent tastes, it still has to live up to certain qualities recognised only by people who have an eye or ear for it. But the guy must be a darn good producer if he produced 'gongo aso' and 'street credibility'. Give the devil his due.

Cut to the chase, Chude: This is a bad review, and I smell ill-intent in it. I'd like to know what you thought of Reuben Abati's "A Nation's Identity Crises".

Hey Chude, To cut to the chase, this is a very bad review. If you ask me, you could have published it on your facebook note, and no one would have questioned your personal opinion. But when you use a public portal as a newspaper to write such spiel disguised as a critical opinion piece on an artist's hard work, you stand accused of malice, which is very easy to spot. You do owe him an apology indeed, especially if any of the rage directed at Reuben Abati for writing that his infamous article is to be taking seriously as a genuine response to a piece of undeserved denigration. PS: I hope NEXT publishes this. I don't want to have to type it all over again.

To cut to the chase Kola, this is a very bad comment. You are confusing yourself. You call this a 'critical opinion piece' and yet you say it shouldnt have had ópinion'? Abeg what is a review if not an opinion? I camnt for the life of me think you expect reviews to be read like reports or features that incorporeate all opinions and are therefore 'balanced'. You think it was too harsh, fine. You disagree even better. But to call this 'spiel' and 'malice'without even buying the album yourself to see if it is as bad as they say it is just plain ignorant to me. And small.

oh well, before you tear yourselves apart let reason speak! Chude is entitled to his opinion, but for the purpose of a newspaper review, it might be expected that he would be lest scathing and more technical in his reproach. That being said, it is understandable if he decides to be biting. The point is that Nigerians have grown so accustomed to loving mediocrity and excusing thesame for the most flimsy and inconsequential of reasons... 9ice's producer, he tried... and s*** like that. You are not expected to try. you are expected to be excellent and accord your listener the dignity of a well concocted meal, even if it is not to personal taste or preference. The album felt hurried, playful, almost in your face like, whatever he does will be banging. Probably not I.D Cabasa's fault, but merely a symptom of the pervading callousness with which showbiz is often conducted in this country. I don't think Chude has malice with anything other than that very notion. So all yall, filé!!!

And in all of this we forget the point that this was a bad album.

I was forced to buy this album today. I listened to it and I wept...COMING FROM A PRODUCER, THE ALBUM IS A CLASSIC. ID Cabasa doesn't deserve this...HE DOESN'T DESERVE THIS INSULT. Is it because he is a gentle easy-going guy?

Chude is a disgrace.

The joys of anonymous comments. Anybody can come in and say anything without sense. The phantom Tuneri is one. 'Chude is a disgrace'? How smart you are!

@Alobaloba, i dont really blame you.Definitely you n chude are in the same class(FOOLS). Please go and get a better job.its obvious you are jobless.You dont deserve any attention.

I have listened to the album n its very fantastic. I.D Cabasa did a great job. Please keep up the great job Cabasa. Everybody shouldnt mind FOOLS like Chude n Alobaloba

@ Chude n Alobaloba: What do you know about music? Both of you are like farmers trying to fly an aeroplane.

@ Chude n Alobaloba: I perceive that you have missed it.Both of you are supposed to be farmers.Please get back to your villages n start farming.Your star is in farming & hunting(thats why you are hunting cabasa) If you dont have money to get to your villages go to Ota-OBJ'S FARM, he will gladly employ you. I wish both a great stay in Ota farm or your villages

You guys don't get it, do you? That's why it is a review!!! It's somebody's opinion and everybody 's entitled to theirs. But as a review, it does one of the thing so it is suppose to: publicize the work and actually get some of you to buy it. Bad or good, publicity is publicity. In fact, the more controversial the better because controversy sells. ID Cabasa should actually thank Chude for helping increase his album sales. Good or bad, he did his job- he piqued the public interest. Remove sentiments from criticism and you hit the noodle on its head!

1. you don’t become an award winning producer like ID without knowing one or two things about what listeners want 2. God Pass Them”, “Alenu” and “Ofe Owerri” all start with promise 3. That said, “Ofe Owerri” featuring Kage is a song that will have you dancing and might have been a classic if the producers had taken their time to handle it with the care it deserves. 4. Alujo Repete” is another very beautiful song because of Banky W. Never one to do half measures, Banky’s voice and lyrics are a revelation, drawing the listener in and keeping attention. This R&B song is a gem on this album and ID should be grateful to Banky for this flash of brilliance. 5. By the way, “Gongon Tin So” is another classic – well produced and well delivered. 6. At the end of the day, Mister Chude even says this: "Songs like these give the listener a sense that this album might grow on you if you give it more than one listen." Basically saying, 'I might be wrong, go hear for yourself'! And some of you still have the guts to say this review was not balanced and wasnt professional enough?! Are you ***** blind!

Hia!!!! is this all he wrote that has now caused war on Facebook?? Tufia!!!! So the man can't review album again???

I listened to the album, then heard some Chude guy of 234Next wrote a review and that he practically burnt the work. Then I decided to see for myself before reacting. I am a very critical lover of Nigerian hip-hop, and I say it as it is (Kel's "The Investment" is under par, and I have told whosoever is willing to listen, I digress..). Having taken "The Identity" through several listens, I have come to the conclusion that Mr. Chude right here either didnt listen to the album at all or simply isnt worth his onion as a critique of music (in my humble opinion). I have not, since Faze's 2nd Album, listened to another album with an almost flawless composition of tracks. Let me take you through some of the best ones - "Underrated" is a track that should make even Chude proud, that track is bound to be named among the best ever by fememcees in this country, well laid out beats that have attracted wide acclaim across the land, Kayefi and Eva Aalodiah beat the vocals and rap to music heaven, -Ofe Owerri is highlife music done in a way even Lil' Wayne would love it...it is also a love song done in Igbo, the cross over appeal should make any true Nigerian dizzy, -A lenu pa, brings to the fore the richness of Yoruba rap, well arranged, and the lines lock in like nursery rhymes (I suspect Chude doesnt understand Yoruba). Ok I will stop before my reaction spans lines longer than what the author of this piece has written. I suggest he goes back to listening to the album, then go on and sin no more. And please don't even bother writing a rejoinder.

Mr. Okelue, who understands Yoruba perfexctly, I assume u are the Lord of music. If u say Kel's investment is bad we must bow, but if u say I'd Cabaasa's album is great, then it must mean that Chude doesn't know how to do revbiews - just because u said so?!? And of cos all the other pple here who commented on the album and said its crap also don't matter because some ghuy called Lord Henry has spoken! This is a farce.

Oke (I understan small igbo and oke appropriately means rat!), lue, you must have been blind not to see wen he praised the same Ofe Owerri! Kel's invest$ent is below par? U must be brain dead! Kel's Invesytment??? And this thrash called I'd entity is fine music? I can't believe this. As fas I am concerned, Chud wasn't harsh enuf! Kai

@Kekeke and okekeoke!, it is obvious you are both one and the same person...I am sure we dnt want to turn this into a mudfest, if Chude could give an opinion and the rest of us can't give ours, then you need to go check into rehab...lol @ my name meaning rat, I am hope your father is proud of what he has begat....if we cant keep this convo respectable then kindly post something else like the last ones and we can take it from there:)

@henry okelue, the conversation was meant to be a healthy one! Where have you been all this years? I have been trying to reach you !

Posted by ATYall on Oct 28 2009 "You guys don't get it, do you? That's why it is a review!!!" THANKYOU!! Someone who understands English. Posted by Sunday on Oct 22 2009 @ Obiora....you must be on the same drug with the likes of Chude. Sunday doesnt understand the word CRITIQUE. Hello! Sunday! Critique MEANS that you friggin criticize either good or bad! I dont care if you're even having a gay relationship with the artist, if the reviewer feels the album stinks he can express that, thats what "a critique" does. Check the dictionary.

Hi! U guyz are 2 much & i luv every of ur songs & Pls i will like 2 get the street credibility(remix).This is my mail Lanuelforeign@yahoo.com THANKS.Am waiting