YN Playlist: Respect The Technique
June 23, 2011 @ 2:26 PM EDT
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Saw the God last night at Blue Note. So this is only fitting. He raised the bar. He set the standards. Rakim Allah is a supreme MC who’s timeless catalogue proves he’s one of the all-time greats in hip-hop culture. 90s babies study your lessons.
1. “Eric B. Is President (12 inch)”
2. “My Melody (12 inch)”
3. “I Know You Got Soul (Acapella)”
4. “I Ain’t No Joke”
5. “Move The Crowd”
6. “Paid In Full”
7. “Follow The Leader”
8. “Microphone Fiend”
9. “Lyrics Of Fury”
10. “Let The Rhythm Hit Em”
11. “In The Ghetto”
12. “Run For Cover”
13. “Mahogany”
14. “What’s On Your Mind (House Party II son)”
15. “Don’t Sweat The Technique”
16. “Juice (Know The Ledge)”
Eminem > Rakim
Rakim > 90% of southern rappers
@ Pat foh & kill yourself
Created the blueprint for the modern “M.C.” In a class all by himself. Classic & timeless. Your favorite rapper favorite rapper. Lastly, he was only 17/18 when he created the Paid In Full LP. Nuff said.
@ Pat your dumb Bitch to think that Emeniem is a better rapper than Rakim. You should never listen to music again. Rakim G.O.A.T. This is real hip hop. Im raps new critic https://twitter.com/#!/SlaughterJW
Rakim started rapping how everyone raps now when no one was. The best will always change but the originator never does.
^^^^^^^^ u buggin’
i was directing my previous comment to Pat
“then send out and A.P.B.: All Poets Beware of a brother like me”. What y’all know about “Run For Cover”? Rakim killed that joint, Dope playlist YN.
Eminem won’t even agree to that.
Eric B. make ’em clap to this..
@ YN CORNBREAD
GOOD JOB U OLD GOOFBALL!!!!
…..SALUTE TO RAKIM ALLAH!!!! THE DEFINITION OF HIP-HOP!!!!
DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!
I wouldn’t say his skills crafted the modern mc, cause the modern MC’s aint and will never be the level he is. of course with the exception of talib, black thought, nas, common, etc…
how can people say that Eminem better than Rakim?
Rakim is the original G.O.A.T and always will be, and plus his internal rhyming flow is way better than Em’s
I’ve never listened to Rakim. He’s before my time but listening to this is helpful to the new generation of listeners like myself. Good shit RR
Rakim is Top 5 Dead or Alive no matter what cuz the other 4 wouldn’t even be on the list if it wasn’t for Rakim. Btw this playlist is definitely missing some classics, Put Your Hands Together, The Punisher, The R, Guess Who’s Back and the bonus cut should be U.B.R. by Nas
Bow down in the face of Greatness
What about “No Competition” or “It’s Been A Long Time” & no unreleased joints like “I Get Visual”
u picked sum good 1s tho…
Follow the Leader is one of the greatest rap performances ever IMO.
Paid In Full over your current favorite rap song
I’ve only ever heard a few Rakim songs. Im only 20, but gotta start somewhere tho, might as well start with this playlist. Very helpful YN
GOOD LOOKS YN ON HAVING THE HP 2 SOUNDTRACK VERSION!!! GREAT PLAYLISTS LATELY
House party two been my shit!
can i download this???
Fuck that, in 2011 it’s time to build!!! Where you at Ra?
Eminem is definitely a better rapper than Rakim, but even Eminem said that he was one of the MCs he studied to become better. Rakim is one of Em’s influences, so no one needs to spread the hate talk. Chill.
@Donn & @Word thats whats up. new heads taking time to know their history and respect the classics. thats what hip hop’s all about.
remember youngin’s when someone comes AFTER another — the first one is the root – the second is the tree. Cut the tree it re- grows for the root is undistrubed. The Golden era and RAKIM was the GOD MC of that era if you didn’t live during that time you will never know
Smh at the disrespect for Em. Fuck Rakoon or whatever his name is, Em is GOAT.
@jobu nicely put!
And to all of you saying em is better than rakim, I know your saying it just for the attention. Here’s a prime example of why rakim is the greatest; I take seven MC’s put em in a line, take seven more brothers who think they could rhyme, put seven more before I go for mine. That’s 21 MC’s ate up at the same time.
the man
Anytime Nas makes a song about you, and
your life. You are the the G.O.A.T. One of
the few Mcees no one came after with a
diss song. Because they didn’t want to be one
of those seven Mcees.
@devastation Inc
Well EPMD did throw a few jabs, I wouldn’t of known if I didn’t hear Nas “UBR.” And I remember reading on the source that a misunderstanding from a Big Daddy Kane song spark Rakim to throw a few jabs at bdk. Nothing big follow, but shit can’t you believe how epic it would of been if rakim and bdk went at it?!
@soul assasin thanks for the info. You are right
it would have been epic. Now that you mention
it I remember Freddie Fox taking some shots.
Pat is definately either white, a hipster, or an Eminem stan. I mean, I think Em is the best rapper alive in the mainstream but is he better than Rakim, the father of this shit?! That’s heavily debatable.
DAMN… Rapradar. Salute for the trip through memory lane… I grew up on the GOD eMcee. I remember when “I Know You Got Soul” dropped. It was non-stop on the radio all spring and summer. they remade it several times too. One was called ” I drink Ol Gold”. Cabn’t remember the others.
When I was in Junior HS.. we used to argue over who would eat who. Kane or Rakim lol. Kane was at his prime and so was Rakim. Kane was more smooth and for the ladies while Rakimg was straight street. Rakim would of murked kane in my opinion but it would have been a good battle.
@Soul_Assassin
Was that “21 MCs ate up at the same time” line a Rakim one? Cuz Em said a line just like that on the song “Im Back” so I guess thats where he got the idea from.
I take 7 seven kids from Columbine stand ’em all in line, add a AK-47, a Revolver, a Nine. A Mac-11 and it oughta solve the problem of mine and that’s a whole school of bullies shot up all at one time
Ohhhh, man at least now I see the influence. Thats some crazy shit, both lines. Em and Rakim need to do a song together. Rakim was on the 8mile soundtrack. I thought that was a hint
If you make a top list of MCs and don’t include Rakim go hang ya self.
@Word
Yeah the 21 MC’s verse was from Eric B. & Rakim “My melody” off the paid in full album. The source ranked it #1 when they did there 100 greatest Lyrics back in 03 or 04 don’t rememer. Em praise Rakim and other hip hop legends when he received a grammy. Em could of done a song with Rakim, cause Rakim sign to aftermath in the early oo’s. Only three songs he ever recorded under aftermath, damm shame…