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Yeah consistancy is the key, it doesn't matter how Will decides to release something as long as he does something music related in between album releases, it's like I think fans would be more interested if he just did something in between: a song on another artists' album/ a freestyle on a mixtape/ make an appearance at some of Jazzy's shows, he gotta do somethin'... I mean hearing all this news about him working on this movie and that movie and hearing nothing music related from him over these last few months feels dissapointing, the last thing music related he's done was the holiday concert and that was about 8 months ago, he needs to do more than that, come on now...

Yeah a lot of people visit myspace, Will should get a page up there running, it'd do a lot of good for him, and of course there are some mainstream artists who release albums every year and have success so I don't see why Will can't, he's already sold over 30 million albums in his career as it is, no need to go underground...

The 3 year period between his albums wouldn't be so long if he did guest appearances on other artists' albums or maybe songs for his soundtracks in between but the thing that hurts him is that he don't release music at all between albums to keep fans interested, like if he don't even rap a verse for 3 years before another album there really won't be that many anticipating his next album but if he drops a hot verse on Jazzy's album he'll be keepin' his name out there as an mc, it's important for him to do that... btw yeah that point Jonny made is right on of how he'd release more often if he were underground, a lot of those artists release albums every year 'cause they don't spend all this time promoting one single, they just put out music for the true fans but I don't really consider Will an underground artist in being a household name in Hollywood, I'd like to see him release an album that wins a Grammy Award right around the same time he wins an Oscar, there's not an excuse to why it can't be done if he worked hard enough for it, I want to see him get the credit he deserves at this stage in his career...

I'm hopeful by this time next summer that a single'll be out and the album be out by the fall of '07 but of course with Will you never know it might be even much later than that, with all these movies on the plate it's probably hard to find studio time so "Lost and Found" might be the last album of this decade for him, but of course I'll be willing to wait even longer if he gets Jazzy more involved on this one, I'm hopeful but I wouldn't be surprised 'cause it's in doubt whether Will really found his desire to rap as much as he used to, probably with all the garbage out right now he's not motivated, maybe if Kel blows up then he'll want to do more...

That article's right on point and basically been bringing up a lot of what I've been saying for a while, this goes a lot towards DMX's quote that he made recently about how hip-hop is far from dead... It is very much alive, no music genre is perfect, there's plenty of good stuff out there for people to listen to without complaining about the crap that's out there... Good music shouldn't be about who sells the most or gets the most airplay, good music should be based on who makes the best quality, if people learn to focus less on sales and more on the music itself then I think hip-hop could be in a better position than it is now as well...

I notice that the mixtape's back in stock again for anyone who doesn't have it, y'all could get it now, I might even cop an extra copy for myself since it's so hot :2thumbs:

Yeah I prefer Disc One over Disc Two myself, even though it's interesting to hear a contempory artist doing oldies music

Speaking of ebay I was able to get Casual's "Fear Itself" CD recently for $1, I know you'd be interested in hearing about that Tim :2thumbs:

That's a hot list of albums right there, you should check out DMX's album too, I'm gonna look into this Dead Prez/Outlawz album too, that sounds interesting, btw I think that Jurassic 5 album's pretty hot as well, lot of peeps sleepin' on that....

Yeah could you believe that? :shifty:

Yeah I'm gonna wait till I get the disc in my hands next week till I listen 'cause Outkast is one of my favorite groups

I got a chance to check out this album yesterday and I gotta say that I'm quite impressed by how she was able to make such a creative and versatile album, nearlyfour years after her impressive sophmore effort "Stripped" album where she was showing the evolution of an artist but she takes it to a whole another level here, this album's got everything from soul, blues, pop, jazz, and hip-hop sounds on here, her amazing voice shineswith production done by DJ Premiere, Big Tank, Kwame, and Linda Perry among others, my favorite tracks so far on here are "Makes Me Wanna Pray", "Back In The Day", "Oh Mother", "Still Dirrty", "Candy Man", and "Save Me From Myself", I recommend this to any music fan, btwhere's the album cover and track listing: 1. Intro (Back To Basics) 2. Makes Me Wanna Pray featuring Steve Winwood 3. Back In The Day 4. Ain't No Other Man 5. Understand 6. Slow Down Baby 7. Oh Mother 8. F.U.S.S. (Interlude) 9. On Our Way 10. Without You 11. Still Dirrty 12. Here To Stay 13. Thank You (Dedication To Fans...) 14. Enter The Circus 15. Welcome 16. Candyman 17. Nasty Naughty Boy 18. I Got Trouble 19. Hurt 20. Mercy On Me 21. Save Me From Myself 22. The Right Man 23. Back To Basics (Bonus Video)

That'd be awesome if Kel's album came out the same time as Jazzy's album :kool:

Well there has to be a lot of people buying it if it went out of stock, thank goodness I got one a couple months ago when it was available 'cause it's better than most albums out this year, I honestly question the intelligence of record labels for passing up on such a talented mc like this,btw he got another mixtape coming out?!

Fuq is referring to that on CDbaby the mixtape is unavailable right now, they're probably just restocking it 'cause it's selling like hotcakes! :gettinjiggywitit:

Well since FP's my favorite artist of all time, I'll probably want to look into getting extra copies of his albums one day that way when they all get scratched up I could play the extra copies :kool:

Well there's really no album out there that has perfect songs from beginning till end in reality, but there's not really many rappers or artists in general that have made albums in a span of 20 years that have a bunch of hot tracks on them, even when FP's at his worst like on "Born To Reign" he's still better than most of the music industry...

Mutombo gives $15 million for hospital in Congo Associated Press NEW YORK -- Dikembe Mutombo will fulfill a lifelong dream soon, opening a hospital in the Congo named for his late mother. Jennifer Pottheiser/NBAE/Getty Images Mutombo, seen earlier this year, gave $15 million for a hospital to be named after his mother. The Houston Rockets center, who donated $15 million to the project, will open the doors to the Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospital and Research Center on Sept. 2. The 300-bed hospital will provide health care to people in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where Mutombo was born. "We were very close," Mutombo said Monday in a telephone interview. "To do something of this caliber in the name of your beloved mom, it will mean a lot not just to me but to the people of Congo." He created the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in 1997, the year his 64-year-old mother died. She was unable to get to the hospital because streets were closed due to civil unrest. His father, Samuel, was turned back from the hospital, just 10 minutes away. "My mom played a big role, giving us all the tools to make us great human beings," Mutombo said of his nine siblings. "She did what moms are supposed to do -- raise a child with a good understanding of life." The $29 million hospital and research center will include a pediatric wing, surgery suites and a women's center. The health care crisis continues in the Congo, where one of five children dies before age 5. Malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, measles and cholera have reached epidemic proportions and continue to infect millions of adults and children. The average life expectancy is 42 years for men and 47 for women. "Malaria is taking more lives than any other disease, especially children under age 5," he said. Mutombo had a life-threatening bout of malaria after returning from the Congo in 1999. He had a "huge headache" and passed out after an early season game. His temperature rose to 104 degrees while at a suburban Boston hospital, but after 12 hours the doctors couldn't determine what was wrong until a Kenyan intern entered his room. "Brother, are you from Africa?" she asked. "Which spot?" When she heard Congo, she asked if he'd been home lately. He'd been back the previous month. "She saved my life," Mutombo said. "We got the malaria results 40 minutes later. We waited two hours for the malaria medicine from the CDC [in Atlanta]. I wish I knew her name to thank her." Mutombo came to the U.S. in 1987 on an academic scholarship to attend Georgetown. As a premed major, he expected to return to the Congo as a doctor. In his second year, Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson invited the 7-foot-2 Mutombo to try out for the team. He grew up loving soccer, but eventually came around to basketball under Thompson's guidance. "He took me by his wing," Mutombo said. "He made me who I became today, he's like a father figure to me. I don't call him 'Coach,' I call him 'Pop.' He gave me all the tools to succeed -- maturity and education." Georgetown was ranked No. 1 and reached the final eight twice in his three years of play. He was Big East defensive player of the year, averaging 15.2 points, 12.2 rebounds and 4.71 blocks his senior year. College basketball altered his plans to become a doctor, and he graduated instead with degrees in linguistics and diplomacy. He speaks English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and five African dialects. Mutombo has averaged 10.6 points and 10.8 rebounds in his 15-year career. Now he's satisfied to assist on the medical front. His goal is to get 100,000 people to contribute $10 a month on his Web site to support the hospital and research. "I'm still a doctor, serving the people," Mutombo said.

Yeah the singles before "Boom! Shake The Room" were better but I'd say most singles released from the FP solo albums are worse than that though...

Yeah even I own one copy :kekeke: "Big Willie Style" ain't a JJFP CD either so why'd you post about that in this section? :wiggle:

I agree with AJ that "Boom! Shake The Room" is probably the weakest song on "Code Red" but that tells you how strong that album is, I could still play that track when I play the album without skipping off to the next track, I could skip the whole "Born To Reign" albumcompared to this, lol, that's kinda ironic that FP dissed that song around the time he started working on his worst album, and it seems that a lot of people who doubt FP's rapping skills actually seem to like this track too along with basically anything on "Code Red", if this album sold 10 million like 'Big Willie Style' did then I think FP's rep as a commercial rapper would be ranked much higher then it's been...

I love "Boom! Shake The Room" too, FP's flow was sick, the lyrics were amazing, and the production was on point, it's better than most of his singles released in the last 12 years except "Party Starter" and a couple others...

I don't think Common really been involved with acting, this is probably one of his first major film appearances, it'll be interesting to see how he does...

Hey I just realised that I can't get megaupload to work for me so I'm unable to hear anything right now :damnyou:

No X ain't cool with Jay, there's no friendship anymore, he said that on the bonus DVD you'd see if you got the album, his frustration with Def Jam was the reason why he was consider quitting the rap game, it wasn't fun for him anymore, Jay went on vacation in Miami when he was supposed to arrange X's video to come out last year... Now we see what he's doing to Method Man and The Roots, where are their videos, I mean don't they have albums out this month? With that kinda poor promo nobody's gonna be aware that real artists are about to drop albums and they're gonna flop, I hope this don't happen to Nas either... Jay spends too much time promoting wack mcs like Young Jeezy(Young Cheezy as DMX calls him, lol) and Rick Ross while real mcs like Redman and Method Man are tossed to the side like I said earlier in this thread and since he really wants 50 to do more albums, he's probably the one that's forcing LL to do an album with him but what can you say he's a hustler, he only cares about what's gonna make the most money, he knows that garbage sells and real stuff don't right now so he's just going where the money is, that's why not much quality is released on Def Jam anymore...