Back when talent and skill mattered!!!! | Eric B. & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke | REACTION 

Rakim: "Microphone Fiend" He was and still is one of the best.

As someone who listened to Rakim in the 80s ...for me He gotta be in the top 5 for the goat

Rakim ain’t on anybody’s list...he IS the list! Every single emcee you want to compare him to, CAME from him! That’s why he’s the God MC!

I grew up in the 80's. Rakim was and still is the GOAT.

Rakim has never been equaled. He was SO FAR beyond anyone else in the 80's it was sick

I remember bumping this when it came out. I don't have to imagine I lived it. I was born in 71 so yea I'm a old hip hop head. Back in those days everybody sounded different you couldn't bite other people's style of rap. You'd be kicked out the game. Now everybody sounds the same and it's allowed.

Finally Shaq!!! Ur reacting to the first lyricist EVER in the hip hop game, Rakim is one of the GOATS, THATS TUFF COACH

BRO YOU UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING CORRECTLY! IMAGINE HEARING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 87. WE WENT CRAZY! ✊🏾

Rakim was a Long Island dude who all the top Brooklyn gangstas loved and respected. Whatta time to be alive. The 80s. Wild. Dangerous. But incredible.

Eric b is a legend 💪

Oh man, been waitin. Krs one-emcees act like they don't know Gang starr--full clip Wu tang clan- all of 36 chambers Nas- NY state of mind, anything from illmatic Mobb deep- shook one's Big pun- beware Smiff n wessun, heltah skeltah Anything from Big L, dude is the goat Kool G Rap too So many choices Bro, glad you're going down this road folk.

We need more Rakim Public Enemy Slick Rick Best channel going BIG UP

3:36 after listening to this song a ton of times, I finally caught the bar “Because you’ll be {fried in the end} when you pretend to be” Fri and end are the way to spell friend which he stated in “frienemy” Rakim a genius

Taken me back! I am an old head and that old school hip hop be gettin’ me hip!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Shaq,thank you!! I've been waiting on this,hope the other old heads in here like it to!

I’m a half century old and I’ve been listening to hip-hop, in one form or another, since 1979. Rakim Allah (The GOD MC) is all that and more! He ABSOLUTELY changed hip-hop. He made true lyricism the standard & EVERYONE after him had to step up their game MULTIPLE noches just to come close to his precision. LOVE Eric B & Rakim to this day. THANK YOU for reacting to one of my old favorites.

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You have got to do more Rakim,so the younger gen will realize this mc’s importance.Thanks for pointing out there was no copying anyone’s style back then.Ra changed the game and paved the way for several prolific emcees.

i was bumping this the other day and i’m only 14

Follow the leader by Rakim Next level

Check Rakim ‘my melody’ that’s where “7mc’s came from” “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 fo mine now dats 21 mc’s ate up at the same time” legendary bars!!

"Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm, I hook a beat up, turn it into hip hop form".....

QUIET STORM is a whole genre right there...💪 🔥 It was a radio show of slow, romantic songs from black artists of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s at Howard University - then in the 80's it turned into a national slow-jam/R&B broadcast from NY....deejay Vaughn Harper on WBLS 💕 Everybody older & cool (that was rollerskating backwards) was listening to The Quiet Storm until midnight. Right after, the young contemporary hosts would start their show playing the early, young rappers... When Rakim dropped the bar live: "Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm I hook a beat up convert it in a hip-hop form." It shook the whole radio game & Smoky Robinson fans started listening to rap OVERNIGHT! One of the most iconic moments for me witnessing Rap music coming in new and taking over the world! Yeah, we gotta bring OGs back✌🌏 Busta Rhymes 2020💣

6:55 "Look at how calm he is" then we see Flav looking like he's being electrocuted hahahahaha.

Please man KRS-ONE The sound of da police. The bars and the message stand so strong today. It'll be in your top five my dude.

i was in HS in 80's and i still listen to this on my playlist when im at gym

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Eminem - Evil Twins & Groundhog Day both songs nothing but bars on bars

Shout out to Flava Flav!

when i was i college playing football ,they used to hook us up with summer jobs.and i used to do concert security.and i did a rap fest .and was in charge of back stage .this group was on ,and a guy with this thick gold rope on stuck his head out the door and asked me what i thought .and im a long haired heavy metal white guy,and i was like ehhh.and he said don't judge hip hop by what you see here (the 2 live crew) he goes wait till we go on.he was Eric B.and he introduced me to Rakim.so i walked them down to the stage .and that was when i was introduced to the ghetto.this man just blew my mind with his intellect and how articulate he was .and the way he could form words.this man is very intelligent.i went out the next day and bought their CD i was 19 yrs.old at the time a freshmen in college and im 51 now and still remember it like yesterday...N.W.A. W/ICE CUBE WAS THERE ALSO..

I am a old head and i really appreciate you doing this for the youth so they can see and feel what rapping hiphop was like to us and understand why we feel the way we do about mumble rap... i am a fan of your channel bruh keep up the good work...i catch you everyday

"I'm addicted to music" While these new mumble rappers addicted to lean and pills! WE CATCHING THOSE!!

Yes, yes, yes. This is what I’m talking about. I remember when the album came out. Fire! Follow the Leader is another good one. Also check out Public Enemy. There’s some fire there too!

Good to see that your appreciation to the old school mcees that payed the way for the young folks in hip hop today

This man is lyrically crazy. Lyrics of fury still bumps man

I told u bro react to rakim follow the leader

React to Eric B. and Rakim "Know The Ledge" 🔥🔥

Finally i wake up to a reaction to a track by The God Mc! I have been a member of The Soldiers of Rakim for 6 years, became a member when i found out it was a thing crated by the oldschool hip hop legends here in Norway 🇳🇴

"Imagine listening to this in the 80's" Yes.

Gang Starr - "Code of the Streets" or "Mass Appeal"

RUN DMC - "It's like that"...."Hard Times" 🔥🔥🔥

The entire cd is 🔥🔥 Rakim is the originator of this style. I play this particular song anytime I need to take over the world.😀

I was a young man when I 1st heard this song. I still remember the lyrics today. Changed my whole outlook on Hip-hop music. Nice! Lyrics: I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke When I'm gone no one gets on cause I won't let Nobody press up and mess up the scene I set I like to stand in a crowd and watch the people wonder damn But think about it then you'll understand I'm just an addict addicted to music Maybe it's a habit, I gotta use it...

LEGENDS!

Slow it down coach!!!!

Here's your Rakim starter kit bruh: the entire Paid In Full album, Follow The Leader, Microphone Fiend, Lyrics Of Fury, Doin It With The R, Let The Rhythm Hit Em, The Ghetto, Mahogany, Know The Ledge, It's Been A Long Time, NY State Of Mind Remix (w/Nas and Alicia Keys), Classic (w/Nas, Kanye, and KRS 1). Have fun with that lil' bruh!

The GOD MC!!( master of ceremony) not one curse word ..🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️🥰💪🏽🙌🏽👏🏽

I LOVE MY 80’S, THEY WERE THE BOMB!!!!

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Many men-50 please Shaq

This is so good. Happy to have been a kid when I heard this.

Love your rawness... been watchin, you keep it real

Woot 50th view and 20th comment. Much love shaq keep the videos coming...

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Almost to 300k coach damn I subbed arnd 4k glad to see ya Movin on up

YES!!! Been waiting for my era!! Thanks coach!!

Yelawolf, pop the truck, best friend feat EMINEM, daddy's limbo, trunk music!!!!!!

Rakim is my favorite rapper love your reaction! And the part you were talking about was: “Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm I hook a beat up convert it in a hip-hop form” React to LL Cool J - I’m Bad

Thanks Shaq been waiting on this seems forever lol. Appreciate you. This track is 🔥

We would've loved to have you hittin up club's and party's in the 80 and early 90's. You're a cool dude who appreciates good music. Much luv from NY. Keep on representin.

Gotta do some mobb deep. Prodigy and havoc forever!!

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Rakim's sideburn game was so on point.

1987 I was 15 and was introduced to both rap and metal... best time of my life. My Guy!!! Loving you giving me a chance to relive those days!!

"When the music stops" Em featuring d12 🙌

Do big daddy Kane half stepping

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT man I love when the younger generation recognizes the Old School talent yeah bro I was 16 17 when this came out and we bumped this in our cars and back yards till the day you were born and havent stopped

So fortunate to have grown up in the 80's and listened to hip hop since its infancy w/ iconic legends like Eric B. & Rakim, arguably one of the top lyricists of all-time. Thanks for posting! 💯👍🏼

I did listen to this in the 80's and it was so different from mainstream music. You could' t get rap music at any record store so you'd have to get a mixed tape from someone who got it in New York or Chicago. Rap was underground and revolutionary.

You got to do some bone thugs and harmony way ahead of the times great rap group loving rakim man..

It's lovely too see all hope isn't gone when it comes to rap, had scared for a lil with that mumbling rap! # Bring it back Youngbloods

I don’t have to imagine it because I lived it. ❤️

They call him your favorite rappers favorite rapper. RA the feind on a mic

50 Cent-Back Down Proof-Ja in a Bra Nas-Ether Easy E-Real Muthaphukkin Gs Big Pun-Still Not A Player

Rakim is THE greatest of all time. Paid In Full is still dope as hell 30 years later.

In 87 I was bumping this in my 2 door 78 LTD with the 6 3 way 6x9’s in the back window. Had to wire in a Kraco cassette stereo so I could play tapes. Lol the good ole days before I could afford bass. 🔥🔥🔥

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Spice one.....187proof

I’m Born in 1973 and started listening to hiphop in 1980. But Rakim is one of the best rappers of all time 💪🏽

That the best review of a track I've ever heard. ERIC and RAKIM .. legends

You gotta react to Big Pun, one of the best rappers ever

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White guy 51, from the Netherlands... This was the first hiphop album I bought and got totally hooked! and I am a punk and metal fan!

i was born in the 70s..grew up on this. Had a flashback to the real boombox when he said pause and pointed like he pushed the button. lol!

Murda mo by krayzie bone? He murders that track!

and never uses curse words in his raps...check the facts...

I was a Freshman in highschool when this dropped. We was *FRESH!* High top fade, gold chain, Africa medallion, Air Jordans! Yo', I grew up in the 80s. From 8 to 18! Best era of them *ALL!*

I listened to this in the '80's. GOAT lyricist.

First , React to Eminem - Infinite (1996) one of the best multisyllabic tracks ever done

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Naw son. You wish you were born in the 70's and came up in the 80s. That's how it works. Imagine listening to this in the 80s? Don't have to imagine. It was that good. For me, THIS SONG in particular. There were two singles before this ... "Eric B is President" and "My Melody", both of which he references in this song. First track off Paid in Full. THIS is the song. Faster tempo, better production and that stone cold rhyme style the no one else had. Pretty much everyone had to start over after this one dropped.

Eric b and rakim, follow the leader, its one of the best old skool tunes ever made

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Listen to Bone thugs n harmony ft Tupac thug luv and bone thugs n harmony ft biggie notorious thugs

I played this tape to death in my Sony Walkman when I was 18 in 1987.

Man ol school puts a smile on my face I'm 31 an hearing this from my older fam when I was a youngster

It was SUMMER OF 19 hunnit and 86 when I heard CHECK OUT MY MELODY whistle and THAT IS WHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIP HOP..... Rakim is my GOAT n the EMM EYE CEE

As a child of the 80's I'm loving this. Keep em coming Shaq!

baby i was born in the 80s and it was awesome.......Rakim is a GENIUS...honey watch his interviews DEEP

First to comment today coach. Yo, from a single dad, I respect you being the family man you are. Yo, when rock/metal goes from heavy to soft or vice versa, that's a DYNAMICS CHANGE. It makes the emotions POP. That super fast drum beat is a double BASS PEDDLE. Instead of ONE peddle fto kick the bass drum, the double BASS PEDDLE let's you use VOTH FEET to double time your bass kicks. I'm here to answer any song structure questions you got. Love your channel.