As a response to the euphoria surrounding the Abbas-Chiwawa beef, UMOJA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (UEG) went out to settle it once and for all. UEG sought the opinion of Hip-hop head Naughty Nutt. Nutt analyzed the dis tracks released by the two artists from a lyrical standpoint. Please note that the views presented in this article do not necessarily reflect or represent the opinion of UEG and its affiliates.
It is sad that these two tracks (Strike 1 & Shotz) are what have been delivered by arguably our finest lyricists.No offense,but this is way below what was expected.
Strike 1 is the most atrocious. Instead of focusing on the supposed beef, Chiwawa goes on an ego caressing rampage;
mi ni mbaya zaidi, mi huingiza fridge baridi mi ni Cassanova buda, mi hushinda high ka Tahidi
Chiwawa shud have known better than to spend an entire 2 mins of his dis track massaging his own shlong.
Now to the business at hand-the lyrical punches. By today’s standards,Chiwawa’s blows (to borrow Abbas’metaphor) are too weak like 14 days.The once most promising Kenyan lyricist is now reduced to releasing nursery barbs like mi si fan wa a-bus,mi ni fan wa mathree. Clearly this is not the same Chiwawa who skuld the then teenaged Kleptomaniacs thus:
ka nyi u-sniff cocaine mjue mi u-sniff gunpowder,
ndio maana naspit fire na sauti yangu iko louder
He should have perfected his skillz by now. Has he mellowed over the years, or was he just not really that hot in the first place (btw, turns out that cocaine-gunpowder line was delivered years earlier by Onyx’s Sticky Fingaz)
One slip-up chiwawa cud have avoided is committing the one sin even his most adamant fans admit he is notorious for: repeating rhymes. We know toka sana is yur signature,and we are cool with that.But come on playa,how many times u gon use P2 in the same song.
And as much as its all bout keepin it to the wax,some of Chiwawa’s jabs are a little unconvincing:
ulikua f***** up mbeleni ujue nani alikuokoa,
unauma mkono inakulisha ukidhani utatoboa
Really Chiwawa….really? Na ukizaliwa kwa hii rap game Abbas alikua form four!
Don’t get me wrong though,this Strike 1 track is hot. I can see why some fans are making comparisons to Canibus’ 2nd Round. Make’s one think if that wasn’t Chiwawa’s original intention.
Now to Shotz. From Abbas’ tone it is clear even to the deaf and blind that he is still dealing with other feelings. The hurt from betrayal is screaming out in his lyrics. It’s like his insecurities prompt him to reassure himself with lines like
Abbas nimetua jo na walami wasupuu na wadame wa Kenya ma-model wasupa
At some point you even pity the guy. I seriously thought he was going to cry on record when he spits kutamani dame yangu ni tabia uta-stop. But that’s his personal life.We are concerned with the bars.Lyrically, Shotz is way superior to Strike 1.Truthfully speaking,as much as it was below the standards set by Abbas himself,there’s some weight in Shotz that Strike 1 can never measure to,even when dripping wet.This does not say much about Chiwawa,seeing he forced Abbas to battle on his knees and with the weight of a painful divorce on his dorm.But still Abbas emerges the champ,even though its clear he did not put that much effort into Shotz.He just bounced Chiwawa’s punches back at him,and luckily for him it worked.But I’m longing to hear the genius Abbas who delivered Angabanga, n the venomous Chiwawa who was introduced to us by Bamboo in 2003’s Innovator-masterminded The Dis Track.Take real shots at each other pple,n stop playing around with rhymes that make us doubt if you two are even really beefing. Word!
