Eric B. & Rakim - Follow The Leader (Official Music Video)
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Official music video for "Follow The Leader" performed by Eric B. & Rakim, the first single from their second studio album of the same name.
Follow the Leader album reached the 22nd spot on the U.S. Billboard Top Pop Albums and ranked seventh on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop chart. The album spawned four singles: "Follow the Leader", "Microphone Fiend", "The R", and "Lyrics of Fury".
Director: Scott Kalvert
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Music video by Eric B. & Rakim performing Follow The Leader. (C) 1988 UNI Records Inc.
For anyone who could understand this, Rakim is to hip hop what Charlie Parker is to jazz. He didn't start it, but he absolutely revolutionized it and set the bar for every MC/musician's skills and technique afterwards.
Him and krs 1
Cosign
Absolute 100% Right
+Isidro Santa Maria 100
+Isidro Santa Maria True word !
This man single handedly changed the tone of hip hop in the 80’s and still relevant 30 plus years later.
No other rapper can compare
@@gabrielleelliott2487
Rakim birthed alot of rappers in the game, and that's why he's The God MC cause he layed the foundation with his lyrical style and ability 💯
I can totally relate to this because I wasn't a big fan of hip hop in comparison to others. It was cool hearing groups like fat boys, sugar hill,etc,but I was enthralled with the genre like that until Run DMC came out with walk this way,then I moved to another state and one of the first rappers I heard was Rakim,Ice T and later Kool Moe D,etc and the rest was history.
Years later when I got into the sounds of Granddaddy IU I've had ppl ask me if it was Rakim when they heard me playing him,so he is definitely an influence on those coming up behind him.
Indeed!!
1:06
Sorry guys, I'm a 55 year old mutha and this has just bought tears to my eyes. Eric B and Rakim, for their time and space, were untouchable 😊
I'm 54. And I was brought to tears as well. Dude, it's just so fucking good.
I'm 58 and I slept on this cut back when I saw the video. It sounds totally different now that I got bumpin speakers in my car. Back then I had a 87' Chevette🤣🤣🤣🤣LL Cool J Rock The Bells SiruisXm played this the other day. Eric B was underrated!💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿His beats slap!
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@@dirtycordoba6713 I'm from Gen Z and i can agree, Eric B and Rakim revolutionised Hiphop, they are icons, and in the future, if they still perform, i'm willing to go there!
Yo im 56 this is real bro
Rakim is 30 years ahead of his time.
I would agree but when i think about it he was in the right time, todays rap is shit compared to 80s-90s
99199 2:47 @@TheProdigyAccordion
The god of hip hop . RAKIM 😊😊
Rakim can't even stop his flow for a shave.
Lol ikr he a beasr
spread the word! good stuff. saw this on yo MTV raps. hooked
gyrusscalvary right
Lol right!!!
BugsnBeers Your profile picture...
In just 8 bars of this song he has outrapped 95% of today’s rap era.
hardly anyone these days compares to this level of lyrical ability
The only modern day artist on his level is Kedrick Lamar.
Did you say rap or crap? :p Cant tell the difference nowadays. Now this is awesome.
Real talk ...
We were witnessing greatness during those day. I didn't even realize it back then. Glad I was there ( juke box, video vibrations, rap city, etc.)
I love how Rakim is metaphorically taking us to space.
Yes, yes, yes. Its genius
at magnificent speeds around the universe
And it’s so visual you can actually see the journey
He was 20 with this flow
Yep
Literally untouchable. So fresh, like it was released tomorrow. No one can stand with Rakim, a true poet and artist.
This song is so ahead of its time, its parents havent met.
Probably best rapper, ever. Lots of greats mention him as such. 18th letter baby.
Can't put LL out the way!!!!!!! He got bars!!!!!!
This is your favorite rapper's Favorite Rapper!!
his lyrics is very fun. last time heard the man who could bring out killer verse is Andre 3000 and pusha t
Rakim was teaching science while STILL having the charisma. Had the swag, lyricism, appeal (pause), skill, and more importantly KNOWLEDGE and ARTICULATION.
And he didn't have to use profanities. Every lyric clear with a message!
He introduced concepts and topics in Hip Hop such as Gnostic knowledge (Freemasonry, Cosmic thought, Egyptology). Rakims parents were musicians and part of the late 60s/early 70s Progressive Jazz movement fusing jazz, funk, rock, classical, punk and found sounds (early sampling?) So that was a factor as well. Rakim is Hip Hop Perfected!
Well said 🕶️💪🏽
Rakim was wayyyyyy ahead of his time.
Where 0:51
🧊 0:56
in my opinion he is the number one lyricists of all time
I agree
yes, he's the GOAT
Agreed 100%
Dwayne Artis i agree with you hes amazing
Dwayne Artis u hit it right on da nail point blank player n I agree with u 1 zillion % on it.
How is this so damn good 30+ years later? Art.
Nobody seems to get this right. He said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
1:26
From the minute the beat starts, you know this ain't the type of brotha to play with on the mic. I just love Rakim. Such a fan. He was the 80's protocol for lyricism.
AGREED. In the history of Hip Hop, there is none like Rakim. Not one.
@minusthebarsblostand 2:25 g
U bet2w 🧊 3:11
REAL SHIT right here. Still the greatest MC of all time.
This ish is TIMELESS. Forever lasting. All time bumpin'. WORD!
Xavier Vega Got em
Xavier Vega OF ALL TIME.....THATS WORD !!!!!!
Xavier Vega he is
Xavier Vega ALL TIME BABY
OMG Rakim is dangerous, not a cuss word needed to complete this masterpiece.
as he said, "cuss is just sound effects" EPIC roast, EPIC line.
That makes him more of a real rapper and gangster rapper he goes hard without cursing
He said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
Faxxx my G
Rakim's the G.O.A.T. simple as that
This is just one of ridiculously intensely lyrical songs from Rakim. Nobody is even close. I remember staring into speaker as a kid when this came out. I could see the stars, those planets that looked like balls of clay and even the satellite 🛰 Nobody paints a picture like Rakim.
It's crazy the beat does the same thing blastoff
💥🚀💯
LL
" I'm everlasting; I can go on for days and days
With rhyme displays that engrave deep as x-rays
I can take a phrase that's rarely heard
Flip it now it's a daily word"
That was and is one of the greatest lines of all time
- Stop bugging a brother.
He said dig him. I never dug him.
He couldn’t follow the leader long enough, so I drug him. - 💥🔥🔥🔥Mic 🎤 drop.
That is lyricism
@@markl7743 EPMD said in their Drink Champs interview that this line was directed at them. I always thought it was at Big Daddy Kane.
@@PrAnG2000 I think it was also for Big Daddy Kane, there are even videos with Kane himself talking about having a beef, maybe it's because Kane was the only MC that could match or even surpass Rakim's lyrical level
The first time I heard that very line it had me gasping
Rakim changed everything.
Rakim is a god MC but we all know that, what doesn't get talked about enough in HipHop history though is how revolutionary Eric B was in terms of mixing and production, he was never the flashiest DJ in a technical sense but his ear for picking and mixing samples and his sense of timing and rhythm and pacing were perfect, and nobody was making beats as diverse as B was back then, people always talk about Paul's Boutique as being a revolutionary album (and it was and still is) but without Eric B doing it first then the Beastie Boys would have never been inspired to make Paul's Boutique
Word!!!
3:02 @@xp8969
This still gives me the chills ...
Soon as them horns hit, I loose and gain myself all at once, incredible Master of Ceremonies Rakim!
One Hundred Percent!!!!! When this first came out in 88 I was working in a UK record store, and when you heard it you KNEW it was legendary. NOTHING was like it back then! 🙂
"I can take phrase that is rarely heard flip it now its daily word"🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
murderin mc s
The R is the best to ever do it..
So follow me and were ya thinkin' you were first?
Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the Universe
What could ya say as the Earth gets further and further away
Planets are small as balls of clay
Astray into the Milky Way - world's outasight
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
@@thegrinch7989bars 🔥🔥
@@thegrinch7989 Nobody seems to get this right. He said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
You got to understand these guys were original..
Hip Hop at its finest!
Eric B was cold blooded
FACTS
A magnum as a microphone murderin' MC's.
Cold ass line
Glorie Mpaka for sure
I never really paid attention to the alliteration of that line.
what does he mean?
He's saying he straight up kills other rappers (metaphorically) with his rhymes. The mic is the weapon, his lyrics are the ammunition.
This is the greatest track in hip-hop history.
very true.
I did not take rap seriously until I heard this track and then the whole album in 1986. This album and P.E.'s Takes A Nation...sucked me into Hip Hop.
Yes yes yes !!
Far from it
@@PR-WAY Name a better one.
4 minutes of raw lyricism. I love it.
Let the Leader...Lead! 2024....still Bumpin!
This is the hardest lyrical song ever recorded period.
karljjr I have to say the punisher
@@rwj197311
Sorry buddy, King Los has long taken the crown
To recognize the genius I am
You'd have to have one foot on Venus to even visit these arenas I'm in
Now did I say arenas or Serena's?
I kill shit, Venus/Serena's, I kill shit, I Gilbert Arenas
I'm ill wit' the skill wit', the skill wit'
If this the shit that I build
When I'm buildin' a buildin' built with a billion builders
That's buildin' a buildin' on top of this one
No feelin' is toppin' this one
No villain is stoppin' this one
That'd be a dark night, won't it?
While overlookin' my city, had a Dark Knight moment
I'm overlookin' my city, same city that overlooked me
Now it's back to back tours, cause cities just overbook me
Speaking of Dark Knight, I know some jokers that scheme
Cuz I done blew up somethin' sick like the openin' scene
Not to mention, nobody gon mention you this year
You just a joker, I really made the pencil disappear
I got that Edgar Allen Poe flow, bars like a bear trap
Shakespeare's only rebuttal would be a head scratch
I haven't been amateur, ever, never
Iambic pentameter, clever, better
Nobody even seems this deep
I got niggas stayin' awoke to put my dreams to sleep
But, watch me maneuver
New maroon drop for my jewel
I need moon rocks for my Muller, I'm the future
Tell these niggas I need my proper spot
They a bunch of Papa Docs and Chocolate Drops
My 16's proper, give me my props or not
I went Pac at 16 when my Pops was shot
Uh, it left my mind out of place
I guess that's why in my rhymes, I spend time out of space
So, I speak life, rappers talk
Can't be a rap god if you've never rapped for God
Gotta be close to him like the woman in The Bible who felt she could be blessed just to grab his cloth
Uh, bulletin: we full of sin
If we wade in the water, the weight of it might pull us in
They, fake, fake, fake, fake, fake
Can't fake what you ain't, ain't, ain't, ain't
Wait, if you're searchin' for a way, wait
I made a way, all my homies used to weigh weight
Brakes, pump your brake, brake, brake, brakes
My niggas break in and take, they don't take breaks
I can't fail, I don't believe in it
You don't possess humble nor obedience
Comedians told me that I wouldn't fly
I remember losin' family members and I wouldn't cry
Nigga if you had wooden eyes
You could see I'm fly in my future, so why wouldn't I?
I'm too good, these niggas good and high
Boys in the hood don't rock wit' you Cuba Goodin' guys
Niggas on that "be alike" shit
Guess they "copy, paste" us cause we the right clique
Uh, get it? Right click, copy, paste?
Life hit a rocky phase, ice wrist, Versace shade
White whip, on hockey blades, grill like a hockey mask
Chop it like a hockey stick, niggas pop it to pocket cash
Talkin' bout you poppin' gats, runnin' wit' those sloppy cats
Same suckas probably be watchin' you get your pockets tapped
Fuck all that cocky shit, where I'm from they cocking straps
Think you wavy 'til you get hit with 8 in your stocking cap
But, I choose to excel
Made my old ex mad, gave my new ex hell
Went from no X to one X to two X, well
I been nice since my tee shirt was 2XL
Yeah that's XX, like two exes ago
But it's still all love like X's and O's
Cause at some point, we feel we have exes who owe
You know an explanation why they made an exit, and oh
If you think I'm talkin' bout my exes, come on, man
Tell XXL they got one more chance
But, man I lay low
If I ain't on ya list, then that bitch don't exist, Manti Te'o
I'm anti aye-bro, that shit they puttin' up corny
Tell these niggas they ain't good enough to bore me
I'm just paintin' so y'all see the story
I can't be guarded in rap, to God be the glory
King
Harder then ether
Yes, yes, yes. Always said it. Most rappers agree
@@greentee5993 Ether? Are you comparing that...smh. you all are lost
Why this doesn't have 100 million views just proves how much people don't understand or appreciate hip hop pioneers. This is lyrical gold standard of ripping a microphone to pieces.
Easy answer champ !
'It does not meet the requirements of trash!
I was 3 million of the 100 million
@@deathknizzle I’m 37 and been here I know hip hop I’m Infatuated with hip-hop real rap I wish I was 16-in 87-88 lol
RAKIM...IS...ONE OF ONE...
Because it doesn’t need 100 fucking million views like damn what would it matter anyway
I got goosebumps the first time I heard this as a kid.
Me too. btw, this is my favorite track of the album.
That opening riff is one of the coldest introductions in history.
I'm 51 years old so this is my time this was a cold as s*** it's hard to listen to the rappers now when you got this as a standard
I am 64 years old have been jamming to rap for 35 years...
Word up! There are few people who ever existed who are so great at what they do, that there is no argument from anyone of the contrary. Literally everyone agrees they are the GOAT = Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Lee, Leonardo da Vinci, RAKIM!
52 and I'm with you , but. That drill music does got that asphalt flavor
Try Montana of 300
He's called the God MC for a reason!!
one of the sickest hip hop records of all time.
Rakim is like a lyrical scientist, the word he speak are genius in rhyme form
Facts !!!!!! I've nothing to ad to your comment !!!!!!
And he said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
every mc after 87 owes his flow to Rakim. GOAT
see kids, you can have intelligence, knowledge, wisdom, banging beats and still be hard and gangster.
Church
Wtf are you? A soccer Mom? 😂
@@forsakenlife4873 what are you? on drugs? what kind of a stupid comment is that?
Best hip-hop voice in the 80s. He birth all lyricists who came after.
💒Marry me to this song 😘
saw them in concert in new york back in the day.best ever
And Rick the ruler!
Tell it Big D no doubt baby girl.
If not the best then really close. Chuck D might be a challenger.
The most hardest song in Hip Hop history and not one curse word said!!
yes brother
Sheer genius the god of rap!
DEFINITLY YES!!!
It's been more than 30 years, and I STILL can't get it right!
Posted this today on my fb feed, heard this in 88, along with UTFO and was blown away. Native New Yawka born and raised.
This man literally took the wire a snitch had to record the squad plans, and starting spitting bars to the informants!😂Gangsta!
That was hard but the hardest was gettin a shave and the barber cut him, he grabbed his jaw and started spittin rhymes like he was talking to his son. Lol
) jgl
over 50 and this still gives me chills, killer!
Rakim is of best rapper ever in my opinion.
Me to your opinion is respected
@@ESDAce Thanks
@@MrBlactye np
No lies detected, Rakim is the best to ever touch the mic
That's not an opinion that's a fact!
Rakim's style was LITERALLY DECADES ahead of it's time....
FACTS IF I NEVER HEARD IT.!!!
Yeah his mind was just wired different
Facts!!!! Thee father of Nas! Tell me I'm wrong!!!
Nobody seems to get this right. He said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
First heard this amazing shit in 87 or 88. I remember me and my boys shaking our heads in disbelief. We couldn’t process what we were hearing. We would play it stop the tape, rewind, play again, argue about what we thought the lyric was and what Ra was trying to say or what he meant by a particular phrase or word.
One thing was clear to us. We were experiencing something new and incredible. An emcee with a musicians timing in and out of the pocket. He could dance around bars like Astair. Sometimes blindingly fast. Sometimes slow. An emcee Who could pack 16 bars with multisyllabic destruction and incredible visuals then turn around and use pauses to devastating effect. He was like a jazz musician An intellectual a philosopher with the mind of a prophet and a poet all in one man.
We knew everything that we understood about rap and what it could achieve as an art form had changed. Forever.
It’s thirty fucking years later and I’m still gleaning new levels of meaning from this song. Still putting together the meaning of one of the greatest songs and albums ever created in any genre.
My God.
Yes!! Back in HS this shit was revolutionary
The Galactus of all lyrical emceeing .your ideology is profoundly felt and I don't think that I could have written it any better.!!..FIRE FACTS.
I wish I was born in a rap era like that... Kinda jealous... ☹️
@Yao Black that's exactly what me and my crew used to do. Analyse this track for hours. Over 30 years later and I still get goosebumps when I play it.
@@PrAnG2000 facts.
A Masterpiece of the New York Hip Hop!!!
I'm 70 years old. I've been a writer all my life... since I was 3. I don't even like hip hop. But his is pure genius. If the culture had just obeyed and followed this leader, there's no telling what young folks would be into today. But they stray far away today from that brilliant rhythmic word play, selling they soul for a triflin payday like the third hell of Dante, rhymes in disarray, nothing real to say, fools boppin to nothin, culture sliced up and played by an anti-gourmet selling you a bloody as Hell, Good Friday Filet.
Ali Abu-Talib lmao 70
at last,someome who feels like me,this has had a profound effect on my life,simply the best
Totally agree
The fact that you are 70 years old and just said all that you said about this dude shows he is the goat!!
That's deep real talk brah sadly 💯
The flow is insane the lyrics are mind blowing not one cuss word or ni**a was said still the greatest mc of all time!!!!
IKR! Drake says nigga in practically every song!
That's the problem with the new RAPPERS they use the N-Word to much, it's not necessary...Drake is not a Rapper his a Singer. So Called
@@defaultuser8091 While I agree that the "N" is used wayyy too much nowadays in "so-called" hip hop, I don't mind usage of it as much as I detest the usage of mumble rapping & other nonsensical elements that are used nowadays. Outside of a select few, there are absolutely no true lyricists in rap today. To give the young bucks a checkup from the neck up, I always throw em' back to
Rakim
Kool G. Rap
Big Daddy Kane
There's many others that deserve honorable mention that range from the golden age of true lyricism (mid/late 80's-early/mid 90's on through to what I call the end of the lyricist era with peeps like Big Pun, early DMX & a few others.
@@williamhobbs2998 that's 100 !
Mane this song lyrically kills, Rakim could be considered the best rapper ever, the GOAT
Rakim is the greatest lyrical emcee who ever spoke a word through a microphone. Just listen to this record and how he was flowing like this at the highest level in the 80's; way before anyone else thought about writing and incorporating complex rhyme schemes into a rap song. He was the 1st!!!
Incredible poetry, phrasing and musicality. Timeless, brave and extraordinary.
This is lyricism at its best If u wanna be the best lyricist this song is the litmus test IMO
Cosign!!!
Michael Tiema true dat
+Sean Ulloa
Backed and backed again.
Geoff Chisholm what???
I back your statement
and I back it again.
I was 10 when my buddy Jeff introduced me to Eric B & Rakim. He had this dope turntable/cassette combo sound system with some nice speakers in his room. He said "yo, you need to hear something". When that bass kicked in after the first "Rakim'll say",my life changed. I kept asking to play it over & over again until his mom yelled " shut that shit off!" Lol. There is not a better Lyricist that ever existed.
LOL @ "shut that shit off!" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂
🙌🏿
Im a white Dutch guy, 45 yo.. manager, family man, tesla owner and still listening to hiphop
, jungle, reggae and drum and bass from my youth.. But in every way...
Follow the leader is one of my favourite, if not ...my favourite, hiphop album ever. Masterpiece in every aspect. Timeless, pure and clean. Pure art.
Drum and bass was like 15 years after this song
That's dope but remember to remain humble
Cringe
@@pereiraplaza222 lol are you having a fucking laugh. drum n bass came up in the early 90´s.
wow L O L !
Heard this for the first time on the radio yesterday. Immediately blown away by the flow and the beats, and even more so that this came out in '88! What Eric B and Rakim did 35 years ago not only stood the test of time, but still surpasses most records released decades after.
Wow!! That song is kinda the tip of the iceberg of songs you haven't heard if you're just hearing this. Hip hop in their era is much more hip hop than today. Much more substance in it then, vs now
There's KRS-1, Beastie Boys, De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Leaders of the New School.....
Imagine being there when it was released. I didn't fully comprehend everything he was saying back then especially, my 3rd eye will make you shine like jewlery, but I knew I was serious
When rap was pure poetry.
Just the 1st verse alone will kill a hundred man cypher....
They don't make hip hop like this anymore straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Elwookiee07 what happened to hip hop!!!
First MC that brought " from the cradle to tha grave "
@@whatsupdoc3587 what happened to hip hop is that old heads decided they like hating more than actually finding good music
Music so far ahead of its time, in 2022 it can still be studied like a college course. Amazing
2023
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the greatest M.C. of all time. I heard them all since 79' I was witness. This is Jimi.
been alive since 84 but eric b and rakim are ill alone but together illest M.C. and DJ of all time done solute you my vet thank you and your whole generation for this music
Dave Mercado comparing him to Hendrix I'm sure Rakim would take as an honor.
Dave Mercado exactly, the greatest of all time
Dave Mercado word cant agree more 👊🏾
rakim was 11 in 79
He said " dig'em, I never dug'em, he couldn't follow the leader long enough so I drug'em." cold a$$ line
That was directed at EPMD.
kweli05 damn
LeBron's Hairline And I had no idea at the time, like a lot of other subtle beefs that were going on in hip hop.
kweli05 same here, i was clueless except for maybe the LL Cool J AND KOOL MOE DEE BEEF
plus the line about the "third rail" genuis
He's bars are insane, I love this legend
And he said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
@EDoublhuh 2:11 e1
@@jameslawrencejr6417 he didn't say magnificent. The subtitles are incorrect.
@@EDouble1 say it then my bro
This man IS THE blueprint for EVERYTHING and EVERYONE that followed! Without Rakim, there is NO: Biggie, 2Pac, Nas, DMX, Busta Rhymes, Big Pun, Big L, Eminem, 50 Cent, Outkast, Luda, etc. Ahead of his time and the architect of internal rhyme scheme. Ladies and Gentlemen I give you RAKIM ALLAH, the ACTUAL G.O.A.T!
Facts!!!
Facts
💯
Without rakim there is no Wu Tang clan because every last one of them used his slang to write their rhymes. The whole slang about the chambers is rakim slang
True...
Rakim was my education and my entertainment growing up. The true GOAT.
Ra deserves proper respect, he belongs on the Rushmore of MC's. He brought it on every single track. And Eric B was a beat genius. I still get goosebumps when "Mahogany" kicks off.
Classic
actually Eric B didn't do alot of the Beats,Rakim did,do the research.
+Osia Wideman then the R is a fucking genius.
Still IS! I left 2 links above.
Yeah I heard Eric B was punkin' brothers back in the day. I heard Marley Marl and Large Professor actually produced for Eric B and Rakim, but Eric B took the credit for it.
A master class in MCing... I have heard this song 100’s of times and am still trying to decipher the science, math and verbally engineered genius on wax... supremely gifted mind that he allowed us into for a brief period of time.
From the cradle to the grave just remember your not a slave 🔥🔥🔥🔥
and that dollar sign
''Stop buggin' a brother said dig him, I never dug him
He couldn't follow the leader long enough so I drug him'' Damnnnn
EPMD never stood a chance against the god
And he said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
Simply put, Rakim is the Greatest Rapper in the History of Hip Hop.
This cam out in 1988. These flows are better than most of the stuff I hear on the radio. Respect!!!
Rakim should be in everyone’s top five rappers/hip-hop artist
Ya favorite rapper's favorite rapper.
@@lazarotorres405 he's influenced e ery emcee of the last 35 years, and every emcee for the foreseeable future
Yes, yes he is...KRS is the other one
Yesssss
And don't forget Chuck.
Probably your favorite rapper's favorite rapper's favorite rapper now
Ridiculous rap skills. I always said since the 80's, NO ONE can mess with Rakim!
top man,love r akim
The Alpha & Omega of mc'ing
My third eye makes me shine like jewelry☺ The Great Rakim❤❤❤
This dude said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
Eric B. and Terminator X - two of the most baller people who never said one single word ever to be truly awesome.......
Marc L. Rap god
Still cant believe this came out in 87...Seems like people didnt start rapping like this until like 5 years later. Unreal.
Ikr. I don't think any rappers have the lyrical skill like Rakim except Nas, Mf Doom, Slick Rick, Big Pun, Big L, and a little other rappers.
+joseph orozco don't forget GZA
Cosign!
The Brother was before his time . smh
+rdskn4eva KRS was rocking this style on "Poetry"...one of the best rhymes ever written and certainly one of Kris' best...I know I'm biased, I never REALLY checked for Eric B & Rakim 'til "...Technique" (the album with one of the best love raps ever on it!), I bought Paid In Full and a few 12"s and always acknowledged his dopeness but KRS was always my favourite emcee. Even when his beats were just aii-iight his rhymes always shone through like a beacon of truth!
The more you listen to rap the more ya start to realise what makes a truly great emcee...he may not be the most technical but he (or she!) will have a dope voice and charisma....or he may have outrageous punchlines and ill timing...some have that twist of the tongue, others come with crazily intellectual rhymes and metaphors that you may not "get" until years after you first heard 'em and are ridiculously technical when it comes to rhyme schemes....some are ill off the dome...all these ingredients can be present in the stew but, in my (nearly) 28 years of listening to rap, 15 of them deep, deeply immersed in the culture of The Four Elements, I have yet to hear an emcee who combined everything I just outlined. Most rappers have, like, 2; the best may have four...that's just my tuppence worth, respect to all b-boys and girls past present and future, True School Rules!
This is the sickest flow ever!
Greatest rap single of all time from the greatest of all, the god MC - Rakim.
Rakim is truly the greatest MC of all time. He literally invented the 'new style' of rap using internal rhyme structures, where two or more words inside each bar rhyme with each other while the words at the end of alternating bars also rhyme. For example: "I'm rough and rugged at the same time _sharp_ I can *swing* off *anything* even the *string* of a _harp._
No other rapper did this before him as often as he did. He was also the first rapper to strictly bring up competition, or the 'battle rap.' You had to rock the crowd, the listeners, but you also had to rock other emcees.
He's actually not the first to do it, even The Message from The Furious Five has internal rhymes if you listen closely. Rakim made it a staple though in his art and was his signature sound.
@@NavAK_86 I agree, but, like I said, he did it more often, and that's why it's his style. He claimed he likened his lyrics to jazz solo.
He was the first to call the Blackman a God & he was ridiculed by some in the media & called radical. Thats when he responded in Sweat the technique with “I’m to intelligent to radical, masterful never irrelevant mathematical” now every rapper is a rap god he also was the first to use an alias like the solar controller, 007, the 18th letter, the R. Also not taking anything from them but the Furious 5 lyrics were not as complex
Yeah, He did it before Eminem.
It hard to argue against that, but I would have to include KRS one as one of the greatest MC’s as well
God by nature, mind raised in Asia
Since you was tricked, I had to raise'ya
From the cradle to the grave,
But remember, you're not a slave
Cause we was put here to be much more than that,
But we couldn't see because our minds was trapped
But I'm here to break away the chains take away the pains
Remake the brains rebuild our names
This has been in my top 5 lyrically sound songs for 20 years.
Dwayne Taylor this is a timeless masterpiece
"I guess no one told ya a little knowledge is dangerous..."
Mine as well, he is a lyrical wizard.
Malcolm Little great job depicting that verse bro...its ashame that motherfuckers dont write this prolific anymore.....alot of hiphop is pure shit, but like Rakim once said " When you can make joints to put in your mans deck & bump it in the hood to blaze to & then have older mature people listen & appreciate it then it's an art & it feels good to say we took something from nothing & made our own genre " ........
@Tay Yasharal I'm Italian American and know that Rakim is the best lyricist of all time.
My magnum is a microphone
Murdering MCs
A powerful boast, a metaphor, and a perfect example of alliteration. A triple play in two lines of verse.
Yeah in this album he used alliteration a lot
Rakim was just taking victory laps with this song 🔥
One of the *ILLEST* tracks .. *EVER!!!*
Definitely one of the greatest lyrical performances I have ever seen.
yep Rakim is the Best Mc of all time
that dj....bro he was killing it man!!!
Ra loses points for longevity. So I gotta give it to either Nas, Cube, or Jay-Z because they are still making great music.
No Racist record companies killed it with their exploitation of black music for profit and political gain.
No Racist record companies killed it with their exploitation of black music for profit and political gain.
Rakim legend mc my all time favorite GOAT
THOSE LIRICS ARE STILL PURE FIRE IN 2024!!🔥
There's a beauty to this that brings Me to tears.
Isn't that crazy me too 🔥🔥🔥
SAME HERE, DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS
Happy 34 year anniversary to Eric B and Rakim’s classic album “Follow The Leader” . Yall made another groundbreaking album in Hip Hop
35 years jubilee now!!
Replay value. It takes 2-50 years to decipher all the rhymes from Rakim. Im on my 25 year
i am 54 and stilllovin it
Glad I'm not the only one.
Man I love Rakim! My wife and I met him 4 years ago. He's so laid back and humble. He's one of the greatest mcs ever. #1 or #2. I true artist.
Im 19, and I would love to meet him alongside some other legendary rappers.
It would be nice to have a interesting conversation to have with him
One of Pac's biggest influence.
@@fpshooterful Funny you mention that because this video is very similar to Pour out a little liquor.
Yup and easily top 5
@@kryptix5386 I would want specifics on his writing process and how he incorporated the syncopation of jazz into his delivery, as I think that fusion was utterly brilliant.
As much as I love Pac and Biggie, Rakim is the GOAT. It's not even close.
@DIGITAL TRADE MUSIC Pac was one of the best ever. Especially his first two records unlike the foolishness after. But nah, Rakim's lyrics were deeper even when he went solo.
@@TheJemoore9899 and Melle Mel?
@@MuslimYouthMedia Much, much respect to him.
@DIGITAL TRADE MUSIC looool are you serious
Clap your hands, you won a trip
It's so obvious that he's the best to ever touch a mic.
This is so hard. The lyrics, the beat, the video. Nothing today even comes close! Rappers make it big and they still clout chase in their songs. Rakim was barely 20 years old here and he was running and revolutionizing hip hop.
Rakim was ahead of his time and his rhymes are timeless ❤
Rakim my fav I miss em frfr his music
The other day I was rapping the lyrics to this song. Someone asked who the artist was. I said Rakim. They asked me who that was, and I promptly slapped them. They know now.
lol
Brian Parker .....you stupid...lol
Brian Parker Lol unbelievable. Lol
Lol you did right!!
Brian Parker
That's funny.
"Now stop and turn around and look, as you stare in the darkness, your knowledge took". "What can ya say, as the earth get further and further away, planets small as balls of clay". Rakim was in deep thought, triple darkness when he wrote, Follow The Leader...This man was AMAZING..
And he said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
Rakim is what you call an MC of hip hop culture. Not a rapper
i agree,he is a supreme mc
@@garymeacham5148 he is god mc
Yep!
Rakim was on a completely different level
He raps 4 minutes straight without cussing or using the N word.
Because you actually had to have talent and skillz back then. Now that the population has been reverse educated stupidity reins Supreme.
I've never heard him say it since 86
He also raps 4 minutes without breathing.
He said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
I know right. Rhymes like this, these younger brothers need to learn.
Dopest lyricist of all time
And he said, "Let's travel at *evanescent* speeds around the universe" not "Let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe".
Most people don't even know that word. Look it up! Rakim is the god MC!
LEGENDARY!
This will forever be one of the best songs in hip hop. Rakim knew his shit