Eric B & Rakim - Eric B Is President

[B44WDC]

my FAVORITE rapper !!! the " R " # 1 rap song 1986

[AndroidUser00110001]

Thought I was a donut and you tried to glaze me. Rap and mostly all new music sucks today. This was the shit back in the day!

[Halomotyw]

i love it old school

[o0R3stless0o]

I hated rap when I was growing up in the 80's. I listened to mostly RNB and British Pop but when I heard this song it was Over!!!

[lubui2583]

@o0R3stless0o this song will definately do that to anyone lol

[denonash]

NAAASSSTY!!!!!!

[dinotduda]

Does anyone know why they edited out the line "I musta got you too hot and burnt off your wings?"

[ThePharmacistRx]

Best Hip-Hop song in hip-hop history.

[DarrylAtMSU]

I love Hip Hop History. Eric B took this baseline from Fonda Rae's Getting over like a fat rat. Learn somethin knew every day!

[1463314]

GOD MC, RAKIM ALLAH

[zhailey13]

True rap genius and see no one is calling me a b*tch!!

[hiphop4life24678]

The beat is fatter than Rick Ross :)

[phenomena17]

my favorite MC of all times

[nu2thgame]

Classic...

[trippinonahole]

"you need food to eat up, im schemin' like im dreamin' on a couch wit my feet up" LOLLOLOLLL classic

[iluveyeshadows]

Nice :)

[TheSitherin]

watch and learn waka flacka fucker whatever the fuck your name is....

[jivemiles]

I came in the door, I said it before

[mythicalman98]

listen to this in music class its dope for the time

[dedmond2000]

i got this from Everybody Hates Chris

[hornieharrie]

it ain't style of a simple rhyme, cause im better than the rest of them

[ChrisinEC]

How can anybody dislike this??? F'n retards..........

[MzCnajohnson]

Take notes Wayne

[MansaKemwer]

Self esteem makes it seem like the thought took years to build but still say a rhyme after the next one. prepared never scared I'll just bless one.

off the freakin hook!!!

[greene825]

This was Phife dog's favorite jam back in the day,

[FBIagentNinja]

2 people are Lil Wayne and Tyga.

[JMVEntertainment]

@FBIagentNinja the 2 dislikes are nicki minaj and soulja boy

[NickAbatt]

"My favorite jam back in the day was Eric B. for President" -Phife

[Gangstafolifex8]

When the 2012 Presidency comes around I'm gonna be like fuck ya'll motherfuckers Eric B For President.

[Espangify]

@mikemillion2000 i think your mistaken

[mikemillion2000]

Ok, this one is the remix and it sounds great, but anyone got the original track?

[TRKizm]

Over 20 years later and it still echoes throughout the summer

[J5Gutz]

0 dislikes...the way it should be

[BettorOffSingle]

The song that let the world know that Rap had grown up and established itself as a genre independent of all other forms of music.

Perhaps the most important rap song ever in that regard. Definitely one of the best, if not the best, ever.

[publica74]

@BettorOffSingle You're right....by 1985 corporate America couldn't afford to ignore Hip-Hop because they realized they could use it to sell a product...hence the beginning of the end...

[Skoshi33]

Ya caught an attitude, ya need food to eat up. Screaming like I'm dreaming on the couch wid my feet up.

[Skoshi33]

Ya caught an attidue, ya need food to eat up. Screaming like I'm dreaming on the couch wid my feet up.

[UBZUKI]

the true blueprint for rap greatness..

[sailorsatelite020712]

Not so proud to say it but... DJ Hero led me here.

[pamperedgurl]

sounds like this song was sampled for the In Living Color theme song

[BettorOffSingle]

Best. Rap. Song. EVER.

[thumpvl]

Waht ever happened to the line 'must have got you too hot burned off your wings" .did they really think that was too racey for the song.

[rarafrom215]

if you aint have this white cassette tape you a weirdo...or just too young.

[JMVEntertainment]

@rarafrom215 i got this single and album :)

[JimmyNYQUINO]

GOAT! Nobody comes close to this rap killa.

[ColeOnly777]

the first time i heard this was summer 1986 sitting on my stoop in Bed Stuy listening to red alert's rap attack. when this nigga said "thought i was doughnut, you tried to glaze me" i knew, at that very moment, that Hip Hop was something different. no longer a fad, no candy rap bubblegum bullshit. this shit was serious and here to stay! this is was a game changer right here.

[GeneralArmorus]

If this is supposed to be remix, where's the original?

[danthedonHBB]

@GeneralArmorus the original 12". i cant find it in full online. only bits and pieces.

[danthedonHBB]

i was wondering, in the album version of "eric b is president" why'd they cut out the line "i must have got you too hot and burnt of your wings" line and replace it with a "make em clap to this" sample? i always thought it seemed strange.

[mookeychase0907]

@danthedonHBB Yeah man I never cared that either...

[lilbree2009334]

THE WOODS !

[gropegrape]

where was that hey sampled from

[fairyfellermaster]

@gropegrape they sampled Fonda Rae "over like a fat rat". The story goes that eric b. showed the song to rakim & rakim spit his beer all over the wall thinking it was the funniest shit he'd heard. Eric b. then goes " just like you laughing now, you gonna be laughing all the way to the bank & be a millionaire one day because of this record"- the rest is history.

[bigskells]

To Drjoz2422: "glaze" was a late 80s expression for being played for a fool

[drjoz2422]

Classic "Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me" are you fucking kidding me? retarded!

[nellyg65]

@drjoz2422 from:bigskells

glaze is from the 80's for bein played as a fool

[Ese1Pac]

wow.... Rakim is BEAST on the mic... one of my favorite rappers along with Guru!

[bridgetown1966]

Happy Presidents Day!

[eyesley]

Still got versions of this on a '12 inch. Folks started playing this back in '86 and was like who the hell is this. They came in kicking the door down. Rakim, one of the baddest lyricists.

[mssimmons118]

classic

[Leuzinhu77]

Erik Bustavo kkkkkkk

[PIOSystems]

Thx for uploading this.

[Oldschool4evr]

RESPECT THE OLDSCHOOL!!!!!

[TRB1946]

I came in the door, I said it before

I never let the mic magnatize me no more

But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme, I can't hold it back, I'm looking for the line, Taking off my coat, clearing my throat, My rhyme will be kicking it until I hit my last note. CLASSIC RAKIM :)

[eyesley]

YOU SCREAM I'M LAZY, YOU MUST BE CRAZY, THOUGHT I WAS A DONUT, YA TRIED TO GLAZE ME.....Classic.......