When this dropped we went crazy. It was like he kicked the planet. He literally sent rappers "back to the lab" Changed the whole landscape of Hip Hop. You had to come hard. The dopest beat couldn't save you
Rakim is my own personal GOAT his flow is unheard of even above Biggie, Nas or Em. The best part of hip hop is we may agree on 90% of the top 10 but so many will have different top 3's.
One of the greatest rap songs in history! Rakim absolutely made the Mic smoke on this one!!!!!! Nobody tested Rakim because not only did everyone know he was on another level, but he was respected rap wide!
Rakim is one of the dopest emcees ever bar none. You should check out: Kool G Rap- Men At Work Boogie Down Productions- My Philosophy (video) Public Enemy- Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (video)
The greatest Lyricist in the history of rap. Still till this day, nobody can touch Rakim. Just my opinion of course. I can listen to Rakim and Tupac all day.
Imagine how we felt back when this dropped. We went bananas. Rakim sentball of MCs back to the lab..we had to rewrite our songs and change our cadence.
I was like ten or eleven when hip hop came out in the late seventies early eighties with groups like African Baambata ( think I spelled it wrong) and Grandmaster Flash then we get to Run DMC Beastie Boys LL Cool J EPMD Rakim Big Daddy Kane etc I could describe that experience of transition from James Brown Shalimar Luther Vandross Micheal Jackson but you'd really need a time machine to grasp the full impact But I'll never forget around 84 or 85 ( I was like fifteen) this older guy said rap would be obsolete in four or five years Needless to say rap is still going strong but has skeptical old heads as we're called Well this old head just wants the newer generation to at least acknowledge the roots of hip hop but they can't I wouldn't be surprised if in ten years most young people never heard of Tupac or Biggie let alone EPMD or Rakim but I'm that changes thanks to reactions such as yours
YES I was one of the people who requested this at your last Eric B and Rakim reaction -- thank you! Here's how funny life is and how one phone call can make such a huge difference. Eric B was a DJ and he wanted to make a record but he needed a rapper. Somebody he knew knew somebody else who knew this guy (Rakim) who wrote rhymes. Nobody knew who Rakim was at the time. When they first called Rakim (his name is actually William) and asked if he would be interested, he said no because he was just about to leave to play quarterback for a junior college. They talked him into meeting with them and, at the meeting, they talked him into just recording the one record with two songs (Eric B is President / My Melody). The label released a cassette around the city just to see how people liked it and it blew up New York City. Because of the success of the mixtape, he ended up recording an album and going on tour and not going to junior college. If they would have called him a month or so later, they would have missed him. Rakim is as important to modern hip-hop as Michael Jordan has to modern-day basketball. So important that, had he gone to junior college and none of us would have heard of him, who knows what hip hop might sound like today. He was so good, he raised the bar. When Rakim's first record was released, Run DMC was on top of the world. After we all got used to Rakim's level of talent, even groups like Run DMC couldn't really keep up anymore.
I like that you picked up on him not cursing. He’s just so damn ill and lyrically creative. And you’re right…he was a VERY serious MC. He saw rapping as high art.
i love your facial expressions and locked into the song, i was in 7/8th grade nyc when this dropped and this is alll we sang everyday leaving school with the same face u had. 😂❤🎉
"You know he's serious". That might be one of the greatest compliments for Rakim. Honestly, in hip hop it's kind of like saying Einstein's E=MC². You're the first!
You’re face let me know, YOU GOT IT!!! Rakim is the GodEmcee… he was like 18 in 87-88. He’s the one! He still makes music , Check out some thing on his album called “the 18th letter”
Amazing reaction!!!! lots of dope mcees and groups from that era that yet to be reacted too like ''SPECIAL ED - i got it made '' ... ''KOOL G RAP - road to riches''.... '' LAKIM SHABAZZ -pure righteousness '' .....''YZ -thinking of a master plan''.......''STEEZO - its my turn'' .......''CHILL ROB G - wild pitch'' ......''MC EZ & TROOP - get retarded ''......... ...in my opinion all underrated artists that deserve a listen ..... my opinion
Check out some of his album cuts, like THE 18TH LETTER, SAGA BEGINS, THE R, TEACH THE CHILDREN, WHAT'S GOIN ON, UPLIFT ETC. They're just as lyrical & deep as his hits. That's just one of the reasons why he's considered the God Mc.
He was the creator of hard core hip hop which is why he is referred to as the God Emcee. He revolutionized hip hop music during his era. There isn’t many that can put together bars like him and Rakim reminds you of that in every last one of his raps!
Check out EPMD's video Rampage featuring LL Cool J, that video & song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 also look for a particular former dancer; now Hollywood star doing a cameo in the video.
ITZJT What’s good with u💯 Thanks for ur 2nd reaction of The God MC Rakim💯… please keep the Rakim reactions coming. Here are more Rakim tracks for u to react too😎 Let the Rhythm Hit em Juice Follow the Leader Lyrics of Fury Don’t sweat the Technique
Hi ;You are Talented when it comes to analysis. You are right; Rakim did actually freestyle this in the studio...(Documented). You are also right; he was nothing to be played with (even in person).
You listening but you can’t hear, everything he just said went over your head. we that grew up listening to Rakim can tell by your response that you didn’t get it. But glad to see that you’re listening 💪🏾👍🏾
No doubt, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy and Gang Starr brought it, but with Knowledge!! Public Enemy we're the ones that changed the game tho💪🏽 When you have the chance, check out MC Shan/Marly Marl "The Bridge. No official video, but a good track from the day ✌🏽
God MC...smoothest and a lyricist.
The GOAT! Back in the day nobody had flow like Rakim. He changed the game.
I know you got soul, paid in full, casualties of war, follow the leader, I aint no joke...Rakim's flow is special.
no one today also sound like him R The GodMc
I just missed this era of hip hop but when I listened to Nas, I went back and heard Rakim and knew where the style came from.
When this dropped we went crazy. It was like he kicked the planet. He literally sent rappers "back to the lab"
Changed the whole landscape of Hip Hop. You had to come hard. The dopest beat couldn't save you
True indeed!
WORD IS BOND!✊🏾
Rakim is truly the Greatest of all time!!👑 And salute to you Queen👑 for your taste in Superior and Authentic Real Hip Hop!!
Rakim is my own personal GOAT his flow is unheard of even above Biggie, Nas or Em. The best part of hip hop is we may agree on 90% of the top 10 but so many will have different top 3's.
You had Positive Stank Face the whole time. Rakim is a hero of Hip Hop. So good.
Facts my dude.
One of the illest emcees to ever grace a mic. He changed the game with his lyrical style.
@Vernon Johnson Accurate. 🤌🏽
Rakim is the G.O.A.T.! Your favorite MC's favorite MC
One of the greatest rap songs in history! Rakim absolutely made the Mic smoke on this one!!!!!! Nobody tested Rakim because not only did everyone know he was on another level, but he was respected rap wide!
Peace to the god
Originator of the modern rhyme scheme. I got a chance to interview him last year when he came to Pittsburgh to perform for Juneteenth. True legend.
The don’t call him the God MC for nothing. Glad you enjoyed!
Killing it with no chorus
Rakim is the OG. Dude can bring the bars for anything. He could slay any rapper to. this. day. GOAT.
We went crazy when that came on back in the days. His rhymes were mean and the bells really hit. Great reaction. Shalom Sis
Rakim is one of the dopest emcees ever bar none. You should check out:
Kool G Rap- Men At Work
Boogie Down Productions- My Philosophy (video)
Public Enemy- Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (video)
That's why he is considered the God Emcee
@@fergusonh Rakim Allah...
The blueprint , inspiration for countless rappers. All time greatest.
The greatest Lyricist in the history of rap. Still till this day, nobody can touch Rakim. Just my opinion of course. I can listen to Rakim and Tupac all day.
nobody!!! his intellectual is higher than all rapper..
Imagine how we felt back when this dropped.
We went bananas. Rakim sentball of MCs back to the lab..we had to rewrite our songs and change our cadence.
For one so young, lady I respect this so much. ERIC B & RAKIM are untouchable!!! Their crew was monster! Follow the Leader!!!
Music is undeniable.it doesn't matter what year it comes from good music is just good and stands the test of time.
Follow The Leader
I Ain't No Joke
Let The Rhythm Hit Em
Juice Know the Ledge
Don't Sweat The Technique
Are Eric B & Rakim must hears
Now you see why he’s the greatest of all time. His flow is just nasty!!!
THAT'S WHY HE HOLDS THE TITLE GOD MC RAKIM
Rappers like Rakim he was one of the best lyricist hands down!!!!!🎤🎶🎧
The remix of this song with the Bill Withers bassline from “Who Is He and And What is He to You” is SICK
See the look on this young lady's face? This was us back in the 80's when we heard this back then
I was like ten or eleven when hip hop came out in the late seventies early eighties with groups like African Baambata ( think I spelled it wrong) and Grandmaster Flash then we get to Run DMC Beastie Boys LL Cool J EPMD Rakim Big Daddy Kane etc
I could describe that experience of transition from James Brown Shalimar Luther Vandross Micheal Jackson but you'd really need a time machine to grasp the full impact
But I'll never forget around 84 or 85 ( I was like fifteen) this older guy said rap would be obsolete in four or five years
Needless to say rap is still going strong but has skeptical old heads as we're called
Well this old head just wants the newer generation to at least acknowledge the roots of hip hop but they can't
I wouldn't be surprised if in ten years most young people never heard of Tupac or Biggie let alone EPMD or Rakim but I'm that changes thanks to reactions such as yours
Rakim and Chuck D for me are the definitive rhymers. Nice reaction.
This is old school OG hip hop at its finest!!!
YES
I was one of the people who requested this at your last Eric B and Rakim reaction -- thank you!
Here's how funny life is and how one phone call can make such a huge difference. Eric B was a DJ and he wanted to make a record but he needed a rapper. Somebody he knew knew somebody else who knew this guy (Rakim) who wrote rhymes. Nobody knew who Rakim was at the time. When they first called Rakim (his name is actually William) and asked if he would be interested, he said no because he was just about to leave to play quarterback for a junior college. They talked him into meeting with them and, at the meeting, they talked him into just recording the one record with two songs (Eric B is President / My Melody). The label released a cassette around the city just to see how people liked it and it blew up New York City. Because of the success of the mixtape, he ended up recording an album and going on tour and not going to junior college.
If they would have called him a month or so later, they would have missed him. Rakim is as important to modern hip-hop as Michael Jordan has to modern-day basketball. So important that, had he gone to junior college and none of us would have heard of him, who knows what hip hop might sound like today. He was so good, he raised the bar. When Rakim's first record was released, Run DMC was on top of the world. After we all got used to Rakim's level of talent, even groups like Run DMC couldn't really keep up anymore.
Straight Facts
The way Rakim rapped back in 1986'' 87'' was different from everybody who was on the scene at that time!🎶🔥🔥🔥😎
"Make em clap to this" & "I know you got soul"!!! Eric B. & Rakim
I like that you picked up on him not cursing. He’s just so damn ill and lyrically creative. And you’re right…he was a VERY serious MC. He saw rapping as high art.
The best ever no ones on his level
i love your facial expressions and locked into the song, i was in 7/8th grade nyc when this dropped and this is alll we sang everyday leaving school with the same face u had. 😂❤🎉
This music video changed my life. I was 9 years old in 1988 when I first saw it.
I was 5, and i lost my mind!
Back when we were buying album they had some of the realest NYC gangsters right on the cover with them. Eric B. & Rakim 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
"You know he's serious". That might be one of the greatest compliments for Rakim. Honestly, in hip hop it's kind of like saying Einstein's E=MC². You're the first!
48 TRACKS TO SLIDE!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿
Rakim! Wyandanch Long Island NY!
You’re face let me know, YOU GOT IT!!! Rakim is the GodEmcee… he was like 18 in 87-88. He’s the one! He still makes music , Check out some thing on his album called “the 18th letter”
His music is fire 🔥 he never uses any curse words
RAKIM IS THE GREATEST MC OF ALL TIME, FOLLOWED BY KRS-ONE. THIS WAS A BANGER IN THE CLUBS AND THE WHIPS, EVEN RADIO ESPECIALLY IN NY
The thing about your videos that sets you apart is your humour and personality, appreciate it!
You ain't no JOKE
Rakim is a lyrical giant
Amazing reaction!!!! lots of dope mcees and groups from that era that yet to be reacted too like ''SPECIAL ED - i got it made '' ... ''KOOL G RAP - road to riches''.... '' LAKIM SHABAZZ -pure righteousness '' .....''YZ -thinking of a master plan''.......''STEEZO - its my turn'' .......''CHILL ROB G - wild pitch'' ......''MC EZ & TROOP - get retarded ''......... ...in my opinion all underrated artists that deserve a listen ..... my opinion
My Favorite Eric B and Rakim song!!
Heads are nodding right from the start. crazy groove
Check out some of his album cuts, like THE 18TH LETTER, SAGA BEGINS, THE R, TEACH THE CHILDREN, WHAT'S GOIN ON, UPLIFT ETC. They're just as lyrical & deep as his hits. That's just one of the reasons why he's considered the God Mc.
Dope Jam 88
PLEASE DO ERIC B AND RAKIM UNTOUCHABLE!!!
He the dopest mc in the rap game ever word play lyrical freestyler, bars etc hard beats
I been on this song from back then but just realized when you said no cuss words
Amazing
Yep that's one m.c. no one wanted to battle back then 🎤🏆🔥💯👍🏾
The G.O.D MC!!!!
Great reaction Sis, keep going!
Record execs don't want you looking back at the pioneers ...
Classic can you do the song lyrics of fury from the second album
Check out don’t sweat the technique by rakim.
Mc's took the art more serious back then
He was the creator of hard core hip hop which is why he is referred to as the God Emcee. He revolutionized hip hop music during his era. There isn’t many that can put together bars like him and Rakim reminds you of that in every last one of his raps!
You HAVE to react to 'Follow the Leader' and 'Know the Ledge'.
Know the Ledge, for SURE
RAW ist 🤯
Nice reaction. Try Rakim Lyrics of Fury. Or try some LL Cool J
The greatest one verse song of all time!
Check out EPMD's video Rampage featuring LL Cool J, that video & song is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 also look for a particular former dancer; now Hollywood star doing a cameo in the video.
I was listening to Rampage a few days ago! Classic track!
Rakim musical massacre or lyrics of fury. Real good. I got your 💗 thanks.
Also. Check out the song What's On Your Mind. That one hits a little different.
The God MC!!
LYRICS!!!
This guy changed the game big time . Most rappers still couldnt lace his boots
Rakim he is Legendary
The GOD MC
I can tell by the sound of your voice you got some bars 🎤☺️
Hard core rap without profanity! lol
ITZJT
What’s good with u💯
Thanks for ur 2nd reaction of The God MC Rakim💯… please keep the Rakim reactions coming.
Here are more Rakim tracks for u to react too😎
Let the Rhythm Hit em
Juice
Follow the Leader
Lyrics of Fury
Don’t sweat the Technique
The first God MC!!
OLD SKOOL RULE THIS THA GOD EM.CEE YA HEARD
This beat is cold and viscous
Girl don't get it twisted; NOBODY was stupid enough to battle Rakim freestyle!!
Marley Marl The Symphony
Yes. This one!
Yes, but not the official video. They cut out a lot of the verses in the official video. A lyrics video would be 🔥 🔥...
@@majr6852 Yes indeed! The complete version. Everybody’s verse except Craig G.’s was longer.
That's called EM.CEEING CONTROLLING THE CROWD
I am really loving these reaction vids from my time. I am 55 and Rakim is my fav! Check out KRS-One also!
Still my cut, years later still bang'n,
THE REAL RAP GOAT
Rakim is known as the God MC! He is the first real lyricist in the rap game.
Rakim is the best rapper of all time in my opinion.
you can the movie Re-animator P. RUclips.
Rakim killing and re-animating mcing on this one
Ladies&Gentlemen: you've just witnessed the greatest rapper within our lifetime 👊💯
PURE HIP HOP....MY ERA!!!!! 😉
Black moon got you open and remix bucket down
Keith Murray - The most beautifulest thing in the world
Check out Black Moon "I got you opin(Remix)"
Hi ;You are Talented when it comes to analysis. You are right; Rakim did actually freestyle this in the studio...(Documented). You are also right; he was nothing to be played with (even in person).
Check out Public Enemy The night of the living base heads
There's no official video for this, but you need to check out Lyrics of Fury for an outstanding freestyle and also Don't Sweat the Technique
This that real rapp!!
Aint it funky
This was the beginning of the GOLDEN DIAMOND era.. Anything after 2000's is when it started going downhill..
You listening but you can’t hear, everything he just said went over your head. we that grew up listening to Rakim can tell by your response that you didn’t get it. But glad to see that you’re listening 💪🏾👍🏾
Move the Crowd is a other Eric B. and Rakim banger!
No doubt, Eric B & Rakim, Public Enemy and Gang Starr brought it, but with Knowledge!! Public Enemy we're the ones that changed the game tho💪🏽
When you have the chance, check out MC Shan/Marly Marl "The Bridge. No official video, but a good track from the day ✌🏽