Rakim Nearly Dissed Big Daddy Kane

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What if? Backstage at Rock The Bells this past weekend, Rakim reveals to MTV that he almost licked a shot at Big Daddy Kane on “Let The Rhythm Hit Em.” He says he omitted the rhyme after speaking to Dark Gable over the phone. Ya don’t say.

It was a couple of bars in ‘Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em’ that I took out because I spoke to Kane. … But he could’ve been lying. You know how it is, baby! Nah, love is love. A lot of people wanted it to happen — it would have been crazy. But big up to Kane, he always kept me on my toes, and I hope vice versa. And another brother: [Kool] G Rap. Those were my measuring sticks that I measured myself with. Big up for helping me keep my sword sharp.

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  1. So Icy Boi! says:

    des old niggaz need to stop beefing!

  2. Midnite! says:

    Yo So Icy Boi!You need to be listening to these old cats and stop riding Guccis’ wackass!!!

  3. HORUS says:

    SHOUT OUT TO RAKIM THE GREAT !!! THE FIRST RAPPER TO BRING THIS GOD MC THINGS IN THE GAME!!!!

    BIIIIIIIIIIIITCH CAMELFACE HOVA IS JUST A SWAGGER JACKER!!!

    ★★★

    HORUS IS THE TRUTH✔

  4. So Icy Boi! says:

    @Midnite! why would i listen to some niggaz from da late 80/90’s ?? i cant relate to dat its 2010 but i respect da OG’s but dey time gone …u niggaz stuck in the past ….

  5. mac DIESEL says:

    THAT SHIT WOULDA BEEN EPIC!!!! TWO GREAT LYRICISTS GOIN’ AT IT!!!!

    @ so icy boi!

    NIGGA, WUT THE FUCK IS U DOIN’ HERE??? GET ON THAT GUCCI WACKA POST ASAP!!!! U OUT YA LEAGUE ON THIS POST FUCKBOY!!!! HA!!!! DAMN BAMA!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!

  6. amazinace says:

    LISTEN TO THE OLD HEADS SOMETIME AT LEAST YOU MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THE MUSIC YOU LOVE TODAY, WE KNOW ITS 2010

    IM NOT SAYIN’ THE MUSIC THESE DAYS ISN’T GOOD

    BUT TRY TO HEAR RAKIM, KANE, KRS-ONE, KOOL G RAP….OR EVEN BIGGIE AND REALLY LISTEN TO WHAT THEY SAYING YOU WILL BE ENTERTAINED

    DO YOUR HOMEWORK HIP-HOPERS

  7. So Icy Boi! says:

    @mac DIESEL it would of been a EPIC FAIL ..to old niggaz battling get ya NY niggaz hype? …

  8. eNox says:

    There’s a difference between respecting an artists work because you like it n because you are told to. Aint nobody stuck in the past, good music is good music. Great arguement though, its too old to relate to..lol

  9. Sarcasm says:

    “Those were measuring sticks (PAUSE) that I measured myself with (PAUSE). Big up for helping me keep my sword sharp (STOP).”

  10. He told this story in The Source over 6 years ago, around the time he was working on his Aftermath album (Oh My God).

  11. Midnite! says:

    The bottom line Icey Boy is that these old heads would wipe the floor with your new artists such as,Gucci,False wakest flacka, etc…These old cats are the meaning of M.C!!!You pop shit like these cats you defend are good….They really are the meaning of trash and make hip hop look stupid…………Keep riding the Wack wave!!!!I i would rather go back in time to hear real shit,not BULLSHIT!!!

  12. Slow Ur Roll, Know Ur Roll says:

    ^^^^
    #cosign story has been told too many times rapradar is LATE on the news but wit new footage

  13. jdot says:

    How hip-hop has digressed..

  14. mac DIESEL says:

    @ so icy boi

    HE’S NOT TALKIN’ ABOUT NOW U DUMB COUNTRY FUCK!!!! THE RECORD HE’S TALKIN’ ABOUT WAS DONE BACK IN THE LATE 80’S OR EARLY 90’S!!!! I TOLD U ALREADY THAT U CAN’T THINK WITHOUT A BRAIN STUPID!!!! GROW A FUCKIN’ BRAIN FIRST!!!! YA DUMB FUCKIN’ BAMA!!!! HA!!!!

    DON’T HATE ON MY OPINION!!!!!

  15. lsdfkdsllfj says:

    WOW @HORUS FINALLY SAID SOMETHING RIGHT…….

  16. So Icy Boi! says:

    @ Midnite! …Gucci is good nigga and i doubt des niggaz would win a battle in 2010 …how da fuk i mak hip-hop look stupid??? i dnt control music dumb azz nigga

  17. L4U says:

    I never use OMG but OMG!!! Who wins???!!!

  18. Luck says:

    Kane would have said some slick shit cause he had a smooth flow, but I think Ra would have crushed Kane if they took it there

  19. Chargers_87 says:

    This would of been an epic battle! It probably would been remembered as the battle of all battles.
    And being on the subject of mic battling, 2day rappers need 2 bring that sh!t back. Too many rappers have that mayweather mentality; think your the shit and don’t want 2 battle anybody!

  20. MR. 101 says:

    would have been legendary; but Kane’s punchlines might have given him the slight edge

  21. Android says:

    so icey boi STFU B. UR out of ur element. The 3 mentioned above shaped the hiphop sound we heard in th 90’s, nd early 2000(til the coons took over). U cant call urself a rap fan, make any type of claim, when u dnt even knw where ths shits been.(MARSHMALLOW STANS IM LOOKNG AT U TOO!!)

  22. So Icy Boi! says:

    @Android wtf is you talkin about nigga? …dippin in the koolaid and dnt know the flavor az nigga

  23. So Icy Boi! says:

    Eminem is da best rapper alive!

  24. So Icy Boi! says:

    ^ everytime u groupies get mad yall use my Screen name? wow u niggaz sad u can hav it if you want it?

  25. So Icy Boi! says:

    NY niggaz > the south

  26. Big Gee says:

    I agree with Mr. 101. Kane started the ill punchlines. But it would have been a great battle. Set it off, Rath of Kane, Raw – Classics.

  27. Big Gee says:

    I’m not a rapper and i can rap better than even Eminem. Dude voice is like a damn Nerd. Record sales doesn’t mean jack (Mr. Hammer, Vanilla Ice even Nelly) Lol!!

  28. Big Gee says:

    Just kidding…. Eminem is the best rapper ever!

  29. Crack yo girlz jawbone says:

    Did u niggas also hear the time the sugar hill gang was gonna diss grandmaster flash??? Ha

    I heard kool moe Dee was about to come out with a new mixtape this summer dissin everything that came out after 88′. lol ha

  30. Big Gee says:

    Lol @ Crack yo girls comments

  31. Crack yo girlz jawbone says:

    This is almost as epic as the Kriss Kross vs. ABC battle back in the day. Lol

  32. supppppppppp says:

    Well don’t expect no Ether type shit. Friendly ass, weak ass gay shit back in his time. would’ve bene corny

  33. Crack yo girlz jawbone says:

    “ABC… That’s another bad idea homie.. ”

    Damn y’all hear Ed o.g. And da bulldogs almost went in on arrested development. That shit woulda came hard!!!

    “Be a father to your child… “

  34. pissed says:

    that’s hard to say who would have took that one, as Rakim was just super nice with his technique but Kane rapped like he was always battling. Either way they’re both legends & even if you don’t wanna hear some “old heads” rap now, they should be respected.

  35. Chargers_87 says:

    @supppppppppp
    Is ovbious that you never listen 2 their shit. Listen 2 rakim’s paid in full album and joints like casualties of war and juice. And listen 2
    Kane’s long live the kane album as well. That shit is hadder than your current avarage hippop music.

  36. Crack yo girlz jawbone says:

    MC Lyte should come out and diss adina Howard for bein a freak all through the night to the early morning… Lol

  37. Crack yo girlz jawbone says:

    You can’t pop PAID in FULL in.. No one has a tape player. Ha.

    U still walking around with a “Walkman” nigga?

  38. Post no billz says:

    This story is old as hell.. I used to hear about this shit bout 10 years ago.. Rakim got at epmd somthin crazy back in da day..

  39. YEAH IT WOULD’VE BEEN EPIC BUT THINK WE HAD HOV VS NAS. HOV THE SMOOTH MC FROM BROOKLYN (BIG DADDY KANE ) N NAS( THE SECOND COMING OF RAKIM )!

  40. yaboyboyyunglooch says:

    crack girl….. you talk like one of my white bitches that i post up on the internet u faggot lol, u talk like a 21 year old blonde hair white bitch u think u funny go to comedy central web site you little ho. bdk and allah was legends and u wit your little funny comments nigga go boy urself u little street punk!!

  41. Belize says:

    That woulda been some interesting bit…

  42. I was going to dis the people that assumed Rakim was talking about battling Kane now, but the article really never made it clear that Rakim was talking about 20 years ago. You’d have to know that Follow The Leader was released in ’88. I will however say that a lyrical battle between these two Hip-Hop Gods even at their advanced age now would still be better than anything current;y out right now. If you don’t know about them, you don’t know about Hip-Hop. It’s like being an American History major and not knowing about George Washington & Thomas Jefferson. You’d be kicked right out.

  43. CantGetRight says:

    This really is old news. And not because RA has mentioned it before but because any real old school rap head should know that RA sneak dissed BDK on a couple records back in the day. I just dont know if BDK ever caught on to em tho.

  44. LUCIDMUSIC says:

    @ICEY BOI- There isn’t a lyricist (a real lyricist) that hasn’t stole or quoted at least one line from both of these cats. Fuck what year it is I’ve been listening to these cats for over half my life. You make hip hop look bad by having an opinion about it. GLEN BECK MAKES MORE SENSE THAN YOU. Now go google Glen Beck so you can undestand what I just said.

    P.S.- Don’t speak on Em mother fuckers like you give him a bad name

  45. LUCIDMUSIC says:

    @ANDROID-

    Dude Eminem is more hip hop than the majority of industry cats. He doesn’t run around with a bunch jewelry, put out albums talking about some shit he got from the fame, an club song he’s done has mocked club songs. You need to take a look back and check his material that didn’t get run into the ground by MTV and the radio.

  46. DunkDonDaDa says:

    Can anyone give me a reason besides $ why Eric b and rakim split

    thanks in advance

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