No, the success of Made in Lagos is tied to how good the album was and how the fans carried the PR more than any blogs
When MIL was released, it faced an unprecedented amount of criticism and backlash from opps, blogs, and even Wizkidโs โfriends.โ The level of hostility was shocking and seemed orchestrated.
MIL arguably holds the record for the most hate received by any Afrobeats album in history. However, the album gained popularity months later after the initial controversy subsided.
We were here, we witnessed the hate, we also witnessed how it became the greatest Afrobeats album. So the album isnโt tied to the support it got from the industry.
Hadith No:1/430 Umdatul Ahkam.
(Chapter One: The book of purity)
On the authority of Umar ibn Al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) say:
โActions are only by intentions.โ And in another narration: โby intention.โ
โAnd every person will only have what they intended. So, whoever's migration was for Allah and His Messenger, then his migration was for Allah and His Messenger. And whoever's migration was for some worldly gain he might achieve, or a woman he might marry, then his migration was for whatever he migrated for.โ
Lesson:๐
August 4th, in Lagos state, Police, NAFDAC and NDLEA during their joint search, they found fake drugs worth over a billion naira inside one pharmacy at Chi, yes, just one pharmacy had fake drugs worth over โฆ1B among thousands of pharmacies in Lagos state, you can search for this online. Youโll see it.
December 18th 2023, NAFDAC intercepted counterfeiters involved in the production of variety of beverages including wines, soft drinks and consumables in Eziukwu Market, Abia State. The street value of the confiscated and destroyed fake products is estimated at over seven hundred and fifty million naira only. (N750,000,000). You can check the NAFDAC website, youโll see this, itโs there till today that Iโm making this post. (https://t.co/YyDzcCql4f)
Just a few weeks ago, Aproko doctor exposed palm oil sellers adding red dye to their palm oil to give it a reddish color and fufu sellers, adding detergent and paracetamol to their soaked cassava so it can ferment quickly, and how these things can cause cancer. The videos are on all his social media pages.
Earlier this year, a tomato paste brand made a public statement about how some people are making fake tomato paste with their brand name.
Last year, a mother made a video post, showing what she discovered inside the Chivita juice she packed for her daughter to school and Chivita took it up. It was discovered the juice is a fake product.
Same this year, there have been reports of fake toothpaste, I forgot the brand. The brand itself had to make video content on how to identify the fake and the original toothpaste.
All of this in a country where our healthcare system is already fucked up.
Then we wonder how people who donโt drink alcohol or smoke just wake up one day with kidney problems, liver disease and maybe cancer too.
Forgetting that our health is as good as what we eat.
May God protect us from all these greedy people who are just out there to ruin our health based on their own greediness.
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Each of these legends held their own and commanded respect in an era where their sounds flourished side by side. Eegun Mogaji took no prisoners when it came to music. Haruna Ishola, Baba Gani Agba, moved hearts both at home and abroad with Apala. Yusuf Olatunji, Babalegba, held sway with Sakara, while Ayinde Barrister took Fuji to another level, modernizing and shaping it into what we know today. Different styles, same golden generation, each a giant in his own right.
Full grown adults that canโt swim, cycle, skate, backpack, take a gap year, vacation, play an instrument or speak multiple foreign languages. Just a lifetime of hustling and trying to leave survival mode. These are subtle poverty metrics that no one really talks about