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They pound out new material every day, but most of it is shit. Rakim is a vet who has proven to be one of the greats. If Dre can't see how much more talent Rakim has then those dudes then Dre is crazy. Rakim cares about perfecting his songs and probably doesnt want to rush making them all the time like 50 or Banks. Peace.
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You got to keep your name out there or people will forget about you. People talk about respect and that artists who have earned success and legendary status shouldn't have to prove themselves. Any artist of any stature should have to prove themselves time after time, constantly. When Michael Jordan came back this last time (even though he was past his prime) he had to put in his work to get back into the game. He hustled to get back into playing shape, He couldn't leave the game for a few years, not stay on his toes and expect to comeback and rule the game. Rakim is a legend and like Chris, Jome and others said, Rakim has respect from old school heads but all these new listeners don't know what he is about. He has to be reintroduced to the game, get his name out again, put in his work, get his hustle on again. Even some of the wackest artists out put in hard work. We don't know what really went down between the Dre and Ra so it's hard to put all the pieces together but if two people don't mesh they aren't going to get much done.
Rakim's album was and still is one of the most anticipated albums by Hip Hop heads, and that's without Mixtapes. I thought ya'll knew. Ask Aftermaths favorite Mag....
Quote from: SGV Is Hip Hop on June 15, 2004, 06:13:04 AMRakim's album was and still is one of the most anticipated albums by Hip Hop heads, and that's without Mixtapes. I thought ya'll knew. Ask Aftermaths favorite Mag....Key word, Hip-Hop Heads...Jome obviously doesn't fit in that category...He was anticipating the new Lloyd Banks album.
Quote from: Now_I_Know on June 15, 2004, 05:01:05 PMQuote from: SGV Is Hip Hop on June 15, 2004, 06:13:04 AMRakim's album was and still is one of the most anticipated albums by Hip Hop heads, and that's without Mixtapes. I thought ya'll knew. Ask Aftermaths favorite Mag....Key word, Hip-Hop Heads...Jome obviously doesn't fit in that category...He was anticipating the new Lloyd Banks album.Keyword is "Hiphop heads".TRL-teenagers like yourself probably know by now, Interscope isn't happy with selling records exclusively to hiphop-fans, they want MTV-heads like yourself to buy the album as well.Take a google-search for Interscope or Aftermath, and you'll find out all about it..
LMFAO@you tryna flip it on me, saying I'm a TRL-teenager...Didn't you say you started listening to rap in '99?...LOLLL, 'nuff said.
LMAO @ people thinking that hella people know who rakim is. Reality check: He hasn't dropped an album in years, ain't hardly anyone who buys rap music these days knows who he is.
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I feel what you're saying SGV, but Dre's prolly looking at is like this:Hes got artists like 50, Lloyd Banks, Game ect that are working there asses off, making tracks every day, showing up on radio, magazines, tv ect...Creating a buzz for themselves.And then hes got Rakim, who is a legend in his own right, but Rakim is just sitting around back in New York prolly expecting Dre to just toss him an album full of beats and then hes out.Now Dre is thinking why am I gonna give dude a) an album full of beats for nothing when dudes b) c) and d) are putting in mad work for my label and not only creating there own buzz, they are creating a buzz for myself aswell.People (for the most part) who post on this board are knowledged hiphop heads who know about Rakim. But the majority of people buying albums today (ages say 12-20) dont know shit about Rakim, arent feeling him anymore, or think "wasnt he that guy way back then"...Now this is no disrespect to Rakim in anyway, but I can understand why his album on Aftermath didnt drop.
Quote from: Now_I_Know on June 16, 2004, 01:23:54 AMLMFAO@you tryna flip it on me, saying I'm a TRL-teenager...Didn't you say you started listening to rap in '99?...LOLLL, 'nuff said.No, you're dreaming again, I said 99 was the year when hiphop made a slight comeback, try paying attention instead of getting EVERYTHING twisted!Early 90's I started, when you was 5-7 years old, nuff said.And you was the guy boasting about seeing Scott Storch on MTV "all the time".