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I'm hoping that the album comes with a poster as a bonus. :cwm:

It's irrelevant anyway whether Kanye or how many big name producers are on it or not, there's gonna be some great production from Jazzy Jeff and that's all that matters! :kool:

That's great news! It might be in the top 10 next week! :thumb:

That's why more artists these days go independant, 'cause they can't financially keep up with constantly releasin' albums on a mainstream label, the only ones that could are the ones that do commercials, movies, and other endorsements, but only a handful like Jay-Z, Outkast, LL Cool J, Will Smith, P.Diddy, Nelly, 50 Cent, and Jermaine Dupri really have that opportunity, there's a whole bunch of names on those mainstream labels who end up gettin' dumped with no money from low sales 'cause if you only sell a few thousand on a mainstream label, you'll be going poor, they could end up losing more money than they gain, that's why they have to tour, independent artists actually could make more money sellin' a few thousand albums than mainstream rappers could sellin' 1 million albums.

That'd be great if a lot of the older JJFP were re-released and remastered again, Public Enemy's having all their classic albums released within the next year on other labels instead of Def Jam for some reason. :dunno: They haven't gone platinum in over 10 years now, so I don't see any reason why any JJFP albums can't be re-released since they're the highest selling hip-hop artists in hip-hop history, if companies re-release albums based on sales. "He's The DJ, i'm The Rapper" was a landmark hip-hop album, there should be no reason to not re-release it.

Run-Dmc "Peter Piper", Hip-Hop At It's Finest :dancingcool:

:werd: I couldn't break it down any better than that AJ, there's a fine line between rap and hip-hop.

Thanks! :thumb:

Wyclef Jean Feat. John Forte and ROC "Street Jeopardy", classic '97 hip-hop tune

"Men In Black" was overrated, "Just Cruisin'" should've had more success 'cause that was the best song on the MIB soundtrack.

I was thinking the same thing too, that'd be dope if Jazzy Jeff scratched that line a couple times before the song starts.

I think MTV is corny these days, most of the times that I turn it on, they don't even play videos anymore, they play mostly those corny reality shows.

Nas "It Ain't Hard To Tell", I love Illmatic too! :kool:

It's amazin' how much people are into these gimmicks, 1 million people bought his album in 4 days? It seems that mostly anything positive in hip-hop these days is banned 'cause I don't see artists like Talib Kweli, De La Soul, or KRS-ONE get airplay, kids think that you could only get famous in rap if you're a drug addict and shoot people, is this the message we wanna give our kids?,if people learned not to buy into the propaganda, maybe these gimmick rappers would learn to do the right thing, I don't hate on 50 Cent, it's just that the way he acts makes me lose all respect that I used to have for him when he 1st came out, it's cool to have skills/talent, but if you don't know how to act as a person, that talent is meaningless, we have never seen LL Cool J, Nas, or JJFP do somethin' like this in the spotlight because they're more mature, how could they be punks when they do and say the right thing? 50 Cent is counterfeit, open your eyes lambert, it's obvious to see like AJ said if you look at his interviews, I also blame the media for putting that garbage on the air, they should learn to interview somebody that could put logical sentences together, he sounds uneducated, no offense. By the way I do buy that real s--- not that 50 Cent! :poke: Even if you give props to 50 Cent on a G Unit board, you're gonna catch some criticism 'cause even some of his fans are turnin' on him, I bet most of those people who bought his new album just bought it so they could see how corny it was. :kekeke: btw I got a link here if anyone needs a laugh: http://forums.undergroundhiphop.com/readpo...stionID=1378098

Yeah man, me too! First the game is very great, way better than NBA Live but second this isn't a gameboard and I tell u that I also like the tracks on it! I don't really know the names and that but my fav. track is this one where they rhyme almost every last word like PLAYER, WEST LA YER, RIGHT UNDER THE SNAI ER, it's a lil bit hard to write but I hope u know what I mean! And I think there was also a sentence in the track like I MAY SIT ALONE BUT I'M RUNNIN' FOR MAYER??!! Don't know, because I don't really understand the last words they're sayin' but I think u know which one I mean...

All right I got some proof right here for you lambert, Rev. Al Sharpton feels the same way some of us here do, peep this article I found: "Sharpton: Ban Artists Linked to Violence By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY AP Music Writer NEW YORK - The Rev. Al Sharpton is putting in his two cents about the latest drama involving 50 Cent. The civil rights leader on Tuesday proposed a ban that would muzzle artists who are connected to any violent acts, denying them airplay on radio and television for 90 days. Though Sharpton did not single out 50 Cent by name, he told The Associated Press that a recent shooting linked to a feud involving 50 demonstrated the need for such a policy. "There's a difference in the having the right to express yourself and in engaging in violence and using the violence to hype record sales, and then polluting young Americans that this is the key to success, by gunslinging and shooting," he said. Whether or not that's been the key to 50's success, he's certainly having a lot of it these days. 50 Cent is poised to debut at No. 1 on next week's album charts with his new album, "The Massacre. The follow-up to his 2003 debut, "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" - which sold 8 million copies - "The Massacre" is on track to sell about 1 million copies in just four days. In addition, he's got the nation's No. 1 single with "Candy Shop." It comes a week after a bitter feud broke out involving the rapper and his former protege, The Game. A member of The Game's crew was wounded during a shooting outside a New York hip-hop radio station, where 50 Cent - who produced part of The Game's platinum-selling debut album - was on the air, announcing that he was kicking him out of his G-Unit clique. No one has been arrested for the shooting, and police are still investigating the incident, but some in the media have suggested it may have been the beginning of violent dispute between the two rappers, who flaunt a gangsta image: Both are former drug dealers and both have been shot multiple times. There have been comparisons to the feud between Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. nearly a decade ago; both rappers were shot to death in separate slayings that have not been solved. Perhaps coincidentally, rapper Lil' Kim is on trial for perjury and conspiracy in connection with another shooting that occurred outside the same hip-hop station in 2001. Lil Kim is accused of lying about the incident to protect the alleged shooters. Meanwhile, Newsweek reported this week that the federal government is investigating the entire rap industry for alleged crimes; already, Irv Gotti, head of The Inc. label, was arrested earlier this year on money laundering charges. A federal indictment alleges the label, home to Ja Rule and Ashanti, was part of a murderous criminal enterprise that protected its interstate crack and heroin operation with calculated street assassinations. Sharpton stressed that he was not targeting 50 Cent or The Game in his new crusade, and noted he did not know what role, if any, the two had in the shooting. But he did say there should be a process in which violent acts involving rap acts are punished by denying them publicity on the airwaves. "The whole body politic of America addressed Janet Jackson's breast, and it didn't hurt anybody," he said of the infamous Super Bowl flashing. "Here you have actual bloodshed, and people are not even responding at federally regulated radio stations. ... black kids are expected to shoot each other, and nobody cares? Well I care, and I think somebody should do something about it." A request for comment to Universal Music Group - the parent company of 50 Cent's label Interscope - was not immediately returned, nor was a request put into MTV or Sony BMG. A representative for Hot 97 (WQHT-FM in New York) said the radio station meets Federal Communications Commission standards. "We in no way condone acts of violence," station spokesman Alex Dudley said. "We hope that the perpetrators of these violent acts are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law by the proper authorities." Bryan Leach, a vice president at TVT Records (home to platinum-selling rappers such as Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz and the Ying Yang Twins), said he wasn't sure Sharpton's proposal was the right way to resolve rap-related violence. But he conceded the issue needed to be addressed. "I think we can be vocal and I think we can show people that it's something that concerns us just like piracy concerns us," he said. "Violence in songs and violence in terms of how it translates in society, in particular the black community, is something that concerns a large part of the record industry." Leach said he was also concerned that the media was sensationalizing the events of the past week and potentially inflaming the situation. "A lot of it doesn't seem to be coming from people who really understand the history, really understand the parties involved, really understand a lot of the facts," he said."

FP has been in the entertainment buisiness for about 20 years now, he knows how to handle the media, so even when they say negative things about him he pays it no mind and justs keep on being positive unlike some other entertainers who fold to the pressure of the media, the hating should be expected, it's part of the buisiness. :blabla:

I might listen to a couple songs on the album if there's a listening party for the album before it drops, but I'm gonna buy it when it drops still, bottomline.

Nas "Ghetto Prisoners"

:werd: I couldn't say it any better man, underground artists benefit a lot from the internet, I wouldn't know about how there's so much talent out in hip-hop if I didn't have a computer, but established artists like JJFP, LL Cool J, and Nas won't benefit from u not buying their albums when their albums are more excessible than underground albums so I would be wrong not to buy their albums if I like them, so I buy their albums since I enjoy their music. Any album that I could find that I would enjoy, I'd buy, bottomline, I wouldn't cheat a great artist out of money. I might download some of KRS-ONE's recent songs since his albums are less excessible than they were when he was on Jive, but I bought 6 of his albums that I was able to find. I'm very picky when it comes to buying albums too, I wouldn't buy an album if I just like one song I heard on the radio anymore, maybe when I was in high school I would, and I would feel dissapointed 'cause some albums would have too much album fillers on it. On that note, I'm gonna buy "Lost and Found" when it drops 'cause FP makes albums and I don't have to doubt him.

I'm watchin' the "Rush Hour 2" DVD

Hey I usually try go in there everyday when I'm online, usually I only catch Tim and FUQ when I'm online. It's fun to chat wit other hip-hop heads that share the same passion for the music that I do.

I hope this album sells close to 10 million now 'cause all these gimmicks in hip-hop is frustrating me 'cause true mcs continue to be ignored, I think "Lost and Found" needs a lot of success 'cause hip-hop heads really want a change! I'm gonna spread the word. :afro:

Everytime I play NBA2K5 on my PS2, I always listen to the soundtrack on there 'cause it's so damn dope, a lot of talented underground mcs on there. I love the ol' school break beats on there too, I would picture myself freestylin' to some of them. My favorite songs on there are: Aceyalone and Mad Lib "KO Player" Hieroglyphics and Goapele "Soweto" Blackstone "All Positions" Del "Rules And Regulations(JMJ)" Abstract Rude "Through These Streets" It's like they made this game for hip-hop/NBA fanatics like me. :?uestlove:

50 Cent is garbage, even his late '90s stuff sounds boring now, I actually can't wait to hear true mcs rip him apart 'cause he doesn't deserve to sell, there's a lot of positive mcs who deserve attention, I'm sick of the gimmicks, :blabla: , I actually feel like writing a song dissin' him but I wouldn't even waste my time doing that, I wouldn't even use his beats either, they sound recycled, Dr. Dre used to make a lot better beats than this, listen to "The Chronic" album and compare those beats to today's beats, his production is washed up now. btw, I'm listening to Slick Rick's "Children Story"