"Yo I rock on the block with the real hip hop
As you start to clock... and jock...
Yo... I'm comin off with mad rage
Eighteen, and hittin the real stage"

I love Masta Ace as much as the next person, but the kind of shit people have been bringing up after hearing his not yet released album is fucking absurd. I never knew having an album that hasn't been released yet would propel from you nearly not being talked about to a top 5-10 emcee. I've been sa...

impact yes skill yes...catalog no way the very best from the three of them puts ace in third place...but as you travel down their repective catalogs...ace doesnt fall off at all while the other two especially nas drop off a friggin cliff when ALL their music is taken into consideration ace has had ...

Just to set the record straight:

Masta Ace is a top 10 emcee of all time, and when all is said and done, will probably be top 5.

I never saw what the big deal was with the "Skills" beat.

I went with De La. About once every week I will wake up with that beat playing in my head, and it will stay there all day.

I like Dah Shinin' better than all those albums.

Where does this guy appear on the Juggaknots reissue?

I wonder how many kids would have seriously voted for EL-P, Rjd2, Stoupe, etc. if they had been included on the list?

^^ It should if that producer maintained a consistent level of greatness on every album. Which is why Rza is the GOAT.

How the hell is Dr. Dre beating out Prince Paul and Pete Rock?

I think Phila added Kanye to the end of the list as a joke. I thought it was funny.

Rza has classic after classic after classic under his belt. And while Premo and Pete Rock are shadows of what they used to be, making watered down versions of the styles of beats they mastered in the 90s (with the occasional masterpiece here and there), Rza has taken his style to another level and c...

Rza without a doubt.

^^ A whole hell of a lot. Check half.com

I personally never thought that album was so great.

I was bumping "Return Of The Crooklyn Clan" today and realized that I love evey performance I've heard from him but have never checked for his albums.

So what should I be checking for? What kind of producers has he worked with in the past? Thanks.

Flatlinerz - U.S.A. (Under Satan's Authority) Had a few good Rockwilder joints and that cat Redrum was nice with his. Gravedigga was fucking terrible though. And of course, there's the Nonce's World Ultimate . How is the Bushwackass' How Real Isreal? I've heard good things about it and can't find a ...

Didn't get the reaction you were looking for, huh New Jack?