Details Emerge On Rakim's Seventh Seal [OFFICIAL ARTWORK+PRESS RELEASE]

[Elano]

November 17 is the locked in date for Rakim's studio album return. The Seventh Seal will be approximately one decade since Ra released The Master. This effort, courtesy of Ra/SMC/Fontana Records finds the Long Island legend teaming up with The L.O.X. , Maino, Busta Rhymes and his own daughter Destiny Griffin.

Production on the affair comes from Nottz, Ty Fyffe, Jake One and longtime collaborator Nick Wiz, famed for his production with Cella Dwellas.

"The Seventh Seal is my own revelation...my way of taking the best of what Hip Hop has to offer, what we as a culture and a community have to offer, putting my stamp on it and leading us forward while constantly respecting what we've already accomplished.  When you've been blessed with a career like mine, you develop a deep relationship with the music, and that love is recognized by the true heads that share it with you. You'll see us keep building as we break through each Seal...showing the best of what I can do in many forms, bringing the energy and having fun, but first I'm laying that foundation and give my longtime fans the conscious fire they expect," Rakim said in a statement.

The album's first single is "Holy Are You"
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[thisoneguy360]

Dope shit , been waiting on some new Rakim for a minute

[Nooc210]

Yeeeeeeea Boooooooooi!

 

[dubsmith_nz]

That's a dope production line up. Maybe some of the are leftover under cover Dre beats lol. This should be a sick album...

[da chronic]

No doctor there ? Thought he had the right to use the tracks they made...maybe it ain't fresh no more to him

[dubsmith_nz]

No doctor there ? Thought he had the right to use the tracks they made...maybe it ain't fresh no more to him

Nottz, Ty Fyffe, Jake One have all worked with Dre before, so you never know

[Jaydc555]

Of all the rappers out there he could work with he has maino on it.Odd

[MediumL]

Yer. I don't rate Maino that much. But if anyone can bring the best out of a rapper its going on a track with the God MC

[Elano]

    September 24, 2009 (New York, NY) –After months, if not years of Internet speculation and rumor, the man many call The God MC’s management and label officially confirm that Rakim Allah will release his long awaited new album The Seventh Seal on November 17, 2009. Guest artists include Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Maino, Tracey Horton, IQ, Styles P, and others, including Destiny Griffin, Rakim’s own daughter. The artist’s Ra Records shares the imprint in a joint venture with Tuscan Villa and SMC Recordings and is distributed through Fontana/Universal Music Group.

    Since its release, the album’s lead single “Holy Are You” has won praise from critics and fans alike. USA Today states, “The God MC previews his long-awaited The Seventh Seal with a lyrically adept reminder of how he earned the name,” with Billboard proclaiming “Rakim is in top form, richly merging self-mythologizing reflections on his legacy with religious imagery.”

    His first full album of new material in almost a decade, The Seventh Seal is Rakim’s contemporary observation of the Hip-Hop culture he helped define. While staying loyal to his New York roots, Rakim has created a body of work that encompasses the very best of regional, underground and mainstream styles that are reformed and delivered through his intricate lyricism and the seemingly effortless flow for which he is revered. He has enlisted a slew of production talent including Needlz, Nottz, Jake One, Nick Wiz, Ty Fiffe and more on the album’s well-rounded tracks.

    The artist states, “The Seventh Seal is my own revelation…my way of taking the best of what Hip-Hop has to offer, what we as a culture and a community have to offer, putting my stamp on it and leading us forward while constantly respecting what we’ve already accomplished. When you’ve been blessed with a career like mine, you develop a deep relationship with the music, and that love is recognized by the true heads that share it with you. You’ll see us keep building as we break through each Seal…showing the best of what I can do in many forms, bringing the energy and having fun, but first I’m laying that foundation and give my longtime fans the conscious fire they expect.”

[Leggy Hendrix]

production line-up looks decent, but something tells me im gonna be disappointed with the end product...i hope im wrong of course 

[Jaydc555]

The master was mediocre,at best.I hope this one is better.

[Elano]

but something tells me im gonna be disappointed with the end product...

why ?

[Leggy Hendrix]

but something tells me im gonna be disappointed with the end product...

why ?

did u hear The Master? with the exception of a few tracks it was pretty awful...i think people still holding a torch for Rakim as the GOAT when he's actually well beyond his peak...i just dunno if he's still got it in him

[StevenQBosell]

Damn it's a shame we never heard him and the Doctor get down on a whole LP 

[Elano]

Damn it's a shame we never heard him and the Doctor get down on a whole LP 

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