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This is some bs, Ice Cube, Redman, and Rhymefest are the realest rappers out there that deserve to be on the best of lists and I think Nelly's not as annoying as he used to be, but I never really thought much about TI, the only album from him that I liked was "King", when I think of dissapointing rappers I think of Soulja Boy, Lil' Wayne, Florida, and Tony Yayo, not a lot of the legends mentioned here, the person that came up with this probably thinks that Jay-Z is the greatest rapper and never heard a Big Daddy Kane CD....

It's a great mixtape but it's missing the greatest song that sampled James Brown which is JJFP's "Brand New Funk"

Here's this tribute mixtape that DJ Premiere made after James Brown died, it features his classics and the classic hip hop songs that sampled him: http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/1212/salutes_james_brown_the_foundation_of_hip_hop.html

Teena Marie "Ooh La La", Rest In Peace To Another Legend We Lost Too Soon:

87K sales in the first week is not a flop these days, lloyd banks, soulja boy, and redman didn't even come close to that... Puffy hasn't been popular musically since No Way Out anyway in all due respect to him... This here is an unreleased Keith Sweat song from 2003 called "Think" it's really deep:

I can't believe that was 4 years already since James Brown died, where does time go, it's nice to see a nice tribute here to such a great artist, RIP: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/being-james-brown-rolling-stones-2006-cover-story-20101224

I can honestly say that this is one of the best Christmas seasons that I've had in quite awhile, in reflecting on all the blessings and the great people that are in my life has made things feel good for me, hope y'all are enjoying it too, peace!

Luther was incredible, may he rest in peace, here's another oldie but goodie, the O'Jays "Christmas Just Ain't Christmas" bigted 2014 edit:

I actually don't remember seeing that performance on TV either, usually I'm not checking for american idol but that performance is a hit, I like Tamia's version of "The Christmas Song", Grant Hill's lovely wife:

Here's a great performance, Kelly Clarkson and Fantasia Burrino "Jesus, What A Wonderful Child", Merry Christmas!

I always liked Camby, he's from my favorite college team UMass, he played well for the Knicks when they made the NBA Finals in '99, always a solid player, btw speaking of veteran solid players Kurt Thomas played very well in the back to back games for the Bulls this week against the 76ers and Wizards, if he could keep playing with that fountain of youth the Bulls should be fine until Noah comes back, we're gonna need his defensive to beat the Knicks and Amare tomorrow

I added you as my friend on facebook and I'm playing the tracks on youtube since my computer's having problems downloading stuff at the moment, good stuff, I just had the intro on repeat!

Nas Fans Create Online Petition For Def Jam To Release "Lost Tapes 2" by Allen Jacobs posted December 21, 2010 03:42:00 PM CST | 138 comments * * Nas Fans Create Online Petition For Def Jam To Release Lupe Fiasco fans aren't the only supporters attempting to pressure major labels into action, and nearly 700 have already signed. Earlier this year, Queens, New York emcee icon Nas said in an interview that he had plans to release a second installment of his Lost Tapes. The September, 2002 release featured previously unheard songs by Nas, produced by the likes of Alchemist and L.E.S. Whereas the original collection of songs came by way of Nas' then-label Columbia Records, the emcee alluded that his post-2006 home, Def Jam Records, would be responsible to release The Lost Tapes 2. Based on leaked emails, and interviews since the first announced in June of this year, the project has been delayed by the label home to Kanye West, The Roots, Rihanna and Ghostface Killah. Fans siding with Nas have created WeNeedLostTapes2.com, a petition side hoping to sway the New York-based label into releasing the collection of songs. The site states, "We the fans of Nasir Jones, have been waiting for the follow-up to the 2002 classic Lost Tapes. This was a record of compiled tracks that did not make Nas albums, but put together for the sake of the fans. Since its release almost a decade ago, it has received critical acclaim and quickly became a fan favorite. It has come to our attention that Nas has in fact completed the follow-up, titled Lost Tapes 2, and is waiting for you (Def Jam) to green-light the project and give it a release date. We do not like to go into speculation and rumors, but it seems as though you do not want to release Lost Tapes 2 because you don't want it to count as an official album since Nas only has 2 more albums left to fulfill his contractual obligation to Def Jam." At press time, 677 signatures had been collected.

I wanna hear songs from that new Ronald Isley album on youtube but I noticed that there's a message saying that they're restricted from playing because of copyright rules, that's some BS, I'm sure more people would buy the albums if they were able to preview the songs and they liked them, I guess I'll have to hold out until I buy the album

R. Kelly did his most innovative work since he created that "Trapped In The Closet" DVD Series, of course as I mentioned before that I like Keith Sweat's "Ridin' Solo", Toni Braxton's "Pulse" is really good too but most r&b these days seems too watered down for my taste, I heard that Ronald Isley's new CD is good, gonna get that one soon, I got Nelly's album today and I think it's better than his last one, he ain't the greatest lyricist but he could make good tracks....

Run-Dmc, LL, JJFP were on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazines over 20 years ago and they'd win Grammies and American Music Awards, hip hop's been big, but I get what you're saying about how it's dope to see a good rapper on top for a change... R. Kelly's "Love Letter Christmas" is another 2010 holiday classic, I finally got the "Love Letter" CD in the mail today!!

I finally heard the song last night and I was playing it most of the morning, Kanye really stepped it up, Fresh Prince should spit something to this, sorta takes me back to this "Family Business" song that was on the "College Dropout" album, which is a great song to play at family reunions and stuff: bigted 2014 bigted edit:

I like a lot of the albums listed here, some of the underrated stuff of the year is mentioned: http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/editorials/id.1634/title.hiphopdxs-top-25-albums-of-2010

One of my favorite songs on the album is the title track "Ridin' Solo", he sings his heart out about being single and needing a girl, this should've gotten a grammy nomination: I also found a gold mine on youtube, an unreleased album from 2003 called "The Legendary Keith Sweat", this track featuring Dru Hill "It's On" is the only track I heard so far and it's got me bouncin'!!

redman should get off of def jam asap, they did a poor job promoting his album, those are independent type numbers, i don't care about the rappers at the top of the charts, it seems like the internet killed the rap star except for eminem since the kids don't buy music and just download these days, country artists still go multi platinum since their fanbase is older people that buy cds, btw welcome back top dawg, long time no see!

I remember some of us on this board said that when "Lost and Found" came out that they shoulda did a remix for "Swagga", I also say that "Dear Hip Hop" off of LL's "Exit 13" is his version of "Lost & Found" where it's about the state of hip hop:

thanks for posting the mixtape and sharing your work with us, gonna give it a listen when i get a free moment...

please don't put lebron in the same sentence as jordan until he wins a championship but yes jordan's body didn't break down until he was with the wizards, that's why he's one of the goats but as big of a fan of jordan as i am i gotta admit that bill russell is the ultimate player of them all 'cause he won 11 championships, plus he's born the same year as my papa, wilt chamberlain was a stamina freak too, he played seasons without missing a minute let alone a game and he averaged almost 50 points/20 rebounds in a season, plus he went to the same high school that our fresh prince went too....

Will's a Jr. like me, haha, I'm Big Ted Jr., my papa's Big Ted Sr., that's how we roll baby!!!

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