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  • Double dribble...

  • Its disgusting to find Kanye West links related to this song....Pure blasphemy...

  • I used to feel the flow back in 89', as I do today...

  • MCs now days dont have the proper understanding to flow like this..

  • i wish more people knew what real music is i know guys that blast the stupidest mainstream shit.

  • What happen to the extended version of this video?

  • RAKIM HAS NEVER SMILED.THAT'S A FACT........

  • @MCthugmike He has never smiled... You know why? Look up this song ; " I Aint No Joke" ;)

  • @WTFSTRIKEZ3 DON'T WORRY I HAVE CHECKED THIS SONG OUT.RAKIM'S KINDA HARDCORE.....!DOPE RHYMES AND REAL TALK!

  • @MCthugmike hahahaha :p

  • Rakim told the truth in this classic track. His rhymes about ghetto life is the absolute truth!!!!

  • i still can't wrap my head around this song, it's so fucking deep, rakim the greatest

  • This fucking SUCKS! WHERE'S THE BEGINNING?!?! VEVO IS MUERTO!

  • this isnt even the real version, however Im satisfied that at least some1 posted it period. Ahead of his time just like GURU, and KRS, one of a kind.

  • 534 179 ??? ONLY ??? PEOPLE Nowdays liten ONLY to gaga and bieber ..

  • Whazup! I am a 17 year old producer who tries to make his dream come true. I have been doing this for about 4 years now but started posting on YouTube just a few months ago ... I have had great messages from people. but I only got 200 subscribers so if anyone wants it would be nice if you could listen to my stuff, and you might want to Subscribe me after that. one more thing, if you like my shit you can of course thumbs up this comment so other get peoples get the chance to listen!

    /DJ Universal

  • listen me please

  • Eminem showed that he is sucker MC by doing a song whit Lil wayne, Rihanna... and all about he is rapping is about bitch mother, sad and rough life.......two words SUCKER MC.....no way that he is king of hip hop he is not even close to KRS ONE.....RAKIM GOD.....SORRY FOR MY BAD ENGLISH I AM FROM CROATIE (EUROPE)

  • What is the reason why we can't see the entire video? It's one of their best. WTF????

  • As much as I love music like this, we can never return to this. Times have changed, technology has changed. Starter jackets, coogi sweaters, kangol, are all in the past. The best we can hope for is progression in the right direction. A rebirth. For hip- hop culture to find its place in this new day and age. Thats all I want.

  • THE BEGINNING IS SOME OF THE BEST!!!! VEVO YOU AIN'T SHIT!!! I SMEEL THE RECORD INDUSTRY.....AND THIS IS THE REMIX!!!

  • no more props i want property , rakim is the shit

  • Damm.

  • Jay electronica is going to have to carry the torch for the Real Hip Hop'ers!

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  • @BrotherSkillz Drake would cum on your face, then Nikki would lick it off or Lill Wayne

  • What happen to hip hop like this? It's sad when have to go to youtube to get that hip hop that we can enjoy and feel.

  • If ppl from the ghetto had money to buy cd's, probably real hiphop still would be on top. Rap about ghetto ain't interesting no more, people who listen pop dont buy underrated rap no more.

  • why cant i get this from the begining????

  • CHECK OUT...

    Eli G - When I Rhyme

  • Rakim the leader ... period!

  • Where is the beginning?!!!!! WTF!!

  • I'm sick of all these How To Rap books. Just plain stupid! And it's laughable to try and sell something that brothers like Big L and Rakim NEVER needed in the first place! Inspiration is all you need, and skillz! Some don't have it, some do. If you need a book to tell you how to rap, logic dictates that we'll never hear your name in the same sentence as, say, Rakim, KRS-One, Nas, GZA. How to Rap? If you have to ask this, then do us all a favor: don't fucking Rap

  • ah facking gay vevo

  • You can't even find the vid he performed this on Def Poetry jam. I USED to be on here.

  • @9577frasier...it's probably the verse that he said that keeps it off the tube. I'm guessing.

  • FUCK VEVO

  • Old school may have average 1mil+ views! BUT the fact is: NO HATERZ!

    Rap of today, are listen by: Haters & people who dont know what music is!

    NUFF SAID

  • wow big ass youtube community no one has full video

  • When I seen this cat playin a bucket...I knew then it was cool to sport the bucket again.

  • 504,281???? wassup? 

  • can someone upload this version again in full??

  • PEACE 7

  • Why they cut half of the video?

  • @Mr127Patrick because vevo suck my dick

  • 0:04 double dribble

  • Vevo cut out so much of the beggining

  • this doesnt have enough plays

  • no more props i want property

  • Just the video alone reminds me how RAW NYC was back in the days.NYC was not for the weak back then as it is now.

  • @SparkWater Gentrification for the win!

  • this isn't  the original song. they added some piano/keyboard track to the background in parts..especially the chorus.

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  • Rakim is G.O.A.T.

  • Rakim is one of the Best MC's in the Music History & Eric B is the best Dj in the world !

  • now this is the type of shit you smoke weed to

  • There is no way Eminem is the king of hip-hop. Despite what Rolling Stone says. Rakim is uplifting, socially conscious and hardcore. Never had to use shock value or crossover.

  • @Rakabash no duh, eminem is king hip-pop

  • @Rakabash ur 100% percent right even 2pac and everyone said rakim is none the best he set the beat for hip hop but eminem is not as good as rakim but eminem is one of the best i consider rakim first and em is on pacs level people say no just cause pacs dead but listen to eminems lyricks from recovery and the song infinite but any way rakim rules lol

  • @Rakabash They're both Kings! :)

  • @Rakabash You do know the rolling stone is run by "people" that look just like eminem. As a result, of course they will pick one of "their own" to be the so called king of something original people created. Don't sweat it....it's all tamahu bullshit.

  • @Rakabash That was back then, and after that he faded once he and Eric B split ways while Rakim tryin to compete solo with the mid 90's artists because Rakim 18th Letter and The Master wasn't the same as his early music in the 80's.

  • @Rakabash you are undermining ems musical talent. just because he has made songs that are controversial doesnt mean he depends on it. em in his prime (2000-2003) is right up there with rakim

  • @Rakabash Preach on!

    

  • @Rakabash Rakim,Big Daddy Kane,KRS-One,Tupac,B.I.G.,Nas all are better than eminem , specially the first three.

  • @sdotalfc why u on this vid if you dont like it? go watch that pure bullshit of yours then

  • @sdotalfc LOL rakim is not talented?? i see you're still at school, ask for a hip hop class or somethin, u need it.

  • @Bendotizzle have a look at the like/dislike bar, now stop bein farse n shhh

  • @Bendotizzle let the kid have his opinion, he'll find out that pure coke shit he's listenin wudnt even be rappin if it wasnt for Eric B & Rakim layin the foundation

  • @sdotalfc no this is talent, i bet you cant do it, it takes skill, having intelligence to know what your talking about to the crowd, and its hard to keep up with a beat and flow at the same time. That is ignorant. That means no one would have talent because music is samples from different genres, either it be Hip-Hop, R&B, Pop, or Rock

  • rakim racist never that! pro black yes and if you or anybody got a problem with that then your just sh!t out of luck!

  • All the guy said was that you guys sounds like your from a farm, and talk to a educated black person he or she would probably say the same thing but wouldn't say farm probably say you guys sounds ignorant. How is he racist relax EVERYTHING IS NOT RACIST. I'm Black and I'm saying this.

  • fiends track a win/met menasty,I ain't in/

  • its missing half the video

  • @sdotalfc WHAT?

  • @sdotalfc What, you sound like a god damn hillbilly or something. And what lot? You must be some racist cracker pig. Well screw you, slavery is over, you can't control us anymore.

  • @sdotalfc Fuck you newschooler

  • This barely has 500,00 views wile lil waynes videos have millions? Sad sad world we live in.

  • It's mad dumb how we get wackness all over this Vevo shit, like Red Cafe has anything to do with Rakim classics.

  • Double Dribble!!! 

  • @sdotalfc generic comment that leads into some sort of youtube based argument so this bitch can feel real.

  • @sdotalfc go listen to your pop shit. Get the fuck off this page.

  • @dman325 WTF, having a bitch fit coz someone has an opinion? Your retarded......

  • Too strong. Love and Truth. Thanks for posting.

  • This was deep and the beat with that piano, smooth

  • His swag was on point, Flow tighter then skinny jeans. easily the best MC ever he inspired ever other MC to ever pick up a mic.

  • @FreshMen112 the best mc ever is Big Daddy Kane, no doubt

  • "No more props, I want property,

    In every borough, nobody’s stopping me

    Because I’m thorough, rhymes are making real estate for me to own

    Wherever I bless a microphone"

  • im so low key u may not even see me cold cold lyrics

  • @HeadHipHop I think you'd like the website thehiphopdepot

  • This record for sale at the website thehiphopdepot

  • I heard dis song plenty of timea but i don't think I ever saw the video . But I saw the vevo whale advert like hundred of times. Now i m gonna put eric in to my sound system and roll it hundred times to beat the commercial shit out of my head!!!

  • If you like artists like Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def, Nas, and J. Cole, I think you'll like my music too. Check out my singles “Microphone” and “Calm Before The Storm”, and tell me what you think. Any feedback is appreciated. I promise I don't disappoint.

  • No intro?

    Is the video incomplete?

  • the song has a lot of meaning

  • Man fuck Vevo

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  • It's not even the whole song !!! WTF ? Cut the first verse off....

  • FUCK YOU VEVO, TAKE BING AND JOIN A CIRCLE JERK WITH GOOGLE.

  • this ugly ugly vevo want to sencure old school so we can listen to all new mainstream shit.

  • omg...i'm missing these good old days....

  • Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen of Hip-Hop

  • :03 double dribbles lol

  • youll never catch a smile from eric b, just cold ass stares in every video haha

  • They cut off the beginning! Wtf?!

  • Erbody listen to da Time Machine..his timin is incomparable

  • VEVO!! Suck My DIck

  • @thatboyali well,it was basically over money disputes and also about creative differences between those two so they decide go seperate ways.

  • hey vevo, wanna put the whole video up...

  • It would have been nice if vevo posted the whole damn video......

  • Nyomta egy párszor a Yo MTV Raps...

  • 8 people are on crack or lil wayne fans

    REAL HIP HOP!!!

  • Below is the "R" from the 18th Letter, the God, baby. C'mon brothers and sisters, spit it with me.......

  • does anyone know why eric b and rakim split up just curious

  • Why does everyone complain of vevo? Where else can we get this kind of quality? Look how clear this video looks and it's over 20 years old.

  • @hennylo68 .....I agree with you dude...thought I was the only one who likes VEVO vids...the quality is impeccable and personally doesn't bother me if some of their vids are edit at least I can watch a quality vid...

  • Rakim didn't flow on a beat, he RODE the beat like a 4-foot wave on a surfboard... Delivery and breath control perfect. When God thought of an MC, he HAD to have envisioned Rakim...

  • To all old school and real hiphop fans check out my channel.Rakim (juice) remix... Long live HipHop music...Support the real...

  • Some may follow, but nobody will get ahead, it's that simple. Rakim is impeccable, so fluid he's off-the-hook Dope, liquid Gold! Man, this brother is like opium to the ears; you can free-base The "R" off the speakers, no other MC comes even close: he was at his zenith in 86, and today he's twilight years ahead, both lyrically and philosophically. God said: Let there be Hip-Hop. And there was The "R".

  • Dear Vevo, Let me start by sayin get your corporate asses off youtube! Ever since these big companies started paying off youtube so they could post their friggin videos we can't post ours. We are flagged for infringement evry time we include a song we like in our videos.

    This is YOUtube, the place where we can post OUR videos. If we wanted to listen to music from you wead go to your damn website.

    To people who want greedy corporates gone thumbs up and copy & paste

  • Dear Vevo, Let me start by sayin get your corporate asses off youtube! Ever since these big companies started paying off youtube so they could post their friggin videos we can't post ours. We are flagged for infringement evry time we include a song we like in our videos.

    This is YOUtube, the place where we can post OUR videos. If we wanted to listen to music from you wead go to your damn website.

    To people who want greedy corporates gone thumbs up and copy & paste

  • I've heard another version of this song. It was much longer, like 6 minutes and the beat was different

  • Dear Vevo, Let me start by sayin get your corporate asses off youtube! Ever since these big companies started paying off youtube so they could post their friggin videos we can't post ours. We are flagged for infringement evry time we include a song we like in our videos.

    This is YOUtube, the place where we can post OUR videos. If we wanted to listen to music from you wead go to your damn website.

    To people who want greedy corporates gone thumbs up and copy & paste

  • @noezelaya7 Way too copy ARRKTN!!!

  • Seeing Britney while watching a Eric B. & Rakim classic - fucking priceless.

  • Greatest rap group ever! Greatest MC ever! Greatest DJ ever! Anybody see Michael Bivins and Dolemite cameos. These dudes weren't a rap group, they were a revolution.

  • besides the song.this video is very artistic.respect from portugal rakim

  • i want the full video YO!

  • Respect From Hungary !! Big Time 90

  • check out my old school beats n let me know wat u tink

    thanks!

  • thorough

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  • @arielioness nobody stoppin me... because im thorough!

  • @MrPhillyrick1 OH that's what Ra is saying!!!!!!!!! Thank you Mr. Phillyrick!! :)

  • what the fuck, why does this start in the middle? somebody put up the whole video!

  • this Markie Gee remix is genius!

  • what i love about rakim is he doesnt need to swear or say nigga to make rhymes

    he spits lyrics about real shit going on

    true oldschool underground hip hop

  • @oldschoolhiphop4life

    He is Muslim, and REAL Muslim people don't swear or talk negativity. The prophet Mohamed (PBUH) said "If someone is wanting to speak, either talk good or be quiet". but still most of Muslim people don't respect that rule because they forget it.

    Peace.

  • I thought the ghetto was the worst that could happen to me I'm glad I listened when my father was rappin to me/Back in the days they lived in caves exiled from the original man the ways of slaves Now that's what I call hard times I rather be here to exercise the mind.....Who the hell could fuck wit that? NOBODY lol

  • B4 their was Pac, Biggie, Naz, Jay, Wayne, Eminem and 50 shit.

    It was this dude, the real best rapper of all time. The Voice, DJ and the words made this dude Technical. They took hip hop 2 another level!

    Eric B the first Black president.

  • Same sample as an old NWA song. This bitch was a hooker. So a took her.

  • After all these years, I wonder if ERIC B is MUTE...LMAO....If he is, that is the BADDEST MOTHER F-ING MUTE ON THE FACE OF THE PLANET! I don't think I have ever heard him talk. He always looked so smooth and deep in all they videos.

  • @palmares77 He isnt I heard him speaking in an interview. It scared me I also thought he was a mute.

  • I'm sorry but Rakim is like 40 something and still have dat Rough exterior..He ain't frontin one bit...

    Queens, NY

  • Vevo U Fuckin Suck