The Science of RAKIM: Swinging Flow??

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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2025

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  • @MW-qx4qi
    @MW-qx4qi 10 місяців тому +77

    One of the most underrated rap music youtube channels. I don't know any other channel that dives into rhythm and flow of rap as much as you. You see plenty on other facets of rap songwriting like lyrical composition and technique, but having something specifically on flow is a niche that was sorely missing.

  • @rok4220
    @rok4220 10 місяців тому +30

    This isn’t just one of the best rap channels out there, this is one of the best music deconstruction / educational channels out there. Each video is a little master class
    Amazing

  • @OnkarPawar00
    @OnkarPawar00 10 місяців тому +9

    You are one of the very few RAP SCIENTISTS in this world....

  • @HikioFN
    @HikioFN 10 місяців тому +12

    Thanks for covering Rakim man, definitely one of my top emcees. Underrated as hell too, Loved the video.

  • @808iden4
    @808iden4 25 днів тому +1

    as a platinum producer this will level up your flows AND BEATS

  • @robertmoore1513
    @robertmoore1513 4 місяці тому +1

    Bruv. Your brilliance doesn't make me feel as small relative to its enormity. You are an incredible MC and musical scientist. Your musical flow and rhythm are signature to your voice and delivery as a teacher making it interesting to listen to you break down the nuances of musical theory that get overlooked in our art form. Thank you for making me better Bruv. I love you Fam, I pray God keeps you and that you're always booked up! Peace God. Teton Village, Wyoming. 🙌🫡🙏

  • @xyzyzx1253
    @xyzyzx1253 10 місяців тому +5

    Bro, I’m hooked, I’m watching everything you drop, give me more and more and more. This is DOPE work

  • @oppsteamus1665
    @oppsteamus1665 10 місяців тому +12

    Rakim played the sax and was inspired by John Coltrane

  • @jorgeandrespardo915
    @jorgeandrespardo915 10 місяців тому +5

    Bro. Keep this up. This channel is awesome!!!!

  • @TheSawzy
    @TheSawzy 10 місяців тому +2

    PLEASE DON’T STOP. These are so damn informative. Thank you.

  • @julyanjohns1237
    @julyanjohns1237 2 місяці тому

    man, these videos are a work of art. Rakim was one of my favourite rappers back in the day, and I always wondered how he got his flow to sound so smooth. thanks for a great explanation!

  • @gringochucha
    @gringochucha 9 місяців тому +1

    Bro I've been a passionate student of the drums for almost 3 years now. This is by far my favorite channel about rhythm on UA-cam right now ❤

  • @NorthernSolesCrew
    @NorthernSolesCrew 10 місяців тому +2

    These videos are great! Even for dancers/bboys. Love your explanations

  • @keirhreasonover9934
    @keirhreasonover9934 2 місяці тому

    Man, you deep with that. I subscribed. Im have to listen a few times to get it all. I didn't know there was so much to learn involving rap and music. You shoukd get a PhD in music brother

  • @tommydecypher3347
    @tommydecypher3347 8 місяців тому

    I absolutely love what you do mate. So much respect for doing these. Over the years iv not found anyone doing this. So much help with thinking in patterns 👊

  • @mexicanstorm
    @mexicanstorm 10 місяців тому +3

    this video is perfect!

  • @TooOddTodd
    @TooOddTodd 10 місяців тому

    These videos are amazing. There are so many artist that id love to see this type of video made for, Asap Rocky being one of them. I typed Science into your YT search bar and im too excited for all this content, tysm sir!

  • @clintfoster23
    @clintfoster23 9 місяців тому +4

    I'd love to see a breakdown on some of the crazy Tech N9ne flows.

  • @aadabimfmkad6041
    @aadabimfmkad6041 10 місяців тому

    Maz this channel is an absolute gem! Always look forward to your videos! love from australia

  • @TeagueChrystie
    @TeagueChrystie 10 місяців тому +2

    Unbelievable content.

  • @henryaudubon
    @henryaudubon 10 місяців тому

    You nailed Rakim's flow. Thanks for the lesson!

  • @nduduzombele4928
    @nduduzombele4928 4 місяці тому

    Bro this is crazy, this is my first time watching this video and the first thought i had was Rakims line on Its been a long time "But, no, I ain't down with Eric B. no more" and 18 seconds to the video...Bro is using the same song I was thinking of...Crazy stuff

  • @cletusmartin4628
    @cletusmartin4628 8 місяців тому

    Just wanna say your take on the Music Theory of Rap, is well pretty educational and I hope you great peaceful success in your endeavor's...Also may your naps be short and restful.

  • @burningspear90
    @burningspear90 10 місяців тому

    Dang Sun keep shining this channel da Truth

  • @TherealSIRenity
    @TherealSIRenity 8 місяців тому

    Bruh this channel 🔥 break down to the finest detail

  • @wasbaddoog9849
    @wasbaddoog9849 9 місяців тому +1

    Bro is the rap professor, everyone get your notebooks, class is in session.

  • @Ngatikahu-aka-panbadass
    @Ngatikahu-aka-panbadass 10 місяців тому

    hell yeah Mazbo Q your killing it bro nearly 50 k subs

  • @haalfnhaalf
    @haalfnhaalf 10 місяців тому +1

    :D "swing."
    perfect start

  • @ianandalisonjohnston4684
    @ianandalisonjohnston4684 10 місяців тому

    Amazing!

  • @FindMyKing
    @FindMyKing 10 місяців тому

    Healing mainstream one video at a time 😎

  • @kaimurphy7953
    @kaimurphy7953 8 місяців тому

    Thanks for vids dude great information

  • @Hollandvancewright
    @Hollandvancewright 6 місяців тому

    Ableton's swing/groove feature is pretty convoluted to use, but turning the grid off sounds much better anyway. Thanks to that I have a much better sense of groove, especially with wonky ones like quintuplets. For any producers here, try it out even if you use a different DAW

  • @ThaFunkHouse
    @ThaFunkHouse 10 місяців тому

    Love this

  • @isaacdiaz4301
    @isaacdiaz4301 10 місяців тому

    Great content!

  • @opulentmarrow7396
    @opulentmarrow7396 10 місяців тому +4

    Feels weird to be this early

    • @yungsosaa
      @yungsosaa 10 місяців тому

      I know write😹📝

    • @MW-qx4qi
      @MW-qx4qi 10 місяців тому

      fr tho

  • @808iden4
    @808iden4 25 днів тому

    Dopest video on UA-cam

  • @ItsSliWill
    @ItsSliWill 10 місяців тому +1

    🐐

  • @Cairosnow
    @Cairosnow 9 місяців тому

    make more vids like this pleaseeeeee

  • @themadmeatball
    @themadmeatball 2 місяці тому

    Do you give online lessons?
    Super interesting stuff.

  • @wombwomp2983
    @wombwomp2983 9 місяців тому

    Hey Maz, can you please explain the flow from "Erule - Listen Up" and/or "Erule - Synopsis"? These songs blow my mind!

  • @whoisninhosanto
    @whoisninhosanto 10 місяців тому

    increíble

  • @x-man4710
    @x-man4710 Місяць тому +1

    Where are the subtitles? 😢

  • @Carson-sx2vv
    @Carson-sx2vv 4 місяці тому

    Do one for lucki please 🙏

  • @Tomas-n6c
    @Tomas-n6c 8 місяців тому

    Hey man. Love your stuff but I don’t get it. Are you able to make a video on the basics of your teachings (from easy up to what you already talk about)

  • @MoonyDubMusic
    @MoonyDubMusic 10 місяців тому +2

    If you were to use microtiming, what's the element within the lyrics that defines the rhythm while going for a more "narrated" flow style?

    • @MazbouQ
      @MazbouQ  10 місяців тому +3

      The rhythm of the lyrics need to have natural fluctuations in speed, cos that's how we talk. So some parts will feel like you're slowing down behind the beat, others will sound like you're speeding up to catch up to it

    • @MoonyDubMusic
      @MoonyDubMusic 10 місяців тому +2

      @@MazbouQ Perfectly explained. Thank you very much!

  • @LIEGHT
    @LIEGHT 9 місяців тому

    How do you learn this though? Like how can i master swing? Any suggestions are appreciated 🙏❤

  • @DianteWhite-vr5cj
    @DianteWhite-vr5cj 9 місяців тому +1

    Please do one on Kendrick!!!!

  • @varus4827
    @varus4827 6 місяців тому

    doom or biggie next?? or mb inspectah deck?

  • @TreRVision
    @TreRVision 6 місяців тому

    You got my sub brother in his channel is crazy

  • @kentosalazar
    @kentosalazar 8 місяців тому

    did you work on developing the tone quality of your voice? or is it just a product of your natural voice?

  • @KingSheva-sh5qw
    @KingSheva-sh5qw 8 місяців тому

    Hey I really love the idea of your Channel, I really think its the next logical step for rap/hip-hop. We always used the voice as a musical instrument and not procution(no offense to procution to be me I see it as a addition to music although this is a bias and its more a ying yang situation of you NEED both or else you don't have a thing) Your disecting the specifics of how voice is more as a procution instument then a "standard" instument which I think is only logical and nessasery for hiphop to be educated in schools and for it to become part of music theory and music officially as I think it absolutely should. I also think your real end goal is finding the way to Mix beat and melody into one system as especially modern hiphop is really starting to incorporate voice as both a melodic and a beat instrument thanks to Auto-Tune😅(i like it its cool idc if they use auto tune nobody perfect but auto-tune is).

  • @nicolinekaray3476
    @nicolinekaray3476 7 місяців тому

    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    Rakim, the microphone soloist
    Follow procedures, the crowd couldn't wait to see this
    Nobody been this long awaited since Jesus
    Who wouldn't believe this, I heard the word on the street is
    I'm still one of the deepest on the mic since Adidas
    They said I changed the times from the rhymes that I thought of
    So I made some more to put the New World in Order
    With Mathematics, put your status above the average
    And help you rappers, make paragraphs with graphics
    'Cause new days is dawnin', new ways of performin'
    Brainstormin', I write and watch the night turn to mornin'
    On and on and, I got the whole world respondin'
    Rock, I keep it hot and blow the spot without warnin'
    The emperor, well known for inventin' a sentence
    Full of adventure, turnin' up the temperature
    Rush with adrenaline, how long has it been again
    To be in the state of mind that Rakim is in?
    It's been a long time
    Rakim, the microphone soloist
    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    Rakim
    When I'm out proppin', either, hangin' or shoppin'
    People see me, stop and ask me when the album droppin'
    The wait is over, in formation like a soldier
    Like I told ya, greater, stronger, now that I'm older
    I broke the code of silence with overloads of talents
    My only challenge is not to explode in violence
    I'm Asiatic, and blazin' microphones' a habit
    At least once during the course of a day, it's automatic
    In ghetto apparel, mind of a Egyptian pharaoh
    Far from shallow, thoughts travel like an arrow
    Allah's monotony, so far they can't stop me
    You know, Ra want property like Mummar Khadafi
    More thoughts than Bibles, recital taught disciples
    A sawed-off mic, so words scatter like a rifle
    Thoughts that's trifle, I'm bustin' these for you
    Ayo, technical difficulties is through
    It's been a long time
    Rakim, the microphone soloist
    It's been a long time
    Rakim, the microphone soloist
    It's been a long time
    Rakim, the microphone soloist
    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    When I flow at night, I show 'em new heights I go to write
    They know I strike with new prototypes to blow the mic
    Critics and biters don't know where my source of light is
    Still leave authors and writers with arthritis
    Cursed kids like the pyramids when they found the style
    First to ever let a rhyme flow down the Nile
    The rebirth of hip hop'll be dropped now
    'Cause the crowd didn't hear the original in a while
    So be alarmed, what you 'bout to see is the bomb
    Like, 3D in 'Nam, vivid like CD-Rom
    Info kept like internet.com
    My notebook's my bond like the Holy Quran
    Since I came in the door, said it before
    But, no, I ain't down with Eric B. no more
    At night the open mic be invitin' me to rhyme
    So, yo, I'm online, it's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    Rakim, the microphone soloist
    It's been a long time
    Rakim, the microphone soloist
    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time
    It's been a long time

  • @phyzixlab
    @phyzixlab 10 місяців тому

    It seems like the number of rythmic variations one can do has a limit within a 4 /16 bar section. Do rapper often reuse rythms across different songs?

  • @SmashingSebastianTV
    @SmashingSebastianTV 4 місяці тому

    the microtimed sounds much like a dragged version.... Why he calls it m-timed, I don't know

  • @drillgirl718
    @drillgirl718 8 місяців тому

    can you do 2pac like on his verse on the song 'gotta get mine' by mc breed?

  • @Causewisdom
    @Causewisdom 10 місяців тому

    I'm that type with a built in rhythm.

  • @AThousandMachines
    @AThousandMachines 8 місяців тому

    It'd be great to see a Science of... on Robot Tank / Warcloud / [NSF youtube]
    examples: ua-cam.com/video/2Yi-_DxHgd0/v-deo.htmlsi=Bsd4XsZ6efF8M_K1
    ua-cam.com/video/-jPkRbUcH7g/v-deo.htmlsi=IjzJmb2z7GeD7lLK
    playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL34dKcwaFZpNo6U1g5KXtQiZ2VhH8RFi0.html&si=1qR0jzl7qqFDzOOB

  • @st4nkreallyreekin
    @st4nkreallyreekin 8 місяців тому

    microtiming is like jdilla and swing is like roy ayers

  • @martinkauko5742
    @martinkauko5742 Місяць тому

    Am so lost😅😅

  • @zahcuri
    @zahcuri 9 місяців тому

    can you do playboi carti please

  • @cushevans6146
    @cushevans6146 9 місяців тому

    Bro I need your email adress!!

  • @Rapseeker101
    @Rapseeker101 10 місяців тому

    This Gordito breaks down everything I want him to break down My flow 🙌