Agreed..Rakim lyrically no contest..but KRS took battle rap to the next level. Both did wonders to uplift the community so I'm not mad at either. Five % and a Pan African.
Never seen ra live but seen krs twice and what people are saying is true...no one's touching kris in terms of live performance.... Also my claim to fame is I smoked and jammed with rakims uncle. Just had to add that😂
Rakim is the personification of hip hop. It wasnt just a means to get paid. Just look at him til this day. The swagger and dress code. Rakim is HIP HOP. Never changed
Im 46 years old, My mother is 63. She went to the KRS concert at Harlows in Sacramento. Then we all Went to Rakim's Concert at Harlows. I go Rakim, My Mother goes KRS,'
The greatest hip-hop performer I ever seen to date was the Blasmaster KRS-ONE. Rakim was who everyone idolized in the 1980s and early 90s - both in lyricism and style.
Got love for both, but Rakim sounding like a grown ass man at 18 years old with those bars, laced with jazz beats... "Dont Sweat The Technique" still hits me the same way everytime I listen to it.
@@sirunodollaz Sometimes Less is More, MFs water down their catalog by making a bunch of Sloppy BS that has to be picked over to find something worth listening to.
@@sirunodollaz Sometimes Less is More, MFs water down their catalog by making a bunch of Sloppy BS that has to be picked over to find something worth listening to,
Didn't Ra apologize for it "Sorry I left you without a strong rhyme to step too" (replayed on Aliyah song), or The R " They was wondering why the album was late, I was giving them time to get the last one straight".
Rakim does not have to come out that often, The 18th Letter- " Some of my rap patterns still surround Saturn". I thought less is more. I thought that called efficient.
I'm sure Rakim knows who he is. KRS One isn't exactly unique for having knowledge about who he is. I'd vote Rakim, I think. I'm not sure. Not sure into KRS One's flow, and he also has a lot of music I could do without... Rakim doesn't always strike gold, but at least as far as vocals and lyrics goes, he tends to deliver. Not very often though 😛 Like once per decade.
@@christopher399knowledge of self meant who shared it. That's where KRS gets props because he spent so much time breaking down politics, racism and social topics so everyone could understand.
@@mrbrody19722nd verse in Lyrics of Fury is the absolute best verse ever written in hip-hop. It's so good that everything that has ever come out afterwards makes it even more valuable. 💯
DOC did not change rap and both cursed. Rakim on Mahogany "F-cked around and missed the show." DOC on Beautiful But Deadly, "Never will I let a stupid b-tch get ahead of me."
"Any entertainer I got a torture chamber, one on one, and I'm the remainder. So close your eyes and hold your breath, and ima hit you with the blow of Def."
The Teacher Professor Scholar Making Dollars The Trainer Entertainer Making Ya Holla The Numero Uno Number 1 The Best Perfectionist Crazy Fresh KRS song = Woy I'm not saying Im #1 Oh I'm sorry I lied I'm # 1 2 3 4 & 5 song = Step into a World
@@gregorylee2092 My he all of above, He brought the word Lyricist to game, know one was using that word until him, I am lyricist, I am soloist, I am aRsenal, I AM R-A-K-I-M. Switch it around still comes out R.
@wolf7el356 No it's not technical Rhyming is the skillset but he brought the actual. 5 percent Knowledge which is the spiritual and literal science as well and elements of Metaphysical science.
So what's KRS One chopped liver fam?Noone can top KRS one in acepella freestyles live like KRS One,1st hip hop artist to put reggae and dancehall.Krs One better live performer,better social conscious rapper.Black Cop,Sounds Da Poiice,Blackman In Effect,Still #1,Bridge Is Over,South Bronx,Loves Gonna Getcha,Black,Black,Black.The man who set up Self Destruction song,Stop The Violence Movement.Stop it,love Rakim.Krs One better music catalog.
@tommymack4677 Not like Rakim, up to that point, nobody was rhyming like that, laid back, mello, very elaborate, rhymes inside of rhythms, everybody was on some super hyper, I'm going to over power and ultra energetic, yell and scream into the microphone type shit, Rakim made it Cool 2 be Mello, that's what I mean when I said he Changed The Game, from that point forward he influenced up and comers to tone it down, u ain't have to be super aggressive on the microphone anymore, he ushered in a new era in hip hop.
@each1teach1academy43 As if I didn't know, it's really comparing apples to oranges, KRS and RAKIM were totally different animals, I really don't understand why the 2 are being compared, but KRS didn't start off that way, his first album Criminal Minded was more on the Gangsta Tip.
Great point aswell, but KRS one Never left, never took a break and it's all original lyrics original style, brand new project for 30 albums worth, it's Super impressive.
@@williamkindred1441 cuz he’s the teacher, his music not for everyone, only for the conscious mind. Imagine doin over 30 albums & don’t care if it’s selling or not. Tells u he did it for the culture & not for the awards shows or money. Originality at is finest. 2022 album still hotter like it was dropped in the 80’s
They're both dope BUT, Rakim is "The Blueprint for every lyrical MC that came after him in 1986 and KRS is like 3 years older than Rakim. Nobody made you hit the rewind button like Rakim did AND he made every MC/rapper before him and after him pay attention to his metaphors, his internal rhyme scheme, his rhyme patterns, his vocabulary and most importantly his flow. That's what you call a game changer. Rakim's less is better than most rappers more extensive catalog. It's more about quality over quantity. Listen to KRS first album compared to Rakim first album. Rakim had less songs with vocals but each of his songs were so intricate and impactful and ahead of it's time. AND it's hard to fathom that he was only a teenager when he wrote all of that. He got better and better after every album. Rakim was like a Scholar, a rap Philosopher, a Smooth Poet, B Boy and at the same time he had Spirituality with Islam. He came in the game with all of that and more. Rakim was so far ahead of other MC's. Jay Z acknowledged that as well. Rakim gave birth to a lot of MC's styles and he still has his signature flow today in 2024 but with different rhyme patterns and deeper messages.
I'm giving my nod to Rakim by a narrow margin. This comparison is like picking between 2 basketball players. One with a finesse game, the other plays hard in the paint. Both are very affective but have different styles of playing...
The beauty of this debate is that both KRS and Rakim would probably give the win (or, at least, the absolute, utmost homage) to the other if they were asked this question
From Gabon, Africa. Rakim is the rapper that made me fall in love with rap when I first watched "When I Be On The Mic". I was 18. No MC has ever flow like Ra. The God is over The Teacha. He gave birth to generations of MC's.
Rakim easily!! His lyrics was on another level! KRS had break dancing songs and he only could rap on boom bap beats and Rakim had lyrical music and he could rap on any type of beats!! KRS can't rap on a beat like this. Rakim with Truth Hurts th-cam.com/video/Xcj9O-Cv48c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Kz96PTjBn2dJs2uw
KRS has a way better catalog and he was a giant in mid 90s when the wolves were out. Man was lyrical as hell with a album full of knowledge and history
In the late 80s and early 90s, a handful of formidable emcees such as KRS ONE, RAKIM, KOOL G RAP, BIG DADDY KANE, SLICK RICK, CHUCK D, and LL COOL J were all powerful impactful forces in Hip Hop Music to deal with at that time. And if we are talking about the lyrical Mt Rushmore, it would be KRS ONE, RAKIM, BIG DADDY KANE, and KOOL G RAP. But if I was to pick only one of them to be the most game changing in the lyrical art of rhyming, wordplay, and flow at that time, I would have to choose RAKIM. Because RAKIM was to rapping, what BRUCE LEE was to martial arts, what MICHAEL JORDAN was to basketball, and what MUHAMMAD ALI was to boxing. There were other greats people in their area of expertise, but they were the official measuring sticks and reference point when it comes to that genius level of excellence in their profession. RAKIM was the official rapper who raised the bar to be considered a lyrical rapping MC. That's why any time another great lyrical rapper comes out, people always compare that rapper to RAKIM. When the great NAS came out with his debut ILLMATIC album, the press crowned NAS the SECOND COMING of RAKIM. Even to this very day, whenever there is a top 10 Greatest Emcees of All Time list, RAKIM is usually somewhere on that list even though he has been less active with his album releases since the New Millennium. RAKIM'S impact on the art of rhyming and rapping is undeniable. RAKIM was not as blatantly political in his songs as KRS ONE and CHUCK D were, but RAKIM was actually the first rapper to make it cool to be intelligent, deep, and express righteous principles in lyrics. RAKIM smoothly blended street talk with spiritually thought-provoking lyrics without sounding too preachy, unlike KRS ONE. RAKIM had a lot of street credibility, but rarely used profanity in his songs and rarely glorified criminality and dope dealing. RAKIM literally gave birth to a lot of the lyrical rappers that came out in the 90s like NAS, WUTANG CLAN, GURU, OC, AZ, CANIBUS, MOBB DEEP etc... I respect all the great emcees of the late 80s like KRS ONE, KOOL G RAP, and BIG DADDY KANE; but when it comes to who singlehandedly changed the lyrical game and helped it transition from the 80s into the 90s, RAKIM was the CHOSEN ONE. The God Emcee.
Bleek answered the question perfectly for me. I heard Criminal Minded and was blown away! Also Ice T's 6 in the morning was another reason i feel in love with HIP HOP!💯
Jay-Z did a speech at his Rock and Roll hall of fame Award.. He spoke about his Top influencers in Hiphop… Krs one , Rakim , LL Cool J….. All Hiphop Royalty 👑
@@Christiannazarioalt2 Sometimes Less is More, MFs water down their catalog by making a bunch of Sloppy BS that has to be picked over to find something worth listening to.
@@justice77justice Barbershop talk was always Ra and Kane, not KRS, that is why people wanted the verses, doubt you lived in there prime. Now if that is your opinion, kool, but that was not reality, Kane and Ra go hand in hand, like magic and bird, that was for #1 spot.
Interesting. Imma rock w/ Rakim because I'm more familiar w/ his music. I obviously know KRS One, but I was exposed more to Rakim because my dad used to recite his lyrics word for word when I was little.
RAKIM. RAKIM, RAKIM!!! I LOVE KRS-ONE, BUT RAKIM CHANGED RAP IN A WAY THAT NO ONE HAS OR WILL EVER. PLUS KRS-ONE STILL STANDS BEHIND AFRIKA BAMBAATA( THE CHILD MOLESTER).
No he did not he only wrote one, that was Rakim. He did not write one for KRS, he was never did. What is the name he did for KRS or album? Another person talking cause he has lips. Help me I can't find the KRS song Nas did about him.
Ask KRS-ONE why did he leave Rakim off the song "Self Destruction"???....During the "Golden Era" of Rap.....And you will understand in their PRIME it was Rakim!!!!!!!!
To this day, no song is touching these songs by Rakim: "Follow The Leader" "Lyrics Of Fury" "The Punisher" "No Omega" "Musical Massacre" "The Mystery, Who Is God" "Holy Are You" "When I'm Flowing" "The Saga Begins" I wonder what the top MC's thought when they heard "Lyics Of Fury" "Follow The Leader" And "The Punisher"
Blastmaster KRS-One #1 MC. "Criminal Minded" dropped in 1987 the hood went crazy. Blastmaster still droppin' bangers in 2024. Over 30 albums...All bangers!!
The guest on the show can't give a honest answer. Because they got relationships with them. But me being a person that bought their albums and stuff like that. Rakim,! The words and the way he used them in the rhymes! MAN!
KRS ONE told us, "50 yrs down the line we can start this cause well be the old school artists and even in that time I'll say a rhyme a brand new style ruthless and wild running around town spending money having fun cause even then I'm still number 1"
KRS had a longer run but Ra's impact is unmatched. The tie breaker, for me, is the Live.Hardcore.Worldwide album Kris/BDP dropped. Hearing French crowds rap along bar for bar was hard to imagine in the late 80s, but the Teacha was always able to make it happen.
Much love to Kris. The man is in the Top 10 of all time. Every BDP album and multiple solos are bangers, plus his features are FIRE (Lord Finesse’s Brainstorm, Channel Live’s Mad Izm, etc.), but I gotta go with Ra. The impact that Follow The Leader, I Ain’t No Joke, Know the Ledge, and Run for Cover had on me is immeasurable.
6:02-6:43 Listen to “Mahogany” Verse 2, She kissed me slow, but you know how far a kiss can go F*** around and miss the show Listen to “My Melody” Verse 2 So now a contest is what you owe me Pull out your money, pull out your cut Pull up a chair... and Ima tear sh** up. Again in that same verse he say later in the rhyme/ I wouldn't have came to set my name and run the same weak sh- 7:22-7:24 You still saying he never Cuss 9:57-10:02 Nore stop 🛑 it,cut it out 12:04-12:09 Still at it Nore
Shit , by far , that's an easy one . . . "RAKIM ALLAH" all day and night , 24-7 , 365 and 24-7 , 366 on leap years . . . You can't compare a "Teacher" to "ALLAH" . . .
BOTH DRINK HAHAHA these are 2 of my favorites I love that era from 85 to 90 nwa doc included big daddy kane biz markie kool g rap masta ace the whole juice crew gangstar epmd run dmc pete rock cl smooth bdp eric b and rakim public enemy ghetto boys ice t dj quik too short slick rick theres a few more but those were the golden years
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Kane said it best.
On song: Rakim
Battle: KRS ONE
Agreed..Rakim lyrically no contest..but KRS took battle rap to the next level. Both did wonders to uplift the community so I'm not mad at either. Five % and a Pan African.
Exactly
@@alexanderscott9001not battle rap, just freestyle yes. But if they both wrote a battle rap, then its Rakim
KRS ONE has a grip of dope songs though...
Never seen ra live but seen krs twice and what people are saying is true...no one's touching kris in terms of live performance.... Also my claim to fame is I smoked and jammed with rakims uncle. Just had to add that😂
Rakim is the personification of hip hop. It wasnt just a means to get paid. Just look at him til this day. The swagger and dress code. Rakim is HIP HOP. Never changed
Both 8f them personify and embody hip-hop.
Krs Is Hip Hop
Im 46 years old, My mother is 63. She went to the KRS concert at Harlows in Sacramento. Then we all Went to Rakim's Concert at Harlows. I go Rakim, My Mother goes KRS,'
Well said.
@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_ yes they were this year
Did you ever ask her why KRS over Rakim? If so what does she say?
The greatest hip-hop performer I ever seen to date was the Blasmaster KRS-ONE. Rakim was who everyone idolized in the 1980s and early 90s - both in lyricism and style.
That's a fact
They talking about lyrics not stage performances!!
So who is the Dude that commanded that attention, on stage, with a GOD like present? What did Nas say with laser in his eyes. lol.
Yes!! KRS-ONE's stage performance is crazy, Rakim's concerts are more laid back. No energy
@@thetruthhurts8618they're* not they 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
KRS-1 is why I started to take my education seriously.
He really helped me value the journey to being intelligent.
Rakim for me, but I can't be mad at anyone that picks KRS. ✌️
@@wdmoxley facts
I strongly agree... Its like comparing SSR to RJJ or Charle Parker to John Coltrane!
Same. Gotta go wit the R. But KRS was definitely not to played wit.
💯 Yeah that part right there! 🎯👍✌️
KRS, nuff said
Mann Rakim had everyone wanting to be an MC 😂
You get 2 thumbs up for that one
THAT WAS MELLE!!
Fact! ❤👏🏽👏🏽
I wanted to be like Rakim, the flow, the drip, all the way to the haircut 🎼🎙🎧🎛🎚
Got love for both, but Rakim sounding like a grown ass man at 18 years old with those bars, laced with jazz beats... "Dont Sweat The Technique" still hits me the same way everytime I listen to it.
Same now I need to hear dstt and that jazzy riff with his smooth strong flow.
Rakim intellectual and musicality is farr from all rappers. Then and now!
WHOEVER YOU PICK YOU MADE A GREAT CHOICE.
Both legends
But rakim was a game changer
He's rapping in the late 80's was different from everything thet was before
KRS 1 never went away. He always been building. Always dropping ALBUMS
@@sirunodollaz Sometimes Less is More, MFs water down their catalog by making a bunch of Sloppy BS that has to be picked over to find something worth listening to.
@@sirunodollaz Sometimes Less is More, MFs water down their catalog by making a bunch of Sloppy BS that has to be picked over to find something worth listening to,
Rakim never went away either. He been doing features for years and just put out a new album about 3 weeks or so ago.
Didn't Ra apologize for it "Sorry I left you without a strong rhyme to step too" (replayed on Aliyah song), or The R " They was wondering why the album was late, I was giving them time to get the last one straight".
Rakim does not have to come out that often, The 18th Letter- " Some of my rap patterns still surround Saturn". I thought less is more. I thought that called efficient.
Rakim 4 the flow which i think inspired Nas...Krs1 for the knowledge of self. They both are hiphop legends and royalty
Rakim
I'm sure Rakim knows who he is. KRS One isn't exactly unique for having knowledge about who he is.
I'd vote Rakim, I think. I'm not sure. Not sure into KRS One's flow, and he also has a lot of music I could do without... Rakim doesn't always strike gold, but at least as far as vocals and lyrics goes, he tends to deliver.
Not very often though 😛 Like once per decade.
@@christopher399knowledge of self meant who shared it. That's where KRS gets props because he spent so much time breaking down politics, racism and social topics so everyone could understand.
Eric B 4 President was mind blowing but Lyrics of Fury was vicious.
Lyrics of Fury was EVIL..Omg R
@@mrbrody19722nd verse in Lyrics of Fury is the absolute best verse ever written in hip-hop. It's so good that everything that has ever come out afterwards makes it even more valuable. 💯
Lyrics of fury puts EVERYONE to shame
KRS1 was my introduction to rap
My philosophy 🔥🔥🔥🔥 me too...i used to listen all the time growing up
His catalog alone out performs Rakim by far!
His catalog alone out performs Rakim by far!
The God MC, Rakim! He reformatted the game. My GOAT! Peace
Rakim changed the whole style of rap.
D.O.C also changed the whole style of rap.
-Both never used profanity-🥶🎙.. .
DOC did not change rap and both cursed. Rakim on Mahogany "F-cked around and missed the show." DOC on Beautiful But Deadly, "Never will I let a stupid b-tch get ahead of me."
Rakim curse on melody and let the rhythm hit'em I'm his biggest fan
Rakim cursed all over the Juice sound track
To this day nobody on Rakim level absolutely nobody!!!!! He sits at a table all to himself!!!!!!
EXACTLY!!!
This is difficult. I respect what they have both done for the game. Rakim voice & flow is more influential, but I like KRS content & music more.
Exactly how I feel. Rakim had the better flow, but KRS had the more interesting content. But this one is difficult and can go either way.
Good breakdown...content definitely goes to the blasmaster and he had a more consistent career
"Any entertainer I got a torture chamber, one on one, and I'm the remainder. So close your eyes and hold your breath, and ima hit you with the blow of Def."
The Teacher
Professor
Scholar
Making Dollars
The Trainer
Entertainer
Making Ya Holla
The Numero Uno
Number 1
The Best
Perfectionist
Crazy Fresh
KRS
song = Woy
I'm not saying Im #1
Oh I'm sorry I lied
I'm # 1 2 3 4 & 5
song =
Step into a World
Big Daddy Kane had the best answer
Agreed
Agreed... He still had to take that shot though 😂😂
Big daddy is no where near Rakim..RAKIM IS Also a musician
@@wesleywright5155 The only one in Rakim class from their era is Kane.
@@wesleywright5155, facts, guys be saying the weirdess ish😂🤣✌🏾
Rakim is the Godfather of lyricism.
No he's the Godfather of Technical Rhyming and Sciencetific Rhyming .
@@gregorylee2092 That's the same thing.
@@gregorylee2092 My he all of above, He brought the word Lyricist to game, know one was using that word until him, I am lyricist, I am soloist, I am aRsenal, I AM R-A-K-I-M. Switch it around still comes out R.
@wolf7el356 No it's not technical Rhyming is the skillset but he brought the actual. 5 percent Knowledge which is the spiritual and literal science as well and elements of Metaphysical science.
So what's KRS One chopped liver fam?Noone can top KRS one in acepella freestyles live like KRS One,1st hip hop artist to put reggae and dancehall.Krs One better live performer,better social conscious rapper.Black Cop,Sounds Da Poiice,Blackman In Effect,Still #1,Bridge Is Over,South Bronx,Loves Gonna Getcha,Black,Black,Black.The man who set up Self Destruction song,Stop The Violence Movement.Stop it,love Rakim.Krs One better music catalog.
RAKIM FOR ME
I’m say Rakim
RAKIM Changed The Game
Who hasn't change the game? So did KRS and Chuck D. Ice T too
@tommymack4677 Not like Rakim, up to that point, nobody was rhyming like that, laid back, mello, very elaborate, rhymes inside of rhythms, everybody was on some super hyper, I'm going to over power and ultra energetic, yell and scream into the microphone type shit, Rakim made it Cool 2 be Mello, that's what I mean when I said he Changed The Game, from that point forward he influenced up and comers to tone it down, u ain't have to be super aggressive on the microphone anymore, he ushered in a new era in hip hop.
@@GetyourdoeKRS made consciousness Hip
@each1teach1academy43 As if I didn't know, it's really comparing apples to oranges, KRS and RAKIM were totally different animals, I really don't understand why the 2 are being compared, but KRS didn't start off that way, his first album Criminal Minded was more on the Gangsta Tip.
So did Kris though
Great point aswell, but KRS one Never left, never took a break and it's all original lyrics original style, brand new project for 30 albums worth, it's Super impressive.
KRS-One has always been overrated he can make 30 album and no one knows 20 hit singles
@@williamkindred1441 cuz he’s the teacher, his music not for everyone, only for the conscious mind. Imagine doin over 30 albums & don’t care if it’s selling or not. Tells u he did it for the culture & not for the awards shows or money. Originality at is finest. 2022 album still hotter like it was dropped in the 80’s
They're both dope BUT, Rakim is "The Blueprint for every lyrical MC that came after him in 1986 and KRS is like 3 years older than Rakim. Nobody made you hit the rewind button like Rakim did AND he made every MC/rapper before him and after him pay attention to his metaphors, his internal rhyme scheme, his rhyme patterns, his vocabulary and most importantly his flow. That's what you call a game changer. Rakim's less is better than most rappers more extensive catalog. It's more about quality over quantity. Listen to KRS first album compared to Rakim first album. Rakim had less songs with vocals but each of his songs were so intricate and impactful and ahead of it's time. AND it's hard to fathom that he was only a teenager when he wrote all of that. He got better and better after every album. Rakim was like a Scholar, a rap Philosopher, a Smooth Poet, B Boy and at the same time he had Spirituality with Islam. He came in the game with all of that and more. Rakim was so far ahead of other MC's. Jay Z acknowledged that as well. Rakim gave birth to a lot of MC's styles and he still has his signature flow today in 2024 but with different rhyme patterns and deeper messages.
And where I'm from , Rakim made the hardest of hardcore dudes really appreciate HipHop lyrics and want to improve their vocabulary.
@@nonarcsense BIGGG FACT'S 💯...Well said
RAKIM
Sonically in songs: Rakim (his deep voice is like an instrument)
Freestyle: The Teacher KRS
I’m going with Rakim only because I saw him live in concert. I remember the golden pyramids he had on stage.
I'm giving my nod to Rakim by a narrow margin. This comparison is like picking between 2 basketball players. One with a finesse game, the other plays hard in the paint. Both are very affective but have different styles of playing...
The beauty of this debate is that both KRS and Rakim would probably give the win (or, at least, the absolute, utmost homage) to the other if they were asked this question
I don't see krs1 doing that he believes he is the absolute best and he has made no bones about it in recent and past interview
Rakim no doubt.
I wouldve said that if the album Dre was producing ever came out? But, The bridge is over the bridge is over!
Yes doubt
This is diabolical. "They know what they are doing"
Rakim the god MC 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
BOTH Rakim makes you create great rhymes KRS1 makes put on a good show with your great rhymes
I'm going with Ra.
From Gabon, Africa.
Rakim is the rapper that made me fall in love with rap when I first watched "When I Be On The Mic".
I was 18. No MC has ever flow like Ra.
The God is over The Teacha. He gave birth to generations of MC's.
Both are GOATS
Both, easily!!
Rakim all day
All night
KRS had us all wanting to Stop the Violence! A whole movement in Hip-Hop was behind him. He told us “You Must Learn”! He still puts out FIRE!
KRS is a Dodge Hellcat , Rakim is a Lambo !
Rakim is an aston martin. So classy and smooth.
Emcees act like they don’t know.
It’s Rakim.
Lol...i see what you did there..that's KRS song..
@@valjeanlee7060 I like what you did there! Clever!
@Tigerbrown44 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂....You Crazy
Well done
I'm not saying I'm #1
Oh I'm sorry I lied
I'm # 1 2 3 4 & 5
Rakim Told Everbody"FOLLOW THE LEADER" Then Made A Video Where He Ripped A Hidden Microphone Off A Dude Chest An Started Spitting Bars on It.. 😂🤣
Counting the votes in these comments its Rakim. I go wit Rakim and he won in the video.
He wins.
Definitely Rakim
Low Key KRS1 made Queens Fight Back Something Nasty With Nasty NAS 😂
Yeah, Rakim had that man get a tattoo GOD Son
God MC Of Course!! Yal Trippin' In The Comments
FACTS!
KRS had more power in his words.
Rakim easily!! His lyrics was on another level! KRS had break dancing songs and he only could rap on boom bap beats and Rakim had lyrical music and he could rap on any type of beats!! KRS can't rap on a beat like this. Rakim with Truth Hurts th-cam.com/video/Xcj9O-Cv48c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Kz96PTjBn2dJs2uw
KRS has a way better catalog and he was a giant in mid 90s when the wolves were out. Man was lyrical as hell with a album full of knowledge and history
@@thetruthhurts8618 he still was more powerful. Him and Chuck
In the late 80s and early 90s, a handful of formidable emcees such as KRS ONE, RAKIM, KOOL G RAP, BIG DADDY KANE, SLICK RICK, CHUCK D, and LL COOL J were all powerful impactful forces in Hip Hop Music to deal with at that time. And if we are talking about the lyrical Mt Rushmore, it would be KRS ONE, RAKIM, BIG DADDY KANE, and KOOL G RAP. But if I was to pick only one of them to be the most game changing in the lyrical art of rhyming, wordplay, and flow at that time, I would have to choose RAKIM. Because RAKIM was to rapping, what BRUCE LEE was to martial arts, what MICHAEL JORDAN was to basketball, and what MUHAMMAD ALI was to boxing. There were other greats people in their area of expertise, but they were the official measuring sticks and reference point when it comes to that genius level of excellence in their profession. RAKIM was the official rapper who raised the bar to be considered a lyrical rapping MC. That's why any time another great lyrical rapper comes out, people always compare that rapper to RAKIM. When the great NAS came out with his debut ILLMATIC album, the press crowned NAS the SECOND COMING of RAKIM. Even to this very day, whenever there is a top 10 Greatest Emcees of All Time list, RAKIM is usually somewhere on that list even though he has been less active with his album releases since the New Millennium. RAKIM'S impact on the art of rhyming and rapping is undeniable. RAKIM was not as blatantly political in his songs as KRS ONE and CHUCK D were, but RAKIM was actually the first rapper to make it cool to be intelligent, deep, and express righteous principles in lyrics. RAKIM smoothly blended street talk with spiritually thought-provoking lyrics without sounding too preachy, unlike KRS ONE. RAKIM had a lot of street credibility, but rarely used profanity in his songs and rarely glorified criminality and dope dealing. RAKIM literally gave birth to a lot of the lyrical rappers that came out in the 90s like NAS, WUTANG CLAN, GURU, OC, AZ, CANIBUS, MOBB DEEP etc... I respect all the great emcees of the late 80s like KRS ONE, KOOL G RAP, and BIG DADDY KANE; but when it comes to who singlehandedly changed the lyrical game and helped it transition from the 80s into the 90s, RAKIM was the CHOSEN ONE. The God Emcee.
Rakim Changed Things❣️
Stay Safe😷!😇
Two Legends from 80s
Krs changed the game as well.
I would say both. They both changed the rhyme scheme paradigm in Hip.Hop.
Rakim: Innovator
KRS-ONE: Educator
I choose Rakim
Rakim✍🏾🗽🎧✅🗽🏆
Bleek answered the question perfectly for me. I heard Criminal Minded and was blown away! Also Ice T's 6 in the morning was another reason i feel in love with HIP HOP!💯
Rakim... I love KRS though he is a pioneer and a legend in the game. Rakim though is the MC's MC IMO, the first real "lyricist" in hip hop.
Jay-Z did a speech at his Rock and Roll hall of fame Award.. He spoke about his Top influencers in Hiphop… Krs one , Rakim , LL Cool J….. All Hiphop Royalty 👑
There is something to be said about an MCee who never stopped making albums every year since 1986 lol just saying .
@@Christiannazarioalt2 Sometimes Less is More, MFs water down their catalog by making a bunch of Sloppy BS that has to be picked over to find something worth listening to.
Rakim just put out a new one about 3 weeks ago.
Quality trumps quantity thou
But at there best it's still comparable
Rakim ❤
Criminal Minded is the greatest hip hop album of all time..KRS 1 is the GOAT!
Let's give them both the props for a change
⭐ Rakim
KRS 1 said 50 yrs from now I Still Be Number One
He lied
He was not #1 back then, the fight for supremacy was Ra and Kane, KRS was #3 in the convo
@charlesbrown3056 KRS has Always been #1
Better than
Kane Rakim Kool G and LL
@@justice77justice Barbershop talk was always Ra and Kane, not KRS, that is why people wanted the verses, doubt you lived in there prime. Now if that is your opinion, kool, but that was not reality, Kane and Ra go hand in hand, like magic and bird, that was for #1 spot.
@@justice77justice What makes him better?
I got go wit the teacha cause he taught me thingz about my blackness and he straight boom bap. But still mad respect for the GOD Emcee Rakim!
He did not help you with your "super self esteem make you super superb", Rakim did not help you with knowledge of self, let knowledge be born?
3:18 very interesting person to ask. Because he was the ONLY MC back then who was compared to the R !
The comparison back then wasn't KRS-One he wasn't even in the equation it was Big Daddy Kane
Rakim had the absolute greatest bar in the history of hip hop..i take 7 emcees put em in a line....
In business they call that efficiency
Interesting. Imma rock w/ Rakim because I'm more familiar w/ his music. I obviously know KRS One, but I was exposed more to Rakim because my dad used to recite his lyrics word for word when I was little.
I wish I could find the last episode of Yo Mtv Raps where KRSONE was talking about how ecstatic he was about Rakim passing him the mic.
Rakim 👏🏾
RAKIM. RAKIM, RAKIM!!! I LOVE KRS-ONE, BUT RAKIM CHANGED RAP IN A WAY THAT NO ONE HAS OR WILL EVER. PLUS KRS-ONE STILL STANDS BEHIND AFRIKA BAMBAATA( THE CHILD MOLESTER).
I Love Both Rakim & KRS EQUALLY. I would love for them to do an album together RIGHT NOW 2024/2025!!!
Rakim, KRS don’t know the ledge
Rakim created a Nas from his cloth
KRS-One didn’t
I could see bustu rhymes coming from the cloth of krs one in terms of both have that competitive battle spirit
I absolutely love both but I gotta go Rakim.
Ask NAS & he would take a shot. He already wrote a tribute to both OGs.
No he did not he only wrote one, that was Rakim. He did not write one for KRS, he was never did. What is the name he did for KRS or album? Another person talking cause he has lips. Help me I can't find the KRS song Nas did about him.
@@charlesbrown3056He was planning on making unauthorized biography of KRS but it probably got scrapped. He says so at the end of UBR.
Damn, my guy AZ with the Carlos Boozer spray fade.
Man that's like asking Mj or Dr j
Dr. J for me, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have watched B-ball! Also, my nod goes to the 18th Letter!
I listen to BOTH OF THEM...bless them always! Word!!
Ask KRS-ONE why did he leave Rakim off the song "Self Destruction"???....During the "Golden Era" of Rap.....And you will understand in their PRIME it was Rakim!!!!!!!!
That's like picking pacino Or robert de nero
Like Shawn Kemp vs. Dominique Wilkins.
True that!
Cmon it’s Ra all day!
Both
To this day, no song is touching these songs by Rakim:
"Follow The Leader"
"Lyrics Of Fury"
"The Punisher"
"No Omega"
"Musical Massacre"
"The Mystery, Who Is God"
"Holy Are You"
"When I'm Flowing"
"The Saga Begins"
I wonder what the top MC's thought when they heard "Lyics Of Fury"
"Follow The Leader"
And "The Punisher"
And let the rhythm hitem
RAK
Blastmaster KRS-One #1 MC. "Criminal Minded" dropped in 1987 the hood went crazy. Blastmaster still droppin' bangers in 2024. Over 30 albums...All bangers!!
Rakim vs Kane was the rivalry smh learn your history 😂
You know sumn 💯💯💯💯
Good point...I heard more Kane vs rakim comparison back then
Yeah because both of them don't want the Smoke from KRS
This video so wholesome man
Much love to the gods
Both had great impact obviously
The guest on the show can't give a honest answer. Because they got relationships with them. But me being a person that bought their albums and stuff like that.
Rakim,!
The words and the way he used them in the rhymes! MAN!
Rakim
Without question
KRS ONE told us, "50 yrs down the line we can start this cause well be the old school artists and even in that time I'll say a rhyme a brand new style ruthless and wild running around town spending money having fun cause even then I'm still number 1"
This is a Shot Str8...no chaser
KRS had a longer run but Ra's impact is unmatched. The tie breaker, for me, is the Live.Hardcore.Worldwide album Kris/BDP dropped. Hearing French crowds rap along bar for bar was hard to imagine in the late 80s, but the Teacha was always able to make it happen.
Much love to Kris. The man is in the Top 10 of all time. Every BDP album and multiple solos are bangers, plus his features are FIRE (Lord Finesse’s Brainstorm, Channel Live’s Mad Izm, etc.), but I gotta go with Ra.
The impact that Follow The Leader, I Ain’t No Joke, Know the Ledge, and Run for Cover had on me is immeasurable.
6:02-6:43 Listen to “Mahogany” Verse 2, She kissed me slow, but you know how far a kiss can go
F*** around and miss the show
Listen to “My Melody” Verse 2 So now a contest is what you owe me
Pull out your money, pull out your cut
Pull up a chair... and Ima tear sh** up. Again in that same verse he say later in the rhyme/
I wouldn't have came to set my name and run the same weak sh-
7:22-7:24 You still saying he never Cuss
9:57-10:02 Nore stop 🛑 it,cut it out
12:04-12:09 Still at it Nore
Been waiting for someone to point this out. 👊🏼
They both my favorite rappers. Can’t go against either one of them.
WHAT'S KNOWN DON'T HAVE TO BE SAID!!! DA GOD MC RAKIM!!! HANDS DOWN!!! ... #RAKIMTHEGOAT!!! 🎤🫵💪💯
I love them both. Two teachers of the game.😊
Shit , by far , that's an easy one . . . "RAKIM ALLAH" all day and night , 24-7 , 365 and 24-7 , 366 on leap years . . . You can't compare a "Teacher" to "ALLAH" . . .
I love KRS one, but Rakim is my English Professor in Hip-hop university
BOTH DRINK HAHAHA these are 2 of my favorites I love that era from 85 to 90 nwa doc included big daddy kane biz markie kool g rap masta ace the whole juice crew gangstar epmd run dmc pete rock cl smooth bdp eric b and rakim public enemy ghetto boys ice t dj quik too short slick rick theres a few more but those were the golden years