Lord Jamar on Why Rakim Isn't Viewed the Same as Nas (Part 10)
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
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Lord Jamar shared his thoughts on a recent tweet that came from Rakim's page, which stated that we are witnesses the "devolution of rap music," which Jamar said he totally agreed with. The Brand Nubian rapper went on to explain how Rakim changed the game with his style, and how he considers Rakim to be the "God."
During the conversation, Lord Jamar spoke with DJ Vlad about wanting new music from both Rakim and Nas, which you can hear more about above.
Rakim went down because industry pushed gangster, drug music instead of uplifting music.
Factz
Exactly, gangster rap started this devolution process!
People keep using that excuse but forget white kids are still the ones who glorified it and made it famous. Like 50 for example niggas was laughing that he got shot 9 times, but white media used that to push his albums. White folks get off on black violence. Like N.W.A. look at most of their concerts they did, mainly white kids (and groupies). Gangster rap came with conscious rap but by that time white demographics was already running Hip-Hop. Look back at the KRS-ONE and nelly beef. That basically explains what im talking about.
@@WinstonMcGregor-hx8ub bullshit. And rakim did put out materialistic songs as well. Listen to the damn lyrics
@@dimitrisp90
Like what?
The Paid in Full Album should be in the library of congress
DAMN RIGHT
Smithsonian
Tony Clifton: I’m sure it is. Whenever you get a song copyrighted, it’s the library of congress that stores it in file, and sends you the copyright. They accept WAV and MP3 files, etc.
Facts
pretty sure it is already... and rakim is in the rock n roll HOF, so he good
he didnt sell his soul... he didnt bend over (literally) for the industry... he is PURE HIP HOP... in ite realest form!!!
What do you mean literally?
@@FATMAN162x loy of rappers had to give up their booty to someone in the industry for their fame. Diddy style.
Did you not read the comment, he’s rap not hip hop, just like Dre said is rap not hip hop
@Eduardo Cruz tomato tomaato... Rakim himself says he is hip hop. He also says he's Rythem And Poetry... also RAP... I'm gon go with what Rakim says. Bcuz I just read his book "Sweat The Technique" Have you??? Hahaha
@@doclew28 potato -potato who cares this is just music ,is nothing to have a philosophical discussion about .I like to drink tequila I don’t care who makes it,how they make it ,I just enjoy the product,just like rap or hip-hop as you knew kats call it. I enjoy his music, but at the end of the day he means nothing to me. I just like his product. That would be I guess the difference between Rap and Hip Hop, we’re not male groupies, I personally don’t give to cents about anything else other than the product that he’s selling me
Rakim is even more laid back than Nas. He's not the type of guy that you will see at all of the social events, and hanging out with other rappers. He's the classic M.C.
Eric Malone Rakim is the CHILLEST!! 😍
" who needs the tv screens and magazines,I shoot thru the city in fly limousines,one thing I don't likes the spotlight,cause I already got light
Emcee
Word. That's why just like all the greats back in the day three that 1 or 2 house records on otherwise hard album... I too dabble in Diversity thus the name of my new mixtape... but I will always keep the flow and vibes CLASSIC hip hop... ex. UA-cam search: MIKEY BARSLOW Star Show Remix
Rakim is the only rapper who never use bad words put down women other he dont talk shit the smooth. Its rap is always on point in that jazz beat is tight but some of his sounds is not great so you got just listened to his words let that go into the back of your mind then think about then you be like wow that's deep, in sip the juice is a great songs I like all his songs he is the God of rap.
The 18th letter by Rakim is so slept on. It's one of the most underrated albums ever.
Mumble rappers look like actresses the status of Cleopatra's, go practice, with tactics, when the track hits, theatrics
I tell anyone who will listen exactly what you said…💯👊🏾
The master album was also excellent
BIG FACTS!
Rakim said Nah Not For Me because during your visit he determined your intentions were far from pure, Vlad.
Ha you called it👈😂👍
Word bro 😂😂😂😂
Yoooo!!!!!!!!!👀👀👀 😲😲😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Rakim knew he was talking to a Vulture
How Vlad gonna try to play the "God"
Rakim is the God and Nas is God's Son . THE END.
BlackMusicGenre Facts 💯
End of discussion...
#Fax
Big Facts
I ain't going to lie Nas the best but Rakim the originator
Rakim like the Pyramids of Egypt, you don't need quantity when you got master quality. You don't even know how the masterpiece was first built. You just wonder in amazement and awe of how it was done. Eternally number one.
Aliens helped buit the pyrimids. Aliens made Rakim into the God mcee
Speak Rakim. Rakim a true legend. These new youngsters can't hold a candle 2 Rakim.
And you know this
Rakim irrelevant...tekashi and lil xan got shit on lock..old as niggas need to STFU with that old bullshit
Exactly!!!! Shit is these youngsters need to actually listen to old school and "follow the leader".....🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣
@@o0ojrocko0o 😂😂😂 troll
@@kadefoster22 got me
Rakim tweeting like he spitting, SMOOTH AF 🔥🔥
Right🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
TheTekvine that’s just the way he was reading it
@@selfishstockton6123 did you look at the first one? It's literally meant to be read as that. Even subconsciously. Smoother than 3k.
Turhan Henderson if you don’t know the difference, you can’t make a difference
@@selfishstockton6123 i read it like that before listening. The punctuation sets it up to be read pretty similarly too. I'm not trying to sound like a rider or nun bro lol. Just saying, some minds will automatically piece it together like that in their heads.
Rakim isnt just the God MC but also a rap genius ,a true poet
He was 1 of the only rappers dropping science / knowledge and never cuss in any of his songs and it was still dope with timeless classics 💯
The reason the R stepped out of the limelight was he didn't want to sell his soul...
Rakim irrelevant...tekashi and lil xan got shit on lock..old as niggas need to STFU with that old bullshit..FACTZ💯💯💯
@@o0ojrocko0o That's incredibly stupid. Rakim will never be irrelevant. He is one of the G.O.A.T s. He revolutionized hip hop with his complex multis/ internals and smooth braggadocio. Everyone who approached the mic after him, learned from him. Not being able to respect one of the greatest emcees ever just makes you look stupid and ignorant. Rakim has been rhyming since before I was even born, and I respect him. I don't dismiss him just because he's old. Guess why? Because I can see his rhyme structure, flow, content and delivery is still top notch after so many years of evolution of hip hop. Everyone respects him. It's not even a matter of opinion. If you wanna listen to mumble rap go listen to it, nobody's stopping ya, but Rakim will forever be The God Emcee no matter what you say.
@@Cain_Abyss oh god what u gonna tell me next Nas is Better than Lil Nas X..
@@o0ojrocko0o Nas is incredible. Haven't heard Lil Nas X enough to comment. I'm impressed when a rapper has complex rhyme schemes, layered punchlines, intelligent wordplay etc. In case you haven't noticed from my first comment I don't really play this who's-better-than-who game. It's music, not a competitive exam. And people are entitled to their opinions. Even in my first comment I didn't say Rakim was 'better' than anybody. I said he's one of the G.O.A.Ts.
@@Cain_Abyss Drake The GOAT then Takashi 69..me and you are having a competitive exam
Rakim is the best emcee in the world hes humble kind never disrespects his wife never embaresses his kids n supports talent hes a hero
@hafizul faizal 😂😂😂 facts 💯
@discordant dancers listen to some interviews with him
@discordant dancers He's confident as an MC, as it supposed to be, but he's not flossin', promoting himself by any means or seeking attention.
why should he be humble? the best MC i have ever seen live in 96, still the best hiphop ive seen live
Rakim didn't want to sell his soul.
exactly thats why he never got as big as other artists he never sold out. although Nas didnt sell out either he just collaberated with bigger name artists. Rakim was more underground
ro3snowman You think collaborating with Madonna and bieber ain't selling out.Rakim is goat
who collaborated with madonna and bieber? and either way doing a song with a mainstream artist doesnt ncessarily mean you sell out... now if you are actually IN that circle then that is suspect to say you sold yur soul but i dont see that from Nas or RAKIM
ro3snowman Nas done those collaborations. I'm a huge fan of his but he let me down working with those clowns
nas spit hood tales over boom bap beats.. but didn't "change the game".. he helped bring attention back to NY after years of the west taking over.. pac was a movie"star" but was mainly MTV'S ratings getter.. so a lot of pac fans saw him on MTV first and loved the antics.. pac had the pedigree to be great, but he chose the spotlight and real revolution happens in the dark
"Industry rule number 4,080, record company people are shady" - A Tribe Called Quest
👍👍👍
"Industry rule number 4081 ur new shit aint good as ur old shit till ur new shit is ur old shit son" - Logic
The business
I've been saying this for years. Rakim single handedly not only changed but saved hip hop. There had never been an artist or group that had more influence on hip hop than Rakim did
Just for the record, “Let the rhythm hit ‘em” went platinum as well.
Imo his best album.
Gold
The simple fact that Rakim doesn't have nearly as many albums as his contemporaries and is still being compared is testament to his greatness.
To me, Rakim is like Sade....they only say something or record when they have something to say.
GOATS !!!!
*TWO, SMOOTH OPERATORS‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️*
you have said it all
Rakim is everything Hip Hop!
He’s freakin legendary.
I’ve always been a fan!
Real RAP!!
@Jarrel Ely
Because MC Shan was fucking corny packing a 1977 nursery rhyme style. Evolution took him out quickly and quietly. He's a foundation guy, but he is on nobody's top 10 list of anything.
You not from around here, are you?
Rakim is honestly one of the most influential people he is one of my few heroes 😘❤🖤❤🤴🏾
SHALAWAM(PEACE) TO YOU MY BEAUTIFUL SISTER*/QUEEN FLORENCE*!!, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!
you need better heroes
And my hereoes are your concern because...
@@florencesmith291
Maybe I care about my peers not having false idols. Admiring entertainers. Admire the creator, not the created(Jesus)
Jesus is a man made tool i have no time to entertain a lie without any evidence that has been used to wage war globally since the dawn of time i am good on "jesus"
18th letter By Rakim is a Classic to me !!!!!
TIM Plattenburg At least. Its beyond a classic. Classics wish they could be 18th letter.
I played the Saga Begins so many times. Taped it off Hot97 Red alert mix. 18th Letter is definitely a classic.
I concur....
TIM Plattenburg
So true - I used to pump that cd on my SONY discman in grade school.
I still rock the 18th letter got my kids listening to it so they no this migos shit ain't hip hop..
When vlad said I’m going to play devils advocate,the look Jamar had on his face was priceless !!...it said you ‘you ARE the devil 😈
😭😭😭😭😭💯
Lol
Rakim is straight up a REAL ONE. A PIONEER, LEGEND, ONE OF THE ORIGINAL RAP MC’s who grandfathered REAL RAP as we know it. The flow, wordplay, style and swag, he had it all and introduced it to everybody. But most importantly… HE DID IT HIS WAY! NOBODY CAN NEVER TAKE THAT AWAY. Straight up REAL ONE, and REAL ONES ACKNOWLEDGE HIM and what he did. Gotta show respect and give the flowers while he is here. 💯
Lord Jamar gets interviewed like 12 times a year but I don’t mind
Omari T just enjoy it
Me neither lol
Omari T I AGREE
Omari T Lord Jamar he’s honest thru and thru.....I love watching Lord Jamar and to hear him voice his opinion on old and current Hip Hop
Lord Jamar needs his own show
Rakim 100% true
Bender Veloso C.R.F FACTS!!
lyrical great but now a creative musician. other than RAP thats all he has to offer. WHERE THE FUCK IS HE NOW?????? FELL OFF. NOT EVEN RELEVANT AS NAS. GTFOH. NAS IS G.O.A.T- TELL RAKIM TO PUT ARTIST ON, BATTLE SOME MCS, AND PUT OUT SOME HIT RECORDS. THIS AINT THE 80'S. LIFE IS ABOUT RELEVANCE. THE PAST IS HISTORY ITS ABOUT NOW. PEACE. QUEEENSBRIDGE!!!!
Facts.
@@coryhicks2771 Nas is Rakim Jr, lame fuck-face,lol
I’m so glad someone has educated us that there is a difference between Rap and Hip Hop!❤️
Stonewall Jackson Rap predates Hip Hop and I believe it can be documented back to the 1920s. Rap is more like speech, the style of speech incorporating poetry of words. Hip Hop is a genre. I believe Hip Hop is a culture where Rap is the main ingredient.
Stonewall Jackson I’m 43, but what does that have to do with anything.
Stonewall Jackson when I was a child, me and my friends had a rap group. We rapped about the world around us and about what we knew at a tender childish age. Many of my friends from the neighborhood had rap groups or we would just sit around at the playground and would play rap games. But that does not matter. you can perform all the raps songs you have written like many other Rappers out here PERFORMING, but the Essenes of Rap AND Hip Hop comes from within and from within a community that has has an experience so rich that they birth songs and a subculture from their lives that has been turned into a industry. Where does the passion from your rap songs come from? What fuels your written lyrics. What has life and your experiences taught you to make you want to express yourself to the world in such a way that you want to be heard to the point that you think you will make a difference with the words you speak? Or are you just performing and learning what you need to be a rapper or performer. Keep doing what you do. But know that Rap came from pain, love, hopelessness, hope, heart, strength, suicidal ideations, inspiration, and a lived life that reach back far beyond 400 years in America. But today, you have taught me something; anyone can be a rapper.
Stonewall Jackson funny thing is, you keep talking about things you have learned. Did you think Rap just started within the last few decades. Rap has been around and like I said, the first DOCUMENTED existence of Rap was around 1920s. But it’s been around well before then and HiP Hop was birth from that which is more then Rap or music it’s the style of clothes you wear, the dance you Dance, the language you speak, and the way you carry yourself within the world you live. That isHip Hop; it’s your lifestyle. It is a subculture not just the music that comes from it. It’s a whole not parts. Im a RN and I’ve been in the health field for 20 years but Healthcare did not start a few decades ago, this reaches back in the Biblical days and RAP has it origins as well; the horse before the carriage. But you say Tomatoes; I say Tomotoes.
Stonewall Jackson 🤣, you know what, that was so weak. Really the black woman thing. I do t need anyone to teach me anything because I lived this life, you just performing. I have wasted enough time here, you don’t even have an abstract thought. That’s your go to when you have nothing better to say but thanks for the compliment; the threat is real!
If Rakim would have died after Paid In Full he would have easily been considered the greatest of all time.
Nope
Khary Armah no
Khary Armah no one knows rakim outside of New York and Battle Rappers. Don't get me wrong I like Know the Ledge, but he hasn't been hot in like 25 years. Perhaps one of the best lyricist, but we are decades past his style of rap
Khary Armah actually 30s but happened to be a very little kid when Rakim was the man. By the time I came alone Snoop Dogg and 2Pac were the men and of course just a couple years later Pac eclipsed everyone which led to Snoop's jealousy, but I still respect Snoop it was just childish on his behalf. To answer your question, New York rappers have been falling off mainstream since the mid 90s. Y'all must hate Master P post 2Pac because no one is really popping like that in New York
Khary Armah those are some respectable names up til Scarface and also if you mean wu tang. Not crazy about Royce and G Rap and those types tho
And Jay Z had the nerve to say, "...God MC, me, Jay Hova" on 'Takeover'. Jay's thorough, but to us old heads, Rakim will ALWAYS be the God MC.
Kobe & M.J type ish
If anyone can come close to making a claim its Hov ..
L.L don't get his Props either...
Dem old niggaz is trash yo you need to peep dis new tekashi shit when he gets out jail...my nigga lil xan hold shit down yo..
all 5%ers who rap are GOD MC'S.
Jayz is commercial 🤣🤣👎
Jay Z surpassed Rakim imo. Rakim's seventh seal album was a horrible disaster
Rakim for me will always be one of the greatest rappers of all time. But, there are two other rappers that I only recently looked back on as being close to number one also and that's Big Daddy Kaine and LL Cool J. These two rappers had incredible lyrical style and mass appeal back before there was such a thing as hip hop. But Rakim is the G.O.A.T
Word good list...Nas is above LL tho..
LL is the best on longevity.
Kane is the best braggadocio rapper.
Nas is literally Rakim born again.
Lord Jamar is the third beat rapper in his own group.
“You think I’m gonna disagree with THE GOD” 🤣💀
lmao too
Rakim didn't sell out......
USVS THEBUFF Thats it! The industry is about playing the game to reach other levels or maintaining your career.
USVS THEBUFF That has nothing to do with the MC, that has to do with the machine behind him.
That’s exactly!!! what i was thinking too absolutely right
Hes a living legend.
Exactly that's why he left Aftermath
Vlad: “I’m a Nas Fan”
Lord Jamar: 😑
Joel Narmer 😂
Shocking plus the comment about Em being a guest in hip hop from an average rapper at best himself, is why I don't like Lord Jamar
dan coolinism but he was right about Em and Em, himself, knows that. How can u NOT be a guest in something u had no hand in creating?? He don’t run it and he’s not the goat. That’s not an insult that’s a fact.
@@TheMsklg1981 So by your rationale anyone black who plays English football who was or is great is a guest because football was a white British English cultured sport so therefore Pele Ronaldinho etc etc are all guest football because they didn't create it, it's an idiotic point of view
@@coolinism well said
Rakim stated that wasn't him. He doesn't even rock with social media.
You think he don't agree with the tweet? I saw the video, it looked like he agreed but didn't wanna throw shade to the rainbow haired rappers
Nickey Black thank u
"rainbow haired rappers"
Nas making big moves now , no time for vlad nonsense lol
The "R" stil reigns Supreme end of story!
Yes
Rakim came first. That's why. End of story. The same way John Lee Hooker, Little Richard, and Fats Domino aren't remembered for their contributions to rock and roll, but Chuck Berry is a legend. The originator never gets the credit for what someone else makes mainstream.
Your UA-cam name killed me. 😂😂😂😂😂
Excellent point
Well said...
Fact
Manu Ginobilis Bald Spot facts
That "Seventh Seal" was dope. Rakim changed the game. He brought a new style to hip hop and kinda started the triplet flow. "Bless the mic for the Gods..." 🎤🎤🔥💯✌
DaRebel I worked on the 7th Seal (with Jermaine Dupri)
To me 18th letter... Maannn just this one is enough
Who else bust out laughing when Jamar did the RunDmc line???😂😂...he's absolutely right tho
@Sherrieff Hammond I totally agree.
Nor did I think Jamar's line about Run D.M.C was funny.
@@mustafahajj it’s funny bro because that’s really how it was before the second golden era in the late 80s. In the early to mid 80s everything was braggadocious and yelling into the mic as loud as you could
@@KDubb-ws9zc Perhaps, but considering yelling on the m.i.c was the norm at that particular time which made the style new and cutting edge. I can only imagine an Eminem or anyone else from the past 25yrs stepping on a New York stage trying to flow. Someone would probably end up in an ER.
@@mustafahajj it definitely was cutting edge and new but hip hop eventually started to evolve. After a good few years of yelling about your adidas and how good an mc you are new guys started coming in Rakim, Kane, Chuck D, and others with something more to say and more storytelling with it
@@KDubb-ws9zc I totally agree. Things had changed drastically. Rhyme patterns were elevated like never before. It most definitely made the "yes yes ya'll, ya' don't stop" emcee appear dated.
RAKIM IS G.O.A.T
Case closed.
Hands down.
Nas is the G.O.A.T. to me rakim is my 2nd favorite rapper of all time
As a rapper yes he is
Bullshit my nigga Tekashi run circles around dat cornball ass nigga..
@@niggato23 L.
Life is good was a fire album
TaeSosa AF. It sounds even better now.
Dynamite work by the God son
TaeSosa its a Classic!! All around great body of work.
@John Campbell His best will always be Illmatic. A top 3 all time album ever in Hip Hop.
Definitely was
"You think I'ma disagree with a God? You fuckin' kidding me?" Right with you on that. "Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em" is one of the best albums of any kind ever made, absolutely phenomenal, and the rest of their albums are way up on the list and I won't disagree with anybody claiming any of those first three albums as the duo's best. Even when I don't feel like listening to rap I still enjoy that album tremendously.
Facts God I just wrote the same thing Lmao
Nas is to DJ Vlad as Drake is to DJ Akademiks as Kendrick Lamar is to Peter Rosenberg.
Facts
Peter Rosenberg is a Kendrick stan... it is so irritatingly annoying.
Facts
I was gonna say "facts" but I see we got that covered lol
Nah cos Vlad never says anything positive about Nas he is rather putting false perception out there to block his shine, Rosenberg talks highly of Kendrick and so as Ak to Drake think about it vlad is a leech on Nas
Rakim's verse on Busta's new album proves he's the God MC. It is flawless and the skill level is magnitudes higher than anything out right now. And that's with being 35+ years in the game. Not too many MCs can say that.
Fax
Lets not forget how hard it was to get a rap album out in his day. Rakim paved the way creativity wise for most of the people considered a GOAT today. There wouldnt be a Nas or a 50 cent without Rakim.
Please say it again and again and again!!!!!Mfs act as though they don't know.
Oooh Ya boy Vlad is a Nas HATER!! Notice how Lord Jamar changed the subject to Jay Electronica and Vlad went RIGHT BACK to hating on Nas.....Hilarious!!!
Thank you. Spot boogie I thought it was me.
Jay Elect.....I just do not understand WHY ppl just do not put they own shit!!!....I agree with VLAD....u admire someone in a way when u constantly talk about them....
Lord jamar wack
I think Rakim just refused to make big records that could be perceived as "going commercial"
Thuginicant Playa a lot has to do with timing. Hip hop wasn't the main stream phenomena in 88 that it was in 96. And Rakim wasn't the hungry young buck in 96. By then he was the wise elder, and the scene was full of gangsta and gang related rap with very specific polished beats.
Had Rakim signed with Bad Boy in 94 and released albums in that era he may very well have been remembered much more fondly because of that era's work, even if it wasn't as good as his earlier stuff.
Very few ppl from that era would've done that. The greats would never do it. Being commercial was like being gay.
Thuginicant Playa he tried but it didn't fit him...
Thuginicant Playa he had huge records
There's a lot of compromise that comes along with mainstream commercial success. I don't know if Rakim's understanding of himself would allow those kinds of compromises. I love him more for it.
I just love the fact that as long as we have nas,we have rakim its like you cant say kobe without letting people know about Jordan
Well said
Like that 1
Rakim is G-d body, he gets the ultimate respect. Hes right .These dudes that rap now is corny. They all sound like Lil Wayne...
PdtotTtc took words out of my mouth. I am no Lil wayne fan but he actually did rhyme unlike these morons today.
I used to think Lil Wayne was bad until all these other trash rappers came out.
YEHUDI ABIYAH FACTS!!
At least Lil Wayne was lyrical early in his career, not to mention innovative on The Carter III. The artists today are basically making the same song. There's absolutely no content within much of what is being played. There's no emphasis on intelligence or lyricism. You basically have a generation of kids who are self-medicating on contentless music to cope with their problems.
They don't even sound that good
"Stay" was the best song off of Nas last album
Aesthetic Jones a queens story
Either Stay or Cherry Wine.
The World Is A Addiction and Where's The Love(Cocaine 80s)
Aesthetic Jones: Yeah "Stay" is my favorite. Repeat mode every time!
Accident murderers and the intro
There's a saying that Nas is the second coming of Rakim
James Huynh yeah he was the second coming
No one is the second coming of rakim,,get rakim's new book called sweat the technics and see if nas can boast the same statement
vernon Johnson nas wasn’t the second coming but he was the closest
@@mitchelljordan3521 there's no such thing as being the closest,,either you are rakim or you are seriously not period and look at the new interview that Chuck D did with rakim while talking about rakim's new book,people get caught up on the hype about someone being the closest to someone else,it's all hype and just like Chuck D said in his classic track called Dont believe the hype..rakim's subject matter is different,his flow is better than nas flow,his voice is deeper than nas voice,he doesn't use the common language in his track like nas do and case in point the track by rakim called the 18th letter and nas would never rap nothing like that ever period..nas is not at all in the same class with rakim at all..he's nas by himself and like mc lyte said in her classic track called the cha,cha,cha back in 1989.she said that you can't be what you are not so you have to live with what you got...so again there's is no being the closest to someone else because rakim is seriously rakim all by himself all day.1000%..... I like nas but at the same time he's no way near my favorite emcee of all time in the flow master and the greatest lyricist of all time in the God MC Rakim who doesn't even curse much in his songs,,nas doesn't have that type of lyrical discipline at all period..real talk 💯
vernon Johnson that the time when ra was and nas first came it was a debate about them too
I think the reason why Rakim isn’t widely recognized is because he didn’t have drama i.e” beef” with other rappers like Nas vs Jay Z and Pac Vs Biggie so that’s why he isn’t gotten the attention he deserves!
He had a quick beef with Grand Puba, but it was short lived.
He also had a short one with big daddy kane
He did but nobody got killed
The R didn't fall off. The industry stopped fucking with real artists. I can't buy an album if I don't know it came out.
Are you gonna argue with the God? Enough said!!! Mic drop!!
Gangster rap...that’s what happened to RAKIM...Period. We dumbed down...the rap GOD was to evolved for RAP.
"Gangsta" rap had Lirics....the media called it gangster rap because they were scared of dominant black males
@@20trillion Call it what you want but he has a point. Yes the lyrics were raw and true to what was happening but it was still the smoking gun of the decline of hip hop. It opened the floodgates to rap about bitches and hoes, how much money and jewelry you have etc... Its a tough pill to swallow because of the positive influence some of it had but it is what it is.
@@diypictures Yup. Once it became something white music execs saw for its potential to cash in on, like everything else, it began to get watered down and diluted.
Kool G Rap was the first gangster rap he single handedly invented that shit at the time they called it “realism rap” as for Rakim the GOD he always kept it real his soul stayed in tact and he chose not to be a part of the fads and fake shit going on in hip hop in the late 90’s also the abundance of hip hop fans in the 90’s was much greater than the 80’s so Rakims true fans of his generation didn’t spawn to the next generation as much. Also new artists like Nas and almost anyone never had a Rakim feature on their albums so his exposure to new listeners vanished. I feel like he didn’t like the politics,fallouts,& greediness in the industry so he chose to stay true to self and sit back and watch this hip hop shit unfold to unfortunately the degressed garbage that plays on the radio to this day. If you really think about it 85% of hip hop artists sold their souls for some made up lifestyle that usually doesn’t last longer than a decade then you’re all washed up
Don Keezy Wrong . Schoolly D was the first Gangster rapper. Ice T was next .
Vlad trying his hardest to bait Nas into doing his show smh
Rakim is the God emcee period !
The album Paid in Full is the original Illmatic.
RAKIM came in and blessed the industry. Period.
The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you
As much as I appreciate Nas and his contributions to Hip Hop over the years, Rakim is in his own category.
Nas' favorite MC os Rakim. Most of these dudes favorite MC os Rakim.
Rakim=Nas, Kool G Rap=Big Pun, Big Daddy Kane=Jay-Z, Jaz-O=Twista.
Now = the modern era - Cole, Kendrick etc
Yup!
I agree 💯
8=====) + (|)= 🤶
More like jay z = jaz o lmao
Rakim laid the foundation of what a lyric should be in order for it to be prophetic and profound continuously. Every MC afterward can only follow due to time constraints....they simply weren't born soon enough to be the first one to do it. Shout out Kool G Rap!!😎
"Day divides the night and night divides the day
It's all hard work and no play
More than combat, it's far beyond that
Cause I got a kill or be killed kind of attack
Area's mapped out, there'll be no, Stratego
Me and my platoon make a boom wherever we go
But what are we here for? Who's on the other side of the wall?
Somebody give the President a call"
Rakim, 1 of the illest
Principal Lewis Casualties of war as I approach the barricade where’s the enemy? Who do I invade...
That’s that raw uncut... Respect ✊🏾 for pulling out some that real!!!
How can I keep my composure, when all sorts of thoughts fought for exposure, released in veins now the brains increase when I let off make a wish and blow the smoke off my piece...
"Craig Mack, 1000 degrees..."
You'll be on your knees
MackinShizzaveli #WeWasCavemen “& you’ll be burning begging please”
Mr Bossman brotha freeze
RIP
This man's undisputed
In deep-rooted funk smoke that leaves your brains booted
Man when he said "You all know how the story go" I immediately went back to the real hip hop era and got chills.
To me, Rakim is the GOAT. I think, if anything, he needed some bangers. Some of his beats were wack. If he could flow over today's beats...unstoppable. He was nice over that boom-bap style back in the day. :-)
Reginald K.Son same here
His beats were perfect. Today's beats are frequently overproduced. For a lyricist as great as Rakim, you don't want to overshadow his amazing style and brilliant lyrics with overly flashy production.
ah maybe just put 2-3 bangers on a 18 track album then? that wouldv gave him that spot.. but who cares now.. after all those years.. he is recognized by most heads forever.@@jamescarter3196
Timeless comment
Rakim could rap over Eric B farting for the beat, and it would be dope. I don't wanna hear anything about Rakim being relegated to boom bap beats. "His flow is submerged in the fountain of youth"
There you go Vlads wet dreams with Nas again.
My Little Dicky why
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Was only a matter of time.
wet dreams are made of this, who am I to disagree
Vald sloping lol
Paid In Full, Follow The Leader, Don't Sweat The Technique and Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em were all incredible.
Then his solo stuff was even better imo. The 18th Letter and The Master were AMAZING.
Follow the leader and Juice...pure lyrical complexity
I disagree about his solo material being better. The production, with the exception of a few songs, just didn't suit him very well imo and he doesn't have the same energy as he did in his earlier days.
@@mistahmst he sounded great on the dj premiere beats though
@@jessiewalker6918 those were the exceptions
The 18th Letter was the name of his last album, a double CD, that went gold in under a month. My artist toured with him in his band, including TV appearances promoting the album. So 5 albums in all.
Nas doesn't need to make any more albums if he doesn't want to. Why is VLAD on NAS' nuts? maybe he's mad because NAS' investments pay off better than his? hmm? haan?
THE LEFT-HANDED VILLAIN because Vlad loves controversy
THE LEFT-HANDED VILLAIN Word. Nas gettin that quiet money. And he's not braggin about it. Straight GANGSTA!
His mad coz will never get interviewed him
THE LEFT-HANDED VILLAIN june 15th new nas album got your facts right
THE LEFT-HANDED VILLAIN I WAS THINKING THE SAME. THIS DUDE IS A MAD HATER. BUT HE LIKES DRAKE, WHOS NOT A LYRICIST BUT A CLUB RAPPER
Rakim the greatness of all time on cap
Boe Dee Facts bro
fact
If we had more Rakims walking the streets the world would be a better place 🙏
@Saran The Wrap God perfect example of something Rakim would never say 👌
@Saran Wrap 😂😂😂
Vlad wants attention from Nas soooooo bad....ffs
Rakim IS the Greatest Emcee Ever.
#ThisIsNotUpForDebate
Debatable...my nigga 69 would eat that dude up 4real..yo that nigga ain't fuckin witt lil xan Mothafukkin lil nas x Riff Raff..niggas don't no rap listen to all these old ass niggas this ain't 1980 my nigga nobody trying to here that shit
.fuck outta here
The 18th Letter is a masterpiece! My favorite album from RA!
Stop buggin'! A brother said, "Dig him?" I never dug him
He couldn't follow the leader long enough so I drugged him.... Nuff said.
kdog when i heard rakim say
that on wax i flipped
In the danger zone
I just Told somebody that last week Dog.
That was a diss towards EPMD! Look it up!
That is so hard man. The way it was said was ridiculous.
One of the major reasons why Nas (appears) to get more love than Rakim is because there was a time Nas played to the stereotypes of black street culture. When Illmatic dropped, Nas got love from pure hip-hop heads. But, at that time is wasn’t considered a commercial success. When he dropped ‘It Was Written’, he turned into Nas Escobar. He became a gangster/drug dealer/killer, etc... That album was more commercially successful and his first album to go platinum. Depending on who u ask, some people thought ‘It Was Written’ was better. Major labels will push ignorance over knowledge every time (especially with black entertainment). Rakim always stayed true to himself. When Rakim was on top of the game, being Afro-centric and being proud to be black was accepted by major labels (from a commercial standpoint). When Nas came out, Gangsta Rap was what the major labels were pushing to the masses. That’s why it took Nas so long to drop his 3rd album ‘I Am’. He was getting checked by street dudes and rappers for rapping about a lifestyle he never lived. He had to reevaluate himself and realized he was being used as a pawn to promote ignorance. Since then, Nas has produced music that had more meaning than ‘It Was Written’ (although there were a lot of jewels throughout the gangsta bravado that was projected throughout that album). No matter what, Rakim was always a truth teller from day one. Never changed. He may have suffered from that from a commercial perspective, but true hip-hop heads will ALWAYS appreciate him for staying true to himself.
VAUNCOVERED Couptakeover nas comes from a crime filled environment, and poverty I’m sure his homies were with the shits so idk wtf you mean by “he didn’t live that life”.
What I meant was on Illmatic he was rapping from a third person perspective... he was an observer. Not to say he didn’t get into trouble, sold some drugs, etc... everyone knows he had goons around him (ie. his brother Jungle). But on It Was Written, he rapped in a first person perspective. He acted like he was the biggest drug dealer, he was the one doing the shooting, basically like he ran Queensbridge. He was rapping about a life he didn’t live and got checked by dudes from his hood who really was with the bullshit (ie. Cormega) and by rappers that saw thru his Nas Escobar persona (ie. Jay-Z and Pac). No one said he wasn’t a street dude. But he never was the persona he rapped about on It Was Written. He’ll tell u that himself. During that time he was lost as an artist because he wasn’t being true to himself. If u listen to all of his albums after It Was Written, you can clearly hear the change in his content and how he wanted to represent himself to the world.
VAUNCOVERED Couptakeover In the song called the message nas raps when I rhyme it sincerely yours so what u mean by he did not live that life
VAUNCOVERED Couptakeover it was written had way more knowledge than illmatic
Joel Joseph Lol... So all someone has to say is ‘sincerely yours’ and then everything they say is the truth??? Ok, homie... if u say so. As far as jewels in an album, it’s arguable which album has more. But one thing is certain, Illmatic is regarded universally as one of the top 10 hip hop albums of all time. From a hip-hop historical perspective, it’s not even a comparison. But, that’s the beauty of being an individual. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Rakim stood 10 toes down and said I'd rather back up, than compromise. Salute 💯 the LOVE of money is the root of all evil
Unfortunately, in our community, most times, you don't want to be 1st with a "game changing" style..They will build you up, crucify you, and then bite yo ish. Das EFX, T-Pain, Ja Rule, etc..I know my examples look laughable, but if you know Hip-Hop, you know this is 💯
tochiRTA Facto! You just helped me understand who spearheaded "incoherent rap" it was that damn Lil B..Wow
@@IzItDre True BassGod is a legend
Rakim had a 5 year stretch between 92-97 where he didn't drop an album. That's when producers like Pete, Eric Sermon, Preme, Q-Tip, Dre, Kay Gee (Naughty By Nature) were killing the game. And the next wave of rappers took over. Time passed Rakim at that point.
Thank you. Dudes acting like there was a conspiracy and all this other nonsense. Some dudes just didn't navigate their careers as well as they could of. Taking long breaks between albums (see Special Ed), not having the right singles, etc. Rakim was on major labels and was even signed with Dre for a minute. I worked at Universal when he was at Aftermath.
@CinqueMalcolm : glad you brought up Ed. Tbh he was ahead of his time. But, the album he dropped in 95' his cadence and flow was....off. Sidenote: Ed produced on Junior Mafias album
There is no “playing” devil’s advocate with Vladimir.
The Difference between a Nas and Rakim is a Steve Stoute behind Nas Career that he actually listened too, same way Biggie having a puffy helped him go where other Mcs of his caliber couldn't take the game, business was the difference not really skill, even tho Nas took Rakims vibe to a whole other level
It's a time frame thing. For Rakim to be as popular as he is coming from that error in hip hop is amazing in itself. White kids from the suburbs were bumping that "Juice" soundtrack loud as hell. Rappers in the 90's were blessed to be in a time when hip hop pretty much took over though. And I grew up in the 90's and we had an amazing selection. I mean damn we had Biggie and Pac. Wu-tang and Jay-Z. Snoop and Dre. DMX and Em. Nas and Busta! Yo. We were fucking spoiled yo! Lol
Ali Chaudry Well said. It is subjective but nowadays you don't have Freddie Gibbs, Oddisee, Joey Bada$$, and Fashawn aren't being played in clubs. If they we're mainstream then hip hop nowadays would be of a better quality but it sucks that they aren't.
Eminem was late '90s - at least when people started to recognise him.
*era
I was that white kid in the suburbs with the Juice soundtrack. lol. - Axe God
I was a 90's teen, and the club was SO LIT, we had the best music! And I was fortunate to grow up listening to Rakim, Don't sweat the technique, Microphone fiend... Those songs still give me chills!
don't care what nobody says but "Don't sweat the technique" is a dope album. I love the songs "Casualties of War", "What's on ya mind?" and "Keep the beat"..."Punisher" are dope cuts.
Back around 1985 and 86, when Rakim was first on the radio, the average rap fan in NY or out of state, wasn't stating things like "Wow, Rakim lyrics is so fire, his lyrics and skills is so much better than the Fat Boys, I ain't messing with the Fat Boys anymore, damn, Rakim is so lyrical". Rap fans just listened to what's new, whats out, and Rakim was the new one on the scene. Rap was still a new concept back then, so Rakim certainly was the newest with a concept of ongoing rap bars, and no routine. Everybody copied Rakim, the rap industry got flooded with a whole bunch of other rap artists, that Rakim simply lost his footing, and Rakim just didn't change his style delivery. Rakim was so advanced, that the rap industry caught up to him and isolated and even surpassed Rakim, and the rap fanbase had too many rap groups to choose from now, from 1986 to 1996, probably another 10,000 other rappers added to the scene.
The single was called “Daughters”. It was about his daughter and anyone who has a daughter across the world. They both get an L 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
jonathan bailey Daughters was tight
They just hating because if you check critically song by song he is the greatest
I think Rakim gets a lot of respect from people that know who he is. People call him the God MC ffs, how much more respect does he need? Kind of surprised Lord Jamar thought he only had 3 albums though lol. Some of Rakims best songs are unreleased ones too, like Man With A Gun and the original version of Hoodlum. The song, The Mystery (Who Is God) is a masterpiece.
Mark Whippy no, it's a fucking rap song. its not Dantes a divine comedy or Beethoven's moonlight sonata.
they are two masterpieces.
No Vlad you hate Nas. Nas has earned the right to put shit out when he wants to. Vlad you culture vulture.
I discovered the "Paid In Full" record @ 12 years old..it blew my mind. Rakim is a genius and a living legend.
5 Albums. They left out "The 18th Letter" which was without Eric B..
He Mention The 18th Letter
Pardon me fam, he did mention it.
7 Albums...
Paid in Full
Follow the Leader
Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em
Dont Sweat the Technique
The 18th Letter
The Master
The 7th Seal
"I'm God - G is the 7th Letter Made"
7 = God, Completion
Lord Jarmar said "That's the God!" then told @djvlad "Do you think i am gonna go against the God?"
Lmao!
This is epic-
Lord Jamar knows better, Rakim ain't the one to Play with 💯
PAID IN FULL you know how many rapper's were inspired by that album one album can influence a million albums just because he dropped a couple of albums don't mean he ain't the KING or at least one of them
What Rakim says is gold... F.k what anyone have to say. My top 3 Rakim 2pac and Nas in that order.
Rakim is THE GOD not Em.
Listening to this in 2022 after an incredible run from Nas having dropped 6 classic albums since this interview.
This interview dropped in March of 2018. Nas released Nasir in June of 2018, then The Lost Tapes 2 in 2019, then King's Disease in 2020, then King's Disease 2 in 2021, then Magic in late 2021, then King's Disease 3 in 2022.
Rakim wouldn't sell his soul to the music business. Nas embraced the essence of lyricism on behalf of Rakim and actually did compromise his soul... a bit.
That wasn’t Rakim that tweeted that. He said it was someone who handles the Eric B and Rakim twitter account.
Rakim had more success with Eric B than Nas had with Large Pro or DJ Premier. Nas has more success with his solo career than Rakim did. That’s why they’re view differently.
Man I don't think anyone has been on VladTV more times than Lord Jamar.
Rakim is the platinum standard....
Eric B and Rakim Albums: Paid In Full/Follow The Leader/Let The Rhythm Hit'Em/Dont Sweat The Technique