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Public Enemy "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back", this album stands the test of time

People buy 50 Cent's albums not 'cause he's hip-hop, he's a pop star that's on tabloids like Britney Spears, Will's gonna have to rob a bank like he said in "I Wish I Made That" to sell 10 million again. :hilarious:

Well when it comes to performing live it'd have to be Run-Dmc, Public Enemy, JJFP, KRS-ONE, and LL Cool J. Now overall mcin'(lyricism/performance) it'd be KRS-ONE, Rakim, JJFP, LL Cool J, Chuck D, 2Pac, Big Daddy Kane, and Run-Dmc before any others(Jay-Z and Biggie don't even make my top 50)

This song's more powerful than Jadakiss "Why" though, hell it's more powerful than Nas' "One Mic" and I love that song, people that compare "Tell Me Why" to "Why" ain't hip-hop heads with much memory, "Why" is far from the most powerful song ever, "Tell Me Why" is much closer to the top, and FP says that this song means a lot to him, why shouldn't he release it, if sales fall they do, who gives a damn if the teeny boppers don't feel it, this is about keepin' the cred up remember(he should start rappin' over KRS boombap beats instead 50 crap beats, the streets would wanna hear that), Eminem sold 4 million for releasing "Mosh" but a lot of hip-hop heads are sayin' "Encore" was one of the worst hip-hop albums ever released, sales don't mean s--- to the average hip-hop head(well the few of them that are left anyway, some got so disgusted they don't listen to it anymore), FP has a lot of party tracks on his hit list already, it won't hurt him to release one or two conscious songs to the collection, just to show that he's more versatile than the haters think he is, that's why we were sayin' for FP to leave Columbia so he could have artistic freedom(we all wanted "The Rain" to be released so what's the difference?), if he doesn't release "Tell Me Why" he should've just stayed on Columbia to release party tracks.

Hey now I think releasing "Tell Me Why" around 9/11 will cause some controversey 'cause you shouldn't be trying to benefit off the trajedy, that'd put Will in the same category as Eminem and Jadakiss for releasing their songs around election time (even though they had a lot less meaning than this one), there's no certain time to release a song, there's plenty of uptempo tracks on the album to bump during this summer, FP's more than just a party rapper, come on y'all this is hip-hop, this ain't about having a safe hit, besides he wrote this song 2 years ago, why should have to wait any longer to express it to the public, this is the most powerful song since "Fight The Power" and "Stop The Violence", hip-hop needs something besides booty shaking songs to be hits, take a stand will 'cause Nas and Talib Kweli can't do it alone! Hip-hop cred is more powerful than sales anyday and the album's doing well on it's on right now anyway. :ali:

That's awesome stuff there! :peace:

Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five "New York, New York"

Well no matter what Rev. Run decides to do on this album, it'll be hot, hopefully a lot of peeps support the legend, it's a shame that JMJ is no longer with us, so we can't have another Run-Dmc album. Now that Russell Simmons is back on Def Jam he'll sign some better artists to revitalize the label.

Public Enemy "Rebel Without A Pause"

Fuq-Great job man, you were pretty straight forward on your ideas as usual, keep expressin' that passion bagotrasho-Hey you're on the right track, that's possibly the best rhyme I saw from you so far Nuff props to both of y'all for the feedback, this is a nice collab for us! :thumb:

It was aight, nice too see you do 500 posts now! :afro:

:werd: You can't really go wrong in what single to pick next 'cause this album's stacked with hits! :chuks:

Nah I don't think that'd happen, did Slick Rick turn into 50 Cent? I doubt FP cursed that much in his songs, I don't think it was that overexplicit, the most explicit rappers back then believe or not when JJFP came out were Slick Rick, Public Enemy, Beastie Boys, and LL Cool J, come on now, even Nas curses more on one song now than those mcs cursed on their entire albums and he ain't even the most explicit rapper out now. Anyway, cursing doesn't change your personna, I curse on some of my songs I write but I ain't a gangsta rapper. Believe or not, the fake gangstas started comin' out after NWA came out, everyone started to try sounding gangsta then biting what they were doing and they still do. By the time I started gettin' into hip-hop in the mid-90s the golden era of hip-hop was already over already. 1999 wasn't a bad year in hip-hop like now, we had Nas, DMX, Slick Rick, Naughty By Nature, The Roots, Outkast, and JJFP put out at least gold albums, but they got overshadowed by Eminem's debut which was overrated even though it was a solid release compared to the garbage he puts out now and Jay-Z' and Ja Rule albums too that were also overrated but were ok, except the albums from the other cats I mentioned were all better than those 3 albums and Dr. Dre's "Chronic 2001" was a hot album but not as hot as the original "Chronic", I think music overall started to get watered down when TRL came out, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men's sales started slipping when Britney Spears and Backstreet Boys came out, but lookin' back when I was 14 I actually liked some of that bling-bling rap, as I matured though I realised how much crap it was and I don't listen to that anymore.

FP "Lost and Found"

Em also said something on his last album "Encore" that might've pushed Will to respond: "rapper slash actor/ kiss my cracker slash ass", damn he needs me to write punchlines for him, that's so corny, even more than the one on "The Real Slim Shady" :hilarious: :hilarious: Em is one of the worst rappers to ever step on the mic, such a disgrace! :blabla:

Whenever you're well known, you always get criticism, some handle it better than others, needless to say Will comes out strong above the criticism by putting out more classics and at the end of the day the haters'll have to recognize that whether they like it or not. :ali:

Rosa Parks should be worrrying about other things than sueing rappers over a title of a song, I saw a special the other night on BET about how the older generation is bitter with what the younger generation is doing in hip-hop, this is another bitter example, they criticize us without even trying to relate to what we're saying. :confused3:

Well FP is sorta more of a storytellin'/comedic mc, Rakim's more known for makin' battle rhymes than he is anything else, Chuck D makes more political rhymes than anything else, LL is known most for makin' songs for women, everybody back then when they came out had their styles and they each respected each for that and the longevity makes them the legends they are, if they talk about how great they are they could back it up, but these days a lot of rappers just comin' out talk about being the greatest mcs ever and can't back it up, that's the way I look at it.

Sooner or later people'll get sick of Eminem, I don't think anyone'll want to keep on hear him say the same ol' s*** after awhile on his songs, he's washed up now and has nothin' new to offer anymore, he always tries to recycle the Marshall Mathers LP over and over but on the other hand FP's albums all have different themes to them, Larry Elder and Wendy Williams also deserve to lose their jobs, you shouldn't get paid to disrespect everyone like they do.

That's a nice rhyme there Lerkot, I get a good idea of what Swedish people think about hip-hop now, thanks for sharing that!

Damn that song never gets old, it's still the same, actually there's more gimmicks now than ever. btw, I got on Nas and Olu Dara "Bridgin' The Gap", at least one rapper gives props to the ol' school, too bad this track didn't get more support when it was out 'Bridgin' the gap from blues to rap The history of music on this track'

I don't know when it's comin' out but it's gonna be interesting hearin' Russell Simmons' producing again, with all the great things he does, peeps sometimes sleep on how much of a great producer he is with Rick Rubin, they produced a lot of Run-Dmc's biggest tracks and even a lot of LL's and PE's early stuff as well being the 1st big name producers in hip-hop, let's not forget that JJFP were signed to Rush Management early in their career too, I hope Rev. Run's album gets some good promotion now that he's on Def Jam, this is what hip-hop needs, peeps need to recognize who the real legends are. :poke:

Hip-hop mogul Simmons returns to Def Jam April 14, 2005 New York - Hip-hop pioneer and entrepreneur Russell Simmons announced his return to the music business on Wednesday, working with the rap label where he made his fortune. Simmons, who co-founded Def Jam Records two decades ago before selling it in 1999 for $100 million, will head up Russell Simmons Music Group. The label is a joint venture with Island Def Jam Records, created from the merger of Island Records and Def Jam. Since selling Def Jam, the 47-year-old New Yorker has branched into other areas such as fashion and beverages. "This is a tremendous blessing to come back to work at this company," Simmons said at a news conference. He admitted that he has not made records for "many, many years." He joked that he contributed some "shouting" on the new record by Reverend Run, half of the legendary rap duo Run-DMC and one of the artists on his new label. Simmons, considered a hip-hop pioneer, started Def Jam with Rick Rubin in Rubin's dorm room at New York University in 1984. Def Jam was the original home to some of the first mainstream rap stars: Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys and Public Enemy. Island Def Jam is part of the Universal Music Group, part of French media conglomerate Vivendi Universal . http://www.tonight.co.za./index.php?fArticleId=2482163

LL Cool J "Feel The Beat", I dream to write up those many punchlines, you can't battle Uncle L still :ali: :chuks: :ali: "Still keep the ink hot Still scheme like a fox Still ready to battle you don't want your career stopped"