(PART ONE)TRB2HH Presents: Check out My Melody | A true story about Rakim
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- SUBSCRIBE to my channel, SHARE AND COMMENT to our channel click the bell at the top ^^^ of our page for advance video releases. For more exclusive content go to www.industrymu... twitter: / industrymuscle and IG: / industrymuscle
HANDS DOWN RAKIM IS THE G.O.A.T......THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.....Can i get a witness
One of...
@@deejaycerebral THE!
RAKIM VS GURU
Check out Bumpy Knuckles talking about how Eric B and Rakim helped him get his start in the game!
th-cam.com/video/_zIfxRn2MiY/w-d-xo.html
He is one of the greatest but he is our Michael Jordan of hip hop rap especially with lyricism and rhyme scheme because he evolution and revolutionised it because we all rhyme with multiple syllables
He's the greatest emcee ever, yet still incredibly underrated in music history. I place him alongside Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Fela Kuti, James Brown. That's the level Rakim is at to me. Those are his peers as far as influence. That's why any emcee lists without Rakim at #1 look like a joke to me. The list starts at #2.
Yessir! People still can't understand half his lyrics or how he breaks down how he's better than you so intricately. No one better.
[ Eye Tunz ] [HD] you are absolutely correct.
Realjayrome
What the fuck?
[ Eye Tunz ] [HD] yeah he damn good, probably one of the best rappers, but please....u can't compare him to miles, aretha, and especially James brown (Willie Nelson wtf??) Those people where just on another level of gifted genius, talent and feeling which very few humans (forget artists) have. It just ain't the same "sport" like comparing a proffesional wrestler to a proffesional mixed martial artist one is much more evolved and has more comolexities in his sport then the other. It's just not the same league.
[ Eye Tunz ] [HD] ... I hear you man. I just posted a few minutes ago. Often HipHop didn’t get put in My upper echelon category My Stevie, Funkadelic, Pink Floyd, Prince,
John Coltrane ELOHIM realm...but Rakim was knocking at Heavens gate... he slipped in quietly... street level genius. I often listen to him like I would a complex Jazz album... or some trippy multilayered Floyd... hand under the chin ... serious face🤔... deep deep. I feel you
RIP Alvin Toney. You were highly influential. From Eric B Rakim to EPMD to Craig Mack. Always in our hearts
“ I’ll run a brain scan to check out his game plan, when I’m finished he won’t be the same man” Rakim in 1987. Shouldn’t be no argument about who’s the god MC.
@Jarrel Ely Rakim all day, but Shan had skills.
Hands down. Anyone who doesn't list Rakim as the greatest MC of all time basically does not know what Hip Hop is.
rakim changed the game...rhymes ahead of the Times
So true
😘 me , you & a bottle of baby oil 😍🍩🍆
Agreed
The rhyme gets rougher as the rhyme goes on...hands down the best beat fab five Freddie ever did
I just wrote a whole paragraph stating that, super facts.
Rakim is the best to ever do it.. Way ahead of his time...
mytousha magee Rakim is one of the greatest to ever touch the mic
+Saif Hasan the best
Saif Hasan what about mc shan, utfo, x-clan, kwame, k-solo, jaz-o, father MC and positive k?
I agree 100,000,000%
ReturnoftheBrotha competition is none
YESSSSSSSSS!!!! Give him his flowers while he can smell them. Rakim is the Father of Modern lyricism in Hip-Hop. Along with Big Daddy Kane.PERIOD.
I'd also say that Eminem became the so called best by being a student of Kool G Rap.
Facts!!!
@Realjayrome You must be under 30 with a false statement like that. Your version of the GOAT was well known for attempting to mimic Das Efx at one point in his career. Rakim only sounded like the guy who influenced most Emcee's to step up their lyrical skills.
+ Kool G
Rakim changed the game by himself that other stuff was dance rap Big Daddy Kane was king of that.
the best emcee of all time...peace to the god...
The Mystery (Who is God).....is a powerful degree
+Bonker Rifical paying cash and buying old rap cassette tapes holler back inbox me.
Marvin Wyche all i have i nas first joint
His bars was ahead of his time.. mind blowing verses... I'm 43 and been a hip hop head all my life and his first album sounds like it was just done... You can tell Nas studied him hard body.. peace to the god
Even as a Kid when I first heard Rakim, He wasn't well known yet but I knew he was something special. He was so futuristic compared to everyone else at the time. I KNEW he would be considered a Legend by the time I was an "old head". Damn if it ain't play out just like I saw it. Its cool to still be alive and see it.
Some cats were just born to inspire others.
"I took a kid and cut off his eyelids
Killed him slow so he can see what I did
And if he don't understand what I said
I'm pushin' his eyeballs WAAAAAY to the back of his head
So he can see what he's gettin' in to
A part of the mind that he's never been through..."
That verse, that verse right there from Rakim's cut, 'The Punisher', is my favorite metaphorical verse of ALL TIME out of ANY song of ANY genre! That chit is just straight-up raw!
“Follow the Leader” is filled with metaphors. The entire track is a metaphor, really. He’s amazing, that’s for certain!!
He is our Michael Jordan of hip hop rap especially with the lyricism
Exactly!
Better analogy than the Lebron analogy the dude in the video used. There's no comparison between the two. One plays in an era where you're not even allowed to play proper defense.
Factz bro only REAL HIPHOP fans know that
He's way beyond Jordan . He's music at it's apex . Fluid like water that's his flow
@@Troygraham4937 you missed the point he is Michael Jordan of hip hop and MCing in him rhyming he changed everyone on how they MC from the ones before and after him as Michael Jordan has in the NBA
Rakim is a Lyrical Genius the dude had you clinging to every word that came out his mouth.
When i first heard Rakim as a youth back in 1988 down south in the hood, my interest in knowledge of self began. 30yrs later and scores of books, rituals and spiritual practices i find myself educating those around me often. Thank you Rakim.
Rakim is the king yet to be conquered. That voice, that delivery, that flow, THAT PERFECTION!! GOAT!!
Thanks for watching please sub the channel and share our links
@@krazethekingofcontent Thank YOU!
Fasho 👍
Rakim is the GOAT!! He has always been my favorite of all time. Sit back and listen to his lyrics, you'll see.
The greatest in my opinion - Rakim
You ain't lying either Ra is the true Goat!
It's a fact
16 dislikes???They must like this era of hip hop...if you can call it that.
I have a tape with Rakim when he went by Kid Wizard when he was down with the Love Brothers. I won't play it because It is so old I am scared its gonna snap.
Whiz kid wow thanks for that info The real goat in Hiphop!!!!! Whuts your opinion on his last album
Get it put on CD.
Its priceless!!!!
@@kcire-tv3wy its 2018 and u talking bout put it on CD I'm looking at 40 and ain't played a CD in yrs just put it in mp3 form. I have no more crates of records, CDs tapes and have 4or5 times more music than ever... All on hard drives🤔🤔ijs
@@Moeonit ... Well do u and keep it pushin.
He wrote a verse that states "his rhymes like oxygen"...you can't breathe without Oxygen...that's deep
Bring em to the front cuz my rhymes the oxygen - as the rhyme goes on
‘Til somebody drop ‘n then
Bring em to the front cuz my rhyme’s the oxygen.
I'm from London I'm 23 I was turned on to rakim when I was 12 13 years old through microphone fiend he definitely sounded ahead of his time most of his records like lyrics of fury mahogany and follow the leader that had come out 4 and 5 years before I was born have really stood the test of time to this day nobody on a artist and break out level has overtaken rakim on a level of content flow delivery and stage persona he's still on top
"Compition is none"
"ill take a phrase that's rarely heard flip it now its a daily word"
"it ain't where your from its where your at"
"ill take 7 mc's put em in a line
Add 7 more brothers who think they can rhyme
It'll take 7 more before I go for mine
Now that's 21 mc's ate up at the same time"
" ladies and gentlemen your about to see a pastime hobby about to be taken to the maximum"
Just a few iconic moments and career starters to some of your favourite mc's
Such as
Nas
Az
Busta rhymes
Lord finesse
Jeru the damaja
Mobb deep
Capone and nore
Black star
Souls of mischief
Hieroglyphs
Jurassic 5
Uk hip hop artists
Such as roots manuva
Black twang
Fallacy
Foreign beggers
Lowkey
Akala
Rakim influence has filtered into every type of evolved intelligent hip hop
I was always a nas mobb deep wu tang fan
But I have a new found appreciation for rakim he's the original
Peace
Very nice comment on your knowledge of the God Emcee. I appreciate it please sub the channel watch our other docuseries and share our links to help us grow in London!!
@@krazethekingofcontent in London we've got yo mtv raps a remake of you guys show with Ed lover and doc dre
But we cover UK hip hop culture and grime
If you guys come down to London
Youll find places where golden era hip hop is still very prevelent and on going
"I don't believe in writer's block. So, when I get to the point where I'm gettin' slow in the ink, I just put the pen down and go out in the world and live. I'm not rhymin. I'm just thinking. So, I got more life to put down." Let that sink in. Rakim Alar, the God MC. The greatest of all time.
Indeed! People still don't get it.
@ :13 That pic right there! That is late 80's Rakim, that pic shows the physical aura and essence of the MC that captivated a generation. The jewelry, the clothes, the swag, the aggressive, MASCULINE delivery of his rhymes. His music's energy at the time was amazing.
13:33 straight fire from 1987 is better than anything out right now!! FACTS! Thank you 4 this video.....one
majwho FACTS!!!!!!!!
Yes, not 87. More like 91 or 92, most likely 92 however or as lyfe said
The song is called the Punisher
Top MC of all time Period we all bit his style one way or another
Listening to these lyrics...these rappers now a days can't fuck wit him now!!
U ain't lying
can't even touch it
All Truth To That!
The thing I learned from and about Rakim that made him so special even back in the 87 to 90s era he was so unbelievably ahead of his time almost like light years ahead of anyone or anything that was out at the time he took it to a whole nother dimesion of ryhme almost and no disrespect to KRS1 who was also a brilliant emcee or the next best emcee at that time but the distance between the two was truly overwhelming far as the skill set Rakim took it or set the bar to heights unimaginable at that time, a true a God bless talent for the ages in hiphop.
I’m in my 50s now. To this day I marvel at the impact Rakim had in my life. ... he made it to my top 5 list of Impact at key stages of Life...
Childhood: Jackson Five
Teens: Rick James, Parliament/Funkadelic
Late Teens:Prince, Stevie Wonder, Pink Floyd
Twenties: Rakim, KRS-ONE, PE
Thirties- present... added classic jazz to repertoire... certain classical. Listening 👂🏽 for the Soul in any genre.
There were certain albums that were meditations... like if I put it on I’d have to listen to the entire piece...
Songs in the Key of Life
Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome
The Wall
Dark Side of the Moon
Equinox: Coltrane
So What: Myles Davis
Inner Visions: Stevie...
And I have to say Rakims ‘Let The Rhythm Hit’em ‘was in that space for years... One of the few in the HipHop category for me... Public Enemy’s “ It Takes A Nation of Millions was up there too.
Agreed. My first 2 tapes ever, were Salt n Pepa ( Hot Cold Sweat) and Paid in Full. I would fall asleep listening to PIF days at a time. Rahim taught me arithmetic
@@tre2776 .. excellent. I didn’t realize I had written my life story on here! 😂. I always talk about long ass comments too! Guess I need to practice what I preach from now on!
@@markbey9411 lol nah fam......talk your talk, your history is important too. I meant, Rakim helped me understand supreme mathematics
@@tre2776 … oh now that’s even more deep. There was some real teaching being done during that time period. Rakim, PE, KRS, Brand Nubians, Jungle Bros, Poor Righteous Teachers, etc. Truly a blessed moment in HipHop.
@@markbey9411 that's what they were afraid of and why things got changed. I'm from DC, learned knowledge of self and about all that through hip hop. Lessons I still carry with me today.
I was 9/10 years old and studying Ra, I knew instantly he was different. The 7 MC theory? Absolute genius.
"What can you say as the earth 🌎 gets further and further away/planets as small as balls of clay"? Jesus
Hands DOWN RAKIM is the Best to ever do it Period! #1 MC EVER! True Hip Hop forever
Rakim still looks like he's in 87' it's like The GOD MC has a time machine
Thanks for watching checkout the docuseries- Every month we drop a new one every 3rd of 4th week of the month. Dont forget to subscribe and and share
"I run a brain scan to locate his game plan"....I had to stop the video there because that's all I could handle in one setting.
THIS MAN IS THE ALLAH OF HIP-HOP! I GET CHILLS EVERY-TIME I HEAR HIS WORDS, TONE, RHYTHM GYMNASTICS.... HE IS THE TOP 5 GREATEST OF ALL TIME!
Rakim was the only rapper who never got dissed he was nasty👈🏾💯💯
Thanks for watching please sub the channel and share the links
Big Daddy had some words for him...along with Kool Moe Dee.... He was just above.
Your favorite MC’s favorite MC! Rakim Allah. Peace to the God MC.
LOVE THE DOCUMENTARY. RAKIM IS A VERY POWERFUL INFLUENCE IN MY LIFE. INFINITE GRATITUDE FOR THIS.
Rakim is my all time favorite MC EVER POINT BLANK PERIOD
One of my favorite emcees the God rakim one of the all time greats rakim still nice til this day I use to date,a girl from wyandanch my cousin from wyandanch
why is everyone speaking of Rakim in the past tense...he "was" this , he "was" that...Rakim is and always will be.
Big Ups to Rakim, Straight Fiiiiiiiiire, A Lyrical Giant hands down or up.... Definitely a GOD Emcee 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Rakim definitely the best that ever did it, in every body top emcees list
I'm 44 years old,when I was a boy I really didn't know what I liked until I heard the song Paid in Full. It was a wrap after that(no pun intended). I copped the album I knew and still know every word of the entire album to this day!!!!! Rakim changed everything about me. From the way I looked at and treated myself as well as other people. I don't know the lyrics to any other music or album but I still flow along with all of Rakims shit!!! The BEST ON EVERY LEVEL!!! PEACE TO THE R
hands down the king
This title should be the name of the official Eric B & Rakim Movie!
A true lyricist!! A true emcee!!! Absolute wordsmith...lyrical architect The 18th Letter....Rakim Allah Knowledge be Born.....as far as I'm concerned he is the Greatest Emcee!!!
Most Impactful Wordsmith
Most Innovative Lyricist
Rakim!
Lyrically... Da Goat!
"Rakim put it together, smooth like suede n leather"
My Melody was such a cold record. All of his rhymes were top shelf... but My Melody was that left hook you didn’t see coming for yo chin!
Thanks for watching please subscribe to the channel and share the links make sure you click the bell for instant notifications
My #1 hands down. Forever !
And him and Eric B. as a group was the ultimate Dynamic duo. Yes, he's my greatest of all time. He changed the game. Slowed the cadence down with that smooth lyrical flow. And got away from all the yelling that the generation before him were doing.
Peace to the god of rap, Rakim.
Thanks for the feedback appreciate the love please subscribe to the channel and go to our private links in the description for exclusive content not found on TH-cam ( CLICK) The link to take you to my Exclusive site james-billings1.selz.com
Strong Island we been here 11798 Peace To The God MC..
if your from Uptown, Brooklyn- bound,
The Bronx, Queens, or Long Island Sound,
Even other states come right and exact,
It ain't where you're from, it's where you're at
Since you came here, you have to show and prove
And do that dance until it don't move
'Cause all you need is soul self-esteem will release,
The rest is up to you, Rakim 'll say peace
Thanks for watching appreciate the love please subscribe to the channel
Strong Island🎤💪🏿
I. S. 201. YMCA and PAL on 123rd Street were the hot pockets for Early days of HIp Hop in Harlem. I wish I was there when Rakim broke ground in Harlem that night. There was mention of many Heads in attendance, Eamon( did Beatbox), Rob Base, Doug E Fresh, all Harlem Cats. I missed It! I didnt miss the night, SALT n PEPPA did Showstoppa at 201. We were hyped because we swore Doug and Slick Rick were gonna come there. The crowd kept saying there go Doug and Salt N Peppa would pause. LMAO. Early days were fantastic. A job well done on this!!!!!!
Greatest Of All Time.
This is GOLD! Thanks for posting.
Rakim and Eric B....from all Hip-hop heads from late 70's onwards...Mad love From London England via Jamaica...God Bless the King of RAP...DADDY U ROYYYYYY..... kapppish 🇬🇧🇯🇲🇨🇺🇺🇲🇧🇴❤️💯
✌🏿✌🏿King!! Great Doc.......Give Us Public Enemy, JVC Force......Strong Island!!
My Uncle put me on to JVC Force when I was a kid. He would have all the dope tapes in his Box Radios back then. JVC and Stetasonic were two of my earliest Hip Hop memories while being with my Uncle and his MTA Bus of a Radio 😏!
The 18th letter was transformative for me
When Ra dropped it was a wrap... every rapper thought about what they were going to say and some where in there mind they were thinking about something the Ra said.... that goes for every rapper who was out before and after ...The best part about what i just said is 99 percent of rappers/emcees will admit it
Thanks for watching please subscribe to the channel and checkout our other content.
The foundation of hip hop fundamentals begins with Rakim. The 18th letter. Follow the leader.....that song, to this day STILL sets the bar high! “The stage is a cage....the mic is the third rail”.........one of the hardest verses EVER!!!!
All I can say is ,I'm thankful for the musical foundation because of these brothers. "Peace"
that intro was fire. he still one of my favorites
The god mc....... The Imperial Sun God Rakim. Peace be unto him
Rakim is still high on opinion list of the greatest emcees ever. Most others like Melle Mel who was the first emcee writing rhymes down and doing routines along with his brother. Very lyrical since the 70s also.
They need a VH1 movie 🎥 for Eric B & Rakim
They would f*ck it up.
To live NYC or Brooklyn at this TIME you couldn't understand beautiful experience
Thanks for watching I need you to subscribe to the channel if you didn't already also please repost the links on social media
PEACE, POWER, EQUALITY ALLAH CEE EVERYTHING!!!
This channel is the realist for this you gotta do chuck d next .
Yes The "R" in my book is the illest and Untouchable by any other Human... Period...
Rakim is The God for Sure he is Blessed By God GOD'S Creation just to show ya how powerful and Mysterious God is Really is..MUCH Respect to Rakim his intelligence is Extraordinary ..
The looks/lyrics/presence/swagger. This was Rakim, he changed how niggas approached the Beats lyrically. Hands down, the greatest emcee ever.🎤🎧
Everyone on this Earth was born with a Gift it just we to our know our Gift and Use it to our full potential and you will surely reap the Benefits.
That My Melody was hard af when it came out. Im from LA and we was on it in high school.
To be honest i personally wasnt diggin the first release Eric B for President, but it grew on me cause the older D boys had mad speakers in they fixed up cars and they always came thru boomin shht after school let out.
So thas 3 joints (because of I got soul by Rakim).. i was sold after that. Had to buy the album and was not hardly disappointed.
Talented, Smart, Handsome, Beautiful Man., Rakim is😊
it make sense now great story one of my favorite mcs
Omg he’s one of the best looking Brothas I’ve ever seen. He’s just fine as heaven and the greatest MC to date. 2023
That freestyle he said back then will kill today's artist still..
This is a Dipe documentary on the GOAT MC
We was only ready for the chorus and his rhyming words back then... respect!
RAKIM: A MERCIFUL PERSON, ONE WHO SHOWS MERCY. This is the meaning of RAKIM. This meaning is fitting for a human being such as Mr. Griffin. GOD WALKS with RA. He is truly a special being and truly the BEST at what he does. Don’t throw it away, just think about it!!!!!!!!!!!
@ 7:47 when DJ Maniak is mentioning the real life story about Rakim as a shorty, I wonder if that was Ra's inspiration for his verse on Microphone Fiend, "'Cause I grabbed the mic and try to say, "yes, y'all" They tried to take it, and say that I'm too small Cool, 'cause I don't get upset I kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then I jet..."
Thanks for watching please subscribe to the channel and checkout our other content.
Top 5 dead or alive
PNAS99 top 1
Omg! I Got THat Looong version of Check out my melody😁😁😁 MAKE em Make em Make em dance tah THIS!!!
D.O.P.E. ✊🏿
My guy DJ Maniak...LONG ISLAND HOME OF THE GREATS....Big ups Rakim n KRAZE...KOC🔥💨🛸
Roosevelt, Amityville, Brentwood and Wyandanch changed hip hop forever.
Thanks for watching please sub the channel and share our links
@@krazethekingofcontent mosdef. People dont even know how big Original Concept was overseas. Westbury in the building.
Roosevelt Public Enemy! Amityville De La Soul! Brentwood EPMD! Wyandanch Rakim!
My FAVORITE M.C., and the GREATEST LYRICIST of ALL-TIME!!!! POINT BLANK....PERIOD!!! As Salaamu'Alaikum to The GOD!!
I'm 46. DEAD SMACK in the birth of the hip hop movement as a youth. For me, I've ALWAYS struggles between Rakim and KRS. 30 plus year later, I still struggle (with myself) with whom I consider the greatest. Some days it's Rakim for me, other days it's KRS.
I will say this as well. As far as style of where hip hop went in the future, you ha e to throw Kool G rap in there. His style was ahead of his time as well.
I love this. Let's bring Hip Hop back
Full Moon 🌕 I was sittin’ outside smokin’ a spliff, bingin’ Rakim, when Biz seZ, “I’m THE G.O.A.T.🐐” #Ancestors #NoLie 💯😳👑🐐🎶 Also, this is a masterpiece tribute… Mahalo 🌺
rakim had his time he was the best rapper in the world at one time he in my top ten
Shawn Gibson it’s still his time he’s the GOAT. He’s your favorite rappers rapper
Eric Sermon right out the Man"s Mouth The Culture Copied Most Even in 87 & of Today"s young rapper"s that are quite Following rakim & ...He Started Eric b & Rakim so too Speak...We met on a Regular when Eric B Came too the Bx...
Dope doc! I lived in close proximity to Wyandach, having been from North Amityville. I remember Biz hanging out in our lunchroom as well, (waiting on Prince Paul lol). S/O to Stitches! S/O to Brentwood (EPMD), and CI (Keith Murray & LOD). Memories!!!
Always thought if someone did it properly, Rakim would be the best HIP HOP DOCUMENTARY EVER!
THE GOAT!! No doubt.
the great Rakim
RIP to late Biz Markie huge part of the hip hop culture
ima keep it real them coast him and eric b had on was FLY AS HELL THEY WAS CRAZY creative
PEACE TO THE GODS AND EARTHS ALLAH'S 5% NATION
Peace GOD 5% NATION THE SUN ☀️ THE MOON 🌘 AND THE ⭐ STARS 🤲🏽👊🏽💯