Wed 26 Aug 2009
New Music: Drake featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Eminem “Forever”
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MissInfo: This highly anticipated track is off the soundtrack for that Lebron James documentary, “More Than a Game,” which drops this Friday. But this also marks the fulfillment of Weezy’s wish…to collaborate with Eminem. The consensus thus far is that some came to play others came to watch….but even still, this song is dope. My boy Legend/Onsmash and Daniel from LilWayneHQ say that a more complete version is coming soon, sans tags but with an singer on the hook.
UPDATE: Drake featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Eminem “Forever” (Updated link with No Tags)
UPDATE 2: I can’t keep up, but Legend and my NMC boys say this tagless version is the final version….until a more final version drops on Fri, lol.
(Props to Legend and Daniel at LilWayneHQ )
August 26th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Hey info who u think spit the best?
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Miss Info Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
marshall by a yard
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Nightfall914 Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 9:07 pm
…But dammit I still wanted him to get at Ric Ross. lol
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LMFAO Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Dude…he will not/should not ever get at Ross.
Notice that ever since Curtis stopped mentioning his name and Em didn’t take the bait, Ross has litterally disappeared?
Best thing they ever did was stop mentioning his tubby a**.
They play the Maybach music remix on XM but almost always cut his verse out and only Ye and Weezy’s verses.
Fraud’s 15 minutes are up.
BlacHaze Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:48 am
By a yard….you being too nice. Slim Shady just murdered 3 of everyone’s favorite MC’s in one shot!! He still got it.
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Kenny_Goodtimes Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
Em didn’t murder anyone but he did flex his muscle and remind everyone he’s still got it for sure best verse on the song too bad he hasn’t been able to do the same on his last two albums which were filled mostly with incoherent nonsense and boring tracks I mean how many dark and ominous beats with organs and strings is he gonna fucking spit on LOL but never the less he murdered this track not the other 3 rappers cause they did there thing as well but he killed the track for sure
hiphopdon Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 11:34 am
How did em kill it??? Get of marshall’s dick; his flow was off track and all that pinocchio snatching his shit is the kids.. i dnt even like the other 3faggot rappers but kanye and drake both did justice to the beat and song… em $ gayass wayne were just saying dumb shit..
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BigAnt Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Em killed it by going the hardest on the whole song, his lyrical wordplay was retarted
“you dealin with a few true villians
whose staying inside of the booth truth spillin,
and spit true feelings, til our tooth fillings come flying up out of our mouths”
maybe u think he wasn’t saying anything cause u didn’t take his advice and “rewind it” And if you don’t think Em was on the beat listen to the drum beat in the backround that he’s dancing around like mahommed ali
Not to mention that the track was called forever, and little wayne’s verse was about not stopping
“shhh, my foots sleeping on the gas, no brake pads no such thing as last”
Do you fools listen to music, or do you just skim throught it- Jay-Z
BlacHaze Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
If you have to ask “how did Em kill it”, then I know you don’t listen to music, you just skim through it. HipHopDon, you probably a “swag” fan. Me, I’m a lyrical skill / Flow fan. And Em had lyrics and flow that outshined and put to shame the other 3 guys on the track. Notice that almost everyone concurs Eminem is the best verse. You just trying to be different for the sake of being different.
ayatollah Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
not by a yard if u listen to his verse he says nothing slick nothing to make u say wow he just speeds it up… on another note ross out songed 50 by a yard…50 cent had nothing more to say just make music and is ok youre right is his best work for his next album ross will continue to destroy that MONKEEEYYYy…lol
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Anti- computer thug Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
actually ross looks like a silver back gorilla but thats my opinion, with a song like this, ross who? who dat? wait maybach music, cigar music, whats next, taking a crap music? yawn!
What did you listen to? Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 10:41 am
The entire verse was aimed at the other 3 guys… that’s how he murdered it and them. He went at the autotuners all at once. Anyone who says “he says nothing clever and is just speeding it up” is straight up retarded.
“”He can make them look like bozos, He’s wonderin’ if he should spit this slow…Fuck no, go for broke….”
“Payback muthafucka for the way that you got at me
Hows it taste? when I slap the taste
Out of your mouth with the bass so loud that it shakes the place
I’m, hannibal lecter so just incase you was thinkin of savin face
You aint gonna have no face to save by the time I’m through with this place”
Both of those lines are directed at all 3 of these other dudes.
Yessir Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 10:57 am
BigAnt > *
On point, dude.
ayatollah Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
i listened to eminem spit some avg shyt along with everyone else on that song. he was not going at the other 3 rappers on that song and the lines that you quoted above dont prove shyt its not slick either… jay-z d.o.a went at rapper who use autotune beside t-pain, kanye, and wayne…and for the record eminem fell off since proof’s death (R.I.P PROOF)also eminem wouldnt go at none of these three rappers what he is doing by getting on a song with these three rappers is building his buzz back up because it has been lost
Listen to Em's verse.... Reply:
August 29th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Oh, it’s for the record? My fault. Didn’t know we were putting this on record. I mean, you can think what you want, but fact is Em knew what he was doing. He knew what this song would be, and that’s why he went on it like he did. Agreed that he is jumping on this to build hype, but saying that is buzz is gone is absolutely hilarious.
August 26th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
if miss info says its crack, im down to take at least would pull.
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August 26th, 2009 at 7:51 pm
em dumbed out
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August 26th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Can’t front. I like this. I wonder if a video will ever come of it.
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August 26th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Em > wayne > drake > kanye
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mertz Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
yeah. i can’t hate with this. i was thinking after the first time i heard it that it would be em by a mile, and drizzy following with wayne and ye trailing but the more i heard it i think i have to do it the way you did…as much as it pains me because i feel like weezy either got more time or fit more words/thoughts in than drake did, but aubery had some clever lines still. i think, no i’m sure i like the kardi r city joint better, and the em verse could have been it’s own song. he could take that beat and that flow and change the tempo and it would fit him better still.
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jtets Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Agreed.
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Triune Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Nah, I got Drake 2nd, then Ye, then Wayne.
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August 26th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
Good song….
Em seems to be in a weird space lyrically kinda like a superstar athlete who returns after an injury, he’s thinking too much…
That raw reckless passion MM LP of E.S. doesn’t seem to be refocused yet!
All of that and he still has the best verse on the song.. I wish this kid drake well..
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mertz Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
yeah. i don’t think i can be in that same headspace he is in all the time so like if he’s trying to take me somewhere with his storytelling, lyrics, as much of a fan that i am, i don’t think i have the stamina or even the capacity to be there all the time. i think the dude is getting better though so here’s to a little more variety. i like eminem the jokster as much as i like the crazy mm.
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
em kill that shit!!!!
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
ok drake got sum punchlines(no better then any rapper you see on fight klub) but why is this nigga who hasnt contributed shit to the game yet talking bout he’ the greatest ever?? EMINEM had something to prove and he did
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mertz Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
lol think about it this way…he feels, enough so, that there is a hole in the rap game that he can occupy and take over. like he really believes in himself and his capabilities. granted it could be ego somewhere but the dude aubrey isn’t like that on the real so i just think it’s a good and needed kind of confidence. hopefully he can stay hungry and keep getting his foot in the door.
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
shout out to EM for takin a dump on those other 3 guys..sorry his verse was tight i forgot Ye Weezy and Drake was on there…its like he pulled a TI on SLU!!
Hook was very annoying tho!
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DaTruth Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 9:54 am
LOL!! for real he diarrhea all over them.
http://www.e3global.net
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Drake’s fake accent really gets to me. Why can’t he rap/sing in his normal voice? No one in Toronto talks like that and he didn’t sound like that on Degrassi.
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Kenny_Goodtimes Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Cause on Degrassi he was umm acting LOL and Toronto accents are all over the place because of so many different people it’s the most diverse big city in the world plus drake was raised in memphis too so that might contribute to the unorthodox accent but i here ya it is kinda strange at times but in a good way I think
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QB Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
That’s bullshit. I’ve been to Toronto, and black people up there don’t sound like that. They generally have very slight or sometimes heavy, Caribbean accents or no accent at all. They don’t speak like us over there. People in Tennessee don’t even sound like that. Watch some of Drake’s old interviews or even the recent one on BET and see for yourself how he really talks. It’s not a big deal… I just wish he would keep it real. He’s acting corny.
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Kenny_Goodtimes Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
well yes there is alot of caribbean influences in the T dot accent but there’s a lot of other cultures that are in the mix as well. As for how “black people sound” I don’t know what that really means or has to do with Drake who’s half black a black father from memphis and half Jewish a white women from Canada so where exactly would you expect the caribbean accent to come from? i dunno I’m just sayin but like you said not a big deal what his accent sounds like so who gives a fuck as long as the kid can spit and like it or not you can’t tell me the kid can’t spit Just ask Wayne LOL I don’t half to repeat the rumors on the streets but wayne obviously likes the flow hell and maybe the accent too LOL
mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
drake doesn’t have a fake accent. he has a multitude of accents actually. he’s american, he’s canadian, he grew up with caucasian people, and some black people. his accent, or whatever you hear of it is actually all over the place, and you don’t really need to see old interviews or anything to know that…just talk to the dude. when i first heard him recording i thought he was putting on airs or trying to front something because i didn’t know him to be of a certain way (and true talk the toronto rappers when they first heard of drake were saying same thing, he’s corny and all that), but the fact is that the dude has lots of different accents. it’s just that. i’m not carribean…i can put on a carribean accent…i have a candian accent, i have an african accent, sometimes i sound like i’m from the bronx cause i got family that way i talk to and i come visit. there isn’t a “toronto” accent actually. lol. it might not be the most diverse city in the world but it’s pretty diverse. oh and that degrassi part made me shake my head. the dude is an actor. i have friends on that show and they don’t sound the way they do on “degrassi”.
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
That was fire!!! Em of course outshined em all, but everyone came hard in my opinion. 3,2,1 cue all the drake/wayne/kanye hatas!!!!
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
I personally think it’s dope as hell this was once a Kardinal Offishall and Rock City track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzh6bYZ4NoM
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mertz Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
no wonder i thought the beat sounded familiar. i definately like this version better. Black Jays & RCity=Goodness.
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YouNG-FReSH2D Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Props, I never heard the Kardinal Offishall track.
I think once they cut Drake OFF!!! The track it will be dope.
Kardinal Offishal Feat Eminem & Weezy would have been a dope track.
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Kenny_Goodtimes Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
I think that would be a mistake Drakes hook brings the track together with out it is just sounds like monotonous rhyme after rhyme like an awful mix tape song or something. Now Drake can’t really sing well but he’s got a nice tone to his voice kinda like Rihanna who can’t really sing well either but for the same reasons they can kill a hook
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ya boy Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Thank you! I KNEW I heard Rock City on this hook but I couldn’t google it or anything – kept coming up with Drake. For some strange reason it was doing my head in tryna think of it!
Disappointed with the track overall…2/4 needn’t have laid a verse while Em just reminded people what it is!
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binary star Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
What’s up with people passing beats around these days like a cheap floosie?
And hooks, too?
I’m glad T.R.O.Y. didn’t come out nowadays.
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Eminem spazzed out and kanye did the damn thing..thought I
Wouldn’t hear autotune but wow…if they change this up I hope its with keri hilson on the chorus…or estelle
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Damn Wayne sucks
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Just listen to Eminem’s verse and he went beast mode…Enough said lmao..
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I’m not a fan of Drake by a mile, but dude had the best verse. It’s like he’s the only person who paid attention to the bounce of the beat. It’s a club ’swag’ beat. His flow was way more on point than the others. Had way more swagger.
Em’s subject matter and flow didn’t fit this beat. It wasn’t bad, but it just didn’t fit IMO. He was simply trying too hard. A beat like this calls for some effortless, almost laidback boastful rhyming. Instead, Em’s rhyming like he’s been placed in a choke-hold and has to rhyme for his freedom.
Lil Wayne’s been wack. Ice cream? really? F*ck outta here! And Kanye’s been mediocre. He’s getting to the point where all his verses are starting to sound the same.
Just my $0.02
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Nightfall914 Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
I agree that EM’s flow got so lyrical it skipped the beat a bit but I’m into lyrics so I liked that. But whats a “swag” beat? Or you just its a more club type track?
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mertz Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
> Instead, Em’s rhyming like he’s been placed in a choke-hold and has to rhyme for his freedom.
You noticed that too? I’ve been saying this about the new record…but it just remindes me of old Em. When he was doing press for relapse, you could hear it all in his voice and see it in his body and his eyes…and I don’t think I was the only one noticing that. It’s good when the dude is joking though. He must have always been a real serious guy for him to have that ingrained in him so much. I think it’s cause of how he grew up. I like that, but I also don’t think it’s to everyone’s taste. I hear a lot of, “He needs to lighten up, why is he always rapping about the same things, he’s too serious,” comments when it comes to MM.
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Tochi Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Em’s not a diverse emcee. I understand why people like him, and I think he can rhyme. But he’s definitely not the GOAT IMO. In fact, nowhere close.
But that aside, Em was way too serious on this track. It was just off-putting. It’d be like hearing Jeru Tha Damaja or some shit. Jeru would probably ‘kill it’ in his own way, but this beat just isn’t suited for his subject matter and flow.
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
yeah i think he should’ve made that into his own track and altered the beat. i listened to it more than 10 times yesterday because although i felt like he was the strongest on the tune, i felt like he was talking about something different than the other dudes. it was good. i like the kardi version best and i feel like em needs to do his own track.
LMFAO Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 10:01 am
You guys are crazy…”em got too lyrical for this beat”.
Eminem is always put in lose-lose sitautions. He sells more albums if he uses the weird voice and makes fun of pop stars but he gets hated on by the backpack crowd when he goes this route.
Here, he absolutely murders Kanye, Lil Wayne and the mesiah, Drake, and you guys are trying to say he was “too lyrical”.
Bottom line, Eminem got on this track, destroyed all three of these dudes and reminded the world why he has been *overall*, the biggest rapper of the last decade if not of all time.
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
maybe you should direct your comment to someone else. i’m not talking about his lyrics necessairly. i have no problem with the dudes lyrics and i actually like how he flows. the problem with him (yeah i know it’s hard to say he has a problem because he’s so genius…rolls eyes. mm stan i am)is the way he flows to a beat. not all the beats he raps over are good for him/his “style” of rap. i know that he likes to chop up a beat and the way he writes he does lyrics then he reraps that around the music or he does vice versa and hears the tune and then raps to it, but like he was doing with this song he chops up the beat according to the way/weight of his words/lyrics and that style doesn’t go for every beat out there. like on this one he choppeed up maybe a one or two beat and chopped it up two times or more. like he has his own flow, which is fine, i’m all for it, but it doesn’t go with the beat, or the pocket of the song. it doesn’t rest there…i mean like how someone was saying that nas cannot write a hook…or a decent hook, the problem i’ve seen with eminem’s rapping over the years usually has to do with this same topic. sometimes the beat isn’t the best one for him. the cutoff lyrics don’t rest in the beat pocket…so as much as you would like to ride with the tempo or whatever rhythm it is, you can’t. it’s not one of his biggest faults for a long time but it’s one of the things i’ve always picked out about him so that’s why i’m usually interested in how an artist records, writes lyrics and picks the music. he doesn’t give much in terms oh himself in the recording process, but from what i’ve seen i’ll stick to the same opinion i had when i heard him for the first time years ago. he’s gotten better and i actually think it’s something he’s used to…like he’s so used to it he doesn’t want to break the pattern or that it’s taken him so far so he can’t change. sometimes he’s good at riding a beat and understanding all of the details of it, which just makes him even better. i mean for someone as obsessive and control freak as he is, you would think he would have picked this up already…and i assume he has because it’s blatantly obvious to anyone with an ear, and i just think he hasn’t changed it because it suits him.
BlacHaze Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I NEVER thought I’d see the day when so-called Hip Hop fans say the phrase “He was Too lyrical”!!!! When is someone too lyrical!?!? The problem with hip hop today is that rappers these days are generic and not lyrical enough. Today’s rappers say nothing. But Eminem was “too lyrical”?? So you would accept a song that says nothing…just a bunch of money/hoes/clothes rhymes?? People gotta stop being Zombies and start demanding some creativity…or a least lyricism.
Listen to Em's verse.... Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 11:01 am
All this talk about “Em needing to slow down, he sounds like he is in a chokehold, blah blah…” Just makes it VERY obvious you didn’t listen to the lyrics….
“He can make them look like bozos, He’s wonderin’ if he should spit this slow…Fuck no, go for broke….”
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August 26th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Fire!!!!!!!!…..Eminem killed it
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August 26th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
Sick beat. Em killt it!
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August 26th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I think EM was the best and Wayne was by far the worst. I think after hearing this Kanye will want a do over, he can do better than this. Was pleasantly surprised by Drake on this. He was pretty solid on this. I agree with someone above, I would rather a female like Keri or maybe even Jasmine Sulvan doing this hook.
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August 26th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Eminem
Dont rock with the other 3 [edit]
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August 26th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Wayne Said He Wanna See If Eminem Can Keep Up On A Track…….. Welllllllll Eminem Took It A Step Further Lol… By Far!!!
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August 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
em killed it.
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August 26th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
GOD DAMN! EMINEM’S FLOW WAS STUPID ON THIS JOINT….JESUS CHRIST…
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August 26th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
no one’s heard the original version of this song more with just drake and wayne on it (2008)? this is cool tho…liked em’s verse the most
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mertz Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
yeah. they actually used to play this version on the radio last fall and we would have to vote for it on the countdown.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G02V3uphznk
they did something with the beat though.
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Maintain Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I personally think it’s dope as hell this was once a Kardinal Offishall and Rock City track.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzh6bYZ4NoM
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August 26th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Em is the greatest, period. Sorry BP3, but I’ll be picking up Relapse 2 instead. There can’t be two GOATs…
I hope to GOD Wayne listens to this and does his verse over. He’s not the best, but Jesus, he is better than that.
Drake=Kayne, Kanye=Drake
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BlacHaze Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Kanye made love to a rainbow and gave birth to Drake.
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August 26th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Em, drake, and Wayne. Kanye part should get cut out and that kardinal official version is wack!!!!!
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August 26th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
I’m not an Em fan. But Eminem just shut hip hop in 2009 down with that verse.
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August 26th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
i couldn’t listen to this one so i just googled to see if i can find another version. i know what’s the difference between this one and the kardi beat. it’s still good. lol at aubrey’s beat. the dude definately has talent. man TOCHI I GOT YOU. i’m listening to this right now and his flow is right in the POCKET of the beat. riding the beat. lol. i didn’t know if i would end up agreeing with you but i can hear this clearer, the youtbe version, despite the tags. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq_M8HJHcxg
ugh kanye. i’m sorry kanye. i can’t love this verse. lol at the bueller name drop. right…anyways i await this em verse and i bet you that will be the best part. ugh i have to go through this weezy verse…well that over. i think that might have been better than the ye verse. hmmm. i don’t want to agree with goddamn up above. had to listen to that em verse again because he was going in. damn. listened to it about 8 times and i think that could have been it’s own song. i listened and listened and tried to tie in all the verses but i think ultimately i agree with everything tochi was saying. i like how em raps. he chops up the beat. the dude’s flow is on point for real.
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
and if i can be clearer his flow is on point but not for this beat or this version of that tune. they could have changed it up. they already added some eq and things to this version so they could have definately changed it up.
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August 26th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
All I have to say about Em is WOW!!! Welcome back Marshall
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August 26th, 2009 at 10:32 pm
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1619650/20090826/drake.jhtml
do people really start an article with
>”It’s one of the greatest collaborations in hip-hop history: Eminem, Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Drake on the same song.” (credit JRod & MTV)
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August 26th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
kanye had the best part(period) em2nd. you can’t just pick em because u like his cadence.
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August 26th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Drakes verse and chorus fit perfectly. I mean it would be perfect with just him. Lyrically Em was best but it did not fit. Anyway Drake is 22 and was second best on this! He’s going to be a great, watch!
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August 26th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
sorry ya’ll but drake i can’t belive i’m saying this drake took this one. front all yall want eminem is still on injure reserve
sound the same way he sounds on that weak relapse album. wayne was a dissapointment kayne could have been better drake took this one
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August 26th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
did em have subtle disses?
“hes wondering if he should spit this slow, fuck no!” all 3 are slow laid back rappers that dont spit quick.
“Waitin for pinochio to bump his nose back in the game” gucci said just like pinochio his nose gonna grow on the Mariah obsessed song
what u think?
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August 26th, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Em and Yeezy shined on it although im sick of Eminem already.. Lil Wayne is so wack mannnnnnnn he gets too much credit
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August 26th, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Woah, Thanks for this Miss Info!! Eminem stepped up a gear for this one it seemed!
Not a bad verse from anyone though in my opinion. What a Legendary collaboration for hip hop.
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August 26th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
daaamn ye back to the drawing board on this one kid hands down em drake wayne then ye wake up mister west!!!
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August 26th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
Co-sign #23… This song is definitely off of an older drake mixtape minus Em and Ye (so I guess this is a remix of sorts)… And FYI folks, that’s drake on the hook and he rides it smoothly (pause) in my opinion… Lyrically, I agree with some comments above that Em’s flow and subject matter don’t fit this beat/concept… Drake rips this beat, Kanye’s verse is ok, and Weezy is all over the place… IMO Drake>Yeezy>Em>Wayne…
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August 27th, 2009 at 12:03 am
DAMNNN I MEAN IM A HUGE EM FAN, DONT BUMP HIS SHIT AS MUCH AS I SHOULD, BUT DAMNNN HOMEBOY CAN SPIT LIKE NO OTHER, I SERIOUSLY BELIEVE HE IS BETTER THEN JAY Z, PUT THEIR LYRICS SIDE 2 SIDE AND ULL SEE, GO EM, U MURDERED THAT SHIT BABYYYYYYYYYYYY LET PEOPLE HATE, ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE
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August 27th, 2009 at 12:19 am
lets be all the way honest here…eminem is the only true lyricist on this song.kanye was cool.wayne was bad and child actor drake talking slick like we didnt see him complaining to his mom dukes when she didnt buy him a tuna on a bagel sandwich,he’s baby ass cheeks soft…
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August 27th, 2009 at 12:29 am
SONG IS FUCKIN INCREDIBLE..EM DESTROYED ALL OF THEM…BUT IM STILL STUCK ON DA BLUEPRINT 3 LEAKS…
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August 27th, 2009 at 1:44 am
Drake: Nothing remarkable. Him bragging. An OK effort.
Kanye West: A few good punchlines. Almost lost it a bit. The last line was a different perspective on the theme of the track. Good verse.
Lil Wayne: Eh. Question, how do you let Drake out do you on a verse? Doing too much as usual. I hate how he ends songs. “Ugh”. “Bye”(Swagger Like Us).
Eminem: NOT an Eminem fan AT ALL. BUT. I must say, “Eminem murdered you on your own $#!+.”
“You” as in Drake, Kanye, and especially Lil Wayne.
‘Nuff said.
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August 27th, 2009 at 1:51 am
Sick track man.. can’t wait to see the movie but anyway this is my 1-4 of who did the best on the song.
1. Drake (killed the whole song including the hook)
2. Kanye (kanye’s flow was ill on this one; its silmar to the one he had on run this town)
3. Em (I was feeling his verse but it didn’t impress me a lot)
4. Lil Wayne (solid verse but he didn’t go in imo)
Well that’s my imo… thanks mikey and miss info.. keep up the good work
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August 27th, 2009 at 1:52 am
I meant that’s just my opinon… my bad
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
it’s okay. don’t say my bad. you have a right to what you think. just cause people may not like it, it doesn’t really matter. take it as it comes and just do you really. i read your post earlier and i don’t agree with you, but that’s fine. that doesn’t mean what you said was bad or wrong or makes you and idiot or w/e. keep loving the music.
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August 27th, 2009 at 1:58 am
It seem like all Drake shit sounds the same. I feel like I heard that weak ass verse before.
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August 27th, 2009 at 3:59 am
I hope Drake took some notes down. I hope Wayne realizes what REAL lyricism sounds like. And I wish Kayne the best when he comes outta that closet (not that he’s wack). Eminem is a BEAST!!! After “Renegade”, i don’t know why a rapper would want Eminem featured on the same track? You know he’ll just out-rhyme you on your own song. Either way, at least this exposes what little talent you need to entertain these “hip hop” minds of today.
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August 27th, 2009 at 4:07 am
And what the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks is a “Swag beat”? And why are young people these days focused on this “swag” instead of actual skill? I need a young’n to answer me that cuz I don’t get it. And is it me, or does Drake and Kanye have the same flow? To me, Drake stole Kanye whole style…and “swag”…whatever that means.
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August 27th, 2009 at 5:27 am
I just heard the song for the umpteenth time and I can’t stress it enough. That is one cold ass white boy! He embarrased and exposed every one of these so-called “Greatest Rappers Ever”. This is the difference between a true seasoned MC, and a rapper thats hot. It happens everytime. These autotune bozos think they’re sooo lyrical until they get put in there place by a spitter with real rhyme cadences. They are not even worthy of Em’s presence, and he just toyed with these bums for 12 bars. And he did it Bone Thug style.
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genny74 Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
lol…this is one cold ass white boy! I agree with you Em’s a seasoned MC and in his own lane.
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August 27th, 2009 at 8:15 am
OH MY DAMN…EM JUST MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WIT HIP HOP AGAIN!!!
WHEN EM GOES IN…KABOOM DARK SUITS FULL THE ROOM!!!LOL
NO SERIOUSLY…SEE THIS IS WHAT THE HELL I’M TALKING ABOUT…YOUR FLOW SHOULD “ALWAYS” PROVE YOUR BEST AT THIS GAME…IF YOU CAN’T GO HARD, GO ON A YACHT AND PLAY WIT YA WIFE!!
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
lol darkaqua at “dark suits fill the room”…i think the other day you were saying something about beast mode. you always have the oddest references.
ahahahaaaaaa i just read the ending. lol. IF YOU CAN’T GO HARD, GO ON A YACHT AND PLAY WIT YA WIFE!! this needs to be on a shirt.
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August 27th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Em always kills it, it’s a foregone conclusion. I didn’t think Weezy’s was that bad either.
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August 27th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Im glad to hear a little of the “old” Em on this track…. I must agree with most on here, He killed it!!!
I actually like what everyone spit on this track. (even though Drake doesnt = “The Greatest”)
IMO Em & Wayne are better than Drake. (maybe even Kanye on a good day is better)
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August 27th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Hello Operator… I’d like to report a homicide.. I just witnessed Eminem murder Drake, Kanye and Shanaynay.. Oh yeah thats right! I’m dry snitching.. LoL
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DARKAQUA Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
LMAO!!! I LOVE IT
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August 27th, 2009 at 9:49 am
At some point we’re gonna have to etch Marhsall’s head on rap’s Mt. Rushmore.
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BlacHaze Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
I 2nd that.
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August 27th, 2009 at 10:02 am
Wow I bet Darke, Wayne and Kanye was like lets all go before em cause I know we better. Then they heard em’s verse and was like nah son ( in the mad rapper’s voice)this n*gga straight diarrhea on us yow lets cut his part out son.
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August 27th, 2009 at 10:11 am
I don’t know what half of yall are listening to…Em was never off beat on this joint…in my opinion he is the true definition of flow…and lyrics cannot be compared..I think he showed everyone what we already knew..wayne aint shit…lol
Just playing but real talk he made u see that wayne needed to come better on this track…kanye was nothing special on this one and drake was good enough to keep up but nothing that made you wanna rewind that…
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
it’s not about him being off beat.
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August 27th, 2009 at 10:26 am
EMINEM DID THIS BEAT JUSTICE ! BUT OVERALL HIPHOP WINS!!!
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
cosign!
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August 27th, 2009 at 10:35 am
goin off their latest albums i think eminem still has the title
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August 27th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Eminem pulled a twista lol he was like F the beat I’m just going to say some hot ish.
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
lol. yeah. i think it was a half slap though because he still managed to work with the beat though.
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August 27th, 2009 at 11:05 am
We just heard the difference between a lyricist and rappers. Info, I think your being a little modest with Marshall only by a yard.
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August 27th, 2009 at 11:11 am
I think Wayne should do a new verse since his was done in ‘08. IMO his flow is equal to Em it just Em has better alliteration, resonance and word-play but Wayne has better metaphors and hyperboles.
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August 27th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Em by Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar was the best on this shit right here. Lil wayne was Good, Kayne Sucked, I don’t know what Kayne was doing He must have been confused, Drake Was ok. Back to Eminem DAAAAAAAAMMMMMMNNNNNN it wasn’t his best effort and really only deserves a 5 but it was a 20 compared to the rest of them on it
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August 27th, 2009 at 11:31 am
does any one else think Em dissed everyone on the low?
He said “he can make them look like bozo’s, he should go slow”
I could be reaching but it sounds like he snuck some shots at everyone who was rapping “slow”. Am I crazy?
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Mock ME Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
i Think Em takes shot at gucci as he mentions pinoccio just like gucci did on obsessed remix…..just a thought.
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DARKAQUA Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
WHEN DOES EM DISS ANYONE ON THE LOW…
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Mock ME Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
i just thought he expected peeps to follow it since gucci refers to him as pinocciho on that obsessed track then em releases the nick and mariah diss saying is that supposed to be me in the video….so instead of a full track to gucci for ridin with them he just does this verse…..em dont really dont do features and gucci dont deserve a full track….so bam!
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ya boy Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Can’t say I ever listened to that Gucci verse (cannot STAND the guy as an “artist”) but just took a second and I think you’re probably spot on, good call!
August 27th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Em went in for sure then drake then Wanye then ye Ye sounded alittle lazy at first but YE’s lazy is everyone elses best ever most the time so it’s all good. I like Drakes tone on the hook I think that’s a keeper it would be a mistake to take him off the hook it brings it all together.
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August 27th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
i understand that there’s such thing as a difference of opinion, but i’m starting to believe that some of you will just never be happy with anything. listening to this song, i don’t see how anyone came anything less than on point–this song is fuckin crack, plain and simple. and i don’t even like any of these dudes all that much.
drake surprised me with his presence and content in this song. i think this is the first time i’ve heard him spit something that actually sounded like it had some kind of personal thought and meaning in it.
people whine about kanye singing, so he starts rapping again and he “always sounds the same”
same thing with wayne, then people say he sounds like a lazy frog…well that’s pretty much the same voice he had on some of the tracks on carter 2, which most people seem to enjoy
then people say em fell off, but then he rips it like he did on this track and people cry because he’s “trying too hard?” fuck outta here with that shit, you just don’t want to admit he spit a dope verse that probably went miles over most peoples’ heads on the first listen.
besides drake’s assertion that “nothings ever been done for him” (i, personally, think he’s being given the game on a silver platter) this song is damn near as good as it could possibly get coming from these dudes, if you ask me. i’m anxious to hear this new mystery guest spot, but i wouldn’t change a damn thing about this song. regardless of what the “official” version will sound like, i’ll be keeping this one on my iphone for sure.
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Kenny_Goodtimes Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
I agree with most of your statement people now a days are very nit picky about hip-hop always looking to tear something or someone down over miniscule non sense the song is great in my opinion I feel like the mystery guest will be Jay being that the song is for the soundtrack of Lebron’s up coming movie and well bron and Jay are like best friends so that’s my guess in my opinion wouldn’t be a bad thing at all although that would kinda be like rehashing the swagger like mine thing but ah well like I said why nit pick the song is dope I agree with you. Were I disagree is the drake comment I’m not gonna say I was early on the kid but I wasn’t as late as most these people I have been listening to a few of his mix tape stuff from canada now for the las couple years now “So Far Gone” in particular and there’s something there man the kids got some talent much more then most the young rappers now a days in his age bracket he might surprise you with some of his lyrical depth if you skip past what’s been on the radio I’m especially impressed with his selection of collaborators on So Far Gone a who’s who of great and up and coming indie bands like Peter Bjorn & John and Lykke Li that most hip-hop heads or esp rappers aren’t up on which shows that the kid listens to music he aint the greatest thing on earth like he’s being hyped these days but he’s still ill no need to knock em
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Nightfall Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
**Best reply on the whole damn topic**
Opinions are our right to have, but the overly critical and at many times bias analysis is silly. And if you can’t express views on an artist without making a racial or sexually charged insult then your words lose all creditability anyway.
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Kenny_Goodtimes Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
respeck! hommie very well said
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
why are you guys so smart ;P
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 4:05 pm
good comment!
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FO Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
“but im starting to believe that some of you will just never be happy with anything ”
^^^^^
Co-F***ING-sign I thought I was the only 1 who noticed this…
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August 27th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Shit is wack.
/Old head
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August 27th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Ye and Drake did their thing, the rest of it was a waste of time.
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August 27th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
U THINK THEY MIXED EMINEMS VERSE LAST FOR NO REASON..EVEN THE PRODUCER KNOWS WHO WENT THE HARDEST.–SAVE THE BEST VERSE FOR LAST– …..EM..POINT BLANK PERIOD.
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August 27th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I don’t know. Why do I have such high expectations for rap these days when the quality is so low?
And I got a slight pet peeve with guys like Drake and DJ Drama dropping N bombs. Just rubs me the wrong way.
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August 27th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
idk…i like the original better w/ drake, wayne & kid kid
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nellz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
i take that back. I listened to it again. Wayne’s verse was more aggressive on the first one, but his verse on this one fits the concept of the song better.
They all did their thing in my opinion.
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
yeah i listened to them all yesterday and i think that the kardi one has the best beat, eminem should have had his own song with an alterd version of this beat, and i liked the drizzy, weezy kk one too.
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August 27th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
hot song, em best verse, then drake, then ye/ weezy tie, but no one’s verse was wack.
now lets have a mega remix with Jay, Nas, Andre 3k, Lupe, TI, Common, Fab, Jada & Ludacris (I can hope right?)
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
lol. how long would that song be?
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EMCEEMD Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
That would be crazy. I was thinkin that Lupe would kill this shit too!!
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
i think it would be better if he edits the list. i’m sad for lupe. so many people sleeping on the dude, but he’s got the talent. he can always persevere.
August 27th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Eminem murdered you on your own shit! church
Drake – Wasn’t bad eventhough i’m not a fan
Kanye – was iyt, few punch lines, i think he getting lazy
Wayne – Garbage as usual
Em – Murdered all 3, plus some crazy ass flow, he knew exactly what the outcome was gonna be on this 1 tht’s y he switched it like tht
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August 27th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Honestly can J cole hit the scene already!!this actor blackberry drake is such a fake man.
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August 27th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
3 things I understand in rap music and don’t need to keep being reminded:
#1 Lil Wayne is a Martian or an alien
#2 Rick Ross rhymes with Boss
#3 Dudes get brains from chicks b/c they have some form of higher education.
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August 27th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Em is the Usain Bolt of hip-hop. He’s running his own race.
He made Wayne and Kanye look like Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell.
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mertz Reply:
August 27th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
lol. i like the running comparisons. it is probably true that he probably fit in the most words.
have you heard the latest usain tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7aYwvVAqcc
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Dr Alba Reply:
August 28th, 2009 at 6:18 am
Hahaha!
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August 27th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
This song is HOT!!!! One of the best 4 somes ever. All you haters bow down to the King Marshall. His verse was SICK!!!!!!!
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August 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
Niggas got it off that shit that he aint do this or he aint do that! That shit is mad bitchy. And niggas act like em aint better than half they top five list. Better than dudes on this song, and not just this song, but point period. The song is hot appreciate it, this type of shit only make rappers reluctant to make collabos making more than just healthy competition.
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August 28th, 2009 at 10:48 am
This is no different that what I was accustomed to as a kid in school with posse cuts like 4,3,2,1, John Blaze or Fantastic Four. A lot of folk speaking on the beat and if its the right beat for an artist. This is really a product of the commercialization of the music.
I say that because as an mc your job was to destroy a beat and any other artist on it, REGARDLESS of if it fit you are not. Some MCs ride any beat with a passion like PAC and BIG…but some MCs are almost at war with the track seeing how much they can pack into each bar like Em and Big Pun. That adaptability is what makes and sometimes breaks true lyricists.
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August 28th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
track was way too long = bullshit!!
halfway thru kanye’s verse i jus lost interest
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August 28th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
This is not a matter of opinion. You do not know Hip Hop if you cannot realize and hear the superiority of Eminem’s flow. He is miles not yards beyond the rest of these guys. I really don’t enjoy any of his albums but as a lyricist, word for word, bar for bar Eminem is the Best ever. He is beyond any rapper I have ever heard and I’ve edging with this Hip Hop thing for a long time. Where do you stand on this Miss Info? Where would you put Marshall on your top 10 list?
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August 29th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Fucking Iphone
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August 29th, 2009 at 9:14 am
Trash……..sounds like that Cam and Jada song
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September 1st, 2009 at 10:23 pm
Em’s werse was hot but I don’t necessarily think he murdered it. Em is a dope lyricist but to crown him the best ever is ridiculous. Even with his phenomenal ability I can’t remember hims spitting a classic verse.
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September 4th, 2009 at 12:36 am
who are you to say he hasnt spit a classic verse? you need to re arrage your words and rehearse who gives a fuck what any of them did before weezy requested it and took ems dick jus like a whore first the baby kiss then drake it all makes sence wayne had em next but em grabbed his pants grabbed his dick and pissed on em all yall em haters gently remove waynes cack out of your booty and choke on slims hes back and its grim for all newcomers like drizzle whos got a tight flow no discrimination from me i aint homophobic and i dig your flow homey keep goin hard
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October 26th, 2009 at 2:47 am
YOU KNOW EM KILLED THAT , THEY EVEN CUTHIS PART OFF WHEN IT COMES TIME TO PLAY IT ON THE RADIO AND TO BE HONEST HE COULD HAVE WENT SECOND AND JUST LET HIM AND DRAKE GO BACK AND FORWARD
SAY WHAT YOU WANT BUT EM WAS KILLIN THEM CATS ITS KINDA IKE JAY INVITING NAS TO HIS CAMP CAUSE HE DID NOT WANT NO PART OF NAS
YOU GOT RAPPERS AND LYRYCIST AND WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU NEVER MAKE A COMPARISON WITH THE TWO CAUSE A DUDE LIKE LL WILL KILL A RAPPER, OR NAS KILLIN JAY Z ON HIS OWN SHIT!’=
THATS SICK IN THE RAP GAME LOOK AT THE GAME AND G UNIT GAME KILLED THE WHOLE CREW NUFF SID!
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