Ra was good for his era… Probably the best… But every rapper out from the 90s to now is better then him.. He was never really that good or that deep. It just seemed that way cause the rappers he was out with were mostly wack. Kendrick lamar is sort of like him, in this era. People like and praise him cause theres no one else to praise. They should do a song about this. lol
What?? You must be mental you idiot, do you even know your hip hop roots? Eric B and Rakim were probably the most influential and innovative group in the genre as a breakthrough, introducing new ways of sampling and the famous multisyllable rhymes we perceive as hip hop today, learn a bit more about your rap history then comment you moron. You just another sheep to the corporate side of hip hop vouching for Rainman i guess…
You are out of your ghetto mind. All you need to do is listen to My Melody. It is probably one of the top ten rap songs of all time. Strictly for the lyrics.
Hahahaha Holy Shit! He said the rappers he came out with were mostly wack!!FTW! You’re Lookin at the man who showed the hiphop game the internal rhyme! come on son, It’ the R!
All he’s saying is, Rakim was not that deep as your Canibus, or Killah Priest when it comes to subject matter
Since ya’ll know hip hop so much, then please list us 3 conceptual songs by Rakim, a personification song by him that can compete with ‘Me and My Girlfriend’ and ‘I gave you power’
name a Rakim song that’s on the same level as ‘heavy mental’ by Killah Priest, or ‘Poet Laurette Infinity’ by Canibus then I’ll believe Rakim is the greatest
You can’t base a rapper’s skill by multi-syllable rhyming as that’s the 1st easy thing to learn in the art of mceeing but being deep is dependent on your level of knowledge and understanding of the world
How deep is Rakim – can he tell stories like Biggie, Slick Rick, Nas, Killah Priest, Canibus, Ghostface, Big L, and Scarface
or his skills just match Eminem’s skill of multi-syllable rhyming only?
That bullshit last line shows how much y’all know about this music of ours…for one and second Elmvis did not invent multi-syllabic patterns forgot Grand Puba? Treach ?(another mc beside Masta Ace your Elmvis has bitten over the years) and many others that you probably are not familiar with who are wayyyy better than your Elmvis.
Rakim is not that deep as your Canibus, or Killah Priest when it comes to subject matter
Since ya’ll know hip hop so much, then please list us 3 conceptual songs by Rakim, a personification song by him that can compete with ‘Me and My Girlfriend’ and ‘I gave you power’
name a Rakim song that’s on the same level as ‘heavy mental’ by Killah Priest, or ‘Poet Laurette Infinity’ by Canibus then I’ll believe Rakim is the greatest
You can’t base a rapper’s skill by multi-syllable rhyming as that’s the 1st easy thing to learn in the art of mceeing but being deep is dependent on your level of knowledge and understanding of the world
How deep is Rakim – can he tell stories like Biggie, Slick Rick, Nas, Killah Priest, Canibus, Ghostface, Big L, and Scarface
or his skills just match Eminem’s skill of multi-syllable rhyming only?
Know the Ledge….for one. remember that, the ability of Rakim to truncate his rhymes is what people respect and have emulated from Nas to Cannibus et al. The ability to say more in two lines whereas it takes your favorite rapper an entire album to say.
people still make this type of hip hop but it just dont get the limelight it should instead bandz will make her dance and all gold everything will get more love lol
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
I go to Queens for queens to get the crew from Brooklyn
Make money in Manhattan and never been tooken
Go Uptown and the Bronx to boogie down
Get strong on the Island, recoup, and lay around
Time to build my juice back up
Props back up, suckers get smacked up
Don’t doubt the clout, you know what I’m about
Knocking n@@@@z off, knocking n@@@@@ out
Shaking em up, waking em up
Raking em up, breaking em up..
Standing on shaky grounds too close to the edge
Let’s see if I know the ledge
Corners’ trifling ’cause shorty’s here
I get cock-d liffin’ forty’s of beer;
Here’s a sip for the crew that’s deceased
If I get revenge, then they rest in peace
Somebody’s got to suffer, I just might spare one
And give a brother a fair one!
Stay alert and on “p’s”
And I do work with these- like Hercules
Switch to southpaw, split your right jaw
‘Cause I don’t like y’all, I’m hype when night fall
Smooth but I move like an army
Bulletproof down in case brothers try to bomb me
Putting brothers to rest like Elliot Ness
‘Cause I don’t like stress
Streets ain’t a place for innocent bystanders to stand
Nutting’s gonna stop the plan
I’ll chill like Pacino, kill like De Niro
Black Gambino, die like a hero
Living on shaky grounds too close to the edge
Let’s see if I know the ledge!
Shells lay around on the battleground
Dead bodies are found throughout the town
Tried to put shame in my game to make a name, I’m a
Put it on a bullet, put it in your brain
Rip the block like a buckshot
Who cares where it goes, just keep the casket closed
No remorse when a life is lost
I paid my dues- paid the cost!
…And my pockets are still fat
Wherever I’m at, I get the welcome mat
Even if my crew steep with one deep
I attract attention, people like to peep
So come say hi to the badguy
Don’t say goodbye, I don’t plan to die!
‘Cause I get loose and I got troops…
And crazy juice!
In control of many like Ayatollah Khomeini
Hang out wit Smith and Wesson, don’t try to play me
I’m at war a lot, like Anwar Sadat
But no warning shot, my gun is warm a lot
When I cook beef, the smoke will never clear
Areas interfere but this here’s severe!
Living life too close to the edge
Hoping that I know the ledge…
A brand new morn, no time to yawn
Shower’s on, power’s on
Late for school, I catch the train
Girls sip Cristal and whisper my name
I push up like an exercise
Check the intellect and inspect the thighs
Select the best one, pull her to the side
Keep her occupied for the rest of the ride
Read my resume she’s know I’m ‘ready cool
Just meet me after school
We can moan and groan until your mom come home
And you be calling me Al “dope” Capone
Sweatin’ me, she didn’t want to let me loose
Come get me, that’s if you want to sip the juice
Cause the streets await me, so I take my gun off safety
Cause a lot of n@@@@@z hate me
Coming out of the building, they set me up
Sprayed wit automatics, they wet me up
In a puddle of blood, I lay close to the edge
Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me yo’ eardrums
It was a beautiful day off in the neighborhood
Yellows and greens and blues and browns
and greys and hues that ooze beneath dilapidated woods
Ain’t a thing could explain what pertains
to cocaine it’s a stain that rain
See summer roll around niggaz holla bout change
Then they steady move them ki’s like Bob James
Cause old man winter’s arrived, the temperature dives
November just died, December’s alive
Thus it ain’t no typical ride
Just individual’s way to bring home
the bacon when bacon was all gone
Makin it our own, takin me all wrong
We’ve all indulged in the bulge of those no-no’s
No you ain’t solo, it’s even lower levels you can go
Take sun people, put ’em in a land of snow
Now this track is hott, what happened to music like this!!?? I just listened to a track called “Soft”, thats exactly what that s*** was compared to this. The music comin out these days just holds no weight smdh.
Fire. Rakim will always be the G.O.A.T.
Then why you just gave it one star, bitch?!
It’s pathetic that this has a 1.0 rating… 5 stars.
Yeah I remember his real stuff this is bad ….
It’s so damn good. Rakim is a legend.
dope
BOOOM
RAKIM STRONG ISLAND REPRESENTING
last verse
holy fuckkkkkkk
J-LOVE HAD THIS IN HIS TAPE DECK SINCE 2007
The God Rakim!!
Wow so this is what rap used to be like?! I can only dream of it now.
5 stars
He needs stronger production and better mastering …classic Rakim but it sounds dated …even KRS One adapted
Cant u read fool. The song is from 1995.. Dam niggas is ignant!
man rakim still nasty wtf yall taumbout? all he need is 9th wonder madlib and khrysis to hook up beats for him.
True Living Legend
Ra was good for his era… Probably the best… But every rapper out from the 90s to now is better then him.. He was never really that good or that deep. It just seemed that way cause the rappers he was out with were mostly wack. Kendrick lamar is sort of like him, in this era. People like and praise him cause theres no one else to praise. They should do a song about this. lol
shut up twat!!
What?? You must be mental you idiot, do you even know your hip hop roots? Eric B and Rakim were probably the most influential and innovative group in the genre as a breakthrough, introducing new ways of sampling and the famous multisyllable rhymes we perceive as hip hop today, learn a bit more about your rap history then comment you moron. You just another sheep to the corporate side of hip hop vouching for Rainman i guess…
Ur nuts!
You are out of your ghetto mind. All you need to do is listen to My Melody. It is probably one of the top ten rap songs of all time. Strictly for the lyrics.
Hahahaha Holy Shit! He said the rappers he came out with were mostly wack!!FTW! You’re Lookin at the man who showed the hiphop game the internal rhyme! come on son, It’ the R!
You are definitely not a real listener and have no idea! Do your math and review history…Rakim G.O.A.T!!!!
Ya’ll not respecting the kid’s opinion
All he’s saying is, Rakim was not that deep as your Canibus, or Killah Priest when it comes to subject matter
Since ya’ll know hip hop so much, then please list us 3 conceptual songs by Rakim, a personification song by him that can compete with ‘Me and My Girlfriend’ and ‘I gave you power’
name a Rakim song that’s on the same level as ‘heavy mental’ by Killah Priest, or ‘Poet Laurette Infinity’ by Canibus then I’ll believe Rakim is the greatest
You can’t base a rapper’s skill by multi-syllable rhyming as that’s the 1st easy thing to learn in the art of mceeing but being deep is dependent on your level of knowledge and understanding of the world
How deep is Rakim – can he tell stories like Biggie, Slick Rick, Nas, Killah Priest, Canibus, Ghostface, Big L, and Scarface
or his skills just match Eminem’s skill of multi-syllable rhyming only?
Peace
That bullshit last line shows how much y’all know about this music of ours…for one and second Elmvis did not invent multi-syllabic patterns forgot Grand Puba? Treach ?(another mc beside Masta Ace your Elmvis has bitten over the years) and many others that you probably are not familiar with who are wayyyy better than your Elmvis.
Smooth and dope
yup.
18th Letter
((Commends)) DX for dropping some quality today
THE R BABY
5 Star Rakim Allah
#BringItOn
Not a flattering pic
18th letter in the alphabet, and its about to get..-the r baby!
Rakim legend no doubt..
Realistically the beat is a bore..
Best shit I’ve heard since Wayne’s Got Money. 5 stars indeed.
hip hop was cute as fuck back in the day
Knock it off with that gay ass cute shit nigga
Right, pretty azz gangsta
yes.
5
Fire
Holy Hip Hop
lool
Rakim’s lyrics and flow are dope as fuck…but the hook is shitty.
this was hard the chorus needs work but all else dope
Imagine Nas, Rakim and Canibus as a group!!!
Rakim is not that deep as your Canibus, or Killah Priest when it comes to subject matter
Since ya’ll know hip hop so much, then please list us 3 conceptual songs by Rakim, a personification song by him that can compete with ‘Me and My Girlfriend’ and ‘I gave you power’
name a Rakim song that’s on the same level as ‘heavy mental’ by Killah Priest, or ‘Poet Laurette Infinity’ by Canibus then I’ll believe Rakim is the greatest
You can’t base a rapper’s skill by multi-syllable rhyming as that’s the 1st easy thing to learn in the art of mceeing but being deep is dependent on your level of knowledge and understanding of the world
How deep is Rakim – can he tell stories like Biggie, Slick Rick, Nas, Killah Priest, Canibus, Ghostface, Big L, and Scarface
or his skills just match Eminem’s skill of multi-syllable rhyming only?
Know the Ledge….for one. remember that, the ability of Rakim to truncate his rhymes is what people respect and have emulated from Nas to Cannibus et al. The ability to say more in two lines whereas it takes your favorite rapper an entire album to say.
Eminem ? now the Masta Ace wannabe is better than Rakim, y’all white boys kill me
Uh oh. Someone never learned that art is subjective.
Your a tool. Listen to mystery- Rakim and that will blow your mind.
Rakim – The Ghetto, enough said.
mahogany—story,,rhyme
paid in full—story,,rhyme
check out my melody,,,concept
the ghetto-nobody smiling,,,
duke you really need to do your research,,,,,go cop them ra,,,classics,,and know the ledge
Phat!, Phat!, Phat!. That’s all i’ve got to say.
people still make this type of hip hop but it just dont get the limelight it should instead bandz will make her dance and all gold everything will get more love lol
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
I go to Queens for queens to get the crew from Brooklyn
Make money in Manhattan and never been tooken
Go Uptown and the Bronx to boogie down
Get strong on the Island, recoup, and lay around
Time to build my juice back up
Props back up, suckers get smacked up
Don’t doubt the clout, you know what I’m about
Knocking n@@@@z off, knocking n@@@@@ out
Shaking em up, waking em up
Raking em up, breaking em up..
Standing on shaky grounds too close to the edge
Let’s see if I know the ledge
Corners’ trifling ’cause shorty’s here
I get cock-d liffin’ forty’s of beer;
Here’s a sip for the crew that’s deceased
If I get revenge, then they rest in peace
Somebody’s got to suffer, I just might spare one
And give a brother a fair one!
Stay alert and on “p’s”
And I do work with these- like Hercules
Switch to southpaw, split your right jaw
‘Cause I don’t like y’all, I’m hype when night fall
Smooth but I move like an army
Bulletproof down in case brothers try to bomb me
Putting brothers to rest like Elliot Ness
‘Cause I don’t like stress
Streets ain’t a place for innocent bystanders to stand
Nutting’s gonna stop the plan
I’ll chill like Pacino, kill like De Niro
Black Gambino, die like a hero
Living on shaky grounds too close to the edge
Let’s see if I know the ledge!
Shells lay around on the battleground
Dead bodies are found throughout the town
Tried to put shame in my game to make a name, I’m a
Put it on a bullet, put it in your brain
Rip the block like a buckshot
Who cares where it goes, just keep the casket closed
No remorse when a life is lost
I paid my dues- paid the cost!
…And my pockets are still fat
Wherever I’m at, I get the welcome mat
Even if my crew steep with one deep
I attract attention, people like to peep
So come say hi to the badguy
Don’t say goodbye, I don’t plan to die!
‘Cause I get loose and I got troops…
And crazy juice!
In control of many like Ayatollah Khomeini
Hang out wit Smith and Wesson, don’t try to play me
I’m at war a lot, like Anwar Sadat
But no warning shot, my gun is warm a lot
When I cook beef, the smoke will never clear
Areas interfere but this here’s severe!
Living life too close to the edge
Hoping that I know the ledge…
A brand new morn, no time to yawn
Shower’s on, power’s on
Late for school, I catch the train
Girls sip Cristal and whisper my name
I push up like an exercise
Check the intellect and inspect the thighs
Select the best one, pull her to the side
Keep her occupied for the rest of the ride
Read my resume she’s know I’m ‘ready cool
Just meet me after school
We can moan and groan until your mom come home
And you be calling me Al “dope” Capone
Sweatin’ me, she didn’t want to let me loose
Come get me, that’s if you want to sip the juice
Cause the streets await me, so I take my gun off safety
Cause a lot of n@@@@@z hate me
Coming out of the building, they set me up
Sprayed wit automatics, they wet me up
In a puddle of blood, I lay close to the edge
In other words fuck a Last simp-eror (nah it ain’t no typo)
Lyrical genius
Not crazy about the beat , but the rhymes are nice.
LOL this beat laidback as fuck tho I’m finna get faded to this shit get me some kush a burner and a ho and I’ll be straight
From 95 and still better than anything released today!
Can anyone else see how Percy P got his flow after hearing this?
I kinda hear what u sayin a lil bit, but dont take nuthn fron Percee P, that nigga nice as hell
DAMN! Recognized it as I read your comment. Percee is dope as fuck, but his whole style is modeled after Ra.
good shit
Rakim is the illest- still a beast
https://soundcloud.com/sincerethewarriorpoet Alexandria, La
wow!
Does this beat remind anyone else of that one level on Sonic the Hedgehog?
you talkin bout the water level right?
wait maybe the Vegas one?- on sonic an knuckles?
“Rapping about things they never done”
Subliminal at Nas.
this is ra,,,peace to the gods and earths
Friends, Romans, countrymen lend me yo’ eardrums
It was a beautiful day off in the neighborhood
Yellows and greens and blues and browns
and greys and hues that ooze beneath dilapidated woods
Ain’t a thing could explain what pertains
to cocaine it’s a stain that rain
See summer roll around niggaz holla bout change
Then they steady move them ki’s like Bob James
Cause old man winter’s arrived, the temperature dives
November just died, December’s alive
Thus it ain’t no typical ride
Just individual’s way to bring home
the bacon when bacon was all gone
Makin it our own, takin me all wrong
We’ve all indulged in the bulge of those no-no’s
No you ain’t solo, it’s even lower levels you can go
Take sun people, put ’em in a land of snow
dopee
5
G.o.a.T PERIOD
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE POST THE LYRICS?
Rakim
SHIT IS DOPE…..A BREATH OF FRESH AIR IN THIS THING U CALL THE HIP HOP GAME THESE DAYS…..I CALL IT A JOKE……BUT THIS SHIIT TIGHT….FREE SPM!
Time warp hip hop back to 1995 please
yoh, Dope Track from a legend!!! Hip Hop Mos def a’int Dead……
Now this track is hott, what happened to music like this!!?? I just listened to a track called “Soft”, thats exactly what that s*** was compared to this. The music comin out these days just holds no weight smdh.
Oh shit, whats good hip-hop?!?! Haven’t seen you in a grip!
………
too dope… thanks god