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k1000:

--- Quote from: manny1 on July 22, 2015, 12:04:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dargine on July 22, 2015, 08:29:31 AM ---Rakim would've only made "'Til I Collapse" weaker, he can't rap like that. Right now that's one of the best songs on The Eminem Show.

At the time Aftermath had a lot of artists that were much more suited to be on Aftermath beats that didn't drop either. Rakim a legend but he don't sound right on the beats that was comin' from the Aftermath camp. Even the "R.A.K.I.M" beat sounded better when G-Unit did it.

I'd much rather have a Joe Beast album with beats by Mel-Man and Dr. Dre.. let Rakim stick to old school New York beats.

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I'm right there with you on all that

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me too

TraceOneInfinite:

--- Quote from: Dargine on July 22, 2015, 08:29:31 AM ---Rakim would've only made "'Til I Collapse" weaker, he can't rap like that. Right now that's one of the best songs on The Eminem Show.

At the time Aftermath had a lot of artists that were much more suited to be on Aftermath beats that didn't drop either. Rakim a legend but he don't sound right on the beats that was comin' from the Aftermath camp. Even the "R.A.K.I.M" beat sounded better when G-Unit did it.

I'd much rather have a Joe Beast album with beats by Mel-Man and Dr. Dre.. let Rakim stick to old school New York beats.

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I agree that "Til I Collapse" is fine like it is, but "R.A.K.I.M" was a great song and better than anything G-Unit could've done.

I also thought that Rakim's "After You Die" track was some of his best work during that period.  It was a solid track, and it's a shame that they couldn't have just had Busta do some adlibs or spit a 16 and used that version for the Big Bang, instead of the tired, Rakim-less version that got released on that album.

TraceOneInfinite:
Interesting about Suge offering Kane a mill... Pac and Kane did record a track back then... judging from the song... I can't imagine that they really considered Kane had much left in the tank, maybe they were more interested in gaining the loyalties of an East Coast icon to gain greater advantage in the beef with Bad Boy

Remedy360:

--- Quote from: Infinite Trapped In 1996 on July 23, 2015, 02:09:31 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dargine on July 22, 2015, 08:29:31 AM ---Rakim would've only made "'Til I Collapse" weaker, he can't rap like that. Right now that's one of the best songs on The Eminem Show.

At the time Aftermath had a lot of artists that were much more suited to be on Aftermath beats that didn't drop either. Rakim a legend but he don't sound right on the beats that was comin' from the Aftermath camp. Even the "R.A.K.I.M" beat sounded better when G-Unit did it.

I'd much rather have a Joe Beast album with beats by Mel-Man and Dr. Dre.. let Rakim stick to old school New York beats.

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I also thought that Rakim's "After You Die" track was some of his best work during that period. 

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Yeah, I always thought that track god overlooked. Rakim killed it.

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