First Time Hearing Eric B. & Rakim - Know the Ledge REACTION | Rakim best song? he went crazy!

[@wheelerwon]

Rakim “Lyrics of Fury”. Another hard joint. The God goes crazy

[@jasonhall3906]

This and uptown anthem by naughty is crazy

[@walking_on_MARZ]

Word! It’s a must listen Dex! “Hey! U could smoke a spliff w/a crip but there’s still no mountain high enough…” They go hard on that one. Naughty by Nature brought heat back in the day

[@tyehodge4075]

Juice Soundtrack

[@casinolife7534]

You love the song because he’s switching flows all throughout the Song! Doesn’t stay in any particular flow for a long time! Know The Ledge(Knowledge) I tell folks, he CHANGED the Hip Hop Genre, that’s why he’ll be forever my Number 1

[@kennycooper294]

yup, dudes was yelling before he came out with his laid back flow

[@ezdinero456]

This that classic Rakim right here 🔥🔥🔥

[@DexTVReacts]

He was rappin his ass off lol

[@ezdinero456]

@@DexTVReacts u gotta get around to "Let the Rhythm hit em" that's another banger

[@NJbakintheday]

Dex, man... I think I speak for most of the old heads here when I say it feels crazy good to see you react the way you do to the MCs we grew up on. You appreciate the craft. Thanks for recognizin'. Peace from New Jerooz (NJ).

[@sblake1016]

Paterson born and raised…and I 100% agree.

[@JamesJohnson-mw6zq]

Naughty by Nature’s “Uptown Anthem” on the same soundtrack.🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@oldschoolhip-hopheadriorea9178]

"Switch to southpaw, split ya right jaw"🥊🎙#RAKIMALLAH #THEGOD

[@shajuanwilkinson3865]

Your energy is great

[@DexTVReacts]

Thank you! Music always get me hype!

[@BruceJohnson-om5kl]

Rakim is talking the character Tupac played in “Juice” BISHOP!!!

[@RasPsalm]

This beat never got the props it deserves, its so much going on, so many little pieces of flutes and horns put together perfectly

[@damonjones1291]

"Eric B. Is President", Eric B. & Rakim This was the very 1st Rakim song that hit the NY airwaves back in like 1985/1986 🔥🔥🔥

[@xandermarley8552]

‘86….everybody was doing the Wop 💯

[@sul222]

Clap your hands to what he’s doin’

[@damonjones1291]

Definitely!! The Wop was in full effect!

[@IENetworkTV]

this is why he is my Goat and erick B is scratching knowledge in the back KNOW The LEDGE KNOWLEDGE he the G.O.A.T

[@waynemazique6556]

It's HIM

[@vincesample2834]

Right now drop everything and go to The 18th Letter!

[@isaacsello6097]

Bomb Squard produced this beat.

[@xandermarley8552]

Big Daddy Kane “Nuff respect due” also on this soundtrack….and Naughty By Nature’s “Uptown Anthem” 💥💥

[@andremiller1566]

One of the goat soundtracks from a decade that was slaughtering soundtracks.

[@cyclone10472]

This song describes the 90’s perfectly in NYC. 💯 vibe and all!

[@wheelerwon]

The same reaction when I first heard it years ago.

[@shajuanwilkinson3865]

Kool g rap and 38 spesh "upstate to queens"🔥🔥🔥

[@jasonbt1]

this song stay in my playlist when Im on my bike & that bass start strummin Itwist da throttle all da way back .

[@DexTVReacts]

😂 added it to my playlist the day I did this reaction!

[@jasonbt1]

@DexTVReacts check out Rakim "NY you out there" 💪🏾💯😤🔥🔥

[@loccdogg26]

As a runner I use the instrumental while I get my miles in. Gets the blood pumpin

[@gibranmcdonald9853]

In the Ghetto is a slept on masterpiece💯

[@acknickulus]

YES SIR!

[@brkjeff]

*The Black Man is EXCEPTIONAL!* We created this music with our beautiful minds & lack of resources. We flipped existing music created by us(and others) to make beats. Then rhymed over them telling our story poetically. They said this wasn’t music when I was a kid. It’s trash. A fad. *It’s the most lucrative, influential, and meaningful art form to date!*

[@tapseer]

True Dat

[@acknickulus]

I went to Ghana for the first time in 1998 and young brother was telling me "word up, word up".

[@ArtisanWindchimes]

Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh - Lodi Dodi 🔥

[@jasonbt1]

for ur knowledge young G dats Rakim on da drums .

[@mr.burlbattle2233]

💯💯💯💯💯

[@KtotheG]

This is the theme song to the movie Juice... definitely one of my top 5 favorite Rakim songs.

[@DJ_Katone]

CLASSIC!!!!💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BMG717]

I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE !!

[@BMG717]

So many little nuances in this track..hands down my favorite Rakim song

[@Vinnytint2]

GOAT SONG

[@brodiejr4real]

"No Omega" is dope as well. Great reaction by the way.

[@moebetta72]

I was excited about YOU being excited!!! You got a taste of what WE experienced when it first dropped!!

[@newbuck319]

...and think, He did this for a soundtrack too a Tupac movie.

[@moebetta72]

Rakim made them joints that you could never imagine another MC flowing over!

[@Armil1]

Two more Eric B & Rakim joints that show his GOAT flex is What’s On Your Mind and Mahogany! Two of them ones!!!!

[@brkjeff]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 *Good choice youngin!* #SuperClassic …and Yes! Guru gives Rakim vibes cuz of his distinct voice and nostalgia.

[@DexTVReacts]

I knew I wasn’t trippin!

[@Green-ey4xn]

I appreciate ur appreciation for the art. Rakim was a great one. Good reaction 👍

[@alpy7776]

The 18th Letter is nice too!

[@tcshakaricks1172]

Rakim: Holy are you....!!!!✌💯

[@GregoryBanks]

One of my favorite Hip Hop song of all time!!!!!! beyond 🔥🔥🔥🔥 absolute classic!

[@BODominicanYork]

Some of Rakim’s illest ‼️

[@derrickkearney7998]

Hey Dex TV💯💯💯,,, u are right now the #1 Rakim reactions Guy🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤 U gotta now!!!!! Do Rakim’s “Let The Rhythm Hit Em”. His flow and his “Gun Bars” in this song is 👀👀👀👀👀,,, The video is the 1st of its kind!!! With him & Eric B being chased by the police,,,, to keep up with his “Bars” in this song,,, ur definitely going to have to rewind a few times!!!!!!!!

[@larryvaughnii4570]

❤ these reviews are on time for the holidays, these reactions are Xmas gifts!

[@shakeluga3006]

Thanks for this one🔥🔥🔥

[@surgenev2000]

I've been waiting on this one. Dex you might have to do a live stream where you review hip hop soundtracks from the 90's abs 00's alot of classic songs on them.

[@DexTVReacts]

That sound like a good idea bro! I got some things cookin! I wanna start engaging more in 2025! More live shows, podcast segments etc etc! Thanks for tappin in wit me bro!

[@teslahdread7529]

KRS1- my philosophy 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@walking_on_MARZ]

Another dope reaction Dex! I recommend Let the Rythm Hit ‘Em, No Omega, Run For Cover and Mahogany. All are 🔥

[@jbwuzhere6819]

Dex, LET THE RHYTHM HIT 'EM - RAKIM. MASTERPIECE

[@charrsvader1454]

Public enemy black steel in the hour of chaos

[@erick.roberts9074]

Dope reaction! Dog, “In the Ghetto (Extended Version).” One of Rakim’s finest works. The video was the highest ranked rap video after “The Message” on Nas’s personal favorite video list on BET back in the day. One of the most beautifully penned songs ever. Video with the extended version cold. Featuring Dolomite and Mike Bivins.

[@karamtaylor5229]

Guru gives you Rakim vibes because they speaking 5% language

[@chaca649]

Great reaction @Dex Know the ledge=Knowledge Check out Mahogany & The Ghetto by Rakim classic storytelling 🔥🔥🔥

[@ceades75]

Hell yeah. Here we go!

[@waynemazique6556]

Great reaction!

[@qossii]

Simply the best

[@LoganVal215]

He’s speaking in character.

[@statechamp3465]

Bro, you’re onto something keep going!

[@teslahdread7529]

Big daddy kane- set it off🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BrianMacsMusicArchives]

You can't be all up in the 🐐 bag without listening to I Know you got soul from the Paid in Full debut album Congratulations on your musical awakening to "The R"-18th letter.

[@benjamincastleman8580]

Eric B & Rakim And Gang Starr Are Definitely From NY That's Why They Sound Similar Your Not Tripping Bro!!! DexTV💯🐐💯 EXCELLENT 💯

[@devinhardy2891]

One of my favorite Rakim jawns is Let the Rhythm hit em... Turned the corner and damn near lost it, hit the ground burning and woke up frost bit

[@kurtadams3021]

Real Hip hop 💙

[@Taj_Rahine]

Yeah this was written for the movie Juice, he was basically writing “in character” for this one after being shown some of the movie to get the vibe.

[@giovannicarter3076]

My favorite Rakim track @!

[@bk7314]

He's rhyming from the perspective of Bishop, Tupac's character in Juice.

[@PezoBandy]

Imagine hearing it in the 🎥 theater for the first time we was going crazy shots in the movie theater smfh true story tho,ny was dangerous

[@phillip6868]

That Juice Soundtrack was one of my first cassette tapes I bought on my own.

[@BKShark07]

Rakim is in this bag because it was for the Juice Soundtrack. Fits perfectly with the movie. Another bit of trivia. Ra had a hard time finding drums that he liked for the song so he actually played it.

[@ChazBrown22]

Rakim is the true master.

[@DexTVReacts]

Facts! He cold! Sound off coming soon. Reacted to it yesterday!

[@ChazBrown22]

@@DexTVReacts🔥🔥

[@b2thej]

This straight classic!!! If you think this one is hard wait until you hear him on Let The Rhythm Hit Em

[@WHG369]

This is a soundtrack song. To juice. Thats why the subject matter is different

[@erick.roberts9074]

I also recommend “Casualties of War” (with video)-about the first Gulf War. I know Rakim happened to be especially proud of that one. From this same period.

[@FullFathomV]

If you haven’t done Follow the Leader yet you should check that track out.

[@thebroncochronicles6495]

When he first came out, NO ONE cussed on their music. By the time this came out, profanity was everywhere.

[@tytaylor1461]

Love your videos homie but when you gonna do the queens of hip hop?

[@oldschoolhip-hopheadriorea9178]

Starting with SHANTE! #QueenOfQueensbridge "Have a Nice Day" kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4LOdnuLgtKjr68si=Z5R4P26OeixduVy2

[@tytaylor1461]

@oldschoolhip-hopheadriorea9178 ik i f*ck heavy with Rox

[@MentuSun]

top 3 Rakim song fa sho

[@kgin3d]

One of my favorites is 'Casualties of War'

[@SonDialer]

Eric B and Rakin ‘The Ghetto’, ‘Follow the Leader’ , ‘Know what’s on your mind’

[@marcosgarcia25]

Finally!!!! Uptown Anthem by Naughty By Nature was another dope single of the “Juice” soundtrack. RIP Pac’

[@uncvic1]

Bars like, 25 yrs old, still fire...

[@ericanderson7059]

If you wanna hear Rakim in his prophetic bag check out Casulties of War . Great react , I like that you do the lyrics and then video puts it in good context .

[@Docavelli]

GOD MC Enough said

[@CrowdPleeza]

Rakim was rapping from the perspective of a street dude for this song. It fits the Juice movie.

[@pbroker]

I remember going to see juice by myself and friends dissing me. But I'm glad I watched it alone. I loved the entire movie until that last line.

[@44GCFOAT]

The God MC🎤#Blueprint🎤

[@kurtadams3021]

The God

[@jacksonaction4085]

you shoudl react to rakim ''the 18th letter'' its one of his best

[@michaelway7936]

Basically, the Eric B & Rakim period(1986 - 1992)they made some of the hypest joints in Hip Hop,so there aren't too many that make you go "umm,i don't know about dat!"

[@chillyice3573]

Peace Dex I’m in tha building wit cha!! Thought you were ready for it 🤣🤣

[@DexTVReacts]

I thought I was ready too after hearing microphone fiend but this! This right here is amazing!

[@chillyice3573]

If you Know the Ledge and drop the the you have the Knowledge!!

[@chillyice3573]

Now you gotta do “Men At Work” by Kool G Rap and “Raw” remix by Big Daddy Kane & Kool G Rap Lyrical classics!!!! 🎤🎤

[@mobettaone7795]

Great storytelling... RAKIM is the coldest..

[@BruceJohnson-om5kl]

If you do Gangstarr again you have to react to “MASS APPEAL” 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jaydwalker8024]

Do "Move the Crowd " next.

[@williamwalsh1533]

You're going to love the song HOODLUM from Mobb Deep & Rakim.

[@GWOE29]

Chech Lyrics of fury and Let the rhythm hit em

[@trey1fromday190]

As Rakim got older you are going to hear some cursing in his later songs...still not much cussing.

[@williamhannonjr3710]

Rakim Guess Who's Back Big Daddy Kane Set It Off Kool G Rap Cannon Fire

[@tonyclark8132]

You need to check out “In The Ghetto”

[@sul222]

Ayeee you HAVE to check out I KNOW YOU GOT SOUL 🔥🔥

[@uberbeats1]

Know the ledge = Knowledge

[@TheMaitrue1]

Rakim = DrJ Nas = Went from A.I. to Kobe & became Jordan Jay-Z = Lebron BIG = Shaq

[@scrapperd7827]

U tripping Rakim = Jordan Nas = LeBron

[@TheMaitrue1]

@scrapperd7827 No sir!!! Lol Rakim was like Doc & Nas was the protege. Nas is nothing like Lebron...he didn't take the easy route to climb the ladder, he did it the Right way!! That's why the Jay analogy fits. Jay cares about the stats & the accolades lol

[@scrapperd7827]

@TheMaitrue1 Rakim invented flow and Nas studied it and ran with it, he gets his props, plus the longevity like LeBron. But Rakim is the original "God" MC. Nobody sounded like him. Period.

[@TheMaitrue1]

@@scrapperd7827 i agree with most of that. That's the only comparison with LBJ is the Longevity.

[@walteraskew6581]

you gotta naughty by nature uptown anthem!!

[@toniteaCAFE]

KNOW THE LEDGE OR KNOWLEDGE - YOU HAVE TO PICK ONE . THATS WHY HE IS THE GOAT