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.
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 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!!..” 🔥🔥🔥
+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. :)
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!
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.
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? 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.
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....
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:
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 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!!
The first 52 seconds of this song....CLASSIC!! But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme. I can't hold it back I'm looking for the line! This makes me clear my damn throat like I can rap!!!
Eric B. make 'em clap to this ... I made it EASY to dance to this ... Now that's the coldest, smoothest rap lyrics ever. I don't care what (any) NOBODY SAYS !
Rakim is the pioneer of multi-syllable lyrical hip hop. But I think people like Mos def, outkast, and doom took the shit to a new level. Definitely the greatest of his time tho.
THE POET OF RHYMES THIS MAN RAKIM YO HE PROVE HOW NICE HE IS THEY WILL NEVER BE A GOLDEN ERA LIKE THIS EVER AGAIN I MISS YOU 80S AND 90S HOP NEVER FORGOTTEN 00S SILVER AGE WILL BE MISS TO
Rakim is the Sugar Ray Robinson of Hip-hop. He absolutely changed the game completely. Like Sugarman set the standard on how to box more fluid, effectively and efficiently, Rakim too set those standards for Rapping. And bc of these facts they both are considered the Greatest of all Times! As Muhammad Ali said it best.
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
My favorite Rakim record. I can see myself in the 80s with the Dapper Dan's MCM suits pushing a black Volvo chromed out like the dope boys but I was born too late lol.
THAT scratch at 3:10 gets me every time. It is the organ part of TRAMP by The Mowhawks. He does it in a unique way. Blackalicious even sampled that specific scratch in the mid nineties. I forget which track though
And daddy o(most ppl under 35 don't even know who he is) said rakim is a good m.c. 😂😂😂😂 rakim is one of the greatest m.c.(if not the. Greatest) funny over 30 years old and still one of the greatest raps EVER!!! Damn I feel old I remember 8th grade when this came out. I'm not a hater but this generation just doesn't seem to get it for the most part this song helped define music in my generation.
Rakim wanted to play football, that's why he was a feature. He couldn't sign a contract. If he signed a deal he would be ineligible to play. Rakim wanted to play Quarterback at Stony Brook University. Book Source: Sweat the Technique - Rakim
I read Run-DMC panicked when Eric B. and Rakim hit the airwaves. Can you imagine - "My ADIDAS" compared to the metaphors Rakim came up with? I'd have started updating my resume if I were Run-DMC.
you trippin. it was only 1 person! next time more boom boxes for everyone in the lead up for the election. in the mean time more house parties with more cutting and scratching. Eric B is President.
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 thing's I must of got you too hot and burned off your wings. Classic
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.
All MCs had to step their game up after this!
lil pump has entered the chat
@@MrKevinEaddy get out! GET OUT!!!
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.
I’m still here.. first heard this jam in 1986 still listening 2019. Who’s with me
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 changed the direction of Hip-Hop
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'
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
“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!!..” 🔥🔥🔥
But can you detect what's coming next from the Flex of the wrist.
🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤
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
These two changed the game.
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...
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
If they ever need to know what hip hop was 4000 yrs from now..This song will play. And they will understand instantly
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.
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? 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.
The 12" single that changed the rap game and gave true meaning to "droppin' science"
talk about it !
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'd vote for this any day. Lol.😂
Rakim had flow for days!
This will be eternally be rocked.
MASTERPIECE......ALL CYLINDERS FIRING ON THIS ONE...
I remember first hearing this and thinking that hip-hop couldn't get any better than this............
The song that got me hooked on hip hop!!
When the mic is in my hand, I'm never hesitant
My favorite jam back in the day was Eric B. for President
Still 🔥🔥🔥 in 2020 Eric B and Rakim
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???
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:
We hold these truths to be self evident; Eric B 4 President.
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 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!!
Whenever I walk down the street, this bassline is playing in my head.
2022 And he's still the GOD and PRESIDENT
The first 52 seconds of this song....CLASSIC!!
But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme. I can't hold it back I'm looking for the line!
This makes me clear my damn throat like I can rap!!!
Still sounds smooth in 2019!!!
Changing of the guard moment in Hip-Hop history
Anyone Remember when this was Eric B. For President and he said
I Came "Through" The Door Instead of I came "in" the door Mandela Effect🤔Here ?
Robert Velasquez OOOOOOOOH WEEEEEE HAV TA TALK U KNOW BOUT' MANDELA EFFECT! OR AS RA WOULD PUT IT E FF E C T!!😰
Eric B. make 'em clap to this ... I made it EASY to dance to this ... Now that's the coldest, smoothest rap lyrics ever. I don't care what (any) NOBODY SAYS !
I used to come in, get on the turntables and listen to this song OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER Again!
STILL SOUNDS FUNKY FRESH BOOOOOYYYYYYY
Some have recently said the cuts are sloppy, but I think thats what gives them flavour. Hearing the full 12" is nice.
G.O.A.T.
+1981piru No his father Rakim!!!
+1981piru RAKIM G.O.A.T
LL
DAEDRADONKEY Far from? Name 3 better MC's lyric for lyric.
Rakim is the pioneer of multi-syllable lyrical hip hop. But I think people like Mos def, outkast, and doom took the shit to a new level. Definitely the greatest of his time tho.
this takes me back to 8th grade...coming from a 43 year old
mrsexxc1 I heard the "wop" used to be the thing back in the day
mrsexxc1 Exactly
Hell yeah, 8th Grade, I was just thinking that!! Palms Jr High Los Angeles , Cali......Im 43 too HaHa
Im 48 bruh im with you
mrsexxc1 I’m 47. Old school. Oh yeah!!!
THE POET OF RHYMES THIS MAN RAKIM YO HE PROVE HOW NICE HE IS THEY WILL NEVER BE A GOLDEN ERA LIKE THIS EVER AGAIN I MISS YOU 80S AND 90S HOP NEVER FORGOTTEN 00S SILVER AGE WILL BE MISS TO
Rakim was a monster on the mic!
Rakim is the Sugar Ray Robinson of Hip-hop. He absolutely changed the game completely. Like Sugarman set the standard on how to box more fluid, effectively and efficiently, Rakim too set those standards for Rapping. And bc of these facts they both are considered the Greatest of all Times! As Muhammad Ali said it best.
the song that change the game.
Eric B is President in 2024!
Still banging in 2019👏🏾👏🏾
ERIC B 2020
Classic looking for this version for months now!!!!!!!
THE Bosses OF All Bosses🤴🏽🤴🏽🙏🏽🤗🎶🎤💪🏽💯@EricB.&Rakim
they rock the blocks from the east to the west i was knocking this on my boom box san diego ca !!!
This shit is like Jazz music. Unbelievable pure creativity compounded with information.
This blows away today's stuff ...
One of my favorite Eric b and rakim songs
The G.O.A.T.!
Everythang that’chu heard before this ‘86 classic ended up becoming obsolete there was no better rhymer than this Ra is the God MC!!!✊🏾💪🏾💯
I'm from New Orleans, this was our in 86, whomever had thumbs down is a fucking clown. This man change the way MC'S rhyme foolz.
First rap I ever known by heart ....EVERY WORD !!!! Taped that shit ...stop and press rewind.
Jenny Jones TDK
TEARS. damn...where is this NOW!!!!
Its 2020 and I'm voting for Eric B for President
Love this only version the best .
One of my favorite songs till this day
How can you make the best Hip Hop song everrrr. In an appartment??? Zagin are Godzzz.
My introduction to rap.......A CLASSIC.....
Every guy with a box(Radio) was playing this tape!!! Non Stop
you though i was a donut, you tried to glaze me, lol
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
The first real lyrically song in hip hop all that hip hop hippie 2 the hip hop was dead after this
When you look at any photo of someone and they dont smile that come from Rakim. He never smile, always serious
Legends.
How can anyone dislike this video????????????????
Rakim & Marley Marl.....UMPH!
This is when I TRULY fell in love with Hip Hop. Up until this song, she was a part-time dalliance, this joint made her my girl!
Thought I was a donut ya tried tag glaze meee!
TIMELESS MUSIC!
"...Long lost friend from way when... Eric B. was president. Tell me where the melody went..." - Mariah Carey Ft. Nas 2014
mariah dedicated actually brought me here
I remember when I first heard that James Brown scratch in the beginning of the song...EPIC!!!
Classic, one of the rawest Hip Hop song ever made! MC Shan and Marley Marl gotta get some credit for making this too!
My favorite Rakim record. I can see myself in the 80s with the Dapper Dan's MCM suits pushing a black Volvo chromed out like the dope boys but I was born too late lol.
THAT scratch at 3:10 gets me every time. It is the organ part of TRAMP by The Mowhawks. He does it in a unique way. Blackalicious even sampled that specific scratch in the mid nineties. I forget which track though
Yeah, it’s like a weird skribble.
Rakim doesn't give a fuck what your favorite brand of denim jeans are.
And daddy o(most ppl under 35 don't even know who he is) said rakim is a good m.c. 😂😂😂😂 rakim is one of the greatest m.c.(if not the. Greatest) funny over 30 years old and still one of the greatest raps EVER!!! Damn I feel old I remember 8th grade when this came out. I'm not a hater but this generation just doesn't seem to get it for the most part this song helped define music in my generation.
I'm 22 years old and I know daddy o he's from stetasonic and he is wrong rakim is the greatest in all time with no contender
I'm impressed 👍 most younger people don't know probably learned this from your parents Big up if that's the case
2020❤
Rakim wanted to play football, that's why he was a feature. He couldn't sign a contract. If he signed a deal he would be ineligible to play. Rakim wanted to play Quarterback at Stony Brook University.
Book Source: Sweat the Technique - Rakim
timeless
I read Run-DMC panicked when Eric B. and Rakim hit the airwaves. Can you imagine - "My ADIDAS" compared to the metaphors Rakim came up with? I'd have started updating my resume if I were Run-DMC.
Rakim and Mixmaster Gee‘s Manipulator Rocked the Game
11 people voted Trump over Eric B. for president.
+Dashan Manners LMAO!
you trippin. it was only 1 person! next time more boom boxes for everyone in the lead up for the election. in the mean time more house parties with more cutting and scratching. Eric B is President.
Big L leave black music alone if you can't respect that word.
Dum asses
I voted for trump and I’d vote for Eric B. In 2020 lol
"Before Rakim there was no flow"- Kool Moe Dee
The best
"CLAP YOUR HANDS to what he's doing..."
Long Red -Mountain
The GOD MC!!!!
2022!
when i hear this track game changed
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 thing's
I must of got you too hot and burned off your wings. Classic
this song is like the " Jazz Singer" of Hiphop
nyc 1986....wher y'all at? the book brought me here
Word....