FIRST TIME HEARING- Eric B. & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke (REACTION)

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In this reaction video, we're watching the iconic hip hop song "I Ain't No Joke" for the first time.

[@tonyclark8132]

There’s 2 eras in hip hop…. before Rakim and after Rakim

[@804reezy]

OOH THAT WAS DEEP👊🏿

[@aceking875]

Yes exactly 💯

[@ericjackson3222]

Facts

[@mrdreloaded4049]

You sir, are mvhthaphvkkin right!

[@verbone]

1989 is now 3 AR.

[@OhioPlayas]

Rakim, Kane and G Rap transcended the art of emceeing into wordplay, flowing and metaphors. Forever changing the rap game

[@OhioPlayas]

Yo Ahmad u should check out my favorite joint "Cowboys" by The Fugees. Absolutely 🔥

[@ministersteve00]

❤

[@OhioPlayas]

@@prof3ssor178 Word. I said Kane. Could never forget him

[@prof3ssor178]

@@OhioPlayas lmao aye my bad lol damn I sent that when I had just woken up this morning 😂 have a good day bro

[@OhioPlayas]

@@prof3ssor178 Lol it's coo bro. Be safe

[@adnanojd]

One of the greatest songs in hip-hop history timeless beat ✊🏾💯🇯🇲

[@bagley232]

Eric B killed it on the mix

[@VideoFiles99]

Imagine being 14 years old and hearing this when it dropped. I lost my freakin' mind as a teen. Between Rakim and Kane these dudes literally became lyrical Gods. Dope reaction video.

[@t.c.bramblett617]

An amazing time to be into Hip Hop just as it is booming into a new form! I was 17 at the time

[@CanibusDaGoat]

Kool G. Rap was also a lyrical God from that era !!

[@rashaanlemell7974]

I was 13 when this came out, 😱🤯 feel in love with Hip Hop with this song

[@yazeedyairbey]

I feel it, I was like 9 or 10. This Rakim completely changed the landscape, no one else can claim that.

[@r.plante2916]

I was 18 or 19, so an unknown Rakim open for LL. Went right out and got their tape.

[@adublbeatz8656]

Man...still to this day...His flow is second to none....Lyrical maniac!! Metaphors....CLASSIC HIP HOP!! No Cuss Words!!

[@ivorysteele]

Rakim created a new style of hip hop. No one rapped like him before he did. He created the new rappers like Nas and the others.

[@bagley232]

Rakim changed the game with multi syllable lines

[@aceking875]

Yes Indeed!!!!

[@aceking875]

This song is the difference between everyone who rapped before Rakim, and everyone who rapped after him until now. Up until this point you never heard anyone flow or put their rhymes together like this. It was mind blowing 🤯🤯🤯

[@vincent5318]

LL Cool J may have something to say about that.

[@haydotzero3372]

@@vincent5318LL cool J raps like your typical 80s rapper. Rakim spits like the way the rappers in the 90s did except a little slower

[@aceking875]

@@vincent5318 LL Cool J's is a legendary, no doubt. But when it comes to this, his name never even comes up in the conversation. Never Ever!

[@DonTheking]

@@haydotzero3372 KRS One, Big Daddy Kane and Kool G Rap wasn’t spitting like your typical 80s rapper as well

[@mrdreloaded4049]

There's a reason Rakim is called "The God MC"!!!! He's one of the heads on the Mt. Rushmore of Hip Hop - the others being: BDK, KRS One, and Kool G Rap!!!! These dudes had some really game-changing talent - sadly, something we'll probably never see again!!!! This came out when I was 15 and I'm still bumping it! I highly recommend my favorite Eric B and Rakim track: Know The Ledge; Eric B for President and Follow the Leader are 2 others I highly recommend; thanks for your reaction on one of Hip Hop's greatest tracks!!!!!

[@clintongray5065]

Rakim the God Mc no one till today could match his flow his whole swag now this is HipHop no questions ask

[@DicnballzBitch]

Don't call me brother dmx ft rakim with intro dmx meets rakim explains exactly that feeling and mindset described for those of us who survived the 80's and the 90's

[@jackiegreen1692]

Rakim set the bar for all MCs !

[@AbrahamPalmer-wj5cb]

Facts

[@fhat6924]

87 to 89 were the best years of Hip Hop.

[@spiritualNaz]

Nah 93-98 is the best years of hip hop.

[@Fsojack]

87-89 was the best for black pop/rnb/new Jack

[@mrdreloaded4049]

87 - 97 was the Golden Age of Hip Hop

[@whumanbard]

For better or for worse, 85 to 88 hip hop music and culture were the seeds of the modern industry. Without Run-DMC there would be no commercialization of hip hop culture. Without the Beastie Boys white consumers wouldn't have become the majority consumers of rap and white rappers wouldn't be respected. Rakim created the style that every single rapper after him that uses, if wordplay is their primary style. NWA took gangsta rap to the level where Biggie, Tupac, trap, and drill rappers are simply imitators. Thanks to World Champion DJ Jazzy Jeff, Will Smith was able to start a career that made him the first rapper turned A-List actor. Public Enemy was the first rap group to be taken seriously inside and outside the culture. KRS-ONE is in a class all by himself because he still says that he IS hip hop and will not sell-out, continues to rap like he's a battle rapper, and lives up to his name as "the T'chea" by writing books, sharing his philosophy, and teaching at colleges and universities.

[@Didja1980]

Rakim the god! This was 1987! He was so advanced for the time it’s crazy. There is a reason Nas worships him. Also check out from Rakim Microphone fiend Paid in full Don’t sweat the technique

[@gregpuryear8163]

Not just Nas almost all the MC's worship Rakim back than. And just like Rakim said " you can get a smack for this I ain't no joke."

[@gibranmcdonald9853]

Jay Electronica was next in that lineage. He sputtered out after he started fuckin with Jigga and that Rothschild but his early shit was incredible

[@djblock215]

If he listened to Lyrics of fury, his headphones might explode

[@RealRapp_FG]

@@gibranmcdonald9853 Nas was the closest from Rakim's lineage.Jay Elec was a Killah Priest /Rakim hybrid but he still came in the door hard as f*ck tho.

[@jowhit226]

Don't forget "Follow the Leader," "Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em" and "No Omega."

[@houseofclubs2437]

He started the real lyrical Emceezzzzzz!!!!!

[@olschoolTonyCarter]

Kool Moe Dee influenced and started him too.

[@josephgoodrich1242]

Review his song "My Melody" then you will understand that "or you'll be one of those 7 MCs" line!

[@nastee10]

Dude, you basically might as well react to this entire album. ABSOLUTE CLASSIC! Start to finish!

[@olschoolTonyCarter]

Rakim's second verse on this is one of the best verses in rap history.

[@i_am_non_a]

Or you'll be one of those 7 MC's

[@mbo68]

The "Paid In Full" album changed the game! Rakim IS the GOAT

[@56original]

80s hip-hop was pure.

[@aceking875]

1987 I was 13 years old. I remember hearing this song and seeing the video. Its like I matured in the way that I think, the way that I walk, my facial expression, so when you see me you know "I aint no joke" And that's how ive carried myself from then until now.

[@VideoFiles99]

Rakim's gulliest, nastiest and most deadly songs which put him far beyond any other MC (in my humble opinion) are: 1. Lyrics of Fury 2. Follow The Leader 3. Musical Massacre

[@LibertySpam]

Totally agree about Follow The Leader.

[@jowhit226]

Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em

[@i_am_non_a]

Follow The Leader is the single greatest hip hop song ever created. Hands down.

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

Peace! “The Punisher”

[@DaliDessalines]

Hip hop evolved back then in 3 year periods. 1977-80, 80-83, 84-87 and so on. So look at hip hop history that way. You can see where Rakin falls in that sequence. It's still very new at that time and he was a pillar in making rap sound the way it did for ever after that

[@bagley232]

Hip Hop essence

[@jdavilla]

This song is a masterpiece 🔥 one of the greatest hip hop songs ever

[@danehodge7039]

Rakim produced the beat too, Eric b just scratched on it. The dj was more prominently featured at the time so everyone assumed he did the beats, rakim is the real producer

[@aceking875]

Didn't know that, Thank You

[@MIAMI305LIVE]

The God Rakim….he was one of the earliest of the lyrical masters. Flow, delivery, metaphors, voice, listen if you don’t know now you know. When he came back in 1999 with the album The R” it was crazy….you should review that….

[@rashaanlemell7974]

Came back in 97 with The 18th Letter

[@AmariMarvelous]

Before there was Rakim there was Kool Moe Dee the precursor to Ra. But Rakim was on another level with his skills,flow,delivery and is one of the few if not the ONLY emcee to get respect from the original architects and even adapted his style to improve their pen game. Not too many ppl can claim that!

[@borood1188]

Rakim is still ahead of his time now. People still can’t fathom his flows.

[@2KILLAVILLE]

Krs, Rakim, Chuck D, G.Rap, Kane, Slick Rick, Kool Moe Dee, Queen Latifah, Mc Lyte, LL are the 80s emcees that stepped up the Rhyming Lyrical Skills & Storytelling in Hip Hop

[@jowhit226]

Damn, whatta list and every single one of them had their own style and personality.

[@2KILLAVILLE]

@JoWhit All them were dope! KRS over 57 years of Age & Still Thorough from the Borough! Checkout his latest 2022 Album IMAMCRU12 🔥🔥🔥

[@darlenerayford5928]

57 years old and still partying to this jam big up NY

[@danelson23BX90]

You right young un.. Rakim killed it that summer. No one was rapping like that.

[@SMOOVKILL1]

I didn't know you've never reacted to this track. This is legendary and Rakim changed lyricism! Or originally hes The God MC! Either way you heard it now! 👊🏾. You know what I love about this video is when he's standing in the street with Eric B on the turntables you can tell this is new to the audience. DOPE!

[@JD-fb6rw]

The beat was a James Brown sample from "Pass the Peas". Many people jokingly stated James Brown was the King of Hip Hop because his beats were sampled thousands of times. Most rappers from the late '80s were inspired by Kool Moe Dee and Grand Master Caz. They were very good with wordplay and to some extent Spoonie Gee. Spoonie Gee had one popular song that was thirty minutes long. It was popular in the streets. Unfortunately, he went to prison. The music was mostly rhyming over beats. You have to remember the beats were very important for breakdancers. Most will dance off the break (instrumental) part.

[@DEVINEJUSTICEALLAH72]

RAKIM ALLAH IS IN MY TOP FIVE EMCEE LIST NO MATTER WHAT!!!! HE MADE A LOT OF EMCEES STEP THEIR PEN GAME UP!!!!

[@robertmason8416]

You were right about the basic ABC style of rhyming. When Rakim came out not only did we rewind that record or tape constantly, the rest of the MC universe had to go back to the lab!

[@Slew1966]

Rakim brought in the Era of master of flowing difference. His flow was remarkable. He is the God MCee.

[@TravelsChases]

The samples came from 2 songs . 1972 Pass the Peas by the JBs which was the horns , that were also used on Heavy D's "Overweight Lover" and 1976 "Theme from the Planets" by Dexter Wansel which became that iconic hiphop break beat ! Great stuff here . Rakim was a true pioneer . It's true that other MCs were ABCing it at the time and Rakim forced everyone to step their game up with this . And as for Eric B , notice how all of the scratches are live , not sampled. They are just a bit different on each bar . True hiphop !

[@tonyacts]

Your Hip Hop history learning is coming along nicely. Yes, Rakim was one of the first MCs to really start being lyrical, and playing around with rhyme schemes. There were others like Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, BDK, etc who were emerging as great lyricists, but no denying that Rakim was one of the first and best to do it.

[@borngifted5398]

Great Reaction !!! This is Real Classic HipHop !!! 🎧 Try Rakim - Move The Crowd 🔥

[@Philly2Corpus]

yeah this jawn was flame too

[@xomack9344]

That's Eric B & Rakim's first album

[@joeyrogers7017]

I hope you get to Public Enemy "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos" soon. P.E. is that group to throw knowledge in your head with each song. Listen to the album version because it contains the extra verse.

[@spartanswerve7575]

I was a 16 year old white boy growing up in the suburbs of Dallas. This cassette got passed around everywhere. Our school had two groups, the LL Cool J kids and the Eric B/ Boogie Down Productions kids. BTW, go down the BDP rabbit hole.

[@borisdodgingbullets]

My man…educating yourself constantly. One thing…the ABC rap had already started to give way…Kane, Moe Dee, G Rap. And, Rakim and P.E. Hit at the same time and changed EVERYTHING! The Native Tongues (Quest, De La, …) followed. Best era in hip hop!

[@sarahp9086]

Like Method Man said, "Y'all don't do it like these old dudes do it". This is GOAT classic! If I can recommend a groove that you will be all over with some dope rhymes, try Don't Sweat The Technique next. It's still in my playlist, and never fails to make me move.

[@chrisisslick]

PREACH! That song is hard as concrete 👏🏻

[@tabathacooksey6042]

Forever,forever my jams!! I’m 56old years woman from New York!! Stilled listening today’s!! One love ❤️ !!

[@jaydwalker8024]

87 was the beginning of the golden age.

[@johnykilroy5521]

He was the GoD MC. No one rapped like this before him. Just straight non stop lyrics. NO ONE In fact his scheme became the blueprint. Everyone started to use his pattern. It's a 4 line pattern. eg. 1st line intro (bet) 2nd line (met) 3rd line was setup 4th line payoff (set) Everyone pretty much used this as a baseline in there rap. Even to this day Inspectah Deck, GZA are two.

[@jgetshis]

You can find a bunch of samples on this one. The Missing Link. Long Live Hip Hop!!!!💯

[@HappyYankeeFan]

“When I’m gone…THEN you can joke!” Before Rakim became famous, he had a buzz going. Marley Marl invited him to his place in Queens Bridge to do “My Melody”. MC Shan was there too. Rakim laid down his bars. When he left, MC Shan started “joking” Rakim saying he was rhyming was slow…and treated his skills like they were a joke. “I Ain’t no joke!” “I slam the mic when I’m done and make sure it’s broke!” “When I’m gone…THEN you can joke!”

[@damonjones1291]

"The Quiet Storm" was on one of the radio stations back in mid 80s in NY... at like 11pm... All Slow Jams.. 😆 The Quiet Storm 🎼🎵

[@clarktownsend8991]

most urban radio stations in big cities had a Quiet Storm show where they played slow jams . WE had it here and still do in DC on Howard University Station

[@Ooofaa-Maa]

Doin it with the R!!!!!! THE GOAT. There can only be one. It’s Rakim.

[@Risse227]

Thee GOAT…he changed the game!!!!

[@MIKEMOSSGONNAFLOSS]

PAID IN FULL IS TOP 25 OF ALL TIME!!

[@h.claytorjr.4362]

Peace, sun. Can't go wrong with the God as he set the standard for what came after him. Check 'No Competition', 'The R', 'Lyrics of Fury' (probably the illest lyrics ever!!), and 'My Melody'. If you get a chance, catch him in concert. He puts the mic down because the crowd knows all of his lyrics. The God still tops my list.

[@DavidJones-si8ig]

Even though it isn't old school, you should check out Krino Duality. He's one of thee most creative wordsmiths.

[@tahke8284]

The GOD

[@michaelatencio2917]

Rakim is the microphone Solo wiz. He never uses cuss words in his music, now that's skill. One of the best to ever touch the MIC. Big L, Krs-one, Rakim, & Kool G rap are MC's, Jadakiss, Nas, Eminem, Lil wayne, Jay Z, biggie, Big Pun, Canibus, Mos Def, Gza, Rza, Inspectah Deck, Lauren Hill, Remy Ma, Papoose, Royce Da 5'9, Black Thought, J Cole, Kendrick, Keith Murray, Busta Rhymes, Redman, Raekwon, Andre 3000, Lloyd Banks, Proof(RIP), kurupt, Xzibit, & many more rappers

[@divatimedancecompanyocovfo3865]

Love Eric B and Rakim!!

[@Jhny18Whlr]

I remember recording this off of Power 99 in Philly! What a time to be alive!!!

[@HizzHyness]

Eric B for President and My Melody came out a week after each other…I remember in Harlem we thought it was by 2 different people… Eric B and My Melody by Rakim… when we found out it was the same person…that’s why he’s the God MC!

[@djpoppy1]

MC Serch of 3rd Bass called this the perfect hip-hop song. I can’t argue with that!

[@cibida1]

This before my time…dude right here rhyming way ahead of his time.

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

“I’m the R the A to the K.. I.. M, if I wasn’t then why would I say I am”

[@muhammadnur06]

My Melody is a must

[@gibneygabriel3336]

It is one of the first dis songs in the world of battling. Mr. x dropped a song called "I drink old gold, copying Rakims." I got soul, and Ra bombed on him with this hit. And his Paid in full album, along with Boogie Down Production Criminal Minded and Public Enemy It takes a nation of millions to hold us back album changed the sound ot hip-hop, as well as NWA Straight outta Compton. If you were there, you know what I'm saying.

[@RealRapp_FG]

thx for the history lesson never knew this existed

[@SHAPRINS]

He was the creator of slow flow hip hop

[@marcusmessiah19]

Quiet Storm was created by a DJ in DC named Melvin Lindsey ,it's smooth overnight jazz/rb like Grover Washington popularized in the 80s. Lindsey would play song after song overnight,music to chill to.

[@immersion24]

ya nailed it...he was ahead of the times...he's def the godfather MC.

[@garthpanther]

This is my walk up song in Road to the Show ‘23. Dope track

[@kurtadams3021]

The LEGENDARY Iconic Rakim Allah

[@sahbian]

legend has it, that the "REAL" 50 cent is on the back cover or inner cover of this album.

[@GlobalNotes]

Nothing disrespectful about what you saying. Its facts. He birthed the next generation of MC's and (then) modern rhyme style. No different than many of today's dudes look at Wayne, future, or thug

[@BruceJohnson-fo5ko]

Yo he was ahead of his time bro. I came up in the eighths, major hip hop head. When he came along other then dudes like LL or Run Dmc, everybody else where the past in hip hop. Remember the culture was still Young, He made outsiders know this shit is Art!!! Do more RAKIM, KRS one etc, come on I need you.

[@jetko43]

If you really want your mind blown look up "Triple Stage Darkness". Then listen again when he says "Guide you out of Triple stage Darkness"

[@troyfew2373]

As soon as I hear Eric B. I go straight to a dollar party, red light and all.....?.

[@nofacade100]

Eric B. And Rakim - In The Ghetto….One of his best tracks

[@GuyKirk]

Take 7 MC's, put them in a line. Add 7 more brothers who think they can ryhme. It'll take 7 more before i go for mines. Now that's 21 MCs ate up at the same time. "you'll be one of those 7 MCs."

[@algram8541]

GOD MC. Rakim. Then other rappers I was 7 my bother 12. This when I became to love rap. Never be another

[@b23gulf]

I was 9 years old when this came out 😩😩😩..I think 80’s rap was harder because you had to rhyme your words back then

[@IENetworkTV]

YOUNG KING you are right on point Rakim change the game he change the way people rap they were rapping like Run dmc when he came in and LL he changed the game and put poetry made hip hop rap Rythymn And Poetry he also was the first rapper to bring religion to wax the first 5% nation rapper and the words he was using in 87 he said not a enemy not even a freindnemy way back in 87 he said flow back then people say flow in 2023 he is in everybody top 5 and if he isnt shame on them

[@beoriginalallah5916]

A timeless Classic….

[@ikenelson767]

Follow The Leader idk if u reacted to it but if not and if u do u gotta have the lyrics up ,the dude just expands the mind when u know and understand all he's saying in the song

[@56original]

Rakim & KRS were 20 yrs. ahead of their time.

[@michaelway7936]

Kurtis Blow- These are the Breaks- 1980 Run DMC - Peter Piper Sucka Mcs (1983) KRS - ONE Criminal Minded Number One (1986) And of course.... Eric B and Rakim Eric B for President My Melody (1986)

[@theit123]

first rapper with a million dollar deal

[@jefffentress48]

You got to hear MAHOGANY. Rakim the GOD

[@DjNikGnashers]

I'm genuinely surprised a black American HipHop head like yourself, has not already delved into the past, and learned about the 80's & 90's music. Thank you for the content though, Rakim was a massive influence on me, and I consider him one of the greats, of the 3rd era of HipHop. Oh, I'm a 55 year old, white, English oldskool BBOY/DJ by the way 😎

[@kurtadams3021]

The Genius of the LEGENDARY Iconic Mr James Brown aka the Godfather

[@blackmike8207]

The 80s was the golden era

[@damonjones1291]

"Eric B. is President" 🔥🔥 Eric B. & Rakim

[@BruceJohnson-fo5ko]

Yo do me a favor. Go to the second verse he mentions the songs on his album. He said nominated my Dj the president. Whistled my Melody. This dude was cold.....

[@RealDukeOfEdinburgh]

Finally, been waiting for this one 🔥

[@charrsvader1454]

Public enemy black steel in the hour of chaos

[@snewton250]

You gotta do My Melody..the album version..just listen to the flow & the lyrical word play..GOD LEVEL!!!

[@HaroldMccoy-vv4lt]

Greatest B -Boy song in hip hop history .

[@bloodshot6103]

rakim killed run dmc he came like this an that pop hop ish was over

[@bonafidemc]

Ok, now you gotta do some Ultramagnetic MCs and Kool Keith! You gotta do "Watch Me Now" then brace yourself for some Kool Keith solo projects--he got many! A legend!

[@deep5518]

The Goat 🐐

[@marcomcdowell8861]

You can tell that the crowd had never heard anything like that before.

[@MegaINVADERGIR]

The best to ever touch the mic!!!

[@tee2008j]

The G.O.D of hip hop the alpha Omega best to ever do it... The 13th Letter....