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Eminem and Sista Souljah: Imagine if she had been in the studio when those derogatory lyrics came out of Em’s mouth!
Ja Rule and Luther Vandross: If Ja insists on singing his lyrics, he should team up with a living legend.
Brother J (formerly of X-Clan) and The Watusi Tribe’s X-Man: More Egyptian mysticism than you could shake an ankh at!
Freeway and Remedy: Roc-a-fella’s Islamic lyricist and an obscure Jewish rapper could join forces to bring peace to the Middle East.
KRS-One and MC Shan: These two Hip Hop old-schoolers have the power to show young ones how to rock the mic and let bygones be bygones.
Mos Def and Talib Kweli: One has the acting bug; the other has been busy touring with Common, The Roots, Black Eyed Peas and other like-minded artists. A Black Star II album is long overdue.
P. Diddy and Clay Aiken: Hip Hop’s boy wonder and American Idol‘s most celebrated runner-up bring you Da Bland.
Lil’ Kim and MC Lyte: Lyte shows Kim how it’s done. With her clothes on.
Chuck D. and Paris: Politics, race, religion and the media; nothing would be off limits for two of Hip Hop’s most outspoken lyricists. And speaking of Chuck …
Public Enemy feat. 50 Cent: The album could be called It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back … and One Rapper to Keep Us There. Ouch.
Kevin Britton’s column The Ledge appears regularly in CityBeat.
This article appears in Dec 17-23, 2003.