Middle aged white guy here. The first time I heard Eric B & Rakim I was blown away. I was raised on hard rock but this was the shit. Classic! 👍

@haxio17

4 ай бұрын

Did your parents raise you on Hardrock?

E - F - F - E. - C. - T., A Smooth Operator Operating Corectly.....They don't call him DA GREAT RAKIM for nuthin....PURE GREATNESS !

2024 and I still listen to Rakim and get chills whenever I hear Microphone Fiend... And I'm 52 years old.

The greatest MC that ever lived.

@LouisTorres-ut4ks

3 ай бұрын

Facts ❤

@deryckcumberbatch3629

3 ай бұрын

Krs one enters the chat

@thecodemongoose

3 ай бұрын

@deryckcumberbatch3629 it's close. It's close. But the Goat is Ra

@silversurfer8935

13 күн бұрын

​@@deryckcumberbatch3629Nope

@Michael-mo1dg

8 күн бұрын

Chucky.

Rakim flow is so captivating that you don't even realize that he's not using profanity in his music. The GOAT

@1stthink236

3 ай бұрын

Someone told me that back in the day, I didn't even notice, made it even better.

@JeffGrubb1010

3 ай бұрын

who cares either way? not swearing doesn't make it better in any way unless you're some christian grandma or something i really don't get what your point is

@malcomshabazz2809

3 ай бұрын

@@JeffGrubb1010 Went completely over your head I see. What do you know about hip hop?

No cursing, no chorus, no mumbling, just 99 BARS of flawless lyricism and perfect production… you kids trying to do this needs to take notes!

@tonyinmiami99

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly...you dont hear the words Bitch or Ni-gger not once... awesome

@sluggzmcgee6272

2 жыл бұрын

STRONG FACTS BRO!

@denisegivens2155

Жыл бұрын

FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!!

@benjaminspecland8947

Жыл бұрын

​@@tonyinmiami99 😐bro u cant be saying that stuff

@Offlift

Жыл бұрын

@@tonyinmiami99 ye you def not goin to heaven 💀

his rhymes are pure wisdom, no cursing just plain wisdom in every sentence. I hope he is part of the museum of hip Hop in the Bronx for 2024.

This entire Album is a Complete masterpiece ❤

@ScottGarland-zl9zk

8 ай бұрын

I'm 54..I lived this. Flawless. The Ra is the Goat.

I’m 48 and I grew up in the Bronx . I was a 70’s baby and a adolescent in the 80’s and a young man in the 90’s . Some of the greatest eras for all type of music

@crillz9660

5 жыл бұрын

J Smith im 24 from south jamaica, queens. and being born in 94’, i didnt get a chance to experience this when it came out. thanks to my parents, i was blessed to hear all this 80’s and 90’s music, definitely favor this stuff over most of the current music nowadays. you’re definitely lucky as hell.

@j.anthonymorgan3025

5 жыл бұрын

facts...right here with you 77

@reggbrown5274

5 жыл бұрын

I'm right with you J from Detroit!!!

@taleighshacinto33

5 жыл бұрын

Same , Boston Rd,Webster and in Brooklyn, Marcy Ave, they was the best times

@cornelldavis6703

5 жыл бұрын

I am 50 never be another era like it!!!

4 minutes of straight bars and not one curse word. He your favorite rapper's favorite rapper.

@Wizdomisgold562

4 жыл бұрын

Big Facts... Its documented 💯

@atc5777

4 жыл бұрын

He said hell tho 😳

@who-sr9nn

4 жыл бұрын

ATC it’s in the bible

@atc5777

4 жыл бұрын

Riannaa TV it’s a joke

@who-sr9nn

4 жыл бұрын

ATC i know lol

White guy here, from Alabama. 51 y/o; 70’s and 80’s kid. I knew nothing about hip hop/rap, but when I heard Eric B and Rakim, I was hooked.

@sbnwnc

5 ай бұрын

Music is universal

@DPSLee

4 ай бұрын

When did you hear it? Just curious.

@josephcanales-pb3ip

4 ай бұрын

You were hooked because this is the best rap you will ever hear. RAKIM was the definition of Hip-hop. He brought it to another level. Alot of rappers that came after were influenced by RAKIM. You can hear it in their music. One of the best legends ever.

@Markus_YouTube

4 ай бұрын

@@josephcanales-pb3ip Eminem speaks on Rakim….. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hZ56qaWDgrWqYKg.htmlsi=DXD394Rp8pSvDzt-

@Markus_YouTube

4 ай бұрын

@@josephcanales-pb3ipJay-Z speaks on Rakim….. kzread.info/dash/bejne/aml21aR8l8LMebQ.htmlsi=i_VCPbYQDctlvcMY

Make sure you tell your kids that this is what real Hip Hop is.

@tekvsouvi

Жыл бұрын

Oh I will lemon I will lmao

@EfrinRodriguez

Жыл бұрын

​@@tekvsouvi😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 CV

@paulsmith5720

10 ай бұрын

Great comment right here.

@arlichar11

10 ай бұрын

its funny you say that, i know song well, but it came on my pandora and i was thinking the same thing, this is real hip hop.. what happened to hip hop, its went so down hill...

@DC4L_gillie

8 ай бұрын

21 is still GOAT 🔥🔥

Bruh... This song is LITERALLY better than 100% of the so-called hip hop you hear on the radio in 2022.

@Jomotmm

4 жыл бұрын

I have to say this first time I've ever heard this track , but i couldn't fast forward ... its so smooth , it reminds of the first time i fell in love with hip hop as a 6 year old , i love this beat , and the bells/whistles its so dope

@franciscodeanda699

4 жыл бұрын

Truth!

@jayslay4453

4 жыл бұрын

Cuz they don't make beats like this no more it's bullshit.. I wanna find some one that can take it back for real..

@Zu3sUK

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more mannn 👌👍👏🙌

@antoinegaskin1264

4 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%....most rap from this era is 100% better than today's skinny Jean music

As of Mexican American growing up in LA I idolized Rakim. The flows the bars are still cold and will live on forever.

@farrothecroix9599

3 жыл бұрын

K paza raza

@josenavarrete1155

3 жыл бұрын

Chingón Me too KDAY, all day!

@rafaelluna8909

3 жыл бұрын

Horale pinche carnal!!😂😂😂😂

@rafaelluna8909

3 жыл бұрын

@@josenavarrete1155 😂😂😂😂😂😂 chingon

@KG-th3cr

3 жыл бұрын

He was like a time traveler from another dimension with his skill. Unmatched then and today.

I'm 43, Pac and Biggie are nice but THIS Brother here and Chuck D SPIT some real 🔥🔥🔥🔥, before the 90's. 💯💯💯💯

@garrickl.simpson7957

3 жыл бұрын

Believe day, I'm 45 myself. I don't know how many turntables I messed up fucking with this song

@noffmemphisslim1377

2 жыл бұрын

FACTS!!!!!!!!

This God MC was ahead of his time...31yrs later he sounds better than these new rappers/MC's.

@CaptainAMAZINGGG

5 жыл бұрын

I literally refuse to even hear what's happening in mainstream currently :') it's enough that my ears get auditorially assaulted in stores. It actual feels like mental pollution. It's no wonder ppls psyches tend to be absolutely trashed. The things that are being ingested/consumed..

@xaviisrael2609

4 жыл бұрын

Facts

@cornelldavis6703

4 жыл бұрын

U could also say everyone else was behind!!!!

@havoc1426

4 жыл бұрын

You cant call this kids these days rappers/Mcs

@jumbo7165

4 жыл бұрын

That crap they make today is pop rap.. no heart in it.. its embarrassing

4 minutes & 18 seconds of straight octane 🔥🔥🔥

"I was a fiend, before i became a teen. I melted microphones instead of cones of ice cream" Fire. Str8 fire. Talent. Real shit.

@garfieldrussell2481

Жыл бұрын

Lol.... dem not listening 🤣

@whodis000

Жыл бұрын

Me as a 23 white kid: 💃🏽🥳

@orgonkothewildlyuntamed6301

Жыл бұрын

@@garfieldrussell2481 their loss

@alanduff1054

Жыл бұрын

GOAT wordsmith

@michaelaustin3362

Жыл бұрын

Best verse in Hip Hop!!!

This is 1988, at the height of the Crack epidemic. The way he takes the bleak image if being a 'fiend' and turning it into his love for the microphone is pure artistry. #namaste

@DoctorWhoKage

4 жыл бұрын

That point is kinda undermined by the fact that he said that he'll shoot someone if he couldn't get on the mic.

@yaoblack3579

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent reference and on point. We could walk out the door ever day and see the relentless, inescapable power of addiction. Flipped a term fraught with endless tragedy and horrors into one of the greatest songs ever made and a thing of beauty

@lemondishonor7736

3 жыл бұрын

A master of his craft.

@ws6513

3 жыл бұрын

Some niggas just don't know. 🤷🏽‍♂️💨

@oneway4667

3 жыл бұрын

Legendary the best rap song of all time imo

These are some of our greatest pioneers of hip hop. Why is there not a damn movie about the emergence of Eric B and Rakim !!??

@jamesmoore9636

3 жыл бұрын

A movie about the emergence of Hip- Hop is a great idea, the Golden era 80's, no era can match the 80's!!!

@oliviarodrigues2323

2 жыл бұрын

Right. We need an Eric B & Rakim biopic 🤲🏾😷🔑

@MusicPhene17

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmoore9636 I'd say mid 80s to about 94 95ish is golden era

@jamesmoore9636

2 жыл бұрын

@@MusicPhene17 you got that👍

@pchab1966

2 жыл бұрын

They are the standard!

Hip Hop purist here......loved our music without guns, misogyny and violence against our own people. 70's baby here!!!

I',m 54 from Montreal Canada and this song remains epic, new style, incredibly innovative, got a ton of attention. I feel fortunate to have heard it when it initially launched.

@passionofthechip2255

11 күн бұрын

Rakim had a huge impact on Canadian hip-hop, if you listen to a lot of late 80s-early 90s Canadian rap, it all sounds very similar to rakim style.

Rakim ran this whole track, no hook, no singing, no skits in the middle, just str8 bars

@cw6152

6 жыл бұрын

Young sensei 🔥🔥🔥

@DeathToTheDictators

6 жыл бұрын

True, but this track is ahead of it's time (or at the very least, timeless) in the mix/production. Hip Hop nowadays is so 'dated' (they just all use this obnoxious synth backing tracks)...while Eric B used (and performed LIVE) all these crazy mixing and sampling (awesome FAT/PHAT drum samples from the HUGE reverb-ish drum sounds of the 30-60!s) techniques that people try and emulate (poorly) via computer program, nowadays. It's weird, I find (even though the Rap genre is now the official biggest seller, as of 2017) the real golden age of Hip Hop was in the 80s and 90s. It's F'ed up. But i'm thinking music is like fashion....what was cool 20 or 30 years ago, WILL be again.

@martymardb7878

6 жыл бұрын

Young sensei facts👊🏿👊🏿

@faseforeal

6 жыл бұрын

Young sensei look it up Rakim did most of the beats. Most people don't know that. Eric B was just the front money that got them on.

@GGGeena860

6 жыл бұрын

faseforeal Right! Eric B didn't even like this kind of hip hop. He likes the booty shaking music and that's I think why they split.

"I was a fiend! before I became a teen I melted microphones instead of cones of ice cream Music orientated so when hip hop was originated, fitted like pieces of puzzles: complicated" When you actually pay attention to Rakims lyrics, he makes a lot of sense. I love those first few bars. Sets the scene for the track.

I was born in the 70's Im Puerto Rican from NY. Eric B and Rakim follow the leader was the 1st album I ever bought I said he was the best to do it back then and best to ever do it almost 40 years later.

My son is 22, he thinks trap is the s***, I told him, sit down and listen to this from pop's era...the real deal...

@haxio17

4 ай бұрын

Trap came up in the 90s Also not his Generation

@dorethawilliams73

Ай бұрын

So what did he think?

Who still banging this in 2020! Forever a classic !

@PrinsPara

4 жыл бұрын

Troy Crez ...still banging this in Amsterdam 2020!

@LA-sz7we

4 жыл бұрын

In Hamburg city

@garrisonsmallwood3105

4 жыл бұрын

Me he's the God mc

@lawrencemills599

4 жыл бұрын

C'mon bro you already know lol Classic hip-hop banger

@matthewhansen9423

4 жыл бұрын

Bangin it in N.Phx still.

"I wrote the rhyme that broke the bulls back if that slow em down I carry full pack" CLASSIC GOAT SHIT

@jensenlegobuilder173

2 жыл бұрын

Fully agreed

No cursing. No N-word. No calling women out their name… just PURE LYRICS!!! DAMN I miss this music!!! 🤌🏾

@andrewtheworldcitizen

4 ай бұрын

well, to be fair, he talks about drugs and heroine in this.....

@EldinBjelic

3 ай бұрын

K RINO, Houston Tx,try it,i think you will like it

@RomaineMelvin-zi3iv

3 ай бұрын

Facts 👌🏾

@christopherdavis1786

3 ай бұрын

​@andrewtheworldcitizen he compares his addiction to hip hop to drugs ..nothing more

@ronaldwoodman224

3 ай бұрын

Masterpiece!

He's called the God MC for a reason!!

I can actually remember to this day where I was and what I was doing when this joint dropped... watching a UK music show '88 called Behind The Beat (BTB) and recorded the show playing this joint and replayed the song to death after recording and wore the tape out... CLASSIC!

This is what a timeless MC sounds like this will be heat in 3000

@marctezon2239

2 жыл бұрын

Forever The Greatest 👑🎧🎤

That shit still bangs! Not one curse word, one of all-time rap geniuses. Rakim 4 ever.

Straight lyrical genius

A true lyricist. Every word is enunciated and pronounced as should be. Unbelievable…I grew up in the late 80’s and Rakim was running things.

Watching this, you realize why Rakim was so huge back in that era, he was ahead of time with his cadence, confidence and word play. He didn't babble, he spoke street and life knowledge. He was ahead of time, when people were doing "1-2-3-4 Jump on the floor" rhymes

@Musicienne-DAB1995

3 жыл бұрын

I read in an interview that Rakim was influenced by jazz. I can hear that in his rhyming flow.

@bangemsmurf9349

3 жыл бұрын

You said 1 simple word that'a vastly overlooked CADENCE. I can tell from that word alone you KNOW hip hop.

@KingBranBDM

2 жыл бұрын

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 he has a family of Jazz musicians.

@natalielucas9054

2 жыл бұрын

@@KingBranBDM Thank you for Speaking of one of the GOATS in present tense... This has been and always will be on my play list since the 80's and will ALWAYS be turned up to 💯🎼🎶💪🤘

@adderon7476

2 жыл бұрын

Flow

Arguably the greatest hip hop track ever. The definition of an MC

@Musicienne-DAB1995

Жыл бұрын

Oooh... but what about 'My Melody'?

@DicnballzBitch

Жыл бұрын

Have you seen or heard don't call me brother dark man X and the 18th letter

@Lonelysportofboxing

Жыл бұрын

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 oh my god.. don’t make the debate harder man please 🙌🏽🔥🔥🔥

@ekhays104

Жыл бұрын

No doubt. And also one of the most influential.

RAKIM: To sound so hard yet to have such intelligent lyrics and still be so harmonious. 🫡

Lyrical masterpiece.. this here the real hip hop 🎤🎤🎤❤

Rakim is the GOAT!! Dude was dropping bars with ZERO curse words and it still hits hard. 👊👊👊👊

Rakim gives Hip Hop a good name, always has, always will...

@leviescott4819

5 жыл бұрын

ShoNuff

The REAL GOAT !

Didn't realize till now how much I love the sound when a DJ scratches ... don't hear it much in current music now

Just RIDICULOUS wordplay! 30 years later & I can quote every word & still get as hyped as I was the 1st time I heard it. Even mote impressive is the fact that this is Slow Flow Rakim & he was THE MASTER of it. Then you compare this to Lyrics of Fury or Follow The Leader where he was rapping a thousand miles a minute & completely rewrote the rules on that too. NOBODY (Not Hova, BIGGIE, Nas, etc etc etc) is on this level. He is the GOAT by a mile!

@antonsantiago9849

4 жыл бұрын

Always and forever 💯 the God mc

@bigdaddypiggy

3 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more.... Rakim is still one of the coolest dudes to ever walk the earth......what Hendrix was to the electric guitar & Tool is to alternative/metal/prog, Rakim is to hip hop,he was just sooooo fuckin good 🤘🏻

@hku99

3 жыл бұрын

God MC

@feemac6561

3 жыл бұрын

Damn you took the word right out of my mouth!!!! I'm sorry Jay can't even handle this...To me him and LL CANT BE TOUCHED

@SofiaSoftly

3 жыл бұрын

agree

Rakim is SIC 4 this1..... Literally still better than any new MC today

Rakim dropped knowledgeable rhymes and still make you look like a sucker in a battle,I remember when I first saw this video,the memories 💯💯💯💯💯💯

No sexually explicit lyrics, no excessive cursing, reference to drug use, reference to women as b*****, or brothers as n******, or excessive materialism.......but still one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time. Don't tell me it can't be done.

@YhwhKhaiMostHigh

9 жыл бұрын

blakdog90 Yup. Rakim did it with class. I loved this guy. I wasn't into his religious philosphy but nonetheless he was freakin' awesome!

@midnitelitening9705

9 жыл бұрын

blakdog90 No repeat chorus or anthem songs, just keep rhyming and writing.

@cedenoanthony45

9 жыл бұрын

True bro. He kept it real,he hardly ever cussed. He still sounded just as good as the best. He didn't cuss in general. On any of his songs, u never heard any of that. That goes to show you that you don't have to cuss to sound dope as an MC

@sulaimonmaestro2436

9 жыл бұрын

blakdog90 Thank you!

@joaquingonzalez5095

9 жыл бұрын

blakdog90 "It can be done but only I can do it" Rakim

"feed me hip-hop and I will start tremblin" Now that's hip-hop!

@adnankazim88

4 жыл бұрын

this line gives me chills bro

@indiglo1971

3 жыл бұрын

It's connected to the Gremlin line before it. In the Gremlins movies, the would turn evil and violent if they got hit with water.

Amazing how this still holds up in 2023. Beat and lyrics are impeccable

@Musicienne-DAB1995

9 ай бұрын

It's been said to death, but the rap music of today doesn't come anywhere close to these classics. The decline in quality is shocking.

@markjackson6134

8 ай бұрын

You can put any number higher than the "2"s and it'll be true:):)

Rakim rules, best ever

Still one of the greatest MC's of all time

@melvinbridgewater4955

5 жыл бұрын

Fo Lyfe

@jaycris1980

4 жыл бұрын

B Moore the greatest...

This album can get put on right now and still pop!! I played it at my wedding and people went crazy!

@DjTIMEJD

Жыл бұрын

My fav album. Thanks, friend.

@babaelihumachine2644

Жыл бұрын

He is the greatest rapper of all time .do ur math.he set d template with dat first album So it's an Abomination dat OutKast given dat when original boom bag comes from.newYork.nonsense shit

@user-ft7hy3cd1o

11 ай бұрын

Wish I got an invite to the wedding

@Ms.Tee65

8 ай бұрын

Niceeeee

Saw him last night, got my hug. Awesome performance. I've been blessed. This will bang hard, crack the floors. 🖤

Yo' after all these years RAKIM is (STILL) that dude.....his music still flows.

The most lyrical rap record in music history. Rakim made other rappers raise their game when it came to rhyming.

50 years old, was a fan of Eric B and Rakim in the beginning, still am today. I listen to this fondly. This to me in real hip hop. 80s and early 90s, can never be duplicated.

@chortleboy

2 жыл бұрын

Yup just turned 49 was listening to Eric b and Rakim from the beginning

@bazglsgw1208

2 жыл бұрын

Im 44 n this is still cold af 🎤

@humanblacklight

2 жыл бұрын

@@bazglsgw1208 I keep telling people... Rakim is the greatest MC in hip hop. Even Eminem looks up to him. Some may not like me mentioning Eminem, but you cannot deny he has talent.

@bazglsgw1208

2 жыл бұрын

@@humanblacklight Yeah lyrically Eminem is very good but i dont like his hook game anymore some of his cheesy chorases n hooks annoy me but hes a great mcee no doubt.

@bazglsgw1208

2 жыл бұрын

@@humanblacklight Em also looks up 2 Masta Ace hes one of Ems favorites listen to Aces cadance in Accnowlage n he sounds like Em but Ace been here since the 80s he prob gave Em the title for his Slaughterhouse group.

The sleigh bells make this a Christmas song Merry Christmas everyone!

The man that changed a culture. No one can take him off the top of my hip hop list

The Greatest MC.

@jaelynbrown9971

5 жыл бұрын

Action. Movies

@marimartell3498

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@hiawathasmalls9703

5 жыл бұрын

@@jaelynbrown9971 ??????

@johnnydough8084

5 жыл бұрын

Don't let the white Boys in here they'll scream feminine I mean eminem wack ass

@Masutora

4 жыл бұрын

Without question.

This why Rakim is one Best Ever. He drop bars like no one that came across over the years.

@damianclarke8056

3 жыл бұрын

Rakim is the best. Guru 2nd

@dalepostell8751

3 жыл бұрын

Rakim is the G.O.A.T.!

@geraldjohnson3216

3 жыл бұрын

He got more bars than a jail cell

@looksliketouble

2 жыл бұрын

Eh big daddy Kane

@papolamuerte

3 ай бұрын

@@damianclarke8056For me, the R, then Nas…. my list stops there ✌️

This is my favorite song. Nothing but bars.

One of the coldest jams ever 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿 no 16 bars no hooks, straight flow through the whole entire song.💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

THE MOST INFLUENTIAL!!!!! THE MOST STUDIED!!!!!! THE MOST TALKED ABOUT!!!!!! THE BIGGEST GAME CHANGER!!!!! SIMPLY THE GREATEST PURE LYRICIST OF ALL TIME!!!!!

@Nigmatics

9 жыл бұрын

dabx170 co fuckin sign

@UncleClaudeSportsandThangs

9 жыл бұрын

dabx170 Rakim,KRS one,and Big Daddy Kane changed hip hop forevermore

@kurtadams3021

8 жыл бұрын

+Claude White All are true lyricist

If you don't get chills when you hear this song you're "Dead" plain and simple!!

@anthonytruman

3 жыл бұрын

For real

Dude still sounds so Modern to me !!!! TOP 5 PERIOD.

Legendary still !!!

Rakim murdered this track! #Legendary

@thenewkingofsaiyansdawesom5017

7 жыл бұрын

Marku Ben Yisrael I always thought Rakim is better than BDK and Slick Rick.

@jamesdavis691

5 жыл бұрын

Yes he did

Rakim's influence is insane, all the way from Nas to Rage Against the Machine

@Evan64m

4 жыл бұрын

Lexus Jones rage actually covered this song

@chandraabudiman

4 жыл бұрын

Dude i didnt know it was a cover song. I thought it was a rage song

@OGT4204

4 жыл бұрын

Chandra Budiman renegades album are all covers

@natalydavidsmith3118

3 жыл бұрын

@@chandraabudiman Rakim did this in 88

@JeppeSeverin

3 жыл бұрын

Top 3 of the world's best MCs ever.

Bars, bars, bars. Nothin' but bars start to finish. This was an infectiously fun era of hip hop. Better than the finest wine, decades later, still holds up. Eric B & Rakim on time and ahead of it. 😊💙🖤✨

Lyrical genius

Every single line is incredible. The rhymes, the flow, the beat, everything is on point

@Musicienne-DAB1995

Жыл бұрын

He made it sound like it was coming from the top of his head... but he'd actually planned each line meticulously.

@theresaahmad9015

9 ай бұрын

This track is one of the examples as to why no one ever tried Rakim. He was talking to anyone who wanted smoke any entertainer & that blow its already over before even starts.

@anthonybey1324

8 ай бұрын

No filler

Didn't cuss one time and still killed it

@carolynntubman1461

6 жыл бұрын

That's what makes this top notch to me - Smoothalicious

@chai848

6 жыл бұрын

Gasp! I never tripped off that!

@dondadda1716

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Hardison correct,he just blessed the mic

@cliniquecottingham6858

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Hardison yassssss!

@trakula618

5 жыл бұрын

Facts. Because he had nothing to prove

Dude was only 20yrs old when this dropped greatest of my era and still to this day

I can listen to this all without being annoyed. CLASSIC!!!

Without doubt one of the greatest songs and MC's of all time in hip hop

Its not just the rap that catches your ear. Its the Cypher that Rahim puts down like a natural thought. THE RAP GOD!

Those bars. Rakim is legendary!!

One of the greatest on the mic

Nobody can talk about HIP HOP without saying RAKIM, KRS ONE, BIG DADDY CANE, and KOOL G RAP. Four different dominating styles that gave a new life to HIP HOP. I don't know what this Sh!t is going on today it's not HIP HOP.

@artguti1551

4 жыл бұрын

All music after this got infiltrated by Lucifairian head masters after this. Including Rap, pop, rock, country...etc You can't make it without selling your soul. check out the "Out Of The Shadows" documentary on YT. It's about one hour and 17 mins long

One of my favorite hip hop songs of ALL TIME!!!!!! "After 12, i'm worse than a Gremlin. Feed me hip hop and I start tremblin." Respect to the invincible microphone fiend Rakim

"After 12 I'm worse than a Gremlin feed me HipHop and I'll start trembling!"Rakim

Rakim is the true GOAT of hip-hop

@josephcanales-pb3ip

2 ай бұрын

What would you say to someone who says that RAKIM is terrible, especially " MICROPHONE FIEND". And that he is not authentic, can't compare with good rappers and is definitely not in the top 25? This dude says he has crazy knowledge of hip-hop and has better taste in music than I have because I told him that saying Rakim is terrible means your knowledge of hip-hop is in the basement.

This song came out in 88 and yet no rappers today can compete with this song

@tariqnaseer7340

7 жыл бұрын

Rakim is and will always be the illest from ny

@ianlaing4935

7 жыл бұрын

Tariq Naseer Me to

@malikjohnson3228

6 жыл бұрын

Ummmm Big L

@rolandplatt255

6 жыл бұрын

Liko Bin Laden he said today..big L 💀

@minotaur5473

6 жыл бұрын

DJaySplitSecond my favorite of all time

Man this goes so hard. Period.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is one verse. He was probably 20 here. He was, and still is the greatest emcee we have ever witnessed.

#1 Lyricist of ALL TIME...

@garywoneal1000

7 жыл бұрын

Sharmarke Mohamed Em is a bad boy...

@tmoneynewjackswingtuffcrew9987

5 жыл бұрын

True!!!

Hey Drake, Lil Wayne, Big Sean, Kanye and pretty much every rap artist in the world, take notes, class is in session.

@chartheredcometaznable2345

9 жыл бұрын

xD, yup, they really need to focus on Rakim's Godly flow and rhymes

@darylshackelford6183

8 жыл бұрын

+Old School Vids Not Kane

@15bkfootlettuce81

8 жыл бұрын

+Old School Vids Agreed, but college dropout was nice, and Kanye is pretty dope producer

@BlackBeardDelight187

8 жыл бұрын

+Daryl Shackelford you obviously diddnt c k get demolished by Mos Def

@DougieeLeaninSB

8 жыл бұрын

+Old School Vids I Think Its The Other Way Around. Everbody You Named Is Today Most Succesful Rappers. HAHAHAHAHAHA Fuckin Clowns

Almost every rapper should give thanks to this emcee. The God Emcee

The mic the mic the mic the microphone fiend 🔥

Lyrically, this is one of the coldest stories ever told on wax when you combine content, style/flow, and vocabulary. Just a masterpiece that should be broken down bar-4-bar and taught in class. Ladies & gentlemen you're about to see A pastime hobby about to be...taken to the maximum I can't relax, see I'm hype as a hypercondriac cause the rap be one helluva antidote sumthin' you can't smoke more than dope u try to move away but u can't ya broke ..... any entertainer I got a torture chamber 1-on-1 and I'm the remainder....... The M-I-C really could have dropped at about 7-8 different points in this song.

"After 12..I'm worst than a Gremlin... Feed me Hip Hop & I start trembling". BARZZZ!!

The goat rakim best of rap group of all time jamming 2023

This song deserves a 100 million views at least!

Rakim, Rakim! That brotha was not to be played with on that microphone. I'm tellin' you somethin'. And they music still knocks over 20 years later. Add that extra bass to this joint and it's gon thump even harder. #anditsstillallgood

@hazeminds

7 жыл бұрын

** almost 30 years now

No rapper dominated the 80's like Rakim, in my opinion. Simply the best.

@skatkat5029

6 жыл бұрын

Carlos Boyer LL

@TheC211

6 жыл бұрын

Kane

@johndrake2729

5 жыл бұрын

Rakim, Kane, Kool G. and KRS. That's it.

@petergriffin1689

5 жыл бұрын

LL Cool J was the biggest tho...he wasn't the best but he dominated the 80s

@williamgreer7213

5 жыл бұрын

The industry must have didn't have anything else if he dominated it

I LOVE THIS TRACK, and ALWAYS WILL. The Energy in this track is Relentless!!!!!!!!!!!! Timeless.

Straight bars!!

I'm over halfway to 63 and was 31 when this was bumping in 1988. Loved this in the early days of hip hop. Nice clean rap, with NO profanity used. These were the best days of rap from about 1979 to 1991.

@zolixiv

2 жыл бұрын

You like Gang Starr?

@HeartReader57

2 жыл бұрын

@@zolixiv Yeah, "Code of he Street" and "Mass Appeal:

@zolixiv

2 жыл бұрын

Its so dope to know 🙂 Im 35 from Hungary. True Hip-Hop is one of the best things in the world ✌️

I’m 52 years old. This brings a smile to my face

@josephcanales-pb3ip

2 ай бұрын

You are just about the same age as me. I know that you remember when "PAID IN FULL" first came out. The album should go down as the one that changed HipHop. A lot of rappers have RAKIM 'S style in their music. To me there are 3 songs that took HipHop to the next level. The first was : " The Message". The second was: " Sucker MC". and the third was: " Dead Presidents".

microphone fiend is exactly what Rakim is....👇