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Nas don't have to prove s*** to 50 Cent, his 3 albums released this decade put him in legendary status in hip-hop, maybe if 50 Cent made a couple of good albums he'd be worth responding to like Jay-Z, who's a rap god compared to 50 Cent, 50 Cent ain't hip-hop, it doesn't make sense for a rapper on his 2nd mediocre album to diss somebody doing their 6th solid album, it's like when Nelly dissed KRS-ONE, come on now, KRS has 13 albums, Nelly is a child to him but yet the public ain't buying KRS albums at all it seems, it's a shame, Nas' and KRS' albums should sell 4 million, I wonder how long people'll buy this wack s***, even if Will releases "Mr. Nice Guy", the ignorant fans'll still buy Eminem's albums, so these beefs are useless.

I haven't really listened to too much Black Eyed Peas but they can't be wack if they get James Brown on a song with them, I think their new song "Don't Phunk With My Heart" is pretty damn funny, I'd rather hear that than that "Candy Shop" bulls*** anyday if I had to choose, anyone that doesn't put out gangsta rap gets dissed these days it seems, that's why Will doesn't get airplay on black radio either, honestly I feel those cats ranked above Will ain't hip-hop either, Mike Jones? Game? 50 Cent? u gotta be kidding me!, they're selling out the essence for real, but the only albums I'm anticipating on buying this summer is the Public Enemy, DMX, and the Nas album if it comes out soon, I hope the Rakim album comes out this year too, once "Tell Me Why" comes out though I think "Lost and Found"'ll reach multiplatinum status.

Aight here's my thoughts on this: Public Enemy has a new album out in August but I doubt they'll sell much since they're not anticipated, they might push some units though since they're on Univeral now, I hope they do, there needs to be more ol' school cats besides Will Smith and LL selling. :mad: Mos Def has a new album already? I thought he released one a few months ago that didn't sell much at all and Royce 5'9 is an underground rapper so he won't sell much. Nas said he ain't gonna diss 50 Cent either and I hope he sticks to that word, he's a married man now and shouldn't worrying about getting in those kiddy rap battles. Black Eyed Peas are gonna probably do well with their new album too since they have James Brown on it and don't forget that DMX has an album next month that always tops the charts on every album he releases, it's nice to see Will's one of the highest selling rappers but sales don't measure talent, if it did he'd be #1 on that list and G Unit wouldn't be mentioned and replaced by Public Enemy as the top group.

:word: MC Ren don't live in the 'hood anymore either unless he got broke from not selling much in the last 10 years, he should stop frontin'. :haha:

:word: A lot of these reviewers have an ignorance to quality music, they think that fake gang banging stories are real or at least they get paid off to believe that. :thumbsdown:

Nicely said man, yeah there probably wasn't that many rap fans there anyway so I ain't sweating that and it was nice to see him perform in the NBA Finals, we should be happy that he was selected to perform and not take that for granted, "Parter Starter"'ll be released whenever Will wants it to be released, no matter how much we cry for it to be released now.

Well if the state of hip-hop remains wack like this after a while Will and the other remaining active legends might consider retiring and not try to be involved in the immature rap war games, but if cats like Common and Talib Kweli start having success and some young intelligent mcs come in the game and get fame, Will might be encouraged to keep on doing it but if the G Units and Lil' Jons continue dominating the airwaves, he might feel discouraged 'cause I don't think he wants to be involved in any of these silly beefs going on now, but if the essence of hip-hop stays alive, he'll keep on doing it for sure,the movies won't stop him though since he said in his songs and interviews that he doesn't want his acting career to overshadow his rap career, if that was the case he wouldn't have rapped after "Code Red" because he's been the biggest black actor for the last 10 years.

Yeah I found that interview on mtv.com, they moved his album back till July 19th now too according to this: "Mase Advises DMX To Rap Again, Wait For The Lord's Call 05.25.2005 After talking with Mase, X puts preaching on pause for a return to rap. DMX Photo: MTV News Seeing as how DMX is getting ready to put out his next album, Here We Go Again, on July 19, you're probably thinking you must've misunderstood him when he announced he was giving up the mic. In March 2003, X said It's Not a Game "Just 'cause I'm dealing with fake [people in the music industry], what gives me the right to say, 'I don't wanna do this no more' and walk away?" — DMX would be his final album, and that he was leaning toward becoming a preacher (see "DMX Retiring From Hip-Hop, Plans To Read His Bible"). Well he was, and DMX still feels he'll be talking from the pulpit one day. X changed his mind about retiring from rap, though, after a conversation with Mase, a longtime friend who went that same route six years ago (see "Mase Clears The Air About Diddy, DMX And Jay-Z"). "I was ready to do that," X said last week in Miami about declaring his permanent estrangement from rap. "I talked to Mase. I said, 'Dog! I'm fed up with this rap sh--. I know the Lord. I know my true calling is to preach the Word, where do I go from here?' He was like, 'As long as the Lord gives you the talent to do what you do, do it. He'll call you when he's ready. He'll call you when he's ready.' " X says Pastor Mason Betha made so much sense to him that he picked the mic back up. "Just 'cause I'm dealing with fake mutha----as [in the music industry], what gives me the right to say, 'I don't wanna do this no more' and walk away?" X elaborated. "I've been through worse than that. I can deal with fake sh--. I'm gonna do this as long as I can, and when [God] is ready for me, he'll call me. It wasn't my place to retire." X said the title of his new album is self-explanatory. He wrote Here We Go Again while traveling to Africa, New York, Miami, Germany, London and his favorite place to record, Arizona. "I have some property in Arizona," he said. "I love the vibe, the desert, but it's still a night life, still a 'hood [out there]. It keeps me grounded." He dealt heavily in hip-hop "X-cesses" during the shooting of his new video, which is a combination clip that cuts into three Here We Go tracks: "Walk These Dogs," "Give 'Em What They Want" and "Pump Ya Fist." For a portion of the clip, Scott Storch, who produced "Give 'Em What They Want," lent X his mansion. At another location featured in the video, DMX and Swizz Beatz, who made the track for "Pump Ya Fist," got onstage. "This is a straight rap video," he said. "I get to be a rapper in a video. I did the mansion scene, the driving scene, the girl-in-the-club scene. I do all the things rappers do in the videos in this one."

Well if FP was only concerned about popularity this would be the case but he doesn't do it only for the sales and the money, he has all of that already and people forget that he's the highest selling rapper alive, he does it for the art and I don't think he'll stop even if his sales slip if he really loves hip-hop as much as he says he does, besides he once said: "Yes yallin' till I'm bald like Issac Hayes Bad eyes or greys back pain or bad legs I'm a get better with age trust"

Well after long thinkin' I'd say: #2-"Hey Lover"(W/Boyz II Men) #3-"Mama Said Knock You Out" my other favorites from LL would include "Power Of God", "Around The Way Girl", "Till The Break Of Dawn" "The Ripper Strikes Back", "I'm About To Get Her"(W/R.Kelly), and "Can't Think", there's so many of them, he's the timeless and most consistant mc besides KRS-ONE, FP, Chuck D, and Rakim

I think Will could make albums for as long as he's living, hip-hop is his life, I don't think he'd stop if he stays healthy, it'd be nice to see a rapper live to be 70 or 80 years old since we lost a lot of rap artists too soon like Left Eye, 2Pac, Biggie, Big Pun, and Jam Master Jay, hopefully some of the hip-hop pioneers could live and perform as long as James Brown, Ray Charles, and BB King have, only time'll tell though since we don't have a crystal ball, and hopefully I'll be still alive to cheer them on.

I'm not making any picks for the Finals except I think every game'll be close and it should be exciting to watch! :pony:

There's so many but my favorite song from LL would have to be the diss song to Kool Moe Dee "Jack The Ripper", today's rappers should take note of how a battle song's done: Milky, and I'm back My ace in the hole was this brand new track I'ma slow it up and speed it up and now you're gonna eat it up Listen to the funky beat, my tongue is gonna beat it up I did it, but the devil didn't make me I did it for the suckers who tried to shake and bake me Proving a point that I'm a serious joint You can roll me up and puff me, and then I'll anoint Your head with oil--lots of oil Make it run like water, watch it boil Cause I made 'em play it, made 'em say it made 'em okay it, made 'em obey it---HUH Prince of the growl is on the prowl How You Like Me Now punk? You living foul Here's what my game is, kill is what my aim is A washed up rapper needs a washer, my name is-- Chorus: Jack the Ripper Jack-Jack-Jack the Ripper Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack, Jack-Jack, Jack the Ripper King Hercules! Back for the payback, I must say that I heard your new jam, I don't play that It ain't loud enough punk, it ain't hitting This year you tried, next year you're quitting Last year you thought I was dying out But again, and again, and again without a doubt It's the gangster boogie, the earthquake sound Pump it up and play it so they hear it all around I do it up rough, tough, I don't bluff and this is an example of funky stuff When you wanna make hits, you make 'em like this They ain't like this they don't hit, they miss It's a strong record, a record for the strong For those who appreciate real rap songs Listen how I won't allow myself to go off track Stay back, I got the power, I'm-- Chorus Jack the Ripper, a man, not a myth a-k-a James Todd Smith Hard like penitentiary steel Breaking necks while I flex my sex appeal Homegirls in the house, c'mon Homegirls in the house, give it up You gotta want to get hotter Moving and grooving, and always improving a lot'a People don't know how nice I am He was sleeping, so now I gotta slice my man Like ham in a pan, wrap him up in Saran Kidnap him and slap him up inside of a van While you're doing your dance I want you to make moves No one out there thought you could do You know my name and my game and what I'm here to do Party people, lemme see if you can dance to-- Chorus Break it down! x3 Yo Bob, show that old school sucker punk what real hip hop is boy [scratches] "How Ya Like Me Now?" I'm getting busier I'm double platinum, I'm watching you get dizzier Check out the way I say my, display my, play my 'J' on the back, behind the Cool, without the A-Y I love to ride the groove because the groove is smooth It makes me move and I'll improve As it goes on, as it flows on When you see me, don't ask if the show's on How that sound? Don't came around, playing me close, brown Pull on my jock to be down You need to stay down, way down, because you're low down Do that dance, the prince of rap is gonna throw down Aiming to please while I'm killing emcees I'm gonna keep on hitting you with rough LPs Day after day after day You're smacked in the face by the bass of Cool J I'm--[scratches] I'm a beast on the microphone, a night stalker A killing machine, a savage street talker Jason with an axe, but I put it on wax To eradicate the suckers who thought I had relaxed The prince of hip hop, straight from Queens Kicking it mean, keeping it clean And you've never seen anybody rock the party All you funky beat-aholics, this beat's Bacardi I go to the show, and terrorize emcees, don't you know Moving my hand like I'm playing the piano Don't touch the dial, don't change the channel Don't let me hear you say I ain't debonair I'm better than any emcee out there As a matter of fact, suckers can't compare When I rocking the mic people stop and stare, at.. I'll have to think about what my other 2 favs are 'cause I like so many LL songs.

Happy B-Day! :jazzy: :kool:

Well "Switch" is a top-10 hit with lil' spins on hip-hop radio, but hip-hop radio'll jump on the bandwagon when "Party Starter" comes out, so it'll hit #1.

What up y'all I found this interesting read, check it out: "San Francisco – When he first became known, he was too Black and too strong. But now Chuck D of the legendary rap group Public Enemy considers himself a cultural ambassador. He brings his flavor of hip hop music to the world, when he is on tour and through the impact of the Internet and technology. “When I travel to Eastern Europe in countries such as the former Yugoslavia and Lithuania, they know who Public Enemy is,” said Chuck D. “They are big into rap, as they have had it hard and they use rap,” to convey their messages. As the founder of Public Enemy, Chuck D is a colossal figure in the history of hip hop and one of its most respected intellectual voices. He was in San Francisco recently, speaking on the future of the entertainment industry at the Commonwealth Club. In an hour and a half talk with CNN TV personality Carlos Watson at the Commonwealth Club, Chuck D talked about the direction of hip hop, technology and the future of entertainment. He began by talking about how Public Enemy got started. While a student at Adelphi University, Chuck D was a radio personality on college radio. He, along with a collection of DJs, including Flavor Flav, Terminator X and others, used the radio waves as a sounding board to communicate to the people. This would be the start of Public Enemy. “When we first got to records, people did not think it was going to work,” said Chuck D. But it did, to huge success. Public Enemy became one of the biggest and most critically acclaimed rap groups of its era. The group influenced change and helped to create a political awakening of activists who grew up in the 1990s. He said that today’s DJs could do this, but they don’t. “Today, the DJs on radio are wack,” continued Chuck D. He did say that one of his favorite DJs is KPFA’s Davey D. He recalled DJs such as Frankie Crocket, Gary Byrd and others using the microphone as an empowering tool, to move the community. He cited Sly Stone as a DJ in the Bay Area who did this. Chuck D said that massive media conglomerates are now controlling what goes on the radio. The DJ for the most part has been rendered useless. The give and take between Watson and Chuck D was lively. Watson, an up and coming broadcaster in the mold of Tavis Smiley, asked interesting questions, trying to pin Chuck D down to a particular theme. But he couldn’t. Chuck D bobbed and weaved like a boxer, jumping from topic to topic in an entertaining way. When asked about today’s hip hop artists, he said, “Jay Z is the Michael Jordan of hip hop today.” While Jay Z is on top of the rap world, he wished that Jay Z would take more leadership. The rap world, he says, resembles the “Wild Wild West” at times. On 50 Cents: “He is part of Jimmy Iovine’s (head of Interscope Records) musical empire. Fifty cents is selling a lot of units, and he is very sharp. But there needs to be a balance.” On Queen Latifah: “She has found all other routes to make it big in hip hop and the entertainment industry without degrading herself and other Black women in the process.” On Eminem: “He has tried to escape the cult of commodification. I think he is a hard worker when it comes to rap, but the pathway for him was paved by other white rappers such as the Beastie Boys, Third Base and Vanilla Ice, who were the Jackie Robinsons of hip hop for whites.” Chuck D said that Public Enemy will be releasing another two albums in the next few months. There will be a store release, as well as a release over the Internet. He said that he wants to keep quality and consciousness going on in hip hop. “Ultimately it comes down to quality,” continued Chuck D. “I would rather listen to and support a Roots record that sold 300,000 copies, rather than a Lil Wayne record that sells 1.3 million. Nothing against Lil Wayne, but is it good to you or not good to you is the question.”

I guess Def Jam must of gave him a better deal for him to comeback 'cause I remember him saying that they were giving him a crappy contract and he didn't want to do any more albums there.

I think it's a great idea too, prayer is a part of my life that I do everyday even though I don't consider myself overreligious.

That was a great rhyme there! :2thumbs:

Battlin' in hip-hop has been pretty mediocre in recent years, that Nas-Jay-Z battle was aight but I wouldn't rank it up there with the KRS-ONE vs. MC Shan, Sugar Hill Gang vs. Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five, or the LL Cool J vs. Kool Moe Dee battles, those were the most creative battles ever, it was all about skills, now it's all about who sells the most and who's more gangsta 'cause that was the best thing that Jay-Z said about Nas, he said that he has more skills than Nas 'cause he sells more than him, and that's what ruined it from being a legendary battle in my opinion, Nas did a great job on "Ether" which kept it from being a close battle, he won hands down, Jay-Z didn't really drop that much knowledge to contend with Nas to consider it a close battle, "Superugly" was a weak comeback.

So do u think's gonna win Game 7 tonight? I think the Heat'll pull it off, Shaq's gonna step up for sure!

Thanks for letting me know, now there's no reason for me to waste my time to watch it, lol.

I don't understand why he has to complain about The Source not giving him 5 mics, who really gives a damn about the ratings The Source give? They only gave "Lost and Found" 3 mics but I don't hear Will complaining about it even though honestly I think he's earned the right to complain about it 'cause he's been out so long but he won't, Kanye seems too arogant for a rapper that only made one album, I heard him do more complaining about not winning an award or this magazine should put me on the cover and give me a high rating than we probably heard from Will's entire career, Kanye won 4 Grammy's this year and should feel grateful about that, LL was nominated but didn't win and I didn't hear him complain, plus there's been a lot of great mcs in hip-hop history that've been out for almost 20 years that never won one but never complained about it, he has to deal with the criticism, not everyone is gonna like him no matter what he does, but if he keeps on complaining less people'll like him.

Hey we already talked about this, I don't have time to repeat myself :pony: : http://jazzyjefffreshprince.com/forum/inde...1&st=&p=entry

Awesome pics Tim, thanks for posting them! I don't think they're from the DVD, I think they're from the Walmart concert in Arkansas the other day that was on the ws.com calendar.