I have a couple questions for the guys at the hip hop forum. We all know three of these guys are putting out albums this year (Eminem maybe next year). Firstly, what kind of album do you think each of them will put out? I'm thinkin Em will go super retrospective and it will be a great album yet people will still hate on it because they want 'old Em' back.

Secondly, I think 50 will put out a sick ass album that will be on par with GRODT. He IS taking a lot of time to do this and there should be some nice tracks on there. I also heard a rumour he's trying to team up with Nas & Jay, going at Dipset.

As for Dre, I heard he teamed up with Mel-Man again and it should have the same type of feel as 2001. I've heard collaborators are Jay, Snoop, Busta, Game, and 50 Cent. That sounds just too OUT THERE in my opinion, and I think it may just be a bust. Dre with Jay-Z? They already tried it and it came out wack.

What you guys think?

Detox has been in the making for years, I can't wait for the ****, I been listening to Chronic 2001 a lot lately...

I thin Em's next album shsould be a solid effort. He will have to have more drive for this album. His last album lacked a lot of passion. It was a very lazy effort in my opion but I like the album anyway.

50 will drop a heater. I enjoy 50 despite the fact that some people feel he is wack. He's good in my book. I 'll be checking for this album. Detox should be exclusively West Coast but I know it won't. It better have DPG, Cube, Snoop, and Game.

Detox is probally the one album I am real hyped for, anything The Doctor has done over the years has always caught my ear. Plus when you said the collabo's I heard a slightly different list of people to be on it. If I recall without listening to every song on 2001, it was mostly Snoop, Em, Kurupt, X to the Z that were on the majority. Devin did a hook and a few other verses from others but those were the main guys. My guess is Dre goes with his younger guns to help Detox out, I think the main cast of it will be Bishop Lamont (who is a very dope MC and his album will be the suprise of the year), G.A.G.E. (havent heard to much of him but Dre is feelin him a lot), Snoop (always on Dre's **** without him its not Dre), and I think Nate Dogg comes back for the classic hooks. I think we will get a 50 verse maybe a hook, Young Buck verse just because Dre and Bucks connection from that stabbing incident. But for the most part we get verses from Bishop, Gage and Snoop. I think its going to be mind blowing and be the album of the year. Dre never dissapoints and this is hyped like non other.

I think 50 tops The Massacre but not GRODT, puts out a nice album but nothing spectacular.

Not sure about Em, although Id like to hear another great LP from him.

Dont think I'll buy Eminem's album. Encore was a pure waste of money, I dont pay to listen to that ****. 50's album will be on par with GRODT. He realises he has to pull his finger out and make some of that old stuff. Detox has been in the works for too long, it's gonna be hard to impress.