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It's ok man, I just figured it'd be easier to have just one Kanye West post instead of many different ones, it makes it easier and more organised for everyone that wants to post about it right here, I have no more to say though 'cause I haven't heard it yet but everyone else could feel free to post their opinions about it. :stickpoke:

Thanks for those reviews Tim! :thumbsup:

Aight due to popular demand, I'll pin "Late Registration" topic for a couple of days instead of having so many individual ones! :davidblaine:

:lolsign: There's no need to have so many "Late Registration" topics, if everybody wants to talk about it, I could just pin one topic and make it easier for all of us! :stickpoke:

Now that sounds like somethin' Melle Mel would say, such truth there and he did acknowledge that Pac had skills too! :word: I could understand though that Pac does not always represent the best example for the youth, maybe that's what he means and that's true in that sense, he ain't no Hitler though, sayin' that would offend people.

Thanks for the reviews AJ, if you're startin' to get into Public Enemy buying their greatest hits album is the way to go and if you like that you go buy their albums, that's what I did at 1st when I bought the "20th Century Masters" Public Enemy greatest hits album in 2002 and I've been buying their other albums ever since, they got a couple DVDs out right now too, one from their early Def Jam days in 1987 that features additional performances by LL Cool J, Eric B. and Rakim, and Beastie Boys, and there's another DVD from when they toured in Australia for their last album they did in 2003 and it features them hangin' out and interactin' with the fans there too, I'm definately putting those on my Christmas wish list. Now as far as other artists I might actually check out that Rihianna album 'cause I'm diggin' that single "Pon De Replay", the video got a fun vibe to it too. When's Q-Tip's album comin' out? I wanna definately peep that out when it comes.

I think Melle Mel could've been misquoted 'cause that sounds like something like Star'N'Buck Wild would say in comparing 2Pac to Hitler 'cause they did a foul skit making fun of Aaliyah after she died when they were on Hot 97 and they got kicked off the air for that I remember, I'd have to hear the audio for myself to actually hear Melle Mel himself say that. Melle Mel and Rakim should get together and make a song or tour, I don't wanna see them beef with each other and divide up the hip-hop fanbase, they are the Rolling Stones of our hip-hop generation and are supposed to be setting the example for younger rappers, 50 Cent and Fat Joe will continue to beef if our elders start to beef, a lot of hip-hop heads are angry about the younger rappers beefin' and have been sayin' that we need to look at the ol' school rappers for example, but who is there left to look at for leadership if Rakim/KRS-ONE and Melle Mel start beefin' with each other! :shrug:

If 2 of the greatest mcs alive like Melle Mel and Rakim start beefin' with each other instead of unifying it'll truely be the end of hip-hop, I wonder if Rakim's gonna respond back and diss Melle Mel.

But comparing 2Pac to Hitler and sayin' Rakim can't outflow commercial rappers of today will not get more respect, he wasn't dissin' KRS, not everyone has to be puttin' him in their top 10, he didn't say anything bad about him I guess, I'd love to hear audio of this.

LL feat. Redman, Method Man, and DMX "Fuhgidabowdit", what can I say I'm a sucker for a posse track, especially since this is Def Jam's finest all on here! :yeah:

time to update again, hopefully "Party Starter" gets into the top 40 soon with the video or else the album will be outta the top 200 within the next 2 or 3 weeks! :willvspaparazzi: 163 SMITH*WILL LOST & FOUND 6,180 -15 7,237 617,854

Queen Latifah feat. Treach, Heavy D, and KRS "Rough...", what an incredible posse track, this gets me hyped! :chuks:

Well they do have Game's "The Documentary" but I wouldn't get that if "Dreams" is the best song since it even grew old on me, 50 Cent's "Get Rich Or Die Tryin'" which of course I had since I bought into the hype like everyone else in high school when it came out but gave it away since it sucks and I never played it anymore after the 1st couple months I got it, Nelly's "Suit" which doesn't interest me at all, neither does Luda's "Red Light District", The Killers' "Hot Fuss" or Ciara's "Goodies", and I got Alicia Key's "The Diary Of Alicia Keys" already: http://www.bmgmusic.com/catalog/browse/gro...requestid=36516 This ain't somethin' I'm considering doing right away since I'm a lil' strapped for cash right now but in a lil' while when I have a lil' change to spare if they still have the offer, btw if anyone's interested in joining BMG, PM me your email address and we could both get free CDs. :yeah:

Yeah I wonder who that might be? :lolsign: Anyways there's no definitive list that could possibly be right but there's no denying that KRS-ONE, 2Pac, and Rakim are a major part of hip-hop history whether you put them in your top 10, 20, or 40 mcs of all time just like Melle Mel is, so to put them down like that doesn't make sense to me especially since they admit that they were inspired from Melle Mel, KRS and Rakim must feel a lil' heartbroken that their hero dissed them, the Outlawz even sampled "The Message" too, that's being very selfishly and acting like that will ruin his legacy.

Yeah, you're right about that, I think Kanye has a different sound from any other rappers I hear on the radio and I dig his taste in different kinds of music so if I wanna buy a commercial rap album I would consider it over anything else on the scene since they just all come with the same sound, I think "College Dropout" was easily one of the better commercial rap albums in recent years even though I ain't a fan of his I could admit that since he's a step above all the commercial crap out there, btw I notice there's a nice deal in the BMG Catalog to get another album with "Late Registration" for $15 and it comes between a choice of these that I was considering since I haven't bought too much recent stuff lately I might just consider buying a couple of them for a change since it's a sweet deal, they had a couple other ones mentioned but they didn't seem to interest me at all, if "Lost and Found" was mentioned of course I'd get that 'cause I don't mind getting an extra copy and helping Will's sales out a bit more, lol. Anyway, I'm curious which one out of these would y'all choose to go along with it? I figured I'd ask y'all here 'cause a lot of us seem to have the same taste in music.: Usher "Confessions"(Special Edition) Black Eyed Peas "Elephunk" John Legend "Get Lifted" Snoop Dogg "Rhythm & Gangsta"

FP "Loretta"

Yeah I might do somethin' like that, I might consider downloading it to give it a listen or borrow the CD from somebody I know that might get it early to give it a listen, there's other albums that I wanna get first but since Kanye's one of the better mcs out right now I'm gonna keep his album in mind to check out.

From what I've heard from that download I'd call this the best album since "Lost and Found", I'm gonna try to get this album right away when it drops! :thumbsup:

Isn't that Cedric The Entertainer? Wasn't he the voice on College Dropout as well? ← Bernie Mac was on "College Dropout", anyway nice commentary fuq I'm gonna probably get the album in a few months when the hype dies down just like I did for "College Dropout", only my favorite artists I buy right away.

I found a source, well Melle Mel never makes my top 10 now, I lost a lil' respect for him: http://www.daveyd.com/newsArchive.asp

I don't think the tour will happen....just my idea! I hope I'm wrong tho! ← I think it could still happen if Will says he doin' this for his fans he should try to find a lil' time to tour for us, I'd rather see him take time out to shoot more music videos and work on a JJFP album 1st, I'll probably have a hard time gettin' a ticket anyway, I'd prefer if he did a couple concerts in between and record them for DVD like the one he did for the "Hitch" DVD and maybe have different guests perform with him this time.

Hopefully it gets in the top 40 sometime this week and the music video comes out! :davidblaine:

I honestly don't believe this, do you have a source Lerkot? I think Melle Mel made the greatest rap song of all time with "The Message" and I don't see it in his character to say something this immature, I figure this would be something that'd be said by younger rappers, and if he's gonna criticise Rakim and 50 Cent, I mean what does he think about 50 Cent and Mike Jones? Rakim can't compete with them? please!! :noooo: Well then again as I remember, The Furious Five tried to sue Will over sampling "Superrappin'" for "Will2K", so I guess maybe this is just something Melle Mel is doing to get back in the spotlight once again, it's kinda low if you ask me, he's a legendary mc but he seems to be out of character.

Slick Rick feat. Nas "Me And Nas Bring It To Your Hardest" "Finally a change from these fake rap artists Me and Nas bring it to your hardest" I haven't heard this "The Art Of Storytelling" album for a while, damn what a classic, Slick Rick gets better with age, somebody gotta get him in the studio to record a new one! :mygod:

I think Melle Mel definately deserves more respect for what he's done as an mc but what he said about Rakim and 2Pac is disrespectful, Rakim knows how to rock a house and could easily outrhyme any of these chart rappers, there's nothin' wrong with not putting KRS on the top 10 of his list everybody has their own opinion so that's cool, and yes I think Pac is a lil' overrated myself but to compare him to Hitler is just stupid, this is something I wouldn't expect from Melle Mel, that is totally classless. :nhawong: