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LL Cool J "The Truth", a street classic

I think Lil' Kim has improved over the years as an mc, "The Naked Truth" shows she got some skills

Ahhh, that's sick son!!

Joe "We're Family"

RIP

KRS-ONE/Buckshot Feat. Talib Kweli and Geo of the Blue Scholars "Oh Really Remix", whoah this is heat: http://www.allhiphop.com/stories/multimedia__music/archive/2009/12/14/22066008.aspx

"Willenium" came out in late '99 so that could actually be considered a 2000s album, DMX's "And Then There X" came out in late '99 too, that makes me feel old 'cause I was a freshman in high school that year bumping those 2 albums, those CDs got mad scratches on them, lol, I liked Nas' "Nastradamus" album then too but as time went on I didn't really like that album much compared to his other albums... Anyway I was just digging through my album collection recently and I found 10 albums that came out this decade that weren't mentioned that could trump most of those 10 mentioned by Entertainment Weekly, really they had a lot of choices to choose from and they dropped the ball: R.Kelly "TP2.com" KRS One "Kristyles" Public Enemy "Revolvolution" Janet Jackson "All For You" Boyz II Men "Full Circle" Nas "God's Son" Christina Aguilera "Stripped" Talib Kweli & DJ Hi-Tek "Reflection Eternal" Shaggy "Hot Shot" Mary J. Blige "No More Drama"

My top 5 female hip hop artists: 1-Queen Latifah 2-Left Eye 3-MC Lyte 4-Foxy Brown 5-Eve

This is not the first time that Timbo said he's done with hip hop... You know what, I don't get it either how these legendary hip hop artists could say the game's messed up and praise rappers like Lil' Wayne and 50 Cent in the same sentence when it's obvious they're the main ones fouling the game up

Nas "If I Ruled The World"

Jadakiss "A Milli Freestyle"

Mariah Carey "Ribbon"

Joe Budden "Russian Roulette"

Great choices! I'm still yet to listen to R. Kelly and The Clipse, gonna do that soon, looking forward to hearing that new Snoop Dogg and alicia keys too... Here's my list of some that weren't yet mentioned: Hip Hop: Rakim "Seventh Seal"(The God of rap is back!!) Wale "Attention: Deficit"(One of the better new mcs out there) Wyclef Jean "From The Hut, To The Projects, To The Mansion"(Another eclectic set from hip hop's most versatile artist) KRS-ONE/Buckshot "Survival Skills"(2 mc legends dropping science!) Busta Rhymes "Back On My BS"(Busta brought the heat again!) Other: Ruben Studdard "Love Is"(one of the few American Idol artists that's managed to release good music) Boyz II Men "Love"(they still got it, now they only need Michael back and original songs to produce another classic) Keri Hilson "In A Perfect World"(another young artist that's talented, she got potential) Ginuwine "Man's Thoughts"(his best album in years) Rihanna "Rated R"(she put her heart into this album after all the controversey this year) Honorable Mentions: Michael Jackson "This Is It"(nice soundtrack to set it off for the memory of the king of pop!!) Fat Joe "J.O.S.E. 2"(people always sleep on him but he brings the heat)

I recently bought this DJKaySlay mixtape "Blockstars 2" at a corner store, this got some dope tracks from underground rappers and even the mainstream rappers like 50 Cent actually sounded hot on here, you could listen to it here: http://www.livemixtapes.com/mixtapes/10865/blockstars_2.html

Nas "One Love", my favorite Nas song of all time, one of the greatest songs ever

Boyz II Men "Silent Night"

MC Hammer Gets Equity In Cash4Gold By Roman Wolfe Rapper/reality TV star MC Hammer has gone from being a pitch man for the popular Cash4Gold service, to becoming an equity partner in the company. The Cash4Gold website was founded and launched in 2007 by the company’s CEO, Jeff Aronson. The company specializes in purchasing precious metals, mostly gold. The three-time Grammy Award winner became involved with Cash4Gold in 2009, when he starred in a Super Bowl commercial along side variety talk show host Ed McMahon. Since its inception, Cash4Gold has grown to serve over 800,000 customers, in addition to employing over 300 workers, who sift through thousands of ounces of Gold per day. Hammer and Cash4Gold will celebrate their new partnership during a party for next year’s Super Bowl XLIII which will be held in Cash4Gold’s vaults, while employees melt down gold. “Our Super Bowl commercial with MC Hammer kicked off a long-standing friendship and business relationship which we look forward to continuing, whether we are working hard together, playing hard or giving back to the community through charitable work,” Cash4Gold CEO Jeff Aronson said. Cash4Gold and MC Hammer also recently partnered to support the international hunger relief organization, Feed The Children to help support victims of disasters in the Pacific and in Georgia.

Usher "Papers"

Will Smith "Holla Back", I meant to say that if CL Smooth don't do another album with Pete Rock soon in that post I meant yesterday

I'm looking to play the role of spoiler at this point since I don't have a chance at the playoffs

I personally can't believe that this would happen right when 50's running his mouth dissing them, it's further proof that the rap game's rigged like wrestling, lol: Former rap rivals Jay-Z, 50 Cent and Nas are all reportedly set to appear on an upcoming "Empire State Of Mind" remix. While an exact source has not been identified, reports suggest the collaboration will be documented. Despite 50 Cent calling Jay-Z Beyonce's husband and more recently jabbing that he thinks he's Jesus, rumor has it that the two may actually be working together behind the scenes. A source who recently found himself eavesdropping on a conversation at a certain New York Giant's office, recently told BET.com that Hov may be unifying the big apple by featuring Fif and Nas on the "Empire State of Mind" remix. Word is the entire recording as well as conversations between the NY juggernauts will be documented. In addition to continually jabbing Jay, Fif has had issues with Nas for a while. Former friends, the Queens MCs became at odds after Fif called Nas out on The Massacre's "Piggy Bank." Word has already been spreading that Nas, who was reportedly slated to appear on the original track, is on deck for the remix. (BET) Beanie Sigel has suggested Jay recruited Nas for an "Empire" diss record going at him and 50 Cent. I'm nice at chess too," Sigel told radio personality DJ On & On. "They say he got a record supposed to come out, the remix to the New York sh*t, he's poppin' shots at me, poppin' shots at 50 but he pulled Nas on the record hoping that a n*gga will respond to it and come at Nas and Nas is gonna come right back, he ain't gonna hold no punches, he's gonna come right back. He should come right back but look at the moves. I see that. I'm not worried about Nas, I did that already. I did that already. In defense of him I did that already. I was there when dude was in the studio on the couch scratching his head under pressure." (Jump The Turn Style) 50, as of late, has been talking down upon Jay's business habits with former Roc-A-Fella artists like Beans and Freeway. "I think he completely has his best interests in mind," 50 said about Hov. "When you commit to working with other artists -- I have to be passionate about it. Of course, you want to make money, so you only commit to the things that you're excited about, that you feel you have the chemistry with or has something there, but after you get past that point, it should be something that you actually want to see win. I tried to collaborate with him on the Freeway project. What I did was Freeway went out and found his publishing deal, and we started the album, and Jay did 'Big Spender' and I did 'Take You to the Top,' and when it came time to put the record out, he didn't want to shoot his video, so I'm like, 'Why am I going to shoot mine? I'm not shooting it. It's on your label.' He has a king complex, he thinks he's f*cking Jesus, you know what I mean? This J-Hova sh*t." (Rolling Stone) Fabolous recently spoke on his former Def Jam labelmate and boss getting into a public dispute with Beans. "I haven't," Fab said about a rumored Nas and Jay-Z diss song. "I heard a message or something on the Internet but I haven't...Nah, not really [i would not do a diss] because that's not my beef. I don't have a problem with Beanie, actually, you know what I'm saying, I'm cool with Beanie too. The same circle Jay was, Beanie was there too. So we all had, [well], I'm not as close, close to Beanie as I am with Jay, but I wouldn't. That's not my beef. Their thing is a little more personal, I mean. Everybody knows Jay and Beans, at one point, were hand and hand. Like, that's not my beef, I wouldn't even jump in there." (Jenny Boom Boom TV) No further details have been released as of now.

DJ Jazzy Jeff & CL Smooth "All I Know", if CL don't do another album soon I'd like to see him do an entire album produced by Jazzy

Yeah I'd be happy if either Tip or Mos win the best album, both deserve it

Rakim "How To Emcee"