I've always said that Rakim was the GOAT. I say this as 90's kid that grew up during the golden era of Hip-Hop. Rakim was more of my parents generation.
He got me into the 5% life when he said in follow the leader: I came to overcome before I'm gone by showing and proving and letting knowledge be born". When I heard that it changed my life
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Rakim was ahead of his time in the rap game, and I believe he was and still is the greatest rapper of all time!
Any rapper of Greatnesss or Notoriety during Rakims first5 years of being heard were recognizing his GEM Mega Flow of layperson esoteric urban God Science with lyrical and rhyme mastery in the True M.C. now Rapper those who teuly flow with skill ,talent and more know Rakim part of the foundation , one of the cornerstone and the Gem on the gold covered apex Of the Rhyme Rap Pyramid/.
That word “Flow” he coined along with so many others that are still being used in hip hop decades later. “If i was water i would flow in the Nile”_ my melody
One of my favorite Rakim lines on one of his records is, I start to think and then I sink into the paper like I was ink when I'm writing I'm trapped in between the lines I escape, when I'm finished the rhyme, I got sold!!!
I put it on tape and in the city I test it then on the radio the R’s requested… Jay is also a student of hiphop m.. respect to the icon for being open and honest
@@Dee_Nice89 big homie you ain’t never lie, and Rakim is working on a brand new album with DJ jazzy Jeff and DJ premier and I have a question for you big homie,,,which track from Rakim do you like better between,, I ain’t no joke and microphone fiend
Life is not necessarily about constant elevation or expansion. If that's what an individual wants his/her life to be about, then cool but some people are content with having the basics and a little luxury. The point of getting a lot of money is to NOT have to work so hard and be able to relax and actually enjoy life. That's why the wealthiest of people invest in ways to generate passive income, so they can enjoy life while still generating income.
Yes, growing up in a Caucasian education system I constantly heard, "jack of all trades, master of none". After hearing the god, I knew they just weren't taught "constant elevation" to master more than one skill.
I remember my g mom’s and great uncle talking about Rakim and something was said about not quite and my g moms was like ninja u outta yo rabbit ass mind nine rakim is the greatest of all time 😊🤣
D.O.C. has been legendary from his first solo album. He has & continues to contributed greatly to the art. Rakim is my #1, KRS-1 is my #2, Chuck D is my #3, Big Daddy Kane is my #3, ... etc... etc... Slew of favorite MCs, rock on w/ones list...
Constant elevation causes expansion, I write my Rhymes when I cool i😮n my Mansion, Spotify Release Radar #1, Scratch Hoppin just having Fun..Butch Brown7 Peace God👑
RAKIM (quote) " I make the earth shake from the power I generate" " People from Cali they will think it was an earthquake " RAKIM is the GOAT 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Mannnn when someone blow in the music biz and invest their money... they seem SO smart......till we hang on to their words...but idk where my guy would be had he not.... and to make it like me and you...... he has a gift so to us who don't.....perception is different....ijs
I don’t take any advice from millionaires or billionaires. People so disconnected they start thinking that they are special/enlightened. Nah J w like your music B. W bought your music by the millions, and we did it for decades; Consider your self lucky sir, nothing else.
Then put it on tape in the city I test it , then on the radio the R’s requested 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bruh!!
The rhyme that I'm styling, smooth as a violin.. strong enough to break New York from long island.
Ow
Ridiculously ahead of his time.
This is a very positive mediphor!!!
This why RAKIM the real goat.
Facts!
Yes sir
The best to ever do it....
@@muteehall
Tha God MC, The One & Only Microphone Fiend 💯
I've always said that Rakim was the GOAT. I say this as 90's kid that grew up during the golden era of Hip-Hop. Rakim was more of my parents generation.
He got me into the 5% life when he said in follow the leader: I came to overcome before I'm gone by showing and proving and letting knowledge be born". When I heard that it changed my life
Rakim is in my top 5 dead or alive...the 18th letter ✊🏽🤓
love Rakim....still listening
"I put it on tape and on the city I test it, and on the radio the R requested".
Hov always respects the pioneers
Eminem too
He’s not God
@@louisvillalba7695He’s a god
Rakim is a true rapper lyrically. He’s not like these jokers today.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, Rakim was ahead of his time in the rap game, and I believe he was and still is the greatest rapper of all time!
💯 my favorite.
Is there anyone questioning that?
When you study the R. Then u'll understand Nas Pac And Jay Z.
Biggie too
well said
I can't even ad anything you've just said it all big up yourself and big up j.....ect ...
Yes indeed
And EVERY other REAL hiphop artist ever. Truly the god
People missed the double entendre! Air expands in higher altitudes, hence why a balloon pops when it reaches high elevation point!
Being open minded can expand your knowledge
Rakim is the RAP GOD...ra is the boss, they're all his employees STILL🔥🔥🔥
This is proof positive that words have power, so you have to watch what you say...
A little bit of knowledge can be dangerous...🤘🏾👽✊🏿
The Watcher 2
Any rapper of Greatnesss or Notoriety during Rakims first5 years of being heard were recognizing his GEM Mega Flow of layperson esoteric urban God Science with lyrical and rhyme mastery in the True M.C. now Rapper those who teuly flow with skill ,talent and more know Rakim part of the foundation , one of the cornerstone and the Gem on the gold covered apex Of the Rhyme Rap Pyramid/.
That word “Flow” he coined along with so many others that are still being used in hip hop decades later. “If i was water i would flow in the Nile”_ my melody
That line went over many people's heads for DECADES.Peace to the god
It hit me too.follow the leader changed my life
there was everyone before rakim.. and everyone after. he shifted the expectation of the mc. he's the god.
Rakim is the OG
Rakim Allah is the G.O.A.T!💪🏿
Please don’t call him for Allah he is just a human being
@@teknul89 bruh you don’t know nothing bout rap, his last name is allah
@@Sky-no.1 little kid I have been listen to rap before you was born and Allah is not his last name
@@teknul89 it is
@@teknul89 Rakim Allah is his name
Rarkim The G.O.A.T
One of my favorite Rakim lines on one of his records is, I start to think and then I sink into the paper like I was ink when I'm writing I'm trapped in between the lines I escape, when I'm finished the rhyme, I got sold!!!
Soul....u got it..
“Even other states come right and exact”
"It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at."😊
@@SuperShepard1I'm from The Ghetto....
When writing I’m trapped in between the lines
"I escape, when I finish my rhyme."🔥🔥🔥
Then Rza took it to the ," Positive Energy Activates Constant Elevation P.E.A.C.E "
When Jay said "yea?" That sounded personal.
That is a cold line by Rakin " constant elevation causes expansion" .
Tha God's Cipher is alway Divine
Ascension has been the REAL reason people left the Game cause u grow to learn that u MUST increase ur knowledge or be stuck on the corner...
Rakim and Blackthought somewhere in the lyrical stratosphere!
We need another Jay-Z Rakim collab.
We'll get one more.
I put it on tape and in the city I test it then on the radio the R’s requested… Jay is also a student of hiphop m.. respect to the icon for being open and honest
say word💯✍🏿
Gangstarr.....Rakim.....2 greatness
“I write my rhymes while I cool in my mansion.”
such gravity in these words alone ‼️‼️‼️‼️🤔🤨
Realest Talk Mayne.
The God motivation
Rakim is my GOAT. Delivery like no other!!!
That statement is actually scientifically correct I believe. At higher elevations, molecules are more diffuse and less concentrated
COMFORT BRINGS CHAOS😮😖😔🙄🤔
Good shi. See it spiritual too. And physically. See it everywhere - and in anything
Which is why Rakim is the GOD MC " .. All you have to do is read or listen to any bar and You'll be like He's Philosophical, Lyrical, and Poetic..
“Record it on tape then the city I test it. Then on the radio the R requested”….RAKIM!
“So you sit by the radio, hand on the dial, soon as you hear it….PUMP UP THE VOLUME!”- R
Rakim #1 lyricist period! GOAT
GEM!
Rakim is number 1
JEWEL DROPPER on a GOD LEVEL. THAT's RAKIM.
@DJWINDAGO PATTERSON , too many non-productive people are in the hood. They gravitate towards negativity more than they do positivity.
100%
That's game to live by💯
BARZZZZ💯🔥✔️🎰!!!
That’s real talk right there ! Respect
Earl told me I could trust rakim I trust earl he was a body guard for Kobe Bryant 😮❤he’s on my hood list
When people say anybody but Rakim is number 1 I wonder wtf niggas is talking about. Rakim will always be number 1.
Respect the respect of the 🐐 . RA till I die👊🏻
Rakim is The God because He Wrote The Hip-Hop Book of The Dead,Bible,Quaran,Torah etc.
Real talk my dude!!!!
Rakim is just rakim nothing more and nothing less
@@teknul89exactly
@@vernonjohnson1198
The Microphone Fiend 💯
@@Dee_Nice89 big homie you ain’t never lie, and Rakim is working on a brand new album with DJ jazzy Jeff and DJ premier and I have a question for you big homie,,,which track from Rakim do you like better between,, I ain’t no joke and microphone fiend
Respect for real
Rakim my favorite Mcee of all time.
Realms & thoughts 🤔 that a mindset moves pauses or simmer for reasons 🤔thanks
Rakim is my GOAT 🐐 🖊️ ✍🏾 🎤 💎💎💎🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
what you trying to say is “if you say you can or you can’t-either way you’ll be right”!
💯 Peace to the gods
NO MATTER HOW MUCH LOOT I GET IM STAYIN IN THE PROJECTS.......FOREVER
-PRODIGY
This what Dame wasn’t understanding
Life is not necessarily about constant elevation or expansion. If that's what an individual wants his/her life to be about, then cool but some people are content with having the basics and a little luxury.
The point of getting a lot of money is to NOT have to work so hard and be able to relax and actually enjoy life. That's why the wealthiest of people invest in ways to generate passive income, so they can enjoy life while still generating income.
True story jack long live RAKIM THE G.O.A.T
Yes, growing up in a Caucasian education system I constantly heard, "jack of all trades, master of none". After hearing the god, I knew they just weren't taught "constant elevation" to master more than one skill.
Jay and Nas are the end of wisdom in lyrics .... Kendrik Lamar too ...... That's all we have left over Hook Rappers ....
J Cole is there also.
Shuttup
Jays talking about the very first God Emcee.
the r is the god MC nuff said...peace to all from Portugal
However it can be complicated if it compare to public?
I take serious everything the best song author decoder says
Rakim requires constant digestion.
Rakim is so damn intelligent he definitely dropped the blueprint. Jay Z paid attention to the greatest rapper, IMO of all times.
“ Constant Elevation Causes Expansion “ …powerful
We all must evolve
Positive Energy Activates Constant Elevation
PEACE god
I remember my g mom’s and great uncle talking about Rakim and something was said about not quite and my g moms was like ninja u outta yo rabbit ass mind nine rakim is the greatest of all time 😊🤣
Vibe
I put D.O.C. right next to Rakim
D.O.C. has been legendary from his first solo album. He has & continues to contributed greatly to the art.
Rakim is my #1, KRS-1 is my #2, Chuck D is my #3, Big Daddy Kane is my #3, ... etc... etc... Slew of favorite MCs, rock on w/ones list...
Constant elevation causes expansion, I write my Rhymes when I cool i😮n my Mansion, Spotify Release Radar #1, Scratch Hoppin just having Fun..Butch Brown7 Peace God👑
That doesn’t have to apply to everyone if someone is comfortable where they are there’s nothing wrong that.
Rakim the God MC
what interview is this from
💎🤙🏾💯🔌🗣🔊📢🎵🎶
RAKIM (quote) " I make the earth shake from the power I generate"
" People from Cali they will think it was an earthquake "
RAKIM is the GOAT 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
On point
Mannnn when someone blow in the music biz and invest their money... they seem SO smart......till we hang on to their words...but idk where my guy would be had he not.... and to make it like me and you...... he has a gift so to us who don't.....perception is different....ijs
💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
The God MC
God MC 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
What interview is this?
You know I got soul! You got it!
Stop the cap 🧢
The best Rakim line is where he tells us that fish is his favourite dish
Paid in Full
I live by that as well and also krs one; I create & innovate on a higher level.
I don’t take any advice from millionaires or billionaires. People so disconnected they start thinking that they are special/enlightened. Nah J w like your music B. W bought your music by the millions, and we did it for decades; Consider your self lucky sir, nothing else.
This is when Jay Z could wear a hat. Now he’s doing the Basquiat look.
FACT'S