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Sometimes in hip-hop, you get the worst of both worlds
The reviews are in, and it’s official: Kanye West and Jay-Z's "Watch the Throne" does not suck. Yet if history has taught us anything, it’s that supergroups are hardly a sure bet in hip-hop. The genre’s alleys are littered with failed, forgotten or never-quite-launched ideas that probably sounded really good on paper, but failed to achieve liftoff, due to scheduling conflicts, conflicting egos or simply the insanely fast life cycle of the average rapper. Here are 13 would-be supergroups and all-star collaborations that didn’t quite live up to expectations.—Jeff Vrabel, Special to Metromix
(What do you think is hip-hop's biggest collaborative fail? Sound off in the comments section.)
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