{"id":83,"date":"2003-07-17T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2003-07-17T16:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/07\/rakim_dr_dre_split\/"},"modified":"2003-07-17T12:30:04","modified_gmt":"2003-07-17T16:30:04","slug":"rakim_dr_dre_split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/17\/rakim_dr_dre_split\/","title":{"rendered":"Rakim & Dr. Dre Split"},"content":{"rendered":"

I knew<\/i><\/b> this would happen – Rakim Finally Gives Up on Aftermath<\/a><\/i>. The project has been dragging on for too long, and Dre has a history of this. Maybe Rakim just needs to get back with Eric B. It’s funny how just a few days ago Rakim was talking about how the album was about to drop<\/a>, and everything was going so well with Dre. Talk about a head-fake. <\/p>\n

I wonder how the recent signings of Eve and Ice Cube<\/a> will turn out. Aren’t we all still waiting for Dre & Cube’s Helter Skelter project? Don’t hold your breath on any of these projects seeing the light of day. I think Dre should stick to working with new artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I knew this would happen – Rakim Finally Gives Up on Aftermath. The project has been dragging on for too long, and Dre has a history of this. Maybe Rakim just needs to get back with Eric B. It’s funny how just a few days ago Rakim was talking about how the album was about… Continue reading Rakim & Dr. Dre Split<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/06\/23\/22_greatest_mcs\/","url_meta":{"origin":83,"position":0},"title":"22 Greatest MCs","date":"June 23, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Anyone catch MTV's 22 Greatest MC show? The moment they announced number 22 I knew we were gonna have beef. 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