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I'm reading a book called "Where You're At" by Patrick Neate inspired from a phrase in a Rakim song, "It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at", it's about how hip-hop's perceived around the world from places like New York, Tokyo, Johannesburg, Capetown, and Rio De Janeiro.

RIP Left Eye, I might have to put some TLC on!

The problem with hip-hop right now is that they have too many rappers sounding similar to each other, most of the top charting rappers making songs with ignorant subject matter, not every rapper should sound like Will Smith but not every rapper should sound like 50 Cent either, there has to be more balance.

I think Beanie's album is ranked lower than Will's now and is about to fade off the charts, even that single with Snoop ain't workin' out too well for Beanie, is it just me or is Snoop a cameo on every hip-hop album these days? :kekeke:

Aight I'll be waiting till the next round then :chuks: :ali:

They should put Will Smith and Fat Joe on the cover and take Lil' Jon and Jadakiss off, that looks like a bunch of commercial crap on the most part that I wouldn't consider buying, well at least they mentioned Will.

Well Sugar Hill Gang weren't the 1st ever rappers, they were just the 1st ones to record, some of the true pioneers of hip-hop never officially recorded but that's a whole another discussion. You could actually say Muhammad Ali was one of the 1st people to ever freestyle, he did some nice rhymes, but you could even say that's spoken word poetry or b-bop which was around before hip-hop. :afro:

Good luck and be safe, hope to see you back here soon! :peace:

I didn't hear the song yet, I ain't really too much into this Kanye West hype, don't get it twisted I don't hate him, I'm just not that much into him, I'd rather see Common do well on the charts with his album when it comes out.

Hey I ain't no Nick Cannon fan but he ain't the worst mc in hip-hop, he looks up to Will, that can't be wack, so I wouldn't diss him so hard, but I'd rather see real mcs like KRS-ONE get back on the charts again, not these cats who never rapped in their life start rappin' like Nick Cannon and Kanye West. :poke:

Here's what some of the NBA Legends have picked to go to the NBA Finals: http://www.nba.com/playoffs2005/legends_050422.html I have the same picks as Robert Parish! :afro:

KRS-ONE feat. Ill Will "Slap 'Em Up" btw 3cookies,"Lost and Found" is Will Smith's album that came out a few weeks ago :slap:

I gave it a 8, there's still room for improvement there.

Hey I switched back in forth between the Pacers-Celtics game and TNT, it's nice to see them showin' "Ali", I see they're showin' "Bad Boys" now on TNT, I guess they're havin' a Big Willie mini marathon. :thumb:

Both of y'all delivered nice verses, it'll be interesting to see who wins.

:werd: I love battlin' too, I think that's what seperates hip-hop from music, the different ways of expression, I always look forward to battlin'!

That brings back some memories for me, thanks for posting that, it's amazing how much great dicussions we've had here! :ridepony:

Get Fresh Crew(Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick) "The Show", it's amazing how many rappers sampled this track, phenominal skill here! :afro: btw, welcome back 3cookies, did you hear "Lost and Found" yet?

They showed the video for the 1st time on 106&Park, it's a cool video, Mya lookin' pretty nice in that video! :kool:

:werd: I agree with that as a Bulls fan it's hard to be all sentimental about Reggie after what he did to us during his career but he has to be respected, he's one hell of a player, the Pacers'll crumble after he retires. :ali:

Good luck DJ Silver Tiger! :kool:

The Sixers are one of the hottest teams in the East right now but they're playing the defending champs, if they beat them, they could possibly go to the Finals, anything can happen. Anyway, Go Bulls! :ridepony:

That'd be dope if we could ask Will some questions on the board and he answers them, hey I might start posting there more now!

Hey I think they should re-release and remaster all the albums that he made while he was living, 'cause that's the work that should solidify his legacy.

aight here's my picks: Eastern Conference: Heat sweep Nets 4-0 Bulls beat Wizards 4-2 Pistons beat Sixers 4-1 Pacers beat Celtics 4-2 Heat beat Bulls 4-3 Pistons beat Pacers 4-1 Heat beat Pistons 4-2 Westerern Conference: Suns sweep Grizzlies 4-0 Rockets beat Mavericks 4-2 Spurs beat Nuggets 4-3 Sonics beat Kings 4-1 Spurs beat Sonics 4-1 Rockets beat Suns 4-3 Spurs sweep Rockets 4-0 NBA Finals Heat beat Spurs 4-3 :ali: