A new definition of "reunion"

After more than 10 long years, the prayers of rap fans every have finally been answered. We are not talking about the release of a new Fugees album or even Detox. We are speaking, of course, of the long-awaited Harlem World reunion. Since Ma$e presented The Movement in 1999, listeners have been aching for more music from the group (everyone forgot about their appearance on “From Scratch” from Ma$e’s second album, Double Up, almost as quickly as they forgot Ma$e had a second album). Thankfully, the time has come, and Ma$e, Loon, Blinky Blink, Baby Stace, Huddy Combs, Cardan, and Meeno are coming together once again, but there is a catch: Ma$e, Loon, Blinky Blink, Baby Stace, and Huddy Combs will be not be participating in any way. In other news, Marlon Jackson had a Jackson 5 reunion in the shower this morning.

Is it just us, or does 28.5% of a group doing a song together not constitute a reunion? Especially, when they are like the two least memorable members of the bunch. Granted, Huddy just died, so they couldn’t really get him on board, and Loon has said he is taking a hiatus from rap to work on his beard. But were Baby Stace and Blinky Blink too busy to be bothered? Furthermore, Ma$e attempts to regain relevance in rap every couple years. They couldn’t have momentarily delayed their reunion to coincide with the next cycle? Ma$e is the founder of the group. There can’t be a reunion without him on board!

Maybe it’s not that the others weren’t interested in a reunion. Maybe, instead, Cardan and Meeno weren’t interested in working with them! After all, there were stories of Harlem cats being upset with Ma$e for not showing up to Huddy’s funeral. Maybe Cardan and Meeno have issues with him, and don’t want him involved with the comeback. And since Stace and Blink are his siblings, it makes sense that they would also be excluded. But if that’s the case, maybe they shouldn’t try to reunite the group formed by the guy they are beefing with! That’s almost as bad as being kicked out of a group, then talking an enormous amount of shit about that group, only to turn around and beg to be let back into said group. Maybe Game and Young Buck will follow suit and do a G-Unit reunion without G-Unit (and they will probably try to exclude Ma$e too).