In the premiere edition of SEVEN, We list some of the people who made music exciting, interesting, controversial through their lives, energy and most importantly in their lyrics.
By the way, this list is in no order what so ever and we understand that their might be some artistes left off. You can put them in the comments box...we'll read them.
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill was the blazing hot singer/rapper in the groundbreaking hip hop trio The Fugees (Wyclef Jean and Pras) who released their classic album The Score in 1996 (Columbia, Ruffhouse) which feature hits like "Ready or Not" and "Killing Me Softly". And then in 1999 Lauryn released her debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill which was a certified platinum Grammy-Winning CLASSIC!
Its kinda obvious why we want her back right?
Well Lauryn released a MTV Unplugged album after but has yet to make a full album. We're waiting impatiently for the album...anyday now...
Tanya Stephens
Yeah, Tanya is probably one of the best lyricist in Jamaica, PERIOD. Singer/Deejay, I could easily call her our Lauryn Hill but with all due respect you don't compare Legends with Legends They both have their own spots. Tanya was doing her thing for a while in the 90s having hits here and there but stroke gold with her release of Gangsta Blues in 2004 which was amazing. Filled with songs about love, pain, hunger and politics. Then she followed it up (take notes Lauryn) with Rebelution which was in my opinion three times better than
Gangsta Blues. So the question is where next? Tanya these streets need you (yeah that line was corny but her music is the complete opposite).
Mr. Marley
We know that there is no way that Bob will return to do another album (for those living in a cave...he died). It would be nice if he was around to see his career take off though it may be argued that his controversial sudden death sparked his popularity and thus his sales. Bob (along with the Wailers ...waddup Peter Tosh) made music at a time when there was no Pro tools or FL Studio and this were less accesible. He might have not been the Harvard graduate but his music spoke with such intellegence about his environment that I have to wonder what would a new Bob album sound like today?
Dr. Dre
Ok, Dre. Detox...your album that was supposed come out years ago. Where is it? This should a case on Law and Order SVU or something. It's not in my iPod or my 'My Music' folder as yet so what's up? Dr. Dre is a LEGEND. Fact.
Dre's ear for production is ridiculously impeccable. I can't name my favorite Dre beat, seriously, i'd probably name 2 or 5 or maybe give my top 20 there is so much to choose from and Dre keeps getting better. So Dre drop the album please!
Lil' Wayne (Pre-Carter III Edition)
It was 2007 while I was in high school that one of my friends told me that Lil Wayne was the next thing in hip hop. Being a true hip hop head i knew who Wayne was but i the last thing i heard from him was that Cash Money Millionaires stuff...honestly it was fun but that was it.
Then I heard 'Fireman', 'Money on my mind' and everything else off The Carter II then i was sold. When i really got excited *pause* was when i heard the heat that was on the Drought Series. I was amazed.
The Carter III was good but i preferred 95% of the stuff on the mixtapes than 65% of C3.
Yeah, the Carter III did sell a million copies in the first week and yeah, some the things that He originally planned got leaked and put on mixtapes but still, Wayne (when you get out...by the way FREE WEEZY!) please get back in that mode, hip hop needs it!
Sizzla
Yeah, Mr. Kalonji has over 40 albums...yes. FOURTY ALBUMS.So why should Sizzla return. Check a little album by the name of Da Real Thing (VP Records). This is the second best reggae album i've ever heard (first being Bob's posthumous collective Songs of Freedom box pack). 'Mash Dem Down', 'Simplicity' and the emotional dedication to his mother 'Thank you Mama' are just a few of the classic tracks that are on this album. That was way back in 2002 and although Sizzla has released couple more albums including Crucial Times last year, I still miss the pure energy but freshness that was Da Real Thing.
Sidenote: I think this is the only time I seen Sizzla without his tam...hmm.
Kanye West
I know he has been in the media constantly and so it can be said that he hasn't left but notice the title...'Artistes' as in the musicians. Kanye's controversies (those two words have a nice ring to them...yeah back to the list) have taken over his artistry, his true creatvity, that thing that separated him from everyone else when he first hopped into our Cd decks in 2004 with College Dropout (Roc-a-fella/Def Jam).
808's & Heartbreak was good ( and had a unique sound) but we all mis Kanye rhyming and that first verse he did on Beyonce's Ego and his scene steeling verse on Jigga's 'Run this town' proves that he is own of this generations brightest stars.
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