Reminisce-Vector Diss; Cause, Translation, What Next? . . ..
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I love hip hop….cheesy. I just love the disses. Been a while we saw anything like the rugged – mode nine diss palava in the naija Hiphop scene. Who didn’t miss that? Ok, so it’s no longer news that Reminisce aka “O ta lenu” did a one minute warning shot for Vector. Many people had issues with it because it was done in Yoruba. For comprehensive understanding and with the aim to carry everyone along, I did a line by line translation of Reminisce’s ‘dedication’ to Vector. You’ll find it useful especially if Yoruba is not your strongpoint.
The Genesis.
Reminisce dropped a monster street jam titled “2mussh” . . . here is what the intro is like “Reminisce, legendary beats . . o ta lenu, Leggo” (I particularly like this one).
Few days later, Saucekid dropped a monster of a song titled “kitchen” where he featured Vector, whether vector was just flowing with the title, or saw it as an opportunity to throw a jab at reminisce, you decide. As for me, I see it as him just rhyming. Reason? Apart from me just liking his personae and style of rap, while will he out of the blue for no reason want to diss someone who they dont share the same CV and type of genre? Ok ok this is what his intro on kitchen street looked like:
“For all those boys wey dey show
te ba fe ma form npe eyin lata, ani tomato to ma to…”
As promised, i got you on the translation.
“for all those boys wey dey show,
Wey wan dey form like say dem be pepper, We get tomato wey reach to reduce the pepper ”.
Then came and unexpectedly so too, Reminisce’s one minute snippet that had vector written all over it. After reading, take a step further and download if you’re a Yoruba rap fanatic that is.
Won biya eyan
“Dem no born person mama”
Reminisce in the building
E sare, ma so da o, ojo zebra crossing, but don’t cross it.
“Run, don’t cross it, e resemble zebra crossing, but don’t cross it”
Reminisce ibile, your favourite rappers fear me
“Reminisce, Son of the soil, your favourite rappers fear me”
Nuke wa lara mi, nobody go like near me
“Nuke dey my body, nobody go like near me”
Gulder pelu henny all the time no shampoo
“Gulder and Henny all the time, no shampoo”
Won fe dile mu, temporarily ni Bamboo
“Dem wan form rap pillar, it’s only temporary . . dem be Bamboo”
VE whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Shiiiii kilonjebe?
“VE whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Shiiiiiiii wtf is that”?
Sebi iwo lo rap ju shiiiiiiiiiii oma pe nibe
“Sebi na u rap pass, shiiiiiiiiiiii u go tey for there”
Mon to pelu rapper to man tuk in . . Never
“I no dey relate with rappers wey dey tuk in, Never”
Igboro ti daru lori mi, my Klever
“The street is in chaos all because of me, my klever”
Mo kan fe ko ye yin ni, dis aint a contest
“I just wanna let y’all know, this aint a contest”
Security yapa lori mi, people’s congress
“Have got my back secured, people’s congress”
Jungle ni moti jade, motherf**’s me a lion
“Am from the jungle, motherf**’s me a lion”
Mi o tun wa nice (9ice), mi on se baba zion . . f** it
“I’m not even nice (9ice), am not Zion’s father . . f** it”
Tomato to to wan ti fi se ketchup ti won cargo
“Tomato wey reach, dem don use am do ketchup wey dem cargo”
Rapper ton yo rapper lori throne,Shiiiiiii Laurent gbagbo
“Rapper wey dey comot rapper from throne, shiiiiiii Laurent Gbagbo”
At the end of the day kilefe se gan? Nothing!
“At the end of the day, what u gon do? Nothing”!
I think it’s case closed, motherf** Coffin.
Hmmmm, are you smiling like I did all through while writing this? But then, Vector chose to save the best for the last. No particular track has been released ‘in honor’ of Reminisce so far, but several punchlines have been anonymous yet unanimously directed at “Remi”.
The big question now is . . . . will the ‘kako bii chicken’ crooner get a full track? Will Vector tha Viper give him the attention he craves?
We all know vector is a lyrical nemesis any day anytime….. I remember the first time I heard him on HNIC’s show on Raypower, way back with fellow rapper A-Q, these dudes were freestyling for hours, off the top. If you have his album, you’ll get a 25MP picture of what I’m trying to say!
But the question is, can he do a diss song that will hit as hard as Reminisce’s 60seconds of demolition? Fine, Vector is the king of wordplay and punchlines, but to do a diss track u need more than that . . we have to feel the aggression, it has to be bloody 😀
@vectorYSG in response to his fan’s question over his silence despite the jab obviously directed at him tweeted:
“For y’all asking…. I sow truth, why should I reap lie (reply)” DEEP. Vector-like.
His YSG management said that they weren’t going to speak on the matter, categorically stating they had “nothing to say”. And all remained well until Saturday, June 9, 2012 when it appeared that Vector finally spoke out. Featuring on a song owned by yet another controversial rapper A-Q, Vector kept dropping subliminal insults to his ‘nameless’ opponent.
‘Your CD like abandon ships, it made not sail (sale)….your life is like your video, low budget..just because you bleach your skin doesn’t mean you are enlightened……if your men draw guns, then they must be skilled with pencils’. More like it, you say?
Back in March, both had attended 9ice’s ‘Bashorun Gaa Versus’ album concert and performed too. Reminisce even tweeted:‘Had fun @ BGV Concert!!! Chilled wit Vector too….’. What could have then gone wrong?
Time for readers to weigh in. Who’s your preferred act? What turn will you love to see this take? Whatever the outcome is, I’m positive fans of both rappers her enjoying these moments and hope it’ll last a little longer. Sentimentally though, I don’t see Reminisce surviving the lyrical menace of Viper. (I sure have the right to take sides, it’s my blog afterall 😉
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