This is one of those tracks that can go on and on. We try to keep up as we follow the leader. This track will have your head spinning. Check out the dope reaction!
This was 88 no one was flowing like this .. this is why he's called the God Mc .. he birthed lyrical rappers technically.. Big Daddy Kane was the closest to him at that time but Rakim was on another level.. He's permanently number one on my Top5
This part has always been one of my favorite rhymes. The visualization is dope. "Follow me, and were ya thinking you were first? Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe. What could you say as the earth gets further and further away, planets are small as balls of clay. Astray into the Milky Way - world's out of sight. Far as the eye can see - not even a satellite. Now stop and turn around and look, as ya stare in the darkness, ya knowledge is took." Too cold.
That why this song is so dope. If you close your eyes and listen. He takes you off the Earth, then deeper and deeper and farther into outer space until you’re in total darkness….. THEN he follows up with the line “So keep staring soon ya suddenly see a star, You better follow it cause it's the R” He’s the light in the darkness to follow to if you want to guided home. Too Cold!
Those are NEW YORK beats. Beats for subways and skyscrapers. Hard hitting beats. That’s the NYC sound from the 80s and early 90s. This is back when hiphop was still very much NYC.
Rakim is considered the GOAT by most emcees, he’s the greatest lyricist of all time he literally changed the way people rapped and made them step their game up, the inventor of double entendres and inside rhyme patterns in hiphop, here’s a list of emcees who call him the GOAT, and their biggest influence and the they are all on record and video saying so: Pharoahe Monch, Black Thought( The Roots), Jay-Z, Canibus, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt(The Dogg Pound), Brother Ali, Mos Def, NAS, DMX, Eminem, Grand Puba(Brand Nubian), Lord Jamar(Brand Nubian), Chuck D(Public Enemy), Trey D(The Eastsidaz), Lauryn Hill(The Fugees), Missy Elliot, Raekwon( Wu-Tang Clan), Kanye West, DJ Premier, The D.O.C., GURU(Gang Starr), Busta Rhymes, Ice Cube, just to name a few. He your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper.
46 Year old here and i love y’alls reaction to the music of my era. When this joint came out they took wordplay and Hardcore beat making for the East Coast to the next level. He was def beyond his time when this sht came out just like Nas was when he dropped. Sub from me fam…….. keep em coming 💯
Rakim is the grandfather to today's rap flow, before Rakim no MC was flowing like this. I been saying this for about10 years, Chuck D even said this on the Bird app
Here's what most don't know. those 1st 4 albums. Rakim said himself he produced 80% plus of it by working with the engineer and making his visions happen. He played a few instruments. His aunt was the legendary Ruth Brom. The God Emcee is that for a real reason. I appreciate you youngins that tuned in. This is where many Emcee's learned from. No father to Rakim's style. He can't be moved.
These Were The Day's, in The 80s, and, 90s, when Your Song Didn't Get Played On The Radio Unless You Had, PURE TALENT, On The Microphone..! So Anybody Talking DOWN On, Y'all Need's To Know, If You Didn't Live It, You Can't Appreciate it,.. As Much.., Doesn't Mean You Have To HATE it, Just Listen And You Might LEARN Or Become a Better person, Because of a True Rap song, That MEANS Something..!!! Not This Jibberish Today, That You Have To Unravel,.. To Figure Out..!!!!
I tell young cats ALL THE TIME... Your favorite rappers, FAVORITE RAPPER, is THE GOD MC. As far as STRAIGHT BARS from the God, it has to be LYRICS OF FURY. Hold on, strap in and prepare for some of the HOTTEST BARS YOU EVER HEARD! Its 30 YEARS OLD, and would put it up POUND FOR POUND against ANYBODYS lyrics today.
My dudes!!!! Keep them Rakim reactions coming🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 The next reactions y’all gotta do is Rakim’s * Let the Rhythm Hit EM🔥🔥🔥🔥 * Microphone Fiend🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 * As the Rhyme goes on🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
I have put my earpiece in and listened to this song while in my drift car. I have always loved their music , but this shit is hard AF in a race car on a track at 6000 rpms!
No mumbling rap here! Respect to the god not one curse word! He change the style of rap he wasn't doing it hip hop the Kurtis blow and all that he came out with his own his flow is so sick style.
You boys just made me proud, I love to see young brothers reaction to Rakim he is the Goat 🐐 in my opinion, lyrically there’s no comparison i appreciate the love
It is not held in as high regard as some of his other masterpieces but Casulties of War is Rakim at his storytelling best and it also has a prophetic feel because of the subjuct matter . Keep growin fellas
I'm going to give you ten: 1. Eric B & Rakim/ In the ghetto 2. Big Daddy Kane/ Ain't No Half-Steppin 3. Ice-T / you played yourself 4. Nas -Take It In Blood 5. MC Lyte/ Lyte As A Rock 6. Kool G Rap & DJ Polo/ Road to the Riches 7. L.L. Cool J/ I'm Bad 8. Boogie down Productions/ My Philosophy 9. Kool G Rap/ Thug Love Story (from his roots of evil album) 10. Self-destruction
Ayo, what’s good fellas. I just ran across y’all channel and I’m feeling it. Word! Being a New Yorker, I want to put y’all on to some fire around that time period. Here we go: Raking songs: “move the crowd”, “my melody “, “microphone fiend” Artist - Big Daddy Kane Songs - “set it off”. “Ain’t no half steppin “, “warm it up Kane “, “ The Symphony” Artist - Kool G Rap Songs - “Road to the Riches”, “ill street blues”, “on the run”, “men at work”, “Fast Life” Artist - Nas Songs- “NY state of mind”, “Rewind”, “I gave you power”.
Ummm... That was not a clap back to Follow the Leader. RAW came out in '87. Follow The Leader came out in '88. HOW?!?🤷🏾♂️😂😂😂 How come people just make up stuff on the internet?
There are good Rappers. But Rakim is a natural born lyrical multisyllabic rap/poetry genius. There was no FLOW, until Rakim invented it. He's Is the GOAT.
Rakim was the MC to bring metaphors and complex flows to hip-hop; before him, rap was much simpler in structure and vocabulary. Rakim, KRS-One, Kool G Rap, and Big Daddy Kane were like the Four Horsemen of that era.
What Rakim and Kool G Rap created is called Mafiaso Rap Rakim influenced everyone from The Notorious B.I.G.Nas Jay - Z The Wu-Tang Clan especially Raekwon The Chef basically any rapper that take the art of rhyming seriously pays homage to The R he originated this style.
This is song you MUST to listen to with out the video. The Video is great with the 1920-1940 Mafia theme but the words don’t match. The video is capture your attention BUT There is a much deeper meaning if just listen to the words alone. And you “Will Travel at magnificent speeds around the Universe…” “From century to century, you’ll remember me in history, not a mystery or a memory….” This is song about The Asiatic Black Man: The Maker, The Owner, The Cream of the Universe. Look up the 5% Nation or The Nation of Gods and Earths, Rakim is a member, and this song is laced with their perspective and teachings.
This was a jab at EPMD the Dig Em Dug Em Line was directly aimed at them You should react to EPMD Headbanger You Gots To Chill Your A Customer So What You Saying Crossover The Symphony 2000 Rampage
Sorry boys, I’m, late to the party ! I’m a little old but the R was our most respected MC. Good to see the new generation enjoying what we grew up on! Μy no 1 was Lyrics of Fury.
This was moumental when it dropped. It was so different most couldn't follow. I couldn't understand it initially because ut was so different: 1. The beat 2. The flow 3. The cadence 4. Rakim even changed his voice 5. The speed of his delivery got faster This was a ground breaking song. A great song. The last time I felt like this about a song was "BROKEN LANGUAGE" by Smooth Da Hustler and Trigger The Gambler.
You choose it Slow or Fast Tha R can bring it to ya. His versatility is unmatched and tha beats keep coming. My workouts always consist of at least a half hour of Tha R.
Y’all gotta understand that rappers from that era were expected to drop at least 2 hot 16’s every song…preferably 3. And you couldn’t bite and your shit had to sound original. Rappers were rapping more for other rappers than for the fans. They were figuratively tryna take each others heads off lyrically. This shit is high art.
