Rakim completely changed the trajectory of Hip Hip. People used used to rhyme, then Rakim came in with a flow and the game has never been the same! The Big Bang of MC's!
@GeovanniOrozco-wf9ny you can say that but Kool G never had the impact on lyricism like the R. Just even the notion of being a God into the spectrum. Kool G was great but Rakim created a culture!
No judgement here brother I'm a 43 year old white boy from Australia and this gives me full body goosebumps. I feel this like I did when I was a little kid listening to Paid in Full❤👊
I knew this new RAKIM track would be hard!!! Kurrupt & Master Killa was able to inject their style so organically. RAKIM just gave us another song to play constantly.
The gods are uniquely identified with New York and it leaked into the essence of hip hop. The world has to acknowledge that and pay homage, but they don't really overstand.
"Slow your roll, like your legs was broken Who's joking? Rakim never joked, so why should I loc? And that's my idol, check the vital rhyme flow though Running 'em like Flo Jo, stranded on Death Row" -Kurupt
I think Rakim can bring hip hop back to its greatness..I think the people have been starving for so long for that original sound and are Finally mentally ready to accept hip hop once again
These lil dweebish kids don't have the mental capacity to understand anything that's not talking about killing and $ex! This is a nice wish, but sadly the industry wants music to stay ignorant and destructive, because you know who is in charge!! ( 👿) 🤷🏾♂️😔
[Intro] Be now, be ill, be down, be real Yo, they used to always ask me What I wanted to be when I grew up I said yo (Be now, be ill, be down, be real) [Verse 1: Rakim] A fashion dripper, Carhartt, Timberlands, contests Opps flop, I stomp from gimmickless Average spitter, the response, my competition Get them all next, you're blessed like when the Fonz'll twist his lip Lab hitter, progress, the God's magnificent Patterns differ, context, my compositions hit Fathom quicker, conquest, a conscious lyricist Atom splitter, complex, it's quantum physics Since they put my melody on a cleverly poem My celebrities still legacy, and 'gevity long Design flows in binary codes, no matrix Light-speeds, time could be froze, no spaceships Walkin' paradox, I made them all believers Ship the paradigm, even time, alter features On the mic, it's either too three or not too three In life, it's either to be or not to be [Chorus] "I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone" ("This is what it's all about") Be ill ("I-I-I'll be flooded with ice") Be ready to reveal ("I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone") B-B-"Be all I can be, and more" ("Finishin' touch") Be boys and girls ("Be now, be ill, be down, be real) [Verse 2: Kurupt] My abilities, to create mass delusion Headaches, heartaches and mass confusion Contusions, I give out for free Five at a time, one for two and two for three (For three) Confucius, verbally abusive Intuitive, a gift I give (I give) Look what I'm givin', the voice of the unforgivin' In time, I might get forgiven for my crimes (Crimes) Lay the body down and lace 'em with lime You throw the beat on and I'ma lace 'em with rhymes Helter skelter, this pure love bizarre Masta Killa said we gon' rock with the R (With the R) You are who you are and we shine like the stars (Like the stars) Sharp as a thumbtack, you jump in my car, let's go [Chorus] "I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone" ("This is what it's all about") Be ill ("I-I-I'll be flooded with ice") Be ready to reveal ("I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone") B-B-"Be all I can be, and more" ("Finishin' touch") Be now, be ill, be down, be real [Verse 3: Masta Killa] I walked on the sea of existence And stepped on the shore of the moment The father of civilization, I own it The maker of my daughter, creation One Nation Under a Groove Before the two virtues of seamless scriptures Woven with the threads of wisdom This picture of my life intelligence, stimulates life and matter So eloquent, a thought so delicate Yet weighs more than elephants, strokes of excellence Extracted from the elements, a powerful calmness I'm always armed and equipped with what I bomb with A sweet flowin' river of mad facts, the actual Calculated pressure applied, hits are tactical Masterful mind Catapult self beyond the measure of time The resilience and brilliance of Kurupt Young Gotti Rakim the Godbody with the wise Chief Jamel Irief when I speak Raisin' Universal Flags up high, say peace (Peace) [Chorus] "I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone" ("This is what it's all about") Be ill ("I-I-I'll be flooded with ice") Be ready to reveal ("I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone") B-B-"Be all I can be, and more"
Rakim THE G.O.A.T. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE the fact that LA and NY Mcees getting together. I wish Biggie and Pac could see this!!!!!!
Rakim still has it. Hope to hear more new music from him. Glad to say I met Rakim and took a pic with him backstage at BB Kings in Times Square for his 50th Birthday. The God MC is cool.
The rappers from the 90s and 2000s had to come out if retirement to keep hip hop alive cause all the bs mumble rap, autotune and played out trap beats is killing hip hop that's why the older heads hafta teach the youngins true hip hop not the bs that's Been going on since 2012.
Grown people talk: We can save rap 💯 There's Still time Don't let "the man" promote death and destruction to our kids - that's Not what rap was about in the beginning
I hated tattooes. Swore I would never get one. Went to New York one year and visited Harlem. Met the guy Rakim got his first tattoo from. All of sudden it made sense. Got my first tattoo from him too. Hiphop.
Blessed to see you live twice 🙏🏽 woulda been a 3rd time Anaheim HOB 2006 but had to taxi it back to seal beach jail at 10PM over a bs .09 DUI 😂 you started too late, but no hate 😅
Rakim is like Prince in that he mastered his craft AND you NEVER heard any ill sht about either in their personal lives …that’s a sign of intelligence and maturity
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Love that the old school artists are coming back with fire to show the generation how it's done.
Rakim completely changed the trajectory of Hip Hip. People used used to rhyme, then Rakim came in with a flow and the game has never been the same! The Big Bang of MC's!
He's the original Rap God 💯🔥
actually g rap changed it not rakim.
@@GeovanniOrozco-wf9ny wrong. I was there when it occurred in 86. Rakim was pre G rap.
@GeovanniOrozco-wf9ny you can say that but Kool G never had the impact on lyricism like the R. Just even the notion of being a God into the spectrum. Kool G was great but Rakim created a culture!
LL Cool J Big Daddy Kane MC Lyte as well
3 legends of Hip-Hop
This is Hip Hop. Thank You, We Were Starving, 2024 Rakim Brought The Lion’s in!
Facts
Anything else is uncivilized...
They came exact & correct #7
@@PangeaTonezPeace GOD
Exactly
Let’s give Masta Killa his flowers. He definitely destroyed this
Not really him and kurupt are not keeping up with rakim energy. Rakim should of done this song by himself
Masta killa brought it home but kurupt slaughter this🤌🏾🔥🔥🔥🔥🙌🏾🙌🏾
@cjay5643 damn bro you 🥶 cold
Master Killed this sh!t
@@aubrey6834429 being honest kurupt and masta killa rapping to slow compared to rakim.
NO MUMBLING
NO CUS WORDS
REAL RAPPING
YES I NEEDED THIS
THANK YOU
RAKIM
KURUPT &
MASTA KILLA
🔥🔥🔥
For real. This is RAP !!!!!
Don't forget the cuts and scribbles on the decks
Word. Anybody who feel like they gotta curse in their lyrics lacks the mental capacity to express themselves intelligently and eloquently.
@@chrisg1772yessir, and done by the R himself no less 💪🏾
@@TucsonHipHopHeadSince78? Eminem lol j cole, kdot. Get off your high horse cheech 🤣
I used to listen to Rakim when I was 63, and now I'm 17. This will forever be a classic.
fire comment lol 🫡
😁😁💯💯
Yes, dope comment. I question your math but I share the sentiment!
The god Rakum wrote most of hid debut album between 14 and 16. He was a child prodigy before our eyes.
Two 56yr olds holding it down on the 🎤🎙️ The God Rakim&The 🐐 LL
We need this Hip-hop tour !
I shed a tear to this, go ahead judge me lol 😢👏🏿
It's truly the difference between "RAP" and the love for "Hip hop"
No judgement here brother I'm a 43 year old white boy from Australia and this gives me full body goosebumps. I feel this like I did when I was a little kid listening to Paid in Full❤👊
@@accradataThat’s what’s up Mate! Respect! 👊🏿
😂😢😅
There are a few good jams like this that make me tear up sometimes I even cry. Frequency is something else G
Goosebumps, I got goosebumps, Rakim!! Now that's how you make a re-introduction!
This track is so dope man Woahhhh...ohh yeah 🎤
Is it just me or is anybody else anticipating the hell out this album?!!!
It’s an album?
Yep
A few years
Real hip hop is back!!!!! I been missing it!!!!! 1985 kid right here from Louisiana!!!
I knew this new RAKIM track would be hard!!! Kurrupt & Master Killa was able to inject their style so organically. RAKIM just gave us another song to play constantly.
Everyone still got it!! Plus the beat is absolute classic... That's what hip hop sound like, mad love ❤❤
What an honor to see my artwork sit next to the legend Rakim!!!! Peace to Matthew Markoff !
🤩
SOME MEN SPEAK YOU LISTEN, MASTERS OF THE GAME HAVE SPOKEN. STANDARDS SET AND AIN'T NO TURNING BACK
Your all caps button is stuck
Rakim still got it still to this day!
ABOLUTELY ! but , man , he looks tired...
If you don’t know, do your homework. Any time the Gods showed up when Hip Hop was in a dire state, it was bought back to its essence. Actual Factz!
Hip-hop
The gods are uniquely identified with New York and it leaked into the essence of hip hop. The world has to acknowledge that and pay homage, but they don't really overstand.
Y'all dude is bugging. I respect it cause of who it is. But it's alright.
@@Chedbenno in your opinion
The beat is CRAZY... They was spitting like the rent was due damn...real rap
Rakim on the beats and cuts as well. Sounds good man.
BIG UPS TO THE GOD EMCEE. Kurupt and Mastakilla brought it!! Real Hip Hop.
Wow, these two sound good together 🫡
🔥🔥🔥 I like this as many times as I hear it bless up to real hip hop
Rakim is a icon!💯💯💯
Little mumble rap heads, this is real hip hop to its fullest!! Learn
They can like what they like and you like what you like. Why be a dirtbag about it?
Fucking Right💯💯🔥
Word
Tell them GROWN MAN !
FACTS 💯💯💯
I love you rakim . From iran 🇮🇷 you a legend of real hip hop
"Slow your roll, like your legs was broken
Who's joking? Rakim never joked, so why should I loc?
And that's my idol, check the vital rhyme flow though
Running 'em like Flo Jo, stranded on Death Row" -Kurupt
If you don't know Ra you don't know hip hop. From the beginning this brother always been on top.
I disagree
@@djblackshadow22no one cares about what you "disagree" about! FOH!!
@@msolomon1781 stick with ur opinion sick bastard and let others have their opinions
Rakim will never lose his flow. the GOD been rhyming since reagan was president!!!
Big FACT'S 💯...He's still ahead of his time. Rakim is just too different from other MC's. His flow and vocabulary separate him from the other 21 MC's.
The other 21 MCs! Ha ha!!! Real talk bro
Rap need at least 2 new charts . Like “ classic rap ‘ “ pop rap “ and regular rap charts . Its time .
"walking paradox I made them all believers/
shifted paradigm even time alter features/"
Rakim God MC 🎤🛐🔥
🔥🔥🔥
I think Rakim can bring hip hop back to its greatness..I think the people have been starving for so long for that original sound and are Finally mentally ready to accept hip hop once again
These lil dweebish kids don't have the mental capacity to understand anything that's not talking about killing and $ex! This is a nice wish, but sadly the industry wants music to stay ignorant and destructive, because you know who is in charge!! ( 👿) 🤷🏾♂️😔
Masta Killa went BALLISTIC!! 🔥
Rakim your rhyming scheme couldnt b copied by about a 9 man miming team,
Diamond in the rough shine the gleam,
4ever a feane
Ra killed it on the track, too. Sticks in your head, makes you want to listen over and over.
And over and over and over
@@omefea8501played like 20 x in a row. "Gevity long"!
And over and over@@omefea8501
Whole track fire….Peace to the gods
[Intro]
Be now, be ill, be down, be real
Yo, they used to always ask me
What I wanted to be when I grew up
I said yo (Be now, be ill, be down, be real)
[Verse 1: Rakim]
A fashion dripper, Carhartt, Timberlands, contests
Opps flop, I stomp from gimmickless
Average spitter, the response, my competition
Get them all next, you're blessed like when the Fonz'll twist his lip
Lab hitter, progress, the God's magnificent
Patterns differ, context, my compositions hit
Fathom quicker, conquest, a conscious lyricist
Atom splitter, complex, it's quantum physics
Since they put my melody on a cleverly poem
My celebrities still legacy, and 'gevity long
Design flows in binary codes, no matrix
Light-speeds, time could be froze, no spaceships
Walkin' paradox, I made them all believers
Ship the paradigm, even time, alter features
On the mic, it's either too three or not too three
In life, it's either to be or not to be
[Chorus]
"I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone" ("This is what it's all about")
Be ill ("I-I-I'll be flooded with ice")
Be ready to reveal ("I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone")
B-B-"Be all I can be, and more" ("Finishin' touch")
Be boys and girls ("Be now, be ill, be down, be real)
[Verse 2: Kurupt]
My abilities, to create mass delusion
Headaches, heartaches and mass confusion
Contusions, I give out for free
Five at a time, one for two and two for three (For three)
Confucius, verbally abusive
Intuitive, a gift I give (I give)
Look what I'm givin', the voice of the unforgivin'
In time, I might get forgiven for my crimes (Crimes)
Lay the body down and lace 'em with lime
You throw the beat on and I'ma lace 'em with rhymes
Helter skelter, this pure love bizarre
Masta Killa said we gon' rock with the R (With the R)
You are who you are and we shine like the stars (Like the stars)
Sharp as a thumbtack, you jump in my car, let's go
[Chorus]
"I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone" ("This is what it's all about")
Be ill ("I-I-I'll be flooded with ice")
Be ready to reveal ("I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone")
B-B-"Be all I can be, and more" ("Finishin' touch")
Be now, be ill, be down, be real
[Verse 3: Masta Killa]
I walked on the sea of existence
And stepped on the shore of the moment
The father of civilization, I own it
The maker of my daughter, creation
One Nation Under a Groove
Before the two virtues of seamless scriptures
Woven with the threads of wisdom
This picture of my life intelligence, stimulates life and matter
So eloquent, a thought so delicate
Yet weighs more than elephants, strokes of excellence
Extracted from the elements, a powerful calmness
I'm always armed and equipped with what I bomb with
A sweet flowin' river of mad facts, the actual
Calculated pressure applied, hits are tactical
Masterful mind
Catapult self beyond the measure of time
The resilience and brilliance of Kurupt Young Gotti
Rakim the Godbody with the wise Chief Jamel Irief when I speak
Raisin' Universal Flags up high, say peace (Peace)
[Chorus]
"I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone" ("This is what it's all about")
Be ill ("I-I-I'll be flooded with ice")
Be ready to reveal ("I'm-I'm-I'm in the zone")
B-B-"Be all I can be, and more"
How the fugg is this happening in 2024 I’m so here for it
Rakim THE G.O.A.T. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE the fact that LA and NY Mcees getting together. I wish Biggie and Pac could see this!!!!!!
RAKIM LOVE THE SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES GOD SON...KRUPT SLAYING EM...SHINE BRIGHT FOR THE MOST HIGH LOVE THE HIGH VIBRATIONAL REAL MUSIC
Ra'spec to the Microphone Fiend from Zambia, Africa.
Rakim still has it. Hope to hear more new music from him. Glad to say I met Rakim and took a pic with him backstage at BB Kings in Times Square for his 50th Birthday. The God MC is cool.
Rakim, greatest lyricist of all time, no debate.
"Walking paradox I made em all believe this. Shift the paradigm, even time alter features" 🔥
feels good to breathe some fresh air after years, thx - one luv 🙏
This goes HARD AF
Reel artist don't die, we multiply. G.O.A.T.👑🛸
Y'all new age rappers aren't even close
They couldn't be close to him if they were standing next to him I feel you my man tell it like it is bro
Facts
0:32 the flow of Rakim is too powerful ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Damn this track is so good!!
Kurupt one of my favorites
Rakim and the crew reppin' that Sergio tacchini
Peace we used to Rock those in the 80’s I had a few of those..The Gods..
Rakim Yonkers 💯✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️✍️
Blessing will keep it real good Angel 😇 ❤❤
This is sooooo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Real hip hop & sorry but you kids can't make instant classics like this 😂
Back in the day I had to keep my thesaurus on my desk and research the "lyrics" when The R was "throwing dem bows"😊
Rakim and LL are back killing it on the 🎤🎙️!!!
Rakim will always be the god of all mcs big ups from 🇮🇪 you living legend 👏🏻 🙌🏻 🙏
Straight from the God MC himself "BE ILL". Timeless Hip Hop 🚀
Rakim is BACK!!! Straight up 90s fill hip-hop.
These three will wipe the floor with u on the mic...no if ands or butts..
Since the 80s Goddam ! I’m just 27 and I listen to the master album 💿… when I be on the mic 🎙️
Pure unadulterated lyrical dopeness... real hip-hop!!!
Can't nobody f with Rakim straight savage on the mic. Stand up Kurupt and Masta Killa. REAL SOLDIERS. Salute
Starboy is Respect blessing 😮 for Lord of all levels 😊
Respect.
Real Rap Lyricists !!! And the Beat is dope!! 01h:00 A.M and I'm Playing this Sh...t.. 100 times... From Barranquilla Colombia.
Rakim should have or a million views.
Real hip hop right here no cussing, no gangsta, just bars🔥
STILL NICE!!!!!🚨🔥🚨🔥. Fire beat and everything!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
The God MC himself. Literally the idol of our idols! 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭
This that shit hip hop been missing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥😤
The rappers from the 90s and 2000s had to come out if retirement to keep hip hop alive cause all the bs mumble rap, autotune and played out trap beats is killing hip hop that's why the older heads hafta teach the youngins true hip hop not the bs that's Been going on since 2012.
RAKIM STARTED IN 86' G NOT 90'S
@@rakim6466paid in full was the album that brought hip hop to the masses, no denying it
Wow!!
Fantastic nice one Hip hop pioneers another one classic ✌️😍
Salute to Rakim on the production & doing his OWN DJ KUTZ. #RightAndExact #Culture ..... Salute 2 Kurupt & Masta Killa.
Crazy cadence in his voice
Crazy flow
Crazy lyrics
Sick beat
Looks like sharks are back in the water 🔥
Higher Infinite Power
Whats a Goat 2 a God.
Rakim still having an impecable flow. Looking forward to listen to that album.
Grown people talk:
We can save rap 💯
There's Still time
Don't let "the man" promote death and destruction to our kids - that's Not what rap was about in the beginning
We all here for it hear ! 🤟🏼🔉🔊❤️
I hated tattooes. Swore I would never get one. Went to New York one year and visited Harlem. Met the guy Rakim got his first tattoo from. All of sudden it made sense. Got my first tattoo from him too. Hiphop.
Dummy
Blessed to see you live twice 🙏🏽 woulda been a 3rd time Anaheim HOB 2006 but had to taxi it back to seal beach jail at 10PM over a bs .09 DUI 😂 you started too late, but no hate 😅
God damn yall both went crazy!!😮😮😮
This was Awesome, I Iistened to it several times back to back., Every body brought thier A- Game on this.😊❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Legend Rakim!🔴⚫️🟢✊🏿✊🏿
I must thank The R. for the birthday present
Kurupt killed that
Sounds like prodigy, sounds like back in the day. It's beautiful
Rakim is like Prince in that he mastered his craft AND you NEVER heard any ill sht about either in their personal lives …that’s a sign of intelligence and maturity
2024 has been so so dope for hip hop. That DPG album is insane, Ghost, now this and Missionary to come. Fkn love MK 👐
Beat too 🥶🥶🥶
Plus all of them cleaned their plates.🫡🫡🫡
My Soul needed this.
Big up from Portugal 🇵🇹
Yoooooooooooooo
This ill
So much just new music just dropped. And I can't stop coming back to this track