A Questionmarkmag.com Presentation
Another year comes to an end and in our tradition here @QMarkMag, we bring you the 10 worst albums in 2010. As years for music go, 2010 ended up pretty damn good. Fans plunked down their hard earned money in dozens for at least ten CDs in this calendar year, partially out of a sense of obligation but mostly because there was that much good music out. Much of it fell below the radar with most of the main stream offerings in LP failing to deliver on the hype.
Some of the music on this list is overrated on top of being less than average, and some is just horrendous. Some pop, some rap, some everything, Hopefully someone can avoid musical molestation by steering clear of this ‘pure turd’ punchbowl of albums…
10 M.I. – MI2 was the most mainstream album this year – twitter trending title, 50 million naira from a marketer and yet to be announced stunt that it sold in 60,000 copies in 30 minutes. Hype doesn’t necessarily translate to a great album and that is MI2. Undisputed was a terribly bad teaser of the album – how did it make it as a single? While Talk About it, his debut was a great mix of appeal and cynicism, MI2 was an album where his focus moved to appealing and an evident struggle ensued as he exhibited his most lazy metaphors till date. The album might has well be called a potential showcase for the newest member of the Choc City clan – Brymo or at most, Talk about it 2.0 (still basking in the euphoria of previous effort instead of making another par follow up). Raise your hand (better still drop a comment) if you didn’t just buy the album to satisfy your curiousity……
9. 2 shotz- I am William: Ummunnamu Record’s CEO resurfaces with an alter-ego. The alter-ego Will.i.am emerged smooth and sophisticated, urbane and ready to play with the new crop of talent rocking on Samklef’s beat but sadly understands lyricism as putting the same word in different in a sentence repeatedly, displaying laughable situations during listen – “…this song na full stop, I drop non-stop,every year I must chop…”
8.House of Ginjah – 8th Mainland bridge: Here’s Terry lending a helping hand to aspiring artiste with House of Ginjah – a five-man clique comprising D Money (Terry G’s younger brother), Prince Banton (dancehall artist) and rappers I.Q. and Rakwell and last but not least, Terry G himself. They failed and broke up before they could record their 14th track together. Expect an 8th Mainland bridge from Julius Berger!
7. Vector – State of Surprise: Strong proponent for Naija hiphop poster boy lost the honours and we’re forced not to overlook and re mention his similarity with American legendary rapper Jay Z. Check this: “Let me be your hero like jaja of opobo”. Weak lines as such were all over the album.
6. Ruggedman – Untouchable. What could Ruggedman possibly rap about is the question? Tuface doesn’t save the album but P Square tries. The rapper is still as venomous in his delivery but it is another failed attempt at balancing mainstream/mass appeal with lyrical wits.
5. Kas – Kas: Ok! Producers shouldn’t sing to save their lives ( let’s take that back, OJB combined that excellently). Kas’ eponymous album doesn’t make him an artiste. Self titled album lacked every component a musician should deploy to make an album. After a failing record like ‘Like a bottle’ for Hennessey artistry, what really should be expected. He lets his production flow from the same elementary mood, tries rapping, singing and falls flat.
4. KC Presh – Swagger Ministers: here’s what a reviewer wrote: “Even though it should comfortably win the award for the most unimaginatively-titled album of the year so far, the one thing Swagga Ministers’ title does do is warn the listener of the album’s content, or lack thereof.” We rest our case!
3. Konga’s Eno Swagga king album was one of them at number 3. Eno Swagga King basically said fans no longer listen to words of the artiste as he struggled to be saved by the beat. Eno Swagga King shows a desperate Konga hungry for relevance, the album didn’t not meet up to the standard he set with his debut.
2. Singing campaign songs might be the closest Nollwood actors, in this case actress come close to doing music. Take Omotola Jalade’s Me, Myself and Eyes couldn’t cut even with a reported team up with Now Muzik and album is said to have taken years to complete. Can she last an album? Shouldn’t she quit music already?
1. Eedris Abdulkareem – Unfinished Business is number one worst album in 2010: Did the ‘comeback’ album fail? Sadly, answer is in affirmative – YES (notice, it is in capital). The industry has moved beyond Eedris’ kind of music apparently, even featuring his CEO Kenny Ogungbe on three songs didn’t do the comeback. Sadly, the leading veteran ‘rapper’ returns to take a backburner position. Is he just finished?
We didn’t list every album released as ‘worst’: YQ’s album, Asa’s Beautiful imperfection, Duncan Mighty’s Legacy, Tuface’s Unstoppable 2 et al were pretty good album.
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December 18th, 2010 at 1:12 pm
yh african american
December 18th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
I don’t agree wit ur list at all.Hw do u Put Mi’s MI2 and Ruggedman’s untouchable on that list?Then u say Duncan Mighty’s Album was pretty good?This is the climax of absurdity.Mi and Rugged shouldn’t be on dt list plsssssss
December 18th, 2010 at 2:18 pm
u are right, but your signed atrists didnt do better than them when you guys released their albums…
December 18th, 2010 at 3:28 pm
MI 2 – Just too much hype. No substance at all. The album just did well on the internet and nowhere else.
December 18th, 2010 at 4:14 pm
Of course, if you write an article and you want people to pay attention to it, you try to make it controversial. Evidently, that is what you have done.
Ordinarily, I would tell you that MI2 should not be on the list with these other albums, most of which no one is even aware of. (I mean, I don’t know most of these albums exist) but I think you already know that.
This is the shoddy work of a less than average journalist. No Diss.
December 18th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
On point!
December 18th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
interesting read. @iene less than average journalist? sir or ma, i disagree.
December 19th, 2010 at 1:05 am
MI2-No…Others well said.
Duncan Mnighty’s Legacy Album makes a joke of Timaya.
Great work of Art.
December 19th, 2010 at 6:02 am
HATERS!! After readig this post, i went thru ur website and realised that all yall do is hate on MI, dts pathetic, cos mode9′s album which is not even half as good as mi’s, was a flop and it dint make the list….mscheeeewww….badbelle….
December 19th, 2010 at 7:53 am
MI specifically dedicated track 7 of his album(BEEF) 2ppl lyk u.if i recall Qmark av artistes signed 2dem label,can u help me wt der names.after failin in d industry d nxt option s press witchhunt.so lame QMARK.if u aint beefin u shd av another column 4 top 10 albums and nt list 3-4albums at d end of ds crap.enter politics journalism,u r gud writer tho
December 19th, 2010 at 11:32 am
who dey call mode9 name for there,are u mad?
MI2 is not even up to 1/4 of Da Vinci Mode
Vectors inclusion is surprisin
MI2 aint all dat
dont be myopic,this is qmarkmag n not records,and mode9 left qmark records early 2008…wetin concern mode9 for inside????
Numbskulls
December 19th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
sharap….AT least he was there before duhhhh!! dey still gon support him.. Davinci Mode?? Neva even hrd one dying song from d album and im a naija music freak!!!!…..Hu has 27 thousand followers on twitter, Mode9 right, oops i meant MI right….mschewwww…..
December 19th, 2010 at 4:26 pm
@diva
u r no music freak,u r an MI stan,who cant accept d truth n transferin blames all ova d internet
if u r gal,i dnt doubt ur taste at all
Mode9s ‘Badman’ neva heard of dat?…if u ve not any song,u chose not to,cos rhyme tyte was even nominated at NMVA,u stil miss dat one? Or Badman winnin on HipHopworld awards or South South Music Award…girl u r lost
Mode9s album was a better one,go look out on notjustok.com or all blogs..Da Vinci Mode,even on d streets,i dey Kaduna,i got it there,no dey mistype here abeg
December 19th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Waheva joh… What has Mode9 album got to show 4 itself if its better dan MI’s?? Not even fans, money, promos, shows!! NOTHING!!! Abeg its not about having tite lyrics(which I can accept hes got), its about making good songs and appealing to the people u making the song for(naija ppl)… If he wants to be strictly hardcore/JayZ, he shld as well go to US and start a career(Dt wont go nywhere)
December 19th, 2010 at 7:34 pm
mode9 aint got fans,he got fam…and 1 mode9 fan is like a 100 for others…they r ova zealous,
And Da Vinci Mode aint a hardcore album,stop givin it bad press,this is hatin,it aint gud 4 u,my dear…it was released in March…n it had its fair share of airplay…badman,we dey vex ft 2face,whut u want ft mo cheddah n loke ft YQ
So sister…they was no need draggin mode9 into this n ithink he has been london since July…so…nxt time,if u want to hate,v gud reasons to do so…kisses
December 19th, 2010 at 11:53 pm
the whackest journal i’ve read in my entire life.
mi2?, state of surprise? think we’ve got some retards over here.
for god’s sakes, vector’s jst new nd u question his cracker debut album.
african american’s d king of whackos
serzly go do ur homework b4 u start chatting bullshit………..mschewwwwwww…………………
December 20th, 2010 at 4:39 am
If i wz d boss i wuld sack who so ever wrote this compilation, this is just 100% BEEF, i wuld swear you havnt listerned to the albums you wrote about (your just writting from dem say, dem say) M.I 2 & UNTOUCHABLE have no business on that list. You dont know the meaning of ‘worst albums’
December 20th, 2010 at 9:29 am
With all due respect to whoever compiled this list, MI2 and STATE OF SUPRISE do not deserve to be on this list. Missing albums on this list includes: TURN AROUND(KSB), AFRICAN AMERICAN ALBUM(Sauce Kid), NO 1(Ajuju), MAYEFESTATION(Maye Hunta),……ahn ahn
December 20th, 2010 at 3:52 pm
Mi 2 is bomb
December 20th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
bottom line, i neva heard any song 4rm dt album!!! d only song i know of Mode nine is nigerian girls and cry!!… I still stick to the fact that dis list is stupid and pointless!!!
December 21st, 2010 at 6:15 am
@diva
like i said…u didnt hear cos u didnt want to..u obviously passed ova,as per is it not modey?
And em,is cry n 9ja girls not 2006?…4yrs ago…abeg dey watch soundcity…u hear?…and u using sales n popularity to judge how gud an album was,shows u dnt knw how to analyse music…
Abt d list,its ur opinion,everyother person got theirs
December 23rd, 2010 at 7:19 am
damnn it… men d journalist dat did dis…….abeg go do sumtin like politics koz music… its far far away from u jor!!! una editor dey blind? koz dis is d definition of nonsense!!
December 24th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Ermmmm questionmark, u have artiste s right, pls wur re dey, wat happened 2 their album….lemme guess flop….MI should not be on dis list, wat wur u thinking , pls MI is nigeria s best rap artist,his songs have meaning so appreciate rather than hate, common, modenine is wack 2 me and there is no competition…..listen 2 BEEF and try 2 eat some fish lol MI is 2 gbasky…u got hate venoms in ur system for MI easy na, not his fault dude is talented…..ruggedman is also good so stop hating ok
January 7th, 2011 at 8:10 am
This is the most retarded list I ever saw. The witless, grammatically incorrect explanations that the writer has provided for each entry on the list is testament to his complete and utter lack of intelligence. It is obvious that the writer does not have the intellectual capacity to objectively evaluate any artiste.
January 9th, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Did i just see MI2 on dis list ???…wat am i doing on dis site. D persön dat compiled dis list must b 4rm out of space. (S.O.B)cube
January 11th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
Questionmark as a label has failed to provide Nigerians with mind blowing artiste.. The so called music rats are a fake demonstration of vocal talent.
They lost two most valuable talent that brought them into limelight and are now basking in the shadow of failure while crucifying other talented artistes..
They should call me and leme school them, introduce them to artistes that would sell albums, not phony wanabes..
January 12th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
I think this is a sick list!!! Considering the fact that Questionmark didn’t do well in the music industry, who are you to judge albums.
Whoever complied this list should get checked.
January 19th, 2011 at 12:25 pm
You guys should listen up now.Feel the fans and hear them out,plz re-present your list if it’s even necessary to do such thing.plz don’t Piss us off your Site.
January 20th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
The only album that i felt should not have been on the list is vectors state of suprise and the one song that should have been number 1 on the list is sauce kids’ african american album. MI2 deserves to be on the list cos we expected much from him and he failed to deliver the tight barz we’ve all come to love and finally any bastard wey say mode 9 album flop need to go swallow rock die, mode 9 is undoubtedly the best lyricist nigeria has ever produced and no other EMCEE can ever match his skillz and note the word used ”EMCEE” cos he’s not a rapper and if u say u no hear any of him singles the u been dey niger republic when them de play am for radio.
January 21st, 2011 at 4:56 pm
haha. i dont know about most of these albums but they sound pretty crappy.
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Byron Shelley Injeeli
January 21st, 2011 at 7:16 pm
hueva’s callin mode9′s name wth evil, dirty, stupid n unworthy tongue shld shut d fuckn hell up!! Cuz its obvios u dnt knw quality music, u jst bop ur emty head 2 d crap ds wackos feed ur emty skull wth. N abt d list, i think its mor of hate dan criticism wth litl iota of truth. Wth no hate, we al knw wch rapa’s yngr bro is supzd2b numbr1 of d wackest albms. Sooo mch ‘junk’ hype bt far below avrage. Step up ur fuckn game!
January 21st, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Ermmm the trap and alpha know ur type and its defination is STANDARD BASTARDS…why u mad @ my flow u be tampoon.
February 1st, 2011 at 1:59 pm
So the writer of this article caved in to the criticisms of people who do not know hip hop and removed MI’s album from the list abi. Fear fear journalist. MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack, MI’s album is wack. Mr/Miss journalist do not be afraid of the MI fans.
February 9th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
the author who made dis post is so so bias…MI is n will still b choppin his money!!! n pls u need 2 b on d worst authors ever existed!!! fire ur editor…
February 10th, 2011 at 12:14 am
to say vector album is not good is d bigest kie eva – its obvious that there is some personal sentiments wif whoeva has dis opinion….. pls stop playing around!!
February 26th, 2011 at 7:56 am
Lyk it or not, m.i and ruggedman’s albums should not be anywhere near this list. The journalist who wrote this should go c his physician or psychiatrics coz i don’t think u ‘ve listened to any of these albums.
February 27th, 2011 at 11:09 am
da person dat wrote dis is fake n fake….M.I 2 ROCKS…OMG I NOW HATE THIS WEBSITE
March 7th, 2011 at 5:46 am
short black dude is sittin on top..sittin on top naija hippop..mi is good n ruggeddy baba is truely naijas best rapper ever not two-verse-modey.
March 7th, 2011 at 12:30 pm
MI is a great rapper but MI2 aLbum is weak to be a rap album…if anyone out there understand how rap is suppose to sound like,u will know that MI’s debut album let’s talk about is alot better and tighter than MI2.I’m a dedicated fan of MI.Pls go back to the days when u used to sound nice.I love u homie.
April 7th, 2011 at 3:44 pm
Mode9 must really suck for only a pinch full of people to come out and yell at every other person’s fans to silence. We all know that if you think everybody is mad then that means that you are MAD.
Truth is that as far as popularity and wealth contest (which happens to matter in this world) is concerned Mode9 and his bullies are just noise markers who are jealous, can’t stand MI’s success and are waiting for his downfall. Life is what you make of it, music included. So those talking smack about emcee and lyricism are just trying to buy time. Music is fluid and doesn’t have to be a particular way. So you like what you like and love who you love. Don’t force Mode9 down our throats. Artists are like the next person who wants to be successful and if a whack album gets to pay the bills then let them be.
April 27th, 2011 at 7:18 am
quest?on ?d?ot?c mark nna meen una jus fall my hand w?t ur retarded myop?c short-s?ted v?ew of ds 9ja art?st album l?st hw on earth w?l u doom ass cr?t?c?se art?st effort w?t all the?r success n tours now let educate ur mumu poverted ?gnorant wen u guys were a label den wat happend 2all ur art?st l?k s?lvber-sadd?h , ruff man n d rest na where dem dey now hopeful? de went dead w?t der nonreal?st?c careers coz u fuckd up as a label now as a mag u also fuck up w?t una aberrent l?st MI n ruggedman has pave d way 4 9ja mus?c 2 h?t ?nternat?onal standard even eedr?s abdulkareen so shut d fuck up b4 we cr?t?cally anal?se ur weak publ?cat?on n go tel dt ur ?ll?terate ed?tor or who eva comp?le d?s l?st 2go flush h?s bra?ns ?n d to?let coz u guys r a dummy
May 5th, 2011 at 9:21 am
dis is the biggest level of familiarity you should have replaced MI and RUGGED MAN with Y.Q and ASA
May 5th, 2011 at 9:27 am
DAMN!!!!!!! I AM BEGINNING TO HATE DIS WEB SITE.GOSH!!!! WHAT WERE U SCHMUCK, RAT -ARSED, JOURNALISTS THINKING.
May 28th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
All u mi haters walk down de road and go hug transformer, go boil stone it will cure ur sickness.
August 9th, 2011 at 12:00 pm
who d hell compiled dis,aw can ruggedman,vector n 2shotz make d list.wen i n my peeps are hailin vector as a major plus to d game 4 his ill album,praising ruggedman dat he stil got it n givin 2shotz his much deserved respect.am sure d person dat wrote ds was drunk.buy ds 3 rap albums and u will salute ds cats.
August 9th, 2011 at 12:08 pm
aw can vector’s album n ruggedy’s mke dis list.wz ds writer high.i wz ova impressed wiv vector’s album n ruggedy dint disapoint me.even 2shotz’s album wz on point.ds writer nids checkup