CD got pushed back till March 21. Concert got pushed back to August. :(

Here's a sweet track off the new cd featuring Ol' Dirty Bastard:
http://s28.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...W0YIS0W7AH1GNM

Have you checked out the advance copy of it yet?

Yeah. Its intense. Too bad Ghost had to change The Champ because he couldn't get the Rocky sample clearance. That song was bangin.

Just wanna send out a thank you to everyone participating in this thread I have found some great new music too listen to.

I quick sum up of my collection:

A Tribe Called Quest
Aesop Rock
Blackalicious
Common
Danger Doom <--excellent album
De La Soul
Gemini
Del tha Funkee Homosapian
Dr. Octagon
Gang Starr
MF Doom
Mood
The Roots

I find myself bopping my head every where i go.

Someone mentioned Nas earlier. I will say that his last few albums (god's son, last disciple(I think)) weren't that good. Just remember to get anything that rhymes with ilmatic (illmatic and stillmatic-they're his best)

Glad this thread got resurrected. I'm tired of people saying "rap stopped being good in 1996!"

I'll have to look for that Champ song.

While it's almost forgotten, "...I am" is probably my favorite Nas album. Plenty of strong tracks on it.

Here's both versions of The Champ:

http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2...L0PA1VMQ31191S

The first version of The Champ is absolutely amazing. The retail version is still good (the new verses are great) but the energy from the first version is lacking. I hope everybody supports Ghost on this album on the sales end because, in my opinion, he's one of the few rappers that does whatever he wants to do, says what he wants to say, regardless if it won't make sense to the general public (or really anyone but him) and it still sounds groundbreaking.

Can't wait for Fishscale, but in the meantime I have been listening to Proof's "Searching For Jerry Garcia" which I think was the best album last year.

You have some good stuff there but make sure you add Mos Def to it..

i just bought Little Brother <i>Chitlin' Circuit</i> and it's very good. anybody who doesn't know them should check 'em out.

Can't forget two CD's (maybe mixtapes...not sure) that are hitting stores soon...

<b><i>Murray's Revenge</i> - Murs & 9th Wonder
<i>Jeanius</i> - Jean Grae & 9th Wonder

= J

What do you mean "good"? I think theres alot of good rap that doesnt have a negative influence, if thats what you mean check out Jammxkids they don't sing about any killing, drugs, sexual reference... etc, www.jammx.com

Also, Talib Qweli (check out "Quality")

You know...rap that doesn't suck.

= J

Well then the jammx kids prob fit that category depending on what U are looking for. I think they are pretty good, i'd say its like a mix of pop music and stuff like lil bow wow.

i'll throw in Junk Science's <i>Feeding Einstein</i> as well.