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@EyeTunz7 жыл бұрын
He's the greatest emcee ever, yet still incredibly underrated in music history. I place him alongside Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Fela Kuti, James Brown. That's the level Rakim is at to me. Those are his peers as far as influence. That's why any emcee lists without Rakim at #1 look like a joke to me. The list starts at #2.
@kcire-tv3wy6 жыл бұрын
Yessir! People still can't understand half his lyrics or how he breaks down how he's better than you so intricately. No one better.
@jerrellnelson53486 жыл бұрын
[ Eye Tunz ] [HD] you are absolutely correct.
@kevinscott595 жыл бұрын
Realjayrome What the fuck?
5 жыл бұрын
[ Eye Tunz ] [HD] yeah he damn good, probably one of the best rappers, but please....u can't compare him to miles, aretha, and especially James brown (Willie Nelson wtf??) Those people where just on another level of gifted genius, talent and feeling which very few humans (forget artists) have. It just ain't the same "sport" like comparing a proffesional wrestler to a proffesional mixed martial artist one is much more evolved and has more comolexities in his sport then the other. It's just not the same league.
@markbey94115 жыл бұрын
[ Eye Tunz ] [HD] ... I hear you man. I just posted a few minutes ago. Often HipHop didn’t get put in My upper echelon category My Stevie, Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Prince, John Coltrane ELOHIM realm...but Rakim was knocking at Heavens gate... he slipped in quietly... street level genius. I often listen to him like I would a complex Jazz album... or some trippy multilayered Floyd... hand under the chin ... serious face🤔... deep deep. I feel you
@myday10107 жыл бұрын
Rakim is the best to ever do it.. Way ahead of his time...
@saifhasan74257 жыл бұрын
mytousha magee Rakim is one of the greatest to ever touch the mic
@kevinb11257 жыл бұрын
+Saif Hasan the best
@jarrelely73867 жыл бұрын
Saif Hasan what about mc shan, utfo, x-clan, kwame, k-solo, jaz-o, father MC and positive k?
@chaingjones64157 жыл бұрын
I agree 100,000,000%
@e2daz2657 жыл бұрын
ReturnoftheBrotha competition is none
@santricemcpherson78097 жыл бұрын
rakim changed the game...rhymes ahead of the Times
@chaingjones64157 жыл бұрын
So true
@peytonbell56376 жыл бұрын
😘 me , you & a bottle of baby oil 😍🍩🍆
6 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@ZAKAR7775 жыл бұрын
The rhyme gets rougher as the rhyme goes on...hands down the best beat fab five Freddie ever did
@sherrythompson93384 жыл бұрын
I just wrote a whole paragraph stating that, super facts.
@shamiqparker13575 жыл бұрын
His bars was ahead of his time.. mind blowing verses... I'm 43 and been a hip hop head all my life and his first album sounds like it was just done... You can tell Nas studied him hard body.. peace to the god
@terucks2 жыл бұрын
RIP Alvin Toney. You were highly influential. From Eric B Rakim to EPMD to Craig Mack. Always in our hearts
@elchase56436 жыл бұрын
HANDS DOWN RAKIM IS THE G.O.A.T......THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.....Can i get a witness
@deejaycerebral6 жыл бұрын
One of...
@charlesstrong89866 жыл бұрын
@@deejaycerebral THE!
@nathancifuentes24486 жыл бұрын
RAKIM VS GURU
@rebelpumpfitness49046 жыл бұрын
Peace peace peace peace🙏✌️✌️✌️
@DropAGemTV6 жыл бұрын
Check out Bumpy Knuckles talking about how Eric B and Rakim helped him get his start in the game! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/leB5mduD05ixmY0.html
6 жыл бұрын
He is our Michael Jordan of hip hop rap especially with the lyricism
@sherrythompson93384 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@Abruzzo3333 жыл бұрын
Better analogy than the Lebron analogy the dude in the video used. There's no comparison between the two. One plays in an era where you're not even allowed to play proper defense.
@roderickcoleman37522 жыл бұрын
Factz bro only REAL HIPHOP fans know that
@Troygraham49372 жыл бұрын
He's way beyond Jordan . He's music at it's apex . Fluid like water that's his flow
2 жыл бұрын
@@Troygraham4937 you missed the point he is Michael Jordan of hip hop and MCing in him rhyming he changed everyone on how they MC from the ones before and after him as Michael Jordan has in the NBA
@JayWerx5 жыл бұрын
“ I’ll run a brain scan to check out his game plan, when I’m finished he won’t be the same man” Rakim in 1987. Shouldn’t be no argument about who’s the god MC.
@sherrythompson93384 жыл бұрын
@Jarrel Ely Rakim all day, but Shan had skills.
@DJTazzyTaz3 жыл бұрын
Hands down. Anyone who doesn't list Rakim as the greatest MC of all time basically does not know what Hip Hop is.
@dariangregory61826 жыл бұрын
Even as a Kid when I first heard Rakim, He wasn't well known yet but I knew he was something special. He was so futuristic compared to everyone else at the time. I KNEW he would be considered a Legend by the time I was an "old head". Damn if it ain't play out just like I saw it. Its cool to still be alive and see it.
@bonkerrifical47377 жыл бұрын
the best emcee of all time...peace to the god...
@bonkerrifical47377 жыл бұрын
The Mystery (Who is God).....is a powerful degree
@marvinwyche79647 жыл бұрын
+Bonker Rifical paying cash and buying old rap cassette tapes holler back inbox me.
@RashidAli-ft8jg7 жыл бұрын
Marvin Wyche all i have i nas first joint
@treytrey6377 жыл бұрын
YESSSSSSSSS!!!! Give him his flowers while he can smell them. Rakim is the Father of Modern lyricism in Hip-Hop. Along with Big Daddy Kane.PERIOD.
@rgw1380rw6 жыл бұрын
I'd also say that Eminem became the so called best by being a student of Kool G Rap.
@PharaohLawLess16 жыл бұрын
Facts!!!
@rgw1380rw6 жыл бұрын
@Realjayrome You must be under 30 with a false statement like that. Your version of the GOAT was well known for attempting to mimic Das Efx at one point in his career. Rakim only sounded like the guy who influenced most Emcee's to step up their lyrical skills.
@A1SuperGuy6 жыл бұрын
+ Kool G
@sherrythompson93384 жыл бұрын
Rakim changed the game by himself that other stuff was dance rap Big Daddy Kane was king of that.
@messiahblack48167 жыл бұрын
Some cats were just born to inspire others.
@strong75605 жыл бұрын
Rakim is a Lyrical Genius the dude had you clinging to every word that came out his mouth.
@carlos640305 жыл бұрын
"I took a kid and cut off his eyelids Killed him slow so he can see what I did And if he don't understand what I said I'm pushin' his eyeballs WAAAAAY to the back of his head So he can see what he's gettin' in to A part of the mind that he's never been through..." That verse, that verse right there from Rakim's cut, 'The Punisher', is my favorite metaphorical verse of ALL TIME out of ANY song of ANY genre! That chit is just straight-up raw!
@chadnoswal92433 жыл бұрын
“Follow the Leader” is filled with metaphors. The entire track is a metaphor, really. He’s amazing, that’s for certain!!
@malcolmx23916 жыл бұрын
When i first heard Rakim as a youth back in 1988 down south in the hood, my interest in knowledge of self began. 30yrs later and scores of books, rituals and spiritual practices i find myself educating those around me often. Thank you Rakim.
@ianlaing49357 жыл бұрын
The greatest in my opinion - Rakim
@elifoster43676 жыл бұрын
You ain't lying either Ra is the true Goat!
@DJTazzyTaz3 жыл бұрын
It's a fact
@k.c.lejeune66135 жыл бұрын
Rakim is the king yet to be conquered. That voice, that delivery, that flow, THAT PERFECTION!! GOAT!!
@krazethekingofcontent5 жыл бұрын
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@killroyk3356 Жыл бұрын
Fasho 👍
@Robmny7 жыл бұрын
Rakim is the GOAT!! He has always been my favorite of all time. Sit back and listen to his lyrics, you'll see.
@soloist94955 жыл бұрын
I'm from London I'm 23 I was turned on to rakim when I was 12 13 years old through microphone fiend he definitely sounded ahead of his time most of his records like lyrics of fury mahogany and follow the leader that had come out 4 and 5 years before I was born have really stood the test of time to this day nobody on a artist and break out level has overtaken rakim on a level of content flow delivery and stage persona he's still on top "Compition is none" "ill take a phrase that's rarely heard flip it now its a daily word" "it ain't where your from its where your at" "ill take 7 mc's put em in a line Add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme It'll take 7 more before I go for mine Now that's 21 mc's ate up at the same time" " ladies and gentlemen your about to see a pastime hobby about to be taken to the maximum" Just a few iconic moments and career starters to some of your favourite mc's Such as Nas Az Busta rhymes Lord finesse Jeru the damaja Mobb deep Capone and nore Black star Souls of mischief Hieroglyphs Jurassic 5 Uk hip hop artists Such as roots manuva Black twang Fallacy Foreign beggers Lowkey Akala Rakim influence has filtered into every type of evolved intelligent hip hop I was always a nas mobb deep wu tang fan But I have a new found appreciation for rakim he's the original Peace
@krazethekingofcontent5 жыл бұрын
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@soloist94955 жыл бұрын
@@krazethekingofcontent in London we've got yo mtv raps a remake of you guys show with Ed lover and doc dre But we cover UK hip hop culture and grime If you guys come down to London Youll find places where golden era hip hop is still very prevelent and on going
@Jren-qw4ew6 жыл бұрын
He wrote a verse that states "his rhymes like oxygen"...you can't breathe without Oxygen...that's deep
@dabariummalak11943 жыл бұрын
Bring em to the front cuz my rhymes the oxygen - as the rhyme goes on
@jaytoro56849 ай бұрын
‘Til somebody drop ‘n then Bring em to the front cuz my rhyme’s the oxygen.
@justicetm25376 жыл бұрын
"I don't believe in writer's block. So, when I get to the point where I'm gettin' slow in the ink, I just put the pen down and go out in the world and live. I'm not rhymin. I'm just thinking. So, I got more life to put down." Let that sink in. Rakim Alar, the God MC. The greatest of all time.
@kcire-tv3wy6 жыл бұрын
Indeed! People still don't get it.
@jaymo4367 жыл бұрын
16 dislikes???They must like this era of hip hop...if you can call it that.
@Kevinjandro5 жыл бұрын
Rakim was the only rapper who never got dissed he was nasty👈🏾💯💯
@krazethekingofcontent5 жыл бұрын
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@user-tb4zf8uv3j Жыл бұрын
Big Daddy had some words for him...along with Kool Moe Dee.... He was just above.
@bagley2326 жыл бұрын
I have a tape with Rakim when he went by Kid Wizard when he was down with the Love Brothers. I won't play it because It is so old I am scared its gonna snap.
@maryjane19336 жыл бұрын
Whiz kid wow thanks for that info The real goat in Hiphop!!!!! Whuts your opinion on his last album
@kcire-tv3wy6 жыл бұрын
Get it put on CD.
@Outta126 жыл бұрын
Its priceless!!!!
@Moeonit5 жыл бұрын
@@kcire-tv3wy its 2018 and u talking bout put it on CD I'm looking at 40 and ain't played a CD in yrs just put it in mp3 form. I have no more crates of records, CDs tapes and have 4or5 times more music than ever... All on hard drives🤔🤔ijs
@ericjordan60595 жыл бұрын
@@Moeonit ... Well do u and keep it pushin.
@alonzoperrin93017 жыл бұрын
Listening to these lyrics...these rappers now a days can't fuck wit him now!!
@chaingjones64157 жыл бұрын
U ain't lying
@dyr2347 жыл бұрын
can't even touch it
@franciscodeanda78906 жыл бұрын
All Truth To That!
@wesleypipes25905 жыл бұрын
Rakim still looks like he's in 87' it's like The GOD MC has a time machine
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@holyghost19736 жыл бұрын
Top MC of all time Period we all bit his style one way or another
@markbey94115 жыл бұрын
I’m in my 50s now. To this day I marvel at the impact Rakim had in my life. ... he made it to my top 5 list of Impact at key stages of Life... Childhood: Jackson Five Teens: Rick James, Parliament/Funkadelic Late Teens:Prince, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd Twenties: Rakim, KRS-ONE, PE Thirties- present... added classic jazz to repertoire... certain classical. Listening 👂🏽 for the Soul in any genre. There were certain albums that were meditations... like if I put it on I’d have to listen to the entire piece... Songs in the Key of Life Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome The Wall Dark Side of the Moon Equinox: Coltrane So What: Myles Davis Inner Visions: Stevie... And I have to say Rakims ‘Let The Rhythm Hit’em ‘was in that space for years... One of the few in the HipHop category for me... Public Enemy’s “ It Takes A Nation of Millions was up there too.
@tre2776 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. My first 2 tapes ever, were Salt n Pepa ( Hot Cold Sweat) and Paid in Full. I would fall asleep listening to PIF days at a time. Rahim taught me arithmetic
@markbey9411 Жыл бұрын
@@tre2776 .. excellent. I didn’t realize I had written my life story on here! 😂. I always talk about long ass comments too! Guess I need to practice what I preach from now on!
@tre2776 Жыл бұрын
@@markbey9411 lol nah fam......talk your talk, your history is important too. I meant, Rakim helped me understand supreme mathematics
@markbey9411 Жыл бұрын
@@tre2776 … oh now that’s even more deep. There was some real teaching being done during that time period. Rakim, PE, KRS, Brand Nubians, Jungle Bros, Poor Righteous Teachers, etc. Truly a blessed moment in HipHop.
@tre2776 Жыл бұрын
@@markbey9411 that's what they were afraid of and why things got changed. I'm from DC, learned knowledge of self and about all that through hip hop. Lessons I still carry with me today. I was 9/10 years old and studying Ra, I knew instantly he was different. The 7 MC theory? Absolute genius. "What can you say as the earth 🌎 gets further and further away/planets as small as balls of clay"? Jesus
@NYCJAY7183 жыл бұрын
Hands DOWN RAKIM is the Best to ever do it Period! #1 MC EVER! True Hip Hop forever
@kirbyaugustine7616 жыл бұрын
Your favorite MC’s favorite MC! Rakim Allah. Peace to the God MC.
@ANCIENTMYS7 жыл бұрын
@ :13 That pic right there! That is late 80's Rakim, that pic shows the physical aura and essence of the MC that captivated a generation. The jewelry, the clothes, the swag, the aggressive, MASCULINE delivery of his rhymes. His music's energy at the time was amazing.
@coolyouthrod5 жыл бұрын
"I run a brain scan to locate his game plan"....I had to stop the video there because that's all I could handle in one setting.
@sherrythompson93384 жыл бұрын
The thing I learned from and about Rakim that made him so special even back in the 87 to 90s era he was so unbelievably ahead of his time almost like light years ahead of anyone or anything that was out at the time he took it to a whole nother dimesion of ryhme almost and no disrespect to KRS1 who was also a brilliant emcee or the next best emcee at that time but the distance between the two was truly overwhelming far as the skill set Rakim took it or set the bar to heights unimaginable at that time, a true a God bless talent for the ages in hiphop.
@majwho7 жыл бұрын
13:33 straight fire from 1987 is better than anything out right now!! FACTS! Thank you 4 this video.....one
@Twizzledoc1876 жыл бұрын
majwho FACTS!!!!!!!!
@lark50006 жыл бұрын
Yes, not 87. More like 91 or 92, most likely 92 however or as lyfe said
@coreygoodrichsr48195 жыл бұрын
The song is called the Punisher
@scientific197 жыл бұрын
THIS MAN IS THE ALLAH OF HIP-HOP! I GET CHILLS EVERY-TIME I HEAR HIS WORDS, TONE, RHYTHM GYMNASTICS.... HE IS THE TOP 5 GREATEST OF ALL TIME!
@sslyshalom3337 жыл бұрын
LOVE THE DOCUMENTARY. RAKIM IS A VERY POWERFUL INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE. INFINITE GRATITUDE FOR THIS.
@jujutsu9875 жыл бұрын
if your from Uptown, Brooklyn- bound, The Bronx, Queens, or Long Island Sound, Even other states come right and exact, It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at Since you came here, you have to show and prove And do that dance until it don't move 'Cause all you need is soul self-esteem will release, The rest is up to you, Rakim 'll say peace
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@sddaog80896 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite emcees the God rakim one of the all time greats rakim still nice til this day I use to date,a girl from wyandanch my cousin from wyandanch
@benyaminyisrael4634 Жыл бұрын
why is everyone speaking of Rakim in the past tense...he "was" this , he "was" that...Rakim is and always will be.
@manhbx96 Жыл бұрын
Rakim is my all time favorite MC EVER POINT BLANK PERIOD
@willieledbetter54947 жыл бұрын
Greatest Of All Time.
@tpry79517 жыл бұрын
hands down the king
@YakThaWiseman727 жыл бұрын
Rakim definitely the best that ever did it, in every body top emcees list
@kdubbster7 жыл бұрын
Lyrically... Da Goat!
@sirpoppinchuck5 жыл бұрын
"Rakim put it together, smooth like suede n leather"
@gullybop16955 жыл бұрын
A true lyricist!! A true emcee!!! Absolute wordsmith...lyrical architect The 18th Letter....Rakim Allah Knowledge be Born.....as far as I'm concerned he is the Greatest Emcee!!!
@paulmccarthy20244 жыл бұрын
Peace to the god of rap, Rakim.
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@roderickbarclay09096 жыл бұрын
The 18th letter was transformative for me
@Sambino776 жыл бұрын
They need a VH1 movie 🎥 for Eric B & Rakim
@MsBrickcity15 жыл бұрын
They would f*ck it up.
@williemo445 жыл бұрын
My Melody was such a cold record. All of his rhymes were top shelf... but My Melody was that left hook you didn’t see coming for yo chin!
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@franklynthree6 жыл бұрын
When Ra dropped it was a wrap... every rapper thought about what they were going to say and some where in there mind they were thinking about something the Ra said.... that goes for every rapper who was out before and after ...The best part about what i just said is 99 percent of rappers/emcees will admit it
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@fredericka.49397 жыл бұрын
I'm 44 years old,when I was a boy I really didn't know what I liked until I heard the song Paid in Full. It was a wrap after that(no pun intended). I copped the album I knew and still know every word of the entire album to this day!!!!! Rakim changed everything about me. From the way I looked at and treated myself as well as other people. I don't know the lyrics to any other music or album but I still flow along with all of Rakims shit!!! The BEST ON EVERY LEVEL!!! PEACE TO THE R
@BlackOcelot00957 жыл бұрын
This title should be the name of the official Eric B & Rakim Movie!
@MrCbwTV7 жыл бұрын
Strong Island🎤💪🏿
@marqueematthews49493 жыл бұрын
Most Impactful Wordsmith Most Innovative Lyricist Rakim!
@ntohfrecords34547 жыл бұрын
Strong Island we been here 11798 Peace To The God MC..
@jimmynickelz5 жыл бұрын
Roosevelt, Amityville, Brentwood and Wyandanch changed hip hop forever.
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@jimmynickelz5 жыл бұрын
@@krazethekingofcontent mosdef. People dont even know how big Original Concept was overseas. Westbury in the building.
@SetRuleTv5 жыл бұрын
Roosevelt Public Enemy! Amityville De La Soul! Brentwood EPMD! Wyandanch Rakim!
@astrickland31207 жыл бұрын
the great Rakim
@PNAS997 жыл бұрын
Top 5 dead or alive
@ousia2017 жыл бұрын
PNAS99 top 1
@bray38545 жыл бұрын
Big Ups to Rakim, Straight Fiiiiiiiiire, A Lyrical Giant hands down or up.... Definitely a GOD Emcee 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@hiphopmovieprime78006 жыл бұрын
That freestyle he said back then will kill today's artist still..
@daydayh76714 жыл бұрын
I. S. 201. YMCA and PAL on 123rd Street were the hot pockets for Early days of HIp Hop in Harlem. I wish I was there when Rakim broke ground in Harlem that night. There was mention of many Heads in attendance, Eamon( did Beatbox), Rob Base, Doug E Fresh, all Harlem Cats. I missed It! I didnt miss the night, SALT n PEPPA did Showstoppa at 201. We were hyped because we swore Doug and Slick Rick were gonna come there. The crowd kept saying there go Doug and Salt N Peppa would pause. LMAO. Early days were fantastic. A job well done on this!!!!!!
@hassanburton90637 жыл бұрын
✌🏿✌🏿King!! Great Doc.......Give Us Public Enemy, JVC Force......Strong Island!!
@rgw1380rw6 жыл бұрын
My Uncle put me on to JVC Force when I was a kid. He would have all the dope tapes in his Box Radios back then. JVC and Stetasonic were two of my earliest Hip Hop memories while being with my Uncle and his MTA Bus of a Radio 😏!
@mostmost13 жыл бұрын
Rakim is still high on opinion list of the greatest emcees ever. Most others like Melle Mel who was the first emcee writing rhymes down and doing routines along with his brother. Very lyrical since the 70s also.
@Twizzledoc1876 жыл бұрын
The foundation of hip hop fundamentals begins with Rakim. The 18th letter. Follow the leader.....that song, to this day STILL sets the bar high! “The stage is a cage....the mic is the third rail”.........one of the hardest verses EVER!!!!
@isaiahwhite79176 жыл бұрын
All I can say is ,I'm thankful for the musical foundation because of these brothers. "Peace"
@PharaohLawLess16 жыл бұрын
The god mc....... The Imperial Sun God Rakim. Peace be unto him
@howardellis31687 жыл бұрын
PEACE, POWER, EQUALITY ALLAH CEE EVERYTHING!!!
@kameronstorm30195 жыл бұрын
Yes The "R" in my book is the illest and Untouchable by any other Human... Period...
@thesoloist01457 жыл бұрын
This is a Dipe documentary on the GOAT MC
@natecampbell86477 жыл бұрын
Nobody is even close!
@wesleyrobinson49495 жыл бұрын
What s crazy back during the late 80 s and 90 s the 5 Boros slept on Long island and some even frowned upon Long Island like we were just a bunch of soft rich kids frm the suburbs. But groups like Rakim EPMD Public Enemy Keith Murray Freddie Foxx Method Man Biz Markie Dela Soul Craig Mack Leaders of New School Grand Daddy I.U Buster Rhymes and Prodigy frm Moob Deep K Solo Roc Marciano MR Doom JVC Force Prince Paul frm Stesasonic Soul for Real Groove B Chill Ashanti Mairah Carey RA the Rugged Man A Plus Doctor Dre frm Yo MTV Raps let the 5 Boros and the world know we were just as hood and just as deeply embedded in this real NY Hip Hop that was created in the Boogie Down Bronx and spread to Crooklyn Q Boro Shaloin Harlem World and Money making Manhattan and to Long Island and upstate NY. Rakim EPMD and Public Enemy showed the world the only Island we was on was the Strong One. Honestly Strong Island Mc s had the rap game on lock for minute during the Golden Era of Hip and thats facts with alll of them ledengenry acts that Long Island spit our. I honestly feel Strong Island and Queens spit out the most talent during the Golden Era of Hip Hop. Thats just my opinion. Them small wild suburban hoods like New Cassel Hempstead Wyndanch Freeport AmityVille Roosevelt Brentwood Central Islip Bellport Babaloyn Hunington Long Beach Glen Cove Rockville Center River Head Coram Central Islip LakeView Elmont spit out alot official suburban talant gangsters and official tissue. We may have not been in the concrete jungles of the 5 Boros but we were deftintly on our L.I. shit and on the streets and behind tbe G wall Strong Island was ringing bells. Dam your favorite rappers favorite rapper was a smooth ass Long Island Cat that was respected and loved by Crooklyn cats and all over NY and the world. You cant never front on Strong Island impact om this thing we grew uo on and love called Hip Hop. Strong Island in the building. We were and have always been suburban hood gangster smooth because like Ra said the only Island we was on was the Strong One. New Cassel Westbury L.I to Wyndanch Long Island stand up.
@evole736 жыл бұрын
Rakim the greatest
@christ11907 жыл бұрын
D.O.P.E. ✊🏿
@704JOE7 жыл бұрын
PEACE TO THE GODS AND EARTHS ALLAH'S 5% NATION
@robbarker4504 жыл бұрын
Peace GOD 5% NATION THE SUN ☀️ THE MOON 🌘 AND THE ⭐ STARS 🤲🏽👊🏽💯
@khaliwalls12055 жыл бұрын
To live NYC or Brooklyn at this TIME you couldn't understand beautiful experience
@krazethekingofcontent5 жыл бұрын
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@MrLemme5 жыл бұрын
THE GOAT!! No doubt.
@laurencea99322 жыл бұрын
This is GOLD! Thanks for posting.
@opalocka74307 жыл бұрын
He's the greatest
@pikari15026 жыл бұрын
They call him the god m.c.
@williamtyler727Ай бұрын
RAKIM: A MERCIFUL PERSON, ONE WHO SHOWS MERCY. This is the meaning of RAKIM. This meaning is fitting for a human being such as Mr. Griffin. GOD WALKS with RA. He is truly a special being and truly the BEST at what he does. Don’t throw it away, just think about it!!!!!!!!!!!
@markchampagnie94012 жыл бұрын
Rakim and Eric B....from all Hip-hop heads from late 70's onwards...Mad love From London England via Jamaica...God Bless the King of RAP...DADDY U ROYYYYYY..... kapppish 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇨🇺🇺🇲🇧🇴❤️💯
@goldymack58447 жыл бұрын
the God mc understanding right there peace!
@JevaughnGreen-dv8oo26 күн бұрын
Everyone on this Earth was born with a Gift it just we to our know our Gift and Use it to our full potential and you will surely reap the Benefits.
@goldymack58447 жыл бұрын
we need a Jadakiss and rakim joint asap
@satishrobertson87717 жыл бұрын
Goldy Mack They got a joint together on Ra's Seventh Seal album
@user-zf3mb2rh9n7 жыл бұрын
Satish Robertson song bumps too
@andredarden70525 жыл бұрын
Not now. Rakim flow too old school sounding now
@lucinainyene4107 Жыл бұрын
Omg he’s one of the best looking Brothas I’ve ever seen. He’s just fine as heaven and the greatest MC to date. 2023
@mettaverses7 ай бұрын
Full Moon 🌕 I was sittin’ outside smokin’ a spliff, bingin’ Rakim, when Biz seZ, “I’m THE G.O.A.T.🐐” #Ancestors #NoLie 💯😳👑🐐🎶 Also, this is a masterpiece tribute… Mahalo 🌺
@Dominick_Calvitto.3 жыл бұрын
Rakim is The God for Sure he is Blessed By God GOD'S Creation just to show ya how powerful and Mysterious God is Really is..MUCH Respect to Rakim his intelligence is Extraordinary ..
@alikathiphopoprah5507 Жыл бұрын
My guy DJ Maniak...LONG ISLAND HOME OF THE GREATS....Big ups Rakim n KRAZE...KOC🔥💨🛸
@dcwashingtonpresident59385 жыл бұрын
The Greatest. RAKIM
@boorelly58625 жыл бұрын
The GOAT
@Baltimorehop6 жыл бұрын
@ 7:47 when DJ Maniak is mentioning the real life story about Rakim as a shorty, I wonder if that was Ra's inspiration for his verse on Microphone Fiend, "'Cause I grabbed the mic and try to say, "yes, y'all" They tried to take it, and say that I'm too small Cool, 'cause I don't get upset I kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then I jet..."
@krazethekingofcontent5 жыл бұрын
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@kennethmanson8871 Жыл бұрын
it make sense now great story one of my favorite mcs
@Onez077 жыл бұрын
THE GOD M.C! G.O.A.T
@gregbond9316 жыл бұрын
Legendary innovation
@Keepdapocket5 жыл бұрын
I'm 46. DEAD SMACK in the birth of the hip hop movement as a youth. For me, I've ALWAYS struggles between Rakim and KRS. 30 plus year later, I still struggle (with myself) with whom I consider the greatest. Some days it's Rakim for me, other days it's KRS. I will say this as well. As far as style of where hip hop went in the future, you ha e to throw Kool G rap in there. His style was ahead of his time as well.
@ltod2 Жыл бұрын
RIP to late Biz Markie huge part of the hip hop culture
@honeyplug7 жыл бұрын
No one ever mention that Rakims albums had NO PROFANITY IN EM. No fuck you, no niggas, no bitches. I dont think any other artist can say this. My mom told me at 11 that this music was all GARBAGE and she challenged me by saying that "all of it is bitches and hoes. It took me a minute but sure nuff, not one cuss word. Thats awesome
@countryboyfletcher4896 жыл бұрын
The looks/lyrics/presence/swagger. This was Rakim, he changed how niggas approached the Beats lyrically. Hands down, the greatest emcee ever.🎤🎧
@MegaNova727 жыл бұрын
THE GOD...most definitely inspired EMCEES in the south...For myself my Knowledge of SELF ..was kindled and ignited through RAKIM Words...as an EMCEE my standard is still to the standard THE GOD SET.. PEACE TO THE GOD NOVA SUPREME