Rakim is a legend and His legacies already set. Unlike the mainstream we don't just recognize Rakim only when old skool mixes drop, on the airwaves. We never slept on him, but the mainstream acts these veterans vanished or have retired. He still grinding making good music. They always say what happened to hip hop. That's true if your referring to mainstream hip hop. If your into alternative underground independent hip hop like Rakim, hip hop never died. Nowadays you have to dig for good music!
Ra's a douche sometimes, god no doubt, but too much integrity...gotta be a little flexible, comon, ra, if theres anyone who can get Hip Hop a nobel proze in nobel literature, its you. let em help you, if producers wanna chop some new shit up let em chop, theres not force on earth that can quake what you stand for
Sorry Dr.Dre bullshit cheap beat he was tossing Ra did not blend with his mastery.
Dre has a history of Signing Niggas only to have them sit in obsecurity until he find time to stop fronting. Remember 2pac said it takes 3 years for Dre to finish a fucking beat cause he be stunt with his ghost producers and writers..
Real talk man, Dre robbed niggaz of production credits. What more would you expect when a guy like Suge had his back. But he don't like it when it happens to him. DR DRE is a long time from Straight Outta Compton, Niggaz4Life and The Chronic. His new music is the weakest shit I ever heard. Case in point Crack a bottle for starters, goddamn that shit is wack.
hip hop = (beats, lyrics, clothing/items, graffiti, and dance) x (meaning and personal flavor) Why do we leave some of these elements out? like bboys. lol who do you think teaches the MC's generic easy to do dance moves? Instead we stick them in dumb teen movies where they save the last dance or .. fuck man, production value. These dancers are better than this. go ahead and youtube bboy. physicx and lilou among the most talented. the movie planet bboy depicts a journalistic view into its birth
Look, this is the inside scoop -and it's real talk. Brother Rakim had been flirting with Dre's production for quite a while on and off, but when it came to attempting to fuse the lyrical content of Ra's natural swag with a contemporised gangsterfied theme, Rakim dropped out - gracefully, no doubt! Dre had a vision of bringing "a new Rakim" to the "now generation". He said that. And with this comes a sense of "selling-out" to one's identity. Ra has maintained his integrity. Gotta respect that!
@MrJazzHOP As long as you spit fire, I don't consider it selling out. At the end of the day, your skills prove who you are regardless, if you choose to make a commercial hit.
This is a perfect example of how Dre is an overrated producer. Why do I say that?? Well, a great producer knows how to allow the artist be who they themselves are as individuals, and not try to change them into something else.
I feel as though God is reaching out to Rakim. Take a listen to my songs & you'll understand the direction he is trying to take. Bottom line is there are 2 agenda's; God's Agenda & The Devil's Agenda. Dre wanted Rakim to Go with The Devil's agenda (killing people). Rakim was like no I want to talk about what's on God's agenda (bringing people back to life). May God save his soul if he hasn't done so already. Ya'll have eyes...open them. Ya'll have ears...listen up. Ya'll have minds...THINK.
It's not easy to work with artists , as a producer . A real producer is like a coach , he gots to make the artist see the bigger picture , and thats not always easy . Even if Dre is not my favorite producer , even though Ra is a legend , i bet Dre only wanted what's best for him , too bad it didnt worked out !
Dre is constantly gettin dissed and at the end of the day he is a modern day legend and it's a shame him and rakim didn't work together but they are still 2 absolute legends and don't knock either of them just coz they had a disagreement
Fuck Dre ya herad. Yeah I said it. West coast nigga would never really feel the Microphone Fiend. Dre made hits for lesser artists and could not make a smash eith the king of emcees?
If Dre didn't spend so much time on Eminem's projects him and Rakim would've made some classic shit for the hip hop listeners. Then again, Jimmy Iovine puppets Dre and tells him to make that pop shit and Dre do lol.
Word.Rakim left dre,bishop lamont left dre & raekwon left dre too.And all that because of Iovine.And now he tellin Dre to do pop songs like I need a doctor (which originally had lady gaga on hook). It's all about money & charts now dude lol
dre and allot of these guys buy rappers contracts and just shelve their shit so they don't have any competition or any changes to the rap game. Dr dre is one of the guys who decides the direction of rap.
You say Hannah Montana-i fucking punch you in the face
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@o2thaj619 yo dre were the fuck you find an anorexic rapper? talking bout who you gonna squabble with and who youll shoot you only 60 pounds when you wet and wearing boots. :)
WELL OF COURSE Rah and Dre are gonna have creative differences -Dre's a fuckin DUMMY and Rakim is REAL HIP HOP. Let's not forget history- Rakim was an original architecht of this thing called Hip Hop on da East Coast, back in da 80's of what Dre's kind was trying to...COPY ON THE WEST! Come on yo...
On top of that, Dre sayin kill -what continues to bring our communities down, and Rah sayin bring to life- what brings our people UP and strengthens us to FIGHT THE SYSTEM!
NOW EVERYBODY when DETOX comes out DON'T download it or illegally download it. Buy it from an independent CD store. Support Dr Dre in his final album and the masterpiece which it will be. It's taken ten years to make. And as a THANK YOU to the DOCTOR, for not just changing rap but all music. BUY THE CD, and make it the highest selling rap album EVER. That should be our way of saying to the Dr THANK YOU. And if you don't buy the CD your shouldn't even call yourself a Dre Fan
Rakim is so Deep!!! I got a formula that would have worked perfectly with Rakim & Dre.....Dre drop a sick beat, shut up, and let the genius Rakim go 2 work lyrically!!! That is a formula for success!!!
I wish I could thumb this one up more than just once. Right on. And Dre should know better. He does have an ear for good lyricists. The DOC, Snoop, Em, probably, CPO, and Above the Law. But he should more than most people, know about pressuring artists (Dre, remember Heller and Suge Knight? Learn from that, bro.!)
@mesmerizedbyamy1 Yep, plus I think it would have shown a maturity, and versatility in Dre to produce an album without the same ol gangsta rap theams that we are so accustom to hearing from him! He could have dropped a hip hop Jewell, if he would have let Rakim do him!!! I would have liked to think Dre was more versatile than that, but if he could not craft an album with the God than evidently not!!!
I bet there's more creative diff. than Ra wants to say. Gotta love Rakim, he never disses anybody. Nowadays, you have droners (not rappers) always looking to beef with whoever and don't have 1% the talent it takes to make a decent diss (or any other kind of) track.
@LinkinHamilton You have got to be kidding me! Dr. Dre has never even wrote his own rhymes! Thats a well known fact! He has always employed Ghostwriters. You can research it! Dre is one of the greatest hip hop producers ever, but to say he has more lyrical skill than the God emcee, Rakim is Ludicrous.
@prityricky1 buuuuullshit, no one can become as respected as dre in the rap game without writing their own rhymes, whatever you've researched is horse shit
@LinkinHamilton Do some research. Most of Dre's albums have been ghost-written by other MCs. Dre is a bomb-ass producer, but he isn't a writer. Jay-Z and Eminem both ghost-wrote for 2001.
@ShadyKnizzle as if i didn't know that :L but i know for a fact there are some songs he himself wrote that are the bomb so he's still a sick lyricist in my opinion, but yeah nothing on rakim
@ShadyKnizzle Shit, ghost-producers too! I watched it happen. If you're a new producer, the MOST you can ask for is like 7,500. Dre knows your shit is fire and offers 20,000 CASH for your beat. Anybody would take it. But you sign over ALL rights!! He re-mixes it and sells it for 250,000-500,000. Seen it happen a few times.
@MrKizerSozay Thats real talk! If you are lucky he he will buy your beat from you. He has also been known to steal other producer's productions & pass it off as his own. He did that to Daz, and countless others.
@prityricky1 I watched it happen to 50's Get Rich Or Die Trying album. Producer Neffu and Denaun Porter (D-12) produced all the hits on that damn album except "In the club". But Dre's name is all over the credits...LOL Neffu and then Aftermath President Big Chuck (Neffu's Uncle) left right after that album was released. Mel-Man left him the same way back in the day after Chronic 2001.
@MrKizerSozay I believe it! He has been accused too many times of doing it, & too many producers have "jumped ship" over the years, because an artist liner notes "accidently" credited Dre as the producer of somebody elses beat! Lol. Thanks for keeping it 100 and telling what you saw.
@MrKizerSozay Damn... I tried to tell that to a few dudes on another Dre video and they shot me down lol!! There was a article in the source years ago with all of the in-house producers he had. Heff-U being one of them along with Eric B. Dre stay taking dudes credit for tracks by giving them scraps. Thats why i never really was big on dre as him being the greatest producer...
@LinkinHamilton Ice Cube & D.O.C. were writing all of N.W.A. rhymes( not Ren's). Snoop, RBX, & D.OC were writing his rhymes during the Chronic days. Jay-Z wrote " Still Dre", Eminem has wrote 4 him & countlesss others. The reason he is so respected is cez he is a GREAT PRODUCER & good coach in getting the kind of lyrics out of the artist whom actually write his lyrics. Do a google search & look it up. This is a well known fact, but I can tell U would refuse 2 believe it even with evidence.
bottom line rakim should have hooked up with premo, pete rock, ski, stoupe, scram jones, rza etc! whats wrong with NY cats today they need to bring that boom bap sound back & stop jocking the south LOL!
Rakim is the jewel in the crown of Hip-Hop: he shines gold and can spit to one hand clapping if need be! Dr Dre would have been bad medicine for Rakim, the witchdoctor of transcendental DOPENESS; the fact that the "R" bowed out gracefully is full props to him. Prophet V's Profit....Rakim chose Prophet, or the prophet chose him, either way, he is the heavyweight champion of the game, nuff said. Peace out my brother and flow forever.
Water and oil do not mix. Rakim possesses a level of consciousness that Dre would love to dampen. There is a gulf between producing beats and artistic lyrics, when they converge it can produce a good or bad result. Much respect and love to Rakim for standing firm on his values and standards. Dr. Dre isn't fit to tie the man's shoes, the song that represents his life might be partly representative of reality, but for the most part it is part of the problem.
@ZeOgrobe its way too many motherfuckers that looks over that, & i think its really fuckin sad. Rakim's, Run DMC, Wutang, The Fugees & all most of the other dudes from the early to late 80s & 90s were really the main reasons why i really wanted to start writing music. I'm only 20 goin on 21 & i kinda feel like The Game how i just don't wanna co-exist with none of these sucker-ass motherfucking fake only for the money type rappers who dont talk about nothing of today, man.
@ZeOgrobe Rakim is like The Ozzy of Hip Hop where Run-DMC was like The Beatles of Hip Hop. Nobody gives these legends the recognition they truly deserve. Rakim was the most lyrical emcee in his prime and still one of the best up into his 40's today. Time hasn't eroded his ability that much, (see The Seventh Seal). That album was better than 90% of material coming out in 2009. Props to "The Godemcee"
when I first heared about rakim and dre I thought this is going to be da shit but now looking back like ra said'' Im rappin bout life(POSITIVE) and dre wanted me to rap about death(NEGATIVE).
when I first heared about rakim and dre I thought this is going to be da shit but now looking back like ra said'' Im rappin bout life(POSITIVE) and dre wanted me to rap about death(NEGATIVE).
It's true: if Rakim married his lyrical dopeness to the beatmaster DJ Premier, we'd have certified Gold by the GOD. However, Ra's mastery of lyrical content is so impeccable that he could quite literally spit to a chorus line of one-hand-clapping Autistic children, and still be on-point! Much respect goes to his street principles: with "artistic differences with Dre, and Rakim not wanting to gangsterfy his shit is all props to him. Ra is Hip-Hop's GOD MC...bow down and be grateful! Peace.
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Eric B & Rakim should have had a HUGE Production that should have rival'd anybody today.....But unfortunately theres a difference between being an Artist and A Producer...
Rakim will never stoop down to Dres level.... If you listen to Rah's songs he never swears or talks about fucking, smoking and killing... And still sounds more gangster than Dre ever did...
Dre not being open minded enough to share compatible ideas with a golden age hip hop legend like Rakim was just the beginning now look how wack Detox is gonna be, what the fuck happened to Hip Hop seriously, where are the sane artists that wont jump on VMA stages and interrupt speeches, sing and make that corny dance hop ringtone club garbage
@BeenaBee i agree but i liked it wen odb interrupted the grammys but odb wasnt disrespectful puffy is good but wu tang is the best is not a disrespectful comment cos we no wu is light years ahead of puff daddy
@BeenaBee , LoL I agree man! detox is gonna be sour as hell to I heard he has lil wayne & company is supposed to be on there so much for bringing the west coast back LOL! & hes been out of touch with his beats for a while now also!
If dre just stuck to making RA's beat , they could undoubtly create the most beautiful hip-hop song of all time. It would be a fucking smash man, it would fucking destroy the music industry from the roots. Rakim made this music and nobody is paying homeage to him.
Gotta love Rahkim. One of my fav old skool rappers. Even if he did give into Dre's creative control and formula, the track wouldnt have sounded right coming from Rah. We would have been calling him a sell out! lol Thanks Rahkim for staying true to hip hop!!!
A large number of rappers on the scene today are confirmed gang members. Crips, Bloods, and everything in between. Many of which have values that are utterly sinful, materialist, and violent. I stopped listening to rap music and started listening to gospel. James Fortune & FIYA have a lot of good things to say and represent values that black people need to aspire to. Real Talk...
Absolutely flawless flow: I'm still astounded by The R's fluidity on the mic - for God's sake, this man (no, God) is still laying untouchable scripts, and quite frankly, I haven't seen Rakim defeated (or even benignly scraped) in a friendy-freestle battle. Live, he's indescribably DOPE! Never seen nor heard a brother spit like he does: the Ali of Hip-Hop with a Tyson hook for good measure. Follow the leader indeed!
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Rakim has never been a thugged out gangsta rapper and sold his soul to the devil for money like so many of today’s rappers...he raps for the love of the art and culture...Dre on the other hand comes from that ghetto gangsta click that spawned NWA...the 2 were incompatible nuff said...
@Blitz3677 how the fuck do you go about selling your soul to the devil cus i would do that any mother fucking day just like have him flip a coin if its heads i become a bad ass on earth and tails i become satans bitch just wondering ya know think about that shit a little more instead of just saying something cus everyone else says it
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@Blitz3677 FYI Eazy-E and Mc Ren where the ONLY gangstas in NWA, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, those two where the studio gangtas, It's funny how Dr. Dre soared to the top of the music industy and Eazy-E? Dead, Mc Ren? Underground, maybe Dre did sell his soul.
@Blitz3677 Bro, if I had said it first I would not have altered 1 word, and I think that's why he has prevailed, is because he does it for love first, the money is just a by-product. Peace.
haha dr dre told him what to say? he dont do that with eminem eminem just comes with it and if dre dont feel it and eminem does then eminem is gonna say o well dre im putting it out
@TagzBloody He's one of the best in the mainstream but you really should broaden your horizons if you actually think Eminem's the single greatest to ever do it. There have been plenty of artists that are faster, better at singing, had a larger impact on the world of hip hop, changed the way artists rap, and show more lyrical prowess. He's a great artist, don't get me wrong, but he's not the single best.
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Rakim is a legend and His legacies already set. Unlike the mainstream we don't just recognize Rakim only when old skool mixes drop, on the airwaves. We never slept on him, but the mainstream acts these veterans vanished or have retired. He still grinding making good music. They always say what happened to hip hop. That's true if your referring to mainstream hip hop. If your into alternative underground independent hip hop like Rakim, hip hop never died. Nowadays you have to dig for good music!
SwaggerLikeUz 1 day ago
this video made me fall asleep for a second lol
teezerboy123 1 week ago
thank you rakim for staying real and not ba a little rat choosing sides .
being pure is being new going with dre is working for a museum
gapieo 2 weeks ago
Rakim need to become "reborn" and get with the current generation... 1. Get with Dre, 2. Get power, 3. Get money, then teach again...
cbanks360 2 weeks ago
Don't hate on Rakim or Dre, they have creative differences, so they shouldn't work together. They are both good (Rakim more dope imo) so who cares?
monstaslaya 3 weeks ago
that how you hold the mic Shit Nigga take note nice Clear
jiggamanbeon 1 month ago
He left when Dr Gay attempted to perform sexual acts on him
FranciscoD0MING0 1 month ago
@FranciscoD0MING0 stop with this bullshit paranoid biz
Pai001 3 weeks ago
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RokkaBeat514 1 month ago
Rakim is the illest EVER
Kirkanunu 1 month ago
Maybe rakim can bring back real hip hop like it use to be. Almost all of todays hip hop is bull shit and yet it sells millions. WTF?
www305familyCom 1 month ago
Ra's a douche sometimes, god no doubt, but too much integrity...gotta be a little flexible, comon, ra, if theres anyone who can get Hip Hop a nobel proze in nobel literature, its you. let em help you, if producers wanna chop some new shit up let em chop, theres not force on earth that can quake what you stand for
empireravenshadow5 1 month ago
Sorry Dr.Dre bullshit cheap beat he was tossing Ra did not blend with his mastery.
Dre has a history of Signing Niggas only to have them sit in obsecurity until he find time to stop fronting. Remember 2pac said it takes 3 years for Dre to finish a fucking beat cause he be stunt with his ghost producers and writers..
SDSOverfiend 2 months ago
Real talk man, Dre robbed niggaz of production credits. What more would you expect when a guy like Suge had his back. But he don't like it when it happens to him. DR DRE is a long time from Straight Outta Compton, Niggaz4Life and The Chronic. His new music is the weakest shit I ever heard. Case in point Crack a bottle for starters, goddamn that shit is wack.
elektroindi 1 month ago
hip hop = (beats, lyrics, clothing/items, graffiti, and dance) x (meaning and personal flavor) Why do we leave some of these elements out? like bboys. lol who do you think teaches the MC's generic easy to do dance moves? Instead we stick them in dumb teen movies where they save the last dance or .. fuck man, production value. These dancers are better than this. go ahead and youtube bboy. physicx and lilou among the most talented. the movie planet bboy depicts a journalistic view into its birth
BeatsNsheets 2 months ago
Someone in the late sixties decided to crouch down and dance on the floor using their hands and feet.... but then they decided to stay down!
BeatsNsheets 2 months ago
Look, this is the inside scoop -and it's real talk. Brother Rakim had been flirting with Dre's production for quite a while on and off, but when it came to attempting to fuse the lyrical content of Ra's natural swag with a contemporised gangsterfied theme, Rakim dropped out - gracefully, no doubt! Dre had a vision of bringing "a new Rakim" to the "now generation". He said that. And with this comes a sense of "selling-out" to one's identity. Ra has maintained his integrity. Gotta respect that!
MrJazzHOP 2 months ago 9
@MrJazzHOP Na. That's just a shallow view. Being able to reach more, is always worth it. I mean... that's what It's supposed to be about.
Anubric 3 weeks ago
@MrJazzHOP As long as you spit fire, I don't consider it selling out. At the end of the day, your skills prove who you are regardless, if you choose to make a commercial hit.
LAMEXAME 3 days ago
Always cool, always intelligent. Rakim exemplifies all the things great about Hip Hop.
BlackBNimble 2 months ago
The {King}of a MC!
sulliwilson 2 months ago
leviathan .
GreatMochaChino 3 months ago
Dre is a pawn for the machine and Rakim is what hiphop is all about
SkiloSlim 3 months ago
@SkiloSlim The Smartest shit anybody has said in this video.
SDSOverfiend 2 months ago
well spoken..
vincentmansell 3 months ago
why the fuck would you rap about killing someone.
I seriously dont understand that low brain level.
TisRizky 3 months ago
Dre drop the beat! you are a Master at that! and then SHUT UP and let the lyrical god MCEE take over! this would have bee a classic!
rebellmann 4 months ago
THAT WAS BEAST WHEN HE SAID "SHUT IT DOWN TSUNAMI IT OUT"
GomuGomuRifle 4 months ago
This is a perfect example of how Dre is an overrated producer. Why do I say that?? Well, a great producer knows how to allow the artist be who they themselves are as individuals, and not try to change them into something else.
Loudmouf84 4 months ago
jimmy ivine fucks dre in the ass
Srigsby2011 4 months ago
dudes illin!
1gmarquez 4 months ago
I feel as though God is reaching out to Rakim. Take a listen to my songs & you'll understand the direction he is trying to take. Bottom line is there are 2 agenda's; God's Agenda & The Devil's Agenda. Dre wanted Rakim to Go with The Devil's agenda (killing people). Rakim was like no I want to talk about what's on God's agenda (bringing people back to life). May God save his soul if he hasn't done so already. Ya'll have eyes...open them. Ya'll have ears...listen up. Ya'll have minds...THINK.
ChromeJewel1 4 months ago 2
It's not easy to work with artists , as a producer . A real producer is like a coach , he gots to make the artist see the bigger picture , and thats not always easy . Even if Dre is not my favorite producer , even though Ra is a legend , i bet Dre only wanted what's best for him , too bad it didnt worked out !
94incurabil 4 months ago
Dre is constantly gettin dissed and at the end of the day he is a modern day legend and it's a shame him and rakim didn't work together but they are still 2 absolute legends and don't knock either of them just coz they had a disagreement
takilatime 4 months ago
Fuck Dre ya herad. Yeah I said it. West coast nigga would never really feel the Microphone Fiend. Dre made hits for lesser artists and could not make a smash eith the king of emcees?
mcteeosupreme 4 months ago
If Dre didn't spend so much time on Eminem's projects him and Rakim would've made some classic shit for the hip hop listeners. Then again, Jimmy Iovine puppets Dre and tells him to make that pop shit and Dre do lol.
Viewer305212 5 months ago
@Viewer305212
Goddamn right. Fuck Iovine!
max71461 4 months ago
@max71461 I swear yo, these Jews take the Hip Hop culture and just don't know shit about it yet make MILLIONS off of it. No respect for the art
Viewer305212 4 months ago
@Viewer305212
Word.Rakim left dre,bishop lamont left dre & raekwon left dre too.And all that because of Iovine.And now he tellin Dre to do pop songs like I need a doctor (which originally had lady gaga on hook). It's all about money & charts now dude lol
max71461 4 months ago
he looks like the local crackhead at the liquor store
jhaul21 5 months ago
That Rakim Dre joint WOULD OF BEEN SICK!!!!!! Gah Damnit......
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gerryg1982 5 months ago 3
It's prolly better for Ra when he left Aftermath.. Aftermath wasn't for him
saebatch70 5 months ago
dre and allot of these guys buy rappers contracts and just shelve their shit so they don't have any competition or any changes to the rap game. Dr dre is one of the guys who decides the direction of rap.
fuckyouhassa 5 months ago
I love Hip-Hop I have my favourites and keep em to myself! Some of ya sound like children "He's the best" "So and so's better than him" STFU! and support Hip-Hop don't destroy it with hatred! ...having said that Kanye & JayZ suck a D!©K ;)
colmadina 5 months ago
Rakim = greatest rapper ever to pick up the mic
His flow is unparalleled
mrbrockpeters 6 months ago 19
He left Dre cause he's not with that "Dip Stick Sh!t !"
mssquirrely 6 months ago
You say Justin Bieber-I say Tupac
You say Lil Wayne-I say Biggie Smalls
You say Drake-I say Ice Cube
You say Soulja Boy-I say Big Pun
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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gurroladvd11 6 months ago
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B9King937 5 months ago
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gurroladvd11 5 months ago
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gurroladvd11 5 months ago
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B9King937 5 months ago
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gurroladvd11 5 months ago
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gurroladvd11 5 months ago
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B9King937 5 months ago
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gurroladvd11 5 months ago
Dre wanted him to talk about killing somebody, Rakim wanted to talk about bringing someone to Life - wow.
I have huge respect for the God MC.
Idrastikk 6 months ago
@o2thaj619 yo dre were the fuck you find an anorexic rapper? talking bout who you gonna squabble with and who youll shoot you only 60 pounds when you wet and wearing boots. :)
get owned snoop dogg
spinbackremixes 6 months ago
@spinbackremixes When you diss Dre you diss yourself
Richdavt 6 months ago
@o2thaj619 the part in the music video where they show a picture of him in his disco dress is priceless
iseankimi 6 months ago
I feel like ppl like Dre are commissioned to sign people like Rakim and make sure that they don't wake people up! (ex: Jay z- J Electronica)
esseen100 6 months ago
im glad rakim didnt start doing gangsta rap dre should have done d.o.c type album with rakim
4play38 6 months ago
dre wanted homie, foundation true god mc to speak about killin peoples, brothers know doubt. people wake up and realise who dre work for yall
j0nnyno 6 months ago
is it me or do all dudes from Brooklyn look exactly the same?
Roklan2000 7 months ago
@Roklan2000 It's you. lol
TheRiobezerko 7 months ago
@Roklan2000 if your referring to rakim he' not from bklyn...he's from long island...
mayor187 7 months ago
@Roklan2000 They just look like they borough.
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youneekk 7 months ago
WELL OF COURSE Rah and Dre are gonna have creative differences -Dre's a fuckin DUMMY and Rakim is REAL HIP HOP. Let's not forget history- Rakim was an original architecht of this thing called Hip Hop on da East Coast, back in da 80's of what Dre's kind was trying to...COPY ON THE WEST! Come on yo...
On top of that, Dre sayin kill -what continues to bring our communities down, and Rah sayin bring to life- what brings our people UP and strengthens us to FIGHT THE SYSTEM!
Machetazo1 7 months ago
THE GODFATHER OF RAP.....THE LEGEND....THE R....
TP33IME 7 months ago
killuminati all through your body blows like a 12 gauge shotty
StrachuPL 7 months ago
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NOW EVERYBODY when DETOX comes out DON'T download it or illegally download it. Buy it from an independent CD store. Support Dr Dre in his final album and the masterpiece which it will be. It's taken ten years to make. And as a THANK YOU to the DOCTOR, for not just changing rap but all music. BUY THE CD, and make it the highest selling rap album EVER. That should be our way of saying to the Dr THANK YOU. And if you don't buy the CD your shouldn't even call yourself a Dre Fan
531rocky 7 months ago
Rakim is so Deep!!! I got a formula that would have worked perfectly with Rakim & Dre.....Dre drop a sick beat, shut up, and let the genius Rakim go 2 work lyrically!!! That is a formula for success!!!
prityricky1 8 months ago 23
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I wish I could thumb this one up more than just once. Right on. And Dre should know better. He does have an ear for good lyricists. The DOC, Snoop, Em, probably, CPO, and Above the Law. But he should more than most people, know about pressuring artists (Dre, remember Heller and Suge Knight? Learn from that, bro.!)
mesmerizedbyamy1 7 months ago
@mesmerizedbyamy1 Yep, plus I think it would have shown a maturity, and versatility in Dre to produce an album without the same ol gangsta rap theams that we are so accustom to hearing from him! He could have dropped a hip hop Jewell, if he would have let Rakim do him!!! I would have liked to think Dre was more versatile than that, but if he could not craft an album with the God than evidently not!!!
prityricky1 7 months ago
@prityricky1
I bet there's more creative diff. than Ra wants to say. Gotta love Rakim, he never disses anybody. Nowadays, you have droners (not rappers) always looking to beef with whoever and don't have 1% the talent it takes to make a decent diss (or any other kind of) track.
mesmerizedbyamy1 7 months ago
@prityricky1 Yep... master plan.
StrategyFiend 5 months ago
@prityricky1 you have got to be shitting me. big respect for rakim but dre got way more lyrical skill
LinkinHamilton 3 months ago
@LinkinHamilton You have got to be kidding me! Dr. Dre has never even wrote his own rhymes! Thats a well known fact! He has always employed Ghostwriters. You can research it! Dre is one of the greatest hip hop producers ever, but to say he has more lyrical skill than the God emcee, Rakim is Ludicrous.
prityricky1 3 months ago
@prityricky1 buuuuullshit, no one can become as respected as dre in the rap game without writing their own rhymes, whatever you've researched is horse shit
LinkinHamilton 3 months ago
@LinkinHamilton Do some research. Most of Dre's albums have been ghost-written by other MCs. Dre is a bomb-ass producer, but he isn't a writer. Jay-Z and Eminem both ghost-wrote for 2001.
ShadyKnizzle 3 months ago
@ShadyKnizzle as if i didn't know that :L but i know for a fact there are some songs he himself wrote that are the bomb so he's still a sick lyricist in my opinion, but yeah nothing on rakim
LinkinHamilton 3 months ago
@ShadyKnizzle Shit, ghost-producers too! I watched it happen. If you're a new producer, the MOST you can ask for is like 7,500. Dre knows your shit is fire and offers 20,000 CASH for your beat. Anybody would take it. But you sign over ALL rights!! He re-mixes it and sells it for 250,000-500,000. Seen it happen a few times.
MrKizerSozay 2 months ago
@MrKizerSozay Thats real talk! If you are lucky he he will buy your beat from you. He has also been known to steal other producer's productions & pass it off as his own. He did that to Daz, and countless others.
prityricky1 2 months ago
@prityricky1 I watched it happen to 50's Get Rich Or Die Trying album. Producer Neffu and Denaun Porter (D-12) produced all the hits on that damn album except "In the club". But Dre's name is all over the credits...LOL Neffu and then Aftermath President Big Chuck (Neffu's Uncle) left right after that album was released. Mel-Man left him the same way back in the day after Chronic 2001.
MrKizerSozay 2 months ago
@MrKizerSozay I believe it! He has been accused too many times of doing it, & too many producers have "jumped ship" over the years, because an artist liner notes "accidently" credited Dre as the producer of somebody elses beat! Lol. Thanks for keeping it 100 and telling what you saw.
prityricky1 2 months ago
@MrKizerSozay Damn... I tried to tell that to a few dudes on another Dre video and they shot me down lol!! There was a article in the source years ago with all of the in-house producers he had. Heff-U being one of them along with Eric B. Dre stay taking dudes credit for tracks by giving them scraps. Thats why i never really was big on dre as him being the greatest producer...
SDSOverfiend 2 months ago
@LinkinHamilton Ice Cube & D.O.C. were writing all of N.W.A. rhymes( not Ren's). Snoop, RBX, & D.OC were writing his rhymes during the Chronic days. Jay-Z wrote " Still Dre", Eminem has wrote 4 him & countlesss others. The reason he is so respected is cez he is a GREAT PRODUCER & good coach in getting the kind of lyrics out of the artist whom actually write his lyrics. Do a google search & look it up. This is a well known fact, but I can tell U would refuse 2 believe it even with evidence.
prityricky1 2 months ago
hahahaha im from cali homie and i bump dre but your trippin if you think dre has more lyrical skill then rakim.
epidemic818 1 month ago
@epidemic818 read all the comments i've written. i admitted i was a dumbass for saying dre's better
LinkinHamilton 1 month ago
bottom line rakim should have hooked up with premo, pete rock, ski, stoupe, scram jones, rza etc! whats wrong with NY cats today they need to bring that boom bap sound back & stop jocking the south LOL!
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FINKDAP1NK 8 months ago
Rakim is the jewel in the crown of Hip-Hop: he shines gold and can spit to one hand clapping if need be! Dr Dre would have been bad medicine for Rakim, the witchdoctor of transcendental DOPENESS; the fact that the "R" bowed out gracefully is full props to him. Prophet V's Profit....Rakim chose Prophet, or the prophet chose him, either way, he is the heavyweight champion of the game, nuff said. Peace out my brother and flow forever.
Sirgreaseflick 8 months ago 2
Water and oil do not mix. Rakim possesses a level of consciousness that Dre would love to dampen. There is a gulf between producing beats and artistic lyrics, when they converge it can produce a good or bad result. Much respect and love to Rakim for standing firm on his values and standards. Dr. Dre isn't fit to tie the man's shoes, the song that represents his life might be partly representative of reality, but for the most part it is part of the problem.
artrayu77 8 months ago
If Rakim were more succesful than Dre, Wayne, Khalifa etc. . . .
Most of people would see rap and rappers like art and music, not like a smoked-drunked assholes who don't know nothing and do it for money. . .
ZeOgrobe 8 months ago 2
@ZeOgrobe its way too many motherfuckers that looks over that, & i think its really fuckin sad. Rakim's, Run DMC, Wutang, The Fugees & all most of the other dudes from the early to late 80s & 90s were really the main reasons why i really wanted to start writing music. I'm only 20 goin on 21 & i kinda feel like The Game how i just don't wanna co-exist with none of these sucker-ass motherfucking fake only for the money type rappers who dont talk about nothing of today, man.
grandcreator11 8 months ago
@ZeOgrobe Rakim is like The Ozzy of Hip Hop where Run-DMC was like The Beatles of Hip Hop. Nobody gives these legends the recognition they truly deserve. Rakim was the most lyrical emcee in his prime and still one of the best up into his 40's today. Time hasn't eroded his ability that much, (see The Seventh Seal). That album was better than 90% of material coming out in 2009. Props to "The Godemcee"
DJRedMEDIA 7 months ago 2
Rakim has got to be top 7 best hip hop artist of all time
kobe24mvp81 8 months ago
@kobe24mvp81 7?? omg.. 1,2 maybe 3..
rawencrow 8 months ago
@rawencrow (No Order) Nas, Pac, Big, Em, Big L, Lupe, Rakim...also wanna add Common, Mos, Talib, Andre3k, Pun, Immortal...too dam many
kobe24mvp81 8 months ago
@kobe24mvp81 nobody cares about yo list... to each his own
jeghedderlars1223 8 months ago
@kobe24mvp81 haha hes first, don
ep091988 5 months ago
when I first heared about rakim and dre I thought this is going to be da shit but now looking back like ra said'' Im rappin bout life(POSITIVE) and dre wanted me to rap about death(NEGATIVE).
jiminkrumah 8 months ago
when I first heared about rakim and dre I thought this is going to be da shit but now looking back like ra said'' Im rappin bout life(POSITIVE) and dre wanted me to rap about death(NEGATIVE).
jiminkrumah 8 months ago
what is the name of the son in 0:22 pls tell me
dpgs100 8 months ago
@dpgs100 Rakim - its nothing. produced by Just Blaze
BigManUtdJuveFan 8 months ago
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It's true: if Rakim married his lyrical dopeness to the beatmaster DJ Premier, we'd have certified Gold by the GOD. However, Ra's mastery of lyrical content is so impeccable that he could quite literally spit to a chorus line of one-hand-clapping Autistic children, and still be on-point! Much respect goes to his street principles: with "artistic differences with Dre, and Rakim not wanting to gangsterfy his shit is all props to him. Ra is Hip-Hop's GOD MC...bow down and be grateful! Peace.
Sirgreaseflick 8 months ago 2
The true real deal, not a BS FAKE
UNITED by colors where the paint dont flake
The PURE element of Hip Hop's here
The ONE creative culture with atmosphere
Respect Rakims wisdom as the rhymes they flow
& PEACE / LOVE & UNITY wil surely grow
funkb0x 8 months ago
thats weird how one of the greatest mc and the greatest producer didnt have chemistry in the studio
TheRealness180 8 months ago
If your a real and old school hiphop fan you will respect what i do..True NewYorkCity hiphop..check my channel respect real hiphop..Peace..Al Niks..1000
niksugphiphop 8 months ago
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SINGONTHEROAD2SUCCES 8 months ago
Eric B & Rakim should have had a HUGE Production that should have rival'd anybody today.....But unfortunately theres a difference between being an Artist and A Producer...
xtraflo 8 months ago
if hip hop is 2 survive we need to take out th lil payne in its ass
ThDrkKnyt 8 months ago
"I wanted to talk about bringing somebody to life on this one."
I got mad respect for Rakim.
Ladygagsalot 8 months ago
Rakim will never stoop down to Dres level.... If you listen to Rah's songs he never swears or talks about fucking, smoking and killing... And still sounds more gangster than Dre ever did...
devid1969 8 months ago
Dre not being open minded enough to share compatible ideas with a golden age hip hop legend like Rakim was just the beginning now look how wack Detox is gonna be, what the fuck happened to Hip Hop seriously, where are the sane artists that wont jump on VMA stages and interrupt speeches, sing and make that corny dance hop ringtone club garbage
BeenaBee 8 months ago
@BeenaBee i agree but i liked it wen odb interrupted the grammys but odb wasnt disrespectful puffy is good but wu tang is the best is not a disrespectful comment cos we no wu is light years ahead of puff daddy
rakimkoolgrapwutang 8 months ago
@BeenaBee , LoL I agree man! detox is gonna be sour as hell to I heard he has lil wayne & company is supposed to be on there so much for bringing the west coast back LOL! & hes been out of touch with his beats for a while now also!
sfknns 8 months ago
Fuck ads
Lostinmezzy 8 months ago
what's the name of the song from 0:22?
PharrellSkateTV 8 months ago
Example of being a professional, rappers today don't understand that....
AirborneEASY 9 months ago
dre iz dre and rakim iz rakim
JuanPapaNicolao 9 months ago
TELL EM' RA.....
rsronetube16 9 months ago
If dre just stuck to making RA's beat , they could undoubtly create the most beautiful hip-hop song of all time. It would be a fucking smash man, it would fucking destroy the music industry from the roots. Rakim made this music and nobody is paying homeage to him.
nonofyall 9 months ago
Gotta love Rahkim. One of my fav old skool rappers. Even if he did give into Dre's creative control and formula, the track wouldnt have sounded right coming from Rah. We would have been calling him a sell out! lol Thanks Rahkim for staying true to hip hop!!!
EyeLurk2 9 months ago
A large number of rappers on the scene today are confirmed gang members. Crips, Bloods, and everything in between. Many of which have values that are utterly sinful, materialist, and violent. I stopped listening to rap music and started listening to gospel. James Fortune & FIYA have a lot of good things to say and represent values that black people need to aspire to. Real Talk...
MegaNick5678 9 months ago
Peace
bornkool 9 months ago
Both different, but I wouldn't change them in any way. Rakim god of spiritual Hip-Hop.
TheFakeAssGangsta1 9 months ago
jesus christ i want some of that weed he's been puffin on, shit
woodiewoodpecker16 9 months ago
i like how inspite the diffrences between them he doesnt talk shit about Dre..Rakim has a good heart
LOLALILLIS 9 months ago
Dre and Rakim creative differences? The difference is Rakim.
Sirgreaseflick 9 months ago
Absolutely flawless flow: I'm still astounded by The R's fluidity on the mic - for God's sake, this man (no, God) is still laying untouchable scripts, and quite frankly, I haven't seen Rakim defeated (or even benignly scraped) in a friendy-freestle battle. Live, he's indescribably DOPE! Never seen nor heard a brother spit like he does: the Ali of Hip-Hop with a Tyson hook for good measure. Follow the leader indeed!
Sirgreaseflick 9 months ago 2
Ra ... Real Spiritual Man ... WOW! God is Awesome!
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ChangeMuzik 9 months ago
did dre sell his soul
englishpiff 9 months ago
@englishpiff yes
nbronxbomber44 9 months ago
Why the fuck is everyone on that sellig ur soul to the devil shit?lol Ur soul isnt yours to sell. That shits jus not possible..
jokes151 9 months ago
@jokes151 Agreed. I think they just mean that they're selling out to the business.
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jayd4ever 9 months ago
Why the fuck is rihanna in this bitch swear to god!!!!!!!!! Man fuck this bullshit
eastwestlover 9 months ago
dre makes most people look dumb. that simple/
ElementsofLife2 9 months ago
rakim got such a smooth flow
LilBlitz116 10 months ago
got it. it's after you die.
PrivateWarrior1 10 months ago
what about the song on 2:38 what was that? thx
PrivateWarrior1 10 months ago
Rakim has never been a thugged out gangsta rapper and sold his soul to the devil for money like so many of today’s rappers...he raps for the love of the art and culture...Dre on the other hand comes from that ghetto gangsta click that spawned NWA...the 2 were incompatible nuff said...
Blitz3677 10 months ago 58
@Blitz3677 how the fuck do you go about selling your soul to the devil cus i would do that any mother fucking day just like have him flip a coin if its heads i become a bad ass on earth and tails i become satans bitch just wondering ya know think about that shit a little more instead of just saying something cus everyone else says it
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ChangeMuzik 9 months ago
@Blitz3677 dre didn't spawn NWA eazyE did u stupid fuck
CLOVERCITYY15 9 months ago
@Blitz3677 FYI Eazy-E and Mc Ren where the ONLY gangstas in NWA, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre, those two where the studio gangtas, It's funny how Dr. Dre soared to the top of the music industy and Eazy-E? Dead, Mc Ren? Underground, maybe Dre did sell his soul.
NapalmWeed 9 months ago
@Blitz3677 DRE ISNT AND WAS NEVER A GHETTO GANGSTA DRES A SHEEP FOLLOWER "WHILE RAKIM FOLLOWS HIMSELF" CHEEZ I LIKE THAT ,!DRE AINT REAL
chino187ify 9 months ago
@Blitz3677 Actually before NWA Dre came from a R&B group that was harmless.
LEXercise 9 months ago
@Blitz3677 Bro, if I had said it first I would not have altered 1 word, and I think that's why he has prevailed, is because he does it for love first, the money is just a by-product. Peace.
micljnes 9 months ago
@Blitz3677 so ur saying m.o.p have sold there souls to the devil?
noscoper777 8 months ago
@Blitz3677 he has enough money already...
kppteam 7 months ago
@Blitz3677 Dre Was Never Gang Related...Nuff Said
3BigPaps2 7 months ago
@Blitz3677 dr dre was a studio gangsta actually. his first group was world class wreckin cru were they used to dress like women for laughs
spinbackremixes 6 months ago 2
@Blitz3677 what do you mean by "sold his soul to the devil"? is that like some kind of metaphor?
TheTrampolineMen 6 months ago
the song was "its nothing"
gomets3277 10 months ago
@gomets3277 at the beginning i mean
gomets3277 10 months ago
definition of a real rapper
murdok620 10 months ago
FUCK U ADVERTISMENTS!!!!
coastin96 10 months ago 40
@coastin96 what advertisements? i got adblock from google chrome
Roklan2000 7 months ago
what song is that at 0:25, please
unseenlock 10 months ago
haha dr dre told him what to say? he dont do that with eminem eminem just comes with it and if dre dont feel it and eminem does then eminem is gonna say o well dre im putting it out
stacks6969allday 10 months ago
@stacks6969allday Dre Knows Slim can take care of his own music He knows he is the Goat
TagzBloody 10 months ago
@TagzBloody He's one of the best in the mainstream but you really should broaden your horizons if you actually think Eminem's the single greatest to ever do it. There have been plenty of artists that are faster, better at singing, had a larger impact on the world of hip hop, changed the way artists rap, and show more lyrical prowess. He's a great artist, don't get me wrong, but he's not the single best.
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Hellyenmtp1 10 months ago
wat song was dat :O
khmaisik 10 months ago
understand what it is know what it is
microchimp2007 10 months ago
@azamatone he doesn't seem angry but he does seem serious. He just takes his music seriously I guess.
PhillyGirl1 10 months ago
@facymera lol
mryeahitsme96 10 months ago
Rakim is the GOAT. Why shouldn't he take his music seriously? If you want half ass rappers there are tons to choose from.
MagicMissles 10 months ago