Rakim and Kane are way above any of today’s studio puppets. I told a guy Rakim was the best rapper of all time and he said who is that? I just let it go moved past it no time for it.
Graduated HS in '89.. So miss coming home and watching rap city and YO! MTV Raps.. God those were good times.. Too Short, EPMD, PE, Run DMC, Beasties, Eric B & Rakim, Too Short, Digital Underground, D Nice, Dj Quik, Special Ed.. Pioneers..
People could wait for new album to come no cd I tunes etc or the radio wbls ktu nyc was Raw ! This sound the same but you had to be in the 80 party 🥳 days coming big speaker he was Greatest at the time jay and biz Ole Fl🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉er hell of rhyme writing skill juice crew !
Slick Rick, KRS, Rakim, G-Rap and Kane completely changed the game late 80's, meanwhile Wu-Tang, Mobb, Nas, Naughty, Big L and Redman dominated the 90's.
Old school rap is always the best love it and i love listening to it when ever it plays !!!! Thanks for all the great lyrics and good times and memories! !!!!!!
nozzyboibeats it is simple what do you mean a break drum beat a trumpet that’s pressed every bar and then a simple chorus melody with Occasional scratching
It was difficult trying to buy real hip hop in Australia in the 80s (peace to Central Station Records before they became a techno-wanker specialists) - but I had this on 12 inch vinyl & it featured on the classic "Colors" soundtrack! My man Kane!
Hell,yeah---this was the rap classic to define all rap classic by back in the day! I got the cassette this on and played the living hell out of it back in the day. More than two decades late, it's still one badass song.
I like some of today's rap but you can not beat the old school masters...... Big Daddy Kane in particular is one of my favorites ...Im 43, from England and I grew up on this music ... I love love love it ..... ;)
I remember flying to New York at 16 on my own and this was everywhere pumping out every car every house every shop it was pure fire. I grew into a man on that trip.
This song made me Kane fan as a Shawdy, but it gives me chills because it makes me think of preteens and teens selling crack, getting swept up in the judicial system or worse. This song was literally one of the soundtrack songs to that moment in time, seeing that with my own eyes, every one was playing this when it dropped. 😞
@@ddrocketstown4893 Strong contender. I won't call you crazy. Wayne bodied it for sure. I still give Kane the edge though, maybe for intangibles that are more subjective than objective admittedly. Kane voice and flow, his authoritative baritone, his butter smooth flow and multisyllabics and timing just sound...*Tighter* to me. As far as the beat I don't even think it's close RAW is one of the greatest beats ever made and at that time it was the first time I'd heard it sampled. It's absolutely fire. The hardbody is dope, no doubt, but I don't think it's fucking with this King.
+Killa Bee Nah during Kanes era you couldnt be a sucka or a wall flower at the House Party lol so knowing how to dance with the fly girlies was a must for all the real rappers!
RAW LYRICS [Here it comes...] [Since the far-off days when man first heard a scratchy noise On a cylindrical drum accompanied by staccato human tones It has been his aim to add breadth and depth, to give realism And spaciousness, and, even where it applies, to convey actual movement] [Verse 1] I start to go, my rhymes'll flow So, get up and dance cause Kane said so If you were lounging around it's time to get up Pardon my expression, but I'mma tear shit up I appear right here, and scare and dare, a mere musketeer That would dare to compare, I do declare Getting busy is where it's at But what you're saying, you wouldn't get a point for that Cause you're a featherweight, and your rhymes you carry light But I drop bass just like Barry White So how could you think that you pose a threat? You say you're rocking, how many shows you get? All your vocals go local on the M-I-C Mines go a great distance, like AT&T I'm not new to this, I'm true to this, nothing you can do to this Fuck around with Kane and come out black and blue for this So, yo, go for what you know Attempt to debate so I can humiliate We can go rhyme for rhyme, word for word, verse for verse Get you a nurse, too late, get you a hearse To take you to your burial ground Because the Big Daddy Kane always throws down Correct, I get respect, I'm out to collect Cash money, cause I get raw [Break] Everybody get up! (x4) Kane: boy do I hate a... I'm coming! (x5) [Verse 2] Here I am, R-A-W A terrorist, here to bring trouble to Phony MC's, I move on and seize I just conquer and stomp another rapper with ease Cause I'm at my apex and others are below Nothing but a milliliter, I'm a kilo Second to none, making MC's run So don't try to step to me, cause I ain't the one I relieve rappers just like Tylenol And they know it, so I don't see why you all Try to front, perpetrating a stunt When you know that I'll smoke you up like a blunt I'm genuine like Gucci, raw like sushi To stage a rage is what rap did to me To make me want to create chaos and mayhem Cold rock a party until the A.M I'll make a muscle, grab the mic and hustle While you stand dazed and amazed, I bust a Little rhyme with authority, superiority And captivate the whole crowd's majority The rhymes I use definitely amuse Better than Dynasty, or Hill Street Blues I'm sure to score adored for more without a flaw Cause I get raw [Break] Everybody get up! (x5) [Verse 3] Give a speech like a reverend, rappers start severing And in my lifetime, believe I've never been Beaten, or eaten and just tooken out You know, come to think about it, I keep MC's looking out And real nervous when I'm at your service Give me that title, boy, you don't deserve this I work like a slave to become a master And when I say a rhyme, you know that it has to Be perfectly fitted, cause I'm committed The entertainer and trainer and Kane'll get with it I go and flow and grow to let you know I damage ya I'm not an amateur but a pro- -fessional unquestionable without doubt superb So full of action, my name should be a verb My voice will float on every note When I clear my throat, that's all she wrote! The minute that the Kane starts to go on Believe it's gonna be smooth sailing so on As I put other rappers out of their misery Get them in a battle and make them all history Ruling and schooling MC's that I'm dueling Watch them all take a fall as I sit back cooling On my throne, with a bronze microphone Hmm, God bless the child that can hold his own Cause I get raw [Break] Ain't it good to you? (x3) Documentary: here's an experiment to begin with... [Verse 4] Twenty-four sev chilling, killing like a villain The meaning of raw is Ready And Willing To do whatever is clever, take a loss, never And the rhymes I bust, coming off is a must And I come off hard with rhymes that are odd I rip the microphone and leave it scarred Never smoking or hitting or taking a sniff Only crushing MC's that be trying to riff I get strong and titanic, do work like a mechanic Make MC's panic, they all get frantic And skeptic, like a girl on a contraceptive As I rock but hey, what you expected? I'll get raw for you just like a warrior Rapping like a samurai and I'll be damned if I Ever let a Fisher-Price MC hang Their rhymes are toy, nothing but yin-yang So if we battle on the microphone Bring your own casket and tombstone And I'mma preach your funeral Tell me who in the world could ever come with more I get raw
This is hip hop at it's finest and I wish rappers right now sounded this good on the mic. And on a side note I have a you tube channel type in Russell Mills May 22, 2017
I don't care what anyone says this right here is still hard in 2023 I remember when this came out in 1987 in the video came out in 88 this right here hard as anything NYC we had hip hop on lock back then still
i can't believe its taken me this long to see the greatness that is BDK. based on his look i thought he was another marginally talented 80s gimmick rapper a la flavor flav but I've recently listened to long live the kane and WOW. i been sleeping lol.
Loved this track as a kid I used to go to the arcade across the street and pay this on the jukebox everytime. Last time I heard it was in the 80s and I still remember most of the lyrics 😂
