GEN Y First Time Hearing | Eric B. & Rakim - I Ain't No Joke

[@KimbaLoveAdams]

This man is a GOAT. A pioneer of hip hop. Without him there wouldn’t be an Eminem.

[@455silverwater]

The GOD MC..your favorite rappers favorite rappers father..

[@pigatt1]

THIS RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rayraydubb]

So now you HAVE to hear Rakims My Melody... 🔥 💯

[@ronalddaniels7203]

One of the Greatest to ever touch a Microphone 😎

[@OnlyOriginalSongs]

Rakim Greatest Mc Ever. GodMc

[@rbailey3309]

We cannot forget Rob Base!

[@KimbaLoveAdams]

He’s talking about every other sucka MC who thought they could stand in the same space as him.

[@MrBigcityal]

7 emcees references the rap battle he won.

[@IENetworkTV]

The first multi syllable rapper changed the way ppl rap the steph curry of rap

[@djdedan]

Nah he wasn’t. t la roc before him - rakims claim was complicated rhyme schemes with the laid back style.

[@LuisDiaz-qt3qq]

Rakim and KRS changed the way heads rap back then. Before everybody rap simple. FACTS

[@earldarnell5221]

No words wasted in this song.

[@KimbaLoveAdams]

It’s not toxic it’s just rap. His name is pronounced Ra- KEM.

[@kelllzzzkellzz4910]

“RA-KEM”?😂 No.. RAKIM-“Kim” sounding like the word “Swim” . The majority of his songs would seem like the lyrics are coded to those who don’t understand 5% Nation of ISLAM lessons because in nearly every song he has on the first two albums has Supreme Mathematics and the 12 Jewels of ISLAM written into his raps. His name RAKIM is his attribute given to him by the 5% Nation of ISLAM The GOD RAKIM ALLAH.

[@Kronicdice23]

Rakim is the reason Eminem , Snoop Dogg, Kendrick , etc even exist. He wasn’t being toxic about the 🎤comment he simply means he’s comin with everything he has so he might as well break the 🎤 cuz whoever is on deck should just stay there cuz there’s no need to pick up this 🎤 when IM done.

[@rbailey3309]

As they used to say, "And you know that!"

[@thecodetalker5742]

Instant 👍 The God M.C Created flow, internal, multisyllable rhyming.

[@maynemedical8662]

Google the name Rakim to see the tree of MCs linked to him

[@biggcebo]

Reacting to rakim needs to start with Eric B for president so you can understand more of his punch line...So start there "Eirc B for President".

[@user-dz6fy6qv2l]

And then he needed to check out My Melody.

[@biggcebo]

@@user-dz6fy6qv2l +1

[@benoniah7124]

I think it was a shot at EPMD, they had a little bit of a beef back then

[@truther4life]

With ZERO cursing!

[@rbailey3309]

Not even Eminem can claim that!

[@zyzzyz7035]

"Spark this microphone." Guy didn't catch the picture. When you "spark" a joint what do you see? Heat, smoke, flame. Comparing his rapping on the mic to smoking a joint.

[@rickydawson7388]

The GOD MC

[@IENetworkTV]

This man you can ask older rappers or newer rappers there too 5 emceees and he will be on 90% of rappers list

[@yesdex5996]

He talking about big daddy Kane Ain’t no have steppin was big daddy kanes come back Big daddy Kane - ain’t no half steppin

[@anthonycuervo4754]

Can't believe you said Spike Lee 😂

[@torritidwell7599]

👏🏾👍🏾

[@RocketJr.]

Rap all started with DJ's/mixmasters playing and mixing up awesome tracks at parties and at some point at the party you prob would have dance offs but also known and unknown rappers would rap on those beats and prob some got as serious like rap battles one after the other like a cypher. And you wanted to make sure as the one on stage in front of the famous DJ before the huge crowd to have the hardest or entertaining lines to get respect for your rap skills and get some reconition and fame at some point... as far i get it. Because you surely won't be played on the radio as a rapper at the time with them hard ass lines. 😸

[@vincentwilliams71]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@derekhosner7631]

Yeah it's called English not mumble crap.

[@DykstrasCarWash]

Gen X - Rakims first lyric Gen Y - Why is he so toxic?

[@schuyler_reacts]

lmaoooo

[@jee9473]

Check out “Nas - NY State of Mind”

[@derred723]

So back in the day you HAD to be original. "Bitin'" was a cardinal hip-hop sin. You couldn't steal a style. It's ok to be influenced but we put a lot of stock in someone that was an innovator and game changer and had a unique style. it's one of the big criticism you'll year of certain rappers now is that they all sound the same and/or have the same flow.

[@rbailey3309]

That was true with today's music too. At one time, it took seconds to recognize an R&B or singer, not to mention the music arrangement. Today, you have to find out who made the song if you liked it because the artists are interchangeable.

[@rickydawson7388]

Is this young man from the Virgin Islands? I hear the accent.

[@louisiana318]

"Poetry", is what is was... Get on Scareface

[@BlackGravity]

Someone who doesn't understand our culture, will say things like this reactor. Don't analyze, learn.

[@BlackGravity]

Spike Lee... 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@derrickpowell2563]

Dude you talk too dam much, you stopping after every bar. This reaction is whack