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.

@playboymaxim

10 жыл бұрын

+1000. Rakim raised the bar

@djbrownsville

10 жыл бұрын

rakim was the first person for which they coined the phrase "new school". you're absolutely right. dap to ya.

@BrileyGabriel

10 жыл бұрын

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!

@BrileyGabriel

7 жыл бұрын

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!

@raygordonteacheschess5501

7 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

@harryarmstrong658

9 жыл бұрын

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.

@DjcHuCkNiCe1

9 жыл бұрын

Harry Armstrong Don't forget KRS!!

@harryarmstrong658

9 жыл бұрын

Yes can't forget KRS and Boogie Down Productions...which I shamefully did in that comment, haha.

@harryarmstrong658

8 жыл бұрын

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!

@jabron2009

7 жыл бұрын

you're wrong, rakim came from wyandanch. that's in long island, my hometown

If i run for president this will be my anthem

@Haster3

8 жыл бұрын

lol EB

@mjolden

7 жыл бұрын

If you do that I wanna be VP 😂😂

@Haster3

7 жыл бұрын

+Matthew Olden koo

@anthonytyson1280

7 жыл бұрын

Eric Brooks Run for president.

@nite3018

7 жыл бұрын

Eric Brooks perfect asf

This record changed the game forever.

@truuguy

10 жыл бұрын

For real! This single and subsequent album is the musical equivalent of the "missing link" between what we consider today to be "Old school" style rap and modern day hip hop skill and flow. It was THE game changer... no doubt!

@darrellboone9274

5 жыл бұрын

@Sonny Higham:what made La Di Da Di unique was that,New York hip-hop fans heard new rap songs from:Mr.Magic/Kool DJ Red Alert/Chuck Chillout(WBLS/Kiss-fm),WNWK(underground hip-hop) or Video Music Box(Uncle Ralph McDaniel)....there were rumors of this song with just a beat box and English sounding rapper;it Literally spread through word of mouth/tape to tape;by the time everyone finally heard it,it was already out a few months

@dialtone21

5 жыл бұрын

Word I was in the park and heard this in Queens, I was like who this!!

@tennektrey5227

5 жыл бұрын

Real talk, you had to change ya game plan if you were an MC tryin’ to keep up with The R.

@GatoSupreme

3 жыл бұрын

TRUTH

“You thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me.” 😂 After 36 years this song still hits hard.

@KittenRaptor

Жыл бұрын

You can't get away with saying anything that extreme these days, it's political correctness gone MAD!

All MCs had to step their game up after this!

@MrKevinEaddy

4 жыл бұрын

lil pump has entered the chat

@vanix9268

Жыл бұрын

​@@MrKevinEaddy get out! GET OUT!!!

This song ended the RUN-DMC era and changed rap for ever!

@henrocking

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@henrocking

6 жыл бұрын

and that corny Tougher Than Leather movie with you acting tough with gats in hand.

@melw9528

6 жыл бұрын

Dz Nutz DMC even admitted he saw the end of his career when he heard Rakim. Listen to the combat interview

@melw9528

6 жыл бұрын

Dz Nutz lol that could be the ultimate reason. I was going by that interview.

@robinsss

6 жыл бұрын

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'

Back in the 80's, Rakim came out and destroyed everybody.

@waynewhite4769

5 жыл бұрын

90s and beyond

@QueenCraftsChannel

5 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah!!!

@iamking9077

5 жыл бұрын

@@waynewhite4769over 2pac and biggie?no

@waynewhite4769

5 жыл бұрын

Explain what you mean

@lyrics2challenged

4 жыл бұрын

@@iamking9077 Over Pac n Biggie? Yes. Easily. Don't get into a convo you can't keep up with. Ra, along with few others, 90s shit smoked anything Pac/Big out out. Dudes was just famous. The 18th letter alone smokes both artists catalogue.

Rakim is the greatest rapper in the history of Rap/Hip Hop.

@michaelmalapi4552

Жыл бұрын

Word is Bond

@andremorris9193

3 ай бұрын

Yes

@redvlandro

28 күн бұрын

He the God MC

@DemetriusJohnson-ym2nz

11 күн бұрын

Rakim,the greatest mc of all time.​@@redvlandro

Shout to all my old heads doin the wop to this in 2018.

@lebronzejames

4 жыл бұрын

2019 now sun legends never die

@chrisjennings5475

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@afrosoul1369

4 жыл бұрын

Nigmatics 2019

@CheminisVienetas

4 жыл бұрын

I'm 22 bro

@pauldugdale7106

4 жыл бұрын

You’re old school man! 2019 in here!

I remember the moment I first heard it. 86. Junior year at Brooklyn Tech in the lunchroom. After school jam. Lights dimmed, and then This joint came on and time slowed down to a crawl. A quantum event occurred. The world had changed.

@ricardothompson2700

Жыл бұрын

I was a senior in Brooklyn Tech in ‘86 listening to this in that same lunch room.

@yaoblack3579

Жыл бұрын

@@ricardothompson2700 that's crazy!! You remember that jam in the cafeteria??

@yaoblack3579

Жыл бұрын

I remember it like it was yesterday. My boy Vincent Jones talked me into going.

@virgilhiley8709

Жыл бұрын

The world fucking changed

@otisomorris9166

Жыл бұрын

No bs.. truth speaks

Gotta be the "Greatest Song In Hip Hop History'!!! No doubt..pay respect to the master!!!

@UncleClaudeSportsandThangs

8 жыл бұрын

+Antonio1Funk Its definitely the biggest game changer in hip hop history without a doubt.

@msanntaylor2255

8 жыл бұрын

+Claude White Fact, Fact Check.

@sirjer73

6 жыл бұрын

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 came in the door, I said it before I never let the mic magnetize me no more But it's biting me, fighting me, inviting me to rhyme I can't hold it back, I'm looking for the line Taking off my coat, clearing my throat The rhyme will be kicking until I hit my last note My mind remains refined, all kind of ideas Self-esteem makes it seem like a thought took years to build But still say a rhyme after the next one Prepared, never scared, I'll just bless one And you know that I'm the soloist So Eric B make 'em clap to this I don't bug out or chill or be acting ill No tricks in '86, it's time to build Eric be easy on the cut, no mistakes allowed Cause to me, MC means move the crowd I made it easy to dance to this But can you detect what's coming next from the flex of the wrist Say indeed and I'll proceed cause my man made a mix If he bleed he won't need no band-aid to fix His fingertips sew a rhyme until there's no rhymes left I hurry up because the cut will make 'em bleed to death But he's kicking it cause it ain't no half stepping The party is live, the rhyme can't be kept in- Side, it needs erupting just like a volcano It ain't the everyday style or the same old rhyme Cause I'm better than the rest of them Eric B is on the cut and my name is Rakim Go get a girl and get soft and warm Don't get excited, you've been invited to a quiet storm But now it's out of hand cause you told me you hate me And then you ask what have I done lately First you said all you want is love and affection Let me be your angel and I'll be your protection Take you out, buy you all kinds of things I must have got you too hot and burned off your wings You caught an attitude, you need food to eat up I'm scheming like I'm dreaming on a couch with my feet up You scream I'm lazy, you must be crazy Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me

@khalilthomas3169

5 жыл бұрын

ill....

@donmac6712

5 жыл бұрын

Lyrics that's all I can say

@cookiemonster91208

5 жыл бұрын

you did your thing, quoting the lyrics. I understand them morr than ever. The 18th letter is 4ever nice!

@marycharles146

4 жыл бұрын

Teaching the younger ones what original rap music SOUNDS like! Thanks for your comment Fam! I AM HIP HOP MARY LUV, INFINITY MACHINE, SOUTH JAMAICA QUEENS NY! "40p."! 🎤💙🎤💙🎤💙🎤

@blackexcellenceisreal3328

4 жыл бұрын

Paradigm changing

when I heard this on my stoop in Brooklyn in 1986, I knew at that moment, that rap was going to be something different than anything that preceded it....

@thomasharlovic7470

8 жыл бұрын

Lol on your stoop...idk why that is so funny to me

@merikishtar

5 жыл бұрын

For me it was I ain't no Joke

When I first heard this back in '86 I was in NY, first time in my life in the US, 15 years old, I already loved hiphop, but this was shocking, it sounded like it came from another planet. Never heard ANYTHING like it, and kids with boomboxes were playing it everywhere. Like the Coltrane Quartet to jazz, it changed music forever

@99alfailiwaqain51

2 жыл бұрын

Peace! No doubt; it was the most unique joint I had ever heard. I couldn’t believe my ears as a young man.

@roxinecrew949

2 жыл бұрын

#IT #CAME #FROM #A #LANDBEFORETIME #RAKIMIZGOD

@roxinecrew949

2 жыл бұрын

#RAKIM #WOULD #LYRICALLYASSASSINATE #DRAKE 👈 #THEMULTIMILLIONAIREFLAKE

@cavaleer

2 жыл бұрын

Well said, especially for a foreigner. I had the exact experience, with Coltrane too, and then two years later with House music and Larry Heard, who literally cemented the genre of House in 1986. Incredible year.

@hangingwithbigjohn8401

21 күн бұрын

"Sounded like it came from another planet" Appropriate because Rakim is an Aquarius. If you know anything about astrology, Aquarius is the sign of innovation, technology, extra terrestrial inspiration.

I'll never forget hearing eric b for president on the radio the first time when it came out. My friends older brother was playing it out of a box walking down the street. With the reverb bouncing off the block it sounded like something from the future, like it came out of a rocketship!!! There was nothing like it at the time, nothing. Rakim will always be #1 on my top five.

@99alfailiwaqain51

2 жыл бұрын

Peace! Yeah I remember hearing this joint for the first time and I almost had conniption fit…lololol…I never heard a rhyme like that ever before..

@bigdaddypiggy

Жыл бұрын

Same here…..Rakim is to hip hop what Jordan is to basketball or Ali to boxing

Doctor: “You have 4 minutes and 52 seconds left to live” Me:

@m-o-mb9fb

4 жыл бұрын

half-gods in white

This song changed the direction of Hip-Hop

This cut made Rakim a household name in the hood when it dropped. This rocked all summer long

Who still listening in 2019 to the God m.c?

@s.s.tillmanesq.305

4 жыл бұрын

I see u Divine 9..... I cant find a pinky emoji, but heyyyy ✊🏾 💗💚 #1908 #1911

@75HuztleMayne

4 жыл бұрын

30yrs later I'm still listening

@milanfernandez1667

4 жыл бұрын

@@s.s.tillmanesq.305 RQQ-SKEE-♎🌹

@oaknyno

4 жыл бұрын

Still in regular rotation

@armandovilla1755

4 жыл бұрын

I'm listening to it 2020

Better than the album version...just my opinion.

@Eversky1247

8 жыл бұрын

+Harry Armstrong ... This and My Melody from the 12" are better than the album versions

@lgrhythm

8 жыл бұрын

Way better

@DJDAMIAN72

8 жыл бұрын

+Harry Armstrong This is one of my all time favorite hip-hop jams... but I fkn hate the album version!

@Holipsism

6 жыл бұрын

Your opinion is correct

@JD-vy7os

6 жыл бұрын

Harry Armstrong absolutely, I hate that typewriter version...

"You thought I was a donut and tried to glaze me" classic lyric ...

"You called me Lazy? You must be crazy; thought i was a doughnut you tried to glaze me" One of the BEST ever!

Monumental moment in Hip Hop! The irony about this song is that it was a song about his D.J. but it Officially changed the focus from the D.J. to the M.C.! Rakim Allah set a higher and new Level of Lyricism since this Epic Classic!!!!

@cibida1

5 жыл бұрын

Cee Zee well said

@Tom120x3

5 жыл бұрын

CeeZee, Melle Mel changes the DJ/MC dynamic. The message ended Grand Master and the Furious Five so much that many thought Mel was the Grand Master.

His voice.... His flow. His dress code... His seriousness... Damn. Rakim da greatness

@shawnturner1645

10 ай бұрын

New nickname "Rakim da greatness "

best rapper that ever lived

@jeromeking6001

8 жыл бұрын

+Mick Woodhouse Undoubtedly, the one and only

@geneticallysuperior6738

8 жыл бұрын

+1981piru aahhh hell no! Nas is good but not the best

@jeromeking6001

8 жыл бұрын

You're 100% right!

@msanntaylor2255

8 жыл бұрын

+Mick Woodhouse Fact. Now check it on Snopes. Fact Mick, Fact.

@gunchief0811

6 жыл бұрын

CMDR MyCustardLove top ten yes.. G.O.A.T.? Naw...

When this Album dropped, it was like sending a modern day special forces soldier with all of the latest cutting edge equipment back in time into a revolutionary war era battle. Rakim entered the game an ACR fully loaded, semi automatic assault rifle, with night vision and a laser scope among a field of single shot muskets!

@JL0183

10 жыл бұрын

w a noob tube lol

@truuguy

10 жыл бұрын

????

@JL0183

10 жыл бұрын

truuguy a noob tube is a grenade launcher attachment

@harryarmstrong658

9 жыл бұрын

I'd say a M4A1 amongst a field of three-burst M16s, 1986-7 were easily the best years for hip-hop of all time.

@jameswilliams4651

6 жыл бұрын

truuguy. I couldn't have said I any better. My all time favorite since he came out and never an analogy like that until now and I've heard damn near every description on the brother.

“I made it easy to dance to this but can you detect what’s coming next from the flex of the wrist”. 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

These two changed the game.

this takes me back to 8th grade...coming from a 43 year old

@Vic-rf6hs

7 жыл бұрын

mrsexxc1 I heard the "wop" used to be the thing back in the day

@TheAfricaice

7 жыл бұрын

mrsexxc1 Exactly

@sirch73

7 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah, 8th Grade, I was just thinking that!! Palms Jr High Los Angeles , Cali......Im 43 too HaHa

@waynewhite4769

5 жыл бұрын

Im 48 bruh im with you

@angellee40

5 жыл бұрын

mrsexxc1 I’m 47. Old school. Oh yeah!!!

The year of the wopp dance 💃🏿1986 summer, so much fun at block parties. This song changed everything as soon as the beat came on.🎶🎵all you heard was OOOOH

@Rita-23

6 жыл бұрын

kay car I was JUST thinking "this is the song that er'ybody did the WOP.....thru the entire song" 😂😂😂

@angellee40

5 жыл бұрын

kay car lol yep and I still can’t do it. I’m 47

@yogibear6692

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget this song might of been the only song that rocked for two summers straight

This is the orginal OG version

@ddawk1019

8 жыл бұрын

OG triple OG joint.

@geneticallysuperior6738

8 жыл бұрын

Boogie Down Productions.........D Nice

@ddawk1019

8 жыл бұрын

All day son!

@geneticallysuperior6738

8 жыл бұрын

***** South Bronx........Kill That Noise! Nah I'm kidding XD

@ddawk1019

8 жыл бұрын

It's all good! NY stand up

This shit had the streets on fire back in the days

@dwaynejohnson3757

Жыл бұрын

❤💪🏽✊🏾

wanna talk about a song that changed the world?

@waynewhite4769

5 жыл бұрын

So fuckn true

I’m still here.. first heard this jam in 1986 still listening 2019. Who’s with me

My favorite jam back in the day...

@Primophobic

8 жыл бұрын

😉

@DJDAMIAN72

8 жыл бұрын

+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. :)

@geneticallysuperior6738

8 жыл бұрын

+Tom H nice head

“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!!..” 🔥🔥🔥

Hiphop at its finest

THANK GOD this is the version that includes the line "I must've got you too hot - burned off your wings"

@SoulshineWavy

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah! I don't know why that needed changing on the album

@lepoetress

7 жыл бұрын

That's what he was saying ... for YEARS I thought he said, "Must've got you too hot and burned off your wick", like on a candle ... been saying in wrong for a LOOOOOOONG time. #messedupthelyricsagaib

But can you detect what's coming next from the Flex of the wrist. 🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤

little known fact, this was recorded in Queensbridge at Marley's crib, Same projects Nas and Mobb Deep are from,

@ReallifeGfly

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4lllq2Lg93ae5c.html

@yogibear6692

4 жыл бұрын

All real hip hop head know this thanks for putting out correct info

@tommykeith6589

4 жыл бұрын

thewilloughby605 & RON ARTEST!! OOOS META WORLD- PEACE!!

@mrflynn01

4 жыл бұрын

And Eric B still will not admit he didn’t produce this track, so dam sad!!!!

@claypleasant6327

4 жыл бұрын

@@mrflynn01 that's crazy because you can hear Marley all over it. It even sounds like his scratching

One of the best hip-hop jams to date

The history of NY rap and hip hop is unreal real talk

The 12" single that changed the rap game and gave true meaning to "droppin' science"

@BrokeandCopa

9 жыл бұрын

talk about it !

35 Years Ago Now... Legendary...

This is simply magnificent. I’m still listening to this wonderful creation in 2023 and will keep it in rotation for years to come. No one can do it better than these Rap pioneers ✌🏿🤘🏿✊🏿

My favorite song of all time

2019 If u didn't know now u do.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

ONE OF THEE BEST BEATS AND OR SONG OF ALL TIME....

Rakim had flow for days!

This joint is still LAVA HOTT in 2019!!!!

You thought I was a doughnut, you tried to glaze me.

@lewcipher358

7 жыл бұрын

Kenzie Kenner says this in a movie I saw once. One of the stag films. The blue movies.

@columbusohio72

6 жыл бұрын

Top 10 dopest lines in hip hop

@angellee40

5 жыл бұрын

Anthony Tyson LoL that’s my favorite part

@remoneaharris1249

5 жыл бұрын

Anthony Tyson the best Era,' Kane rakim KRS 1 EPMD Kool G Rapp Run-Dmc

@MindTrickedX24

5 жыл бұрын

@@lewcipher358 You mean... *looks around*... the "adult" entertainment???

When I first heard this song it literally gave me goose bumps and the hair stood up on my arms...I felt the power that Hip Hop has and knew that this brother was a legend already.

lets all enjoy this while we have it...the realness isnt coming back..true hip hop

"When I'm on the mic, I'm neva hesitant, my favorite jam back in the day was Eric B. Is President" Phife TCQ

...that beat is still 'kickin' in 2019!....(the G.O.A.T. in early rap/hip-hop genre music!)...I got turned on to Eric B. & Rakim and Run-DMC back in '87...I was a heavy-metal guitarist of seven years and I heard that kind of music and immediately sold the nine guitars I had and got turn-tables, etc...it is very moving music...I listened to Public Enemy, StetsaSonic, the Disposable Heroes of HipHop, EPMD , Dr. Dre, Snoop, Diamond D, LL Cool J, Slick Rick, Dougie Fresh, Kool G Rap, Marly Marl, Big Daddy Kane, Das EFX, Fat Boys, etc....I returned to guitar five years ago....there is still a lot of untapped potential n rap but I don'y seepeople headed that way yet....

If they ever need to know what hip hop was 4000 yrs from now..This song will play. And they will understand instantly

When this came out we played that over and over in the Jeep! That was the best times in NYC! "Go get a girl and get soft and warm, Don't get excited you been invited to a quiet storm." Whewwwwwww! Rakim was the fitrst million dollar MC!!!

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!

@blkmalencali

8 жыл бұрын

+Fanon Hutchinson exactly been say this for years! must have been politics and bullshit even back then.

@EricAllenJett

6 жыл бұрын

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....

@Rita-23

6 жыл бұрын

YES!! THANK YOU!!

@kevinr.villafana4687

5 жыл бұрын

@@EricAllenJett was there a label conflict? maybe a legal thing? I think there was! whatever you find was buried in a crate somewhere.

@EricAllenJett

5 жыл бұрын

@@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....

Im white nearly 50 and from tthe uk,this would be in my top 10 influential tunes growing up

I'd vote for this any day. Lol.😂

Absolutey stunning! Im emailing from the uk im now 50 but i still remember this on my walkman...my own world

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.

I had to come here after The breakfast club interview just to listen to it. The good old days when rap was real and good.

I'm an old head from the south.. And I say Rakim is the G.O.A.T... My favorite shyt is.. "I take 7 emcees and put 'em in a line, and add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme, well it'll take 7 more b4 I go for mine.. Now thats 21 emcees 8^@the same time"! You will never hear that type of shyt today. SKILLZ!

@BrileyGabriel

10 жыл бұрын

That was from "Check out My Melody" and that is one of my favorite bars ever spit as well!

@Eversky1247

8 жыл бұрын

+Briley Gabriel ... When I bought the original 12, this cut was the reason. When I heard My Melody on the B side, that changed my life forever. He made me proud to be 5% and mesmerized me at the same time. This cut is raw, no doubt, but My Melody is my favorite cut of all time. And he made that as a teenager also. My second favorite is Ain't the Devil Happy by Jeru the Damaja.

@BrileyGabriel

8 жыл бұрын

Erick Jordan No doubt, Check out My Melody was/is FIRE! The reason why I give Eric B is President props over Melody is because Eric B is President was our very FIRST taste of Rakim. I mean the very MOMENT that song got it's first spin on the air waves, EVERY other bar spit by EVERY other rapper became INSTANTLY dated! The "new school" was basically born when Eric B is President dropped.

MASTERPIECE......ALL CYLINDERS FIRING ON THIS ONE...

I miss them. was a shy kid in high school afraid to dance when this jam was released. I can confidently "shake it" now though. I hope Eric B & Rakim are doing well. Adding to my old lady yoga jams mix.

This will be eternally be rocked.

Thought I was a donut you tried to glaze me.... LEGENDARY!!!

Picture it. 1987 I was stuck on VH1, MTV, and pop. My brother pops in a cassette of this magical sound. I've been a stuck on lyrics since. Crazy thing is I remember every word!

"Thought I was a donut, you tried to glaze me." Best rap lyric ever!

This shit is fire for generations to come

Wow! I can’t believe I’ve been listening to this masterpiece for 35 years. Timeless classic!

G.O.A.T.

@stopbeingakeyboardkillermo4112

8 жыл бұрын

+1981piru No his father Rakim!!!

@shotguntwan217

8 жыл бұрын

+1981piru RAKIM G.O.A.T

@williams.5158

8 жыл бұрын

LL

@stopbeingakeyboardkillermo4112

7 жыл бұрын

DAEDRADONKEY Far from? Name 3 better MC's lyric for lyric.

@MrPeanutthegreat

7 жыл бұрын

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.

Whenever I walk down the street, this bassline is playing in my head.

So glad I was in nyc in '86 when this dropped .witnessed it owning the city in real time

Kool Moe Dee said in his book that he was driving when he first heard this. He added that he was so amazed at the lyrical content that he had to pull over to fully absorb Rakim's rhymes.

There's a moment of peace and tranquility when I hear...”Well clap your hands to what he's doing”. Takes me back to making a dub tape off the radio.

@99alfailiwaqain51

2 жыл бұрын

Lol. I feel that yo’

Eric B is on the cut , AND MY NAME IS RAKIM ,!

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!!

I was a Freshman in College when this dropped.

Heard this in 1986 and was hooked.

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:

Dammit Yo!!! This shit took me back to middle school back in ‘87. I’m 43 and happy I was part of the best era of rap, basketball, boxing & kicks FRESHHH!!! late 80s & 90ssssss!!!!

Great Classic!!! Love it!

Still Here Doing It !!! 2021 😘💃🏽

Old school rap was simply outstanding.

Still 🔥🔥🔥 in 2020 Eric B and Rakim

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.

1986....can still remember how this made me feel and how I moved

I remember where I was too when I first heard this song!!! I was walking across the 207th street bridge from uptown into the University Heights section of the Bronx with my Walkman on!!! 1986 the year Hip Hop changed!!!

Rakim will still take seven emcees and put em in a line....and turn em into twenty one emcees ate up at the same time...

@msanntaylor2255

8 жыл бұрын

+TheBrooklynBasement.com I totally agree.

@msl5253

5 жыл бұрын

That's the B side of this song (Check Out My Melody)! Lol

We hold these truths to be self evident; Eric B 4 President.

Used to listen to this album before every football game in high school... 1986 junior year... Used to come out the locker room hyped ASF!!!

This is your favorite rapper's favorite rapper.

late 80s ; Scott La Rock RIP, Boogie down respect. Rakim, Chuck B hell Yes when I was growin up

@trancefreak64

5 жыл бұрын

@Daron Smith Meant Scott La Rock I will correct my post thanks

These beats and rhymes are in a class all their own!! When someone says "old school" hip-hop, I say Eric B. & Rakim!! and Run DMC!!! Love, love love it!!

Eric B. & Rakim Still Winning🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

When the mic is in my hand, I'm never hesitant My favorite jam back in the day was Eric B. for President