I love him. My dad knew Rakim's songs word for word. I must admit, Rakim used to get busy on that microphone. Just true blue and authentic. He had so much flavor and soul. A little before my time, but hey...I still enjoy the music.
If you want to get a contrast of how great Rakim is, listen to what his contemporaries were doing before 1986. I say before 1986 because he and Eric B dropped Eric B is President and Check Out My Melody in 1986, and anything after that may have some Rakim influence. He truly changed the rap game.
Keith D Facts. Agree completely! His creativity and originality were unmatched. Truly did a new thing. He has said things that count as food for thought to this very day. Not a lot of work from those days has stood the test of time imho. Who is God is literally awe inspiring. My G is not called The God MC for nothing. It's encouraging to hear younger people say they are intrigued and even entertained by this man's work. Big ups to Rakim for never compromising himself or selling us out.
R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it A: Allah who I praise to the fullest K: Keep it moving, I, Stand alone M: It's my crown, my world, my throne That’s who this is in case you ain’t know
For reals! I just watched his and Eric B.’s performance of “Eric B. is President” from an old episode of “Yo! MTV Raps” and it kills me I might not get a chance to ever see them perform live!
He holds the mic like he is about to rap, not just give an interview. That's what it means to be hip hop from top to bottom. Rakim is the true representation of hip hop, on and off stage. He is hip hop even if he is not in a concert.
So fuckin good dude and I feel Ra when he says he don’t know where he starts it like you get one and then you start. Like rhymes just come. It’s beautiful!!
One of the dopest interviews I've seen oh yt. The legendary Rakim kinda started that triplet flow. He changed how rappers were doing their flow. 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤💯🔥✌
shout out to rakim peace from london i love the let the rhythm hit em joint and that whole album he hit his peak by that time definitely and is still dope
When I start to think and then I sink, into the paper like I was ink. When I'm writing I'm trapped in between the lines, I escape when I finish the rhyme. ~THE R~
this is maybe innovative for 1986 but for today standards this metaphors are weak af. This "poetry" couldve been written by any decent teenager these days.
Great interview. All rappers that want to last in this game need to watch and study this video at least 5 to 10 times with blunt and without blunts. This chemistry applies today in the music game. Its pioneering and not sounding like whoil is in style today. Originality always pays off.
He was my favourite rapper growing up. I was raised spiritually and only now realize how spiritual this man is, maybe that’s why I was so attracted to his music.
Yo is that back from the Eric days cus I listen to just Ra straight on his Ra shit but that’s just me man. Like Ra just he’s one of the best and there will be no other Rakim ever no matter how much they try.
He's the man that got me diggin into spittin - back in the late 80's I was ah kid break dancing on cardboard in the LA ghetto with the ogs bumping Rakim on the ghetto blaster- I started collecting his cassette tapes in high school - Rakim is most definitely the Goat - the illest ever
Only O.G. Rakim Griffin can get away w/ using Diana Earle/Diana Ross as the impetus for one of my primary favorite joints by Eric Berry & Rakim Griffin: Mahogany. GOTT DAYUM GENIUS! ;)))
Rakim changed the world of hip-hop with a level intelligence and craftyness that met the streets head on and was way ahead of any other emcee that were doing that Dance rap and wanted to be as good as Rakim, but there was no comparison at all I mean KRS1 was definitely doing his thing also but Rakim was truly on a whole nother level.
Onswa brown - Knowledge will begin until I finish this song Cause the rhyme gets rougher as the rhyme goes on You sweat as you step, about to get hype Or should you just listen to the man on the mike? (I think...) Lol
Rakim laid back style is his trademark many have copied he was the first one with the laid back style peace to the God rakim one of the nicest emcees of all time old school rules boom bap will be back sip to weird hip hop
Roosevelt/Freeport what it do? Rakim is one of the smoothest and coolest dudes ever. Salute to a LEGEND. My favorite: I Wanna Know What's On Your Mind.
Smart Art Craft Meaning Style Creative i could go on n on im from back in the day so i've always liked this man your the best your interesting believe that!
Rakim was who he was the true hip-hop jugernot that changed the face of hip-hop forever lyrically and one thing I hate is that people always throws Big Daddy Kane in the mix with Rakim when there is no comparison at all really, Rakim was way ahead of his time in the way he approached hip-hop and proceeded to elevate the culture in a way never seen before, Big Daddy Kane was A DANCE rapper catering to a fad that didn't last but a year or two and was gone and I dont like him receiving none of Rakims credit because of the bogus challenge that was suppose to be out at the time when Rakim didn't have anything to prove because he was hands down the best all the way around the table and his impact proves it and moved on into the 90s for another ten years while Kane music was over in 89, so who won and really mastered hip-hop I think we all know that answer without a shadow of a doubt.
Because rakim admired john coltrane so he wanted to layed back jazz was his inspiration in hiphop is aunty was ruth brown a legendary jazz singer. Plus rakim played the saxs thats the inspirations on how he rap.
Only if a lot of people new real rap with message fashion change calm rapper and made everybody want to change the game and your look especially paid in full
I'm amazed I know every lyric to Paid in Full when I can't remember lyrics fully haha It was that good✍(original cassette owner when it came out) gamechanger..GOAT.
I hate to say this but you can tell this dude doesn’t know shot about the R’s library of song if he requested he do “Paid in Full”. It’s a great pop song but it doesn’t come close to showcasing Rakim’s lyricism. I would have requested ANYthing from “My Melody” or “Eric B For a President” or “Microphone Fiend”.
I cannot choose my best Rakim song ... I got .. Microphone Fiend, Follow The Leader, Let The Rhythm Hit Em, Know the Ledge, It's Been A Long Time ........ .any more but those the tracks that come off the top of My head ... Trying to choose My favorite Rakim tracks like is like trying to choose my Number 1 rapper ... It ain't happenin too many
Someone should make a movie using lines from his songs. They have a very storytelling type of quality to them that they can easily lend themselves to be portrayed on the big screen. Maybe the life of a drug dealer who was trying to leave that life and become a rapper but kept getting pulled by the streets so he kept hustling while thinking of a master plan, something like that.
watched whole.no breaks. shuda been showin if still had Hip Hop development class for aspiring God Emcees.the Rapper classes downstairs are full. (and empty). since most rappers come up quik off they internet. teacher of tht class Soulja.
In my opinion the greatest Mc of all time
The three people that gave this a thumbs down must be three of the 21 emcee's Rakim ate up at the same time
Lmfao good one
MrGixxer1Thousand boom
Nice!
LOL! No doubt!
Or a 16 year old mumble rap fan.
I love him. My dad knew Rakim's songs word for word. I must admit, Rakim used to get busy on that microphone. Just true blue and authentic. He had so much flavor and soul. A little before my time, but hey...I still enjoy the music.
LaChele only found the dude other week ive very little knowledge of hiphop because im irish but slowly as i get older im finding unreal music
If you want to get a contrast of how great Rakim is, listen to what his contemporaries were doing before 1986. I say before 1986 because he and Eric B dropped Eric B is President and Check Out My Melody in 1986, and anything after that may have some Rakim influence. He truly changed the rap game.
Keith D Facts. Agree completely! His creativity and originality were unmatched. Truly did a new thing. He has said things that count as food for thought to this very day. Not a lot of work from those days has stood the test of time imho. Who is God is literally awe inspiring. My G is not called The God MC for nothing. It's encouraging to hear younger people say they are intrigued and even entertained by this man's work. Big ups to Rakim for never compromising himself or selling us out.
Wow you are fine as Rakim rhymes lovely
LaChele lol same wit my dad
A true hip hop legend.
Not only a hip hop legend but a great human being.
Rakim forever
He is the 🐐 to me. This interview was everything! Rakim is always #1 of my top 5.
R: Rugged and rough that's how I do it
A: Allah who I praise to the fullest
K: Keep it moving,
I, Stand alone
M: It's my crown, my world, my throne
That’s who this is in case you ain’t know
I forgot about that track!!! Thats that shit!!!
Harlin Newcomb lol for sure I think the name of the track is lyrics
+Talal Twal R.A.K.I.M off the 8 miles soundtrack.
Thats clever af
#TRUETHAT
If you don't know and respect this man..please don't say you are hip hop or love it
azizah oconnor preach
The 18th letter🔥🔥🔥🔥
That's a mighty fact so many claim I'm Hip -Hop and don't even know the elements!!!...The G.O.D. himself...(5%)enter..🤓
For reals! I just watched his and Eric B.’s performance of “Eric B. is President” from an old episode of “Yo! MTV Raps” and it kills me I might not get a chance to ever see them perform live!
He holds the mic like he is about to rap, not just give an interview. That's what it means to be hip hop from top to bottom. Rakim is the true representation of hip hop, on and off stage. He is hip hop even if he is not in a concert.
Legitimately one of the best interviews that exists.
For added extra fun play this ua-cam.com/video/YHVarQbNAwU/v-deo.html behind it
Salute to the God MC. Inspired me and plenty of other rappers on the map.
So fuckin good dude and I feel Ra when he says he don’t know where he starts it like you get one and then you start. Like rhymes just come. It’s beautiful!!
Rakim was the 1st MC I listened to till my cassette tape popped from too much rewinding and daily use
?? Yo what’s up!! I’ve never hear it drop a link of a song from it I gotta hear it!!
One of the dopest interviews I've seen oh yt. The legendary Rakim kinda started that triplet flow. He changed how rappers were doing their flow. 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤💯🔥✌
Absolutely love this interview with Rakim the real him🔥🔥
A true legend. One of the greatest to ever touch the mic along with Nas
You can close your eyes and literally see his rhymes like a movie playing in your head. That's a skillset possessed by the greats.
You stated that perfectly.
You like the seventh seal??
Rakim is the last of the pure rappers who's closer connected to the original art form than many others. Legend.
my brother, this was a seriously good interview. great questions! great answers. 10/10
This here touched my heart!!! Best Ever!!!!
Rakim siempre será el dios del Mic !! México Love's Rakim music!
Mad respect the second I heard the line, “I came in the door, I said it before...” The God is the Absolute Truth.
shout out to rakim
peace from london
i love the let the rhythm hit em joint and that whole album he hit his peak by that time definitely and is still dope
Toure!! Great interview. Rakim the greatest of all time. “I’m paid in full”
When I start to think and then I sink, into the paper like I was ink.
When I'm writing I'm trapped in between the lines, I escape when I finish the rhyme.
~THE R~
this is maybe innovative for 1986 but for today standards this metaphors are weak af. This "poetry" couldve been written by any decent teenager these days.
@@Slamdog500 stop it
@@Slamdog500 You're wrong.
@@Slamdog500 ... Yep, you're a phukkin idiot. Why aren't more people doing it then since you know so much???
Great interview. All rappers that want to last in this game need to watch and study this video at least 5 to 10 times with blunt and without blunts. This chemistry applies today in the music game. Its pioneering and not sounding like whoil is in style today. Originality always pays off.
Good to see this serious dude laugh and expose some of who he is......he's great and humble....an example to aspire to.1
It's a shame Run DMC and other pioneers never stood up for Rakim not being inducted into the R&R HOF before them
He was my favourite rapper growing up. I was raised spiritually and only now realize how spiritual this man is, maybe that’s why I was so attracted to his music.
GOAT (from century to century you'll remember me in history not a mystery or a memory) Thats My Shit‼️🎤🎤🎤
Yo is that back from the Eric days cus I listen to just Ra straight on his Ra shit but that’s just me man. Like Ra just he’s one of the best and there will be no other Rakim ever no matter how much they try.
Never underestimate the power of dreams and the influence of the human spirit. ...
He's the man that got me diggin into spittin - back in the late 80's I was ah kid break dancing on cardboard in the LA ghetto with the ogs bumping Rakim on the ghetto blaster- I started collecting his cassette tapes in high school - Rakim is most definitely the Goat - the illest ever
you still got them cassette's?
The greatest!
Only O.G. Rakim Griffin can get away w/ using Diana Earle/Diana Ross as the impetus for one of my primary favorite joints by Eric Berry & Rakim Griffin: Mahogany. GOTT DAYUM GENIUS! ;)))
Follow the leader.
Rakim changed the world of hip-hop with a level intelligence and craftyness that met the streets head on and was way ahead of any other emcee that were doing that Dance rap and wanted to be as good as Rakim, but there was no comparison at all I mean KRS1 was definitely doing his thing also but Rakim was truly on a whole nother level.
Rakim is a beast!!!
This interview was 🔥🔥🔥
Jesus is your Savior...bless the mic, yo!
@@cwil7487 white jesus , peace god
Microphone fiend is his best song to me
Onswa Brown nice try....waaaaay off
@Onswa Brown *became a teen*
*Melted microphones insted of cones of ice-cream*
Onswa brown - Knowledge will begin until I finish this song
Cause the rhyme gets rougher as the rhyme goes on
You sweat as you step, about to get hype
Or should you just listen to the man on the mike? (I think...)
Lol
Onswa Brown - yeahhhh I was/am a MAJOR Rakim fan!
Rakim laid back style is his trademark many have copied he was the first one with the laid back style peace to the God rakim one of the nicest emcees of all time old school rules boom bap will be back sip to weird hip hop
Will Smith copied him also
I Love Rakim ❤️ 😍
Thank you Vlad, this interview was 🔥 Rakim G.O.A.T. 😘😘😘
One of the best to ever pick up a mic
Rakim is master of the pause rap also to add that to his style
The god emcee!
much love and respect sir.
The God emcee, Rakim Allah. 🙌🏾
Roosevelt/Freeport what it do? Rakim is one of the smoothest and coolest dudes ever. Salute to a LEGEND.
My favorite: I Wanna Know What's On Your Mind.
Absolute legend... coming from a white boy from Australia ha.
Rakim is modest
Saw him at a show last year. He couldn't stop thanking the crowd for coming to see him.
Yes he is.
I'm from Memphis an I'm a huge Eric B and Rakim Fan
Rakim movie move the crowd
Can't wait for the day I meet him
Thug Zombie Y.T.E Exclusive Tracks I met him a year ago. It was amazing.
Im 36....When I see this man i know my childhood was great.
RAKIM THE MASTER GOD OF HIP HOP RAP BACK IN THE 80s RESPECT FOR A LEGEND
The 18th letter 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💯
As street and as hard as they come. Never cursed in his rhymes, didnt want to upset his parents
#LOVETHISSHEEET 💗💗💗 #OLDSCHOOL
No matter how long you talk to this dude, it's never long enough. Pause. RapGod
38K views but only 778 like.. Come on peeps!! This is Hip- Hop.
"Don't sweat the technique "
Damn..Ra is still laid back and sexy as he was back in the day !!!! Ijs😘
Smart Art Craft Meaning Style Creative i could go on n on im from back in the day so i've always liked this man your the best your interesting believe that!
Rakim Allah imo the 🐐! Dude is deep didn’t curse and drop jewels 💎 consistently!
LEGEND!
He doesn't hold the mic... He Grabs The Mic.
Rakim: Yo Marley let me get the mic man.
Marley Marl: Yo c'mon man!
How you write Rhymes???
To this day i don't know..Classic
Reakwon said "i do what the beat tell me to do"
I'm the R the A to the K I M , if I wasn't then why would I say I am !!! MIC DROP 🎤🎙🎤🎙🎤🎙!!!
I'm surprised he didn't finish by slamming the mic on the ground to make sure it's broke...the god MC
GOAT
The God MC
My top 3 favorite rappers of all time.
1. Big L
2. Rakim
3. Eminem
Rakim was who he was the true hip-hop jugernot that changed the face of hip-hop forever lyrically and one thing I hate is that people always throws Big Daddy Kane in the mix with Rakim when there is no comparison at all really, Rakim was way ahead of his time in the way he approached hip-hop and proceeded to elevate the culture in a way never seen before, Big Daddy Kane was A DANCE rapper catering to a fad that didn't last but a year or two and was gone and I dont like him receiving none of Rakims credit because of the bogus challenge that was suppose to be out at the time when Rakim didn't have anything to prove because he was hands down the best all the way around the table and his impact proves it and moved on into the 90s for another ten years while Kane music was over in 89, so who won and really mastered hip-hop I think we all know that answer without a shadow of a doubt.
Can we get another Rakim interview. I feel like people are forgetting him
God MC... The end.
The Proverbial Hater story 2: eminem dethrones the god and takes his spot
This nigga is a fucking legend 4 ever 🙏😖😖
MUCH RESPECT
the finger though
Because rakim admired john coltrane so he wanted to layed back jazz was his inspiration in hiphop is aunty was ruth brown a legendary jazz singer. Plus rakim played the saxs thats the inspirations on how he rap.
RAKIM.... A GOD .... GODBODY!!!!
Weird how i got here' real recognize real.
Really, I'm for real and need a deal, yo.
" let's travel at magnificent speeds around the universe"
THE GOD
Only if a lot of people new real rap with message fashion change calm rapper and made everybody want to change the game and your look especially paid in full
The Original
I'm amazed I know every lyric to Paid in Full when I can't remember lyrics fully haha It was that good✍(original cassette owner when it came out) gamechanger..GOAT.
I’m the R, the A, to the K I AM...If I wasn’t then why would I say I am?!!!!!!
This should had more views 🔥
I hate to say this but you can tell this dude doesn’t know shot about the R’s library of song if he requested he do “Paid in Full”. It’s a great pop song but it doesn’t come close to showcasing Rakim’s lyricism. I would have requested ANYthing from “My Melody” or “Eric B For a President” or “Microphone Fiend”.
Stop buggin, a brotha said dig em, i never dug em
He couldn't follow the leader long enough so i drug em
👑
That was a shot at Epmd
some of his ryhme patterns still surround saturn
My Melody is the best hip hop record ever!!!
ABSOLUTELY! The original mix. My favorite hip hop song of all times.
Greatest Lyricist Ever!!
Number 1
I cannot choose my best Rakim song ... I got .. Microphone Fiend, Follow The Leader, Let The Rhythm Hit Em, Know the Ledge, It's Been A Long Time ........ .any more but those the tracks that come off the top of My head ... Trying to choose My favorite Rakim tracks like is like trying to choose my Number 1 rapper ... It ain't happenin too many
Let The Rhythm Hit Em
My Melody is my #1. Then we have Lyrics of Fury, As The Rhyme Goes On, No Competition, and so on.
A of similarities for song writing rakim have as a artist,so do i
where does he talk about his top 5 rappers?
GOD MC
The Mystery (who is god) is really underrated. His best song lyrically imo, but people forget about his solo songs.
Yes indeed.
Someone should make a movie using lines from his songs. They have a very storytelling type of quality to them that they can easily lend themselves to be portrayed on the big screen. Maybe the life of a drug dealer who was trying to leave that life and become a rapper but kept getting pulled by the streets so he kept hustling while thinking of a master plan, something like that.
watched whole.no breaks. shuda been showin if still had Hip Hop development class for aspiring God Emcees.the Rapper classes downstairs are full. (and empty). since most rappers come up quik off they internet. teacher of tht class Soulja.
Nothing Rakim does ever deserves a thumbs down