Rah is the GOAT PERIOD. I'm from Bushwick Brooklyn and I remember all the park jams back in the 80's they were Bananas. I'm glad that I was around when everything started I'm truly blessed.
I’m from NYC and this video was shot in my hood LOwer East Side Manhattan...Lowa Deck for those who know...anyway about those chains...not only were they rockin them in the video...these cats rocked them in the street JUST LIKE THAT...no bodyguards and no lookouts...and Got nothing but love from the streets...that’s the level of GOAT we talkin bout
The man dancing is none other than the great Flavor Flav! From the group called Public Enemy! And this was great to see him in the spirit of unity dancing for Eric B and Rakim. Peace 2da Godz.
Rakim "The GOD MC" is the G.O.A.T...period! Absolutely the #1 MC and lyrical master of all time. He set the benchmark for everyone else to try to reach.
Please react to Eric B & Rakim ‘My Melody’ so people know what he’s talking about when he says “or you’ll be one of those seven MC’s” it’s a lyrical masterpiece!
i take seven emcees put em in a line then add seven more brothers, that think they can rhyme well it'll take seven more before i go for mine now thats twenty one emcees ate up at the same time
Listen up. I’m from the BX but we moved to PR in the 80s. We were there and we were rockin to the Fat Boys, Fresh Prince etc. Hip Hop was getting comedic, light hearted. Then my boy Carlos came by with this tape in his car. He took out his moms living room speaker and he had it wired in his back seat of the car. He just said to us, “you have to hear this”. We heard that entire tape. We didn’t bob our head, we didn’t speak. We were speechless, frozen, no words. It changed us. It was like an instant rite of passage. We knew Hip Hop, or we, would never be the same.
These two are my number 1 rappers of all time, paid in full album is legendary and they are definitely hip hop legends. Move the crowd, Eric B is president, I got soul and the list goes on and on and on💯🔥🔥🔥
I appreciate you building with your father and your uncle. This is what it's all about building and destroying the devils uncivilization. Peace 2da GODZ. BADNEWZGODZ
when i was in college playing football they would hook us up with jobs for the summer and i would do concert security and was doing this rap festival ,and i did backstage security.so these rappers were on ,(the 2 live crew)and some guy sticks his head out the stage door, and it was Eric B. and he asked me what i thought.and i was a long haired buff white dude ,into heavy metal mind you.and this guy ,with this fat gold rope around his neck ,is asking me what i thought..i was like this is horrible,and he said "don't judge hip hop by what you see here.then he introduces me to Rakim,and i walk them down to the stage .and it was over , the way this guy could put words together and tell a story like he did"' BLEW ME AWAY''... this guy(Rakim) is so smart and intelligent it was amazing .i ended up talking to them back stage ,got their stage passes signed and everything ,and still remember them tell this day .and i was 19 yrs.old and im 51 now.and that's how i got introduced to the ghetto...much respect...
Growing up in Detroit 16 years old when this came out .... Mannnn this shit blew our minds, Eric B & Rakim aren't top rappers, they're a mile a head of the greatest.... Every time I hear this it makes me wish their was a time machine. So I can go back sit on the front porch with my friends listening to this on my big ass Getto blaster till the D batteries ran out.
Ahhh😌The God Emcee, Why waste time on the microphone I take this more serious than just a poem Rock from party to party, backyard to yard Now tear it up, y'all, and bless the mic for the gods!
Damn, you'll need to do this more and more, great way to school the young folks about the roots and foundation of great music and ghetto stories!!! Ya'll speak real TRUTH BIG UP
im 19 , my dad was one of the best reggae artists of his city Meknes back in the 80's before he joined the millitary and slowed down , i grew up only on old school music , blues - jazz - golden hiphop - reggae - rock , and everytime i try to listen to this new school stuff , i feel like they got records contracts so easy anyone can rap nowadays and get easy bread , but i read books about hiphop and music in general . And every genre u love , they will always take notes from the past . Why i dont love new shool rap ? Because from rapping and reaching out to people about Government Corruption - Poverty - Drug Abuse - Police Brutality , stuff that we actually suffer from , to rapping about Women - Money - Gangster wanna be , stuff that we dont need to hear about .
I'm from the D too my guy. I hollered at the God when he was here in April. What's so damn unbelievable is he's so humble and down to earth in spite of the High Praise he receives!!!
I dont know what pops name is but i love this brotha he knows HIP HOP!! Dam it feels good to here him its in his blood he cant even control it...worrrrd!! If anybody EVER asks me "Danny what is hip hop ill tell em to watch this video period. No girls NO DRINKS NO BS 💪💪💪
Greatest Mc period That’s I started rapping fixing up my words without cussing Rakim is my favorite Mc of all time and this song right here classic Never be another lyricism ever again period
I saw this reaction video a couple of times and let me say just one thing. Respect to your dad and the old school rap. Man I feel blessed for being born in the 90s cause, no disrespect for the new school rap, but man. Big up from Italy!
I grew up with a record player in the house and as a kid I would scratch it to old records of any types of music and I loved the sound it makes when it’s squeaks and then when I got a little older I heard this song and it took my back and it had that original vibe that made me fall in love with old rap
Rakeem was a game changer, Rappers pretty much rapped the same until Rakeem came with something different. For example Rakim was the first to rap across verses. I remember my first time hearing "Eric B is President" and thinking.. "what an extraordinary rap style" and everyone said the same. At the time it was customary for rappers to rhyme the first word of a verse with the last word of the same verse (like a traditional nursery rhyme) but what Rakhim did was rhyme the last word of the verse with the last word of the following verse, immediately effecting the way the record sounded. For example in their follow up hit the classic "I know You Got Soul," there's a line where Rakim says.. "So as you sit by the Radio hands on the dial SOON .. As you hear it pump up the VOLUME"). It might not seem like a big thing today, what with there being a million different styles of rap, but back in 1985-86 there was only one style, so it was a quite a radical thing to do. It was like breaking the rules. But once the record blow up, it was as if it gave some long awaited permission for every budding rapper to change up their flow. It was the first time rappers realised that by changing the flow they could effect the sound and flavour of a record in even more interesting ways. Rakim basically gave birth to the modern MC and is one of the main reason why so many still consider him the GOAT.. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-77pzXjonzkg.html
Every car rollin down 7 Mile used to be KNOCKIN this back in 87! I actually bought my tape from PERFECTIONS Record Shop on 7 Mile! #CRACKERA #THEGODRAKIM
J. Cole payed respect to 1980s hip-hop in his song January 28th. At the end of the last verse, he mentions Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Slick Rick.
Pac n Biggie made impactful songs .. socially conscious songs .. but they were not lyricist on Rakim's level dude was insane love em .. not just cause I'm an old head who grew up with him .. his songs stand the end of time... like I said dude was b4 his time
People rarely get "or you'll be one of those 7 emcees". That's what made Rakim so dope. He talks to you and over you at the same time. With that particular punchline, he's referring to another punchline from My Melody. He even said "pucker up and whistle my melody"... LOL While I'm here, let me also mention he really did nominate Eric B for president. All these tracks are on the same Paid In Full album LOL All classics. Enjoyed the vid.
I'm bringing Fila back. Over the past 6 months I have coped more than 12 pairs of Fila. I got bucket hats, hoodies, t shirts and out of all that I probably spent $500. I get compliments all the time. Fila that joint.
Take you for a walk through hell freeze your Dome then watch your eyeball swell then guide you out of triple-stage Darkness, is from the 120 lessons of the 5 percent nation of Godz and Earths. Peace 2da Godz. BADNEWZGODZ
Rakims' rhymes are untouchable. The music (lots of jazz) he raps over is as unique as his lyrics. Don't get me wrong, Big Daddy, Pac, Biggie, etc. are amazing but Rakim for me is a cut above. And Rakim didn't need profanity to express himself. His music and intelligence made him the best.
With all due respect the God Rakim did use a few curse words in some of his songs! "She kissed me slow, but you know how far a kiss could go fuck around and miss the how!"
