What a legend Track I played as DJ in the 90ies and rock 1000 people. was in love the first second I put the needle on in my favourite Record Store. Thanks so much RAKIM !!!! and no autotune or 60BPM - That was real HIP HOP where people are dancing the whole NIGHT (without smartphone in hand or attention of 20 seconds)
4 music legends on this stage. Muhammad Ali of the microphone Rakim, the legendary Bob James on keys, Black Thought from the Roots and the well respected Talib Kweli. Always wanted to see Ra and Black Thought perform together and we got Talib with it.. They rocked it!! 💯
Rakim is the Mic Tyson of the mics. Bob james is the madonna of the keys, black thought is the hercules of the other mic and your dad? We'll he's the grand daddy of them all :)
This is awesome. Thanks Bob James for not being a snob. Your humility is appreciated. Now lets see a set with Bob James and Ghost & Rae doing Daytona 500. Loved this!!!
i saw rakim about 15 years ago and he asked "do you remember this one?" after every 6th or 7th song and "do you want to hear something new?" it was as if he thought people had forgotten him or he had stumbled into a place where he was going to go unrecognized. 15 years after that, it looks as though he understands that he's....the lord rakim. thanks for filming and posting this.
@@silence3916Well somebody has to be better in a group but I doubt that. Rakim never got done in on the collaborations he did with Jz,Cannibus,Nas Black Thought freestyles are ill and his life performances that I've seen on Tube.Ive never had to replay what he said
@@silence3916 We love Black Thought but tread lightly when you talking about Rakim please it's not what you think. I never seen anyone run circles around the God. Black Thought himself would tell you that's not true. Black Thought himself don't have the records that Rakim have so put some respect on the legend name please because that's very disrespectful you saying some shit like that.
@@stevendowdell4684 Rakim got Jay-Z the fuck outta here on The Watcher part 2 I'm pretty sure he would have no problem holding his own against Black Thought people be saying the wildest shit nowadays without thinking.
"Maybe. But, Black Thought would run circles around Rakim..." Anyone who says something like this isnt a true Hip Hop fan OR is just oblivious of The God MC's technique...
Yo that was crazy 🤪.. Rakim, black t, Talib... And for those that don't know.... The man of the hour.. Bob James.. Google him... Salute.. Respect.. To the musical legends of our time... ✌️
It's the return of the Wild Style fashionist Smashin' hits, make it hard to adapt to this Put pizazz and jazz in this, and cash in this Mastered this, flash this and make 'em clap to this DJ's throw on cuts and obey the crowd Just pump the volume up and play it loud Hip-hop's embedded, before I said I wouldn't let it But me and the microphone is still magnetic Straight off the top, I knew I'd be forced to rock Dance floors just stop, the spot's scorchin' hot Hopin' I open Rakim Allah seminars Ma*sage at the bar, smokin' ten dollar cigars While I admire midas, with more vision than TV's I find it easy catchin' diabetes from fly sweeties Sit back and wait to hear a slammin' track Rockin' jams by popular demand, I'm back I control the crowd, you know I hold it down When it drop you know it's jiggy when you hear the sound From town to town, until it's world renowned And I rock New York City all year around It's on, you can swerve when it's heard in clubs Thought patterns displayed on Persian rugs Equations are drawn up in paisley form Mic it stay warm, my flow is Evian Deep as a Nautilus, you stay dipped in Ra style From the shores of Long Island to Panama Canal Intellect pitches, new trends like a clothes designer I'm in effect, quicker than medicines in China Split the mic open, fill it with somethin' potent to go in And take a toke then mental planes start floatin' Hot science is smokin' altitudes cause chokin' Product is hypnotic, you're soakin' and still smokin' Better scenes than grams of amphetamines Plans to scheme, means I'll forever fiend Long as the mic is loud and the volumes are up I control the crowd, you know I hold it down When it drop you know it's jiggy when you hear the sound From town to town, until it's world renowned And I rock New York City all year around I control the crowd, you know I hold it down When it drop you know it's jiggy when you hear the sound From town to town, until it's world renowned And I rock New York City all year around
Shout outs to the legends and lyrical MCs Rakim, Talib, Mos Def, Black Thought who inspires rappers everywhere to step up there pen game Respect, peace and blessings 🙏🏿
Appreciate what you just witnessed. Ra and Rik are arguably the two best emcees we have ever seen. Cherish this shit, because when its gone its gone. Peace.
Living legends!!!! Would have loved to take this show in live. Loved how the God MC saluted Bob James at the end of his bars. Real recognise real !!!! Dang!! Just clocked Brady Watt on bass too!!!!! 😳
@@feemac6561 Well you can't say emcee/MC (Master of Ceremony) because you would then have to include MCs that do shows, plays, events, concerts, weddings...etc, meaning just an emcee can be anyone hosting an event...😁
Three certified lyrical Legends. Rakim is a pioneer with an impeccable flow, laced with unheralded erudition. Talib and Black Thought continue to carrying the torch, keeping Hip-Hop poetically poignant and razor sharp.
RA, pioneer with impeccable flow..., unheralded erudition. You said that plain and true. Not to mention his total humility. He is not overly in love with himself nor obsessed with his image. He just DOES.
Geez... My fav MC of all time, the one and ONLY Rakim dropping dimes. Black Thought just wreckin' the mic. Talib always on point. Hip Hop lives! Bob James playing flames. It's time for the original MCs to reclaim the throne and amplifly their genius. Like EF Hutton: "People listen."
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What a legend Track I played as DJ in the 90ies and rock 1000 people. was in love the first second I put the needle on in my favourite Record Store. Thanks so much RAKIM !!!! and no autotune or 60BPM - That was real HIP HOP where people are dancing the whole NIGHT (without smartphone in hand or attention of 20 seconds)
Of course black thought had to immediately bust out a dope freestyle as soon he stepped on the stage. True MC, no messing around
Lol. No preamble or discussion. Straight into them bars 🔥🔥
@@sargeb.cuttin6512 Still think Loaded Lux's "freestyle" on Flex was better than Thought's. He just rapped twice as long as Lux did.
Not a freestyle but it was dope for sure.
That's he's track "Guess Who's Back" he's performing.
What a beautiful thought in our hip hop history #love the god rakim
4 music legends on this stage. Muhammad Ali of the microphone Rakim, the legendary Bob James on keys, Black Thought from the Roots and the well respected Talib Kweli. Always wanted to see Ra and Black Thought perform together and we got Talib with it.. They rocked it!! 💯
Rakim is the Mic Tyson of the mics. Bob james is the madonna of the keys, black thought is the hercules of the other mic and your dad? We'll he's the grand daddy of them all :)
Well said..........😊
Rakim is the G.O.A.T. There's no question or rebuttal about this!!!!
FACTS On Top Of FACTS
Indubitably!
This is awesome. Thanks Bob James for not being a snob. Your humility is appreciated. Now lets see a set with Bob James and Ghost & Rae doing Daytona 500. Loved this!!!
Bob James's music has been the bedrock for so many Hip Hop classics. It's amazing that after all this years he's still putting in work 👏🏿
Cappuccino killed it too.
Omg this video stop me in my tracks at work today!
Love Daytona.
Murs and 9th on “Murray’s Revenge” might be even better.
RAKIM and BOB JAMES.. that really makes my day. Music power right there!
You could feel it in the air OGs rising and claiming it back!💥👊🏼💪🏼
True that! 🔥🔥🔥✨
On intended #Aquarius #Libra
bro i feel like we about to see a revival of real hip hop. this is what we need right now.
Hopsin Ne Joyner and Bizzle all just dropped
Say it again.
i saw rakim about 15 years ago and he asked "do you remember this one?" after every 6th or 7th song and "do you want to hear something new?" it was as if he thought people had forgotten him or he had stumbled into a place where he was going to go unrecognized. 15 years after that, it looks as though he understands that he's....the lord rakim. thanks for filming and posting this.
Indeed! Yet he is completely a humble man. Glad I was in the right place at the right time.
❤🙌🏾❤
Rakim and a Black Thought album might be a good collaboration
Maybe. But, Black Thought would run circles around Rakim...
@@silence3916Well somebody has to be better in a group but I doubt that. Rakim never got done in on the collaborations he did with Jz,Cannibus,Nas Black Thought freestyles are ill and his life performances that I've seen on Tube.Ive never had to replay what he said
@@silence3916 We love Black Thought but tread lightly when you talking about Rakim please it's not what you think. I never seen anyone run circles around the God. Black Thought himself would tell you that's not true. Black Thought himself don't have the records that Rakim have so put some respect on the legend name please because that's very disrespectful you saying some shit like that.
@@stevendowdell4684 Rakim got Jay-Z the fuck outta here on The Watcher part 2 I'm pretty sure he would have no problem holding his own against Black Thought people be saying the wildest shit nowadays without thinking.
"Maybe. But, Black Thought would run circles around Rakim..."
Anyone who says something like this isnt a true Hip Hop fan OR is just oblivious of The God MC's technique...
Thought waste no time, straight to work
Rakim will always be Rakim !
Three legends this is real HIP HOP no autotune, real music and no B.S. lyrics. Plus you got Bob James on the Keys❤️🔥💯✊🏿
2 Legends
Man that signature flow will always be fresh as the 1st day I listen to Ra........He's a solid god.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
THE REAL KING IS BACK!🙂🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Bob James' Shamboozie getting the live sample treatment... This is dope!
Thought lifted it through the roof.
Rakim the GOAT
Da GOD never disappoints and props to the band for killing da beat
Rakim the greatest rapper of all time
Yo that was crazy 🤪.. Rakim, black t, Talib... And for those that don't know.... The man of the hour.. Bob James.. Google him... Salute.. Respect.. To the musical legends of our time... ✌️
I remember buying a tape in the 80s. Was just as awesome as this. They need to drop some new clips and albums. With the jazz in it.
True Hip Hop, The Goats, The Kings... whoah.. I sooo needed this vibe!!! Thank you!!!
It's the return of the Wild Style fashionist
Smashin' hits, make it hard to adapt to this
Put pizazz and jazz in this, and cash in this
Mastered this, flash this and make 'em clap to this
DJ's throw on cuts and obey the crowd
Just pump the volume up and play it loud
Hip-hop's embedded, before I said I wouldn't let it
But me and the microphone is still magnetic
Straight off the top, I knew I'd be forced to rock
Dance floors just stop, the spot's scorchin' hot
Hopin' I open Rakim Allah seminars
Ma*sage at the bar, smokin' ten dollar cigars
While I admire midas, with more vision than TV's
I find it easy catchin' diabetes from fly sweeties
Sit back and wait to hear a slammin' track
Rockin' jams by popular demand, I'm back
I control the crowd, you know I hold it down
When it drop you know it's jiggy when you hear the sound
From town to town, until it's world renowned
And I rock New York City all year around
It's on, you can swerve when it's heard in clubs
Thought patterns displayed on Persian rugs
Equations are drawn up in paisley form
Mic it stay warm, my flow is Evian
Deep as a Nautilus, you stay dipped in Ra style
From the shores of Long Island to Panama Canal
Intellect pitches, new trends like a clothes designer
I'm in effect, quicker than medicines in China
Split the mic open, fill it with somethin' potent to go in
And take a toke then mental planes start floatin'
Hot science is smokin' altitudes cause chokin'
Product is hypnotic, you're soakin' and still smokin'
Better scenes than grams of amphetamines
Plans to scheme, means I'll forever fiend
Long as the mic is loud and the volumes are up
I control the crowd, you know I hold it down
When it drop you know it's jiggy when you hear the sound
From town to town, until it's world renowned
And I rock New York City all year around
I control the crowd, you know I hold it down
When it drop you know it's jiggy when you hear the sound
From town to town, until it's world renowned
And I rock New York City all year around
Each one of these MCs is on most tru hip hop fans top 5 list. This is great. Give them their flowers while they live!!!!
Black Thought is on of the GOATs!! He just walked up on stage with the God MC and just took the mic!! The level of respect that was is uncanny!!!!!!
I’m saying..black thought the great
Shout outs to the legends and lyrical MCs Rakim, Talib, Mos Def, Black Thought who inspires rappers everywhere to step up there pen game Respect, peace and blessings 🙏🏿
Fire. These real ones from back in my day, still ripping it. No pen. No paper. No takes. Right off the top!
Hip hop royalty 👑. B. JAMES WIT THE FLAVA. Let ride ! Music 🎶 sick
I'm an OG hip hop Head. This is special. I tip my cap.
Hip-hop is watered down now, guys reclaim your culture back. ❤️
Peace, show the youth how to build with the positive and destroy the negative, peace!
Epic🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 ...nobody flows on a Rakim beat like the god
Bob James and Rakim and Talib 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 and Black Thought 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Appreciate what you just witnessed. Ra and Rik are arguably the two best emcees we have ever seen. Cherish this shit, because when its gone its gone. Peace.
Very glad I could share it with you! I knew I was grooving in an historic groove that night.
three of the greatest freestylers of all time on the same stage, man
This is a legendary 👑's night out 💪 💯% all Praises due 🙌
REAL HIP HOP BABY!!!! LETS GO!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bob James the legendary pianist I wish I would've experienced that 😳💯
The Goat !!!!!!!!!!
Peace to the GOD...... hearing this put me back in the jams in the park in the Bronx and Brooklyn we need those times back again.. Peace.......
Incredible this was month ago. At the famous Blue Note on west 3rd st in the village. Love it. Black thought was great too. Say Bob James!!!!
Bob James!!!!
That BlackThought verse was the one from the freestyle with Method Man. SO FIRE!!!
Living legends!!!! Would have loved to take this show in live. Loved how the God MC saluted Bob James at the end of his bars. Real recognise real !!!!
Dang!! Just clocked Brady Watt on bass too!!!!! 😳
Yes! Being there was just UNREAL. 🔥🔥💥
Nobody can f with rakim period!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
PERIOD💯💯💯
Thanks for sharing! 🤩🤩🤩
You bet! 😉
3 of the best to ever hold the mic. #greatness #therealhiphop
Some of my favorite emcees! Wish I could have been there!
King Rakim, still smooth!! One of the best to Eva do it!! 🙌🏾❤️🙌🏾❤️
The R....#1 Rapper of All Time.
Emcee...there is a difference lol
@@feemac6561 Well you can't say emcee/MC (Master of Ceremony) because you would then have to include MCs that do shows, plays, events, concerts, weddings...etc, meaning just an emcee can be anyone hosting an event...😁
@drew63215 lyrical emcee...look it up in terms of hip hop culture.
@@feemac6561 Yeah, but you only said emcee...that could mean anyone.
ALL THE WAY LIVE!! Can feel the heat from over here... "The GOD emcee"🔥🔥🔥
RAKIM is sooooo DOPE!!! That Flo is 🔥 and OF COURSE BLACK THOUGHT IS 🔥🔥
Oh lord have mercy,this is what's needed in 2023,3 living legends bringing back real hip hop,salute the true pioneers in our hip hop culture
Hello from Russia guys, Rakim 4ever !)
RA will move the crowd forever!
Since fat crayons my writing display chaos !!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
He still moving crowds in 2000 in something
Yeah that bar means something established in 97 n here it is 2023..that's dope!
REAL HIP HOP ON THAT STAGE!!!!!
Damn.. this is dope! Wish I could’ve been in the building
Brady Watt on bass too 🔥
DOOOOOOPE! Thank you for posting this! 🙏🏽🌟
Welcome!
So good to see Brothers vibing like this no ego just good music good vibes I love it 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽💜💜💜👑👑👑
Hip hop gold!
Top three ABOVE the top five!
The God Mceee🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👑🎤🎼Microphone Fein🔥🔥🔥🔥
legends! legends!! legends!!!
Quem sabe sabe Grande Rakim
TY ICONNNNNN RAKIM I still loooooooooove you just as I did earlier in fame!💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙🙂🥳
REAL HEADZ KNOW THAT IT NEVER WENT ANYWHERE.....
I love it all. They truly took it back to the 70s even when real instruments/vocalists used one another
I love this beat. ❤️
MASTERFUL!!!👑✊🏼 #HIPHOP 🎤🎵🎶
Black Thought : " I'm Black and I'm Hip Hop"
International love
was born same year this track was out , Thank God having the change see him performing it live 31 years later 😎😎😎
PRICELESS!!!👑👑👑🙏
Dope. Missed this. Would've definitely drove into the city for this one.
Thankful
Three certified lyrical Legends. Rakim is a pioneer with an impeccable flow, laced with unheralded erudition. Talib and Black Thought continue to carrying the torch, keeping Hip-Hop poetically poignant and razor sharp.
RA, pioneer with impeccable flow..., unheralded erudition. You said that plain and true. Not to mention his total humility. He is not overly in love with himself nor obsessed with his image. He just DOES.
Much Respect To The God!
Music is Gods medium. I dig it.👍🏾
The best of the bests, Rakheem, Talib, Tariq, and Yasiin. They don't rapp, they preach history.
One million views please…..Real hip hop history here!🔥
So refreshing with the live band!
Second to none
Slammin’ 🔥
A sun load of heat between those 4 luminaries of Jazz & Hip Hop
Black Thought is the best Emcee on the planet right now
The G.O.A.T Rarkim
ther it is!
Mannnn I wish I could have seen this live!
Rakim is an Alien... Jesus 😮
Black thought comes..oh a mic...let's go...wow
The GOD MC gave the Illlest LYRICAL WORDSMITH the mic to freestyle.over his own beat
Pure hip hop respect and love for the craft❤❤
Meu primeiro CD de Hip hop!!! 1999
Rakim Allah gave birth to the Brother's on the stage with him.
Just 1 word .Legendary!!!!!!!
Damn I would've loved to he there
Who woulda thought you'd get to witness Hip hop Deity like Rakim do a jam session with the guy that made the theme for the TV show Taxi.. 😁😁😁😁
My thoughts exactly!
You know you are a great rapper when The God MC hands you their mic.
Black thought top 15 in my opinion ✊🏽
Some real legends on this stage
Bob James, the goat!
Geez... My fav MC of all time, the one and ONLY Rakim dropping dimes. Black Thought just wreckin' the mic. Talib always on point. Hip Hop lives! Bob James playing flames. It's time for the original MCs to reclaim the throne and amplifly their genius. Like EF Hutton: "People listen."
❤❤❤❤