Rakim: I don't accept that the new generation is looking for anything different than what we've always been looking for. We have some features too special cats in the right places but not everywhere.īillboard: Are you concerned at all about reaching the new generation of hip-hop fans who aren't necessarily familiar with your music? We've got our New York dudes on there, but we reached out to everybody. But you'll see names you know and names you don't recognize yet but will after this drops. Rakim: I'm going to keep that cat in the bag for one more minute. This is me live from New York City, everything brand new.īillboard: Who produced the album? Are there any guest features? Rakim: No, that's locked down in the lab for now. I've always tried to insert consciousness and spirituality in my records, interpreting the writings of all cultures and religions and how they apply to life in modern times.īillboard: Does this album contain any material from the unreleased album you did with Dr. When you look at Hip-Hop, I want to do that: to spit fire and take our best from the ashes to build our kingdom to recognize all the regional styles, conscious lyrics, the tracks, underground, mainstream, the way we treat each other. After the Apocalypse, God rises from the ashes to re-create the Kingdom, taking only the greatest elements from the past with them.” The Lion of Judah breaks the seven seals one by one, each imparting knowledge and inflicting catastrophe, ending with seven trumpets announcing the end of Times. But Islam, Judaism, Christianity: All have a version of the same events. Rakim: The seals are from the Bible - Revelations and the coming of the Apocalypse. The rapper tells Billboard the new album is fueled by “consciousness and spirituality.”īillboard: What’s the story behind the title, “The Seventh Seal?” Its first single, “Holy Are You,” will hit shelves July 28. The new album is being released on Rakim’s Ra Records label in a joint venture with Tuscan Villa Entertainment. Rakim has not released a new studio album save for 2008’s mostly live set, “The Archive: Live, Lost & Found,” which included four previously unreleased songs. Featured on the 2002 top 10 R&B single “Addictive” by Aftermath labelmate Truth Hurts, Rakim later parted ways with Dre and Aftermath, and his album was never released. The rapper - best known as half of the rap duo Eric B. Xzibit & Tray-Dee).flac (4.LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - “The Seventh Seal,” the long-anticipated album by rap legend Rakim, is slated for release in the fall. Traci Nelson, Ms Roq & Eddie Griffin).flac (4.9 MB) Devin The Dude & Snoop Dogg).flac (20.3 MB) Hittman, Kurupt, Nate Dogg & Six-Two).flac (22.9 MB) DeFari, Xzibit, Knoc-turn'al, Time Bomb, King T, MC Ren & Kokane).flac (25.1 MB) Snoop Dogg, Hittman & Six-Two).flac (26.0 MB) Used output format : User Defined Encoder Gap handling : Appended to previous track Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000 Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes Used drive : HL-DT-STDVDRAM GH24NSB0 Adapter: 1 ID: 0įill up missing offset samples with silence : Yesĭelete leading and trailing silent blocks : No Whether the title is 2001 or The Chronic 2001 is always up for discussion.ĮAC extraction logfile from 22.
Dre was ranked as the second richest figure in the American hip hop scene by Forbes with a net worth of $550 million. He is credited as a key figure in the popularization of West Coast G-funk, a style of rap music characterized as synthesizer-based with slow, heavy beats. He has produced albums for and overseen the careers of many rappers, including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, 50 Cent, The Game, and Kendrick Lamar. Dre was previously the co-owner of, and an artist on, Death Row Records.
He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics. Dre born (Andre Romelle Young February 18, 1965),, is an American record producer, rapper and entrepreneur.
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