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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.
Rakim was SO Masterful on this song. He was literally EVERYTHING in this one song. Gangster. Mellow. Patient. Hard Hitting. Ambitious. Cool. Reckless. Strategic. Vengeful. Smooth. Merciless. A Ladies Man. A Player. A Scholar. This song is Literally TOO Perfect!
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 👊
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.
@@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.
Word? I had no idea he was a producer too and I'm a Hip Hop head since 86 from NYC, that's amazing I didn't know that thanks for the info fam, it's amazing how many Emcees also make beats on the low, Eminem makes beats but I hate most of his beats I'm in that Boom Bap sound like this. Premo And Alchemist are two of my favorites as well as Dre.
Rakim really produced most of their songs. Especially the first 2 albums. He would bring the samples/records to Marley and laid out how he wanted the song to go/be arranged. Making Marley more of an engineer. Rakim should get most of the credit producing, more so than Eric. It's crazy to thing this legendary MC was also musical and provided the sounds for this iconic duo.
I am 52 years old, and to me this was when Hip Hop was at its absolute best. Hearing this the first time, I was blown away. Still jam this tune....time machine back when life was easier.
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)
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 💯💯
Rapping can pretty easily be divided into two eras: "Before Rakim" and "After Rakim." His metaphysical subject matter, complex internal rhyme schemes and cold-as-ice delivery moved the art form forward by leaps and bounds.
@@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.
This song goes so hard without profanity. That's how you get your point across. My father always said people with small vocabularies use profanity. Rakim is the GOAT.😍😍
Yeah he is. I agree with your father too. Verbal expression w/o cursing is great mental exercise. But sometimes... 😁✌🏾 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-f3a_si4A1vQ.html
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
I just learned in an interview that Rakim couldn't find the right drums to sample so when he hit the studio, he told the Engineer, "Mic that sh*t up!" and proceeded to play the drums for this track. 🔥
This song is almost 35 years old and dude's rhymes still hit like a sledgehammer... like maybe 10 rappers in the history of rap could spit like this, one of the baddest to ever touch a mic
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
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!
"Try to put shame on my game to make a name/ imma put it on a bullet/ and put it in ya brain" ..One of the coldest lines ever written! Rakim is 100 years ahead of his time, at all times. ✌
The original "Lyricists Favorite Lyricist" Ra is the real original 🐐 of Hip Hop , put any of his words on a new age beat & you'll realize his words are eternal & still rock hard💯 Everyone u love as a MC is going to literally cry when this man passes away 💯 This the real true "GOD MC" in all capital letters & in every single sense of the word 💯👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
“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”
+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 😐.
If you aren’t familiar with these two gentlemen, buckle up. There are few bands/duos that are unbelievably talented where it it’s not a matter of opinion. This is one of them.
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.
The way he crafted rhymes was beyond masterful. The story telling, beyond masterful. And humble enough to not get glory in the end of the story. Rakim is GOAT for a reason! One of my all time favorite joints in Hip Hop is this song right here. A masterpiece.
Eric B and Rakim. Two legends that got many people into the rap scene. I used to play this at club nights in High Wycombe and it was always well represented on the dance floor! Damn , Im 56 now and this musics still fresh.
Rakim looks like somebody that paid his dues(been thru some shit and seen alot of shit and learned.)and he became a somebody.You can tell alot about him on this track.A rap legend in my book 🔥.
I grew up with Rock and metal and only got into hip hop around 2015. It gave me a shit ton of music and artists to dig through. Rakim and Eric B jumped to the top as soon as I heard them. Rakim has a flow that is unmistakable. There are many good rappers out there, but none are more legit in their craft that Rakim.
Classic video. The aura created with the footage of Rakim's performance intertwined with those dope visuals from the film is so unique; flawless editing.
This song brings back so many memories. I can say without question that Juice was the movie I rented most at my local video store and the soundtrack had as much to do with it as the movie itself. I love everything about this movie ✌.
