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why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« on: July 16, 2003, 06:09:16 PM »
i never understood why anyone would ever want these 2 do lots of songs together to begin with. there styles are completly different, styles have to be similar with beats/rhymes so their is chemistry. why would you want a Dre-produced album and not a Premier, Pete Rock, or (if there is a god) another Eric B album?

and don't respond with "Dre is the best producer and Rakim is the best rapper"
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2003, 06:19:17 PM »
Why not? Ra's a versatile MC and Dre's a versatile producer...
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2003, 06:20:17 PM »
there styles are completly different,

thats exactly why people wanted it so badly. plus rakim does sound tite on dre beats, like addictive remix and watcher 2
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2003, 06:21:03 PM »
I agree. I wasn't anticipating Rakim's new album on Aftermath anyway, partly because I had a feeling that it wasn't gonna be released. Why anticipate something that probably won't be released? I was anticipating King T & Hittman's album on Aftermath & look what happened. :-\
« Last Edit: July 16, 2003, 06:23:44 PM by Hydro »
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2003, 06:23:07 PM »
Also IMO, I don't think that Dre's production would of fit Rakim. :-\

well, I guess you expected Dre to lace Ra with some 2001-like beats... maybe Dre flipped his style ?

(wait for Detox... hehe)
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2003, 06:26:34 PM »
I'm not saying that they wouldn't of sounded tight together. Like you said, Dre might of changed his production style for Rakim's album but with the current style of Dre's beats I don't think that they would fit Rakim.
« Last Edit: July 16, 2003, 06:27:18 PM by Hydro »
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2003, 06:30:03 PM »
i'm happy that it happened. he'll sound much better over eastcoast production. half of these cats wouldn't even know who he was if it wasn't for dre signing him so i don't know why they're bitching..
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2003, 07:35:24 PM »
yeah that guy doesnt belong on dre beats. in my opinion. a lot of the eastcoast producers sound much better over ra's flow . i think theyre more successful at creating a hip hop sound, than dr dre is. not Rap sound, but a hip hop sound.
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2003, 08:37:33 PM »
and don't respond with "Dre is the best producer and Rakim is the best rapper"
Why not?
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2003, 11:05:38 PM »
Dre and Rakim dont exactly mix IMO
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2003, 01:24:12 AM »
There styles are too different. I wasnt to hyped about it. Rakim needs eastcoast production.
« Last Edit: July 17, 2003, 01:24:32 AM by 'Nuff Said »
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2003, 01:29:33 AM »
"Dre is the best producer and Rakim is the best rapper"
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2003, 01:29:49 AM »
Dre wasn't gonna produce the whole thing... and Dre's sound isnt exactly pure west coast these days
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2003, 03:39:52 AM »
rakim wasted WAY TOO MUCH TIME with dre...
 

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Re:why do people want a Dre + Rakim CD anyway?
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2003, 01:00:12 PM »
I want it because Rakim is the best MC ever and Dr. Dre is the best PRODUCER ever, not just beatmaker like most "producers".

Dr. Dre won't just sell him a beat and that's it, he does what he wants with it, he'll do what a producer is supposed to do, be like a director in a movie.  

What happened last time Dre took a while for an album and people doubted him?.........................................................he released 2001.