25 Yr Old REACTS To Eric B. & Rakim - Don't Sweat The Technique

[@moomoopuppy508]

A CLASSIC! MC means Master of Ceremonies

[@EmmaBadOne]

cuz to me MC means Move the Crowd

[@Oceanblues0101]

Master Craftsman

[@b33lz3bubb]

@@Oceanblues0101 Mic Control

[@krutledge9605]

D for never dirty MC for mostly clean

[@VIM731]

True but I always say it stands for Microphone Controller.

[@kevinbirmingham3833]

MC, master of ceremonies, AKA Mic Controller.

[@Jmystro]

In early hip hop the MC was known as the microphone controller.

[@Oceanblues0101]

"Too many rappers, and there's still not enough MCs" - Beastie Boys (Ft. Nas)

[@bigmad5653]

MC also means Move the Crowd.

[@bettyb1313]

I'm screaming it out loud

[@JofoTubin]

Yup, "MC" for "Master of Ceremonies" pre-dates hip-hop. My Great-grandma used "MC" when doing church fashion shows. For them, it was whoever was on the mic announcing the ladies and outfits.

[@damonjones1291]

"Know The Ledge" Eric B. & Rakim 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@EmmaBadOne]

probably their best track lyrics AND production. that beat is crazy. great movie too of course

[@giovannicarter3076]

Yea he gotta do this ..off the Juice soundtrack

[@dillpiklz]

I concur. Know the Ledge is the ish! Rakim= GOAT

[@gr3ymxxn]

this👆

[@MsGreggB]

YUP!

[@geoffadavis]

Paid in Full, Follow the Leader, Check Out My Melody, Microphone Fiend, Eric B is President and I Know You Got Soul are all good songs by these guys.

[@cliffh7775]

Paid in Full such a good song...

[@MauriceNoble-o8z]

My guy Rakim was ahead of his time. My melody is 🔥!

[@TheNuyotican]

This is in 92. “I ain’t no joke” came out a few years earlier. Styles changed rapidly in the late 80s to the early 90s

[@lightskinva]

Sorry My Brother, that came out in 1987, I was in High School lol.

[@TheNuyotican]

@@lightskinvaI was a freshman i. 1990. Don’t sweat the technique did not come out in 87. I’m sorry my brother. I think your memory isn’t serving you correctly. lol Now if you’re talking about I ain’t no joke then yes. That came out in 87.

[@Mikaci_the_Grand_Duke]

Real hip-hop has always had its roots in jazz, just like this music. Talking about jazz: A Tribe Called Quest - Jazz (We've Got) US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia) Guru with his Jazzmatazz albums And almost any rap song from the 80s to the end of the 90s. And jazz is still a big thing in hip-hop, like in lo-fi beats or more underground rap songs.

[@tylerhamilton3084]

You can tell... Back in the day, they had CLASS. ❤🫵‼️

[@grindhouseglitch]

Master of Ceremonies - someone who introduces people at an event - in the early days of Hip Hop, it was the hypeman at DJ parties, who threw in some rhymes here and there to get the crowd excited.

[@manderson9289]

Microphone Fiend is the BEST!!!!

[@ricocox2591]

Great to witness a young brother witness the old school rap and appreciate the art form. And MC mean Master of Ceremonies

[@fsociety7494]

Eric b and Rakim- Know the ledge reaction. OMG!

[@Mikaci_the_Grand_Duke]

And the 17-year-old Wyclef Jean on the bass! What an interesting story!

[@daimondavis6596]

Wait to you hear KRS-ONE

[@thatguy7399]

Please do some BDP!! Criminal minded!

[@jasonwaycott8829]

In my opinion Rakim is the best rapper ever! and he one of my favorites 😎 check out ( juice) know the ledge

[@josephadams5282]

FACTS

[@bryanlennicx7031]

FOLLOW THE LEADER!!!!!!!

[@squarednupe4904]

Eric B and Rakim "Follow the Leader"

[@MooneShadow]

oh hell yes! I grew up with this music! Nothing like it.

[@MattGoldey]

The beat on that one is NASTY

[@Pattison4]

Know the Ledge!!! Know the Ledge!! Know the Ledge! Eric B & Rakim off the Juice soundtrack... straight fire cut from a movie wit 2Pac and Omar Epps.

[@MatthewParksSr]

Rakim's Magnus Opus was Microphone Fiend. One of the greatest rhymes ever laid from one of the greatest MCs to grace the mic. Still holds up today.

[@gvehar]

Juice (Know the Ledge) was the other big single off that album. It was a monster hit. The whole album was fantastic and I play it to this day.

[@EmmaBadOne]

also from the movie Juice

[@MaNIC805_]

This song is like 6 years after I ain't no joke that's why he looks different

[@kevinmitchell8679]

Yes, 6 years and another bad contract.

[@isd605]

MC Master of Ceremonies - WORD!!!!! Comon! Bring it!

[@truckinleprechaunscottcask9747]

Let The Rhythm Hit Em And Mahogany are two classics worth checking out.

[@collinpeters7584]

U know good rhyming bro

[@collinpeters7584]

Mahogany is severely underated. Also what's on your mind is great.

[@truckinleprechaunscottcask9747]

@collinpeters7584 , thank you. I listened to them all the time growing up. I'm a '70's baby. Some of the best rap and hip hop was from back in that time. When it first came out.

[@collinpeters7584]

@truckinleprechaunscottcask9747 same here. Also a big fan bdk.

[@kevinbirmingham3833]

YES.. i love how your doing all these NY bangers!

[@isd605]

Brah, LOVE how you feelin' this! I'm 60 and fucks wit it!!!!!!! So, there's a 5 year gap between those tracks. Lots changed, but they still sported the gold. Please, please, please play Follow the Leader after this. Would love to year a 25 year old's reaction! I was younger than you when this came out. I was 23!

[@truther4life]

Follow The Leader...Lyrics Of Fury...Eric B Is President...My melody.....Move The Crowd...Chinese Arithmetic 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@rickydawson7388]

They didn't curse because the radio stations wouldn't play it back then. PAID IN FULL was their first song. You don't know anything about hip hop and rap if you don't know that Rakim and Big Daddy Kane ushered in true wordcraft and mastery into the genre. Rakim is "THE GOD MC". MC means Master of Ceremonies.

[@KoranCarlos]

Eric B and Rakim "Lyrics of Fury" life changing bars...

[@meissiah]

Eric B & Rakim - "Microphone Fiend"

[@normanrose2711]

ya baby ! great breakdown. Try some EPMD You Gots to Chill

[@michaelkerns3838]

I was gonna say, gotta throw some EPMD in the mix. Strictly Business, You Gots to Chill, The Big Payback

[@Mikaci_the_Grand_Duke]

Eric B and Rakim - Juice (Know the Ledge) And also watch the movie Juice with 2Pac.

[@showtimeman5673]

FOLLOW THE LEADER!! PLEASE BOOG

[@roberttaylor6408]

Check out 3rd Bass, Wordz of Wisdom

[@bhoff19751]

Master of Ceremonies... like the host of the Oscars. The man who controls the mic. He sets the vibe.

[@ClaytonMacleod]

One of the best car songs ever. It’ll beat the hell out of your subwoofers and make your rear view mirror fall off. 🔊

[@AttySig]

This was the era (80’s 90’s) of great car systems. Blasting this out your Benzi box with the gooseneck equalizer and the bazooka tubes in the back!

[@gregorydancy6087]

Big Daddy Kane..... Raw or No Half Stepping

[@jaetree4208]

Other classics. Know the ledge, Let the rhythm hit em, Follow the leader, Paid in full

[@shannonk.moorer9158]

You gotta check out their other bangers: I Know You Got Soul My Melody Eric B. For President (remix) Paid In Full Follow The Leader Microphone Fiend

[@STGTeam1]

My MELODY !!!

[@RonYoung71]

Follow the leader is the one you got to take a look at. Video is dope and the lyrics are out of this world

[@kevinslayzak1214]

Required listening for getting into ANY discussion about classic NYC music history..banger

[@shunta284]

Keep Em Eager to Listen is another Rakim classic

[@Jaysonic3423]

One of my all-time time.fave hip hop songs! Still a banger!!!! The whole cd is great!

[@sirhands65]

Rakim never curses that's his thing. All his albums he never cursed. And that bass line he actually played and made.😮😊

[@LadybugLuv]

Have you checked out I'm Bad by LL Cool J and The Message by Grandmaster Flash in the Furious 5? History lessons!

[@StuBotNYC]

Master of Ceremonies MC. This is a song to let play and get in to the flow. The lyrics are great.

[@jdub6909]

A MC motivates and inspires the crowd to generate full party atmosphere. Most clowns can rap, but few can MC.

[@SeanRickards]

Love seeing you young ins listen to the Mastery of Hip Hop and have an appreciation after hearing it!

[@215Cowboy76er]

That’s the same guy, HE is that DUDE‼️the GOAT

[@143abuqasim]

KOOL G RAP - road to the riches

[@MarkJackson-wc2xh]

Wyclef Jean is one of the guys in the band. The bass player.

[@salzavenchura9043]

Microphone Fiend Follow the Leader Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em

[@netscape7]

Rakim said, “MC means move the crowd”

[@Kronicdice23]

This is in my top five all-time tracks. Rakim is the 🐐

[@a.s.konttinen]

Now you listening to A CLASSIC. 💯

[@DJDarthVader]

They don't make em like this no more. CLASSIC rap music

[@VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

Late 80s/early 90s jazzy beats feel so good. It doesn't get harder than Rakim. It may get louder, nastier, meaner, and have more bass, but it didn't get better.

[@joshuatmanion8010]

Can't get enough of jazzy sample 90's era enlightened golden age of Hip Hop

[@88rkinlaw]

An emcee, or master of ceremonies (MC), is a person who hosts an event, introduces performers, and keeps the show running smoothly

[@RocketJr.]

Does me remind me of their track: Eric B. & Rakim - Juice (Know The Ledge) from the movie Juice soundtrack album. Btw gotta check out Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane! 🔥

[@Trouble1]

He's THE GOD M C

[@donquan09]

MCz are Real Lyricists...we are older and come from the time period where Lyrics Reign Supreme.

[@Jaysonic3423]

You've become one of my fave reactors! Entertaining as hell! And "mother livers" has crept into my everyday language! Keep on keeping on!

[@boogie3441]

Thanks, I appreciate the support…

[@kylewilliams6184]

Did you notice Wyclef was playing the upright bass in this? Play anything by Rakim or anything by Kool G. Rap, the D.O.C., Big Pun, or anything by B.I.G and you have instant classic channel!!

[@blocSonic]

There’s a reason that he’s called "The GOD MC". His dialect is untouchable.

[@Rhymologia503]

One of my best rahkim songs is (close to the edge) from the movie Juice sound track ..

[@striker5044]

I can say for this era was the most unique sound coming for a Mc/rap artist of this time 💯u rarely had this at all

[@diggledoggledo]

Yeah, as others pointed out MC is Master of Ceremonies but it was used as Mic Controller by early hip hop guys. You had the DJ (Eric B. in this case) and the MC/emcee (Rakim) - Disk Jockey (the spinner of the records) and the Mic Controller.

[@scottwatson8836]

The song “ Don’t sweat the technique “ came out in 1992. “ Microphone Fiend came out in 1988.

[@darron2564]

Thank you young man!!! Finally someone acknowledging there culture. I'm 59 years old and that period was magnificent for hip hop. Hip hop has a huge jazz influence f.y.i That song was from the soundtrack Juice the movie starring TuPac. I'm gonna take a guess to say that all the diffrent type of girls was probably because of the studio executives wanting the Rakim to appear more easier to digest for main stream media....I think you catch my drift. Look more polished for mainstream and to dilute there potency.

[@cuseyeti_one8three]

Yeah, Rakim and Eric always had that NYC thousand yard stare. Hard AF.

[@motogp9253]

Best song is Eric B & Rakim - Juice (Know the Ledge), from the movie 'Juice' starring Tupac... Now you got the Juice!

[@tommybonds]

Eric B. & Rakim - Microphone Fiend & Let the Rhythm hit'em. Both hard joints.

[@MrBigcityal]

Ultramagnetic MCs "Critical Beatdown" is another good one.

[@nickcangemi]

Listen to Follow the Leader as soon as humanly possible!

[@MrHarris73]

I aint no Joke was on the first album. This one was on the 4th album, five years later. That's why the look is different

[@revgurley]

Great MCs. If you haven't heard Twin Hype "Do It To The Crowd," you should. The amount of samples used are amazing.

[@DameinTaylor-g6i]

"MC, means move the crowd".....Master of Ceremonies= MC

[@keneason775]

Eric B for President!!!!

[@kevinhodgins1811]

One of the best MCs to ever do it!

[@jonjohnsbakeryllc1031]

Great stuff! I love watching your reviews young man keep it going! From an 80s music veteran!

[@hardfordcollective3037]

Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock - It Takes Two 🔥

[@BlackValyria]

The god💯‼️💜 We use rapper as a derogatory term. It mean pop, not a lyricist. Rapper is to rap-1 element MC is to HIPHOP-The lifestyle in the culture #MasterOfCeremony

[@vikingmentality]

His background dancers were mad popular at the time, scoop and scrap lover

[@lionelroland6674]

Listen he has a song called Too the listeners ! Which the flow the word structure and topic solidified him as the best lyricist it’s on his second LP lend it a listen if you’re a listener!

[@soulglow1969]

Brother you are looking quite smooth in that jacket 😂 …….But yes Rakim was that DUDE! Keep doing your videos and this 55 YO will subscribe

[@tapseer]

Word is "Born" is from the 5 Percenters. When 5 percenter were "building" (group of 5 Percenters talking amongst each other) they would say that to emphasize a point. MC Rakim is from the 5 Percent Nation. Everyone co-opted it and changed it to word is bond. Back in the day Father Divine used to hang out in Canarsie Brooklyn in the early '80s. One day I went to the store and Father Divine gave me the name Young Originality. By the time I went back home ( a total of 11 minutes) my parents already knew what happened and whipped my ass! That's my short stint in the 5 Percent Nation. I still remember some of the lessons and alphabet

[@moebetta72]

LOVE to see you young cats get your Old Soul on when y'all get a taste of that REAL HIP_HOP.

[@MrThomasre12]

mc is master of ceremony

[@shadelseven704]

MC =Microphone Controller, Also Master Of Ceremony

[@danrobinson2791]

Everybody was together. Rap built a bridge where everyone got together to shake their rump. As a teenager it was all about going out with my boys to a teen dance to dance and impress the ladies wearing our goofy ass Hammer pants

[@NandR]

MC comes from Master of Ceremonies. In the early days of hip hop, you’d have a Disc Jockey that would play the songs and an MC who would get the crowd hyped up for the dancing and partying. The MCs started to rhyme with the rhythm of the music to get the crowd hyped. It became its own art form. Good DJs could mix different songs together. Good MCs could rhyme better.

[@francoisobasi1310]

Master of Ceremonies, the one that Moves the Crowd.

[@therefixframeuproduction1093]

Now you learning about The 💯Classics 🔥

[@tigermousche4194]

Eric B & Rakim “Move the Crowd”

[@JMFBizzle]

It's like that by RUN DMC needs to be on your list. One of the greatest rap songs ever.

[@eskimudo]

Check out “Rakim - When I B On Tha Mic “ it came out 12 years after “I Ain’t No Joke”. It’s a fun track.

[@jamessomers8808]

Aw yeah, I’m here for this!❤

[@VideoStefan17]

i am a dude from europe, i am almost 50 and i have those on vinyl! :)

[@moebetta72]

Emcee means Elite Lyricist. Levels above a mere rapper.

[@victorious5048]

Every song previous mentioned but also “MAHOGANY”