What other rap legend should get the deluxe Q-Tip refurbishment treatment?

Rakim next, please! I know he's got it in him. Those new R tracks I heard were sooooooo...oof.

Busta

that would be sweet.

that song "The Force" on the LL album....!!!!! it's so fucking great. jesus. i can't believe i've been an LL fan since 1985. i don't think i've heard a 21st century album though.

I wonder if this setup only works with rappers rich enough to clear loops...or maybe Tip has just been in the sampling game so long that he knows who to call.

i think its time Kurtis Blow made a comeback

'The Force' apparently samples 'Don't Stop Til You Get Enough', but is it just the bass (pitched way down, and around)? Seems like he could have gotten away with that one, it's hardly recognizable.

i bet q-tip and big boi have some heat together from when the final tribe album was almost a tribe/outkast album

Ooh that's a good idea, I never heard that. Get Bun B in there too.

Tragedy khadafi… kool Keith (not that he needs one he def still sounds great)…

I would love a Big Daddy Kane comeback album, but I don't know if he should work with Q-Tip. I think he should work with whoever's producing tracks for Rick Ross. That kind of high-gloss widescreen showbiz millionaire thing would be perfect for old-man Kane.

q-tip should complete the circle and produce an album for kool moe dee

Slick Rick would be awesome. He deserves the royal treatment.

wiki says this:

"In September 2023, it was announced that Rick is finishing up work on a new solo album, his first since Art of Storytelling."

but if its one of those DIY Rakim things...

some of these rap billionaires could put up some recording session cash for the old favorites.

Related-ish to this thread, totally recommend this 2015 QNC album -- includes Curt Cazal from JVC Force. First thing I thought of listening to LL's album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDxERI_yWY8

COrmega