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Title: RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: Dedicato on July 11, 2003, 11:22:53 AM
Almost three years after signing with Aftermath Records, Rakim is finally near finishing his first album under Dr. Dre. The legendary MC has been competing with Eminem, 50 Cent and others for the producer's time, but he's now a priority.

"Me and Dre, we about to do full-steam on it, [and] hopefully we should have a single out towards the end of the summer and the album will follow shortly after that," Rakim said two weeks ago at the BET Awards. "We finally got everything on track like we wanted."

Rakim has logged 16 songs with the producer and hopes to finish seven more. The first single will be selected after all are in the can.

"He can bring the best out of me, and I want to make sure that I bring the best out of him," Rakim said of Dre. "He goes in the studio from 3 [p.m. and] goes home 6, 7, 8 in the morning, so to me, that's all right. My man wants to work, so let's get it poppin'."

Rakim refused to reveal whether other Aftermath artists, which now include Ice Cube and Eve, will be on the album, but he said to expect a few surprises. "There's a lot of anticipation on this album right here, so at this point we really want to keep it bottled up. Bottle it up and let it blow."

MTV
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: E. J. Rizo on July 11, 2003, 11:58:08 AM
Almost three years after signing with Aftermath Records, Rakim is finally near finishing his first album under Dr. Dre. The legendary MC has been competing with Eminem, 50 Cent and others for the producer's time, but he's now a priority.

"Me and Dre, we about to do full-steam on it, [and] hopefully we should have a single out towards the end of the summer and the album will follow shortly after that," Rakim said two weeks ago at the BET Awards. "We finally got everything on track like we wanted."

Rakim has logged 16 songs with the producer and hopes to finish seven more. The first single will be selected after all are in the can.

"He can bring the best out of me, and I want to make sure that I bring the best out of him," Rakim said of Dre. "He goes in the studio from 3 [p.m. and] goes home 6, 7, 8 in the morning, so to me, that's all right. My man wants to work, so let's get it poppin'."

Rakim refused to reveal whether other Aftermath artists, which now include Ice Cube and Eve, will be on the album, but he said to expect a few surprises. "There's a lot of anticipation on this album right here, so at this point we really want to keep it bottled up. Bottle it up and let it blow."

MTV
fuck yeah
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: gFuNkA on July 11, 2003, 12:49:35 PM
cube and ra on a dre produced track will be dope
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: RunninOnE on July 11, 2003, 01:43:15 PM
^^^Best of both coasts.....
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: A-Trak on July 11, 2003, 06:22:00 PM
dope, can't wait. thnx for the info
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: js83 on July 11, 2003, 10:15:08 PM
its gonna be fucking hilarious if this album gets delayed again til next year. lol.
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: T-Dogg on July 12, 2003, 01:44:56 AM
Dunno what would be funny about it (or sad for that matter) but hopefully they finally DO release it.
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: ··: O.G Kody™ :·· on July 12, 2003, 01:57:38 AM
Eve is on Aftermath?
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: Last Dragon on July 12, 2003, 06:25:34 AM
I'm officially holding my breathe now.
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: Dedicato on July 12, 2003, 08:16:29 AM
Eve is on Aftermath?

loool  ;D

YES SHE IS!
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: Lord Funk on July 12, 2003, 08:21:43 AM
Rakim has logged 16 songs with the producer and hopes to finish seven more.

Shiiiit... I reckon they should just drop the 16. Ra don't need to spread himself over 20+ tracks to make his point.
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: ··: O.G Kody™ :·· on July 12, 2003, 08:25:04 AM
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loool  ;D

YES SHE IS!
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Oh! when did that happen?  ???
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: White-Chocolate on July 12, 2003, 08:21:26 PM
i can't wait for this cd, rakim with some aftermath production, that's going to be nice
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: Mudpole on July 13, 2003, 06:18:23 AM
I'm looking forward to hearin' Ra all over a dope Dre beat!!
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: LazyLatino on July 13, 2003, 05:23:29 PM
Over 20 tracks and its gonna be a "classic"? Yeah right... ::)
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: Twentytwofifty on July 13, 2003, 05:33:08 PM
That's not how many tracks that will be on the album.
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: _That_Cracka_J on July 13, 2003, 10:27:03 PM
Maybe we WILL see this album before January 2004....
Title: Re:RAKIM: WAIT'S ALMOST OVER
Post by: Lincoln on July 14, 2003, 08:05:01 AM
Maybe we WILL see this album before January 2004....

 i doubt it