Well, ever since Emi Duro, I didn't hear any lyrically deep song from Olamide until Ilefo Illuminati and maybe VOTS. He was great on some features. But in songs he did himself, one thing is obvious, Olamide is a rapper, not a good hip-hopper. All his songs are 'street' in a commercial way. And that's why he will never win any award that has to do with lyrical depth. The late DaGrin will forever be mentioned in posts like his because of one thing; he also had a 'street cred' behind his stories, and he did well to fuse it with HipHop. A recipe Olamide hasn't learned to add to his game. He might be hitting it big because of the commercial value of his songs right now, but he will not be recognised in a HipHop oriented environment. And in the long run, he won't be as accomplished in the HipHop arena as the likes of Mode9, Terry Tha Rapman, MI, Vector, and others. They might not be as rich as him, but all HipHop fans worldwide know one thing for sure; true hip hop is not about the money.
