why cant more RAP be old school like Ice T did with body count?...now I am A metal head BUT do like some RAP,
especially the beats...it just seems like rap goes through some really stagnant periods ....then again so does metal!

Classic NY VID!

MAD LION - TAKE IT EAZY

"Shoot to kill me semi donn cyare."

More goods...


InI Kamoze - Hot Stepper

"Excuse me mister officer, still love yah like that"

Everyone loves this!

So the word is Rakim album The Seventh Seal will be out on the 7th or 10th of July

1. "The Seventh Seal" [Produced By Swizz Beatz]
2. "It's Nothing" [Produced By Dr. Mad]
3. "Brooklyn" [Produced By Eric B.]
4. "Check Yourself" (Feat. Jadakiss)
5. "Forget About The Rest" [Produced By Marley Marl]
6. "Lyrical Ambition" (Feat. Fat Joe & Styles P.) [Produced By Just Blaze]
7. "Seven" [Produced By Eric B.]
8. "1980" [Produced By Eric B.]
9. "I Think I Know" (Feat. Common) [Produced By Kanye West]
10. "R.A.K.I.M." [Produced By Dr. Dre]
11. "Back In The Day" (Feat. Eric B.) [Produced By Eric B.]
12. "Lookin' For Me" [Produced By Dr. Dre]
13. "Unlucky" [Produced By Carter Reyez]
14. "On My Way" (Feat. Kanye West) [Produced By Kanye West]
15. "Trust" (Feat. Mos Def & Talib Kweli) [Produced By Nas]
16. "Morning Kind Of Guy" [Produced By Eric B.]
17."Whodunit" (Feat. Papoose, Saigon & Busta Rhymes) [Produced By Swizz Beatz]
18. "War & Peace" [Produced By Just Blaze]
19. "Life In NY" (Feat. Jay Z & Nas) [Produced By Eric B.]
20. "Remember" [Produced By Dr. Dre]

Day one purchase for me!

Rap is great kid music.

Kids music?

BIG PUN & FAT JOE - TWINZ

So far aint no good music coming out. The New T.I. album should be good. A lot of albums gettin' pushed back!

Also album sales for the industry aint good at all no more. Albums only selling about 300,000 albums AT THE MOST!

Rap has changed, but I'm still supporting it.

New Kanye West Track

Called BITTERSWEET featuring. John Mayer...


Very good song listen here.

CLICK TO LISTEN


Not to bad a song.


WARNING- LOVE SONG BUT has a few curse words. Click at your own risk!


(Didn't want to get in trouble over this so you have been warned)

Not much curse words tho!!! VERYY SWEET SONG!!

Rap is almost dead. I see your a Tupac fan^^^. I'm a big Tupac fan myself and his is the only rap and hip hop that never dies for me.

Yeah you can tell huge Pac fan. Rap almost dead I don't believe so...I thing more artists are lacking in there music(I'm sure you'll agree with that) and the fact that artists use to sell up to A Million albums. And now the average amount a artists sells is 300,000 to 600,000 albums if lucky!


Big number DROP! That's why most artists are signing to INDEPENDENT record companys so they get paid every 2 or 3 months. And make up to 8$ a album they sale. Figure 8 X's 300,000 that's good amount! Compared to being signed to a major label who can give 3$ off every albums sale...

since albums are not selling. I agree it is not as good as use to be so almost dead...it's possible haha!

Chek out a local bredrin of mine, hailing vancouver.

JAHFUS, off the top!!!

JAHFUS - HATERS (in the street)

Well, that raised my interest. I didn't know what to expect from Ra's upcoming album but at least the names involved...phew! I'm really starting to look forward to the album. Thanks for the info.

As for Thozzman...well, he's not really the most open-minded person out there and seems to be a bit stuck in his ways...so don't mind his comments

2Pac - R U Still Down ?

I love Rap. Some artists such as...

Tupac
BIG
Bone Thugs N Harmony
Eminem/d12
Snoop
Dre
Mike Jones
Paul Wall
Chamillionaire
Twista
TI
The Game
50

I can go on and on.

My big thing is the chopped and screwed stuff and diss tracks. The Game is notorius for making 20+ tracks on dissing 50 and GggGU-Not. Even though I like em both, The Game can rip it up with anyone.

Underground joints are nice too. When I lived in the city we had a store that would distribute underground artists for 5 bucks a pop. Some were good, some however blew....various if you cut the track in the studio or in your mothers basement.

My favorite rapper is Kanye West!!

Whoa! I didn't know this thread exist! But right on! I love Rap and my favorite rapper are Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Pharrell and of course Tupac Shakur.

OH my other fav rapper is Rick Ross

I'm also into B-Boying. I also sometimes join a freestyle battle. People here rap real wack, since they don't speak real good English. Man, some of them doesn;t even know what phat, chips and crank means!

Lol i've experienced that before. ^