Thank you for doing this reaction!!! Before this was officially released my brother in law who lived in Minneapolis (they didn't live too far from them) came down with family for a visit. He brought a tape recording of this in the original version-It was different from this one. Blew. My. Mind!!!! This one and Eric B for President was on it. Couldn't get enough!!! They shifted the game!!!
@mr.r_a_m51094 ай бұрын
DMC of Run of DMC said when heard Rakim he knew their rap career was over.
@IENetworkTV3 ай бұрын
when he did the 7emcees scheme rakim is the king of taking bars from songs and words from songs and turn them to othe songs remember in follow the leader he said " a fortified freestyle lyrics to fury third eye make em shine like jewelry" He has a long called Lyrics to fury he did it again with the 7 emcees line if you heard I aint no joke thats why he said " so when you see me come up freeze or youll be one of those 7 emcees see if you heard m melody first you would know hat he is tlaking about in i aint no joke. he also said follow the leader in I know you got soul and he has a song called Follow the leader. The man was before his time
@CrowdPleeza4 ай бұрын
A good car song. It flows well with the ride :)
@cotcb2 ай бұрын
Mannn... I was a teenager during this monumental era. In my room on the turntables forever. Soooo blessed to have witnessed all of this. Soooooo many legends.
@borisdodgingbullets2 ай бұрын
So so right! I was 17 when this dropped! Somehow, I thought it would always be like this!
@cotcb2 ай бұрын
@borisdodgingbullets Man. We actually witnessed history. Pure uncut real. Those days are never to return. I'll forever appreciate the opportunity to be there in real life. I'm from Atl. Spent many hours D.J.ing. knew a few prominent people. Been to a few events in Atl that I was literally a part of. But was also in the streets. Still alive today though and fully am thankful for it all.
@rahshaanmuhammad1671Ай бұрын
@@borisdodgingbulletsI wish it would have, this ish out now has no diversity to it.✌🏾
@Bighjr888 күн бұрын
I was a teenager too born in 1970, that era will never be duplicated, that era was special and very very very dangerous but I’m glad I experienced it.
@cotcb2 күн бұрын
@Bighjr88 Okay. So you know. 😆 Yes. It was very dangerous. We made it through though. In the mid-late 80's it was Miami & New York. A-Town didn't really have anything out then. Late 80's California stepped-up. Too Short & Comptons Most Wanted. Geto Boys & J.T. Money "Action" was my sh-t.
@OnlyOriginalSongs4 ай бұрын
God Mc
@shajuanwilkinson38654 ай бұрын
8:33 Dropping that knowledge.kool g rap and 38 special upstate to Queens 🔥🔥🔥
@danagordino71783 ай бұрын
There's was nothing like this. He changed everything. ALL THE GREATS ARE BRANCHES FROM THE RAKIM TREE OF HIP HOP.
@diztriq33943 ай бұрын
bro i will never forget this album, Eric's production was so dark and obviously intentional, using whatever gear they could find, and Marley had all the old stuff, but it worked, and now rakim is the GOD MC, this instantly made RAKIM THE GOD MC and NO ONE CAN TOUCH THIS GUY!!!! yo check out his PBS Tiny Desk Bro, IT WILL NLOW YOU AWAY kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4aTkJaPn9Jrfqc
@Slimpickinsorl7 күн бұрын
The clean version has this gaps where expletive lyrics are in the first 2 verses