Did Dr. Dre mismanage Rakim?

[IronFist]

i recall the album he was suppose to release was going to be called oh my god.
make me think about the seventh seal album

 

[ManBearPig]

people wasn't feeling Rakim

 

[THE K-MAN]

@ Rakim being overrated.....my goodness

 

[CSquare43]

He did live up to his full potential...He was a very limited lane rapper...What he did best was the star, moons, Egypt, number seven, I am a god rap...That is Rakim...
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You are so wrong here that it's crazy.

And the Ra/Dre thing was never going to work. Ra is obviously on his own time and Dre is always pushing...different worlds that were never going to be able to coexist long term...

 

[Da King]

I'm still over this



The Dre produced Rakim album was one of my all time anticipated albums, then he leaves and album and never comes out, and it was finished



nikkas forget this was when every beat Dre put out was heat he was still on his 2001 grove I don't give a fukk what stubborn ass rakim says, he should have put out the album as Dre wanted it then walked away

 

[Ultimate Warrior]

***snorts 3828seconds***

funny DJ Quik got 2 nikkas that was shelved put em together for their biggest hit while on aftermath, and the beat was originally for MC Lyte

Dre should have signed Quik and let him handle rakim's album, only reason Truth even got daylight was because of Quik, the watcher didnt have the same buzz as addictive

 

[Da King]

***snorts 3828seconds***

funny DJ Quik got 2 nikkas that was shelved put em together for their biggest hit while on aftermath, and the beat was originally for MC Lyte

Dre should have signed Quik and let him handle rakim's album, only reason Truth even got daylight was because of Quik, the watcher didnt have the same buzz as addictive

This track is CLASSIC, I really thought Rakim was back with this

 

[Ultimate Warrior]

This track is CLASSIC, I really thought Rakim was back with this

**snorts 3828seconds***

Quik n dre had just squash their lil beef dre should have gave him access to producing rakim album vs letting Quik embarrass him and his ghostwriter knocturnal on

 

[spliz]

Definitely..and this is not an opinion..

 

[The Ruler 09]

I believe he did mismanage him yes, he wanted him to do gangsta rap but Ra didn't have to do that. You have one of the greatest Hip Hop artists in your hands, let him do him, help and guide but he ain't a gangsta rapper. If Seventh Seal lyrics was on Dre beats people would of liked it and it would have sold well too.

 

[The Ruler 09]

Can't call Ra a let down because he remains one of the greatest of all time. However I understand the sentiment it would be nice to have more albums than we do, after the Eric B split we only have 3 albums and that's a shame.

 

[DrHackenbush]

Rakim was rapping about the galaxies etc while other rappers where still talking about their block

 

[spliz]

You are so wrong here that it's crazy.

And the Ra/Dre thing was never going to work. Ra is obviously on his own time and Dre is always pushing...different worlds that were never going to be able to coexist long term...

Ra moved out to LA and everything..Dre wanted Ra to have an image he didn't want.. Also.. It was mad hard for Ra to get Dre in the studio..Dre was always busy doing everything BUT music..Ra eventually said fukk it this ain't gonna work out..and that's the end of it..

 

[The Ruler 09]

He did live up to his full potential...He was a very limited lane rapper...What he did best was the star, moons, Egypt, number seven, I am a god rap...That is Rakim...

Dre wanted him to bring it back to Earth, and he couldn't, because that's not Rakim....He is the reason why 2Pac followed the KRS 1 and Ice Cube school of rapping...2Pac didn't want to be "super lyrical" or should use Coli terms and say "technical lyricist"...hahaha...2Pac wanted to directly speak to his audience, in terms that they could understand...

Dre wanted Rakim to do the same, be more like KRS 1, Ice Cube, 2Pac and Scarface...You can still "resurrect" people taking this approach, and you will be making Dre and Iovine boat loads of money in the process i.e. WIN WIN situation...

But Rakim does not have the skill set to walk down that lane...

Rakim's full potential is Canibus, and we know what happened to him...

You can't be serious with this? Have you even heard Seventh Seal? Rakim does a lot more than what you say. That's absolute craziness.

 

[Danie84]

Dre did Rakim just like he did to the other thousand Aftermath artists who never dropped