Rakim Freestyle backstage at Rock The Bells

[MrJazzHOP]

@dlyciousmusic: Watered down? Look, Rakim can spit about his big toe nail to the beat of table spoons on his knee as far as I'm concerned: he's the deepest, mots fluid brother to bless a mic! Joints like "Musical Massacre", "The 18th letter", "Let the Rythm Hit 'Em_ - you name it, Rakim cannot be matched metaphysically and lyrically.

[dlyciousmusic]

This freestyle is watered down to talking about jewelry & items, instead of being in control by using wisdom & knowledge.

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[TheAfricanfighter]

this is real hip muthafuckin hop like i love!!! respect

[eldark1]

25 years and this cat is still melting my brain down . it is far too easy to say that Rakim is the greatest of all time . that's what everyone says . have you really listened to this man flow ? if your old enough , go check your mix tapes from the '80's . all respect to current and fallen rappers but ya'll need to realize the truth . he is a god among mortals .

[jruperro]

@eldark1 Word!

[AYJG456]

@eldark1 ...well said 

[Young21239]

@fullyfunked couldn't have said it any better

[whiteboynigg]

one of the best

[EroSennin6669]

"Timeless. So age don't count in the booth/ When your flow stays submerged in The Fountain of Youth."-The R

[georgeyb1]

I didn't think God was incarnate. :/

[SuperMpare]

MPARE!

[wilzusuki]

the white dude got the iluminati shit on shirt

[Sirgreaseflick]

He's the Heavyweight Ali of Hip-Hop. God said: Let there be Hip-Hop, and then there was the "R". His flows are peerless, unfettered classics; place this dope shit to your dome daily and you've just increased your I.Q by 70%. Many may follow, but the Leader leads. You the LIVEST MC I've seen and heard, the most gracious I've met. Flow forever, my brother!

[inaachus]

Ah. He rapped this twice. So that means he wrote it. Word for word....Sucks. The R's still the leader.

[inaachus]

@ inaachus check Rakim Freestyle NYC

[ColtYohn]

@inaachus A freestyle doesn't have to be of the top of the dome.... It's just lyrics...

[MatlasX]

The greatest in justice in the world... Rakim without a decent producer for the last 20 years. Unbelievable that nobody can either get behind him or put some tracks behind these lyrics.

[poppgizz]

@MatlasX Thank you !! Man its about Image and who gonna sleep on the Producers couch. Producer or No producer he still the illest in the land.. Its Like they want him to stay off the radar cuz if he was on Nobody would buy any other records. lol.. they would just simply buy Rakims Albums..

[AmISerious1]

don't call it a comeback

[Boogers4dinner]

Rakim freestyles with such confidence. That's what makes a real M.C. quality for sure.

[thecoolkoreankid]

RAKIM IS LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[thug8200]

top 2 rappers ever

[Junior1luv]

The iIlest

[nastynas373]

my favorite part is after he finishes and mumbles "i ain't one to curse." so much respect for that. he's older than alot of these mc's and acts more mature. hearing ppl constantly use words like pussy, bitch, ass, fuck, it gets annoying. if your a real mc like ra you dont need filler like that in your raps

[poppgizz]

@nastynas373 Preach Brother !!! thats my favorite Part as well, thats a quality of a rare breed. its like 2 songs he ever cursed in lol..

[nastynas373]

@poppgizz word. same goes out to CL Smooth

[cld9119]

dudes ill but i think canibus is better

[Penifle]

@cld9119 Check out youtube dot com slash canibushiphop

i run that channel, and it has canibus songs and they're good.

[nastynas373]

i have this disease where i can't listen to commercialized radio music or i start puking and foaming at the mouth. its called using my brain

[Zachdudeio2]

ain't a freestyle, but sick regardless

[yousaiditzero]

please don't compare Kane to Rakim....it ain't even close though Kane is great......

[MAGIKORBIT]

word is bond

Green know whatsup

he is the blueprint of your favorite rapper

[DominicanAssassin809]

Rakim vs Big daddy kane vs Krs-1 who you think would win the rap battle

[cKooLaiD311]

@DominicanAssassin809 Big daddy kane to me is the one that would have the crowd in my opinion...if the crowd was looking for more intelligent lyrics and wordplay rakim would take that easy...and im not a big fan of krs(sorry guys)so i cant really give my judgment on what would win the crowd over for him....but either way id hate to give you multiple answers like that...so IMO im rooting for BDK.

c-KooLaiD/CHEERS

[youcantfoolme99]

@DominicanAssassin809 shut the fuck up loser

[DominicanAssassin809]

@youcantfoolme99 nikka kill the noise i dont got time for youtube beef.

[bwa292]

@DominicanAssassin809 i don't know much about rakim and BDK but i noe that KRS1 built his career on rap battling ever since he was a kid on the streets battling others rappers to when he came out with criminal minded and battlied the juice more specifically MC shan and marley marl. that's just my opinion on KRS 1 and i would like to here other ppls opinion

[bcw55]

RAKIM KNOWS MORE THEN YOU THINK. he percieves from the third eye... we are all god!

[infinity1613]

kinda wonder, i hear people say eminem is better, but i heard a rakim freestyle and i think twice' maybe marshall met his match,

[muslimah2587]

@infinity1613 eminem is amazing but rakims a pioneer. most rappers have to study his music just to get thier own flow

[Jackstar601]

rakim clean ashell

[KStoneZup]

the god mc

[mighty9100]

it should be your favorite rapper's favorite rapper. not talkin bout favorite radio coporate rapper

[11940ful]

He is so fine! I'll make him my baby daddy!

[Mcleod2daMax]

Greatest MC alive..... and if Biggie, God please him, was still around.... imagine that rap battle.... wow makes ur spin tingle don't it

[teeosupreme]

@Mcleod2daMax big could not hold a matchstick to Ra fam.

[Mcleod2daMax]

@teeosupreme yeah Rak would probs win, but it'd still be an awesome battle nonetheless

[freedomland11]

Rakim. this is not a freestyle, I just saw another video that Rakim did the same exact flow, hahaha, but Rakim is still DA BOSS HANDS DOWN that Microphone Fiend"

[rodashtoc]

Not being disrespectful at all, but this video was whack. I start a video that says Rakim is freestyling and I get a verse talking bout material shit. That ain't the Rakim I know. Yes, he's a legend, so it even hurts me to say it. But real recognize real...this had to be on one of his SUPER off days... I need more, and I know he got it, stop holding out on me, Ra.

[Freethinkersclubuk]

@rodashtoc Shut up, Rakim is a legend, he's playin and sounded pretty good. Who da hell are you workin for fool?

[rodashtoc]

@Freethinkersclubuk ...the day you're ok with a LEGEND, sounding PRETTY GOOD, is the day you will kill yo'self.

[youngmiyn]

the boom boom sounded good

[Logibear18]

@3303milehigh Are you for real?! 2pac wouldn't even be here if it weren't for Rakim.

[Bo0GiEiZmE]

keep your eyes on the real. and the fake will eventually fade.

i promise.

[yankeefan42]

@3303milehigh yeah ok if u saw dude in the street you would be begging like a little bitch for his autograph. Rakim is G.O.A.T.

[BizzTheFunk]

Rakim is a muthafuckin GOD

[Mrpaynis]

he did the same in another vid

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...so much for the so called freestyle..tzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[IbrahimPrince]

the best of all time, enough said.

[djlz1]

i respect Rakim for rippin da mic without cursing!

[LatinoHeatMexico]

This guy, shaevatho, thinks lil wayne has "something to hate on" hahahah! Lil Wayne has no talent, what are you his lawyer? Let him battle Eminem and let's see whose the best. If 2Pac, Biggie, or Big L were alive--they would kill Lil Wayne first thing...Rakim would dismantle that fake, man-kissing bitch, Wayne. Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap would own and punish Lil Gayne! Immortal Technique, 2Mex, Big Pun, SPM, Eminem etc. would all destroy Wayne

[jadplaya]

@LatinoHeatMexico i dont know why lil waynes being compared to anyone who you mentioned doesnt deserved to be mentioned in the same sentence

[LatinoHeatMexico]

@jadplaya you'd be surprised to know that about 4/5 of wayne's fans have no clue who any of them are. Some of them never even heard of the Rakim or Big Daddy Kane, wtf??? how can you listen to music and not know its history??? That's like not knowing who Bob Marley is, yet people know Sean Paul and Shaggy

[jadplaya]

@LatinoHeatMexico i hear you but i think people on the internet who are into "hip hop" need to stop mentiuoning little wayne because at the end of the day we know hes not a legend hes not even top 100 in my list but im happy hes making money because hes another brother from the hood making money.

[Bo0GiEiZmE]

@jadplaya good shit bro. i ride with you on this!

[jadplaya]

@LatinoHeatMexico i think real hip hop fans should let lil wayne make his pop music (because that what it is) for lil 14 yr old white boys/girls and only talk about real current hip hop stars like j.cole jay electronica, murs, madlib , mf doom then we can separate ourselves from this pop music mtv,BET & Vh1 call hip hop. because cats like lil wayne, hurricane chris, rick ross, jim jones etc etc are destroying the appeal of hip hop by calling their music hip hop.

[LatinoHeatMexico]

@jadplaya hahahah! soo true. Soulja Boy thinks he's a heavyweight in Hip Hop History. please, the most overrated statment ever.....Lil Wayne is soo bad, he's not even ranked lol....mainly because he doesn't write his own lyrics.

[Logibear18]

@jadplaya It wouldnt be so bad if Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Soulja Boy etc. would call their music what it really is: ringtone rap or hip pop. Leave "rap" and "hip hop" to the cats like Rakim, KRS-One, Nas, even Jay-Z, the guys that are still holdin' it down. Jay may have slipped off in to the mainstream along with Eminem, but you will NEVER catch them making a bull$h!t club song like "Lollipop." And f*** autotune, while I'm on a rant.

[7thJewelProductions]

Your favorite rapper's favorite rapper!! Without question....peace to the God!!!

[lettingyouknow1]

If any one can claim the Title it's this man! Definitely one the best that ever did it!

[The360don]

best rapper of all time!

[SaiyanPrideAMV]

thats not freestyle

[spacecodes]

not many people no this but rakim was the first person to internal rap which is he rhymes in the middle of his verse instead at the end.dat also how nas raps

[CustomMagnumFilms]

@spacecodes lots of people know that..... its what rakim is known for

[spacecodes]

dats where prodigy got his flow from

[JackassMike007]

@spacecodes There's where almost everybody got they flow from

[1995RangeRover]

HE IS THE BEST!

[kblavie]

How does he drop all these similes, idioms, metaphors, you name it, off the top of his head?!

[MosqueNo7]

You are looking at a REAL EMCEE! Finaly! Allah U AKBAR!

[sixahem]

absolute legand,for me real hip hop!!

[OutOfThisRoom]

Are you kidding? He basically killed the letter O in this freestyle. This is real freestyling here.

[aykayddon]

i'm lost for words cos dis guy's SICK!!!!!

[sahbian]

this is the kind of flow he should've gotten for the new album.

[smilnrt]

all i know is ra would even throw in mathematics on y'all..."i take 7 emcees put 'em in a line, and add 7 more suckas who think they can rhyme, well it'll take 7 more before i go for mine, now that 21 emcees ate up at the same time...." flow is smooth like water!!!

[ImSoFcknHighRightNow]

1.) No Joke

2.) Move the crowd

3.) Check out my melody

4.) I know you got soul

5.) As the rhyme goes on

6.) Microphone fiend

7.) Lyrics of fury

8.) Follow the leader

9.) Mahogany

10. The R ( My Personal favorite)

[flamejane302]

"I been in a lot of non sence, silence the boom booms and still sign contracts but i dont wanna encourage that"

[ThatsTheStruggle]

@flamejane302 "I didn't want to curse man"

[btrain3030]

my favourite Rakim joint is Guess Who's Back. Every single line in that song is unreal, and his flow is on point.

[gotjuice9]

so many great songs throughout his career, but these are what i consider to be at the heart of the rakim cannon:

follow the leader

move the crowd

paid in full

microphone fiend

i know you got soul

All songs any self respecting Rakim fan should know.

[C31th803]

THE GOD EMCEE

[NightScape18]

He's still got it! Never lost it in the first place!

Check out that new RAKIM single "HOLY ARE YOU"!

RAKIM's 7th Seal finally coming later this year man!!!

[AnimalUnleashed27]

Yea that shit went hard as fuck

and yo im kinda new to rakim

what r his top 5 best songs?

[NightScape18]

That's hard man because he's had A LOT of great songs since the 80's.

In my opinion, RAKIM's top 5 best songs would be....in no particular order:

1. Follow The Leader

2. Guess Who's Back?

3. My Melody

4. Microphone Fiend

5. Juice

There's a lot of others. "Holy Are You", "Word on the Street", and "Hip Hop" are my favorite right now. The entire 18th Letter album is EPIC.

[AnimalUnleashed27]

aight thanks man

ill check those out

i heard guess whos back and holy are you was the first song i heard from Rakim

i know im kinda late tho but i already think hes the best ever

[ohyeahcheckthis]

18th Letter isn't epic, Paid in Full is epic, Follow the Leader is epic, and of course, Don't Sweat the Technique. Rakim's solo-albums aren't that amazing.

[ThePhunkConcept]

When I B On Tha Mic

My Melody

Holy Are You (new shit, I think it goes hard)

Follow the Leader

Microphone Fiend

He has too many to call a top 5. Download some Eric B. and Rakim and some of his solo stuff and learn yourself.

[AnimalUnleashed27]

yea Holy Are you was the first song i heard by rakim

i no im late tho

haha

[spinradiofm]

Although this isn't the best I've heard from the god, I appreciate him saying he didn't want to curse at the end. Hip-hop started with that mentality and it's too bad all these dudes can do now is this comedy about how they get YOUR girl, or how they got so much paper...

[bent540]

freestyle my ass! just another nigger with a towel on his head!

[tbo9190]

fuc you hater he tha sht cracka jack o chill

[marinesgt1974]

Rakim STILL holding it down.. He's come a long way since Paid in Full...

[6663000]

SO SICK

Rakim!

[elderelite]

For the real check John Doe' DEATH TO HIP HOP.

[patrick7737]

Rakim

Big Daddy Kane

Nas

Black thought

kool g rap

REAL HIP HOP!!!

[happyguy215]

wheres 2pac and Biggie?

[GlowInTheDark707]

NEW RAKIM SINGLE - "HOLY ARE YOU" OUT NOW!

RAKIM'S 7th SEAL COMING LATER THIS YEAR!

[RealHipHopTunes]

rakim = The Hip Hop God

lil wayne = The pop star Devil

[MrSP1200]

"can he revolutionize Hip Hop again?"

[DaTrEALmAN]

Rakim is the true

[lyricalstyles]

rakim is a legend real talk....my other fav emcee who was on the same level as rakim was big l imo

[kev42993]

Rakim = God

Lil Wayne = Fag

[shaevatho]

@kev42993 this is the second kim vid where wayne has been brought up. that alonse says a lot. hate all you want but that nigga's raw :)

[yankeefan42]

@kev42993 agree 100%, lil wayne is trash (along with most rappers that are popular now). Rakim Allah is god mc.

[guerrillabeast2010]

@kev42993

hahaha

Word!!!!!

[xxstelfxx]

@kev42993 come on what did wayne do too you lol

[aryien17]

this guy is a BEAST. best rapper of all time

[BassBeatsProductions]

Rakim can get away with talking about flossing. Lol

[hiphopyoudontstop34]

dope man

[ratm1211]

What happened to Rakim? haha

[casso9]

hes still alive n better dan all rappers...u happy now?

[whitelacestrange]

Rakim Allah

AKA- BLUEPRINT OF YOU'RE FAVORITE RAPPER

AMEN

[blue12208]

the king of mc rakim enough said lol

[tummatime]

i don't think kanye ever had enough skill to mentioned in the same breath as any of those dudes.

theres still alot of fresh shit; doom's always cooking shit up; planet asia and muggs did pain language which is fucking tits and roots manuva's new album is sick.

i agree alot though as il wayne' bieng today's hip hop because thats the main person people associate to hip hop which is rubbish.

but there's still plenty of real shit on the back burners for those hungry enough to look for it

[dacooli]

I agree with your statement, "there's still plenty of real shit on the back burners"! However, I was totally speaking of those hip-hop artist who STILL get radio/tv play and appearances: the FACES of today's hip-hop.

Kanye may not be a Talib Kweli or an Immortal Technique LYRICALLY, but to deny his talent and impact in today's hip-hop is delusional.

DJ Jazzy Jeff has mad skills and you and I know how important the DJ is in CLASSIC hip-hop. OK, Kanye is TODAY's Jazzy and Will Smith in 1.

[tummatime]

yeah that's a very valid point, well put.

[dacooli]

The God MC needs to revolutionize hip-hop AGAIN...

There are only a few talented dudes left in the game, but... Too bad Jay-Z is a money-worshiping, media Whore and Nas is just --- well, simply the same old indecisive Nas. Too bad Eminem talks about nothing since "Mosh" even though he's a White boy with mad skills and too bad Kanye decided to sing and "turn Hollywood". Too bad Common, Andre 3000, and Nelly don't matter anymore.

Lil Wayne is TODAY's hip-hop --- and that is sad as hell!!!

[persiangangster]

bone thugs keepin it real

[LibyanHustler]

ur right man, lil wayne is a crack-head like his fans

[lakerland24]

Man all u can do now is get on youtube or go out and buy theyre greatest hits hip hop is dead now all u can do is just look at it from back then and reminensce fuck everybody who messed up hip hop if u miss real hip hop paste and copy this.

I want real hip hop baccc

[tharekhh]

Damn! he seriously murdered it with that freestyle.rakim the greatest man!

[Zmw192]

"AKA blueprint of your favorite rapper" haha i like that

[kjackson2k1]

I likes that...AKA blueprint of your favorite rapper

[duranward]

haha i no that shit was too sick

[mossberg714]

the best to ever do it... I heard some1 say krs one is better.. then they got smacked in the mouf... only a few even come close and G.rap is one of them but not krs

[Jahrass7]

whoa...those three are my all time favorites rah G rap and Kris

crazy to hear a sentance with all 3

Bless

Yadi

[bigmikesamuel]

Man all u can do now is get on youtube or go out and buy theyre greatest hits hip hop is dead now all u can do is just look at it from back then and reminensce fuck everybody who messed up hip hop if u miss real hip hop paste and copy this.

[teeosupreme]

DA MASTER

[drock1352]

he was sick at the rock! moved the crowd best until nas appeared

[teeosupreme]

Rakim is the illest. I saw this cat at bbkings in 06 and he really gave a clinic as to what an emcee really is T.O.from White Plains what?

[step2meNYC]

G.O.A.T

[doggedoggjulle]

real heavy

[bA6yCh0ppA]

luved this one

[franchize20z]

fuk yea bro n will always hav it i him

[iokona360]

Ra still got it in him

[jdominod1]

With the right promotion and production Yea,Rakim can Bring Hip Hop Back.But like any artist(Being it Painter,sculpture or poet) he only realy works when motivated.the industry never liked Rah's scedule.:^)