al- rakim is a sura in the quran, in arabic it means the cave. lets hope he records more, because we dont need rakim in self imposed exile.................
To appreciate Rakim you have to look at the time period he rhymed in. He came in the era when you had to be a true lyricist and he stood out among the best in the history of hip hop.
Awwww, Rakim is doubtlessly the most fluid lyricist ever to spit! And this is a jewel!!! Gotta respect this brother! Just fluid, cool-as-a-fuck dude. Sick is all I gotta say...oh, yeah and peace to the God!
@kahorepohaka Love that your givin a nod to Phife here, but Posdnous is the best lyricist from the native tongues. Pharoahe Monche, Aesop Rock, Azeem are 3 im my top 10. Couldn't agree with you more on Kool G Rap and Rakim though, Legends!
@23Tavarez Well said, I've been telling people that for years, which I've gotten tired of repeating & debating about who the best are I've never understood why practically. everyone says big & pac were the best ever. BULLSHT! They were way far from it. They were all hype. Regardless of order, my top three are RAKIM, BIG DADDY KANE, & KOOL G. RAP! Real True Legends of Hip-Hop!
@ultimatevcfan Idk dude... I'm with you on Rakim, and 2 pac is up there although I wouldnt put him second. But youve got Guru and Andre above Big L, Biggie, Prodigy, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane? I'd even put Eminem above those guys.
@sabre51 above Big L and Kool G Rap dude you're crazy go listen to Big L's punclines ... he had and still after diying he holds those master punchlines that 50 % of the mc's since and after him used ;)
i remember when mix tapes were actual tapes, no hip hop on the radio no videos the creativity was insane the rule was no body could bite another artist lyrics you had to be your own god and create your own universe. Rakim is one of those hip hop gods no dout
Im from the west coast and have always been a fan of rakim since the 90's. But i would love to see The Game collaberate with rakim...that would be the shizet...make it happen plz
@MrCommenterguy: he's actually quoting himself. That line was first used in "Microphone Fiend" and then covered. The verse goes: "I was a fiend, back before I became a teen/I melt the microphone instead of cones of ice cream. Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated, I fit it like pieces of puzzles, complicated. I grab the mike and try to say "yes ya'll" - they try and take it and say that I'm too small. Cool. I don't get upset, I kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then I jet."
Agelessly dope, fluidly incomparable, many may follow but the Leader leads. The "R" endures, eclipses those who dare to go off-the-dome...I have witnessed his freestyle devastation, words just drop from his brain to his tongue like a gumball machine. Oldschool, Newschool, this Brother is not just in Class, he's teaching it: Doctorate in Hip-Hop, Dr Rakim is the George Wahington of Mount Rushmore in this game - difference is, his profile cuts a better visage. Flow forever my man
@chickenmaster66 he was on The Roots Wake Up mixtape that came out not long ago, he said in 09 seventh seal would be his last album but i hope he still puts out more work
You say Hannah Montana-i fucking punch you in the face
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@TheF2TheInnian ~ what up my dude. Anytime you need to know the info of anyone who is of celebrity status, go to wikipedia and look up their name. On that note, Rakim,as TheF2Theinnian mention, is not dead. Thank God, the god MC is alive and well.
Someone had the audacity to write, Rakim is the 2nd greatest MC of all time. That is an insult to the highest degree in the history of Hip Hop. Let me get straight to the point. You make like Eminem, you may like 50 Cent, you may like Jay Z or you may like whoever. NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE is greater than Rakim. This man dropped "Let the Rhythem Hit Em" and "Don't Sweat the Technique" at the beginning of the 90's and you're gonna say he's #2??? Get the fuck outta here.
@abrooklynnigga ~ You know that's right my dude. I'm from the BX. Ppl seem to have no history of little memories when that right bullshit like that. I'm a always go in on whoever diss the God MC and others on his level like Cool G Rap, BDK, Nas, ODB, B.I.G., Canibus, and all the bruhs who wave OUR flag errday! Keee it 100 my dude.
@Baltimorehop Dawg I didn't start this but imho Rakim IS #2 with KRS-1 #1 but the R is 1 of 2 MC's that if someone said he is #1 that I really have no argument against it. (Nas is the other by the way)
@cowboyfanSkip ~ I can't dissagree with you. It's either or with them as well as with Nas. I was addressing some other shit that disturbs me with a lot of Johnnie come lately people who swear Eminem is the greatest MC to ever grab a mic. I have a major issue with that. Regardless of how skillful or nice he is, to me, he doesn't have the battle history or comp during his era to equal to that. If he was able to smash Canibus, he got an few points. I don't think he can smash Canibus though.
How many MC's make your' eyes well up with tears and give you that lump in your' throat, because the shit that they just said blew your' mind? Rakim and Kool G Rap are two of my favorites. Listen to the fuckin radio now and all you'll get is fuckin Kesha
There is nothing wrong with giving Eminem his due , hes a monster.
But lets look at it for what it is , your trying to compare an Undeniable Champion to Certified Legend. Both outstanding but one CLEARLY far and away above the other
Hey, if you like Rakim you should check out my vids. I don't claim to be anywhere near as good as he is, but as i haven't been rapping long i could really use the feedback. Thanks.
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after listening to Rakim for a couple years and reading about him being the God MC the switch clicked and I realized he is, in terms of lyrics and delivery, the G.O.D.
I try to show my homies and they just don't feel it. Hopefully someday they will see the light
i hear you man, i try showin my friends and they hear me spit and they're later saying "Oh shit you i see now with Rakim's Influence man." and im like yall should of seen that in the videos he had i mean Follow the Leader, i ain't no joke, this song, Lyrics of Fury i mean i could go on, on the songs that i learned how to rhyme because of Rakim.
@ProjektXero91 Wurd! I'm the same way! The top two rappers that have influenced me and my rhymes are Rakim and Big L. I'm a gay 20 yr. old white boy from the suburbs, so obviously I can't credibly talk about the streets, but I craft my lyrical structure to match the legends' flow plus I throw in witticism and humor that would make Big L himself laugh!
Uh. y u go jay-z on ur list bra .. he aint movin well through time, only song im feelin from him in past 100 years is NY State of Mind .. even thats mediocre
@youngskillz08 NY state of mind is a nas song, empire state of mind is jay-z's... NY state of mind is much better though, after ether i think any real hiphop fan knows nas>jay-z
@ jville1stand1up wheres nas??? and jayz is fuckin wack now
@youngskillz08 ny state of mind is nas's song, jays is empire state of mind, no disrespect or anything just lettin u kno, i dont want jay gettin credit for such a classic track hahaha
i havent heard this guy curse once in any of his songs....or am i mistaken ? this guy is just ill with this shit and doesnt use curses to get views...crazy
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shut up you dumb fuck tupacs the greatest ever your still hearing new stuff from pac you dont even hear any new shit from rakim except his new album out with has took 10 years to come out tupac wrote his last album in 7 days and world wide it sold 28 million the biggest saleing rap album of all time and he made it in just 7 days
actually thats false. pacs made top 10 best selling rap album.. but he's not in the top 5... he was an amazing lyricist and song writer, and as for his diss? it doesnt even make top 5 best diss tracks.. that wasn't pac's style, even though he held it down on that track..
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Tupac should never be on a list that rates the top 50 lyricists. He was garbage after the song, "I Get Around". Aint nothin that nigga said you can repost of his that was dope. Go head give me one line...thought so.
yo b, 2 pac was not the kind of rapper reciting rhetorical run on sentences-- saying nothing as most N.Y. rappers are. frankly, alot of them niggas straight weak lyrically. off in rhythem too. freestyle aint what its all cracked up to be. one must become a great writer, and 2 pac was that and a terriffic at it too.
apparently Gillie Da Kid was one of them. honestly i don't believe people when they say all lil waynes songs are freestyles, maybe some of them are but there are other songs where you can tell its not a freestyle
U heard Cannon? n he prolly a ghost writer for a reason. It's more the fact that another man wrote two albums for him den he tryed ta diss him n den went on to call himself da best rapper alive. There is no reason to any respect for any talent wack ass wayne might have.
It is pretty clear that Gillie actually wrote Wayne's shit. If you listen to Gillie's rhymes, you can tell because it sounds just like something Wayne would say on Carter 1.
oh and no just about everyone that wayne works with say's he just goes in and he doesn't have it written on anything, and yea not ALL of his like 10000 songs are freestyles
i think i heard rumors of Drake even writing rhymes for him but that's just rumors, just because he didn't have it written on anything in the studio though doesn't mean it was a freestyle, he could have just used rhymes he had memorized, i think biggie was also a rapper that would freestyle on some songs, same as Rakim, Jay-Z
yea thats very true he doesn't always freestyle, and drake said on an interview that he doesn't write for wayne at all, Now i don't know about Jay-z doing that though
@realhiphop4ever WRONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.... jay, ra hardly ever freestyled, theymainly had to write there shit, at beggining biggie could freestyle but dropped that quickly
@tmcnary2 Don't be silly. I rhyme and I never go in the studio with a pen or a pad, but I don't freestyle either. I have catalogs of songs memorized in my head then I go through to the beats and choose the one that fits. Sometimes I make the hook up on the spot, or if I already have a hook, I might change it to fit the tempo.
i could believe he freestyles most of his shit cause its horrible i respect that he found a way to make money and get out the hood but no one that horrible at rapping should be gettin so much credit he doesnt deserve n i kinda beleive gillie wrote the carter one cause they flow very similiar but if you notice after that shit between gillie and wayne u wont see wayne in phillie?? scared much lmao
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Heres my list in MY OPINON NOT YOURS (: 1.Rakim 2. BIgge 3Krs-one 4.Tupac 5.Andrea 3000 6. SLick Rick 7. Africa Bambadda (didn't spell it right sorry) 8. Nas 9. Eminem 10. GZA 11. Lil Wayne 12. Busta Rhymes now i know i'm gonna get comments about lil wayne Now the reason why i have him up there is because he basicly frestyles all his songs,he doesn't right anything down, he just goes in and he still does make great music
It's gonna hurt you all to know that Rakim think Eminem is the greatest lyricist of all time. Said so in an interview. Yeah, Eminem's dope lyrics really killed rap. How the fuck do you let someone kill rap. You don't. Go make a record if you have a problem and change shit. I'd hate to quote gandhi, but be the change you wish to see in the world. Instead of bitching and degrading mother fuckers who worked their asses off.
That is called upping an artist new.THe thing is.Rakim knows that a legend upping a new artist is good for the fresh artist.We know Rakim allways tough KRS,BDK,Kool G Rap and the cats from the old school he used to rock are the top.But if he would say that in an interview everyone would say:"ah he just hating on the new school"
OMG! The DJ break on this is ridiculous! Bring that shit back on today's Hip-Hop records, somebody, PLEASE!!!
xBITCHESxHATExMEx 1 week ago
al- rakim is a sura in the quran, in arabic it means the cave. lets hope he records more, because we dont need rakim in self imposed exile.................
kazimir2005 1 month ago
GREATNESS!!!!
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4 dislikes? May God Rakim have mercy on your soul. But then, you can't have soul if you can't dig Rakim
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MrJazzHOP 2 months ago
To appreciate Rakim you have to look at the time period he rhymed in. He came in the era when you had to be a true lyricist and he stood out among the best in the history of hip hop.
eddie486us 2 months ago
Awwww, Rakim is doubtlessly the most fluid lyricist ever to spit! And this is a jewel!!! Gotta respect this brother! Just fluid, cool-as-a-fuck dude. Sick is all I gotta say...oh, yeah and peace to the God!
MrJazzHOP 3 months ago
rakim , kool g rap, phife dog, ra rugged man, are the top lyricists ever!!
kahorepohaka 3 months ago
@kahorepohaka Love that your givin a nod to Phife here, but Posdnous is the best lyricist from the native tongues. Pharoahe Monche, Aesop Rock, Azeem are 3 im my top 10. Couldn't agree with you more on Kool G Rap and Rakim though, Legends!
m00kness 2 months ago
once upon a crime
BENJAMINPUCHERT 3 months ago in playlist Liked videos
Pac and Big aren't overrated. They were great. Rakim is just the best ever. Nas is second to Ra but not close enough to put him in the same level
hugochin123 3 months ago
Rakim and Nas are my favorites get out of here with the overrated 2pac and B.i.g
23Tavarez 3 months ago 2
@23Tavarez Well said, I've been telling people that for years, which I've gotten tired of repeating & debating about who the best are I've never understood why practically. everyone says big & pac were the best ever. BULLSHT! They were way far from it. They were all hype. Regardless of order, my top three are RAKIM, BIG DADDY KANE, & KOOL G. RAP! Real True Legends of Hip-Hop!
KTHREE31 2 months ago
@23Tavarez rakim & nas shit all over biggie & tupac lyrically
ucantknockthehustle 2 months ago
DAM STILL IN LOVE WITH HIM AFTER 30 YEARS & I AM NOT TELLING MY AGE!!
LOL =)
NAVYWIFEONE 5 months ago
somebody told me he runs a hip hop tour of NY, wonder if that is true?
dnbsuze 5 months ago
When did hiphop lose the funk? haven't heard a bassline like this on a modern track outside of underground in a long time.
Prossmeister 5 months ago
@ultimatevcfan Idk dude... I'm with you on Rakim, and 2 pac is up there although I wouldnt put him second. But youve got Guru and Andre above Big L, Biggie, Prodigy, Kool G Rap, Big Daddy Kane? I'd even put Eminem above those guys.
sabre51 6 months ago
@sabre51 above Big L and Kool G Rap dude you're crazy go listen to Big L's punclines ... he had and still after diying he holds those master punchlines that 50 % of the mc's since and after him used ;)
RundownCK183 4 months ago
@ultimatevcfan gangstarr? you mean guru bro, gangstarr's the group, and ...no kool g rap?...never.
MURKYDEEP100 6 months ago
i remember when mix tapes were actual tapes, no hip hop on the radio no videos the creativity was insane the rule was no body could bite another artist lyrics you had to be your own god and create your own universe. Rakim is one of those hip hop gods no dout
9mrklp 7 months ago
love the Rick sample in the hook...
KT4Lninedeuce 8 months ago
Im from the west coast and have always been a fan of rakim since the 90's. But i would love to see The Game collaberate with rakim...that would be the shizet...make it happen plz
Sense0with0humor 8 months ago
I love how the most of the comments on this page are by articulate and intelligent people, shows that sophistcated music truly unites refined minds.
widerling 8 months ago
Yeah! This is what i like! Thumbs up!
luv6pup90660 8 months ago
' I kick a hole in the speaker pul the plug and then jet'. So many people use that line. Is there a reason?
MrCommenterguy 9 months ago
@MrCommenterguy: he's actually quoting himself. That line was first used in "Microphone Fiend" and then covered. The verse goes: "I was a fiend, back before I became a teen/I melt the microphone instead of cones of ice cream. Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated, I fit it like pieces of puzzles, complicated. I grab the mike and try to say "yes ya'll" - they try and take it and say that I'm too small. Cool. I don't get upset, I kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then I jet."
Hekilikaua 8 months ago
Agelessly dope, fluidly incomparable, many may follow but the Leader leads. The "R" endures, eclipses those who dare to go off-the-dome...I have witnessed his freestyle devastation, words just drop from his brain to his tongue like a gumball machine. Oldschool, Newschool, this Brother is not just in Class, he's teaching it: Doctorate in Hip-Hop, Dr Rakim is the George Wahington of Mount Rushmore in this game - difference is, his profile cuts a better visage. Flow forever my man
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Sirgreaseflick 10 months ago
Rakim and Nas is all I ever need to keep hip hop alive!
if media played them more all these fake rap hustlers would be so dead and out of the game for good!
ThumbsUpMike 10 months ago
Lyrically, the BEST to EVER do it!!! Rhymes so smooth, they flow like the Nile...smh
daboss88100 11 months ago
weres rakim today?
chickenmaster66 11 months ago
@chickenmaster66 he was on The Roots Wake Up mixtape that came out not long ago, he said in 09 seventh seal would be his last album but i hope he still puts out more work
realhiphop4ever 11 months ago 4
@chickenmaster66 cork ireland
kieranca 10 months ago 2
@chickenmaster66 right where he should be... In New York City doing shows at bb kings and getting guap ya heard.
mcteeosupreme 5 months ago
I love knowing that this man is still alive!! =)) haha
ReWbd23 1 year ago
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You say Gucci Mane-I say Rakim
You say New school-i say shut the fuck up
You say Pop-I scream Hip Hop!
You say Hannah Montana-i fucking punch you in the face
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clinton589 1 year ago
this is a stupid question, but is he dead?
TheF2TheInnian 1 year ago
@TheF2TheInnian ~ what up my dude. Anytime you need to know the info of anyone who is of celebrity status, go to wikipedia and look up their name. On that note, Rakim,as TheF2Theinnian mention, is not dead. Thank God, the god MC is alive and well.
Baltimorehop 1 year ago
Makes me miss Eric B
PsychItsMike 1 year ago
YA'LL ALREDDY KNO!!!!!!!!!!
abrooklynnigga 1 year ago
Someone had the audacity to write, Rakim is the 2nd greatest MC of all time. That is an insult to the highest degree in the history of Hip Hop. Let me get straight to the point. You make like Eminem, you may like 50 Cent, you may like Jay Z or you may like whoever. NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE is greater than Rakim. This man dropped "Let the Rhythem Hit Em" and "Don't Sweat the Technique" at the beginning of the 90's and you're gonna say he's #2??? Get the fuck outta here.
Baltimorehop 1 year ago
@Baltimorehop U alreddy kno my G, a nigga can't fukk wit the god on they're BEST DAY!!!
abrooklynnigga 1 year ago
@abrooklynnigga ~ You know that's right my dude. I'm from the BX. Ppl seem to have no history of little memories when that right bullshit like that. I'm a always go in on whoever diss the God MC and others on his level like Cool G Rap, BDK, Nas, ODB, B.I.G., Canibus, and all the bruhs who wave OUR flag errday! Keee it 100 my dude.
Baltimorehop 1 year ago
@Baltimorehop Dawg I didn't start this but imho Rakim IS #2 with KRS-1 #1 but the R is 1 of 2 MC's that if someone said he is #1 that I really have no argument against it. (Nas is the other by the way)
cowboyfanSkip 1 year ago
@cowboyfanSkip ~ I can't dissagree with you. It's either or with them as well as with Nas. I was addressing some other shit that disturbs me with a lot of Johnnie come lately people who swear Eminem is the greatest MC to ever grab a mic. I have a major issue with that. Regardless of how skillful or nice he is, to me, he doesn't have the battle history or comp during his era to equal to that. If he was able to smash Canibus, he got an few points. I don't think he can smash Canibus though.
Baltimorehop 1 year ago 2
@Baltimorehop do doubt son!
7wiiskate 1 year ago
smoothest style rakim haha i love ra shits dope
Tmathh 1 year ago
they dont make music like they use to
purpletoe4 1 year ago
this song proves no ones on Rakims level
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Mixed? the vocals are out at 0.39
nptrock 1 year ago
The Second Greatest MC Of All Time!
eazbac 1 year ago
@eazbac lmao relax catch. and who would be first
nastynas373 1 year ago
@eazbac whos da 1st?
uate650mataele 1 year ago
@uate650mataele thats rakim lool , that phrase is in the microphone fiend. peace
LGista 1 year ago
@eazbac second are you crack?
MakaveliWillReturn 5 months ago
RA on these types of beats is what SEVENTH SEAL shoulda been!!
catch2370 1 year ago
@catch2370 yeah besides holy are u, it was disappointing
nastynas373 1 year ago
@nastynas373 no shit!
catch2370 1 year ago
What year was this recorded? Does anyone know?
wennisthemenace 1 year ago
I can't even comprehend how I keep seeing all this stuff about Wayne/Drake/Young Money on a MOTHER FUCKING RAKIM track!
KRITICALConscious 1 year ago
The sample voice saying once upon a time is Slick Rick :) awesome !!!
SvetamIKogaNemaSonce 1 year ago
Rakim is timeless feel me. Everything he touches is a street classic
TheJfamous 1 year ago
Umm..where did Nas get his style from? Look no further than right here.
DEBONAIRMAN 1 year ago
How many MC's make your' eyes well up with tears and give you that lump in your' throat, because the shit that they just said blew your' mind? Rakim and Kool G Rap are two of my favorites. Listen to the fuckin radio now and all you'll get is fuckin Kesha
Tommy666666777777 1 year ago 2
this is some sick shit
shirajulahmed123 1 year ago
Dont question a legend because he marked his past and can proof it.
akaboy4life 1 year ago
We gotta give props to Rakim but also we gotta give props to Eminem,they are lyrical beasts and they keep hip hop alive
pRiMeAndRhyme 1 year ago
There is nothing wrong with giving Eminem his due , hes a monster.
But lets look at it for what it is , your trying to compare an Undeniable Champion to Certified Legend. Both outstanding but one CLEARLY far and away above the other
Ohyesindeed 1 year ago
There's Rakim... Then everyone else.
teeosupreme 1 year ago
who gives a fuck about eminem, this is Rakim the GOD MC............ he's just a LEGEND
DeepInTheMobb 1 year ago 16
@DeepInTheMobb eminem sucks
ucantknockthehustle 2 months ago
Hey, if you like Rakim you should check out my vids. I don't claim to be anywhere near as good as he is, but as i haven't been rapping long i could really use the feedback. Thanks.
P.S Fucking amazing song.
JackMoranRain 2 years ago
eminem is not the same as old. his old shit like slim shady lp and marshall mathers lp are probably the best cds to ever come out
fhsquarterback20 2 years ago
can some 1 get me these Unreleased Rakim songs please.
I'ld greatly appreciate it.
1st. - Shades Of Black
2nd. - New York To Cali
3rd. Once Upon A Rhyme
4th. - Shades of Black (Remix)
UltraDOG17 2 years ago
yeah the legendary MC , he love what he do and the same as u ?
alfonsinimonis 2 years ago
The R is in his own category. His rhymes are poetry and scriptures, dont try to compare him to anyone.
icuwitmyi 2 years ago
His competition is none cause he remains at the top like the Sun!.....RAKIM....God Emcee.....!!!!
MrBabz71 2 years ago 34
The Greatest MC of all time
nezor2000 2 years ago 21
@nezor2000 no lie the best who ever did it
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vBJazzPFC 2 years ago
this kinda flow do you only find frome the past.thanks chief.
flesknakken 2 years ago 2
Fantastic Rakim Allah is back even though late and check out Slick Ricks refrain!! he is still the man in the Game smoking all you phonie MCS!!
arnourch 2 years ago
SMOOOOOTHHHHHH!!! This the real HIP HOP right here!!!
SKULASCHU 2 years ago 6
I Mean dope lol.
NewOneBeats 2 years ago
I mean dope lol..
NewOneBeats 2 years ago
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NewOneBeats 2 years ago
the real god of the game called hip-hop......
rapilustrator 2 years ago
one of the true hip hop kings!
sunshinesda1 2 years ago 2
rakim wipes out ALOT of MC's, i mean ALOT, real talk wooord up LEGENDARY MC
Killabeez699 2 years ago
can someone help me out and tell me what year this is from?
BR1AN21SON 2 years ago
after listening to Rakim for a couple years and reading about him being the God MC the switch clicked and I realized he is, in terms of lyrics and delivery, the G.O.D.
I try to show my homies and they just don't feel it. Hopefully someday they will see the light
giveupthafunk777 2 years ago 3
i hear you man, i try showin my friends and they hear me spit and they're later saying "Oh shit you i see now with Rakim's Influence man." and im like yall should of seen that in the videos he had i mean Follow the Leader, i ain't no joke, this song, Lyrics of Fury i mean i could go on, on the songs that i learned how to rhyme because of Rakim.
ProjektXero91 2 years ago 4
word up, that's real talk
realhiphop4ever 2 years ago
@ProjektXero91 Wurd! I'm the same way! The top two rappers that have influenced me and my rhymes are Rakim and Big L. I'm a gay 20 yr. old white boy from the suburbs, so obviously I can't credibly talk about the streets, but I craft my lyrical structure to match the legends' flow plus I throw in witticism and humor that would make Big L himself laugh!
Logibear18 1 year ago
what the hell do your peeps listen to anyways?.......
Akaalis 2 years ago
Nas,Jay-z,Rakim,Eminem,Loaded Lux, Tailb Kweli, Common, Prince EA, etc
jville1stand1up 2 years ago
Uh. y u go jay-z on ur list bra .. he aint movin well through time, only song im feelin from him in past 100 years is NY State of Mind .. even thats mediocre
youngskillz08 2 years ago
if you think thats jay-z's only good song in years...u must be deaf or biased. his metaphors and story-tellin are ill.
Go look up:
*Meet da Parents
*Song Cry
*PSA
*Soon You'll Understand
*December 4th
*Moment of Clarity
somebody cosign if u agree
jville1stand1up 2 years ago
story telling is weak except D'Evils
jay hasnt really struck me greatly lyrically since Reasonable Doubt.
but he does have a slick as flow and control of delivery. the only recent shit hes done thats impressed me is Brooklyn(We Go Hard)
BCPuke90 2 years ago
i co sign but he still a gay ass nigga if u look at it in a real hip hop point of view. hes on some hollywood shit right now.
nycolombian91 2 years ago
@youngskillz08 NY state of mind is a nas song, empire state of mind is jay-z's... NY state of mind is much better though, after ether i think any real hiphop fan knows nas>jay-z
zsilvah 2 years ago
Tupac?!?
shvitsie 2 years ago
@jville1stand1up: Rakim, Nas, Kool G Rap, Guru, Pac.
speeches 2 years ago
@ jville1stand1up wheres nas??? and jayz is fuckin wack now
@youngskillz08 ny state of mind is nas's song, jays is empire state of mind, no disrespect or anything just lettin u kno, i dont want jay gettin credit for such a classic track hahaha
Celtics8998 2 years ago
@jville1stand1up my b i didnt see nas at first now i do
Celtics8998 2 years ago
now i know why most people have Rakim as #1 on their top mc's of all time
burnttoast407 2 years ago 4
Rakim is No. 0, THE GOD MC, POINT BLANK, NO ONE BETTA, I DARE ANYONE TO DISSAGREE!!!
Aceboogie81 2 years ago 3
i havent heard this guy curse once in any of his songs....or am i mistaken ? this guy is just ill with this shit and doesnt use curses to get views...crazy
codemannix 2 years ago 6
Rakim is always ill i been a fan from the begainning.
da19thletter 2 years ago 2
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also pac isnt a gd lyricist he wrote the greatist diss song ever and his lyrics r better that this rakim song use rjust all haters fools
ffaarrmmeerr 2 years ago
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shut up you dumb fuck tupacs the greatest ever your still hearing new stuff from pac you dont even hear any new shit from rakim except his new album out with has took 10 years to come out tupac wrote his last album in 7 days and world wide it sold 28 million the biggest saleing rap album of all time and he made it in just 7 days
ffaarrmmeerr 2 years ago
actually thats false. pacs made top 10 best selling rap album.. but he's not in the top 5... he was an amazing lyricist and song writer, and as for his diss? it doesnt even make top 5 best diss tracks.. that wasn't pac's style, even though he held it down on that track..
Inkred 2 years ago 2
lol tupac. Get off the radio fool.
SocialDeviant77 2 years ago
how can these muggs even question rakim//get out/go back to school/and stay in math class/get 20 years plus under your belt/and then come talk
LIVEEVILINC 2 years ago 19
mad
Imaaze2 2 years ago
Rakim is Ruff !
amarcare 2 years ago
Why y'all usin' Ra's space for anything other than relatin' to RA?! See, THAT'S why U in the STATE you in.....
peteywhtstrw 2 years ago 6
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Tupac should never be on a list that rates the top 50 lyricists. He was garbage after the song, "I Get Around". Aint nothin that nigga said you can repost of his that was dope. Go head give me one line...thought so.
uglyniggadotcom 2 years ago
word up... i know the truth son..
hungjudas77 2 years ago
Pac was a great rapper (for impact/influence, storytelling, emotion, etc), but I agree he's not a top 50 LYRICIST.
kraze21 2 years ago
yo b, 2 pac was not the kind of rapper reciting rhetorical run on sentences-- saying nothing as most N.Y. rappers are. frankly, alot of them niggas straight weak lyrically. off in rhythem too. freestyle aint what its all cracked up to be. one must become a great writer, and 2 pac was that and a terriffic at it too.
SirMelanin 2 years ago 2
ARE YOU FOR REAL HE HAS LIKE 3 Ghost writers kid he is trash
MisterCoswell 2 years ago
who does???
tmcnary2 2 years ago
Ya lil wayne got ghost writers he faker den a 3 dalla bill
Pshtsg 2 years ago
hahaha like who
tmcnary2 2 years ago
Can you tell me the ghost writers then
tmcnary2 2 years ago
apparently Gillie Da Kid was one of them. honestly i don't believe people when they say all lil waynes songs are freestyles, maybe some of them are but there are other songs where you can tell its not a freestyle
realhiphop4ever 2 years ago
yea Gillie Da Squid Said he did although once wayne made a diss song to Gille, No one hears from him anymore
tmcnary2 2 years ago
U heard Cannon? n he prolly a ghost writer for a reason. It's more the fact that another man wrote two albums for him den he tryed ta diss him n den went on to call himself da best rapper alive. There is no reason to any respect for any talent wack ass wayne might have.
Pshtsg 2 years ago
like i said where is da proof that he did, Wille Da Squid is the only one in the old cash money that has said anything like that, no one else has
tmcnary2 2 years ago
It is pretty clear that Gillie actually wrote Wayne's shit. If you listen to Gillie's rhymes, you can tell because it sounds just like something Wayne would say on Carter 1.
RZ3Productions 2 years ago 6
oh and no just about everyone that wayne works with say's he just goes in and he doesn't have it written on anything, and yea not ALL of his like 10000 songs are freestyles
tmcnary2 2 years ago
i think i heard rumors of Drake even writing rhymes for him but that's just rumors, just because he didn't have it written on anything in the studio though doesn't mean it was a freestyle, he could have just used rhymes he had memorized, i think biggie was also a rapper that would freestyle on some songs, same as Rakim, Jay-Z
realhiphop4ever 2 years ago
yea thats very true he doesn't always freestyle, and drake said on an interview that he doesn't write for wayne at all, Now i don't know about Jay-z doing that though
tmcnary2 2 years ago
@realhiphop4ever WRONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG.... jay, ra hardly ever freestyled, theymainly had to write there shit, at beggining biggie could freestyle but dropped that quickly
jesuitpimp 1 year ago
@tmcnary2 Don't be silly. I rhyme and I never go in the studio with a pen or a pad, but I don't freestyle either. I have catalogs of songs memorized in my head then I go through to the beats and choose the one that fits. Sometimes I make the hook up on the spot, or if I already have a hook, I might change it to fit the tempo.
Justice777Allah 1 year ago
i could believe he freestyles most of his shit cause its horrible i respect that he found a way to make money and get out the hood but no one that horrible at rapping should be gettin so much credit he doesnt deserve n i kinda beleive gillie wrote the carter one cause they flow very similiar but if you notice after that shit between gillie and wayne u wont see wayne in phillie?? scared much lmao
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tmcnary2 2 years ago
Pun???Big L???Big Daddy Kane??Kool G Rap???Masta Ace?OC?
juicecrew1975 2 years ago
i almost did put Big Daddy Kane, but like i said this is MY list not yours k (:
tmcnary2 2 years ago
check out the nick wiz remix
rakim allah, ill lyricist, favourite emcee!
redmanjamal 2 years ago
Clearly the illest emcee alive.
Dottin 2 years ago
Extremely Dope
FAPPpublications 2 years ago
50 cent got famous from white ppl with in da club
merkseason09 2 years ago 8
these are my favorite
biggie
tupac
nas
rakim
eminem
jay z
futbol1827 2 years ago 2
yes, you are a man who knows his hip-hop. well done futbol1827
gahgahgahGANGSTA 2 years ago
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metamorphisis180 2 years ago
eminem is the best lyricist of all time..but yeah i would put common instead of snoop dogg..who are good mc's then big man wats ur top 10?HUHshow me
EasternSuburbs1 2 years ago
metamorphisis180 2 years ago 6
that is a very nice list really havnt heard much of atmosphere tho
EasternSuburbs1 2 years ago
nas deff deserves to be higher than jay-z
Ifraz93 2 years ago 6
1.tupac
2.biggie
3.rakim
4.eminem
...in my opinion anyway...
fuk ppl like chris brown and soulja boy
mentor55555 2 years ago 9
yea but instead of eminem nas then eminem
merkseason09 2 years ago 2
fuck your list
scandall2012 2 years ago
swith biggie and rakim and replace eminem wit nas and then swithch biggie with nas and then take biggie off and replace for krs one
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mentor55555 2 years ago
niCe Mic. cheka
ichruledich 2 years ago
man eminem did some serious shit, real rap, on the other hand lil wayne is pure pure pure bullshit
libertangel 2 years ago 2
who is that rapping in the sample at the beginning?
DJDinnerRoll 2 years ago
its rakim
Dimar672 2 years ago 2
do you know what song?
DJDinnerRoll 2 years ago
Microphone Fiend
Dimar672 2 years ago
HiralShah00 you pussy , lil wayne is real rap music? lil wayne can suck my balls..
ugly bitch..
ichruledich 2 years ago
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are you a retard?? i said fuck eminem and lil wayne, they both fucked up rap music hardcore
HiralShah00 2 years ago
eminem didnt do shit to hip hop he made some classic albums
but lil wayne on the other hand........
DJDinnerRoll 2 years ago 4
It's gonna hurt you all to know that Rakim think Eminem is the greatest lyricist of all time. Said so in an interview. Yeah, Eminem's dope lyrics really killed rap. How the fuck do you let someone kill rap. You don't. Go make a record if you have a problem and change shit. I'd hate to quote gandhi, but be the change you wish to see in the world. Instead of bitching and degrading mother fuckers who worked their asses off.
BowmeDabowjob 2 years ago
he didn't say he was the greatest of all time, besides that interview is old and he's wrong if he did say that.
realhiphop4ever 2 years ago
That is called upping an artist new.THe thing is.Rakim knows that a legend upping a new artist is good for the fresh artist.We know Rakim allways tough KRS,BDK,Kool G Rap and the cats from the old school he used to rock are the top.But if he would say that in an interview everyone would say:"ah he just hating on the new school"
SEJVES 2 years ago 2
but remember he said that when eminem was actually pretty decent now i know he doesn't think that
lpmagic4774 2 years ago