AC Interviews Big Daddy Kane At Essence Music Fest: BDK vs Rakim

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• big daddy kane
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[LyricalKnight1]

@HeadHipHop I think your appraisal of Ra is dead-on. Ra's lyrical brilliance is unmatched. Ra was so far ahead of his time that the world had to wait for Nas before anybody could really understand what Ra brought to the game. I remember the headlines: Nas is the second-coming of Rakim. Damn! Ain't no other rapper ever been passed the torch with those kind of honors. Yeah, Rakim.

[MrJazzHOP]

@MoxicoMC: impossible? Try more than possible. "Let The Rythm Hit Em" still crushes Mc's wanting to step to The God. And Rakim's punchlines are legendary: "I can take a phrase that's rarely heard, flip it, now it's the daily word." Just a dope brother. As I say, Kane is Dope - seen him, love him, but Rakim is just nasty when it comes to rhyme skillz, use of similies, bending words and creating vivid architectural pictures in his raps!

[suaved]

Rakim deserves a seat at the table for the top 5 MCs of all time, but in a battle against Kane, my money is on Kane. Kane's punchlines are good enough to go toe to toe with any MC in any era.

[MrJazzHOP]

@sna2ke: very wise observations. What is being overlooked, however, is Rakim's "battle" abilities. Cats tend to forget that Rakim prior to "Paid in Full" had established himself as an exceptional street ("battle") rapper - beit Queens or Brookyln - he would instigate mind-expanding lyrical freestyles that had brothers buckling at the knees. Even today, Rakim blends and fuses the dopest metaphores with his signature flow, and while Kane is dope, few - if any - can step to The "R". Peace.

[sna2ke]

I THINK HIS POINT IS MISSED. if you give ra time to write he will create something very mind blowing. but Kane isnt to be messed with in a short period of time. he is to slick with words. Ra is indeed the god of rap, but kane is unbeatable battle rap style and if anyone thinks kane is just talkin smack, i dare you to listen to songs like lyrical gymnastics or terror in your era or the beef is on or this is how we do... with snoop. HE GOT MAD SKILLS and slicker word play. they r 1 and 1a.

[MrJazzHOP]

@dmajorhiphopproducer: I know what you'r saying; couldn't agree more. What cats don't understand - or blankly don't know - is that Rakim was indeed a "battle rapper" when he first cut his teeth in the Hip-Hop game. He was at the park and on the grind well before Paid in Full came out, and Rakim earned his stripes having to "battle" seriously talented MC's, and guess what: he never lost! That's gospel truth from the street. Cats were avoiding Rakim because of his lyrical prowess. God MC indeed.

[dmajorhiphopproducer]

i can't believe he said Rakim isn't a battle rapper. I love BDK but dude, "I ain't no joke" "follow the lead" etc come on man...

[Armando316]

Man, this is a hard battle to really decide. I mean, Rakim has the street rhymes and metaphors and Kane has the wit and the punchlines. I've gone back and forth on it and I slightly lean towards Kane, but I do think that Rakim is the greatest MC of all time. Even if he was to have lost a battle to Kane, I don't think that would sway my opinion.

[traydog40]

Kane is a lyrical master rakim is nice but is not a better mc than Kane

[traydog40]

I love rakim but he can't fuck with Kane lyrically

[MrJazzHOP]

Rakim is God, but I love Kane! He's a down-to-earth brother. Rakim and Kane hook up quite a bit and laugh about all the debates cats have been having over the years - hell, I have been having these talks with my crew for so long it's nuts. But Kane has already gone on record as saying that Rakim is "a brother from another planet; just can't touch him." Here he's asked who would "kill who"? He's playing up to the legend, the friendly battle. Because Hip-Hop thrives on it..it's good for the soul.

[UnitedPacci]

''who would kill who?'' hahaha