its a loop. he didn't play it live through the song. that's a whole different thing. surely he eventually could, but... who knows if he could then. the point is, the loop is necessary because the dynamics of live drums are never perfect. listen close. exact same sound every measure.
@@DoloGomez I suppose. it's one of the best songs ever. i guess I was just going over the ways it could be done without being well versed in drumming in my head. not to critique him its just how we think as musicians
@@JokersNtheOddball as a musician? Lol. Ok. I suppose too. As far as I know Rakim is not classically trained on the drums whatsoever. So for him to just jump on the drums and play the beat he had in his head out of nowhere is pretty darn impressive.
@@DoloGomez but I really think he knows how to play them. I meant to say I was just thinking out loud in the first place because all I ever do in my head is music, so picking apart the sound is just second nature. its harmless because its art you can't really be critical of a true artist. the instrumental is so good too.
Rapping can pretty easily be divided into two eras: "Before Rakim" and "After Rakim." His metaphysical subject matter, complex internal rhyme schemes and cold-as-ice delivery moved the art form forward by leaps and bounds.
he laid the foundation for the better rappers. he is the GOAT of lyrics /raps that actually make sense and flow with the beat. big fan since i was a kid in 86 or so.
I'm 56, and was working at an independent record store when this came out. Still hits as hard today as it did then. Probably my favorite hip-hop song ever. Rakim = GOAT
I am 52 years old, and to me this was when Hip Hop was at its absolute best. Hearing this the first time, I was blown away. Still jam this tune....time machine back when life was easier.
I’m jealous of you bro 😎 ima a Mexican from NYC I know we not big there but we grow up like everybody else there and I love that I got two great cultures to represent (nyc/mexico)
Rakim was SO Masterful on this song. He was literally EVERYTHING in this one song. Gangster. Mellow. Patient. Hard Hitting. Ambitious. Cool. Reckless. Strategic. Vengeful. Smooth. Merciless. A Ladies Man. A Player. A Scholar. This song is Literally TOO Perfect!
Their is only one Zar an it's rakeem the god, his music can never die ,he is hip hip, 30 years later proves the power of the hip hop god rakeem supreme allah 👊
The only artist in the history of hip hop to spit 4 verses on a song for a soundtrack. All this time I thought it was three verses and it damn near explained the whole movie. When I heard this I bought the cassette cause I was too young to watch juice in the theater. So I got the soundtrack he gave me the story to through music. Naughty by nature did the same.
Juice was a CRAZY soundtrack. Early 90s undisputed era of great movie OST's. Mo' Money, Poetic Justice etc. Ps can we get an Amen for the engineering on the Juice Soundtrack? I don't know if it was individual technicians or just one or wtvr, but to this day it sounds crisp af.
I'll definitely say one of the BEST.. I think no one can pinpoint one song that's 'thee best'. Personally, it's my top 25 out of maybe 500 hip hop songs.
+Jimmy JC Em has changedrapit for the worse. People accepting that medicore shit as Real Hip Hop allowed all those weak-ass rappers to come along and take over Hip Hop. Now, these kids think people like Em, Little Wayne and the rest of those watered-down rappers is the begining of Hip Hop not realizing their rise represent the end of Hip hop
I agree that Lil Wayne is mediocre, but Eminem in his prime was dope as fuck fool, what are you talking about? I guess you haven't heard Rakim giving Em major props and calling him one of the G.O.A.T.S. huh? Pound for pound Eminem is one of the best lyricists ever, whether you personally like his music or not.
+Iconoclastic fuck Eminem. Nigga talks ghetto shit like he lived it. Gimmick that was assisted by Dre and them out in Cali. Rakim is just too positive to bash him. Anyone who knows anything about rap knows how insane Rakim is. Rakim is that nigga that hundreds of rappers followed. No one followed Em and his gimmick.
Yeah, you completely missed my point. Gimmick or not, Eminem is a master wordsmith and a top tier lyricist, and anybody with respect for the craft can see that, so long as they put their personal feelings aside. I think you'd be surprised how many rappers "talk ghetto shit like they lived it" but didn't, and Eminem has always been pretty honest about his life and his hardships. I'm not saying he's the G.O.A.T. but to deny his skills on the mic just because you don't like him is childish and insincere. And to say nobody followed him or tried to sound like him is just ridiculous. You must have been living under a rock between 1999-2004, because he completely changed the game and at one point in time, everybody wanted to spit like he did. Maybe a lot of that was a mixture of marketing and his skin color giving him benefits, but a large part of that was his high caliber of skill. I still agree though that nobody can touch Rakim.
+Iconoclastic The Fuck? Yeah back then this shit 🔥 and it still is, but your forgetting about the ones who can rap today like J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Logic, Joey Badass, Jay Electronica, etc... Hip Hop hasn't completely died yet. Bro and this talk about em...? Em is good and no doubt changed the game and saying he didn't live the life of what he raps. that's were your wrong. Yeah some of the stuff he said were from 50 and dre but nigga saying he can't rap making you look wack 😐.
+sean rickards Couldn't agree more. I grew up listening to Hip Hop in the early 90's and IMO the late 80's-early 90's was the end all be all for Hip Hop. The genre was formed just enough to be thought provoking, intelligent and still relevant, without being watered down.
+Enigmo Sip the juice cuz I got enough to go around, And the thought takes place uptown I grew up on the sidewalk where I learned street talk, And then taught to hawk New York- where's that intellect? just some random lyrics about nothing
+Rafał Grzegorzewski There is definitely meaning in the lyrics, you must be blind or deaf. Even just the first lyrics you show say a lot. It's about living in lower class but longing for more. Juice is slang for empowering themselves, gaining respect. But in the hood you might find a lot of opportunity (juice) can borders on the illegal. Get to close to the ledge, your gonna go to Jail, die, or hurt others. Poetry.
monica bella it just sounds so good right now maybe because there was so much good music back then, I took it for granted and just so much crap right now, it just hits different right now ❤️ My cut off that sound track was naughty by nature uptown anthem that base line was just too mean 💯💯
fr...fr...I'm 31 and I only listen to old school...up to early 2000's they have ok song nowadays few and far in between but old school is where it's at!
The way he crafted rhymes was beyond masterful. The story telling, beyond masterful. And humble enough to not get glory in the end of the story. Rakim is GOAT for a reason! One of my all time favorite joints in Hip Hop is this song right here. A masterpiece.
I remember the goosebumps Rakim's flow gave me when I first discovered this track. "Shells lay around on the battleground , dead bodies are found throughout the town." Unparalleled timing. And then we haven't even gotten to the sophisticated wordplay and rhyming schemes yet. True poetry. Def the GOD MC.
First Hip Hop group that truly broke color lines. Kids in the city, suburbs, country,black, white, Asian Jewish etc...everyone pumped Eric B and Rakim.
This song goes so hard without profanity. That's how you get your point across. My father always said people with small vocabularies use profanity. Rakim is the GOAT.😍😍
Yeah he is. I agree with your father too. Verbal expression w/o cursing is great mental exercise. But sometimes... 😁✌🏾 th-cam.com/video/f3a_si4A1vQ/w-d-xo.html
East coast rap was next level back then. West coast was more raw and gangsta shit but East coast rap is my all time favorite while I live and bump it on the west coast Cali streets
I grew up with Rock and metal and only got into hip hop around 2015. It gave me a shit ton of music and artists to dig through. Rakim and Eric B jumped to the top as soon as I heard them. Rakim has a flow that is unmistakable. There are many good rappers out there, but none are more legit in their craft that Rakim.
@@ggallintedtalk Nah bru, my generation is better at er thang then ya young cats. Tight pants and auto tunes, light voice generation who cant keep there heads ups at barbershop and in the streets, Thats your generation fam, we embarrassed by ya young kats and the music ya make. RHAKIM WILL ALWAYS BE THE GOD as long as hip hop exists.
Classic video. The aura created with the footage of Rakim's performance intertwined with those dope visuals from the film is so unique; flawless editing.
Rakim was miles ahead of everybody in the rap game when he came out. But you want to know what’s crazy? Even as he entered the twilight years of his career new rappers who came out still couldn’t outdo the bars Rah gave us. MC’s that came after him didn’t even come close to his ledge.
Yeah the beats are all the same nowadays for the most part lyrics are still around with some beats back then all had different sounds unlike today but there are some bright spots in today still
I'm sure you're referring to mainstream garbage you hear on the radio. There's still great artists today. Hard to find, sure. But yes, as far as lyrics and the obvious work that was put into writing them, it can be depressing to hear what passes today. Most rap in the 90s still holds. Wu-Tang, the underrated Gravediggaz, for example, still blows me away. Now go listen to that guy with all the shit on his face and pink and blue and green or whatever color hair--who practically flaunts and brags about being a RAT in public--and tell me it isn't sad what passes today. He's probably got like a billion views, a whole generation believes that to be hip hop....okay, I'm sounding old. I'll stop now. Get off my lawn!
Eric B and Rakim. Two legends that got many people into the rap scene. I used to play this at club nights in High Wycombe and it was always well represented on the dance floor! Damn , Im 56 now and this musics still fresh.
Im so happy I'm from the 80s and 90s hip hop Era. Back then so many choices of hip hop to listen to back then. But now it's sounds all the same like everybody is rapping south trap music styles
This generation would never know the feeling of seeing a movie previewed that you haven’t seen yet in a fire music video. The good days when we bought movie soundtracks 🔥
@@Foxcentury look up first rap Nyc rappers... beastie boys, run dmc, public enemy , krs one, Tim dog, 50 cent, LL cool j, lil kim, styles p, Q- tip , mos def, biz markie, tupac Shakur, ole dirty bastard, Ja rule, ....ect...ect..ect....
The original "Lyricists Favorite Lyricist" Ra is the real original 🐐 of Hip Hop , put any of his words on a new age beat & you'll realize his words are eternal & still rock hard💯 Everyone u love as a MC is going to literally cry when this man passes away 💯 This the real true "GOD MC" in all capital letters & in every single sense of the word 💯👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
“When i die go bury me & my note books in Cairo, with the great gods from Egypt manifest through writing rhymes, align with the stars ill come back & bless the mic”
Its a blasphemy not to honor Rakim as one of the greatest MCS ever lived
juma hamis Facts!!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽
And u know that...
Nobody ever dared.
The greatest ever. ...goat
He is number 1
Never gets old. Been listening since I was 17. I'm 45 now.
Zyair McNight I am the same age as you, I remember when this came out in early 92... still sound as dope as it did back then.. can’t touch the R
Zyair McNight I can tell your head game off da chain...
Golden age of rap
44 but still bumping this when I'm 70
18 and 46. Wyrd is bond.
It’s so crazy that Rakim did the drums for this beat. He killed it
NATIONAL TREASURE
Dude's musician for sure! Also plays sax!
Wow, didn't know that. Respect the God MC even more now
not amazing tho or surprising - he's a ....B B O Y
HE did his own beat wow!!!
Rakim played the drums on this track!!! And was humble about it for 3 decades...His self confidence is a lesson for all of us.
its a loop. he didn't play it live through the song. that's a whole different thing. surely he eventually could, but... who knows if he could then. the point is, the loop is necessary because the dynamics of live drums are never perfect. listen close. exact same sound every measure.
@@JokersNtheOddballIt's still impressive.
@@DoloGomez I suppose. it's one of the best songs ever. i guess I was just going over the ways it could be done without being well versed in drumming in my head. not to critique him its just how we think as musicians
@@JokersNtheOddball as a musician? Lol. Ok. I suppose too. As far as I know Rakim is not classically trained on the drums whatsoever. So for him to just jump on the drums and play the beat he had in his head out of nowhere is pretty darn impressive.
@@DoloGomez but I really think he knows how to play them. I meant to say I was just thinking out loud in the first place because all I ever do in my head is music, so picking apart the sound is just second nature. its harmless because its art you can't really be critical of a true artist. the instrumental is so good too.
Rapping can pretty easily be divided into two eras: "Before Rakim" and "After Rakim." His metaphysical subject matter, complex internal rhyme schemes and cold-as-ice delivery moved the art form forward by leaps and bounds.
Or ''Actual rap'' and ''Bullshit no talent rap''
Darth Drakkar word!
100% I don't care- there wouldn't be Nas or any of these dudes sounding like they do without Ra!
AGREED
Darth Drakkar Era's consist of time periods, not categories
Rakim’s lyrical style was ahead of it’s time. This is timeless.
💯🔥
The first of it time
he laid the foundation for the better rappers. he is the GOAT of lyrics /raps that actually make sense and flow with the beat. big fan since i was a kid in 86 or so.
Yup, pretty much invented modern rap!
Yall gotta stop ignoring Big Daddy Kane and LL Cool J. They were right there the while time.
Im 55 and this joint is still all the way live
He 56
I'm 56, and was working at an independent record store when this came out. Still hits as hard today as it did then. Probably my favorite hip-hop song ever. Rakim = GOAT
I am 52 years old, and to me this was when Hip Hop was at its absolute best. Hearing this the first time, I was blown away. Still jam this tune....time machine back when life was easier.
Facts
I’m jealous of you bro 😎 ima a Mexican from NYC I know we not big there but we grow up like everybody else there and I love that I got two great cultures to represent (nyc/mexico)
Production was superb. Lyrics speak for themselves
Hercules 1:16 @@walterclayton45
55 here...✊🏽 DITTO BRUH🔥🔥🔥
Rakim was SO Masterful on this song. He was literally EVERYTHING in this one song. Gangster. Mellow. Patient. Hard Hitting. Ambitious. Cool. Reckless. Strategic. Vengeful. Smooth. Merciless. A Ladies Man. A Player. A Scholar. This song is Literally TOO Perfect!
On the money
Braggadocios, Soave, Silky smooth..... 😆💥😆
This cat also played the drums on this track. Crazy
👍👍👍👍👍
He was the drummer too
This music is over 30 years old and yet the flow, bars and beat are just timeless
@yabghus how does premo still make his beats then?
@yabghus ... They don't want to take the time to do so or spend the money. In other words, most of them can't.
Their is only one Zar an it's rakeem the god, his music can never die ,he is hip hip, 30 years later proves the power of the hip hop god rakeem supreme allah 👊
@@teebrown9646 mashallah
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One of the most dopest songs ever. the lyrics ,the beat , the scratches
Just seen him perform in Charlotte, NC last weekend. He absolutely killed it. This legend is 55 years old and still as precise as ever.
"...I'm at war alot, like Anwar Sadat, no warning shot, my gun's warm alot..." lyrically unparalleled ...Rakim the 🐐
Best line ever written.
"Don't be like me, harded headed
use to run where my gun burn
much hotter than sun burn"
oh THAT's what he said???!!! lol
🔥🔥🔥
Big ups to catching that
Black and white video. Excellent editing. This track will never die.
Easily one of the best hip hop songs ever made
Yes this and follow the leader two favorite Rakim jams
@Thomas.. It has to be!! It was a well written song. Truly complimented the movie. A 4 verse masterpiece.
Facts
Facts
@@palexstarks5553 I ain't no joke!!!!!!
Rakim is the godfather of HipHop. His style is G. O. A. T.
Rakim - Godfather of Hip Hop
Biggie - Flow King of Hip Hop
2Pac - Lyric King of Hip Hop
Eminem - Rap God/Rhyme King
Eazy-E - Godfather of Gangsta Rap
Nas?Big l?
@@davidedado8013 Nas - Poet in Hip Hop
Big L - Lyrical Assassin of Hip Hop
@@AlexdelaStrehaiaHarry Mack GOAT free style💯💪
@@AlexdelaStrehaiawhat about Pun and DMX?
Juice was the rawest New York movie ever filmed and this song was simply a masterpiece!
New Jack City, Warriors, The Wanderers, A Bronx Tale, Once Upon a Time in America, Good Fellas.
@@D33LuxPeace! “Once
Upon A Time In America”!!
Man. Rakim's flow is insane in this.
his best song, close second being don't sweat the technique
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The greatest LYRICAL monster on the MIC ever!
KRS-1 is the all time champion!.
Busta rhymes another beast!.
But Rakim is definitely in the top 5
KRS is number two sorry
@@julesbadguy5878 nah no way KRS 1 makes top 5. He is a pioneer in the game but no way in the top 5. Struggles to get in even top 10
Top 10
@@julesbadguy5878 RIGHT!
Younger people dont realise how much of modern hip hop came from these legends. Plus this film was one of my favourites when i was young.
The only artist in the history of hip hop to spit 4 verses on a song for a soundtrack. All this time I thought it was three verses and it damn near explained the whole movie. When I heard this I bought the cassette cause I was too young to watch juice in the theater. So I got the soundtrack he gave me the story to through music. Naughty by nature did the same.
Juice was a CRAZY soundtrack. Early 90s undisputed era of great movie OST's.
Mo' Money, Poetic Justice etc.
Ps can we get an Amen for the engineering on the Juice Soundtrack? I don't know if it was individual technicians or just one or wtvr, but to this day it sounds crisp af.
This and "It's Going Down" by EPMD are the jewels of the soundtrack for me.
@@thetrickisirarelyrespond5945 big daddy kane had a banger on there, enter the dragon i believe
One of the best hip hop tracks ever written
competition is none
Yup!
Just about to type the same thing
HARDEST SHIT EVER PUT ON A PAD
Road to riches was a classic too. My name is kool g rap i’m on the road to the riches
This is why no one ever dissed Rakim!
Subliminally... I think EPMD, Freddie Foxx, Kane.
Roosevelt Darbey nev pac speak facts fohh
Kevin Scott if he gone diss he gone diss you saw what happened wit b.i.g but its my opinion ion really care for yours so put it as you please
@Roosevelt Darbey can you get me links where he said that?
Roosevelt Darbey please send us the link then if it’s not hard to find, I can’t source the audio
This song goes hard in 2024 ,Who is still rocking this
Always
forever and always
😤
@@CNotez-uo8kp lets go bro
2025🫡💯✊🏾
27 Years Later And Still One Of The Best Rap Songs Ever Made
rakim ate this track up, he's hitting every beat on point.
He should. He produced the entire record. Eric B had nothing to do with the record. Facts.
Eric provided the scratches in the song.
in my humble opinion, this is the best hip hop song ever produced
I dont know about best ever, but its definitely up there bro
I think “I ain’t no joke “ is a better beat
its up there for sure
I'll definitely say one of the BEST.. I think no one can pinpoint one song that's 'thee best'. Personally, it's my top 25 out of maybe 500 hip hop songs.
This is some serious rap shit rakim style, damn it might be one of the best hiphop song ever
This man has more talent and his pinky, the 99% of the rappers in the last 10 years
Preach it!!
G.O.A.T. The man who forever changed rap. Rakim The God.
+Jimmy JC Em has changedrapit for the worse. People accepting that medicore shit as Real Hip Hop allowed all those weak-ass rappers to come along and take over Hip Hop. Now, these kids think people like Em, Little Wayne and the rest of those watered-down rappers is the begining of Hip Hop not realizing their rise represent the end of Hip hop
I agree that Lil Wayne is mediocre, but Eminem in his prime was dope as fuck fool, what are you talking about? I guess you haven't heard Rakim giving Em major props and calling him one of the G.O.A.T.S. huh? Pound for pound Eminem is one of the best lyricists ever, whether you personally like his music or not.
+Iconoclastic fuck Eminem. Nigga talks ghetto shit like he lived it. Gimmick that was assisted by Dre and them out in Cali. Rakim is just too positive to bash him. Anyone who knows anything about rap knows how insane Rakim is. Rakim is that nigga that hundreds of rappers followed. No one followed Em and his gimmick.
Yeah, you completely missed my point. Gimmick or not, Eminem is a master wordsmith and a top tier lyricist, and anybody with respect for the craft can see that, so long as they put their personal feelings aside. I think you'd be surprised how many rappers "talk ghetto shit like they lived it" but didn't, and Eminem has always been pretty honest about his life and his hardships. I'm not saying he's the G.O.A.T. but to deny his skills on the mic just because you don't like him is childish and insincere. And to say nobody followed him or tried to sound like him is just ridiculous. You must have been living under a rock between 1999-2004, because he completely changed the game and at one point in time, everybody wanted to spit like he did. Maybe a lot of that was a mixture of marketing and his skin color giving him benefits, but a large part of that was his high caliber of skill. I still agree though that nobody can touch Rakim.
+Iconoclastic The Fuck? Yeah back then this shit 🔥 and it still is, but your forgetting about the ones who can rap today like J.Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Logic, Joey Badass, Jay Electronica, etc... Hip Hop hasn't completely died yet. Bro and this talk about em...? Em is good and no doubt changed the game and saying he didn't live the life of what he raps. that's were your wrong. Yeah some of the stuff he said were from 50 and dre but nigga saying he can't rap making you look wack 😐.
back when rapping didn't involve swearing every 2 words, but actually using intellect
+Enigmo I grew up in that era of great hip hop and rap, today's garbage I call crap!
+sean rickards Couldn't agree more. I grew up listening to Hip Hop in the early 90's and IMO the late 80's-early 90's was the end all be all for Hip Hop. The genre was formed just enough to be thought provoking, intelligent and still relevant, without being watered down.
You can even notice the difference easier than that, their clothes and nowadays "rappers" clothes
+Enigmo
Sip the juice cuz I got enough to go around,
And the thought takes place uptown
I grew up on the sidewalk where I learned street talk,
And then taught to hawk New York-
where's that intellect? just some random lyrics about nothing
+Rafał Grzegorzewski There is definitely meaning in the lyrics, you must be blind or deaf. Even just the first lyrics you show say a lot. It's about living in lower class but longing for more. Juice is slang for empowering themselves, gaining respect. But in the hood you might find a lot of opportunity (juice) can borders on the illegal. Get to close to the ledge, your gonna go to Jail, die, or hurt others. Poetry.
This is real rap
Eye agree
We like all rap music we like all old school rap music we like all hiphop music we like all 90s-80s😀😀🎶🎶🇺🇸🙏👍👍
@@paulgabbard6582 Who's *we* ? You schizo or somethin'?
Rns
Tupac was dangerous
(Yo Q )
I'm 60, still listening to them since 1987
If Rakim isn’t the Greatest Rapper of All Time then he’s, without question, the most Important Rapper of All Time.
He's the Zar mcee bro his spitting pure venomous bars, this was 30 years age 🔥 🔥 🔥 Zar 🦁 🐾
I'd say Pac is the most important ever but Rakim is def top 5 in that bracket and at least top 10 of all time
@@damianoabbina9967 pac is not in rakims,cool g rap big daddy kane or scarface league, Facts .
Don't let me call biggy or big pun clown ass 🤣
@@damianoabbina9967 list your top 5 ?no particular order bro. I dare u
Still sounding fresh in 2019
Darren Stephens I didn’t appreciate it enough back in ‘91 😭 good ol days
@@SixtyEightnOyouOne Funny, why?
monica bella it just sounds so good right now maybe because there was so much good music back then, I took it for granted and just so much crap right now, it just hits different right now ❤️
My cut off that sound track was naughty by nature uptown anthem that base line was just too mean 💯💯
very true bro...
WORD!!!
GOAT! One of the sickest beats and rhymes ever written. 80s/90s was the pinnacle of hip-hop music.
Naaaaaaa 80's and part of the 90's
fr...fr...I'm 31 and I only listen to old school...up to early 2000's they have ok song nowadays few and far in between but old school is where it's at!
85 to 94 @@rakim6466
The way he crafted rhymes was beyond masterful. The story telling, beyond masterful. And humble enough to not get glory in the end of the story. Rakim is GOAT for a reason!
One of my all time favorite joints in Hip Hop is this song right here. A masterpiece.
Rakim is the true definition of : YOUR FAVORITE RAPPERS FAVORITE RAPPER.
Okolo Pierre Thank you, someone gets it. Goats have him on their list of Goats. 🤣
Like all old school hip-hop rap music old school hip-hop mix music old school hip-hop jam music old school hip-hop 90s music
Tupacs favourite rapper 🤣
Eric B & Rakim is still in my playlist daily...at almost 53! We still go hard!
Respect brother! Same.
Doesn't matter how old you are. It's timeless, keep it in your rotation bruh. That's what matters 👌
Hell yeah!!! Same am 50 this year
@@fasteddie617 how old are you???
Check out LYRICS OF FURY......IT'S COLD.
The place your favorite MC got his whole style from... The God MC himself.. Rakim!!!
Preach!
A masterpiece from the flow to beat to voice to music video.
This era of music was on another level
The visuals too. Masculine no nonsense REAL HIP HOP
Rakim is the GOAT but don't sleep on Eric B he's a Legend too!
#FAAACTZ💯🔥🔥🔥
2Pac is tha GOAT
Nothing more to say
@@enes2paccerria745 2pac is nothing
EMINEM aka Slim Shady is the GOAT 🐐.
I remember the goosebumps Rakim's flow gave me when I first discovered this track. "Shells lay around on the battleground
, dead bodies are found throughout the town." Unparalleled timing. And then we haven't even gotten to the sophisticated wordplay and rhyming schemes yet. True poetry. Def the GOD MC.
Rakim is the real Rap God. Ain't nobody ever did it like him💯💯💯💯
Marcus Kendall oh yeah.. What about Big Daddy Kane?
oh yeah.. What about Kool G Rap ?
Marcus Kendall true indeed Rakim is the greatest
Marcus Kendall you know what.....:u right
Marcus Kendall Rakim God MC.
First Hip Hop group that truly broke color lines. Kids in the city, suburbs, country,black, white, Asian Jewish etc...everyone pumped Eric B and Rakim.
This song goes so hard without profanity. That's how you get your point across. My father always said people with small vocabularies use profanity. Rakim is the GOAT.😍😍
Yeah he is. I agree with your father too. Verbal expression w/o cursing is great mental exercise. But sometimes... 😁✌🏾
th-cam.com/video/f3a_si4A1vQ/w-d-xo.html
there's two instances of profanity theyre just edited out
he said the n word 3x
Rakim been solid. He don't like cussing
East coast rap was next level back then. West coast was more raw and gangsta shit but East coast rap is my all time favorite while I live and bump it on the west coast Cali streets
I grew up with Rock and metal and only got into hip hop around 2015. It gave me a shit ton of music and artists to dig through. Rakim and Eric B jumped to the top as soon as I heard them. Rakim has a flow that is unmistakable. There are many good rappers out there, but none are more legit in their craft that Rakim.
Me but the opposite
Yeah me too! Me in 2021
Top 3 all time!!!
Rakim is the goat period
Check out Big L homie
The days when Hip Hop stars were in groundbreaking films and we had great soundtracks.
Saw Juice in theaters , can't believe how amazing this track sounded
Booomer
I did too. My mind was blown
@@EpsiIonEagle ,💯
Seen as a kid (10) one of the greatest sdtk and movies as well as the R being my all time favorite emcees!
@@biglex785 👍🏿 agreed
Masterpiece. The movie juice is a masterpiece
And you DEFINITELY dont hear dope scracthing along with dope lyrics like this gem. Thanks 2 Eric B and RA.
This song is classic!, still hits hard in 2019
Facts!!
Ghostface also killed this beat not quite as Rakim but promising.
It was a well written song. The 4th verse always been my favorite.
Rs my G
1.4k thumbs down? Well we can see crackheads have viewed this
my jam right here
Even the name of the song is a bar. Know the ledge, knowledge. Too dope.
This cut sounds better than music in 2021. Hip Hop in its purest form.
nice job
From Brazil
When East Coast Hip Hop ran the industry. Rakim in my top 5
Nah you just old
@@ggallintedtalk Nah bru, my generation is better at er thang then ya young cats. Tight pants and auto tunes, light voice generation who cant keep there heads ups at barbershop and in the streets, Thats your generation fam, we embarrassed by ya young kats and the music ya make. RHAKIM WILL ALWAYS BE THE GOD as long as hip hop exists.
1:53 Eric B: “all i wanted was to work with a rapper who had skills, i never thought i’d end up working with the greatest of all time”
From what I understand.. when Eric was seeking a rapper to form a group with him back in '85, Freddie Foxx was in the mix.
Classic video. The aura created with the footage of Rakim's performance intertwined with those dope visuals from the film is so unique; flawless editing.
Some songs doesn't need a billion views to be called masterpiece ! 🎧
some songs with a billion views are complete garbage
@@Highskill3r 💯
Rakim's rhyme cadence is impeccable. He has no equal.
Thank you that says it all .there is no equal. These kids today haven't a clue
🐐☝🏾
Rakim was miles ahead of everybody in the rap game when he came out. But you want to know what’s crazy? Even as he entered the twilight years of his career new rappers who came out still couldn’t outdo the bars Rah gave us. MC’s that came after him didn’t even come close to his ledge.
Kool g rap
D.O.C?
Ghostface could rap circles around Rakim.
@@lexxdiamondz you crazy
@Justin Beck In my opinion nas is better than rakim but no-one else was on there level
THA G.O.D.🎰
Back when lyrics were more important than beats... And the beats are still better than 99% of what’s out today!
I agree with you
Yeah the beats are all the same nowadays for the most part lyrics are still around with some beats back then all had different sounds unlike today but there are some bright spots in today still
Eh, even though beats have changed the style nowadays is still dope
I'm sure you're referring to mainstream garbage you hear on the radio. There's still great artists today. Hard to find, sure. But yes, as far as lyrics and the obvious work that was put into writing them, it can be depressing to hear what passes today. Most rap in the 90s still holds. Wu-Tang, the underrated Gravediggaz, for example, still blows me away. Now go listen to that guy with all the shit on his face and pink and blue and green or whatever color hair--who practically flaunts and brags about being a RAT in public--and tell me it isn't sad what passes today. He's probably got like a billion views, a whole generation believes that to be hip hop....okay, I'm sounding old. I'll stop now. Get off my lawn!
the beat was dope tho, eric b did a great job
Rakim's still the greatest to ever hold a microphone 🔥🔥
One of the best jams in the history
Probably The Best Hip Hop record ever
Wrong. The best ever was "You'll Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack" by Viper
Am I black enough for you - Schoolly D
This track will stay fresh forever.
Amen
It’s does sound fresh decades later!
@@fonsecarichard Really tho fresh
@@wanyekest71 yes 🙌 😊
Know The Ledge = Knowledge, Let's see if I know the knowledge. Street Knowledge. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
Rip Tupac! Big ups Rakim 🎤
A bona fide hip hop masterpiece. The bassline, the rhymes, the beats. Killer tune.
One of the best mixed records in history
53 and the words still flow out my mouth like carbon dioxide. Effortless. Their flow will always be part of my soul.
Eric B and Rakim. Two legends that got many people into the rap scene. I used to play this at club nights in High Wycombe and it was always well represented on the dance floor! Damn , Im 56 now and this musics still fresh.
One of the best hip hop tracks ever. That intro is killer
Young rappers need to bow down to this man! One of the top lyricists of all time!!!
This one song has more bars than a migos album
Brandon Hawes Dassafak ‼️ 💯
lol 😄
Facts 💯💯💯
Or entire career
Facts💯
After almost 30 years, this joint is still tight!
timeless bro and so real
This came out when I was a senior in high school...still listen to this 30 years later
The song is eternal
This is what early 90s rap was all about. Some of the best came out during that time.
Absolutely the BEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME! Respect due.👍🏾
He is one of the best and put the game down and put R in Rap.
The best ever! Don't care what anybody say.
Agreed my all time favorite emcee!
Im so happy I'm from the 80s and 90s hip hop Era. Back then so many choices of hip hop to listen to back then. But now it's sounds all the same like everybody is rapping south trap music styles
if that's what you think then you don't know hip hop.
mrpower328 You're from 2 time zones??
vevo always turning the musics down is fucking stupid deadass
mrpower328 truth shit that wasnt all dat in the 90s is Killer shit compared to now.
So true
*RAKIM IS TRULY A LEGEND*
This generation would never know the feeling of seeing a movie previewed that you haven’t seen yet in a fire music video. The good days when we bought movie soundtracks 🔥
Juice is a great movie too. So gritty, early 90’s NYC
Buying the soundtrack was a must🔥
Facts 🎯
Facts
"Juice" was such a great movie. Tupac, Samuel L Jackson, and Omar Epps.
Correction TWO Versions Of MACE WINDU or Parallel Universe Jedi Master MACE WINDU.
Straight up CLASSIC HIP HOP! RAKIM is a LEGEND, one of the ALL TIME GREATS..
The sonics of the beat is just 100% pure, classic N.Y hiphop
Best part
Welcome , now u listen true hip-hop music.
this shit is dope AF!!!!!!🔥
Real talk.
Some of these narrow-minds here this and immediately get to discreditin' "It was alright."
enjoy your ride....hell yeah
it aint no yachty tho
2024🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥.....
"You got the Juice Now" 🥷🔥🥷
How good is this compared to today’s garbage
Best scene ever.
@@richoooo8956nothing compared
He certainly got the juice 😂
It's August 2019 and I'm still banging this classic joint.👌💯Who else with me? ✌
Who else loved the movie Juice?
I know it word for word 💯 deadass
@@pettybettyasfdontdome6269 wassup Q Man
Me
Me 👌😀
I did.It changed my prespective on life....
NY is the birthplace of RAP!! FACTS✊
The bronx.
LA too man (N.W.A , DEATH ROW CREW , CYPRESS HILL, COMPTON MOST WANTED)
But rakim is the dopest mc in nyc
@@Foxcentury look up first rap Nyc rappers... beastie boys, run dmc, public enemy , krs one, Tim dog, 50 cent, LL cool j, lil kim, styles p, Q- tip , mos def, biz markie, tupac Shakur, ole dirty bastard, Ja rule, ....ect...ect..ect....
And L.A. is shit.
If anyone doesn't know or think that Rakim is the GOAT don't know JACK
PREACH!
Before Nas there was Rakim.
A Hip Hop Masterpiece. For real though. Production with the cuts. Lyricism on point. A masterpiece
The original "Lyricists Favorite Lyricist" Ra is the real original 🐐 of Hip Hop , put any of his words on a new age beat & you'll realize his words are eternal & still rock hard💯 Everyone u love as a MC is going to literally cry when this man passes away 💯 This the real true "GOD MC" in all capital letters & in every single sense of the word 💯👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯
“When i die go bury me & my note books in Cairo, with the great gods from Egypt manifest through writing rhymes, align with the stars ill come back & bless the mic”
This song is so so so NY 80's Flava...should be "The New-York Anthem" word...Rakim snapped hard on dat one...with Eric on the cut!!!!
Yep makes you think about old NY !!!
This is 92.. If this hit the world in the 80s.? Shieet we would get a few years extra years of the best time for hip hop
@MAAHAQQ how ya know??
How ya figured that one out...?
They still were 2gether around that time...
@MAAHAQQ Nah man don't buy that!!! Eric was a certified DJ...you can't be serious sayin' that he was Suge before Suge...
@MAAHAQQ I know that he was a pusher, but he was a Dj at the same time...
ERIC B AND RAKIM MUSIC EVOLUTION FROM 1987-1992.
Hop hop will never be like this again😦
You are 100% correct. Those awesome, fantastic, enlightening days are over :-(
Nope
Never!!
I agree 😭
Ya sure about that
Rakim the Sugar Ray Robinson of Hip-hop MCs. Almost all the greats modeled their styles after him! ;-)
This era had all the fly shit = rakim+all the of Jordans + nike ish+all the best movies & shows + fab 5 + all 3 Mike's = Jordan/Jackson/Tyson ✌️
Will never be anything like it again.
Eric B the 🐐 also. Super understated
25 years since Juice Drop January 17 1992...Classic
Sean STROMAN *1990
My friends & I saw it the day it came out. As I recall, this song was played in the opening credits and it blew my mind.
Sean STROMAN 26 years today
I wasn't born until August
Kenji B lol nice profile pic
I’m freaking 13 and this sounds better than most music that I listen to today and that’s facts
You bring honor to your family. Respect!
You are WISE Young Sir! Very wise. Big up fella!
Me too man im 13 gotta love classics no matter
I don’t care
U have a ear for good music young man
This is one of the greatest hip-hop track's of all time from the sound track of one of the best movies of all time. JUICE.
Concurd. Bro
100% agree.
ONE of the best movies of all time don't you mean the best
Dom Sansotta it's up there.
Dom Sansotta great movie.. but HORRIBLE ending lol "youve got the juice now"... then nothing.
Who’s here listening in 2025
Here 🔥
Hopping on the freeway yea
Yep
THE GEE OH DEE EMCEE
Still goes hard
This shit harder than most rap songs today!
its harder than every rap song from today
COMBINED!!
Man this harder than all of'em!!!