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When Will freestyled over that drop it like it's hot neptunes beat I thought it sounded pretty damn good! Yeah it felt natural, The Neptunes put out a lot of heat!

KRS-One Feat. Redman "How To Be An Emcee" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuZoqhVFDp8

Just-Ice & KRS One "Blah Blah Blah", damn KRS killing it on these recent collab albums:

I found this review on Amazon.com, btw it shocked me that Lil' Wayne finally wrote one verse without a curse: Editorial Reviews About the Artist What we're about to do right now is go back. Back to a time when rap's greatest hits were created in basement soundrooms, not corporate boardrooms. When dancehall and hip-hop music was all about moving the crowd not "moving units." Before Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley and Nasty Nasir Jones first began treading the long and winding "Road to Zion." The artists' first collaboration went so well that they decided to do a full album together, and that album is Distant Relatives. Unlike all previous collaborations between Jamaican and American artists, Distant Relatives is neither a remix nor a featured guest spot on a single track. The recording is a fully collaborative effort filling an entire album, opening new avenues of musical expression. Distant Relatives traces the direct line from dancehall reggae's breakthrough moment forty years ago to the rise of hip-hop several years later--from Run D.M.C. and Yellowman's groundbreaking collaboration "Roots Rap Reggae" through Supercat introducing Biggie Smalls to the world on the "Dolly My Baby" remix and Shabba Ranks and KRS-One joining forces on "The Jam." That line continues right up through Damian Marley and Nas' double-Grammy-winning "Road To Zion." Distant Relatives is an album created by two serious artists to explore and celebrate the correlations and deep-rooted connections between reggae and hip-hop, tracing both sounds back to the African motherland that is both the cradle of humanity and the wellspring of mankind's music. And who better to fulfill this mission? The youngest son of the legendary Bob Marley, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley garnered his own place in music history when he became the first ever reggae artist to win a Grammy Award outside of the Reggae category, taking home an award for Best Urban/Alternative performance for his smash 2005 single "Welcome To Jamrock." The acclaimed breakthrough album of the same name also won a Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album. A hip-hop icon since his immortal guest verse on Main Source's 1991 "Live At The Barbeque," Nas burst out of the Queensbridge housing projects, a hotbed of rap artistry since the early '80s. The son of jazz trumpeter Olu Dara, Nas has since gone on to sell over 20 million albums worldwide over the span of his legendary career, and has acted as an ambassador for hip-hop culture throughout the globe. "When we first started working, I was thinking about what direction we should go in," Nas explained during a recent discussion at the Grammy Museum. "Cause it's all kinda like the same--reggae, rap. But it went to its own thing... We had a few concepts. All basically around empowerment in a way, cause if we're talking about Distant Relatives we're talking about the human family." The sound of Distant Relatives features live musicians as well as studio production by Damian Marley and his elder brother Stephen Marley, a distinguished award-winning artist and producer in his own right. Featured artists on the album connect other diasporic dots-- New Orleans' own Lil Wayne as well as the critically acclaimed Somali-born, Canadian-raised MC K'NAAN. "I didn't want it to sound like something that would be typical of me, neither typical of Nas," said Damian Marley, who produced much of the album. "But something where you can still see how there's a middle ground in the music... where you can still hear something that is reminiscent of either of us... It's been really fun. Cause we've been going in the booth together. Especially as a lyricist, it's really like iron sharpen iron. You can't slack off right now. It's a great learning experience for me too." And that experience extends to young listeners who will surely be enlightened and educated about the shared cultural legacy of Africa, America, and the Caribbean. "The whole process is gonna be fun," Nas adds. "I think we can have fun helping people. When I think about things we wanna do with this album, it's just limitless." Product Description International Hip Hop superstar Nas and Grammy-winning artist Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley join creative forces to release this highly anticipated and exciting 2010 collaboration. This is an album created by the two serious artists to explore and celebrate the correlations and deep-rooted connections between reggae and Hip Hop, tracing both sounds back to the African motherland that is both the cradle of humanity and the wellspring of mankind's music. The project features the signature instrumentation and musicianship of Marley with the hard-hitting beats and lyrics of Nas. Distant Relatives traces the direct line from Dancehall Reggae's breakthrough moment 40 years ago to the rise of Hip Hop several years later.

Yeah The Neptunes are the executive producers of Game's new album so Will's probably making a guest appearance, that gives me a bigger reason to get his album!

I'm digging that Mat Kearney song AJ, gonna look more into him Game "The Red Room Mixtape" http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/11702/game_the_red_room.html

Game put out a lot of great music after he left G-Unit(check for example his music from "The Doctor's Advocate" album through his latest mixtape "The Red Room") and he seems like a real hip hop head(he even gave Will a shoutout on his "Game's Pain" song) so I think this collab with Will is gonna be big if it really does happen but with each passing day I'm not quite sure if Willow's twitter was real and we're not hearing any further details yet

Happy B-Day Kev!!!

That Spose video got me rolling, LOL!!!

Fu-Schnickens feat. Shaq "What's Up Doc?"

BB Jay "Word Iz Bond", he's one of the best gospel mcs out there, I remember after reading an article about him in the Source back around 2000 I picked up his album "Universal Concussion": Here's an interview I found right here: http://www.gospelflava.com/articles/bbjay2.html

MC Hammer "Bring Our Brothers Home", this is a great song on the same level as Will's "Tell Me Why", deep message

Jay-Z Feat. Blackstreet "The City Is Mine", I really was digging Jay-Z a lot during the mid to late '90s

Nas' stuff is always on another level, he's one of the last true artists left from the golden era of hip hop, and Damien Marley is one of the reggae greats, so I'm getting the album over this weekend

Will Smith "Holla Back"

Yeah, I think "Until The End Of Time" is one of the rare 2Pac songs that were remixed after 2000 that sounded good: MC Hammer "Burn It Up"

These are the tracks mentioned in How to Rap, quite an impressive list, too bad there's no JJFP tracks mentioned 'cause I'd like to know how songs like "Summertime" and "Brand New Funk" were created: pg. xi - Jaz-O featuring Jay-Z - Hawaiian Sophie pg. xi - Stetsasonic - Talkin’ All That Jazz pg. 9 - Boogie Down Productions (KRS-One) - Poetry pg. 15 - Cannibal Ox - The F-Word pg. 20 - Black Eyed Peas - My Humps, Where Is the Love pg. 21 - Nelly - Hot in Herre, Shake Ya Tailfeather, Party People pg. 24 - Pharoahe Monch (Organized Konfusion) - Who Stole My Last Piece of Chicken?, Fudge Pudge, My Life, Oh No, Agent Orange, Hypnotical Gases, Rape, Trilogy pg. 26 - Eric B. & Rakim - No Omega pg. 30 - Lil Wayne - Dr. Carter pg. 30 - Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics pg. 30 - Papoose - Alphabetical Slaughter pg. 30 - Nas - Rewind pg. 32-33 - Lateef (Latyrx) - Storm Warning pg. 33 - Wordsworth - Trust pg. 34 - Slick Rick - Indian Girl, La Di Da Di pg. 35 - Kool G Rap - A Thug’s Love Story pg. 37 - Schoolly D - Saturday Night pg. 38 - Pharcyde - Ya Mama pg. 38 - Eminem - Rain Man pg. 39 - Slick Rick - Indian Girl pg. 39 - 50 Cent - Window Shopper pg. 43 - GZA featuring Killah Priest, Ghostface Killah, RZA - 4th Chamber pg. 44 - Geto Boys - Mind Playing Tricks on Me pg. 45 - Blackalicious - Clockwork pg. 45 - Chino XL - No Complex pg. 45 - Masta Ace - Acknowledge pg. 45 - M.O.P. - Cold as Ice pg. 46 - Blackalicious - Clockwork pg. 46 - Master P - Hot Boys and Girls pg. 46-47 - Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story pg. 47 - 2Pac - Me and My Girlfriend pg. 49 - E-40 - Tell Me When to Go pg. 49 - N.O.R.E. - Oh No pg. 49 - Snoop Dogg - Drop It Like It’s Hot pg. 56 - R.A. the Rugged Man - Black and White pg. 56-57 - De La Soul featuring Pharoahe Monch - Ghost Weed #1 pg. 58 - Heltah Skeltah, Canibus, Ras Kass - Uni-4-Orm pg. 65 - Jay-Z - Money, Cash, Hoes pg. 66 - Kool G Rap - Men at Work, Road to the Riches pg. 68-73 - Pharcyde - Drop pg. 75 - N.O.R.E. - Superthug pg. 75 - Blackalicious - One of a Kind pg. 79 - Clipse - Keys Open Doors pg. 79 - O.C. - Time’s Up pg. 83 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Melle Mel) - The Message pg. 84 - Madvillain - America’s Most Blunted pg. 85 - Eminem - Lose Yourself pg. 86 - Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg - Dre Day pg. 87 - Kool G Rap - A Thug’s Love Story pg. 87 - Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph pg. 89 - Lady of Rage - Unfucwitable pg. 90 - Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg - Nuthin’ but a G Thang pg. 91 - Jay-Z - 22 Twos pg. 97 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Melle Mel) - The Message pg. 97 - Eric B. & Rakim - Eric B. Is President pg. 99 - Beastie Boys - Shadrach pg. 100 - The Game - Put You on the Game pg. 101 - Public Enemy - Bring the Noise pg. 101 - KRS-One - MCs Act Like They Don’t Know pg. 101 - Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says pg. 103 - Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See pg. 103 - Sway & King Tech - The Anthem pg. 103-104 - Outkast featuring B-Real - Xplosion pg. 104-105 - Run DMC - Sucker MCs pg. 105 - Frankie Cutlass featuring Kool G Rap, Mobb Deep, M.O.P. - Know Da Game pg. 107 - LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio pg. 107 - Eminem - Yellow Brick Road pg. 107-108 - Wu-Tang Clan - Shame on a Nigga pg. 108 - Nas - N.Y. State of Mind pg. 108-109 - Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die pg. 110 - Redman - Rated R, Green Island, Redman Meets Reggie Noble, Tonight’s Da Night Remix pg. 116 - 117 - Pharcyde - Drop pg. 119-120 - Gift of Gab - Rat Race pg. 120 - Busta Rhymes - Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See pg. 120 - D12 (Eminem) - Git Up pg. 120 - Tech N9ne - Killer pg. 121 - Big Daddy Kane - Set It Off pg. 122-123 - Das EFX - Mic Checka pg. 124 - Tech N9ne - Welcome to the Midwest, Be Warned pg. 124 - Twista - Mista Tung Twista pg. 126 - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (Melle Mel) - The Message pg. 127 - Blackalicious (Gift of Gab) - Swan Lake pg. 129 - Jay-Z - 22 Twos pg. 129 - Slick Rick - I Own America pg. 129 - Eminem - Yellow Brick Road pg. 129 - Lady of Rage - Get with Da Wickedness (Flow Like That) pg. 129 - Mystikal - Danger, Shake Ya Ass pg. 130 - Wu-Tang Clan (GZA) - Clan in Da Front pg. 130 - 2Pac - Dear Mama pg. 136 - Ill Bill - The Anatomy of a School Shooting pg. 137-138 - Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story pg. 138 - Blackalicious (Gift of Gab) - Chemical Calisthenics pg. 158 - Immortal Technique - Bin Laden, You Never Know, Dance with the Devil, Caught in the Hustle pg. 158 - 50 Cent - In Da Club pg. 158 - Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain, Rock Superstar, Dr Greenthumb pg. 159 - Tech N9ne - The Rain pg. 159 - Schoolly D - Aqua Teen Hunger Force theme song pg. 159 - Public Enemy - Harder Than You Think pg. 160 - O.C. - Time’s Up pg. 160 - Pharoahe Monch (Organized Konfusion) - Thirteen pg. 162-163 - MC Serch (3rd Bass) - Pop Goes the Weasel, Daily Commute, Steppin’ to the AM, Wordz of Wisdom, Back to the Grill pg. 168 - A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions pg. 169 - Digital Underground featuring 2Pac - Same Song pg. 169 - Digital Underground - Kiss You Back pg. 169 - 2Pac featuring Digital Underground - I Get Around pg. 171 - Schoolly D - Gangsta Boogie pg. 171 - The Game - Compton pg. 171-172 - Digital Underground - Humpty Dance, Freaks of the Industry, Doowutchyalike pg. 173 - Killah Priest - Heavy Mental pg. 175 - Dilated Peoples - Worst Comes to Worst pg. 176 - Lady of Rage - Unfucwitable pg. 186-187 - Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph pg. 188 - Dead Prez - D.O.W.N. pg. 188 - Jay-Z - Hardknock Life (Ghetto Anthem) pg. 188 - Ludacris - Get Back pg. 188 - Nas - One Love pg. 189 - Eric B. & Rakim - No Omega pg. 189 - Slick Rick - Children’s Story pg. 189 - Aesop Rock - None Shall Pass pg. 190 - Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says pg. 192 - Big Noyd - Things Done Changed pg. 192 - People Under the Stairs - Acid Raindrops pg. 193 - C-Murder featuring Akon - One False Move pg. 198 - Clipse - Grindin pg. 205 - Das EFX - They Want EFX pg. 205 - Black Eyed Peas - Where Is the Love pg. 205 - Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz pg. 206 - Souls of Mischief - 93 Til Infinity pg. 206 - Pharoahe Monch - Simon Says pg. 206 - LL Cool J - I Can’t Live Without My Radio pg. 206-207 - Twista - Overnight Celebrity, Girl Tonite pg. 207 - Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain, Rock Superstar pg. 207-208 - Devin the Dude featuring Snoop Dogg and Andre 3000 - What a Job pg. 208 - Dilated Peoples - Worst Comes to Worst pg. 208-209 - O.C. - Time’s Up pg. 212 - 2Pac featuring Digital Underground - I Get Around pg. 212 - 2Pac - So Many Tears pg. 212-213 - Digital Underground - Humpty Dance, Doowutchyalike pg. 213 - Digital Underground featuring 2Pac - Same Song pg. 215 - Pharcyde - Officer, Ya Mama pg. 216 - Brand Nubian - Slow Down pg. 218 - Beastie Boys - Paul Revere pg. 218-219 - Latyrx - Latyrx pg. 221 - A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario pg. 221 - Marley Marl - The Symphony pg. 221 - Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph pg. 221 - The Game - One Blood (Remix) pg. 221 - Sway & King Tech - The Anthem pg. 223 - Eminem featuring Bobby Creekwater, Obie Trice, Stat Quo, Cashis - We’re Back pg. 225 - UGK featuring Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap - Next Up pg. 229 - Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride pg. 230-231 - 2Pac featuring Digital Underground - I Get Around pg. 233 - Sheek Louch - Good Love pg. 236 - Twista - Overnight Celebrity, Lavish pg. 240 - Boogie Down Productions (KRS-One) - Breath Control, Breath Control II pg. 240-241 - Papoose - Alphabetical Slaughter pg. 249 - UGK - Murder pg. 250 - Kool Moe Dee - Wild, Wild West pg. 251 - Arrested Development - Tennessee pg. 252 - Arrested Development - Raining Revolution pg. 253 - Slick Rick - Hey Young World pg. 254 - Yukmouth - Puffin Lah pg. 255 - John Coltrane - Africa (1/2), Africa (2/2) pg. 256 - Pharoahe Monch (Organized Konfusion) - Hypnotical Gases, Prisoners of War, Who Stole My Last Piece of Chicken?, Simon Says, Behind Closed Doors, Desire pg. 272 - Tech N9ne - Einstein pg. 283 - Onyx - Throw Ya Gunz, Slam pg. 290 - Kool G Rap - Men at Work pg. 290 - The Roots - Men at Work (Kool G Rap cover) pg. 279 - Onyx - Slam pg. 303 - Schoolly D - Gucci Time, PSK, Saturday Night pg. 309 - R.A. the Rugged Man featuring J-Live - Give It Up pg. 309 - Jedi Mind Tricks - Uncommon Valor: A Vietnam Story pg. 316 - AMG - Bitch Betta Have My Money, Tha Booty Up, pg. 316 - The Fixxers (AMG and DJ Quik) - Can U Werk Wit Dat pg. 316 - Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain, Dr Greenthumb, Rap Superstar pg. 320 - David Banner - Play, 9mm pg. 320 - Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood pg. 321 - E-40 - Tell Me When to Go, U and Dat pg. 322 - Onyx - Slam pg. 324 - Killah Priest - B.I.B.L.E. pg. 324 - Chemical Brothers featuring K-Os - Get Yourself High pg. 324 - Fatboy Slim featuring Lateef - That Old Pair of Jeans, Wonderful Night pg. 325 - Mighty Casey - White Girls pg. 327 - Clipse - Grindin pg. 328 - Justin Timberlake featuring Clipse - Like I Love You pg. 328 - Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear Remix pg. 328 - Busta Rhymes - Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check pg. 328 - Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride pg. 328 - Terror Squad - Lean Back pg. 329 - Schoolly D - PSK, Gucci Time, Saturday Night, Aqua Teen Hunger Force theme song pg. 330 - Arrested Development - Tennessee pg. 331 - Slum Village featuring Kanye West and John Legend - Selfish pg. 332 - Twista - Slow Jamz, Girl Tonite, Overnight Celebrity pg. 333 - Black Eyed Peas - Where Is the Love, Yes We Can pg. 333 - Luniz - I Got 5 on It

None of the interviews I've seen with LL promoting his new fitness book ask him how's the progress of his new album coming

2Pac "Until The End Of Time"(Original), I like this better than the released version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCK8qtQ4ZvM

Bernard Wright "Who Do You Love", this is the song LL sampled for the "Loungin'" remix

2Pac & Snoop Dogg "2 Of Amerika's Most Wanted"

His one unfulfilled dream is to complete a triathlon, which would be the perfect cause for his charity: Camp Cool J for the inner-city kids of Queens. LL Cool J first tasted fame at the tender age of 17, and, somehow, he deftly managed to avoid the honey traps and minefields that come with the territory of being a steadfast presence on the Hollywood scene. Interviewed by George Wayne Photograph by Patrick Fraser. George Wayne: How's it hangin', Todd? LL Cool J: I feel great. Your granny was the only person to call you “Todd,” right? That was many years ago. Now everybody calls me that. This interview is a benchmark moment of sorts for G.W., because you are the very first celebrity I ever interviewed, some 23 years ago. We met at a restaurant in Midtown, and you walked in all swagger and braggadocio with a mantourage. The first thing I said was “I didn't know I was coming here to interview 10 people!” What did I say? You gave me a look as if to say, “Who is this guy talking to me like that?” I'll ask you the same first question I asked you then: Who discovered LL Cool J? Rick Rubin gave me my break. I went down to his dorm at N.Y.U. and met with Russell [simmons], let them hear my demo. And they formed Def Jam and put my first record out. And here you are, one of the founding fathers of hip-hop—famous since 1985! Now you're working with Robin on a hit TV show? Robin? Do you mean Chris O'Donnell? He was in Batman & Robin. And he seems to be very proud of that, too. The first time we met was at a table reading, and then we went immediately to weapons training—we started to hit each other in the face with whipped-cream pies. It's become a ritual before every table reading: we have pie fights. You also get to work with Oscar winner Linda Hunt. She basically grabs us by the collar every week and shows us how it's done. She is my favorite part, the heart of the show. Your wife can still bounce a penny off your flawless abs. What day of the week do you work out on the chest, shoulders, and triceps? I don't always split my workout like that. Now it's more about maintenance. I do full-body every day. Are you upset you're not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? No. I was actually nominated once before. I was still surprised and amazed to get the nomination. I didn't expect it. I hear that famous Kangol hat of yours is in the Smithsonian. My Kangol isn't in the Smithsonian, but VH1 commissioned Kehinde Wiley to do a portrait of me—which is now on loan to the Smithsonian. My favorite LL Cool J hit is “Going Back to Cali.” “I'm going back to Cali, to Cali—” You sound great. You should do a remake. I'll even style you for the video, put you in a nice outfit. I promise. Maybe a cast of LL Cool J look-alikes behind me. A whole stud posse. You wouldn't need the look-alikes, because you would have the real thing. Wow! While filming Any Given Sunday, you had that unscripted bout of fisticuffs with your co-star Jamie Foxx. What did he do for LL Cool J to lose his cool? He prepared me some bad fish. He was on the set, in the locker room, frying fish. We got into an argument over whether I wanted it well done or not. And one thing led to another, and soon pots and pans were flying. In your autobiography you write candidly about your father wounding your mother with a shotgun. You never let that hinder you. Nobody is perfect, but life is about choices. You can't let your past hold your future hostage. Well said. Thank you.

I didn't ever hear that Heavy D song, thanks AJ! Big Daddy Kane "Raw"

Snoop & Pharrel make one hell of a team! Common's really versatile MC Shan "I Pioneered This" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMv-2THE27k

I got some more info on this book, I'm gonna get this book and read it as soon as I can: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Rap