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You droppin' some knowledge Jim! :afro: That reminds of a lil' verse I wrote a couple years ago when peeps in school were trippin' on me: "Check out the predicament Don't doubt the avengence I come out and defend it To not lose the bout to a midget Who shouts all the dumb nonsense You ain't found to the toughness On what I've now go defending Every route is for the win Just when you thought I ran out of ink in my pen And I was lost, I jam back now to think like a man Write jams surrounded to link the stand I'm a man who fights everthing like a man And you gotta understand, how I won't ever give a damn 'Bout this senior bull**** I knock out this queer fooishness In my mind I already graduated You'll find during ya life, Teddy's motivated When I'm surving the burden of the fight, heavily concentrated Even if I don't look to rap I still will be hookin' true facts In ya face, this s***'s just great This midget's just gay, if he gets in my face I'll just put him in the right place How can you pussies fight my game? You'll get punched out by the ace I'll hit #1 devouring rhyme flames"

Right on! :ali:

That's hot man I couldn't agree with u any more! :peace:

Damn that's really hot, I started spittin' that when I saw that, wow every line is deep! :peace: :bowdown:

If Pac and Biggie were still living they wouldn't be ranked so high(possibly Pac might be considered one of the top 'cause he had a style his own but the Death Row image could've hurt his cred in the longrun and still does 'cause most peeps don't remember what he was before the "thug life" image came along) and that's a fact 'cause it seems that their sales soared in their death more than when they were living, they could've became inconsistant too, it's not a fact that either one of them could've dropped 10+ solid LPs like LL and KRS have, that'll always remain unknown.

I emailed Hot 97(which is the empire of hip-hop radio stations in the tri-state area) just now asking them to play "Switch", I doubt them fools will even reply back, I'm just gonna check their website once in a while and see if they put it on their playlist, it ain't on there yet, but it seems half of 50's album is on their top 30 list. :toetap:

Yeah there's some nice stories on the album, it's good that FP told a lil' more serious stories this time to show a different side of him, if you want to hear the funny stories, you listen to the earlier albums he did, but if FP did a storytellin' track with Slick Rick and Flava Flav that'd be the funniest song in history.

I'll give it 7/10, it's better than most of the wackness out now, but there's still room for improvement, don't give up! :thumb:

Well I was thinkin' about quitting 'cause I felt discouraged by seein' so many wack videos whenever I turned on BET and emptv and I figured that there was no place for me to fit in there, but then I realised that I could just keep doing my thing and block out the bull**** and not give a damn if I get signed and just do it for my peeps in the worst case scenerio, they enjoy it but it was never losin' confidance in my rhyme skills, I feel like I'm building knowledge and improving by applying that to my rhymes, just do you!

Well like I said earlier in another post: It doesn't make sense for some pop rappers to complain about airplay when they're only getting played all day as it is already but it's justified for hip-hop legends like FP to talk about it 'cause damn it they've expanded this platform like he put it on the album. F the radio, that's why I don't listen to it 'cause if I did, I'd be encouraged to quit rhymin' again.

Nas Feat. Alicia Keys "Warrior's Song", such a powerful track

Hey when are Heavy D and Redman gonna release new albums? Hip-hop needs them right now to knock 50 Cent and Eminem off the charts, I think they should've collaborated on "Lost and Found" instead of Beanie's album, FP and Heavy D could've remade "Now That We Found Love" on the "Hitch" soundtrack instead of just throwin' the original on there, that'd made me buy the soundtrack, and what happened to the "Switch" remix with Redman, I think that would've been hotter than the remix with Elephant Man although that one's starting to grow on me now.

Tribe Called Quest "Vibes and Stuff"

Outkast "So Fresh, So Clean" had a nice instrumental to it, you could sample that one

That's disgusting! :poke:

Top 5 Underground mcs that deserve shine: 1-Aceyalone 2-Pep Love 3-Supastition 4-Kool Keith 5-OC/Jean Graye I think they could all completely rip these pop rappers apart, these cats got real talent, don't sleep on the underground, that's the essence. :ali:

This song reminds me of KRS-ONE's "Take Your Time" that came out a few years ago on his gospel rap album a lot 'cause in that song in that song KRS told women that love of God is stronger than having sex with a bunch of men but FP's "Ms. Holy Roller" is more of a storytellin' track, both have a nice message to them though, that's why they're my favorite mcs 'cause they address serious issues. :thumb: FP has been open about his love for God though for a good while now going back to "Ain't No Place Like Home" on "Code Red" so this ain't nothin' new, that person needs to listen to his previous albums, he's always been putting out strong messages. :poke:

I think The Roots are the most original group in hip-hop, they bring a diff. flava to hip-hop just like the Fuggees but they respect what JJFP has done, Questlove always gives them props, but Beanie Siegal is just another Biggie wannabe just like his boy Jay-Z but at least Jay-Z put out one classic album and Beanie's work has been average at best.

I'm happy y'all enjoy it 'cause I put a lot into writing this one showing a different side of me that I usually keep on a dl, thanks! :peace:

Well the most important thing is how you feel about doing it, not only what others feel about you doing it, I thought about quitting one time before a couple years ago but after a couple months or so I missed it so I went back to writing again and I never stopped since it seems and I love doin' it more than ever, if it becomes too much of a strain for you don't do it, it's supposed to be fun to do it, believe or not even the pros feel the same way too, sometimes they might feel discouraged and take time off but find their way back to perform for us(the theme Lost and Found could apply to all artists, sometimes we feel lost but then the drive gets found again), at least the ones that do it for the art.

112 had an album out? :speechless: How did that get ranked ahead of "Lost and Found" 'cause I didn't hear nothin' about their promotion and Will's been everywhere, he's the only one to perform on TRL, 106&Park, Today Show, and Jay Leno so why couldn't it go #1? I guess nobody watches TV anymore. :toetap: btw, I did hear about Faith Evans having an album, where did that rank?

Aight man what difference does it make anyway, why u gotta ruin my fun and be so literal? :poke: :blabla: Everybody takes lines from Chuck D that's why he should be ranked higher than all these pop rappers on the all time lists, don't disrespect the legends! :chuks: It doesn't make sense for some pop rappers to complain about airplay when they're only getting played all day as it is already but it's justified for hip-hop legends to talk about it 'cause damn it they've expanded this platform like FP put it on the album. Royce ain't nowhere near FP's level anyway, FP has his own style of rhymin' and doesn't need to bite anyone, I think cats are bitin' his flow but're too afraid to admit it. :poke:

Well the single keeps on risin' on the charts, so I'm thinkin' these countdowns are rigged, I don't like watchin' them anyway 'cause wack videos make me sick. :poke:

They still have that wack show on emptv? I haven't watched that show in ages, that's so corny, all they do is have bull---- commentary and play wack videos, they don't have live performances or freestyles or anything exclusive anymore it seems, it's plain boring. Why can't they bring Yo! MTV Raps back again? Well let us know if FP performed or anything like that.

Supastition "Boombox", he was discovered by KRS-ONE, he got a nice flow too