Losing the essence...

[RuffDraft]

I know I haven't been here in the essence for about couple of months, but I definitely don't want to lose it......just want to maintain. I've been in the Reason and noticed that (you already know) a lot of legends get trampled on/seen as nothing better than today's popular artists. I think it would be good to honor/pay homage to those legendary artists/emcees in the Essence forum, where I know that all the posters would definitely contribute good things about them. Hopefully, I can get more posters to come here as well by spreading. I will try to contribute some new music in here on at least a weekly basis just to keep it fresh. Don't be afraid to send me a message either, and I'll do the same as well. Peace!!!!

Who do you mean by legendary emcees/artists? If it's someone from a mainstream label who has always been mainstream then they have to be designated in The Reason as of the rules of the site. But by all means, artists such as Masta Ace, A Tribe Called Quest to Binary Star, all have a place here, which is evident with our Roots thread too.

Threads with 2pac to Biggie etc. all belong in The Reason though, along with 95% of todays rap artists.

Thanks for your contribution, I remember you mentioning Fashawn's Ode to Illmatic if I remember correctly :tu

We'd appreciate new posters too :tu Who've you been listening to more recently?

 

[dj expanium]

Who do you mean by legendary emcees/artists? If it's someone from a mainstream label who has always been mainstream then they have to be designated in The Reason as of the rules of the site. But by all means, artists such as Masta Ace, A Tribe Called Quest to Binary Star, all have a place here, which is evident with our Roots thread too.

Threads with 2pac to Biggie etc. all belong in The Reason though, along with 95% of todays rap artists.

Thanks for your contribution, I remember you mentioning Fashawn's Ode to Illmatic if I remember correctly :tu

We'd appreciate new posters too :tu Who've you been listening to more recently?

Fashawn's Ode to Illmatic, that was me. When I'm talking about legendary, I'm talking about Masta Ace, Rakim, Big L, Big Daddy Kane and others. They may have started in the mainstream, but now they're doing there own thing. 2Pac and Biggie will forever be remembered in the mainstream.

But here are the threads and feel free to contribute whoever can.

Masta Ace
http://community.allhiphop.com/showthread.php?63512-Masta-Ace-appreciation-thread

Big L
http://community.allhiphop.com/showthread.php?67154-Big-L-Appreciation-Thread&p=1279136#post1279136

 

[dj expanium]

You know I tried to make a post last week to this thread, but it was awaiting a response from a moderator. But anyways I used to post in here a while back. I was trying to get the word about some appreciation threads about Big L and Masta Ace in the reason. Contribute to those if you can.

 

[RuffDraft]

You know I tried to make a post last week to this thread, but it was awaiting a response from a moderator. But anyways I used to post in here a while back. I was trying to get the word about some appreciation threads about Big L and Masta Ace in the reason. Contribute to those if you can.

Will do, I don't know why your post didn't come through, but it's there now.

All the artists you mentioned are fine to drop here, at the end of the day, we're a mini community and technically the likes of Masta Ace will never be played on radio stations everywhere.

 

[dj expanium]

Will do, I don't know why your post didn't come through, but it's there now.

All the artists you mentioned are fine to drop here, at the end of the day, we're a mini community and technically the likes of Masta Ace will never be played on radio stations everywhere.

That's a definite, but we can still show him love.

 

[RuffDraft]

That's a definite, but we can still show him love.

Definitely :tu

According to Wikipedia he has a new eMC album coming out this year, but I can't find anything about this...