juma hamis Facts!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽

And u know that...

Nobody ever dared.

The greatest ever. ...goat

He is number 1

Facts

I’m jealous of you bro 😎 ima a Mexican from NYC I know we not big there but we grow up like everybody else there and I love that I got two great cultures to represent (nyc/mexico)

Production was superb. Lyrics speak for themselves

Zyair McNight I am the same age as you, I remember when this came out in early 92... still sound as dope as it did back then.. can’t touch the R

Zyair McNight I can tell your head game off da chain...

Golden age of rap

44 but still bumping this when I'm 70

18 and 46. Wyrd is bond.

Or ''Actual rap'' and ''Bullshit no talent rap''

Darth Drakkar word!

100% I don't care- there wouldn't be Nas or any of these dudes sounding like they do without Ra!

AGREED

Darth Drakkar Era's consist of time periods, not categories

Preach it!!

NATIONAL TREASURE

Dude's musician for sure! Also plays sax!

Wow, didn't know that. Respect the God MC even more now

not amazing tho or surprising - he's a ....B B O Y

HE did his own beat wow!!!

💯🔥

The first of it time

he laid the foundation for the better rappers. he is the GOAT of lyrics /raps that actually make sense and flow with the beat. big fan since i was a kid in 86 or so.

Yup, pretty much invented modern rap!

Eye agree

We like all rap music we like all old school rap music we like all hiphop music we like all 90s-80s😀😀🎶🎶🇺🇸🙏👍👍

@@paulgabbard6582 Who's *we* ? You schizo or somethin'?

Rns

Tupac was dangerous (Yo Q )

Best line ever written.

"Don't be like me, harded headed use to run where my gun burn much hotter than sun burn"

oh THAT's what he said???!!! lol

🔥🔥🔥

Big ups to catching that

its a loop. he didn't play it live through the song. that's a whole different thing. surely he eventually could, but... who knows if he could then. the point is, the loop is necessary because the dynamics of live drums are never perfect. listen close. exact same sound every measure.

​@@JokersNtheOddballIt's still impressive.

@@DoloGomez I suppose. it's one of the best songs ever. i guess I was just going over the ways it could be done without being well versed in drumming in my head. not to critique him its just how we think as musicians

@@JokersNtheOddball as a musician? Lol. Ok. I suppose too. As far as I know Rakim is not classically trained on the drums whatsoever. So for him to just jump on the drums and play the beat he had in his head out of nowhere is pretty darn impressive.

@@DoloGomez but I really think he knows how to play them. I meant to say I was just thinking out loud in the first place because all I ever do in my head is music, so picking apart the sound is just second nature. its harmless because its art you can't really be critical of a true artist. the instrumental is so good too.

Subliminally... I think EPMD, Freddie Foxx, Kane.

Roosevelt Darbey nev pac speak facts fohh

Kevin Scott if he gone diss he gone diss you saw what happened wit b.i.g but its my opinion ion really care for yours so put it as you please

@Roosevelt Darbey can you get me links where he said that?

Roosevelt Darbey please send us the link then if it’s not hard to find, I can’t source the audio

Concurd. Bro

100% agree.

ONE of the best movies of all time don't you mean the best

Dom Sansotta it's up there.

Dom Sansotta great movie.. but HORRIBLE ending lol "youve got the juice now"... then nothing.

EXCELLENT CHOICE!!!!🎤🎤🎤🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯 MAY I ALSO SUGGEST FAKIN THE FUNK BY LARGE PROFESSOR!!!

@@reallife0728 yes 🙌🏽

From what I understand.. when Eric was seeking a rapper to form a group with him back in '85, Freddie Foxx was in the mix.

#FAAACTZ💯🔥🔥🔥

2Pac is tha GOAT Nothing more to say

@@enes2paccerria745 2pac is nothing EMINEM aka Slim Shady is the GOAT 🐐.

On the money

Braggadocios, Soave, Silky smooth..... 😆💥😆

This cat also played the drums on this track. Crazy

👍👍👍👍👍

He was the drummer too

Yes this and follow the leader two favorite Rakim jams

@Thomas.. It has to be!! It was a well written song. Truly complimented the movie. A 4 verse masterpiece.

Facts

Facts

KRS-1 is the all time champion!. Busta rhymes another beast!. But Rakim is definitely in the top 5

KRS is number two sorry

@@julesbadguy5878 nah no way KRS 1 makes top 5. He is a pioneer in the game but no way in the top 5. Struggles to get in even top 10

Top 10

@@julesbadguy5878 RIGHT!

Juice is a great movie too. So gritty, early 90’s NYC

Buying the soundtrack was a must🔥

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Okolo Pierre Thank you, someone gets it. Goats have him on their list of Goats. 🤣

Like all old school hip-hop rap music old school hip-hop mix music old school hip-hop jam music old school hip-hop 90s music

+Jimmy JC Em has changedrapit for the worse. People accepting that medicore shit as Real Hip Hop allowed all those weak-ass rappers to come along and take over Hip Hop. Now, these kids think people like Em, Little Wayne and the rest of those watered-down rappers is the begining of Hip Hop not realizing their rise represent the end of Hip hop

I agree that Lil Wayne is mediocre, but Eminem in his prime was dope as fuck fool, what are you talking about? I guess you haven't heard Rakim giving Em major props and calling him one of the G.O.A.T.S. huh? Pound for pound Eminem is one of the best lyricists ever, whether you personally like his music or not.

+Iconoclastic fuck Eminem. Nigga talks ghetto shit like he lived it. Gimmick that was assisted by Dre and them out in Cali. Rakim is just too positive to bash him. Anyone who knows anything about rap knows how insane Rakim is. Rakim is that nigga that hundreds of rappers followed. No one followed Em and his gimmick.

Yeah, you completely missed my point. Gimmick or not, Eminem is a master wordsmith and a top tier lyricist, and anybody with respect for the craft can see that, so long as they put their personal feelings aside. I think you'd be surprised how many rappers "talk ghetto shit like they lived it" but didn't, and Eminem has always been pretty honest about his life and his hardships. I'm not saying he's the G.O.A.T. but to deny his skills on the mic just because you don't like him is childish and insincere. And to say nobody followed him or tried to sound like him is just ridiculous. You must have been living under a rock between 1999-2004, because he completely changed the game and at one point in time, everybody wanted to spit like he did. Maybe a lot of that was a mixture of marketing and his skin color giving him benefits, but a large part of that was his high caliber of skill. I still agree though that nobody can touch Rakim.

+Iconoclastic The Fuck? Yeah back then this shit 🔥 and it still is, but your forgetting about the ones who can rap today like J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Logic, Joey Badass, Jay Electronica, etc... Hip Hop hasn't completely died yet. Bro and this talk about em...? Em is good and no doubt changed the game and saying he didn't live the life of what he raps. that's were your wrong. Yeah some of the stuff he said were from 50 and dre but nigga saying he can't rap making you look wack 😐.

@yabghus how does premo still make his beats then?

@yabghus ... They don't want to take the time to do so or spend the money. In other words, most of them can't.

Their is only one Zar an it's rakeem the god, his music can never die ,he is hip hip, 30 years later proves the power of the hip hop god rakeem supreme allah 👊

@@teebrown9646 mashallah

This record is actually 30 years old this year⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️ But close

2024

yeah shit is dope

Booomer

I did too. My mind was blown

@@EpsiIonEagle ,💯

He should. He produced the entire record. Eric B had nothing to do with the record. Facts.

Eric provided the scratches in the song.

Yeah he is. I agree with your father too. Verbal expression w/o cursing is great mental exercise. But sometimes... 😁✌🏾 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nJmRktaamaeVpoU.html

there's two instances of profanity theyre just edited out

he said the n word 3x

Rakim been solid. He don't like cussing

East coast rap was next level back then. West coast was more raw and gangsta shit but East coast rap is my all time favorite while I live and bump it on the west coast Cali streets

this shit is dope AF!!!!!!🔥

Real talk.

Some of these narrow-minds here this and immediately get to discreditin' "It was alright."

enjoy your ride....hell yeah

it aint no yachty tho

He's the Zar mcee bro his spitting pure venomous bars, this was 30 years age 🔥 🔥 🔥 Zar 🦁 🐾

I'd say Pac is the most important ever but Rakim is def top 5 in that bracket and at least top 10 of all time

@@damianoabbina9967 pac is not in rakims,cool g rap big daddy kane or scarface league, Facts .

Don't let me call biggy or big pun clown ass 🤣

@@damianoabbina9967 list your top 5 ?no particular order bro. I dare u

Also... Adrock, Mike D and MCA.

💯%Facts!

Never knew that and I'm very old. Gl

I dont know about best ever, but its definitely up there bro

I think “I ain’t no joke “ is a better beat

its up there for sure

I'll definitely say one of the BEST.. I think no one can pinpoint one song that's 'thee best'. Personally, it's my top 25 out of maybe 500 hip hop songs.

This is some serious rap shit rakim style, damn it might be one of the best hiphop song ever

Preach!

Marcus Kendall oh yeah.. What about Big Daddy Kane?

oh yeah.. What about Kool G Rap ?

Marcus Kendall true indeed Rakim is the greatest

Marcus Kendall you know what.....:u right

Marcus Kendall Rakim God MC.

You bring honor to your family. Respect!

You are WISE Young Sir! Very wise. Big up fella!

Me too man im 13 gotta love classics no matter

I don’t care

U have a ear for good music young man

nice job

From Brazil

When East Coast Hip Hop ran the industry. Rakim in my top 5

Nah you just old

@@ggallintedtalk Nah bru, my generation is better at er thang then ya young cats. Tight pants and auto tunes, light voice generation who cant keep there heads ups at barbershop and in the streets, Thats your generation fam, we embarrassed by ya young kats and the music ya make. RHAKIM WILL ALWAYS BE THE GOD as long as hip hop exists.

"Saw my teeth fall in the sink when I started too brush." - Beastie boys, car thief.

Brandon Hawes Dassafak ‼️ 💯

lol 😄

Facts 💯💯💯

Or entire career

Facts💯

“When i die go bury me & my note books in Cairo, with the great gods from Egypt manifest through writing rhymes, align with the stars ill come back & bless the mic”

Darren Stephens I didn’t appreciate it enough back in ‘91 😭 good ol days

@@nephikalamafoni4512 Funny, why?

monica bella it just sounds so good right now maybe because there was so much good music back then, I took it for granted and just so much crap right now, it just hits different right now ❤️ My cut off that sound track was naughty by nature uptown anthem that base line was just too mean 💯💯

very true bro...

WORD!!!

I agree with you

Yeah the beats are all the same nowadays for the most part lyrics are still around with some beats back then all had different sounds unlike today but there are some bright spots in today still

Eh, even though beats have changed the style nowadays is still dope

I'm sure you're referring to mainstream garbage you hear on the radio. There's still great artists today. Hard to find, sure. But yes, as far as lyrics and the obvious work that was put into writing them, it can be depressing to hear what passes today. Most rap in the 90s still holds. Wu-Tang, the underrated Gravediggaz, for example, still blows me away. Now go listen to that guy with all the shit on his face and pink and blue and green or whatever color hair--who practically flaunts and brags about being a RAT in public--and tell me it isn't sad what passes today. He's probably got like a billion views, a whole generation believes that to be hip hop....okay, I'm sounding old. I'll stop now. Get off my lawn!

the beat was dope tho, eric b did a great job

He is one of the best and put the game down and put R in Rap.

The best ever! Don't care what anybody say.

When he performed this on "IN LIVING COLOR" he said "imma put it in a rhyme and put it in ur brain" I was like 🤔😃

He was checkin cloutchasers before it had a name

i have never heard tale of any rapper trying to put shame on his game to make a name. Not even Kane. (Bars)

But wait… hey hold on… my kids tell me Drake is really good too.

“And my pockets are still phat, wherever I’m at, I get the welcome mat”.

100000000000 percent

Lol

Not enough is said about what Eric did with this track. Many others were liquid gold as well.

@DESTROY white supremacy BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY Wouldnt have thought Ra would use a ghost DJ. So who was composing the tracks?

@DESTROY white supremacy BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY thanks for the education

its harder than every rap song from today

COMBINED!!

Man this harder than all of'em!!!

Best part

GOAT.

Thank you that says it all .there is no equal. These kids today haven't a clue

🐐☝🏾

Off that Juice soundtrack. classic!

Raw and rugged like Rakim used to say. This video was so dark and edgy it was perfect for this time in rap music. Onyx and other harder rap groups were coming up and the times were changing. This movie as well was the new wave of hip-hop movies that were taking over society, like Spike Lee's were before.

Bernard Palmer This is rap. The bullcrap you see is nothing compared to this. I'm sick of grown black people trying to justify it. I love Onyx too.

Respect brother! Same.

Doesn't matter how old you are. It's timeless, keep it in your rotation bruh. That's what matters 👌

Hell yeah!!! Same am 50 this year

@@fasteddie617 how old are you???

Check out LYRICS OF FURY......IT'S COLD.

Wrong. The best ever was "You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack" by Viper

Am I black enough for you - Schoolly D