The Prophecy Is Complete…

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Welcome to The Stoop with H20! With Eminem’s shocking new freestyle, it seems as though the prophecy is complete: the Three Headed Monster is coming. If you don’t know what I’m talking about here, it’s the release of 50’s, Dr. Dre’s and Eminem’s new albums. As 50 said it: “Before I Self-Destruct, I’ll Relapse, then Detox.” With Before I Self Destruct coming out Dec. 9th, it seems that Relapse by Eminem and Detox by Dr. Dre will come out soon after the release, either REALLY late Q4 2008, of early Q1 2009, which seems more like it.

Still, I can’t shake the feeling that this maybe a little bit rushed. I mean, 50 Cent‘s album was supposedly more important than Curtis, to the point where he was literally telling the public he couldn’t wait to release Curtis so he could get to work on his next, much darker project. Advertising for your NEXT album while you’re releasing one? No wonder Curtis wasn’t better than Graduation. “Get Up” is alright; nothing really to go crazy over, but I feel like 50 Cent is going to have to go A LOT harder than that if he wants this Three Headed Monster to be as a big as he says it’s going to be.

More importantly however is Eminem‘s record. I’m not sure if he’s ready for this to be honest. While his freestyle was hot, it was kind of just a little sample of what he can do: he has done a lot better in the past. I feel like Eminem needs to work as hard as Dre is doing on Detox for his album. Well, OK, maybe not THAT hard, but the point is that Eminem shouldn’t feel like he should have to release an album around the same time that 50 and Dre does. At the same time, this album is going to be huge, I don’t think I have say that, but it will be. After four years in limbo, Eminem sounded hungrier than he has in a while on that record; Relapse should be a solid record, but I’ll have to wait for the first single before I say that it will be classic.

Speaking of Dr. Dre, the Detox is supposed to be finally finished, after all of these years. Still, I don’t know, something just doesn’t feel right. Of course, when Detox comes out, it will be under the same circumstances as Kingdom Come and Tha Carter III: a huge fan base will be there to clean out all of the stores that hold it (Detox will definitely sell over a million in the first week: you heard it here first!), and everyone will be expecting for it to be classic. If it is, Dr. Dre will be back in the limelight again, only to gradually drift back out since this is his last album. If it isn’t, no big deal, since that huge fan base that bought the album will be there to argue and fight with whoever thinks it isn’t. Dre is pretty much in a win-win situation right now.

Overall, the Three Headed Monster should be the biggest thing to happen in Hip-hop this year. That’s right, even bigger than Tha Carter III. Eminem and Dr. Dre, being out of the loop for several years, will definitely have something to prove here, but as for 50 Cent, he doesn’t have to really prove anything: he makes a surprise classic album, alright, great for him. But he makes just a decent album, or even a really bad album, it won’t take away from Em or Dre’s sales. All this is basically me saying that Q4 is going to be huge, which I think I’ve said about a 100 times already. Watch out…the stars have aligned, and the Three Headed Monster is coming…

  1. Overall I think I’m anticipating Detox more, Encore and Curtis were just too mediocre, they really are gonna have to go in to get back on top, and I’m really not feeling that freestyle

  2. Dre is never dropping Detox. I really don’t want to hear it now anyway. Em is washed up. Face it. For Fif, he needs to fall back. His shit is real wack right now. These fucks on this site gave dude four stars? WTF?

  3. I’m kinda anticipating on Dr. Dre album but at the same time I’m not because he delayed it for so long now. I really hope this album is really worth my time, and ears. So far he released dope albums except “The Aftermath” (1996) which I didn’t like at all besides that “East Coast West Coast Killas”, and “Been There Done That” songs from that CD.

    Eminem is spitting hot fire, I gotta admit even though he fucked up 2Pac joints. I hope this album be on the same level as his earlier work and I’m not talking about Encore either, that album was wack.

    50 Cent isn’t really grabbing me at the moment, I stop listening to 50 after “The Massacre”. I checked out “Curtis”, and I wasn’t feeling it at all. He’ll have to really do something magical, and be on the same level as “Get Rich Or Die Try’n” album or spit like he did on “How To Rob”, and them old mixtapes from the early 2000’s, which I doubt since time changed, and everybody don’t rap the same way anymore. Hopefully the production don’t be as pop, and I just want some really gutta shit from him since his name is 50. “Candy Shop”, “Amusement Park”, and others just ain’t cutting the bacon mane.

    Overall I’m kinda excited but at the same time I’m not. Only time will tell. I don’t know if Dre will sell a million the first week, but he may. At the same time the rap climate is different from 1999, believe me I know. With Dre history I think he should do fine.

  4. You know, H20 raises a good point. Why the f–k would Afftermath drop 3 albums at the same time? I didn’t really think about it, largely because I don’t care.

    But now that I am thinking about it, there is no way all three will drop in Q4. None. What promotional department is going to put all eggs in one quarter? The smart move is to stagger them out over 3-6 months.

    As for the albums, I actually like Em’s freestyle. His bars totally remind me of his flow on “Dead Wrong.” If its like the other stuff he’s been putting out, like most of Encore, then he’ll probably go platinum – which is a failure for him.

    Detox? Believe it when I see it. Self Destruct? Who cares?

  5. I think the days of a week plat are gone now. This album is sooo anticipated that I’m sure it will leak well before it comes out…and unless it’s pure Heat Miser, that is going to kill those chances.

    Chronic was epic and Dr. Dre has produced many gems, but I am not even checking for Detox. The hype has gone on far too long. Fiddy, well, Fiddy is Fiddy. Not really my type of music.

    Em, I am excited to hear what he brings to the table. With the talk of Asher taking his crown and all these other claims by many less talented emcees that they are nice, he should put a lot of careers either on hold, or start running up rappers studio hours perfecting the craft. I think I may be in the minority when I say that lyric for lyric, Em is one of the best to touch the mic and probably the only one that I can say that about without having a classic album under his belt. I’m checking for this.

  6. dre okay wit me, cuz i aint heard his shit yet!!!! but em and fiddy…fuk em they homo ass. they boff suk.

  7. i highly doubt that dre and eminem will drop this year……..but if they do……..i will jump up and do 4 flips cuz i gurantee you all of their albums will b hot

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