This song single handedly ended many old school rappers careers and forced the remaining to up their game and up it quick. Before this it was all "now raise your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care." One rhyme per two sentences was no longer acceptable after this song.
Now it's half a rhyme every 15 sentences hahaha, 1986 completely revolutionised hip-hop with Rakim, Public Enemy, Juice Crew, Run DMC, Beastie Boys and Ice T just to name a few and of course Rakim was the best then and is still the best now.
I kinda exaggerated yes, 1986 EVOLUTIONISED hip-hop, revolutionaries are Spoonie Gee, Treacherous Three, Funky Four + 1, GMF and the Furious Five, Spyder D, Whodini, Run DMC and much more, peace!
This was 1986. The same year that Spyder D, Grandmaster Flash, and the Fat Boys were all still releasing old-school style tracks. This was like something from out of time, from outer space. It didn't change the game. It became the game. Rakim is the GOAT.
True indeed! Every single released after this in the former style just sounded dated! This single retired more MC's careers than social security! Real Talk!
JOHN Henry BDP and the Juice Crew, Just Ice and Run DMC where what I considered "Serious" hip hop back then! I liked cats like Houdini and the rest too, but at the time, I thought that groups like Run DMC were the future....(and they kind of where... they were, in my opinion, the early progenitors of what was to become "gangsta rap") then Rakim dropped and EVERYTHING changed!
The whole song is just visionary. First time i heard it I started memorizing it, and that wasn't difficult. It had a FLOW that was not at all like pop or any rap before it. Lots of 90s stuff like Digable Planets can trace their sound to this album.
Antonio1Funk I agree along with the Message from Grandmaster Flash and the furious 5. The message showed hip hop could be more than a party have a good time genre. It showed like a Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye it could paint a picture of the hardships of urban America.
For real! This single and subsequent album is the musical equivalent of the "missing link" between what we consider today to be "Old school" style rap and modern day hip hop skill and flow. It was THE game changer... no doubt!
@Sonny Higham:what made La Di Da Di unique was that,New York hip-hop fans heard new rap songs from:Mr.Magic/Kool DJ Red Alert/Chuck Chillout(WBLS/Kiss-fm),WNWK(underground hip-hop) or Video Music Box(Uncle Ralph McDaniel)....there were rumors of this song with just a beat box and English sounding rapper;it Literally spread through word of mouth/tape to tape;by the time everyone finally heard it,it was already out a few months
Monumental moment in Hip Hop! The irony about this song is that it was a song about his D.J. but it Officially changed the focus from the D.J. to the M.C.! Rakim Allah set a higher and new Level of Lyricism since this Epic Classic!!!!
I'll never forget hearing eric b for president on the radio the first time when it came out. My friends older brother was playing it out of a box walking down the street. With the reverb bouncing off the block it sounded like something from the future, like it came out of a rocketship!!! There was nothing like it at the time, nothing. Rakim will always be #1 on my top five.
Same here. I thought it was just me. This song changed me forever like hearing something from another world. I taped it and replayed the shit out of it.
I came in the door, I said it before I never let the mic magnetize 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 The rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note My mind remains refined, all kind of ideas Self-esteem makes it seem like a thought took years to build But still say a rhyme after the next one Prepared, never scared, I'll just bless one And you know that I'm the soloist So Eric B make 'em clap to this I don't bug out or chill or be acting ill No tricks in '86, it's time to build Eric be easy on the cut, no mistakes allowed Cause to me, MC means move the crowd I made it easy to dance to this But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist Say indeed and I'll proceed cause my man made a mix If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix His fingertips sew a rhyme until there's no rhymes left I hurry up because the cut will make 'em bleed to death But he's kicking it cause it ain't no half stepping The party is live, the rhyme can't be kept in- Side, it needs erupting just like a volcano It ain't the everyday style or the same old rhyme Cause I'm better than the rest of them Eric B is on the cut and my name is Rakim Go get a girl and get soft and warm Don't get excited, you've been invited to a quiet storm But now it's out of hand cause you told me you hate me And then you ask what have I done lately First you said all you want is love and affection Let me be your angel and I'll be your protection Take you out, buy you all kinds of things I must have got you too hot and burned off your wings You caught an attitude, you need food to eat up I'm scheming like I'm dreaming on a couch with my feet up You scream I'm lazy, you must be crazy Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me
Teaching the younger ones what original rap music SOUNDS like! Thanks for your comment Fam! I AM HIP HOP MARY LUV, INFINITY MACHINE, SOUTH JAMAICA QUEENS NY! "40p."! 🎤💙🎤💙🎤💙🎤
This is simply magnificent. I’m still listening to this wonderful creation in 2023 and will keep it in rotation for years to come. No one can do it better than these Rap pioneers ✌🏿🤘🏿✊🏿
@@iamking9077 Over Pac n Biggie? Yes. Easily. Don't get into a convo you can't keep up with. Ra, along with few others, 90s shit smoked anything Pac/Big out out. Dudes was just famous. The 18th letter alone smokes both artists catalogue.
Actually the RunDMC era begin to end with the success with Aerosmith and Walk This Way. They went with some pop b.s. after that. I guess you all forgot that corny Mary Mary Why You Bugging Song.
when he says era he is not just talking about the career of the group by the dominance of their style of rap and music................that ended in 87'
I remember the moment I first heard it. 86. Junior year at Brooklyn Tech in the lunchroom. After school jam. Lights dimmed, and then This joint came on and time slowed down to a crawl. A quantum event occurred. The world had changed.
That's what he was saying ... for YEARS I thought he said, "Must've got you too hot and burned off your wick", like on a candle ... been saying in wrong for a LOOOOOOONG time. #messedupthelyricsagaib
The year of the wopp dance 💃🏿1986 summer, so much fun at block parties. This song changed everything as soon as the beat came on.🎶🎵all you heard was OOOOH
when I heard this on my stoop in Brooklyn in 1986, I knew at that moment, that rap was going to be something different than anything that preceded it....
When this came out we played that over and over in the Jeep! That was the best times in NYC! "Go get a girl and get soft and warm, Don't get excited you been invited to a quiet storm." Whewwwwwww! Rakim was the fitrst million dollar MC!!!
...that beat is still 'kickin' in 2019!....(the G.O.A.T. in early rap/hip-hop genre music!)...I got turned on to Eric B. & Rakim and Run-DMC back in '87...I was a heavy-metal guitarist of seven years and I heard that kind of music and immediately sold the nine guitars I had and got turn-tables, etc...it is very moving music...I listened to Public Enemy, StetsaSonic, the Disposable Heroes of HipHop, EPMD , Dr. Dre, Snoop, Diamond D, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Kool G Rap, Marly Marl, Big Daddy Kane, Das EFX, Fat Boys, etc....I returned to guitar five years ago....there is still a lot of untapped potential n rap but I don'y seepeople headed that way yet....
When this Album dropped, it was like sending a modern day special forces soldier with all of the latest cutting edge equipment back in time into a revolutionary war era battle. Rakim entered the game an ACR fully loaded, semi automatic assault rifle, with night vision and a laser scope among a field of single shot muskets!
truuguy. I couldn't have said I any better. My all time favorite since he came out and never an analogy like that until now and I've heard damn near every description on the brother.
“I made it easy to dance to this But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist? Say indeed and I'll proceed 'cause my man made a mix If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix!!..” 🔥🔥🔥
When I first heard this song it literally gave me goose bumps and the hair stood up on my arms...I felt the power that Hip Hop has and knew that this brother was a legend already.
Waaaay better than that annoying-ass Marley Marl "Ma-Ma-Ma-Make em clap to this" remix album version. I never understood why they felt the need to remix this for the album. It was already dope enough!
Probably added to complete the album. But since this version was out a remix was needed, along with My Melody which both were released a year prior....
@@kevinr.villafana4687 The original releases weren't mixed accurately according to Marley Marl. Look up his interview on Drink Champs he speaks on this plus more from that era....
I miss them. was a shy kid in high school afraid to dance when this jam was released. I can confidently "shake it" now though. I hope Eric B & Rakim are doing well. Adding to my old lady yoga jams mix.
Picture it. 1987 I was stuck on VH1, MTV, and pop. My brother pops in a cassette of this magical sound. I've been a stuck on lyrics since. Crazy thing is I remember every word!
+Tom H "My favorite jam back in the day was Eric B is president" - Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest... from the song "Steve Biko (stir it up), from the Midnight Marauders album... the 1st song on the album starts off with him saying that while the intro horns play, then the drums drop. :)
Dammit Yo!!! This shit took me back to middle school back in ‘87. I’m 43 and happy I was part of the best era of rap, basketball, boxing & kicks FRESHHH!!! late 80s & 90ssssss!!!!
This is genius at his best how did you say you thought I was lazy you thought you must be crazy you thought I was a donut you tried to glaze me that metaphor is still prevalent to this day Long Island New York stand up straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!!
I remember where I was too when I first heard this song!!! I was walking across the 207th street bridge from uptown into the University Heights section of the Bronx with my Walkman on!!! 1986 the year Hip Hop changed!!!
Kool Moe Dee said in his book that he was driving when he first heard this. He added that he was so amazed at the lyrical content that he had to pull over to fully absorb Rakim's rhymes.
I'm an old head from the south.. And I say Rakim is the G.O.A.T... My favorite shyt is.. "I take 7 emcees and put 'em in a line, and add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme, well it'll take 7 more b4 I go for mine.. Now thats 21 emcees 8^@the same time"! You will never hear that type of shyt today. SKILLZ!
+Briley Gabriel ... When I bought the original 12, this cut was the reason. When I heard My Melody on the B side, that changed my life forever. He made me proud to be 5% and mesmerized me at the same time. This cut is raw, no doubt, but My Melody is my favorite cut of all time. And he made that as a teenager also. My second favorite is Ain't the Devil Happy by Jeru the Damaja.
Erick Jordan No doubt, Check out My Melody was/is FIRE! The reason why I give Eric B is President props over Melody is because Eric B is President was our very FIRST taste of Rakim. I mean the very MOMENT that song got it's first spin on the air waves, EVERY other bar spit by EVERY other rapper became INSTANTLY dated! The "new school" was basically born when Eric B is President dropped.
Sometimes things happen in life where what your reality changes instantly. If you’re not old enough to remember when this came out, well, this is the equivalent of, ok, think of a world without electricity. It was that drastic. This song came from the future. It was an alien encounter. When this song dropped, the original version, I got it with a white label. I was a DJ. and got it from my record pool. No one had heard it before. I was in San Diego. I dropped it, and it said “clap your hands to what he’s doin”, right? Then the cymbal crash. That sound was Hip Hop changing at that exact second. That beat dropped, and I literally saw people get stuck, freeze, saw a light bulb go off, and they all lost it. Then they heard the voice. We all froze, and I swear, everyone stopped and just listened. I have never seen that in a club before, and it wasn’t a small club. We are talking 2,000 plus people. Life changing moment. I’ll never forget that vision.
Linden Boulevard represent, represent-sent, Tribe Called Quest represent, represent-sent, When the mic is in my hand, I'm never hesitant, My favorite jam back in the day was:
Why is it so hard to find the original version??? I think it’s way better than the other ones especially since they took off the line I must’ve got ya too hot an burned off ya wings! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
I still remember when this joint came out!! Summer of 1986, I was 18 yrs old at the time and had a birthday party and everybody was asking about this song!! It was so new no one didn't have the actual record yet cause it was still new in the streets so I hooked up a tape deck and got a recording of the song from the radio and played it at the party and the crowd went CRAZY!! Listening to this song kinda breaks my heart cause rap today is so different, so wack to me now.
I was there when this first dropped and it was definitely a game changer, it was like what the F is this???? Just crazy, it's true the other groups like UTFO, Whodini, Fat Boys, etc. couldn't compete This track just never gets old, and it has to be THIS original version not that remix bullshit that came out a few years later
"It's Yours" (T La Rock) and "Ego Trippin" (Ultramagnetics) were ahead of their time. Each moved the art forward. And Ultra is why there's De La, Tribe, Outkast, Ghostface, MF Doom, Eminem and you can add your favorite "abstract" rapper to the list. But when "Eric B is President" dropped? Man, it really changed everything. I think the difference was the time. "Ego Tripping" came out around the same time as "Eric B..." but you needed a translator for Ultra-lol. When "It's Yours" blew, it was mostly the hip-hop "heads" feeling it. In 1984 NY, rap had fallen to third place after graf and breakdancing, and RunDMC was just bringing it back to life. Musically, the energy in NY was going towards the club scene-Red Parrot, Funhouse, Garage, Zanzibar... So while "It's Yours" was big, it was in a box. "Eric B..." kind of jumped species. Starting with that "Over Like a Fat Rat" groove which got your attention like no other rap song maybe in history. It took you back as well as brought you forward. Plus this is the heart of the crack era. So you heard it coming out of Cherokees, Benz', BMs, Pathfinders, Wranglers...And, now you have the teenage "rap" clubs- Union Square and Latin Quarters. So it had an energy "It's Yours" never had. Also, T La Rock didn't drop an album. It was a single. Eric B and Rakim gave you "Paid in Full". Which really fit the time. In terms of "greatest" rap songs, "Eric B is President" is up there with "Straight out of Compton", "Sucker Mcs", and "Rapper's Delight". Nothing less than top 5.
ahh yes. The original version AND in stereo. Another upload in UA-cam has the original but it's in mono. I prefer that delay and echo spread you got in this one. Thanks!
This song single handedly ended many old school rappers careers and forced the remaining to up their game and up it quick. Before this it was all "now raise your hands in the air, and wave 'em like you just don't care." One rhyme per two sentences was no longer acceptable after this song.
Now it's half a rhyme every 15 sentences hahaha, 1986 completely revolutionised hip-hop with Rakim, Public Enemy, Juice Crew, Run DMC, Beastie Boys and Ice T just to name a few and of course Rakim was the best then and is still the best now.
Harry Armstrong Don't forget KRS!!
Yes can't forget KRS and Boogie Down Productions...which I shamefully did in that comment, haha.
I kinda exaggerated yes, 1986 EVOLUTIONISED hip-hop, revolutionaries are Spoonie Gee, Treacherous Three, Funky Four + 1, GMF and the Furious Five, Spyder D, Whodini, Run DMC and much more, peace!
you're wrong, rakim came from wyandanch. that's in long island, my hometown
This was 1986. The same year that Spyder D, Grandmaster Flash, and the Fat Boys were all still releasing old-school style tracks. This was like something from out of time, from outer space. It didn't change the game. It became the game.
Rakim is the GOAT.
+1000. Rakim raised the bar
rakim was the first person for which they coined the phrase "new school". you're absolutely right. dap to ya.
True indeed! Every single released after this in the former style just sounded dated! This single retired more MC's careers than social security! Real Talk!
JOHN Henry BDP and the Juice Crew, Just Ice and Run DMC where what I considered "Serious" hip hop back then! I liked cats like Houdini and the rest too, but at the time, I thought that groups like Run DMC were the future....(and they kind of where... they were, in my opinion, the early progenitors of what was to become "gangsta rap") then Rakim dropped and EVERYTHING changed!
The whole song is just visionary. First time i heard it I started memorizing it, and that wasn't difficult. It had a FLOW that was not at all like pop or any rap before it. Lots of 90s stuff like Digable Planets can trace their sound to this album.
“You thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me.” 😂
After 36 years this song still hits hard.
You can't get away with saying anything that extreme these days, it's political correctness gone MAD!
Gotta be the "Greatest Song In Hip Hop History'!!! No doubt..pay respect to the master!!!
+Antonio1Funk Its definitely the biggest game changer in hip hop history without a doubt.
+Claude White Fact, Fact Check.
Antonio1Funk I agree along with the Message from Grandmaster Flash and the furious 5. The message showed hip hop could be more than a party have a good time genre. It showed like a Stevie Wonder or Marvin Gaye it could paint a picture of the hardships of urban America.
This record changed the game forever.
For real! This single and subsequent album is the musical equivalent of the "missing link" between what we consider today to be "Old school" style rap and modern day hip hop skill and flow. It was THE game changer... no doubt!
@Sonny Higham:what made La Di Da Di unique was that,New York hip-hop fans heard new rap songs from:Mr.Magic/Kool DJ Red Alert/Chuck Chillout(WBLS/Kiss-fm),WNWK(underground hip-hop) or Video Music Box(Uncle Ralph McDaniel)....there were rumors of this song with just a beat box and English sounding rapper;it Literally spread through word of mouth/tape to tape;by the time everyone finally heard it,it was already out a few months
Word I was in the park and heard this in Queens, I was like who this!!
Real talk, you had to change ya game plan if you were an MC tryin’ to keep up with The R.
TRUTH
Monumental moment in Hip Hop! The irony about this song is that it was a song about his D.J. but it Officially changed the focus from the D.J. to the M.C.! Rakim Allah set a higher and new Level of Lyricism since this Epic Classic!!!!
Cee Zee well said
CeeZee, Melle Mel changes the DJ/MC dynamic. The message ended Grand Master and the Furious Five so much that many thought Mel was the Grand Master.
I'll never forget hearing eric b for president on the radio the first time when it came out. My friends older brother was playing it out of a box walking down the street. With the reverb bouncing off the block it sounded like something from the future, like it came out of a rocketship!!! There was nothing like it at the time, nothing. Rakim will always be #1 on my top five.
Peace! Yeah I remember hearing this joint for the first time and I almost had conniption fit…lololol…I never heard a rhyme like that ever before..
Same here…..Rakim is to hip hop what Jordan is to basketball or Ali to boxing
1986❤
Same here. I thought it was just me. This song changed me forever like hearing something from another world. I taped it and replayed the shit out of it.
I came in the door, I said it before
I never let the mic magnetize 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
The rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note
My mind remains refined, all kind of ideas
Self-esteem makes it seem like a thought took years to build
But still say a rhyme after the next one
Prepared, never scared, I'll just bless one
And you know that I'm the soloist
So Eric B make 'em clap to this
I don't bug out or chill or be acting ill
No tricks in '86, it's time to build
Eric be easy on the cut, no mistakes allowed
Cause to me, MC means move the crowd
I made it easy to dance to this
But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist
Say indeed and I'll proceed cause my man made a mix
If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix
His fingertips sew a rhyme until there's no rhymes left
I hurry up because the cut will make 'em bleed to death
But he's kicking it cause it ain't no half stepping
The party is live, the rhyme can't be kept in-
Side, it needs erupting just like a volcano
It ain't the everyday style or the same old rhyme
Cause I'm better than the rest of them
Eric B is on the cut and my name is Rakim
Go get a girl and get soft and warm
Don't get excited, you've been invited to a quiet storm
But now it's out of hand cause you told me you hate me
And then you ask what have I done lately
First you said all you want is love and affection
Let me be your angel and I'll be your protection
Take you out, buy you all kinds of things
I must have got you too hot and burned off your wings
You caught an attitude, you need food to eat up
I'm scheming like I'm dreaming on a couch with my feet up
You scream I'm lazy, you must be crazy
Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me
ill....
Lyrics that's all I can say
you did your thing, quoting the lyrics. I understand them morr than ever. The 18th letter is 4ever nice!
Teaching the younger ones what original rap music SOUNDS like! Thanks for your comment Fam! I AM HIP HOP MARY LUV, INFINITY MACHINE, SOUTH JAMAICA QUEENS NY! "40p."! 🎤💙🎤💙🎤💙🎤
Paradigm changing
"You called me Lazy? You must be crazy; thought i was a doughnut you tried to glaze me" One of the BEST ever!
This cut made Rakim a household name in the hood when it dropped. This rocked all summer long
This is simply magnificent. I’m still listening to this wonderful creation in 2023 and will keep it in rotation for years to come. No one can do it better than these Rap pioneers ✌🏿🤘🏿✊🏿
Rakim is the greatest rapper in the history of Rap/Hip Hop.
Word is Bond
Yes
He the God MC
Rakim,the greatest mc of all time.@@redvlandro
Better than the album version...just my opinion.
+Harry Armstrong ... This and My Melody from the 12" are better than the album versions
Way better
+Harry Armstrong
This is one of my all time favorite hip-hop jams... but I fkn hate the album version!
Your opinion is correct
Harry Armstrong absolutely, I hate that typewriter version...
All MCs had to step their game up after this!
lil pump has entered the chat
@@MrKevinEaddy get out! GET OUT!!!
Back in the 80's, Rakim came out and destroyed everybody.
90s and beyond
Hell yeah!!!
@@waynewhite4769over 2pac and biggie?no
Explain what you mean
@@iamking9077 Over Pac n Biggie? Yes. Easily. Don't get into a convo you can't keep up with. Ra, along with few others, 90s shit smoked anything Pac/Big out out. Dudes was just famous. The 18th letter alone smokes both artists catalogue.
If i run for president this will be my anthem
lol EB
If you do that I wanna be VP 😂😂
+Matthew Olden koo
Eric Brooks Run for president.
Eric Brooks perfect asf
This song ended the RUN-DMC era and changed rap for ever!
Actually the RunDMC era begin to end with the success with Aerosmith and Walk This Way. They went with some pop b.s. after that. I guess you all forgot that corny Mary Mary Why You Bugging Song.
and that corny Tougher Than Leather movie with you acting tough with gats in hand.
Dz Nutz DMC even admitted he saw the end of his career when he heard Rakim. Listen to the combat interview
Dz Nutz lol that could be the ultimate reason. I was going by that interview.
when he says era he is not just talking about the career of the group by the dominance of their style of rap and music................that ended in 87'
I remember the moment I first heard it. 86. Junior year at Brooklyn Tech in the lunchroom. After school jam. Lights dimmed, and then This joint came on and time slowed down to a crawl. A quantum event occurred. The world had changed.
I was a senior in Brooklyn Tech in ‘86 listening to this in that same lunch room.
@@ricardothompson2700 that's crazy!! You remember that jam in the cafeteria??
I remember it like it was yesterday. My boy Vincent Jones talked me into going.
The world fucking changed
No bs.. truth speaks
Absolutey stunning! Im emailing from the uk im now 50 but i still remember this on my walkman...my own world
I love this song! Especially the original version. Takes me wayyyy back to my teenage self. ❤
THANK GOD this is the version that includes the line "I must've got you too hot - burned off your wings"
Yeah! I don't know why that needed changing on the album
That's what he was saying ... for YEARS I thought he said, "Must've got you too hot and burned off your wick", like on a candle ... been saying in wrong for a LOOOOOOONG time.
#messedupthelyricsagaib
The year of the wopp dance 💃🏿1986 summer, so much fun at block parties. This song changed everything as soon as the beat came on.🎶🎵all you heard was OOOOH
kay car I was JUST thinking "this is the song that er'ybody did the WOP.....thru the entire song" 😂😂😂
kay car lol yep and I still can’t do it. I’m 47
Don't forget this song might of been the only song that rocked for two summers straight
I’m still here.. first heard this jam in 1986 still listening 2019. Who’s with me
when I heard this on my stoop in Brooklyn in 1986, I knew at that moment, that rap was going to be something different than anything that preceded it....
Lol on your stoop...idk why that is so funny to me
For me it was I ain't no Joke
But can you detect what's coming next from the Flex of the wrist.
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
“I made it easy to dance to this but can you detect what’s coming next from the flex of the wrist”. 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Shout to all my old heads doin the wop to this in 2018.
2019 now sun legends never die
Exactly
Nigmatics 2019
I'm 22 bro
You’re old school man! 2019 in here!
This song changed the direction of Hip-Hop
"You thought I was a donut and tried to glaze me" classic lyric ...
little known fact, this was recorded in Queensbridge at Marley's crib, Same projects Nas and Mobb Deep are from,
ua-cam.com/video/5U14KRSztK4/v-deo.html
All real hip hop head know this thanks for putting out correct info
thewilloughby605 & RON ARTEST!! OOOS META WORLD- PEACE!!
And Eric B still will not admit he didn’t produce this track, so dam sad!!!!
@@mrflynn01 that's crazy because you can hear Marley all over it. It even sounds like his scratching
When this came out we played that over and over in the Jeep! That was the best times in NYC! "Go get a girl and get soft and warm, Don't get excited you been invited to a quiet storm." Whewwwwwww! Rakim was the fitrst million dollar MC!!!
wanna talk about a song that changed the world?
So fuckn true
One of the best hip-hop jams to date
This is the orginal OG version
OG triple OG joint.
Boogie Down Productions.........D Nice
All day son!
***** South Bronx........Kill That Noise! Nah I'm kidding XD
It's all good! NY stand up
His voice.... His flow. His dress code... His seriousness... Damn. Rakim da greatness
New nickname "Rakim da greatness "
...that beat is still 'kickin' in 2019!....(the G.O.A.T. in early rap/hip-hop genre music!)...I got turned on to Eric B. & Rakim and Run-DMC back in '87...I was a heavy-metal guitarist of seven years and I heard that kind of music and immediately sold the nine guitars I had and got turn-tables, etc...it is very moving music...I listened to Public Enemy, StetsaSonic, the Disposable Heroes of HipHop, EPMD , Dr. Dre, Snoop, Diamond D, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Kool G Rap, Marly Marl, Big Daddy Kane, Das EFX, Fat Boys, etc....I returned to guitar five years ago....there is still a lot of untapped potential n rap but I don'y seepeople headed that way yet....
When this Album dropped, it was like sending a modern day special forces soldier with all of the latest cutting edge equipment back in time into a revolutionary war era battle. Rakim entered the game an ACR fully loaded, semi automatic assault rifle, with night vision and a laser scope among a field of single shot muskets!
w a noob tube lol
????
truuguy
a noob tube is a grenade launcher attachment
I'd say a M4A1 amongst a field of three-burst M16s, 1986-7 were easily the best years for hip-hop of all time.
truuguy. I couldn't have said I any better. My all time favorite since he came out and never an analogy like that until now and I've heard damn near every description on the brother.
The history of NY rap and hip hop is unreal real talk
“I made it easy to dance to this
But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist?
Say indeed and I'll proceed 'cause my man made a mix
If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix!!..” 🔥🔥🔥
When I first heard this song it literally gave me goose bumps and the hair stood up on my arms...I felt the power that Hip Hop has and knew that this brother was a legend already.
Wow! I can’t believe I’ve been listening to this masterpiece for 35 years. Timeless classic!
Waaaay better than that annoying-ass Marley Marl "Ma-Ma-Ma-Make em clap to this" remix album version. I never understood why they felt the need to remix this for the album. It was already dope enough!
+Fanon Hutchinson exactly been say this for years! must have been politics and bullshit even back then.
Probably added to complete the album. But since this version was out a remix was needed, along with My Melody which both were released a year prior....
YES!! THANK YOU!!
@@EricAllenJett was there a label conflict? maybe a legal thing? I think there was! whatever you find was buried in a crate somewhere.
@@kevinr.villafana4687 The original releases weren't mixed accurately according to Marley Marl. Look up his interview on Drink Champs he speaks on this plus more from that era....
I miss them. was a shy kid in high school afraid to dance when this jam was released. I can confidently "shake it" now though. I hope Eric B & Rakim are doing well. Adding to my old lady yoga jams mix.
Picture it. 1987 I was stuck on VH1, MTV, and pop. My brother pops in a cassette of this magical sound. I've been a stuck on lyrics since.
Crazy thing is I remember every word!
ONE OF THEE BEST BEATS AND OR SONG OF ALL TIME....
Who still listening in 2019 to the God m.c?
I see u Divine 9..... I cant find a pinky emoji, but heyyyy ✊🏾
💗💚 #1908 #1911
30yrs later I'm still listening
@@SSTillmanEsq RQQ-SKEE-♎🌹
Still in regular rotation
I'm listening to it 2020
I had to come here after The breakfast club interview just to listen to it. The good old days when rap was real and good.
Im white nearly 50 and from tthe uk,this would be in my top 10 influential tunes growing up
These two changed the game.
This shit had the streets on fire back in the days
❤💪🏽✊🏾
If they ever need to know what hip hop was 4000 yrs from now..This song will play. And they will understand instantly
best rapper that ever lived
+Mick Woodhouse Undoubtedly, the one and only
+1981piru aahhh hell no! Nas is good but not the best
You're 100% right!
+Mick Woodhouse Fact. Now check it on Snopes. Fact Mick, Fact.
CMDR MyCustardLove top ten yes.. G.O.A.T.? Naw...
My favorite jam back in the day...
😉
+Tom H
"My favorite jam back in the day was Eric B is president" - Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest... from the song "Steve Biko (stir it up), from the Midnight Marauders album... the 1st song on the album starts off with him saying that while the intro horns play, then the drums drop. :)
+Tom H nice head
So glad I was in nyc in '86 when this dropped .witnessed it owning the city in real time
Damn! I was 13 years old back in 86' recording this off the radio. KDAY AM 1580 Los Angeles. Good times man, good memories too.
Ain't that the truth them day's hop wasn't on the only on Friday N Saturday nuff props to Dj red alert chuck chillout Mr Magic and the Goat Marly Marl
The 12" single that changed the rap game and gave true meaning to "droppin' science"
talk about it !
Used to listen to this album before every football game in high school... 1986 junior year... Used to come out the locker room hyped ASF!!!
35 Years Ago Now... Legendary...
Dammit Yo!!! This shit took me back to middle school back in ‘87. I’m 43 and happy I was part of the best era of rap, basketball, boxing & kicks FRESHHH!!! late 80s & 90ssssss!!!!
Doctor: “You have 4 minutes and 52 seconds left to live”
Me:
half-gods in white
There's a moment of peace and tranquility when I hear...”Well clap your hands to what he's doing”. Takes me back to making a dub tape off the radio.
Lol. I feel that yo’
This joint is still LAVA HOTT in 2019!!!!
My favorite song of all time
You thought I was a doughnut, you tried to glaze me.
Kenzie Kenner says this in a movie I saw once. One of the stag films. The blue movies.
Top 10 dopest lines in hip hop
Anthony Tyson LoL that’s my favorite part
Anthony Tyson the best Era,' Kane rakim KRS 1 EPMD Kool G Rapp Run-Dmc
@@lewcipher358 You mean... *looks around*... the "adult" entertainment???
I’m still blown away!… this is timeless!… groundbreaking in every way… it haunts me until this day…
Rakim will still take seven emcees and put em in a line....and turn em into twenty one emcees ate up at the same time...
+TheBrooklynBasement.com I totally agree.
That's the B side of this song (Check Out My Melody)! Lol
This is genius at his best how did you say you thought I was lazy you thought you must be crazy you thought I was a donut you tried to glaze me that metaphor is still prevalent to this day Long Island New York stand up straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!!
Oh crap!!! i been searching for this version for years.!!! Thanks for the upload.
His flows were ahead of his time
I remember where I was too when I first heard this song!!! I was walking across the 207th street bridge from uptown into the University Heights section of the Bronx with my Walkman on!!! 1986 the year Hip Hop changed!!!
Thought I was a donut you tried to glaze me.... LEGENDARY!!!
Eric B. is on the cut and my name is Rakim. Classic!
Kool Moe Dee said in his book that he was driving when he first heard this. He added that he was so amazed at the lyrical content that he had to pull over to fully absorb Rakim's rhymes.
2019 If u didn't know now u do.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
1986....can still remember how this made me feel and how I moved
I'm an old head from the south.. And I say Rakim is the G.O.A.T... My favorite shyt is.. "I take 7 emcees and put 'em in a line, and add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme, well it'll take 7 more b4 I go for mine.. Now thats 21 emcees 8^@the same time"! You will never hear that type of shyt today. SKILLZ!
That was from "Check out My Melody" and that is one of my favorite bars ever spit as well!
+Briley Gabriel ... When I bought the original 12, this cut was the reason. When I heard My Melody on the B side, that changed my life forever. He made me proud to be 5% and mesmerized me at the same time. This cut is raw, no doubt, but My Melody is my favorite cut of all time. And he made that as a teenager also. My second favorite is Ain't the Devil Happy by Jeru the Damaja.
Erick Jordan No doubt, Check out My Melody was/is FIRE! The reason why I give Eric B is President props over Melody is because Eric B is President was our very FIRST taste of Rakim. I mean the very MOMENT that song got it's first spin on the air waves, EVERY other bar spit by EVERY other rapper became INSTANTLY dated! The "new school" was basically born when Eric B is President dropped.
lets all enjoy this while we have it...the realness isnt coming back..true hip hop
Eric B is on the cut , AND MY NAME IS RAKIM ,!
Sometimes things happen in life where what your reality changes instantly. If you’re not old enough to remember when this came out, well, this is the equivalent of, ok, think of a world without electricity. It was that drastic. This song came from the future. It was an alien encounter.
When this song dropped, the original version, I got it with a white label. I was a DJ. and got it from my record pool. No one had heard it before. I was in San Diego. I dropped it, and it said “clap your hands to what he’s doin”, right? Then the cymbal crash. That sound was Hip Hop changing at that exact second. That beat dropped, and I literally saw people get stuck, freeze, saw a light bulb go off, and they all lost it. Then they heard the voice. We all froze, and I swear, everyone stopped and just listened. I have never seen that in a club before, and it wasn’t a small club. We are talking 2,000 plus people. Life changing moment. I’ll never forget that vision.
I'd vote for this any day. Lol.😂
Linden Boulevard represent, represent-sent,
Tribe Called Quest represent, represent-sent,
When the mic is in my hand, I'm never hesitant,
My favorite jam back in the day was:
Hiphop at its finest
"Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me." Best rap lyric ever!
late 80s ; Scott La Rock RIP, Boogie down respect. Rakim, Chuck B hell Yes when I was growin up
@Daron Smith Meant Scott La Rock I will correct my post thanks
Heard this in 1986 and was hooked.
Why is it so hard to find the original version??? I think it’s way better than the other ones especially since they took off the line I must’ve got ya too hot an burned off ya wings! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
I’ve been listening to the God MC since 1986 all day, every day!!! Icon... No doubt!!
I still remember when this joint came out!! Summer of 1986, I was 18 yrs old at the time and had a birthday party and everybody was asking about this song!! It was so new no one didn't have the actual record yet cause it was still new in the streets so I hooked up a tape deck and got a recording of the song from the radio and played it at the party and the crowd went CRAZY!! Listening to this song kinda breaks my heart cause rap today is so different, so wack to me now.
"When I'm on the mic, I'm neva hesitant, my favorite jam back in the day was Eric B. Is President"
Phife TCQ
Strong Island 1986!!! Hempstead, L.I. N.Y. 11550! Thanks for this!
We hold these truths to be self evident; Eric B 4 President.
I was there when this first dropped and it was definitely a game changer, it was like what the F is this????
Just crazy, it's true the other groups like UTFO, Whodini, Fat Boys, etc. couldn't compete
This track just never gets old, and it has to be THIS original version not that remix bullshit that came out a few years later
This will be eternally be rocked.
The best hip hop song in history, hands down you could play this anywhere and people react period
I remember meeting Rakim at the philly Greek picnic back in the day. Salute to the god Rakim.
"It's Yours" (T La Rock) and "Ego Trippin" (Ultramagnetics) were ahead of their time. Each moved the art forward. And Ultra is why there's De La, Tribe, Outkast, Ghostface, MF Doom, Eminem and you can add your favorite "abstract" rapper to the list. But when "Eric B is President" dropped? Man, it really changed everything. I think the difference was the time. "Ego Tripping" came out around the same time as "Eric B..." but you needed a translator for Ultra-lol. When "It's Yours" blew, it was mostly the hip-hop "heads" feeling it. In 1984 NY, rap had fallen to third place after graf and breakdancing, and RunDMC was just bringing it back to life. Musically, the energy in NY was going towards the club scene-Red Parrot, Funhouse, Garage, Zanzibar... So while "It's Yours" was big, it was in a box. "Eric B..." kind of jumped species. Starting with that "Over Like a Fat Rat" groove which got your attention like no other rap song maybe in history. It took you back as well as brought you forward. Plus this is the heart of the crack era. So you heard it coming out of Cherokees, Benz', BMs, Pathfinders, Wranglers...And, now you have the teenage "rap" clubs- Union Square and Latin Quarters. So it had an energy "It's Yours" never had. Also, T La Rock didn't drop an album. It was a single. Eric B and Rakim gave you "Paid in Full". Which really fit the time. In terms of "greatest" rap songs, "Eric B is President" is up there with "Straight out of Compton", "Sucker Mcs", and "Rapper's Delight". Nothing less than top 5.
MASTERPIECE......ALL CYLINDERS FIRING ON THIS ONE...
Still Here Doing It !!! 2021 😘💃🏽
Still 🔥🔥🔥 in 2020 Eric B and Rakim
ahh yes. The original version AND in stereo. Another upload in UA-cam has the original but it's in mono.
I prefer that delay and echo spread you got in this one.
Thanks!