Lot of new Details on Rakim's new album..

Shyne · 08-15-2009, 03:00 AM

Having just got back from a playback session for about two-thirds of the upcoming Rakim album, ‘The Seventh Seal’, HHC Digital can report the following:
- ‘The Seventh Seal’ will be 16 tracks long, with the main rap guests being Busta Rhymes, Styles P and Jadakiss.
- It’ll be released on October 20th.
- Along with CD and download formats, it’ll be available in heavyweight coloured vinyl, plus a special collector’s package that’ll feature, um, some other stuff.
- Nothing from a one-week recording session between Rakim and Kanye West appears on the album.
- The ‘official’ reason for his departure from Aftermath was simple creative differences (Rakim not wanting to rhyme about guns and drugs), plus the different creative work habits of Dr Dre and Ra.
- Off the back of the release of the album Rakim will be touring (and hitting Europe in spring 2010) and is actively looking to record with artists from around the world.
- There are 50 other unreleased new Rakim tracks in the vault that will be rolled out once ‘The Seventh Seal’ is released. There may or may not also be some tracks with Puffy and Will I Am on another new album next summer. On the track-by-track tip...

‘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’.

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Grandmaster G · 08-15-2009, 03:42 AM

damn looks like a dissapointment

Shyne · 08-16-2009, 04:20 AM

I actually agree, this person didnt seem all too thrilled with it, I still have high hopes though, as long as its better then 'The Master' i'll be happy

tha clan · 08-16-2009, 08:09 AM

maino spitting 16 bars :( akon on the hook?? hmm i wudve liked to hear what he did with kanye

Tom Chambers · 08-16-2009, 11:43 AM

maino?....kanye?............fucking akon?.................................i got a feeling i'ma be really disappointed =(

Baller · 08-16-2009, 12:55 PM

I can put up with Maino and Kanye...but Akon? Fuck

MIRANDA · 08-16-2009, 03:38 PM

why rakim .. why :'(

JustAFan · 08-16-2009, 06:54 PM

Doesn't look great. I guess we're gonna have to wait for it. The best thing about this Cd is already (almost) a sure thing, though. This probably means he's going on tour again. I hope I can be there when he does.

YoungGunna · 08-17-2009, 03:29 PM

an akon hook aint dat bad...i mean its jus da hook n its not lik hes wack as fck...i liked his hooks on soul survivor,snitch etc...kanye only gonna be producin da track aint he?? cuz da main guests r styles p jada n busta....kanyes bigger than styles so i think he woulda been noted as a main guest if he was spittin...n maino is just a possibility that i dont even see happening

i still got high hopes for this album...probabily gonna be right in between 18th letter and the master....im predicting his 2nd best solo

Shyne · 08-17-2009, 03:43 PM

im actually really looking forward to the styles verse, if its anything like the shit he dropped on the Roots album its sure to be dope

mouad · 08-22-2009, 09:10 PM

i like "Holy Are You". that's all i need for me to look forward to it

AUTHENTICakaATT · 08-22-2009, 09:38 PM

maino on rakims album? i really did hear it all now

08-15-2009, 03:00 AM	#1
Shyne Sons Of Liberty Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 5,552 Repped: 3 Repped 2,054 Times in 849 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 151 Times in 95 Posts	Lot of new Details on Rakim's new album.. Lot of new Details on Rakim's new album.. Having just got back from a playback session for about two-thirds of the upcoming Rakim album, ‘The Seventh Seal’, HHC Digital can report the following: - ‘The Seventh Seal’ will be 16 tracks long, with the main rap guests being Busta Rhymes, Styles P and Jadakiss. - It’ll be released on October 20th. - Along with CD and download formats, it’ll be available in heavyweight coloured vinyl, plus a special collector’s package that’ll feature, um, some other stuff. - Nothing from a one-week recording session between Rakim and Kanye West appears on the album. - The ‘official’ reason for his departure from Aftermath was simple creative differences (Rakim not wanting to rhyme about guns and drugs), plus the different creative work habits of Dr Dre and Ra. - Off the back of the release of the album Rakim will be touring (and hitting Europe in spring 2010) and is actively looking to record with artists from around the world. - There are 50 other unreleased new Rakim tracks in the vault that will be rolled out once ‘The Seventh Seal’ is released. There may or may not also be some tracks with Puffy and Will I Am on another new album next summer. On the track-by-track tip... ‘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’. SOURCE: __________________ myspace.com/vocabthemc http://coldglassofoj.blogspot.com

08-16-2009, 04:20 AM	#3
Shyne Sons Of Liberty Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 5,552 Repped: 3 Repped 2,054 Times in 849 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 151 Times in 95 Posts	I actually agree, this person didnt seem all too thrilled with it, I still have high hopes though, as long as its better then 'The Master' i'll be happy __________________ myspace.com/vocabthemc http://coldglassofoj.blogspot.com

08-16-2009, 12:55 PM	#6
Baller Vulture Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NM Posts: 3,097 Repped: 111 Repped 255 Times in 149 Posts Neg Reps: 95 Neg Repped at 61 Times in 39 Posts	I can put up with Maino and Kanye...but Akon? Fuck __________________

08-16-2009, 03:38 PM	#7
MIRANDA Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 596 Repped: 104 Repped 171 Times in 68 Posts Neg Reps: 13 Neg Repped at 22 Times in 17 Posts	why rakim .. why :'( __________________ http://www.myspace.com/_misslipgloss

08-17-2009, 03:29 PM	#9
YoungGunna Young Gunna Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: T Dot Posts: 11,079 Repped: 348 Repped 128 Times in 87 Posts Neg Reps: 33 Neg Repped at 7 Times in 7 Posts	an akon hook aint dat bad...i mean its jus da hook n its not lik hes wack as fck...i liked his hooks on soul survivor,snitch etc...kanye only gonna be producin da track aint he?? cuz da main guests r styles p jada n busta....kanyes bigger than styles so i think he woulda been noted as a main guest if he was spittin...n maino is just a possibility that i dont even see happening i still got high hopes for this album...probabily gonna be right in between 18th letter and the master....im predicting his 2nd best solo __________________

08-15-2009, 03:42 AM	#2
Grandmaster G Veteran Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: . Posts: 8,274 Repped: 1 Repped 105 Times in 69 Posts Neg Reps: 4 Neg Repped at 9 Times in 7 Posts	damn looks like a dissapointment

08-16-2009, 08:09 AM	#4
tha clan Banned Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: London Posts: 1,779 Repped: 645 Repped 343 Times in 164 Posts Neg Reps: 456 Neg Repped at 359 Times in 157 Posts	maino spitting 16 bars :( akon on the hook?? hmm i wudve liked to hear what he did with kanye

08-16-2009, 11:43 AM	#5
Tom Chambers AkA Sur-Vis-U-All Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 11,280 Repped: 132 Repped 477 Times in 296 Posts Neg Reps: 19 Neg Repped at 68 Times in 54 Posts	maino?....kanye?............fucking akon?.................................i got a feeling i'ma be really disappointed =(

08-16-2009, 06:54 PM	#8
JustAFan Join Date: May 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 834 Repped: 17 Repped 42 Times in 25 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	Doesn't look great. I guess we're gonna have to wait for it. The best thing about this Cd is already (almost) a sure thing, though. This probably means he's going on tour again. I hope I can be there when he does.

08-17-2009, 03:43 PM	#10
Shyne Sons Of Liberty Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Iowa Posts: 5,552 Repped: 3 Repped 2,054 Times in 849 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 151 Times in 95 Posts	im actually really looking forward to the styles verse, if its anything like the shit he dropped on the Roots album its sure to be dope __________________ myspace.com/vocabthemc http://coldglassofoj.blogspot.com

08-22-2009, 09:10 PM	#11
mouad Veteran Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,962 Repped: 3 Repped 205 Times in 66 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 1 Time in 1 Post	i like "Holy Are You". that's all i need for me to look forward to it

08-22-2009, 09:38 PM	#12
AUTHENTICakaATT THA NINJA CLIQUE GENERAL Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: THA PROJECTZ Posts: 7,267 Repped: 617 Repped 2,278 Times in 959 Posts Neg Reps: 239 Neg Repped at 185 Times in 155 Posts	maino on rakims album? i really did hear it all now __________________

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