This is an open forum and as such everyone is entitled to their own opinions. I'm not an R&B guy, especially R&B from Nigerians but the negative comments reminded me of this video. Banky, I'm sure you don't need me to tell you to keep doing what you do.

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@ bunmi

engineered is a retarded goof so it aint a surprise.

The video too tight

Listen. Banky W may have som'n, but the dude shot himself in the foot when he did that crappy ebutte metta song. What was he thinking??
Wack REMIXES like that are supposed to be the exclusive reserve of desperate, dumb excuses for artistes. Now he's got a lot of work to do to prove us wrong.

Goodluck with that dude.

Oluwabankole
wellington
known as banky w
wrote the song ebutte meta backstage at a show in canada!
It was more like a freestyle for the show,and b4 u know it,trust naija peeps,they snt it down here,and b4 he knew it,the song became a hit in nigeria,even without banky's knowledge!
So its not his fault a freestyle became a hit!
And if u ask me,the song aint bad!

Actually I do get it, think about it if you can, in your class in SS2, what position were you when the papers were marked, if you weren't top 3, then before leaving a post on this beautiful forum, or before talking about someones hard work, THINK! There must be a reason why your thoughts didn't help you to the top of your class, meaning you need to do more thinking than others before you get it right, THINK>

The video to this song as nothing wrong with it, not a thing! The story line is actually the best of its king in 9ja now, Faze had a story line in that video with the rain which was also a nice attempt, but Banky W here smashed it, beautiful song, not that catchy, but it can sure grows on one. This story line actually is in line with the song, how many other 9ja or even flipping non 9ja vids can you say that 4. Please list.

With a Ebute Meta, so he did it, so what!!! The verse were actually heavy, maybe the vid was talking it too far, but he wanted people to see his face, and so they should.

HOW ANYONE CAN FIND SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS VID or THE SONG IS JUST BEYOND ME.

The problem with some haters is just plain IGNORANCE!!!!!!! HAVING A GOOD QUALITY VIDEO OF INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IS COPYING? point of correction its doing something for ur fan's money worth,

PEOPLE KEEP SHOUTING EBUTTEMETA DIS AND SAT, I REPEAT I WAS @ N.E.P.A WHEN HE WROTE THE FREESTYLE, NEXT IT WAS A PROMO 4 HIS ALBUM ON FREE DOWNLOAD COS NAIJA PEOPLE LUVED IT. IS IT HIS FAULT THE SONG CATAPAULTED HIS CAREER?

WEEZY, RIHANA SEF THEY REMIX PART OF PEOPLE SONGS, AKON JUST DID IT WITH SOMEONE ELSES BEAT, ITS ALL MUSIC FREESTYLING,

PLS talk of his gud songs 4rm back in the building days, songs like: ay mami, my regret, dont wana, undeniable, Capable, African girl, etc. etc. I KNOW U WONT KNOW DIS COS U HAVE NEVA BOUGHT ANY OF HIS ALBUMS,

banky na d man

banky ig good,
the 2 songs r nice,
haters quit hating!!!!

abegi who can gimme the link 2 download ebutemetta?, or any of his other works??, i need am like yesterday

Limewire will help,trust me!

@ bunmi
engineered is a retarded goof so it aint a surprise, by cabali

I know i am retarded! k, sorry for calling u a gay! Let me just say, i hate that song dats all, and everyone has a rite to their opinion! the song is simply not Original, lyrically and melody wise. I am not being critical of the artist, but of the song!

don't like limewire, its  virus  infested,
but u gave  me an  idea, because  i  tot  since  the  song  na  naija  song, that it wudnt be on a p2p network.but  lo  n  behold, i ran a search on another search engine n  got  several  hits  of  banky!!,

vive le ares!!

I really think we nigerians should start appreciating our artist.
Banky W is a very talented nigerian musician i cant understand why it should be so difficult to see.

Some people are just unreasonable, its really annoyin when these people themselves do not posses any clearly visible talents.

I appreciate the encouragement, and the constructive criticism. Senseless hating is amusing but everyone's entitled to their opinion.

I've received quite a bit of backlash for ebute metta. Funny how life is,  I never intended to release it or do anything with it,  by now I'm sure people have heard the story of how I came up with it,  in fact I only gave it to a couple of dj friends in yankee for them to play at parties and put on mixtapes (kind of like how everyone from little' wayne to 50 cent does remixes), 

In my case, that mixtape song that was for promo only now blew up out of control and surpassed anyone's expectations. So much so that when it opened the doors for me to move back to Naija, they (the marketers) would not accept a Banky W album for release WITHOUT ebute metta on it.

In any case, I've been making music way before the remix, and will continue after the remix. Someone said I'm going to have to work hard to prove that I'm not one of those unoriginal "poor excuse for artists", and that's fine with me. Will continue to work hard at what I do. For those of you that have given my other songs like "My Regret", "Capable", and now "Don't break my heart" a chance, I thank u for listening and supporting, and I hope I never let u down. To those that aren't feeling it, it's all good. You don't have to listen if u don't want to.
Cheers folks.

Yo Banky, do ur thing bruv

Stay strong amidst the criticism

I guess you can only get better

One love

tosinadeda:

Limewire will help,trust me!

Limewire is for thieves.

U be fool i swear!
No apologies

That was uncalled for. You're lucky I'm fasting today!

It is theft. Plain and simple. Seems like your guilt is making you react in unnecessary ways.

is the song danceable

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I don't know why there is so much hate for Banky W's ebute meta song. That song was a smash hit and it is loved by people of various ages.

My parents are close to 60yrs and when the heard the ebute meta song on my car stero while driving them to a party,they loved the song especially the chorus. Of course they do not know anything about rhianna's umbrella but they really liked Banky W's song.
Banky has got an excellent voice.

My favourite track of his is 'my regret'. My mum also likes 'ati de' the song he did with adewale ayuba (she likes fuji).

In my own opinion,i think banky has been able to steadingly warm his way into the hearts of nigerians in very little time and i give him kudos for that. 

Yeah,

d song iz 9ze!

d guy iz kool!

8az quit 8in!!

tosinadeda:

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Lmao,

~We Are AKS~

Hey yall. Nice song and very well done by the artist. Im must say, im really impress by his work. Have listen to his album and its cool. What strikes me s the track 'my regret' as far as im concern, that s d best. Other tracks lik 'Capable', 'work u out' , 'dont break wat left. . .Heart' and others were tite too. Back to the topic, the video s tite and international standard. But the tin abt it, seems lik another story was shut for the song in the video. It doesnt correspond at all. Well it just my opinion. Nice work thou. Keep it up Banky w.

he keeps it real

good voice,bam lyrics,cool dude,nice video, thumbs up for banky.davidif,thumbs up too.displayin ur playahatin qualities like that might get u a grammy someday.silly boy!

Weez[b]ie[/b]----Bab[b]y[/b]-----Juv[b]i[/b]-----Didd[b]y[/b]-----(naija man own) Bank[b]y[/b]----- (I see una neva change heh) .

But really you've got to give the brother some props for the excellent quality of the video and the message sent lyrically. Dude's got potentials to make it big time, and that's real.

I mean you can't compare this to crappy songs in the US like Wayne's "lollipop" and Plies "excuse my hands" (total garbage) that get more media exposure. The music is tight and keep it up.

Banky Who?? ?? ??

The song's ok for me sha , Yup some peeps on nairaland should be totally ignored, Dunno why they keep on condemning e'rything

Moi im a big fan of the guy, love you banky

too bad, my own story didnt end like banky w. my gal never found out the truth. it was too late for me xplain, even though i want her back so badly.

@rockyfella
so what if rihanna and akon did remixes? does that make it right? mo often than not they take permission from the copyright owners. and when they dont, they get sued for plagiarism. Fact is, when you use someone else's property wothout proper permission, you are stealing!!! How hard can that be? Even a 3rd grader knows that!

So wot if everybody liked it?
same way everybody liked maintain's alo, ni bolawa and catch cold; black reverendz ayangba; and some people liked tony one week's digusting chinelo.
But they all have a common denominator. They all STOLE!!!! cos i dont figure they took permission from the owners. (picture tony one week meeting wyclef). I rest my case.

@ Banky W

Look B. I wasnt tryin 2 diss u or som'n, it was jus a brotha advisin a brotha. I hate to bring up the past, but ebutte metta was a mistake that shudnt have been made. doesnt matter if u didnt want it out. it just shudnt have gone out. cos now people will think u cudnt have done it without a REMIX.
But i dont think so bro. You've got a great voice, i lyk ur capable song and ur nu video is dope, but the ghost of ebutte metta still haunts dude.
THAT is wot my pain is. So that's why i said u had a lot of work to do.
Good luck bro.