I've had a long time to play with both Fruityloops & Reason, and really my verdict is this:

Reason BLOWS fruityloops out the water, hands down.
HOWEVER, Fruity is a good program to start with indeed, I kinda fashion myself to the sounds with fruity more than Reason, BUT Fruity isn't all that great for creatin' a hip/hop/rap vibe at all, it has more of a industrial sound to it... I've made some tight shit but Reason is JUST ILL this is as close as you'll get to real equipment without buying them all.

but in the end, NOTHING beats real equipment.
save some money, get you a mpc2000XL a recorder a cheap mic & a drum machine.

WoW, my first post, welcome me boyz & girlz HAHA peace