Rakim - The Seventh Seal Tracklist

PAP · 11-01-2009, 09:46 PM

01. How To Emcee
02. Walk These Streets
03. Documentary Of A Gangsta
04. Man Above
05. You And I
06. Won’t Be Long
07. Holy Are U
08. Satisfaction Guaranteed
09. Working For You
10. Message In The Song
11. Put It All To Music
12. Psychic Love
13. Still In Love
14. Dedicated

Album Is Leakin Sometime This Week

PAP · 11-01-2009, 09:50 PM

reactions from the playback session This Is Old

Quote:
‘Still In Love’ (produced by Nick Wiz): Ostensibly an ode to hip-hop, this will feature Busta shouting something or the other on the chorus, has a possibly-slightly annoying “Love!” vocal sample running throughout it, and the less than other-worldly lines, “The god Rakim/You know I get it in”. Bonus trivia: This is likely to end up being used on the season opener of CSI: NY.

‘Holy Are You’ (produced by Nick Wiz): Aka the one you’ve all heard. Apparently, while writing it, Rakim had the Bible, the Koran and the Torah set up in front of him with notes and paper clips marking up references to quote.

‘Man Above’ (produced by Nick Wiz): Another Nick Wiz production (who’ll likely end up with four beats on the finished album), this is Ra in street sermon mode, dropping lines like, “Stereotypes start off a life stigmata/But still a kid gotta get a dollar,” and involves a juvenile gone wild getting advice from his father. So kinda like Ra’s ‘Pappa Don’t Preach’, but without all that underage pregnancy stuff.

‘Won’t Be Long’ (produced by Jake One): Featuring Pudgee Tha Fat Bastard crooning on the chorus, this is a pretty dope track, with Ra throwing shots (”I question the state of hip-hop; major labels and so on”) and Jake One’s beat meshing well with his vocals.

‘Put It All To Music’ (produced by Poppa Pillz): Not sure on the spelling of the producer, but a great ’70s-soul-sounding sample-based track from a new bod on the boards, with what sounds like it may be a Minnie Riperton vocal snippet for the hook. Comes over with the warmth of something from the early-90s – but not in an overly retro way.

‘I Walk These Streets’ (produced by Needlz): Probably the album’s clanger, not so much because Needlz’s beat uses either the same or a startlingly similar sample to Busta Rhymes’s ‘Been Through The Storm’, but because the inclusion of Akon on the hook – and maybe the second verse – just doesn’t seem to make any sense, stylistically or in terms of the end product. Possible addition: Maino may be drafted in to spit 16 bars on the second verse if Akon can’t send over his vocals in time.

‘Psychic Love’ (produced by Nick Wiz): Billed as this album’s ‘Mahogany’, it’s another one you’ll likely skip before it’s even finished.

‘How To Emcee’ (produced by DJ Slyce): Hurrah! Track of the album so far, no doubt, with a right rattling beat from the DMC champ – think something not too far off a DITC or P Brothers moment, all heavy drums and discordant saxophone stabs – with Rakim dropping straight braggadocio like, “I wrote some of the illest rhymes ever/Soon as I put ‘em together/Rappers take ‘em… paraphrase ‘em.” Sage-like advice: Ditch Akon and spend the money on putting together a remix with KRS-One, Kool G Rap and Jay-Z.

‘Documentary Of A Gangsta’: Featuring up-and-coming Brooklyn spitter I.Q. on the hook, this is Ra in street-level story-telling mode. Up-in-the-air trivia: The chorus may or may not be bringing the word ‘chicken’ (as in a scardey-cat) back, or it might fall back on using the term ‘actor’.

‘Working For You’ (produced by Jake One): Another decent Jake One beat, though there’s a chance it might be dipping into the same sample pot as Dilated Peoples’ ‘Worse Comes To Worst’.

R2thaJ · 11-01-2009, 10:25 PM

Interesting tracklist....i don't want to get my hopes up for this one but I can't help it.....I really hope this sh1t is dope

Naturalbornalkaholik · 11-02-2009, 07:33 AM

shit looks hot

Shyne · 11-02-2009, 10:14 AM

Should be solid at worst, im looking forward to it

Ed-ucation · 11-02-2009, 07:22 PM

Props, no featuring???

Kaspa · 11-03-2009, 08:41 AM

I heard this had leaked on a podcast, but I couldn't find it. I can't wait to hear this one.

FacilDinero · 11-03-2009, 10:47 AM

He Should Re-Name It To 17 Centuries...Cuz Thats How Long Ago This Was Supposed To Come Out...Smh

EdG810 · 11-05-2009, 03:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FacilDinero

He Should Re-Name It To 17 Centuries...Cuz Thats How Long Ago This Was Supposed To Come Out...Smh

co-sign... lol and it prolly doesn't even drop....

I used to be a bug fan, but wow this shit was suposed to come out sooooo long ago... but we got Cuban Linx II and Detox is "coming soon" so maybe its really droping...

11-01-2009, 09:46 PM	#1
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11-01-2009, 10:25 PM	#3
R2thaJ Stone Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Long Island Posts: 244 Repped: 91 Repped 10 Times in 6 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 7 Times in 5 Posts	Interesting tracklist....i don't want to get my hopes up for this one but I can't help it.....I really hope this sh1t is dope __________________ "I sell rhymes like dimes"..... "Guess who got shot in the dome piece/Jerome's niece/on her way home from Jones Beach."

11-02-2009, 07:33 AM	#4
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11-02-2009, 07:22 PM	#6
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11-01-2009, 09:50 PM	#2
PAP Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: East London Posts: 11,674 Repped: 3 Repped 2,203 Times in 369 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 5 Times in 5 Posts	reactions from the playback session This Is Old Quote: ‘Still In Love’ (produced by Nick Wiz): Ostensibly an ode to hip-hop, this will feature Busta shouting something or the other on the chorus, has a possibly-slightly annoying “Love!” vocal sample running throughout it, and the less than other-worldly lines, “The god Rakim/You know I get it in”. Bonus trivia: This is likely to end up being used on the season opener of CSI: NY. ‘Holy Are You’ (produced by Nick Wiz): Aka the one you’ve all heard. Apparently, while writing it, Rakim had the Bible, the Koran and the Torah set up in front of him with notes and paper clips marking up references to quote. ‘Man Above’ (produced by Nick Wiz): Another Nick Wiz production (who’ll likely end up with four beats on the finished album), this is Ra in street sermon mode, dropping lines like, “Stereotypes start off a life stigmata/But still a kid gotta get a dollar,” and involves a juvenile gone wild getting advice from his father. So kinda like Ra’s ‘Pappa Don’t Preach’, but without all that underage pregnancy stuff. ‘Won’t Be Long’ (produced by Jake One): Featuring Pudgee Tha Fat Bastard crooning on the chorus, this is a pretty dope track, with Ra throwing shots (”I question the state of hip-hop; major labels and so on”) and Jake One’s beat meshing well with his vocals. ‘Put It All To Music’ (produced by Poppa Pillz): Not sure on the spelling of the producer, but a great ’70s-soul-sounding sample-based track from a new bod on the boards, with what sounds like it may be a Minnie Riperton vocal snippet for the hook. Comes over with the warmth of something from the early-90s – but not in an overly retro way. ‘I Walk These Streets’ (produced by Needlz): Probably the album’s clanger, not so much because Needlz’s beat uses either the same or a startlingly similar sample to Busta Rhymes’s ‘Been Through The Storm’, but because the inclusion of Akon on the hook – and maybe the second verse – just doesn’t seem to make any sense, stylistically or in terms of the end product. Possible addition: Maino may be drafted in to spit 16 bars on the second verse if Akon can’t send over his vocals in time. ‘Psychic Love’ (produced by Nick Wiz): Billed as this album’s ‘Mahogany’, it’s another one you’ll likely skip before it’s even finished. ‘How To Emcee’ (produced by DJ Slyce): Hurrah! Track of the album so far, no doubt, with a right rattling beat from the DMC champ – think something not too far off a DITC or P Brothers moment, all heavy drums and discordant saxophone stabs – with Rakim dropping straight braggadocio like, “I wrote some of the illest rhymes ever/Soon as I put ‘em together/Rappers take ‘em… paraphrase ‘em.” Sage-like advice: Ditch Akon and spend the money on putting together a remix with KRS-One, Kool G Rap and Jay-Z. ‘Documentary Of A Gangsta’: Featuring up-and-coming Brooklyn spitter I.Q. on the hook, this is Ra in street-level story-telling mode. Up-in-the-air trivia: The chorus may or may not be bringing the word ‘chicken’ (as in a scardey-cat) back, or it might fall back on using the term ‘actor’. ‘Working For You’ (produced by Jake One): Another decent Jake One beat, though there’s a chance it might be dipping into the same sample pot as Dilated Peoples’ ‘Worse Comes To Worst’.

11-03-2009, 08:41 AM	#7
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11-03-2009, 10:47 AM	#8
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