Hip-hop legend Rakim Allah announced plans for an upcoming summer album last week during a concert in New York City.
Before, the Long Island rapper said that his seventh studio album, tentatively titled “Seventh Seal,” would be ready for release by the summer of 2006. During his performance he also spoke briefly about his unreleased album on Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label, saying that if he could do it over he “would have taken his talents elsewhere.”
its been 9 years since he realsed "the master" and in a strong sellin sales
atmosphere it struggled with commerical success by just movin past 200 000 copies sold.When asked how he thought this would cope with the recent struggling sales from even the highest selling artists at late... Rakim replyed "I feel confident about it.if anyone wants claissic material then they will support (Seventh Seal)"
when questioned about how pleased he thinks his long awaited fans will be with this effort he said "This is my best work so far its as simple as that." "Its been a long time coming and i wont dissapoint"
Although rakim hasn't done much collaborations in the past he said he will be workin with nas along with a few others.Possibly saigon and papoose... and even goin as far as too say he still could work with dre.
Legendary DJ Kid Capri was behind the turntables in lieu of Rakim’s former DJ Eric B, and the jam-packed venue was attended by various artists including Kool Herc, Pete Rock, M1 of Dead Prez, and Immortal Technique.