correct to a point.. then. before. grandmaster caz. krs1. steady b. Roxanne SHANTE. furious 4. funky four plus one. pebbley poo. doc Jekyll and Mr hyde. run and dmc. ultra magnetic. schooly dee. fresh 3 mcs. just ice. ice t. fat boys. skinny boys. . l l cool James. rso crew. majestic crew. dimples dee. kings of pressure. captain rock. MC Shan. beastie boys. Ric-hard Pryor (prior) and on and on and on ..... 🌍🌎🌏🌐🌋⛰🏖🏜🏟🕌🌄🎠 last poets. and so it goes on....
I remember bumping this when it came out. I don't have to imagine I lived it. I was born in 71 so yea I'm a old hip hop head. Back in those days everybody sounded different you couldn't bite other people's style of rap. You'd be kicked out the game. Now everybody sounds the same and it's allowed.
Im from the Bronx, late 30s... I remember the golden era... B boys on cardboard, Rakim blastin... it was always underground... the good stuff still is... Locksmith, Buck 65, Apathy, Mad Child, Celph Titled, Atmosphere, I could go on but ya gotta dig in tha crates... ;-D
Yea I remeber, got you beat by a lil more then a decade. Those we're the good ol day's. That's was when music had a message. Now a days its all hook and autotune. There's only 1% making decent music. Roxanne and Missy Elliott is one of my favs. As far as female rappers go.
I do think G Rap and Kane were more lyrically gifted during their era, but obviously Rakim is more a prolific figure and the most influential rappers of the 80's, basically started the lyrical and complex lyrics
@@closedfiles they were not on the level of Ra. At that time only Cool G Rap was on his level. Yes, BDK was mentioned and there was also KRS 1. But it was years before other rappers began to change their simplistic styles to more rhythmic and lyrical styles which have been the standard of rap since Ra's emergence.
Oh man, been waitin. Krs one-emcees act like they don't know Gang starr--full clip Wu tang clan- all of 36 chambers Nas- NY state of mind, anything from illmatic Mobb deep- shook one's Big pun- beware Smiff n wessun, heltah skeltah Anything from Big L, dude is the goat Kool G Rap too So many choices Bro, glad you're going down this road folk.
I’m a half century old and I’ve been listening to hip-hop, in one form or another, since 1979. Rakim Allah (The GOD MC) is all that and more! He ABSOLUTELY changed hip-hop. He made true lyricism the standard & EVERYONE after him had to step up their game MULTIPLE noches just to come close to his precision. LOVE Eric B & Rakim to this day. THANK YOU for reacting to one of my old favorites.
3:36 after listening to this song a ton of times, I finally caught the bar “Because you’ll be {fried in the end} when you pretend to be” Fri and end are the way to spell friend which he stated in “frienemy” Rakim a genius
QUIET STORM is a whole genre right there...💪 🔥 It was a radio show of slow, romantic songs from black artists of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s at Howard University - then in the 80's it turned into a national slow-jam/R&B broadcast from NY....deejay Vaughn Harper on WBLS 💕 Everybody older & cool (that was rollerskating backwards) was listening to The Quiet Storm until midnight. Right after, the young contemporary hosts would start their show playing the early, young rappers... When Rakim dropped the bar live: "Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm I hook a beat up convert it in a hip-hop form." It shook the whole radio game & Smoky Robinson fans started listening to rap OVERNIGHT! One of the most iconic moments for me witnessing Rap music coming in new and taking over the world! Yeah, we gotta bring OGs back✌🌏 Busta Rhymes 2020💣
You have got to do more Rakim,so the younger gen will realize this mc’s importance.Thanks for pointing out there was no copying anyone’s style back then.Ra changed the game and paved the way for several prolific emcees.
Naw son. You wish you were born in the 70's and came up in the 80s. That's how it works. Imagine listening to this in the 80s? Don't have to imagine. It was that good. For me, THIS SONG in particular. There were two singles before this ... "Eric B is President" and "My Melody", both of which he references in this song. First track off Paid in Full. THIS is the song. Faster tempo, better production and that stone cold rhyme style the no one else had. Pretty much everyone had to start over after this one dropped.
I was a young man when I 1st heard this song. I still remember the lyrics today. Changed my whole outlook on Hip-hop music. Nice! Lyrics: I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke When I'm gone no one gets on cause I won't let Nobody press up and mess up the scene I set I like to stand in a crowd and watch the people wonder damn But think about it then you'll understand I'm just an addict addicted to music Maybe it's a habit, I gotta use it...
Yes, yes, yes. This is what I’m talking about. I remember when the album came out. Fire! Follow the Leader is another good one. Also check out Public Enemy. There’s some fire there too!
I love seeing young folks discovering the GOATS we came up on, BUT. I know even though you’re hearing the bars, the metaphors are going over your head. For example, he says "I nominated my DJ for president" on their first album there is a track titled Eric B. for president. Next, he says, "So pucker up and whistle My Melody" My melody is also a track from this same album, and it starts off with a whistle. Next, he drops "Before you know it you're following a fiend" The song he's best known for "Microphone Fiend" comes from their next album follow the leader. Rakim says, "put it in your pocket for later cause I’m moving the crowd and B a record fader" Move the crowd is also a track off the paid in Full album. I love watching you guys because history is being passed down but know you can’t get what we got out of this era because what made some of the bars so tight were the metaphors that we caught in real time. Keep digging and keep learning
Check Rakim ‘my melody’ that’s where “7mc’s came from” “take 7 mc’s put’em in a line add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme, it’ll take 7 more before I go fo mine now dats 21 mc’s ate up at the same time” legendary bars!!
when i was i college playing football ,they used to hook us up with summer jobs.and i used to do concert security.and i did a rap fest .and was in charge of back stage .this group was on ,and a guy with this thick gold rope on stuck his head out the door and asked me what i thought .and im a long haired heavy metal white guy,and i was like ehhh.and he said don't judge hip hop by what you see here (the 2 live crew) he goes wait till we go on.he was Eric B.and he introduced me to Rakim.so i walked them down to the stage .and that was when i was introduced to the ghetto.this man just blew my mind with his intellect and how articulate he was .and the way he could form words.this man is very intelligent.i went out the next day and bought their CD i was 19 yrs.old at the time a freshmen in college and im 51 now and still remember it like yesterday...N.W.A. W/ICE CUBE WAS THERE ALSO..
I am a old head and i really appreciate you doing this for the youth so they can see and feel what rapping hiphop was like to us and understand why we feel the way we do about mumble rap... i am a fan of your channel bruh keep up the good work...i catch you everyday
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT man I love when the younger generation recognizes the Old School talent yeah bro I was 16 17 when this came out and we bumped this in our cars and back yards till the day you were born and havent stopped
We would've loved to have you hittin up club's and party's in the 80 and early 90's. You're a cool dude who appreciates good music. Much luv from NY. Keep on representin.
Take seven MCs put em in a line then take seven more brothas that think they can rhyme Well it'll take seven more before I go for mine Now that's 21 MCs ate up at the same time
Read my comment you must agree with my fire Eric b rakim list I agree with you that's a sick song to... You you take any advise I say... Listen to this album once 🙏 its fucking badass
I watched this on Video Music Box on PBS in NYC when it first came out. The ironic thing about it is that Rakim kept it tight, focused and serious throughout, but you couldn't help but laugh/smile at how awesome it was. Of course, Flav dancing like that was also funny, so while R was "no joke" the perfection of that punchline had us rolling...
Finally i wake up to a reaction to a track by The God Mc! I have been a member of The Soldiers of Rakim for 6 years, became a member when i found out it was a thing crated by the oldschool hip hop legends here in Norway 🇳🇴
Rakim is my favorite rapper love your reaction! And the part you were talking about was: “Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm I hook a beat up convert it in a hip-hop form” React to LL Cool J - I’m Bad
And catfish billy and till its gone and big nutz and love story and shade freestyle(witch has nothing to do with mgk and is way befor he knew eminem or was signed or anything but its 🔥) and row your boat .... I can go on and on daylight...ummm ... Hard white "mylimbs are covered in tattoos and my roots they run deep"
So fortunate to have grown up in the 80's and listened to hip hop since its infancy w/ iconic legends like Eric B. & Rakim, arguably one of the top lyricists of all-time. Thanks for posting! 💯👍🏼
Rakim is the dopest MC for my money. I was 13 when this ish came out. This is the golden age of hip-hop. Run-DMC, Rakim, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane, L. L. Cool J, Ice-T......I could go on for days. Best time to come up as a hip-hop fan.
I was a Freshman in highschool when this dropped. We was *FRESH!* High top fade, gold chain, Africa medallion, Air Jordans! Yo', I grew up in the 80s. From 8 to 18! Best era of them *ALL!*
Here's your Rakim starter kit bruh: the entire Paid In Full album, Follow The Leader, Microphone Fiend, Lyrics Of Fury, Doin It With The R, Let The Rhythm Hit Em, The Ghetto, Mahogany, Know The Ledge, It's Been A Long Time, NY State Of Mind Remix (w/Nas and Alicia Keys), Classic (w/Nas, Kanye, and KRS 1). Have fun with that lil' bruh!
You mean you wish you were born in the 60"s or 70"s & raised in the 80"s...This was released in 87 & Rakin was 19 yrs old here... Back then break dancing was popular, Fila, Pony, Diadora, British Knights, golf club hats, waterbee shoes, corduroy pants
Please react to Platinum Plus by Big Daddy Kane and Big L, Concerto of the Desperado by Roots, 98 freestyle by Big L, Super Lyrical by Big Pun and Black Thought, 18th Letter by Rakim, Royalty by GangStarr, Tres Leches by Prodigy, Big Pun, and Inspectah Deck, and Simon Says by Pharaohe Monch. @No Life Shaq
It was SUMMER OF 19 hunnit and 86 when I heard CHECK OUT MY MELODY whistle and THAT IS WHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIP HOP..... Rakim is my GOAT n the EMM EYE CEE
I did listen to this in the 80's and it was so different from mainstream music. You could' t get rap music at any record store so you'd have to get a mixed tape from someone who got it in New York or Chicago. Rap was underground and revolutionary.
In 87 I was bumping this in my 2 door 78 LTD with the 6 3 way 6x9’s in the back window. Had to wire in a Kraco cassette stereo so I could play tapes. Lol the good ole days before I could afford bass. 🔥🔥🔥
Born in 1976 so I saw rap in its heyday along with metal’s best years too. Back when I was coming up coke, Ludes and acid was all the rage. I’d give anything to be back in 87-88. X
👍...Ain't nothing like the real thing! Hip-hop don't stop! You Rock🤟 I am from the class of 1990, I lived all this stuff ‼️ peace from Sacramento California 🙏
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Rakim ain’t on anybody’s list...he IS the list! Every single emcee you want to compare him to, CAME from him! That’s why he’s the God MC!
LL Cool J started in 1984.
correct to a point..
then.
before.
grandmaster caz.
krs1.
steady b.
Roxanne SHANTE.
furious 4.
funky four plus one.
pebbley poo.
doc Jekyll and Mr hyde.
run and dmc.
ultra magnetic.
schooly dee.
fresh 3 mcs.
just ice.
ice t.
fat boys.
skinny boys.
.
l l cool James.
rso crew.
majestic crew.
dimples dee.
kings of pressure.
captain rock.
MC Shan.
beastie boys.
Ric-hard Pryor (prior) and on and on and on ..... 🌍🌎🌏🌐🌋⛰🏖🏜🏟🕌🌄🎠
last poets.
and so it goes on....
Well said, could not say it any better
I remember bumping this when it came out. I don't have to imagine I lived it. I was born in 71 so yea I'm a old hip hop head. Back in those days everybody sounded different you couldn't bite other people's style of rap. You'd be kicked out the game. Now everybody sounds the same and it's allowed.
Yep, if someone came out sounding the same, they got dogged hard.
@@tranquilized13 facts
Im from the Bronx, late 30s... I remember the golden era... B boys on cardboard, Rakim blastin... it was always underground... the good stuff still is... Locksmith, Buck 65, Apathy, Mad Child, Celph Titled, Atmosphere, I could go on but ya gotta dig in tha crates... ;-D
Yea I remeber, got you beat by a lil more then a decade. Those we're the good ol day's. That's was when music had a message. Now a days its all hook and autotune. There's only 1% making decent music. Roxanne and Missy Elliott is one of my favs. As far as female rappers go.
@@GODHATESADOPTION underground was the way to go tho
Rakim: "Microphone Fiend"
He was and still is one of the best.
Here July 25th 2024! Rakim album dropping tomorrow!
As someone who listened to Rakim in the 80s ...for me He gotta be in the top 5 for the goat
Burnout404
1 Common
2 LL
3 Rakim Allah
4 Big
5 Em
@@MTCullen Common sense "watermelon", "Soul by the Pound"
1. Z-ro
2. Eminem
3. Everyone else.
Burnout404 real talk
not gonna lie, i listen to rakim now and im 19
I grew up in the 80's. Rakim was and still is the GOAT.
They are hard as Hell. Still.
Rakim has never been equaled. He was SO FAR beyond anyone else in the 80's it was sick
I'm a lucky bitch for being born in 70. I heard all the greatest jams in all forms of music. This is so good.
I do think G Rap and Kane were more lyrically gifted during their era, but obviously Rakim is more a prolific figure and the most influential rappers of the 80's, basically started the lyrical and complex lyrics
Finally Shaq!!! Ur reacting to the first lyricist EVER in the hip hop game, Rakim is one of the GOATS, THATS TUFF COACH
Ra is dope but def was not the first lyricist. Grandmaster Caz, Kool Moe Dee & Melle Mel were lyricist before Ra.
@@closedfiles I'm glad you said it 🤦🏽♂️
@@closedfiles they were not on the level of Ra. At that time only Cool G Rap was on his level.
Yes, BDK was mentioned and there was also KRS 1. But it was years before other rappers began to change their simplistic styles to more rhythmic and lyrical styles which have been the standard of rap since Ra's emergence.
Rakim was a Long Island dude who all the top Brooklyn gangstas loved and respected. Whatta time to be alive. The 80s. Wild. Dangerous. But incredible.
BRO YOU UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING CORRECTLY! IMAGINE HEARING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 87. WE WENT CRAZY! ✊🏾
When the "nasty good stank face" became a mainstay in Hip-Hop!
(~_•)
Oh man, been waitin.
Krs one-emcees act like they don't know
Gang starr--full clip
Wu tang clan- all of 36 chambers
Nas- NY state of mind, anything from illmatic
Mobb deep- shook one's
Big pun- beware
Smiff n wessun, heltah skeltah
Anything from Big L, dude is the goat
Kool G Rap too
So many choices Bro, glad you're going down this road folk.
Avengers
all this needs to happen
all of those!!!!
Eric b is a legend 💪
We need more
Rakim
Public Enemy
Slick Rick
Best channel going BIG UP
I’m a half century old and I’ve been listening to hip-hop, in one form or another, since 1979. Rakim Allah (The GOD MC) is all that and more! He ABSOLUTELY changed hip-hop. He made true lyricism the standard & EVERYONE after him had to step up their game MULTIPLE noches just to come close to his precision. LOVE Eric B & Rakim to this day. THANK YOU for reacting to one of my old favorites.
Taken me back! I am an old head and that old school hip hop be gettin’ me hip!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Rakim is top 10 lyrically of all time.
3:36 after listening to this song a ton of times, I finally caught the bar
“Because you’ll be {fried in the end} when you pretend to be”
Fri and end are the way to spell friend which he stated in “frienemy”
Rakim a genius
"Another enemy, not even a friend-'a me..."
(The "frienemy" term hadn't become thing until way later... but not in the 80's.)
@@DAndre-jp9tf Thats it! True 👍
Shaq,thank you!! I've been waiting on this,hope the other old heads in here like it to!
Believe me, if there are any other old heads but us in here, we can't do nuttin but love this. No joke.
Facts
Hell yeah, grew up on this! Definitely need Shaq to do more old school! Let's do it coach!
Jevon Burke I say that we give Shaq the “ Down By Law” honorary title for this one.
Good to see that your appreciation to the old school mcees that payed the way for the young folks in hip hop today
QUIET STORM is a whole genre right there...💪 🔥
It was a radio show of
slow, romantic songs from black artists of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s at Howard University - then in the 80's it turned into a national slow-jam/R&B broadcast from NY....deejay Vaughn Harper on WBLS 💕
Everybody older & cool (that was rollerskating backwards) was listening to The Quiet Storm until midnight. Right after, the young contemporary hosts would start their show playing the early, young rappers...
When Rakim dropped the bar live: "Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm I hook a beat up convert it in a hip-hop form." It shook the whole radio game & Smoky Robinson fans started listening to rap OVERNIGHT!
One of the most iconic moments for me witnessing Rap music coming in new and taking over the world!
Yeah, we gotta bring OGs back✌🌏 Busta Rhymes 2020💣
The GOD MC!!( master of ceremony) not one curse word ..🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤️🥰💪🏽🙌🏽👏🏽
Geto Boys - My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me
My favorite hip hop song ever
Yesssss
You have got to do more Rakim,so the younger gen will realize this mc’s importance.Thanks for pointing out there was no copying anyone’s style back then.Ra changed the game and paved the way for several prolific emcees.
Naw son. You wish you were born in the 70's and came up in the 80s. That's how it works. Imagine listening to this in the 80s? Don't have to imagine. It was that good. For me, THIS SONG in particular. There were two singles before this ... "Eric B is President" and "My Melody", both of which he references in this song. First track off Paid in Full. THIS is the song. Faster tempo, better production and that stone cold rhyme style the no one else had. Pretty much everyone had to start over after this one dropped.
I was a young man when I 1st heard this song. I still remember the lyrics today. Changed my whole outlook on Hip-hop music. Nice! Lyrics: I ain't no joke, I used to let the mic smoke
Now I slam it when I'm done and make sure it's broke
When I'm gone no one gets on cause I won't let
Nobody press up and mess up the scene I set
I like to stand in a crowd and watch the people wonder damn
But think about it then you'll understand
I'm just an addict addicted to music
Maybe it's a habit, I gotta use it...
I LOVE MY 80’S, THEY WERE THE BOMB!!!!
i was bumping this the other day and i’m only 14
Mee too
There's still hope for this world!
Word. I'm 33 and still jam a song from this cd least once minimum weekly. Mainly "Paid in full" and "as the rhyme goes on"
On ya champ spread it to your friends
Kyle Sloterdijk I like to have a whiskey and freestyle over the ones that are just instrumentals
"Imagine listening to this in the 80's"
Yes.
Yes, yes, yes. This is what I’m talking about. I remember when the album came out. Fire! Follow the Leader is another good one. Also check out Public Enemy. There’s some fire there too!
I love seeing young folks discovering the GOATS we came up on, BUT. I know even though you’re hearing the bars, the metaphors are going over your head. For example, he says "I nominated my DJ for president" on their first album there is a track titled Eric B. for president. Next, he says, "So pucker up and whistle My Melody" My melody is also a track from this same album, and it starts off with a whistle. Next, he drops "Before you know it you're following a fiend" The song he's best known for "Microphone Fiend" comes from their next album follow the leader. Rakim says, "put it in your pocket for later cause I’m moving the crowd and B a record fader" Move the crowd is also a track off the paid in Full album. I love watching you guys because history is being passed down but know you can’t get what we got out of this era because what made some of the bars so tight were the metaphors that we caught in real time. Keep digging and keep learning
Follow the leader by Rakim
Next level
Eminem - Evil Twins & Groundhog Day both songs nothing but bars on bars
All I think about
Check Rakim ‘my melody’ that’s where “7mc’s came from” “take 7 mc’s put’em in a line add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme, it’ll take 7 more before I go fo mine now dats 21 mc’s ate up at the same time” legendary bars!!
Rakim is the greatest 🔥🔥
FACTS 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
when i was i college playing football ,they used to hook us up with summer jobs.and i used to do concert security.and i did a rap fest .and was in charge of back stage .this group was on ,and a guy with this thick gold rope on stuck his head out the door and asked me what i thought .and im a long haired heavy metal white guy,and i was like ehhh.and he said don't judge hip hop by what you see here (the 2 live crew) he goes wait till we go on.he was Eric B.and he introduced me to Rakim.so i walked them down to the stage .and that was when i was introduced to the ghetto.this man just blew my mind with his intellect and how articulate he was .and the way he could form words.this man is very intelligent.i went out the next day and bought their CD i was 19 yrs.old at the time a freshmen in college and im 51 now and still remember it like yesterday...N.W.A. W/ICE CUBE WAS THERE ALSO..
Please man KRS-ONE The sound of da police. The bars and the message stand so strong today. It'll be in your top five my dude.
Just trying to get your attention to this song. So deep so lit so many bars. The verse on overseers and officers is incredible
To me, in my not at all humble opinion, it's 1. Rakim. 2. KRS-One....then everyone else.
I am a old head and i really appreciate you doing this for the youth so they can see and feel what rapping hiphop was like to us and understand why we feel the way we do about mumble rap... i am a fan of your channel bruh keep up the good work...i catch you everyday
"Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm, I hook a beat up, turn it into hip hop form".....
Such a good song
Shout out to Flava Flav!
I don’t have to imagine it because I lived it. ❤️
React to big daddy Kane raw
THIS
Kane is to fast in that one coach would be stoping that one to much so many jems in that one
Hell yes...needs to be done.
"Wrath of Kane"
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT man I love when the younger generation recognizes the Old School talent yeah bro I was 16 17 when this came out and we bumped this in our cars and back yards till the day you were born and havent stopped
I told u bro react to rakim follow the leader
We would've loved to have you hittin up club's and party's in the 80 and early 90's. You're a cool dude who appreciates good music. Much luv from NY. Keep on representin.
6:55 "Look at how calm he is" then we see Flav looking like he's being electrocuted hahahahaha.
also when he mentioned Or you'll be one of those 7 emcees , he was referring back to his song check out my melody
Take seven MCs put em in a line
then take seven more brothas that think they can rhyme
Well it'll take seven more before I go for mine
Now that's 21 MCs ate up at the same time
React to Eric B. and Rakim "Know The Ledge" 🔥🔥
Read my comment you must agree with my fire Eric b rakim list I agree with you that's a sick song to... You you take any advise I say...
Listen to this album once 🙏 its fucking badass
Rakim's sideburn game was so on point.
Session One - Eminem ft. Slaughterhouse (Recovery Deluxe Edition)
1987 I was 15 and was introduced to both rap and metal... best time of my life. My Guy!!! Loving you giving me a chance to relive those days!!
Gang Starr - "Code of the Streets" or "Mass Appeal"
The entire cd is 🔥🔥 Rakim is the originator of this style. I play this particular song anytime I need to take over the world.😀
Slow it down coach!!!!
I watched this on Video Music Box on PBS in NYC when it first came out. The ironic thing about it is that Rakim kept it tight, focused and serious throughout, but you couldn't help but laugh/smile at how awesome it was. Of course, Flav dancing like that was also funny, so while R was "no joke" the perfection of that punchline had us rolling...
RUN DMC - "It's like that"...."Hard Times" 🔥🔥🔥
Finally i wake up to a reaction to a track by The God Mc!
I have been a member of The Soldiers of Rakim for 6 years, became a member when i found out it was a thing crated by the oldschool hip hop legends here in Norway 🇳🇴
"I'm addicted to music"
While these new mumble rappers addicted to lean and pills!
WE CATCHING THOSE!!
i was in HS in 80's and i still listen to this on my playlist when im at gym
Rakim is my favorite rapper love your reaction!
And the part you were talking about was: “Even if it's jazz or the quiet storm
I hook a beat up convert it in a hip-hop form”
React to LL Cool J - I’m Bad
That the best review of a track I've ever heard. ERIC and RAKIM .. legends
Many men-50 please Shaq
Man I've been hearing 5his request so much I'm about to check the song, swear haha
It's lovely too see all hope isn't gone when it comes to rap, had scared for a lil with that mumbling rap! # Bring it back Youngbloods
Yelawolf, pop the truck, best friend feat EMINEM, daddy's limbo, trunk music!!!!!!
Pop the trunk.. Its hard
And catfish billy and till its gone and big nutz and love story and shade freestyle(witch has nothing to do with mgk and is way befor he knew eminem or was signed or anything but its 🔥) and row your boat .... I can go on and on daylight...ummm ... Hard white "mylimbs are covered in tattoos and my roots they run deep"
“Don’t make me go pop the trunk on you”
This is so good. Happy to have been a kid when I heard this.
Woot 50th view and 20th comment. Much love shaq keep the videos coming...
So fortunate to have grown up in the 80's and listened to hip hop since its infancy w/ iconic legends like Eric B. & Rakim, arguably one of the top lyricists of all-time. Thanks for posting! 💯👍🏼
LEGENDS!
God Allah
Eric b and rakim, follow the leader, its one of the best old skool tunes ever made
Big L - 98 Freestyle
Rakim is the dopest MC for my money. I was 13 when this ish came out. This is the golden age of hip-hop. Run-DMC, Rakim, Kool Moe Dee, Big Daddy Kane, L. L. Cool J, Ice-T......I could go on for days. Best time to come up as a hip-hop fan.
Gotta do some mobb deep. Prodigy and havoc forever!!
Quiet Storm
Yeah thats there main song everyone knows but all their albums are straight fire. Thats tough lol.
Man ol school puts a smile on my face I'm 31 an hearing this from my older fam when I was a youngster
50 Cent-Back Down
Proof-Ja in a Bra
Nas-Ether
Easy E-Real Muthaphukkin Gs
Big Pun-Still Not A Player
Dude.
I don't give compliments easy.
But it's clear that you get it.
I was there when all of this went down.
Wouldn't trade it for anything.
"When the music stops" Em featuring d12 🙌
This man is lyrically crazy. Lyrics of fury still bumps man
Chris Stapleton - Tennessee Whiskey
Eddie Duarte Tennessee Whiskey is a remake from David Allen Coe. Old country song remake. Not original.
Patrick Golden never said it was original. It’s still a masterpiece and Chris did that song justice he didn’t let down.
I was a Freshman in highschool when this dropped. We was *FRESH!* High top fade, gold chain, Africa medallion, Air Jordans! Yo', I grew up in the 80s. From 8 to 18! Best era of them *ALL!*
You got to do some bone thugs and harmony way ahead of the times great rap group loving rakim man..
james wallace bone thugs living legends
@@btnh-9er244 I agree mate so underated the best soul rap music ive ever listened too great music.
Love when you guys put on for the ole school,best times ever
They call him your favorite rappers favorite rapper. RA the feind on a mic
Here's your Rakim starter kit bruh: the entire Paid In Full album, Follow The Leader, Microphone Fiend, Lyrics Of Fury, Doin It With The R, Let The Rhythm Hit Em, The Ghetto, Mahogany, Know The Ledge, It's Been A Long Time, NY State Of Mind Remix (w/Nas and Alicia Keys), Classic (w/Nas, Kanye, and KRS 1). Have fun with that lil' bruh!
Do big daddy Kane half stepping
You mean you wish you were born in the 60"s or 70"s & raised in the 80"s...This was released in 87 & Rakin was 19 yrs old here... Back then break dancing was popular, Fila, Pony, Diadora, British Knights, golf club hats, waterbee shoes, corduroy pants
Please react to Platinum Plus by Big Daddy Kane and Big L, Concerto of the Desperado by Roots, 98 freestyle by Big L, Super Lyrical by Big Pun and Black Thought, 18th Letter by Rakim, Royalty by GangStarr, Tres Leches by Prodigy, Big Pun, and Inspectah Deck, and Simon Says by Pharaohe Monch. @No Life Shaq
It was SUMMER OF 19 hunnit and 86 when I heard CHECK OUT MY MELODY whistle and THAT IS WHEN I FELL IN LOVE WITH HIP HOP..... Rakim is my GOAT n the EMM EYE CEE
Spice one.....187proof
White guy 51, from the Netherlands... This was the first hiphop album I bought and got totally hooked! and I am a punk and metal fan!
Murda mo by krayzie bone? He murders that track!
Juan Delgado that's my all time favorite Krayzie Bone track. Leatha face
Juan Delgado bone thugs living legends
baby i was born in the 80s and it was awesome.......Rakim is a GENIUS...honey watch his interviews DEEP
I did listen to this in the 80's and it was so different from mainstream music. You could' t get rap music at any record store so you'd have to get a mixed tape from someone who got it in New York or Chicago. Rap was underground and revolutionary.
In 87 I was bumping this in my 2 door 78 LTD with the 6 3 way 6x9’s in the back window. Had to wire in a Kraco cassette stereo so I could play tapes. Lol the good ole days before I could afford bass. 🔥🔥🔥
You gotta react to Big Pun, one of the best rappers ever
He's in my top 10 of all time, along with G Rap, Elzhi, GZA, MF DOOM, Kweli, Ace, L, and others.
Yes-Pun was the truth.
I agree my top 5. Big pun borcuia
Old school Hiphop, Reggae, Metal, Punk were one family... Music from the street...
First , React to Eminem - Infinite (1996) one of the best multisyllabic tracks ever done
Word. I agree. Redefinition by Black Star is one of the most lyrical tracks too.
@@devotheambivert9875 FAX
Rakim is THE greatest of all time. Paid In Full is still dope as hell 30 years later.
and never uses curse words in his raps...check the facts...
Born in 1976 so I saw rap in its heyday along with metal’s best years too. Back when I was coming up coke, Ludes and acid was all the rage. I’d give anything to be back in 87-88. X
Big L - Put It On
I’m Born in 1973 and started listening to hiphop in 1980. But Rakim is one of the best rappers of all time 💪🏽
Eminem-girls
Random Uploads for sure. Another great diss track by Slim Shady.
Patrick Golden straight up bro I been requesting this one on every upload shaq does
👍...Ain't nothing like the real thing! Hip-hop don't stop! You Rock🤟 I am from the class of 1990, I lived all this stuff ‼️ peace from Sacramento California 🙏