1986-88 was CRAZY!!! Cats who were just coming up at the time was incredible!! Rakim, Krs-One, BDK, Kool G Rap, Chuck D, Just-Ice, Biz Markie to name a few, but also MY favorites.A native NYer, but fortunate to be stationed in Delaware at the time so I was able to hear what Philly was doing as well as the DC Go-GO scene.Philly had Schoolly D, Steady B & Cool C ( Hilltop Hustlers), 3 Times Dope,Jazzy Jeff, Fresh Prince & Ready Rock C, Cash Money and others.Go-Go: Chuck Brown(" Run Joe"!!!!),Trouble, Junkyard Band, NE Groovers etc...As you get older you realize how fortunate you were to have witnessed first hand all this incredible talent with different styles/genres of music.And sometimes experience it LIVE!!! Ahhh the memories!! When Rakim came out it was like he was rookie of the year!!! Nobody had ever heard that style.Just cool never in a hurry." I'll take 7 MC's put em in a line, and add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme, well it'll take 7 more before I go for mine, now that's 21 MC's ate up at the same time"...." Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me"...were the most quoted words back then.
saw him live in the 80s decade, right after the 1st release, with LL , who already was a very big name, and Public Enemy who also had their debut album just out and it was clear history was in the making......... BEST decade ever...when it was all true and dope, new times are pissy...
totally, it was the time of the wisle crowd, so all were using their whisle, LL had his 2 djs...it was very hard, the beats....crazy really...it was also back than a different crowd, more rugged and rough, people getting robbed of their tickets and shit like that... rap was a mans game, and the people showing up were in that line...But more important, the energy and atmosphere was so special...like i stated...it was like you were feeling something special in rapmusic was lifting off, al those big names entering the platform and years of legendary albums ahead. Public Enemy was just hardly known at that time. I saw Rakim again in the early 90s performing along with Chubb Rock and some other names, but forgot who lol.
I also saw them in the 80's, 1987 to be exact, at the Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam. That was the 87 Def Jam Tour, with LL, P.E and Eric B & Rakim, legendary, still got my ticket. You are correct about the whistles, I remember LL sayin, "whistle posse, my posse!" Co-sign @ the the energy and atmosphere, "Hip Hop used to be so thick in the air". The 90's tour, also in Amsterdam, was Eric B & Rakim, Chubb Rock and Main Source (without Large Professor, cause he had just left the group. Mikey D from the L.A Posse replaced him). The last time I saw Rakim perform, was in 2011, at the Monsters of Rap Festival in Germany.
whhhaaaaat meek mill man gtfoh bitch ass man u got me triggered in 2 seconds check his ''paid in full''.... ''follow the leader''.... ''let the rhythm hit em'' all of them 3 classics top 10 albums ever those 3 and them u talk bout fucking meek mill by the way mill suck atleast compare him with nas or kendrick but with meek mill smh
One of the most prolific MC's who didn't curse or degrade women, yet he was so mean on the mic. I will play this man's music regularly for the rest of my life.
THEINFAMOUS1011 + Correct, not much, and if I'm not mistaken, not at all during his first four joints with Eric B, when Ra was at his pinnacle. He also didn't have any features on those projects.
He’s my favorite since he doesn’t rap fake gangsta garbage or fake a lifestyle he doesn’t live, he 100% raw and real to the core about his life and in his music.
Even though I’ve heard this story straight from the man himself, it never gets old hearing it again. Artists these days have no idea of what some of us went through back then just to become who we are today!
Fantastic interview. Rakim has always been an inspiration to me. I'll never forget the first time I dropped the needle on Zakia Records "Eric B. Is President."
This is nice..more stuff like this please.SideNote ..we need to pay hommage to living legends like this instead of honoring them only when they gone. Greetings from The Netherlands
I remember reading an interview with MC Shan saying that every time Rakim was busting a rhyme, him & Marley Marl would go on the side of the wall and laugh. This brother turned out to be the most influential & gifted MC the world ever witnessed. He definitely would be the first to be placed on the Mount Rushmore of Hip Hop. Salute to the 18th letter the God MC RakimAllah
Best Lyricist ever, bar none. Rakim made me say "this rap shit is gonna go very far one day". Greatness can not be denied, no matter how hard the ops try to do it. Long live The Real Rap God, Rakim Allah. It ain't m&m youngstas!
Damn, when they asked him to rhyme I was hoping he would rip into.... "Now I made it easy to dance to this But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist Say indeed and I'll proceed 'cause my man made a mix If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix..."
Only the G.O.A.T.! There are a lot of great MC's, K.R.S. One, Heavy D. R.I.P., Melle Mel and MC Shan to name a few. But I have never heard any MC who actually stepped to the one and only Rakim. I love this man's music and Eric B. is synonymous with him, to me they are one. No one can touch Rakim even still today. I grew up loving hip hop, to me it wasn't just New York music cause I grew up in the '80's in West Long Beach California and we was definitely feelin it, still do.
Jay, Pac, Biggie and KRS are all legendary and have their own weight, but Rakim is the best to ever bless a mic. He changed my life with his words. I know that’s a lot of praise to heap on one man, but believe me. It’s all warranted. I challenge you to put on some Rakim and not be moved mentally, first, and physically. He gives your third eye much needed therapy. Much love and respect to Rakim and Eric B. See you real soon in the Mile High!
Butcher Chop you clearly have not seen the youtube comments I seen. When you say Pac means a lot to many people, this shows me the brainwashing and weak minded of society. The worshipping of celebrities. 2pac means more to people than Malcolm X and I find this sad and pathetic! Furthermore, most Pac fans were not fans of his until his 4th album his first on Death Row. Most of them will not admit this. I say this because his first 3 political content actually dropping knowledge on people. Since most black people are morons, they glorify him for violent rap instead of his positive music. Not all Pac fans but many. Plus nobody wants to admit Hit em up was responsible for Biggie's death! Not one rapper swill say this publically!
Yo, those who don't know true hip hop, don't truly understand the lyrical influence of Rakim, his stage presence,flow and technique set the stage for everyone that came after him; a lyrical God and on the mount Rushmore of rap!!
Rakim Allah is hands down the Greatest lyricist in Hip hop history. It's not even close. My Melody and Eric B is President is the greatest Side A and B songs of all times. When I found out years later that he just came into the Knowledge of self I couldn't believe it. Rakim sounded like an older God at 17! Amazing gift he shared with the world.
‘Age don’t count in the booth When your flow stay submerged in the fountain of Youth ‘ -Rakim
Yep facts
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Classic
Salute to one of the best to ever hold the mic...
Jay TheJet legend
thee goat
Salute to one of the best to ever hold the mic wrong...lol
He Has Seven Different Styles Of Hold N The Mic
1986-88 was CRAZY!!! Cats who were just coming up at the time was incredible!! Rakim, Krs-One, BDK, Kool G Rap, Chuck D, Just-Ice, Biz Markie to name a few, but also MY favorites.A native NYer, but fortunate to be stationed in Delaware at the time so I was able to hear what Philly was doing as well as the DC Go-GO scene.Philly had Schoolly D, Steady B & Cool C ( Hilltop Hustlers), 3 Times Dope,Jazzy Jeff, Fresh Prince & Ready Rock C, Cash Money and others.Go-Go: Chuck Brown(" Run Joe"!!!!),Trouble, Junkyard Band, NE Groovers etc...As you get older you realize how fortunate you were to have witnessed first hand all this incredible talent with different styles/genres of music.And sometimes experience it LIVE!!! Ahhh the memories!! When Rakim came out it was like he was rookie of the year!!! Nobody had ever heard that style.Just cool never in a hurry." I'll take 7 MC's put em in a line, and add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme, well it'll take 7 more before I go for mine, now that's 21 MC's ate up at the same time"...." Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me"...were the most quoted words back then.
Rakim transformed the art of rap overnight in the mid 80s .. he brought in the rhythmic flow that set the stage for 90s hip hop era.
Legend
Cassidy yooz a goofy
Cassidy BARRY BONDZ FROM BRICK CITY NEWARK TRYING TO HOLLA ..... UALLREADY 💰 💰
Cassidy you a young legend 💯
Cassidy Cass is the best rapper from Philadelphia
Cassidy like your work allso man
saw him live in the 80s decade, right after the 1st release, with LL , who already was a very big name, and Public Enemy who also had their debut album just out and it was clear history was in the making......... BEST decade ever...when it was all true and dope, new times are pissy...
wish i was there
Also in the 80's it was the most Hit albums ever by MC's Classics, nowadays these hip popers is laughable
You saw all three of them together! Wow! Were people in the crowd going nuts?
totally, it was the time of the wisle crowd, so all were using their whisle, LL had his 2 djs...it was very hard, the beats....crazy really...it was also back than a different crowd, more rugged and rough, people getting robbed of their tickets and shit like that... rap was a mans game, and the people showing up were in that line...But more important, the energy and atmosphere was so special...like i stated...it was like you were feeling something special in rapmusic was lifting off, al those big names entering the platform and years of legendary albums ahead. Public Enemy was just hardly known at that time. I saw Rakim again in the early 90s performing along with Chubb Rock and some other names, but forgot who lol.
I also saw them in the 80's, 1987 to be exact, at the Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam.
That was the 87 Def Jam Tour, with LL, P.E and Eric B & Rakim, legendary, still got my ticket.
You are correct about the whistles, I remember LL sayin, "whistle posse, my posse!"
Co-sign @ the the energy and atmosphere, "Hip Hop used to be so thick in the air".
The 90's tour, also in Amsterdam, was Eric B & Rakim, Chubb Rock and Main Source (without Large Professor, cause he had just left the group. Mikey D from the L.A Posse replaced him). The last time I saw Rakim perform, was in 2011, at the Monsters of Rap Festival in Germany.
Rakim king of rap!
whhhaaaaat meek mill man gtfoh bitch ass man u got me triggered in 2 seconds check his ''paid in full''.... ''follow the leader''.... ''let the rhythm hit em'' all of them 3 classics top 10 albums ever those 3 and them u talk bout fucking meek mill by the way mill suck atleast compare him with nas or kendrick but with meek mill smh
F Tmac Gotta Be About The money no Omega he killed that too brother
One of the most prolific MC's who didn't curse or degrade women, yet he was so mean on the mic. I will play this man's music regularly for the rest of my life.
Powerule Rakim has cursed. Not a lot tho.
THEINFAMOUS1011 + Correct, not much, and if I'm not mistaken, not at all during his first four joints with Eric B, when Ra was at his pinnacle. He also didn't have any features on those projects.
THEINFAMOUS1011 barely
Lyrical genius
Good to see the GOD still getting light in this time of darkness.
Brandon Stark Hip Hop has been blacked out for a while now. It's no longer but thanks to You Tube, we can hop in a time machine.
PEACE & BLESSINGS to the GOD Rakim!!!
We need a Rakim biopic
#Fortheculture
Da One And Only Asap
💯💯💯💯
And he should have a film about him.The best ever Rapper
Rakim's book Sweat the Technique came out last year. The time has come
He's in the book of hip hop legends.
MrsBalanceSheet He is the Book
MrsBalanceSheet no doubt sis top five rappers of all time
On the cover
MrsBalanceSheet yes you are right sista that is my favorite emcee
He wrote the book.
Living legend
Legend has it this guys rap patterns still surround Saturn.
Nick Taylor The 18th Letter.
Shawn Jackson forever
samnangpoe Who is God is his deepest,do you agree?
Nick Taylor 🔥
Shawn Jackson very deep
This guy is a legend in hip hop
Twan112785 ice cube? Snoop? Nwa? Public enemy? Slick rick? Kurtis Blow? Run DMC? Salt n pepa? Queen latifa, mc lyte? Ice t? Ll cool j?
DatBoy Cotvdotcom is that a question?
ColumbianNeckTie BlackGambino Exactly IDK what the fuck is he talking about
DatBoy Cotvdotcom those are legends too... so?
Rakim move the crowd is why I fell in love with hip hop ....facts
The King Is Back!
Every label should give Rakim an iced out chain with their label logo medallion to pay homage
I love Rakim. He's my fav m.c. of all time.truly inspired me to write a few songs
I'm a simple man! I see Rakim, I click and hit like.
Mohamed Hamza Khaouti When is this joke gonna die 🙄
Jimmy Conners never!
He’s my favorite since he doesn’t rap fake gangsta garbage or fake a lifestyle he doesn’t live, he 100% raw and real to the core about his life and in his music.
Salute a rap god!
James Wilson you stupid. Rakim changed hip-hop. His lyricism evovled rap. So show respect to the God, kid.
Even though I’ve heard this story straight from the man himself, it never gets old hearing it again. Artists these days have no idea of what some of us went through back then just to become who we are today!
The God Body STRONG ISLAND HARD BODY!!!
rakims worst verse >>> 99.9% of todays music
DJJekyllTV he’s thrown away verses better than 100% of today’s artists.
Honestly, I can’t even think of his worst verse. He’s the GOAT
Facts
Damn, that's Real 💯💯💯
Stop lying dawg
Y'all love giving too much respect just bc it's the past smh
He really does hold the microphone like a grudge, lol
I WAS THINKING THAT!~ I want to Like this comment twelve times lol
My favorite rapper great all time rakim
Fantastic interview. Rakim has always been an inspiration to me. I'll never forget the first time I dropped the needle on Zakia Records "Eric B. Is President."
The GOD
RAKIM the REAL G.O.A.T.
I been waiting for this interview. Respect to the god Rakim.
Rakim made being smooth cool.
The golden age ....Who ever put thumbs down have no idea of Hip Hop history...
My mentor and teacher 25 years later as an emcee and a man. Classy brotha his whole journey. That's hip-hop.
Damn even vlad knew he wasn’t worthy to conduct this interview, all hail Rakim allah 🙌🏿
Awwww how nice.... A bit of casual anti semitism to brighten up the day.
Greatest of all time, hands dowm.
This is nice..more stuff like this please.SideNote ..we need to pay hommage to living legends like this instead of honoring them only when they gone.
Greetings from The Netherlands
The End 💯💯💯💯
Aaliyah Deggs 😉 you know it
👍☺
That chess board in the back too....crazy
Thought it was just me King...
I know I wasn't the only one running those lyrics with Rakim.Yes!
Know every word.He is The GOAT no doubt.Good to see you baby💖💖
My Melody(The Original 86 mix).... My favorite cut of all time!
this whole lecture is history .GOOD JOB !!!!
The best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will be.
Bret "the hitman" hart
On my mom's that was the 1st album I ever purchased!A classic all day!
"A Yo Less Just Pump Tha Music Up"
"An Count Our Money"
"A Yo What Happen To Peace?"
Classic Sh*t 😁😁😁
Good thing about music is you can always revisit the record close your eyes and let the record play your memory . One of the best to ever do it 👍
Damn.... I remember the first time i heard this song.... This is when i fell in love with hip hop
Dope story and Marley Marl equed the vocals perfectly on the final mixes.
one of the greatest MC's..classic.
Wow! How great is this man.. 1st Album that I ever bought - Paid In Full.
I remember reading an interview with MC Shan saying that every time Rakim was busting a rhyme, him & Marley Marl would go on the side of the wall and laugh. This brother turned out to be the most influential & gifted MC the world ever witnessed. He definitely would be the first to be placed on the Mount Rushmore of Hip Hop. Salute to the 18th letter the God MC RakimAllah
This is priceless!! Great story! Had me rollin'
Such a killer with the Mic, you'd never know he has a great sense of humor. First time ever seen The Man smile or laugh. Good to see. 👍👍
We need more Rakim stories
God Emcee. 🙇
I remember meeting and build with Rakim.. the God is definitely a legend
Peace my LORD. Hip-Hop NEEDS YOU! 🙏🏾
Going to see him in Tennessee in September.. can’t wait!!
He’s above the Mount Rushmore of rap. Definitely a god in the hip hop world.
Im at work and looked at my phone and seen this notification i got my headphones and went straight to the bathroom
Best Lyricist ever, bar none. Rakim made me say "this rap shit is gonna go very far one day". Greatness can not be denied, no matter how hard the ops try to do it. Long live The Real Rap God, Rakim Allah. It ain't m&m youngstas!
One of the best hip hop stories I've ever heard. Good stuff
Rakim needs to be on Drink Champs along with Eric B
Respect
Hannah Montana bruh
Damn, when they asked him to rhyme I was hoping he would rip into....
"Now I made it easy to dance to this
But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist
Say indeed and I'll proceed 'cause my man made a mix
If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix..."
Da 🐐 I played that Paid in Full tape so much it didn't have no song titles or ink left on it... Just all White!
Best Ever the GOAT!!
Ok Vlad you get another salute for this and the Ayana Jackson interview, best so far 2018
Rakim Kool G Rap Big Daddy Kane top three dead or alive
Eddie Machete in the right order or no order you right brother
I couldn't agree more. And none of them sounded the same like today's rappers back then it was a Sin to sound and rhyme like another MC
OPINION
Indeed!!! Black Thought and Nas rounds out my Top 5.
KRS-One
Ra the greatest rapper of all time in my personal opinion
ro3snowman I definitely agree with you💯💯🐐
It is amazing how humble Rakim is even though he is the godfather of all emcees and lyricists.
Rakim is a legend
The God Aka The 18th Letter Aka Rakim Allah
Only the G.O.A.T.! There are a lot of great MC's, K.R.S. One, Heavy D. R.I.P., Melle Mel and MC Shan to name a few. But I have never heard any MC who actually stepped to the one and only Rakim. I love this man's music and Eric B. is synonymous with him, to me they are one. No one can touch Rakim even still today. I grew up loving hip hop, to me it wasn't just New York music cause I grew up in the '80's in West Long Beach California and we was definitely feelin it, still do.
Proud to be #310 to check the Ra interview! Salute for this one g...
Jay, Pac, Biggie and KRS are all legendary and have their own weight, but Rakim is the best to ever bless a mic. He changed my life with his words. I know that’s a lot of praise to heap on one man, but believe me. It’s all warranted. I challenge you to put on some Rakim and not be moved mentally, first, and physically. He gives your third eye much needed therapy.
Much love and respect to Rakim and Eric B.
See you real soon in the Mile High!
One of the legends, period.
Microphone fiend is my all time favorite rap song. This man is such a beast on the Mic
Eric b & rakim announce a tour:) from more than 20 years 👍
Peace to the God..Rakim
I would be star struck if I ever met him. Living Legend 👑👑
Marley, Eric B., Rakim and M.C. Shan in the house making history and didnt even know it...
19 years old with the classic album with much knowledge
There is no other voice in hip hop that had mesmerized lyrics like Rakim...The 18th letter is one of the G.O.A.T.s
I can relate. People can't see your vision. You can't discourage creativity
Paid in full was the nutts i was 14 /15 years old when that hit ,Thinking of a master plan , what a way to start a rime .
I always put Ra above Pac, Big and Hov in terms of hip hop influence, idc what people say...
Blitzmanguy thats facts. rakim, kane and g rap are the Favorite MCs of almost every MC that came after. So many styles inspired by these dudes
Blitzmanguy its a must
I agree with you! Pac fans cry a river if you say he's not the goat.
cobracongo no we don't. Pac means a lot to so many people, me included, but Rakim will always be GOAT.
Butcher Chop you clearly have not seen the youtube comments I seen. When you say Pac means a lot to many people, this shows me the brainwashing and weak minded of society. The worshipping of celebrities. 2pac means more to people than Malcolm X and I find this sad and pathetic!
Furthermore, most Pac fans were not fans of his until his 4th album his first on Death Row. Most of them will not admit this. I say this because his first 3 political content actually dropping knowledge on people. Since most black people are morons, they glorify him for violent rap instead of his positive music. Not all Pac fans but many.
Plus nobody wants to admit Hit em up was responsible for Biggie's death! Not one rapper swill say this publically!
Yo, those who don't know true hip hop, don't truly understand the lyrical influence of Rakim, his stage presence,flow and technique set the stage for everyone that came after him; a lyrical God and on the mount Rushmore of rap!!
Need more of this!
Ra gave birth lyrically to his seedlings, like Jay, Nas, Snoop...biting his lines, stutter delivery,etc. Uncrowned king right here.
PEACE TO THE GOD MC RAKIM is a blessing to the culture much love from above my brother
I must say salutes to the greats... RAKIM and ERIC B!!!
THE GOAT!
Rakim Allah is hands down the Greatest lyricist in Hip hop history. It's not even close. My Melody and Eric B is President is the greatest Side A and B songs of all times. When I found out years later that he just came into the Knowledge of self I couldn't believe it. Rakim sounded like an older God at 17! Amazing gift he shared with the world.
Ra is definitely a good story teller
Rakkiimmm, I wanna see him in drink champs man 😂😂 still waiting
rakim is a true legend
Johnique Moore He's a true hip hop music artist. Unlike these mumbling arsholes
Rakim stills a life Hip Hop stills alife!
The God emcee. Legendary. Glad Vlad didn't interview him.
Hes the best hands down.✌🏽