The Biggest mistake Rakim ever made was joining Aftermath.

[PLANT]

Dre is a really talented producer yes, but in order to be as good as everyone says he is, he actually has to release some fucking music.  I cant holler about about how crazy his beats are when I aint heard any in a minute, ya knwo what IM sayin?  and thats a long minute BTW...A couple beats from the 50 album really impressed me, but I need to hear more than that for me to buy into the "Dre is the best" theory.

[On The Edge of Insanity]

Dre is really starting to annoy me now. He knows how slow he is at doing beats, so why is he taking on so many artists when he knows he can't work quick enough to get all of there material out within a respectable period of time. We have Rakim and Ice Cube waiting to work on albums, plus Dre has his own Detox album to work on, and none of this projects are going to be finished this year in my opinion apart from the Rakim joint, and considering he has been there like two and a bit years his really should have been finished ages ago.

Dre is definately not the greatest, cause he spends so long doing beats, and then the final product is normally just about the same as the other stellar producers of our time.

[Hatesrats™]

Ra's lp will be fire just like his previous 2 solo joint's....but their better be some Primo on it.

Anything they did together kill's "Watcher 2".

I hope the Dre proves us muthaphucc'az wrong.
Cause without Primo.....I got a reasonable doubt.

[TheSheriff]

Have trust. Remember we waited 3 years for  2001, and 4 years for Aftermath (which IMO was a classic)...And the former is no 1 of all time to many peeps.

Outkast took 3 years to release Stankonia, and that is one of the greats.

Ah well, y'all don't like him, don't come to his threads, I guess. The album will rock, Rakim will drop hot shit, and y'all will be jump back on board.

[Vigilante]

wat a joke Dre said 50 got the cvream of the crop for his newb album in production...it was total crap...dre has fallen off alot compared to chronic 2001...listen to hsi beats on these album and then ull see

[Twentytwofifty]

Outkast took 3 years to release Stankonia, and that is one of the greats.

It was two years, like all their other albums up to that point.

[TheSheriff]

The original version of Aquemini came out Sept 1997...However, it then disappeared til summer 1998. SFunk came out 1994, ATLiens fall 1996, Stankonia spring 2000

[Twentytwofifty]

The original version of Aquemini came out Sept 1997...However, it then disappeared til summer 1998.

Aquemini was release Sept 1998.  I don't know what Aquemini was released in 1997.

[Celtic_Fan]

Do you know what really annoys me when people talk about Dre as a producer on this album and talk about Premo. Premo is probably the most consistent Producer of all time, constantly dropping hot shit BUT he has basically been putting out the same type of beats for years!!!!! NOw dre on the other hand is constantly trying to change his sound AND that is the difference, Premo + Rakim = Dope album , Dre + Rakim = Change The Game Type album.