REMASTERED IN HD! Best of EricBAndRakim: goo.gl/HCuKu7 Subscribe here: goo.gl/EMXvV5 Music video by Eric B. & Rakim performing Paid In Full. (C) 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc. #EricBandRakim #PaidInFull #Remastered #Vevo
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@eob713 жыл бұрын
This shit is art. This track was so ahead of it’s time. Eric B and Rakim were so insanely brilliant. We even knew it in 1988 y’all.
@treyblands72753 жыл бұрын
They truly changed hip-hop when this dropped
@treyblands72753 жыл бұрын
And I was born in the 90s lol
@jefferyrandall80303 жыл бұрын
Back then the debate between who was the best came down to two. Rakim or Big daddy Kane. I personally thought MOE Dee was just as good been back then. But after going back and listening to KRS ONE I’ve revised my top 4. 1. Rakim 2. MOE DEE 3. KRS ONE 4. Big daddy Kane.
@patrickjira75243 жыл бұрын
So ahead of its time, it’s scary
@nlgbbbblth3 жыл бұрын
The best bit is when he says "THINKING OF A BASTARD PLAN"
@lifftedhigh92164 жыл бұрын
Pls tell me someone still listening to this masterpiece in 2020?!?!
@jimlos76694 жыл бұрын
Off course the g.o.d. it it should be on your permanent playlist in your head like me 1
@LA-sz7we4 жыл бұрын
Yeaaaah
@TheGuitar51504 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to my younger days
@mar151154 жыл бұрын
Its a classic
@albiewhaanga62424 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah!!!
@__N7Ай бұрын
Rakim was called the first ever real MC in hip hop, back then hip hop was just reciting lyrics. Rakim invented ‘flow’ and changed hip hop forever
@RememberTheTime095 ай бұрын
Vote Eric B & RAKIM into The RnR Hall of Fame 2024!
@cym6345 ай бұрын
Eric B for President 😂 They are above the RRHOF. That whole organization is a racket to squeeze artists for $20k/ticket, while using their attendance, performances, etc for the financial gain of the owner of the RRHOF. Last I heard, it was owned by the same guy who owns Rolling Stone magazine lol No dope MC in hiphop needs an award for validation. Those who know already love them.
@travisr.97892 ай бұрын
@@cym634 I was gonna say it, too. What E and R is, is bigger than the RRHOF
@johnsononeyАй бұрын
Whitey don’t like that ! lol
@ucheodunzeh6243 Жыл бұрын
One of the greatest hiphop tracks of all time
@soulboy6941 Жыл бұрын
Eric B & Rakim hated the Coldcut mix ... silly.
@Feledwards Жыл бұрын
Not sure which is better, Paid In Full or Follow The Leader.
@evettehaywood Жыл бұрын
@UCHE ODUNZEH" ABSOLUTELY "
@oza8578 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@timothyblack197911 ай бұрын
Probably is
@drakefeet2_4 жыл бұрын
1986: This is a good song 2019: This is a good song 2074: This is a good song
@getupstairstobed4 жыл бұрын
What about 1919?
@ghettoasfuckxp4 жыл бұрын
its created in 1987
@lawrencerose2564 жыл бұрын
2080: It's an okay song. Also 2080: Civilization collapses.
@sharris36244 жыл бұрын
@@getupstairstobed 😂😂
@GOD-fc4cr4 жыл бұрын
@@ghettoasfuckxp 🤣🤣👌
@ingamgoduka574 ай бұрын
Pls tell me someone still listening to this masterpiece in 2024?!?!
@foley_31044 ай бұрын
Of course
@xxtjawsomexx64684 ай бұрын
discovering this for the first time. i’m turning 24 and i think with maturity and growth, i can finally listen to true hip hop music. That conscious shit !!!!
@judyabott62604 ай бұрын
Only those who have a good taste of music are here
@synistralpsyche4 ай бұрын
Right here fam
@estellered4 ай бұрын
Still...massive tune
@bundy2545 ай бұрын
who's still bumping to this in 2024
@yatiinkauroo31855 ай бұрын
me
@nfbody4 ай бұрын
Here too
@user-Bigcherryy4 ай бұрын
Yurrrr🎉
@harry20194 ай бұрын
Every day brother
@haxio174 ай бұрын
Gen x
@OMEGAxWARRIOR4 жыл бұрын
Paid In Full feels like the opening credits to the golden age of Hip Hop
@brainsilver36384 жыл бұрын
that's because it was
@420speedweed4 жыл бұрын
that along with Ice T and Eazy E
@dominicciusa50254 жыл бұрын
OJ’s Bloody Glove great comment...
@Mannyr-bu7qv4 жыл бұрын
Facts man just plain facts
@mrvapor47914 жыл бұрын
word
@rbleaks8183 жыл бұрын
The album that inspired the Wu-Tang Clan, The Notorious BIG, Tupac, Nas, Kool G Rap, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar Greatness inspires greatness
@alejandroserrano46933 жыл бұрын
2pac even made a song about it
@slowyne1on13 жыл бұрын
Well said, One of my favorite tunes
@funkeewho3843 жыл бұрын
Kool G Rap? As far as I know they are from the same era in even Kool G Rap did a 12" single in 1986, before this masterpiece came out
@fridaygang13213 жыл бұрын
I wonder what inspired Eric B. & Rakim to make this one album?
@panda-l4z3 жыл бұрын
This inspired some Japanese EDM artist from 90s-2000s too.
@provethioaltum32763 ай бұрын
Rakim and krs1 are amongst the best to ever handle the mic 🎤
@Rufusdos2 ай бұрын
Can't argue with that.
@mleka29Ай бұрын
💯💯💯💯
@BrotherIsraelTopicsАй бұрын
Can't forget LL Cool J
@TanyaAlexis-wr7mqАй бұрын
🎯🎯🎯🎯
@mpicewe302328 күн бұрын
Who is KRS1? Legit question
@bobislost123 күн бұрын
Timeless masterpiece
@oscarwarren97092 жыл бұрын
My dad loved this song. He used to bump this all the time when i was young. Lost him two weeks ago. RIP Oscar Raymond Warren Jr....❤️
@b3n3d1ct10n2 жыл бұрын
Your Dad had superb taste! Sorry for your loss Oscar.
@newyorkbasshunter35522 жыл бұрын
Soory for your lost he sure knew what was good music god bless his soul
@juanitamartinezpineros96252 жыл бұрын
Hes smiling from the sky ! Stay strong !
@techychef2 жыл бұрын
Condolences, sounds like a great guy.
@paulcallister95642 жыл бұрын
Your dad was Oscar Warren Jr and you Sr? How tf does that happen
@jjthoughts99205 жыл бұрын
The Paid in Full Album should be in the library of congress
@seancoonery25595 жыл бұрын
Yep
@donniesdonuts90955 жыл бұрын
It is
@q-bert64545 жыл бұрын
That’s funny
@derek04525 жыл бұрын
😃
@sheddinator4 жыл бұрын
illmatic definitely should
@Kidster9112 сағат бұрын
How is this as much as an amazing hitrecord and Rakim only starts rhyming after 1:08? You couldn't do this today. This will always be a classic.
@dj-fedorich4 ай бұрын
No joke - out of job for months, trying to lift up a business, whistling and nodding my head to this, when I need a fresh air. As longs as I have tunes like this in my life - there is no way those would steer me wrong. Rakim - thanks for capturing those moments in such a masterpiece. Still touching souls of many us, I am certain.
@zanedietlin76458 жыл бұрын
Everyone talking about how great R is, but how about that BEAT
@AS-ub2mf8 жыл бұрын
+Zane Dietlin eric b all daaaay
@CaptainBuggyTheClown8 жыл бұрын
+Zane Dietlin actually they were talking about how great Eric be.
@germxv8 жыл бұрын
+Zane Dietlin listen, rakim allah is the greatest that ever touched the mic. point blank.
@MrBlaq8 жыл бұрын
+Zane Dietlin "Ashley's Roachclip" by The Soul Searchers
@therealflamelit8 жыл бұрын
+Zane Dietlin one of the most epic & recognized hip hop beatz eva!!!
@tishaharrison71172 жыл бұрын
We just paid off our mortgage and I been pumping this song repeatedly feels great
@keamokoofdasun2 жыл бұрын
Paid in full sure! Congrats!
@LuisRamirez-ln3cj2 жыл бұрын
Congrats!
@josie40652 жыл бұрын
Legend.
@bw45002 жыл бұрын
Yo congrats Tisha !
@J_cobra2 жыл бұрын
Good energy for you and your family for now on!
@lovelymslCАй бұрын
Who’s here lovin this groove!!? ❤
@anisejreige57245 ай бұрын
Listening in 2024 🔥
@TNGURL086 жыл бұрын
No cussing.... No use of Nigga... Nice bars... Nice beat... Authentic.
@RapFanatic4ever6 жыл бұрын
Destined4Greatness exactly
@littlehair50606 жыл бұрын
Obvioisly this is the origins of hip hop..
@suiken31496 жыл бұрын
He started cussing in his later songs though.
@Clownie_Smiles6 жыл бұрын
nigga
@jameshenson47856 жыл бұрын
Destined4Greatness .He obviously had the Masterplan..ruined by today's junk .Eric B and Rakim paved the road but it got destroyed from there to today. Oldskool best School
@christophershaw1273 жыл бұрын
Brings me tears to hear this again after so many years, such beauty, authenticity, love.
@moududahmed27573 жыл бұрын
Rakim revolutionized music.
@jakaden52 жыл бұрын
This that European remix. I think he was the first to do a remix
@kensley942 жыл бұрын
Then you gta imagen how i feel, this was and still is my jam
@yolaeddie98302 жыл бұрын
Early 90's
@MaySun742 жыл бұрын
@@yolaeddie9830 , late 80’s. I remember because I couldn’t go to the house party my neighbor was having…
@erich21863 ай бұрын
I am a 52-year-old father of two girls. This is the only song I INSISTED they both learn when they were kids so we could sing it together on care rides.
@rachelr3752 ай бұрын
Good Dad!🎶🎶🎶🎶
@cedricg1902 ай бұрын
outstanding Fatherhood, it only comes around once in a lifetime.
@KG-th3cr2 ай бұрын
Thinkin of a master plan....
@cedricg1902 ай бұрын
@@KG-th3cr 80's -90' brother!!
@cedricg1902 ай бұрын
@@KG-th3cr how about King Kut?
@Itz-Leo-203 ай бұрын
Real Rap!!! Old School will forever be Superior to today's mainstream Rap!
@provethioaltum32763 ай бұрын
Todays so called music is Trash cant stand that crap. Im always on youtube going back to the old days
@michaelwilson23403 ай бұрын
Yes. There wasn't mumbling in the old days.
@8darkknight4723 жыл бұрын
The way people look at you when you pull up blasting actual Hip Hop music is priceless
@faisalabdi7753 жыл бұрын
Word is born. From newark n i blasted this today n everybody froze when i came to a light.
@patriciacooper13083 жыл бұрын
Yep when I'm at the red light in my little 83 Toyota Dolphin RV with my Dingo dog named Dog, and I'm over 60, just about dancing in seat. I love seeing the reaction from youngsters. My dog Dog loves hip hop too.
@lokivato3 жыл бұрын
@@patriciacooper1308 your dog sounds like a G
@CodenameJameslee3 жыл бұрын
We get it. Old good New bad.
@patriciacooper13083 жыл бұрын
@@CodenameJameslee I like both 😎❤️
@shaun13647 жыл бұрын
This man's flow was ahead of it's time
@coldwar19776 жыл бұрын
he makes it look like there's no effort at all to it. true master!
@sincerelysincere61226 жыл бұрын
His whole being was ahead of its time it's like no one can really compare except Nas....Eric b mix was dope af
@kellydukes80806 жыл бұрын
No maybe you late
@dmbassa6 жыл бұрын
Far ahead. Eric was waaay beyond his era.
@sbeast12166 жыл бұрын
BDK was the only one better
@hseebold8 ай бұрын
The best duo that ever did it… They were way beyond their time.
@jenniferhizzy6591 Жыл бұрын
Rakim is the greatest ever.
@shanghunter76973 күн бұрын
You're probably the best ever !!! :)
@creativemungai5 жыл бұрын
This gem was released exactly 32 years ago.July 7 , 1987. 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎵🎼🎶🎵🎶.
@Tienatra5 жыл бұрын
Damn that's when I was born may 7 1987 in I'm 32
@joemartin12535 жыл бұрын
Joseph Mungai I was a freshman in high school.
@matthewbrinkman88075 жыл бұрын
Dang I was 4 months old .to think I'm rocking it still my brother
@scarlettskies1005 жыл бұрын
I remember that very clearly.....done some dancing to this track
@real.j15 жыл бұрын
That's the day my uncle was born exactly
@latinainthecity96483 жыл бұрын
This is a work of art, the rap equivalent of bohemian rhapsody
@slavinbalen97572 жыл бұрын
excellent point
@sharonisaac4452 жыл бұрын
Absolutely 💯
@jefflim54432 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@craigsmith64162 жыл бұрын
RIGHT ON!
@digitalkamran111 ай бұрын
One of the greatest tracks ever made.
@BLACKTALKTODAY8 ай бұрын
Is the greatest
@readinzession13085 ай бұрын
LETS LAUGH, I PLAYED THIS SONG, MY GRANDDAUGHTER ASK ME WHY WE AS OLDER FOLKZ USING HER GENERATION BEATS.....I LOOKED, LAUGHED AND SAID YALL UNGREATFULL KIDS ARE WELCOME NOW GO DO YA REAL HOMEWORK
@intello895311 ай бұрын
Paid in Full is literally in my top 10 greatest Hip Hop tracks of all time 👍🏾😁
@Musicienne-DAB199511 ай бұрын
My Melody is the greatest hip hop track, in my opinion.
Trust. Me. This style gonna come back. Sooner than you think.
@Merit165 жыл бұрын
We can only hope 👍
@vancebattersby43545 жыл бұрын
Eminem is Coming
@stanmarsh9125 жыл бұрын
I was just thinking something similar today.
@ricksanchez29675 жыл бұрын
Em's gonna bring it back.
@sunscream85025 жыл бұрын
Let's hope
@tr3777233 жыл бұрын
This was beyond hip hop. It moved the culture of hip hop into a different space... Paid And Full raised the bar of how in sync an Emcee and a DJ could be on a record... Eric B & Rakim set the tone for hip hop to move to the next level within main stream music .. The visuals with the lyrics, it was all so ground breaking.
@thebrownfilmshow2 жыл бұрын
I agree. Check out Rakim's Lyric Breakdown kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJiWqZaQo9-Vedk
@johnnytorino94552 жыл бұрын
Well said.
@macvsogjunkie80352 жыл бұрын
@@johnnytorino9455 g
@roberttange8052 жыл бұрын
nah rakim and eric singlehandded destroyd rap music. electronic sytnhi only, no sampling. bad lyrics like a 1st. grader mean muggin , glorify gangbanging. theese major label selling donkeys are artist lmao .they just sold u racist uneducated crap
@dsgg5714 Жыл бұрын
guys, if you love real hip hop, please watch on KZbin a short story of former music executive Krayzie Bone, who speak about a special meeting, that happened in year 1991 in LA, which changed the entire hip hop music industry, you can find this on YT: "Krayzie bones exposes the secret meeting that destroyed our generation"
@asmitty197911 ай бұрын
When hip hop was good
@Musicienne-DAB199511 ай бұрын
Totally agree.
@racheljenkins23892 ай бұрын
Exactly
@Joegoog2321 Жыл бұрын
This album changed hip hop forever, the greatest lyricist of all-time EASILY
@calvinfolan173611 ай бұрын
Nobody even comes close to Rakim. This album turned the culture on its ear with its impact still felt to this very moment. The GOD MC indeed. He earned that title. 👑
@rexphillips-dibb18235 жыл бұрын
Rakim is honestly the greatest of all time.
@tupacgoat93485 жыл бұрын
Nah pac is
@marimartell34985 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree.
@divitor84135 жыл бұрын
Without eric b, rakim wouldnt have these beats.
@fadiechek25365 жыл бұрын
That goes to nasty NAS
@draeco74335 жыл бұрын
Nasty Nas
@robertopavon8168 Жыл бұрын
OVER 30 YEARS OLD AND STILL A SUPERMASTERPIECE!!!!
@motorradundfahrrad725 Жыл бұрын
1987 🗿
@Dev_Lenny226 Жыл бұрын
1987 🗿
@timothyblack19799 ай бұрын
Yeah that's the truth
@JeffBezos-pb1zv6 ай бұрын
The intro is goosebumps all time!
@msbosslady17126 ай бұрын
I was 19
@EstrelladelCaribe5 ай бұрын
When Will Smith first recorded "Summertime" his producer said his voice pitch was too high and his delivery too fast. He asked Will to rap using his Rakim impression. Summertime became a classic after that. Will thanked Rakim many years later for his influence.
@ghostlover9515 ай бұрын
Will and Rakim never cruse in their records, or use the N word... find me an artist who can rap like today
@danielwilson97245 ай бұрын
@@ghostlover951Gza and Method Man ( Med started doing it some years back but Gza has had the ability to since day 1) there's a few others too
@ghostlover9515 ай бұрын
@@danielwilson9724 you serious? I never noticed that.. ima get that out... thanks for that info
@mrb-dot60254 ай бұрын
Summertime was a hit the millisecond after the music was chosen
@onyxsetholin3 ай бұрын
@@ghostlover951 I think Rakim says "Knocking n****s out" on that Juice record
@user-nt5mt2ln1t10 ай бұрын
Rakim the greatest lyricist rapper of all time!
@GROOMGROOM.10 ай бұрын
fr
@keel21513 ай бұрын
I second that the best to pick up a microphone
@DarkoBert-ob6yr3 ай бұрын
nah
@samicarter1527Ай бұрын
That's what Jay-Z said Hip hop comes from Rakim
@corpnupe85Ай бұрын
Yep!
@echsenmensch16988 жыл бұрын
dope af still in 2016
@AB-fm2zn8 жыл бұрын
relevant!... love it
@lokiletsdolamp61378 жыл бұрын
Yup
@wagakamakoyo73098 жыл бұрын
rakim's rhymes/style stands the test of time
@gemini9458 жыл бұрын
As a kid I always got scared of the intro. I think I was about 14... :-)
@davidevans33718 жыл бұрын
yes.fuck yes.
@soniamed4 жыл бұрын
At 48 years old I can still rap this song word for word 😌 I’ll never forget it
@MrDonny274 жыл бұрын
No way
@badddd4 жыл бұрын
Just wait til that dementia hits 😂
@jdm66134 жыл бұрын
@@badddd LOL
@coachcampy65034 жыл бұрын
im 48 and I can also. rakim grew up a couple of miles from me in wyndanch NY. I tried sampling this song in high school as a senior in 89. lotta good rappers from Long Island back in the day.
@helmandtigers4 жыл бұрын
56 and it’s still as fresh today as when we played it the boozer on the juke
@TingaSeisay-ym4us6 күн бұрын
A CLASSIC THAT WILL NEVER DIE 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@Ridikuluzt11 ай бұрын
One of the greatest hip hop tracks of all-time!
@TheGreatRaymondoOutdoors11 ай бұрын
Absolutely
@elenaarman-tang7811 Жыл бұрын
This song could be released right now in 2023 and would still be a hit record 🎯
@ericbarrone4130 Жыл бұрын
No it really couldn't be. The whole reason I came across this is cause I'm tired of the PC Now BS and went back in time to this good kinda tunes again. It'd be blasphemy to make now. In which way I dunno but I know it would be picked apart to death if made now
@sketcharmstrong8491 Жыл бұрын
@@ericbarrone4130 ok Billy O'Reilly
@robinking1648 Жыл бұрын
@@sketcharmstrong8491 😂
@nostalgiaof98 Жыл бұрын
@@ericbarrone4130 word
@ThaMentalGod2003 Жыл бұрын
nah it wouldnt, cuz these sorry ass kids nowadays.. bro 💀they dont even know what real music is💀all they listen to is pop, rock and that new autotune fucked rainbow rap shit (which i dont even wanna call rap, i dont even wanna call it music at all 😂id rather call it shit. just SHIT bruh) its sad ngl but yo 😎at least me n u found our ways to the realeness 😎we chillin bruh, peace, stay positive, stay questionin
@k-_-camp43722 жыл бұрын
It’s 2022, who still listening to this masterpiece???? You’re a legend
@felixdoylehammond2497 Жыл бұрын
I know I know, you too x
@philgriffiths5514 Жыл бұрын
Thinkin of a master plan
@khalidksour7933 Жыл бұрын
Yooo
@johndoes7739 Жыл бұрын
we are all legends!
@mehmetaktas5529 Жыл бұрын
Legends
@user-mb7vd3ky3i11 ай бұрын
Still a kickass classic. "This is a journey" plays into my head 24 years later without thought or warning
@paisleyprincess79969 ай бұрын
36 years…Man
@dillonlawrence577711 ай бұрын
Born 91 south Bronx where hip-hop was started at and still listen to this in 2023 the real hip-hop, not genocide and degrading our people hip-hop 🔥🔥
@peterd48279 ай бұрын
Born 91 in Las Vegas, NV and I brush my teeth to this!
@BenzinbrowncrryysLer30004 ай бұрын
This culture is lost now a day
@irishrover9332Ай бұрын
Dude, you're born in 91 hillarious. All us Gs were popping in the clubs to this while you were breastfeeding millenial. Sit down kid, you grew up to Minimal. When were you in the bars bro! 2010 ROTFL...
@paoloteves85894 жыл бұрын
GF: He's probably thinking about other women Me: Thinkin of a master plan
@ALGtheMC4 жыл бұрын
Purple Haze 😂
@aaronverico13964 жыл бұрын
📚📝📊📈💵🏡🏰⛲🌄🌇🌆🗻🌃🙌🙏👌💯
@donnahickman93504 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@DonTheking4 жыл бұрын
W
@mikey-domagala4 жыл бұрын
Purple Haze such facts Jimi 😂
@ohfrankieboi7 жыл бұрын
happiness is seeing the comments and knowing that there's still true hip hop fan alive xD !
@ohfrankieboi7 жыл бұрын
Fans*
@nicolaenechita5007 жыл бұрын
wanna know about true hip hop
@M0n3ySt34L3rs7 жыл бұрын
sadness is seeing the support on this shitty song and seeing what age does to people
@adnank50647 жыл бұрын
LMAO @ a bunch of white people talking about "true hip hip" stay in your own lane snowflakes
@toolhuman7 жыл бұрын
You're an idiot.
@xiomanaxoxoxo32123 ай бұрын
We need a documentary on how this record came about. MASTERPIECE even the MIX is phenomenal.
@chewsmba5 ай бұрын
This is still a vibe
@iammrberserker60682 жыл бұрын
even to this day , i dont think anyone reliases how much of a groundbreaking record this was...it was on some levels others couldnt reach only copy...pure genius, the start of an amazing journey for all of us
@RapFanatic4ever Жыл бұрын
Yep you can’t mention Hip Hop and not this record
@youruncleted Жыл бұрын
to hip hop, sure, but the most groundbreaking album of all time is debut black sabbath, it literally molded music for the next 50 years. you still can't possibly learn guitar without learning riffs, and the pioneer and god of riffing is tony iommi, no doubt.
@nematoad Жыл бұрын
@@youruncleted clearly we’re talking about hiphop..
@youruncleted Жыл бұрын
@@nematoad sorry yo no hablo monkey
@jakesnake8372 Жыл бұрын
Samples, Tight rhyming schemes, Scratches and a baseline that is out of this world. In regards to the comment mentioning the Black Sabbath album - Much Props to that album but lessons from this one song are felt not only by hip hop to this day, but along a myriad of other musical genres that cross sample and utilize ad libs the same way rakim uses the hypnotic phrase "Paid in full"
@RapBox7 жыл бұрын
Still flying!
@ferkowalski67036 жыл бұрын
Rap Box parabéns pelo trampo de qualidade!
@youngboylove19566 жыл бұрын
3:29 "Was it good enough fo ye"Paauusse LMAO I love this song
@Mollymonroe2726 жыл бұрын
still being made uncomfortable ... you're flying and I'm frying!
@natansantana52996 жыл бұрын
Rap Box br que ama hip hop e outra coisa!
@BL-bl7yn3 жыл бұрын
Você por aqui?
@marekbydzovsky97346 ай бұрын
Rakim was Pioneer of hip hop
@XseriezisaGКүн бұрын
This the most 80s rap song I've ever heard. its dope as hell
@JRPRNYC4 жыл бұрын
I grew up listening to Rakim he's one of the best rap lyricist to ever pick up the 🎤
@albertrucker51024 жыл бұрын
Yes he is one of a kind MC rapper
@oscarreyesjr8413 жыл бұрын
Yep... cause he's a Microphone Fiend! 🎤🎶♥️
@lembk3 жыл бұрын
The best to ever do it
@andrewcool45873 жыл бұрын
Em might place just under him.
@DPRyan-vd5pp3 жыл бұрын
He holds the mic like a grudge! 😉
@Drmokat13 жыл бұрын
Ofra Haza's voice still gives me chills
@lauracorcoran31836 ай бұрын
I’ll never forget hearing this for the time blaring from my sister’s room. When she would leave, I’d sneak in her room to play the record over and over. The meld of that woman singing, the conga drums, the hard beat, the random samples, their rhyme…it is a journey into sound.
@dennispantigАй бұрын
The singing is a sample from Ofra Haza - Im Nin'alu. Ofra Haza was an Israeli singer.
@kelloxx3 ай бұрын
i can hear 5+ hip hop classics inside this, its crazy
@fookinluvinit40415 жыл бұрын
1987 as a young teen listening to this on my Sony Walkman.
@jackal86075 жыл бұрын
You were a teen in the 80s? Lucky as fuck. It was late 80s but still.
@marimartell34985 жыл бұрын
Me too! On my way to school in queens.
@calvinwalkerwalker56985 жыл бұрын
Sigh....on leave fm rm school to join first ship......damn.....
@klauswenner48715 жыл бұрын
@@calvinwalkerwalker5698 Check CHABO ma Region in KZbin,,,and give me your mean pleace,,,Listen!
@arthurwashington58815 жыл бұрын
2019 blastin it on KZbin✊🏽✊🏽
@joshyd11647 жыл бұрын
Shout out all my young g's that listen to real hip hop 💪🏾
@murdaflowzugk30976 жыл бұрын
joshy d, I'm 15 chur
@jeremiah76076 жыл бұрын
yooozaaa chur
@lickitypitz47986 жыл бұрын
I’m 11
@jackgallagher48506 жыл бұрын
16
@michielvanderlinde86716 жыл бұрын
joshy d I'm 2
@maws5 ай бұрын
this is addicting
@90s_Deep-Records_11 ай бұрын
One of the greatest HIP HOP CLASSICS
@xxxxbigrich57522 жыл бұрын
Rakim is definitely the greatest hip hop artist of all time! It's a damn shame so many young kids don't watch any of his video he was way ahead of his time. Before Rakim everybody was yes yes ya'll after him Rhyme patterns became the norm. Salute to the GOD
@provethioaltum32762 жыл бұрын
One of the best to do it Ever
@provethioaltum32762 жыл бұрын
@yabghus I got some Jordan's Yesterday I feel happy cuz I'm the only one on my city with them 😎
@2jcward2 жыл бұрын
I don’t know about the best, but he definitely started the era of hip hop telling the stories from the hood, which never went away and probably won’t. Most people forget, the world was introduced to rap by Rappers Delight.
@TheLastOutlaw2892 жыл бұрын
No he is not...don't be silly... thats like saying the guy who invented candles is greater than Tesla...sure both inventions were excellent for their time but even now rap/hip-hop artists are in general better than artists back then....dont be silly
@davisindustries472 жыл бұрын
@@provethioaltum3276 Are we even supposed to care? What do jordans have anything to do with this. Is it cause Michael Jordan is black and Rakim is black. Is it cause those two raided Fort Knox and Area 51. Is it because they were gang bangers? Why do you pick on people like this? Does it make you happy? Im just kidding man...
@Liam-lz1ms7 жыл бұрын
one of the most iconic songs and albums in hip hop
@soundgardener49406 жыл бұрын
In MUSIC (and I'm a rock / metal head)
@thebrownfilmshow2 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Check out Rakim's Lyric Breakdown kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJiWqZaQo9-Vedk
@CK-dd7eq5 ай бұрын
Still rocking in 24 🇮🇪
@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm71414 күн бұрын
It's 2099 and this still bumps! 😄
@Velmahepcat Жыл бұрын
Rakim had the clearest delivery of all rappers. Each syllable was perfect, intonation and accent exactly where he wanted your attention. The sonic wall of samples was a masterpiece and nothing like this could be done today due to copyright laws
@OmarGarcia-sl1sg3 жыл бұрын
how the hell did rakim have this level of visuals and rhyme before everyone
@jasonwade91603 жыл бұрын
Good question. Might be somthing on that in the art of hip hop documentary by ice t.
@OmarGarcia-sl1sg3 жыл бұрын
@@jasonwade9160 honestly rakim can body most rappers today
@edwinsandoval41463 жыл бұрын
The GOD for a reason.
@hjibakkkihjibakkki64083 жыл бұрын
very the era
@capocapo85383 жыл бұрын
He was signed .simple
@kliai015628 күн бұрын
I'm on the verge of tears by the time we arrive at Espace, since I'm positive we won't have a decent table, but we do. The relief washes over me in an awesome wave.
@tomasjonsson71415 ай бұрын
This beat goes hard 🙀🙀🙀
@georgew.morrowiii1182 жыл бұрын
I bought this album on vinyl when it was first out ... moved 13 times and it’s still in my music collection.
@thebrownfilmshow2 жыл бұрын
Its in ours too! check out kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJiWqZaQo9-Vedk
@davidpouncy84712 жыл бұрын
That's what u do when u love something u take it everywhere u go it becomes part of u 🙏👊💯🎯
@jeremystark33502 жыл бұрын
I had an over 500 cd collection of all best 1990s underground and mainstream hip hop, rap, bass music and it was all stolen when I moved to Tallahassee in college back in early 2000s.
@georgew.morrowiii1182 жыл бұрын
@@jeremystark3350 sorry to hear about that
@georgew.morrowiii1182 жыл бұрын
@@davidpouncy8471 you are so right
@alex-ku6ey8 жыл бұрын
these guys were musical geniuses
@maji___7 жыл бұрын
You should read up on the controversy surrounding the album, turns out rakim and large pro produced most of the album and eric b was the businessman, still gamechanging records tho
@soundgardener49406 жыл бұрын
This is veritably The Golden Path, right here.
@lith11566 жыл бұрын
this is the Coldcut remix (a UK group) and Eric B was just a frontman/businessman...Rakim actually made a lot of the beats along with Marley Marl, Large Professor and others
@tomasjonsson71415 ай бұрын
This is a journey...
@090nj211 ай бұрын
This king brought flow to rap Legend❤
@maji___7 жыл бұрын
holy crap this version is even better than the album one (they're still both good)
@zahirali79597 жыл бұрын
Eshq coldcit cold cut remix is the king
@zahirali79597 жыл бұрын
Eshq 7 minutes of madness
@zahirali79597 жыл бұрын
Eshq how'd you find it? 😏
@maji___7 жыл бұрын
+#336600 Ol' Dirty Bastard Viesky™ blasted it on the speakers its amazing
@zahirali79597 жыл бұрын
Eshq told ya :D Glad you like it
@renegadetherapper3 жыл бұрын
Please understand.... The sampling, the disc spinning, the carefully-crafted lyrics and simplistic subliminal messages in the video... This is real hip hop. And we might not ever get it again 🥺
@michaelhatcher52643 жыл бұрын
Exactly right sister
@JasdeepSinghBindra3 жыл бұрын
We are on our way to get something evolutionary, thanks to legends like rakim to inspire a whole generation
@soiledhalo22963 жыл бұрын
Let's feel blessed that we were there when it blew up. It sucks to see where hip-hop/rap is going.
@furtuna283 жыл бұрын
sampling from Ofra Haza im in alu. song
@ferchodaog3 жыл бұрын
@@furtuna28 just came back to listening to that.. her voice was beautiful and eric b did a great job on getting those special vocals of hers and put it into this track. all of that makes it a masterpiece.
@waiyan_nn14 күн бұрын
Rakim is the flow. The flow is Rakim.
@peteelvo42906 ай бұрын
Mad respect to the OGs of hip hop.
@WhizMitchell7 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest hip hop records of all time.
@henrymurray58996 жыл бұрын
No cussing Good clean music
@jjamontan5 жыл бұрын
A true lyricist dont need cussing
@Natalia-hf3et5 жыл бұрын
He is truly a lyricist.
@ManOfAttitudeLP19985 жыл бұрын
@@jjamontan But I love cussing and controversy
@andynielsen17365 жыл бұрын
Word and he was only 17 back then
@kimberlydiaz8111 ай бұрын
I’m 25yrs old & I’ve been listening to back in the day music , i like it more than the new music . 😌
@sweetlady31888 ай бұрын
Real hip hop!!!
@CranyumHipHop5 жыл бұрын
This is what scared the government about HipHop , this realness.
@goonzsquad15 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahhahaha
@amypieterse37064 жыл бұрын
and then they knocked off biggie and tupac and replaced them with p diddy. god, save us all from this mess..... they flipped hip hop for product placement.......
@Isa-qh3ue4 жыл бұрын
They hijacked it made ppl think they’re all thugs sadly rappers nowadays only cAre about materialistic shit they forget the struggle that produced hip hop it got ppl off the streets
@Deputydawne4 жыл бұрын
Preach
@Isa-qh3ue4 жыл бұрын
Listen to 2 rappers from England they rap about corrupt governments etc they’re called , Akala and lowkey two of the best rappers let me tell you
@SouthCentralChannel9 жыл бұрын
that kicked ass
@kaijohnson78275 ай бұрын
Okay Beavis
@madennok140611 ай бұрын
the song was my enlightenment❤50 years of hip hop!
@felipecezar874623 күн бұрын
Masterpiece
@TSUKNIDA21 күн бұрын
And not just one,but "the one Masterpiece in Rap and DJing" !!!
@JustinMShaw Жыл бұрын
I've always loved how this song starts out by telling you what it is and ends by asking if it was good enough. It's a rarity to find a song so considerate of its audience.
@DjTIMEJD Жыл бұрын
Could you point me to the exact time when he asked if he was good, friend?
@JustinMShaw Жыл бұрын
@@DjTIMEJD "Was it good enough for you?" starts at 3:30 and repeats as an echo.
@DjTIMEJD Жыл бұрын
@@JustinMShaw oh okay. The remix video version. I thought you were talking about Rakim’s pen, friend.
@JustinMShaw Жыл бұрын
@@DjTIMEJD No, just the whole song. Both the starting and ending lines sound like samples, but I don't know the exact origin of either.
@chernobylcoleslaw669810 ай бұрын
😁😆😆😆@@DjTIMEJD
@edimujic56519 жыл бұрын
lol fun fact: both Eminem and Tupac consider Rakim the best MC ever. So when these kids come and do these comments it is just for laughs. Poor little kids. Know nothing but what they are fed by the mainstream media.
@Mike-mu3fs9 жыл бұрын
Amen to that😂😂😂
@edimujic56519 жыл бұрын
Terrell James hehe u know pac well
@edimujic56519 жыл бұрын
TheGuy0verTh3r3 Are u refering to me there? Comment about mainstream for attention? What te fuck are you talking about, besides putting 2 different eras into the same basket. Previous mainstream you cant compare to todays mainstream in any scenario. People used to have radios, tvs and tapes only back then.Their stuff barely reached anyone. Now every bullshit can be spread instantly over the internet and other media. You are just some random hater/naysayer. Go back to the cave where you came from stupid.
@alirocksize9 жыл бұрын
lol rakim also thinks eminem is one of the best to spit on the mic, anything else you want to say?
@danieldevito63809 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact...2 Pac said he would destroy Rakim
@Kuzuri766 ай бұрын
PURE GENIUS BY RAKIM
@rafarodriguez9757Ай бұрын
I miss the old days.☝🏾
@user-db4qv4eu4b Жыл бұрын
Eric B and Rakim are such a dynnamic duo. This was when Rakim was at his best
@pac-ice-tan8064 жыл бұрын
No bad/inappropriate words No drugs promotion Real rap, flow, beat And ending with word "Peace" Real artist
@PopssJr3 жыл бұрын
Doesn't make him a real artist, gate keeper wanna be elitist douchebag lol FOH.
@andresserrano72293 жыл бұрын
@@PopssJr what?
@antarikshuprade3 жыл бұрын
Ever heard of NWA or Eminem, using inappropriate language doesn't mean talentless. You just a kid!
@zackzallie87353 жыл бұрын
"No drugs promotion" lol Dr. Dre had an album called The Chronic.
@pac-ice-tan8063 жыл бұрын
@@antarikshuprade Listen, go to google and type top 10 greatest MCs of all time, I'm sure you'll see The Name Rakim on the top, you don't know this guy cuz you don't know the history of hip hop, you're just a Kid Ask Eminem who he used to listen as a kid, ask him who's the greatest rapper of all time, I'm sure he'll say Rakim, and if you think inappropriate words ain't a problem, then listen to Six Nine's songs with you mom on the big screen you idioto
@MorfBeeX5 ай бұрын
Epic classic! Timeless masterpiece!
@LeeLand-SqueeTis5 ай бұрын
Full on genius. Beyond cool.
@celined883610 ай бұрын
THIS VIDEO DOES SOMETHING TO ME !
@wickpascal49643 жыл бұрын
Never heard anything better in Rap, and don't forget I'm 79 and white!
@elenaarman-tang78113 жыл бұрын
Daaaamn pops, you are cool 😎 BTW I'm 55 and used to dance to this in the clubs 😄
@mclogg24633 жыл бұрын
Dope
@OnlyOriginalSongs3 жыл бұрын
becouse rakim is god of mc best of all time
@wickpascal49643 жыл бұрын
@Loa neither plus nor minus, just a fact
@cathythomas91282 ай бұрын
Glad ya like it pops ❤
@RuckRuRaggie7 жыл бұрын
Zero autotune. Zero bullshit... Pump up the volume on my own, cause nobody else is trying to hear this. But I am...
@1995yuda7 жыл бұрын
Me too, though
@whitekong78697 жыл бұрын
Jerissa Martinez This song still sounds good.
@TheTokan1237 жыл бұрын
Jerissa Martinez oh you special little snowflake
@RuckRuRaggie7 жыл бұрын
Grow up??? Special little snowflake??? I can't believe you are saying these things. I didn't post anything offensive. I don't get it. I was only saying how much I like this song, and to get negative responses. Wow...
@gregzeman12707 жыл бұрын
Dudes like Tony and Louis pick one-sided fights online to cope with their inadequacy and failure to connect with other humans. Shed a tear for their families and carry on.
@jessieclark56085 ай бұрын
Rakim is the God sent to make sense for his brothers before him, no names our individual need to be named 70&80&90& late 90's
@josephcanales-pb3ip8 ай бұрын
RAKIM was one of the best rappers ever. He took hip hop to a whole different level in the mid to late 80's. The PAID IN FULL album in 86 was fire. No one did it like him back then. Definitely in my top 5 of greatest rappers ever.
@josephcanales-pb3ip8 ай бұрын
To me there are 3 songs that changed HipHop at the time of their release. One is "The Message" It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under. Then came "Sucker MC" by Run DMC. You didn't hear rap like that at that time. Then finally came "Dead President s" by Eric B and Rakim. Those 3 songs took rap to another level. In my opinion those are probably the most influencal rap hits of all time. Changed the game after that. If you disagree, let me know what you think is more influencal.