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this is a sad situation, this is one rapper i was looking forward seeing comeback strong, i'd love to bring back those days of 8 years ago when his songs were on the radio, ja rule could make a better song than any of the soulja boy and flo rida garbage out there, last night when i read about him going to jail i was actually listening to his last album "r.u.l.e." that went platinum around the time that "lost and found" was out so his career ain't dead and 50 is such a loser, i don't have much respect for him anymore

that'll be like somebody mentioning soulja boy 10 years from now when he's irrelevant, lol

Mariah Carey "Christmas"(Baby Please Come With Home) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAJL3oHMBDw

I didn't know that Joe released a Christmas album, I'm gonna give those songs a listen! I was watching a video of Christina Aguilera and Brian Mcknight performing "Have A Merry Xmas": bigted 2014 edit:

B.O.B. No Genre Mixtape, this is that hot ish, better than most albums out, there's no doubt he's hip hop's rookie of the year http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/12798/bob_no_genre.html

I love that Monica song, I also love this Joe song on that Platinum Christmas album, "This Christmas":

Yeah I'd probably replace the Freeway album with B.O.B.'s album but I rather see somebody like him getting acknowledgement over a weak rapper like Lil' Wayne all the time, albums like that were mentioned on that list shows that there's still some dope stuff out there but unfortunately a lot of those albums people slept on this year, that's why hip hop's still at a weak state since a lot of the best stuff never gets credit as much as it should be, bet and mtv don't have the balls to put together a list as good as this

well if anybody like those mcs made the song like that i'd say the same thing, a lot of mcs ending up force cursing in their songs so much that it doesn't make sense, let's get it clear that even though i'm a fan of dmx doesn't mean that i approve of everything he says in his songs, btw you mentioned ice cube, i like the west side connection song on the friday after next soundtrack:

Yeah there's nothing wrong with Montell Jordan wanting to be a pastor, he isn't perfect but he has a genuine heart and faith that could be used to inspire more people to turn their lives around so more power and god bless to him for wanting to do something positive like this.....

Nas is signed to Def Jam too still I believe but his music has been poorly promoted and they don't want to put out his "Lost Tapes 2" either, we see how they've poorly promoted the G.O.A.T. LL Cool J's last few albums as well, Def Jam ain't in the golden era no more... I'm surprised about Kurtis Blow since he's supposed to be a minister now, then again maybe he has glaucoma or something for medical use so maybe that's why he had the marijuana, we don't know all the sides to the story.... Congrats to Monica and Brandy/Ray J for doing their thing....

That's a dope song AJ, Quad City brings the energy! I like that J. Cole song but your point about him cursing on it so much is definately the one thing that keeps it from being a classic song....

I found this new song on J. Cole's mixtape called "Home For The Holidays":

Dr. Dre Feat. Game and Snoop Dogg "Kush"(Remix), the past present and future west coast masters, this is some HEAT!!

Yeah that's a surprise especially since The Black Eyed Peas were recently announced as the first hip hop act to perform at the Super Bowl since the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction, they had a big year, but on the positive note at least Lil' Wayne ain't nominated...

In recent years I'm not really much of a fan of these award shows since most of my favorites don't get nominated or win, I did watch some of that Grammy nominations concert to see if LL would perform something but he just mc'd the show, Eminem and Katy Perry probably are more deserving to win among the nominees in the main categories, R. Kelly and Usher should dominate the r&b categories although I think Keith Sweat's album "Ridin' Solo" should've been considered, on another note I was happy to see B.O.B. get nominated 'cause he's one of the more creative new mcs out there, "Nothin' On You" is one of the best songs that came out in years... I think that Nas/Damien Marley album should've been considered for album of the year 'cause that's brilliant music, I've listened to that more than anything else this year....

Most of those artists you mentioned were signed by Dame Dash, Jay-Z signed Rick Ross, Young Jeezy, and some r&b singers, so basically him signing J. Cole and Jay Electronica recently shows a step in the right direction for promoting some quality hip hop, only time'll tell though if they'll have success.... Fabolous Feat. Missy Elliot "Sickalicious"

i was reading on the rolling stone mag's website and i noticed they gave kanye's album 5 stars, like i said the music on the album's a step in the right direction but i don't think it's worth all that hype, when rappers like kanye and eminem put out something good after all the crap they put out in between people overreact like it's the greatest thing ever and that's ridiculous....on another note congrats for him outselling nicki minaj and lloyd banks though 'cause i rather see a good mainstream album sell something for a change, and of course it's sad that eminem's album been out since the summer and that it's still selling on the top half of the charts while better quality albums that came out in the summer like nas/damien marley and the roots fell off fast, those albums deserve to win grammys but most like eminem will win again....

J. Cole "Friday Night Lights" mixtape, FINALLY Jay-Z signs a talented young mc to his label: http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/12664/j_cole_friday_night_lights.html

Some of Nicki's mixtape stuff is all right but not spectacular, Lil' Kim sounds like Rakim compared to her and y'all know how I don't like Lil' Kim much either, lol....

I was reading an article last night on Rolling Stone Mag's website and they named Nicki Minaj the new queen of hip hop, she's just straight trash compared to the real queens like Queen Latifah and Salt-N-Pepa, that magazine also gave "Lost and Found" 2 stars too so their opinion on hip hop holds no weight to me.... If people put Rick Ross and Lil' Wayne in their top 10 mcs list of all time then that's why I don't hesitate to put more consistant mcs like Will and Hammer there all day, people need to get their facts straight and give credit where credit's due....

Yeah he always put gospel elements into his music so it's not that far of a stretch that he's working on being a pastor now, that's why I agree he should still record music too 'cause he has a god given gift to sing and music is a big part of his life, I don't see why he has to give that up... If more kids looked up to Montell Jordan than Lil' Wayne I think the world would be a better place....

i get the feeling a lot of the time when i see these lists that artists are just trying to reach out to the popular artists fanbase but they really don't like those popular artists deep down

Yeah Montell's one of the real artists out there, it's not gonna be the same without him putting out music, it's sad how people in recent years have paid more attention to booty auto-tune music and ignored the greats....

Montell Jordan Leaves Music To Focus On Being A Pastor by Allen Jacobs The former Def Jam Records star is heading away from music and to focus on his Atlanta church, but not before he performs "This Is How We Do It" a few more times. Over 15 years ago, Los Angeles, California native Montell Jordan helped Def Jam Records transition from its EPMD and Nice & Smooth years to its DMX and Ja Rule years with the 1995 hit "This Is How We Do It." The Slick Rick-sampling strip club anthem led Jordan to platinum success, and helped cement Jordan as a leading R&B voice for the middle of the decade. Now 41 years old, the Atlanta-based Jordan has revealed that Mase and Rev Run have previously shown him how to do it. On Novembeer 24, Jordan revealed that he intends to retire from music this year to focus entirely on being an ordained pastor. In the days since, the former Def Jam star revealed that on December 31, he will perform "This Is How We Do It" for the final time. Montell Jordan presently serves at the World Victory Church in Norcross, Georgia. His last album, Let It Rain, was released in 2008 and featured beat-boxer/emcee Doug E. Fresh.

I'm gonna post a couple songs that got great lyrical themes which should be mentioned more often: Montell Jordan "It's Over", I know he's an R&B artist but this song got a hip hop vibe to it and whenever I seem to be going through a rough time with a girl I like listening to this, he's rapping something on most of that "This Is How We Do It" album and it came out better than some of these so called mcs, yesterday I heard he's retiring from music to be a pastor but hopefully he still does recording like Rev. Run and Al Green do as pastors, Montell's one of the real brothers in the game: I actually like this version of "Black President" by Rhymefest, Wale, Christina K, and Royce Da 5'9 better than Nas' version, a lot of real talk here, rappers should get together to make real music beyond just an election if they want to improve hip hop: