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one of the best niggas to ever spit fie on the mic and big daddy kane.....this is kinda fuckedup no support for this nigga I see I guess this is what white people do when there black entertainment rappers are layed off thats why clips just dis ya matha fuckas on Mr me too and Tupac be fuckin wit yall white people on rhymes but yall ignore it lol niggas be nothin but shit to people but when they grow up and rap some tight shit then yall wanna be fans and support blk people do that shit to but yall cats do it the worst... the truth hurts

Shout out to the God M.C. That's a good look.

Reallist Talk, whaddup with light skin disses? What Pac song? Elab on it-

Reallist talk? Fuck is u talking bout? And I agree wit ra. Nyc has the best views in america.. The best sun sets and sun rises can be seen in the city and just looking at manhattan from brooklyn is inspiration in itself... I love tearing up the clutch on the palisades parkway at night and watching the city skyline

Peace 2 tha God!! Rakim... We still waiting on that platinum album.....Southside d.c.

I agree with Rakim. The NYC skyline is the best view to look at. It is the most known skyline in the world. Ain't nothing better. It is also the birthplace of Hip Hop, just in case people in this commercial hip hop world forgot..

It's da New New York!!

lol Realilist Talk is ken to ODB dudududdah!! ....R.I.P. :( (i'm sorry) mothaf*cka speak outa focus.

No bullshit you are what real hip-hop is all about.

Your album not dropping on aftermath is one of the biggest disservice ever done to the hip-hop community.

Any and all props that you get are well deserved and earned.

What is Realist talking about? Just so you know, the reason that Rakim hasn't gotten any shine or exposure in the last 5 years is because Dr. Dre only wanted him to release ganster shoot em' up shit while he was signed to Aftermath and Rakim wasn't on that.

Last I checked, Dre was and is a Black dude. AND Rolling Stone (a white owned and predominantly white read publication) has given Rakim much respect over the years.

AND I (arguably the biggest cracker on this thread) am a huge fan and supporter of Rakim. I was listening to his shit since I was like 6...and still do. Matter of fact I JUST broke some green up on the album jacket for his Rakim "the master" album (have you even heard of it?)...so fuck you.

The legend, the god, the triumph and glory.... the one all this next generation of hip hop fans should start their venture into our world by listening to...the r..the eighteenth... the best that ever did it

Any body ever listen to rakim song, Ghetto?
Fire!
he drops hard ass science on that shit!
that’s why most rappers use his formula of rhyming whether they know it or not!
conscious, revolutionary gangsta all in one!
also check out casualties of war!!!

big shout, god-mc. Still in ya corner duke.

The legend, the god, the triumph and glory.... the one all this next generation of hip hop fans should start their venture into our world by listening to...the r..the eighteenth... the best that ever did it

reallist talk:
WE NEED SOME PUNCTUATION.CANT FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

Rakim is the best MC ever point blank period end of story. Much respect to The R for inspiring many an MC such as myself. Thanks to him I know there is more to life than ice and stupid dances.

One of the best to do it. Glad to see your cool with the new school too, and not just talkn bout old school Hip-hop. keep the illness up. peace

I gotta agree with The god emcee Rakim. Especially at night....you could just clear your mind and get away for a lil while just looking at the view. At least thats how it was with me the last time I was there.

Respect to the God. One love

One of the best MC's to bless the mic. Period

fuck rakim that nigga is wack thats y dre dumped his ass.this is 06 not 88.if he was smart he would try to bring out younger new talent but i guess he's not.1 hunett

Whats really interesting is how no one has come to this blog with all that bullsh!t I
usually see on the other forums...I know why...You crackbabies dont really HAVE A CLUE about Rakim Allah save what you may see on ya'll little 106 and Joke shows...Now if this was about DFB or some other corny ass shiite ya'l be all up on here...Respect the Microphone Fiend kiddies..."After 12,I'm worse than Gremlin/Feed me Hip Hop and I start Trembling..." Fuck...Can it be...

Straight up man. This is the true God MC or at least one of them. Even though rap has "evolved", we'll always have this era of slang and swagger that will forever be in the hip hop history books. Big up to Brooklyn. 718 is the house, I know yall are! 1 baby

RAKIM, YO YOU THE BEST MUTHAFUCKIN EMCEE ALIVE, LOTS OF FOOLS BIT YA STYLE OVER THE YEARS IN THEIR OWN LIL WAY. ITS A DAMN SHAME DRE AINT GIVE U CREATIVE CONTROL OVER YA OWN PROJECT AND RELEASED A ALBUM. THANKS FOR BEING THE MAN YOU ARE AND NOT ALLOWIN ANY1 TO DECIDE WHAT YOU SHOULD BE PUTTIN OUT!(THATS ONE OF THE THINGS FUCKIN UP THE RAP GAME) THE LAST THING I COPPED FROM YOU WAS THE 18TH LETTER AND I STILL BANG THAT SHIT TODAY, MUCH RESPECT AND SUCCESS TO THE REALEST HIPHOP GOD EMCEE RAKIM!!!!!!!!!!! - LOKSTOKNBRL ORIG FROM HEMPSTEAD NY NOW LIVIN IN TAMPA FL 1

I can't wait until he comes out with a new mixtape. Him and Papoose. Well ... Papoose came out with a mixtape already, I mean Rakim Allah. I can't wait yo. I want to hear how Rakim Allah really sounds like. MLK 4 Nigga

T-Angel
Instigating
Mighty League

Happy Birthday Cocaine Shots!!

yo ra aka da god mc(da real one not jay-z no dis) ain't playin. u can b anywhere in da world but if u in NY u'll see mad shit. NY is like a livin breathin thing man, theres always action. and yo reallist talk or wutever u wanna call ur self don't put it on white people that ruin rap music. blame it on the lack of support from da fans. all them fans b buyin all those southern track and then ya'll b gettin heated that u ain't hearin any NY shit on da radio. i'm sayin tho y complain when u da reason 4 da problem.

Much love from Texas to the God MC. You gotta do some shows down here man, you got alot of fans down here.

The GOD mc. True that. How come positive rappers in hip-hop have to fall back while the new generation of bling-bling, bust you in the head with the "jammy", sell acres of coke get these deals. Imagine an age of Rakims, or Brand Nubians who touch on spiritual development for African-Americans. I guess record exec's wouldn't be able to pimp "positivity" artists into putting out more garbage. Now who's the P I M P again. One

This dude gave rap cats the real blueprint.Damn Ra Zimbabwe loves you!!Wish you could come to africa for a show.We'd show you more love than those brainwashed 106 park kids, er I mean G- Unit gangsters!

This dude gave rap cats the real blueprint.Damn Ra Zimbabwe loves you!!Wish you could come to africa for a show.We'd show you more love than those brainwashed 106 park kids, er I mean G- Unit gangsters!

Rakim, G.O.A.T.

Everyone disagrees with me, but still. There was everyone before him and everyone after. Good look.

Rakim is on some real talk rite there. Man NYC will always be #1

Ra is on point with that one, but one spot I miss is South street seaport. I'm in ATL now but nothing is equivilent to the "NEW YORK STATE of MIND".

All praises due Ra.

I definetly agree with u on the views of overlooking the city. You will loose focus on everything that is going on around you and zone into a total different outlook. I live upstate New York now and its alittle different they have mountains you can ride up to and overlook their city, very peaceful.

By the way, I can not wait until you drop that album that is long over due. Believe me when I tell u, you are missed by us old school hip-hop generation.

GOD Bless The GREATEST OF ALL TIME IN THIS RAP SHIT!!!!!!!

Greatest thing that ever happened to MC'in.....Your favorite MC's Favorite MC!

Ra you are what the game wants and Loves. Be smooth...ONE.

Nas was right white people like to mix in are culture and try to be down with the black people. Just like the black man making inventions white people took credit for that. Just like when Black people created the rock music...lol we let yall get away with that but now rap lol thats where yall should fall back and just listin to us in the suburbs don't try to be like us too lol. The biggist thing yall still wanna lie and take credit for is are ancesters in Kemet "egypt" which you seperated from africas map the same cats in the bible are the same people from great egypt and Jesus was black which really is Horus and god was Osiris which was barried in the temple called "THE TOMB OF THE VISITER" on the (KGB documentaries on DvD). Just like Isis Meri was considered givin birth when she was a virgin. fuck it ima post the facts up if yall dont wanna read in yall wanna be brain wash on religon go ahead. Lol U know what i bet if I was a rapper like Nas, Kawnye or Tupac which are the rappers who talk about this shit yallwhite people would listin up but if I was some broke nigga from the ghetto...na if all us black people was some broke niggas from the ghetto who didn't become entertainers like basketbal stars rappers singers we still would mean nothin but its impossibal because you can't hold the blackman back.

As a kid from Mobile, AL (no drawl and don't care for southern C'rap), I grew up listening to East Coast-based hip-hop from the UTFO's, K. Blow's, LL's, Run-DMC, Ultramagnetic MC, Mantronix... Am I getting your attention? But the person who was always the symbol of what hip-hop should be was always Rakim (Eric B along with that too)... He was the fork in the road that changed the path of hip-hop from bubble gum rap to full on lyrical sustenance. Those who disagree need a history lesson and need to be immersed into "Follow the Leader, Microphone Fiend" and other classics from Ra for about an hour and you'll hear Nas, Canibus, Talib, Common and other children his words gave birth too.
Now at age 35 (yes kids I'm old), I still listen to and love hip-hop even in some of it's lesser forms, but make no mistake about it, I still listen to the God, the legend, the champion of real hip-hop, Rakim Allah, on the regular.
By the way, I hated to get like this but whoopyaheadboy you're a biatch for dissing Rakim and god knows what the reallist is talking about.

..."it ain't where you're from it's where you're at"

The Best

Rakim is without a doubt one of the greatest MC's of all time and he's still got it. You had to be a major influence on the hip hop icons that people such as the late Notorious B.I.G. (rest in peace) or late Tupac Shakur (rest in peace), as well as MC's such as Jay-Z, Nas, D-Block, Little Brother, Common, Talib Kweli, etc. etc. Anyone that lived & breathed hip hop has some Rakim Allah in his or her collection. And yeah, I'm from the Chicago area, but even I'm contemplating a move to New York to help bring back that NY movement....ain't nothin' wrong with incorporating some of that Southern goodness, Western g-funk, the hypnotic island beats outta Jamaica, it's all gravy but damn yo New York does need to come back and I think it's on its way back.

This dude is silly. he really belives hes a god when hes just a shitting, breathing human. he's garbage becauseof that.

MOST CERTAINLY A LEGEND

The God M.C. mayn...for real, he one of the reasons i'd love to go to NY one day. He paints it when he spits just as vivid as any photo or painter could describe it. King of NYC right there.

Rakim you are what the game has been missing and IMO needs. The Struggle Continues!!!! One Love

Rakim is one of the best ever but I still have to give it to Jay, with Rakim at a very close 2nd. He was the best in his day and he's still better than every rapper out there...,with the exception of Jay. Jay doesn't write his rhymes..he does everything in his head (as seen on Fade to Black). They said Biggie did the same thing but we don't have any proof of that. Rakim is and always will be the God of this rap game but I think Jay took it a little farther. Dre didn't want Rakim spittiing that gang bang music because he doesn't have busta spitting that gang bang music.
One love to Jigga man....by the way....has anyone realized that Jay not saying nothing back to Cam has made Cam the laughing stock of the rap game? He even went as far as to send Beyonce text messages. Jay is showing how to really handle your business.
That new Jay Z commercial with Hewlett Packard is FIRE!!

Yh i agree, the white man has always oppressed out race, they still try to do it even today, white people need to start giving us the jobs, us the education that we deserve over most, there is a reason black students wont learn in school, becos the teachers are white, most of the teachers are white, and its disgusting, black man rise, white man stop trying to put them chains back on.
The government need to hire more black people, give young black men and women jobs, make this a priority, crackers dont know any struggle, any despare any hardship.

BLACK and PROUD.

This is what we all must overstand, the music industy makes money from a mass of people. If we choose not to accept or listen to this garbage that's in heavy rotation today then the music execs would have no choice than to give the people what we want. You also must overstand that we are(people of color, so called minorities) part of a 1,000 year plan. A well thought plan designed to forever keep us from elevating together. This is why the record execs. no longer supports the Rakims' or KRS 1s' in the Hip Hop community. They are afraid of being exposed and even more afraid of us (minorities) uniting and becoming the majority. We need Rakim Allah back in the game to elevate the masses as well as to show these non believers how it's DONE.

PEACE TO THE GODS

ROCANELL

da GOD! da greatest! You have been an influential part of the rap game and the hip hop culture as a whole. Without your music....how could I have looked so fly doin the wop????? PS whatever happened to Kwame from your microphone fiend video?? He was the cutest!!!!

He is THE TRUTH. No offense, but he is definitely the best MC of all time. Dre on some other shiet, but he'll get his just due. He's defintely still relevant.

MAD PROPS TO RAKIM BUT LET THE NEXT GENERATION RISE. IT'S TIME TO PASS THE TORCH. ALL OF THE GREATS HAVE TO RETIRE. YOU EVER WATCH THOSE HALL OF FAME PLAYERS PLAY THE BASKETBALL OR BASEBALL GAMES? SAME THING TO ME.

REALLIST I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE TO SAY THIS TO YOU. YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS. ALL WHITE PEOPLE ARE NOT CONNECTED AND THEY DO NOT ALL HAVE THE SAME EXACT OUTLOOKS/VIEWS OF LIFE AND HISTORY. SAME WITH ANY RACE. POOF (ENLIGHTMENT :)

ANYWAYS I THINK THAT IT'S OK FOR WHITE PEOPLE TO LIKE HIP-HOP/RAP. WHY NOT?

I THINK THAT YOUR SAYING THIS PRETTY MUCH, I'M GOING TO RE-COMPARISON WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE AND HIP HOP IN A DIFFERENT WAY/ IT'S LIKE YOUR SAYING THAT BLACK PEOPLE CAN'T WEAR NIKE BECAUSE A WHITE GUY CREATED IT?

AND THE SCORE IS:

WHITE PEOPLE -5000

BLACK PEOPLE- 2

EVERYTIME YOU USE THE WORD NIGGA ADD ANOTHER POINT FOR THE WHITE MAN.

I GUESS Y'ALL HAVE TO CALL EACH OTHER NIGGA TO REMIND YOURSELVES THAT YOUR INFERIOR.

hate it when you only hear one said of the story...

truth of the matter is egos bumped heads....dre, being a control freak that he is, as well as a perfectionist, was directing rakim whut to do, and was directing whut dj premier whut to do and they wasn't with that because they were legends of their own right and should need to be told this or that....

dre probably DID tell rakim he needed to be more "street", but i don't thnik he meant it in a gangsta kind of way, but similar to how nas is...rakim on the other hand, did WANT to rap that street shit, because he done shit like "know the ledge" and "the ghetto" before and he wanted to do something different...

plain and simple it was artistic differences...HOWEVER, busta submitted to dre and did EVERYTHING dre direction him to do and he's coming off whut most say is his best album ever....

and maybe rakim, as great as he is, NEED someone to give him direction...because i PRAY this upcoming album isn't going to be like his LAST album, which, BTW, featured premo on several tracks...."the master" was pure GARBAGE!!!

this dude old as hell, he might have respect on the streets but will never ever sell platinum. real talk

it WAS the best skyline till the gottdamn towers got knocked down, well hell if the TALIBAN ain't did it, the SOUTH would have eventually.

YOUNG JEEZY= REAL KING OF N.Y.C

HA HA

INFINITE respect goes to this man for not giving into the Aftermath/Interscope pressure and switching up his style. Artistic intergrity still exists b!tch. I'm a huge fan or Dre but I'd rather have Rakim spitting how Rakim wants to spit (even if I have to wait half a decade) than buy an album knowing that what I'm listening to isn't the true reflection of the artist. Good luck with Raw! Peace

Last comment: KEEP THIS IN MIND - I'm not fueling a GOAT debate...

Rakim will ALWAYS be the greatest ever, regardless of who comes before or after him, just like Jordan will always be the greatest. 15 Years from now people will be saying James is greatest ever when they really just FORGOT how good Mike really was. Hip-Hop's about to be reminded how sick The God MC really is (keep in mind some of us never forgot). Keep 'Em Eager to Listen. One.

i truly enjoy the reallist talk's excellent grammar and punctuation. ignorant retarded dipshit fuckwad? certainly not. rather, i would imagine a truly enlightened individual capable of abstract thought and reason. what, there are naysaying ninnies out there? i suggest pulling your heads out of your respective asses and playing records instead of race cards.

If ya'll must, god with a little g. Rakim ain't savin' me from eternal damnation. Shout outs to the foundation he's laid however.

Young Hova, I saw Fade to Black (it was amazing). But I DO NOT believe that Jay-Z comes up with all that ish' in his head. Well, what I mean is, the Fade To Black flick should not be considered proof that Jay-Z only comes up with his lyrics from the dome. It was a hour+ long film and it does not prove that his decade+ long career consists of lyrics that he came up with off the top....although that would explain why he uses so many other MC's lyrics in his shit....just kidding.

The reason Rakim is the best is because, with him, you're looking at a guy that completely flipped the whole cadence of MC'ing at the time.

Before him, the flow of MC's was pretty stagnant or similar from one artist to the other. Yeah, some people flipped it a teeny'tiny bit here and there, but Rakim just came and flipped the typical rap cadence on its head. I mean, just look at the "sip the juice" single from the Juice flick, or "don't sweat the technique" and compare it to other shit coming out during their respective times.

Plus, have you all ever noticed that Rakim dosen't look stupid despite the fact that he's an older head? What I'm trying to say is, so many MC's are gimmickey and so as they get older they do soo much to look and act younger (LL Cool J) that it just looks stupid. Not Rakim though, he made a cameo on the Truth Hurts "addictive" joint with grey spots on his beard and shit....he did nothing to hide the fact that he is an Elder Hip-Hop head and (to me) shit like that makes him a timeless artist...he reminds me of these Jazz cats that can still crush their arts and remain cool despite being older than everyone in the room.

Bottom line, NYC views are breath taking and Rakim is and should be the most respected MC amongst true heads.

Yo...whatever happened to Peace???....P.E.A.C.E!(echo, echo echo)

a LITTLE knowledge + a BUNCH of prejudice = one STUPID ass mofo (Reallist Talk).

Seriously, you need to get an f'in clue, learn how to speak/type/talk properly, and stop thinking that you know everything about the world because you read a few books (which were OBVIOUSLY not even the right ones).

You got some major hate in your blood...and, personally, I feel REAL sorry for you...

YOUNGHOVA, YES YOU ARE YOUNG

RAKIM FIRST OF ALL NEVER DID GANG BANG MUSIC, THATS NOT HIS STYLE, SO THAT WASNT THE REASON FOR HIS DEPARTURE FROM DRE, IT WAS JUST SIMPLE CREATIVE DIFFERENCES. GO AND GET HIS PAST ALBUMS AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. FOR YOU TO SAY JAY COMES FIRST AND RAKIM SECOND, YOU ARE A YOUNG'N

Good god! If I read one more hateful, disrespectful, racist rant on this forum I'mma go ape shit on one of you stupid motherfuckers! I mean, I'm all for peaceful/respectful debate, but once you near sighted, illiterate fools start trying to act like people of African descent are the only ones that have suffered through poverty, hardships, and prejudice - THAT'S MY BOILING POINT! I'm in no way attempting to say that some f'ed up shit hasn't happened to black people throughout history, BUT that's not an excuse for the MADD POSTERS (you remember the MADD RAPPER, right?) on here to be spewing hatred and exagerrated 'woe-is-me' claims left and right. It looks like a lot of assumptions are being made, and I'm sure you all remember what your kindergarten teacher taught you about making assumptions...(dumbasses!).

GET A GRIP...GET A LIFE...AND GET A FUCKIN' EDUCATION!

TO ALL THOSE WHO THINK THAT RAKIM ONLY LEFT AFTERMATH FOR "CREATIVE DIFFERENCES" AND NOT FOR THE FACT THAT DR. DRE WANTED HIM TO GET MORE STREET:

YOU ARE WRONG!

HERE IS THE PROOF, STR8 FROM THE GODS MOUTH: (PEEP THE INTERVIEW)

XXL:

Back when you were leaving Aftermath, you said in some interviews that Dre wanted to go in one direction and you wanted to go in another. What exactly did you mean by that?

Rakim:

The artist that I am is the artist I want to remain. My integrity and my pride for my craft, hip-hop and the hood is something that I don’t want to play with. Dre, I respect him. He’s a smart cat, man. He knows what’s in the mainstream. But at the same time, picking the guns back up and talking about a lot of the dirt that I’ve been around and seen, I don’t think that’s a smart move for me right now. I respect the people that I been around. I respect the neighborhood too much. I don’t want to play myself short with that. The things that I’ve seen and the people that I’ve been around is real people. I respect them, and I’m not going to do nothing to put them out there.

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Boom....and this is only ONE interview, there are a ton of others out there where he says the same shit....so read before you speak please.

Yeah, yeah, I know...he HAS spit on some street tale shit "know the ledge" and so forth....but he does NOT advocate it like AFTERMATH artist do....hence the term "know the ledge" aka "don't FALL into that bullshit"....

I'm done here...

I don't have an illusion about what I say here making a difference, but it's fun just to say shit sometimes. To that cat realist talk, I don't know how much farther from the truth you could be. And honestly, this is why I hate on Nas a little bit, despite him being an excellent rapper, because he disseminates alot of stuff that I think is against the best interest of Hip-hop. For instance on "I Can" Nas's first two verses are great and then his third one is a schitzophrenic history lesson that links events that happened almost 2000 years apart and try to pass it off as fact. First, no honkies ever tried to to trace their ancestry to the Egyptians. I'm dying to know where you got that one. And as far as insisting that the Egyptians were black (which has been WELL established now that it wasn't the case) WHY THE SHIT WOULD YOU WANT THEM TO BE? THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL SLAVE OWNERS!! Most scientists look back at the pyramids not as marvels of human civilization but monuments to the bottomless cruelity and frivolity of humanity. Plus Nas will say some shit about 'it's a lie that we came from apes'. Thanks Nas but there are plenty of Republicans out there waging war on science, the last thing they need is your help. As far as whites not being on the ground floor of hip hop you need to study your art son. Watch Style Wars and tell me how many white graff artists are on that. How it was ever in the interest of hip hop to make it a race identity thing boggles my mind. BET does more damage to blacks in America as far as purpetuating stereotypes and bolstering extremely negative roll models than anything honkeys due. If you were really concerned with the plight of black people, you would see Hip Hop as a form of outreach to the suburban community to help change the vicious cycle of inner city life. Y'all made rap republican and now it shits on black people just as much as whites do.

RAKIM YOU THE GREATEST ! ! !

btw -- reallist, ur a fuckin dummy. & you sound broke. WHAT

Listen Jay is 1 of da best if not da best but Jay nor BIG can store all those lyrics in there heads Maybe part of what they spit is in da head like all mc's but far as not writing anything down dats bullshit. Take it from someone who's been listening 2 hip hop since it started

what the fuck are you ranting about realist talk?dont diss white people you clown

so its official:reallist talk is on crack and needs rehabilitation.

im white and i dont listen to bullshit like g-unit i like old and new school, and shit outside of rap too.dont assume all white hip-hoppers are 13 year old wanna be gangstas pumping commercial crap.
and another thing,dont call white rap fans wiggers unless they are truly acting or trying to be black,something they are not. i am many of my friends are big fans of rap and we simply are not wiggers.i respect black people and every other race, because we are all people.

so realist, when you check out of the rehab clinic and learn to type a proper response, respect others and dont claim white people or anyone else is trying to infringe on anyone's culture,because anybody can enjoy everyone's contributions to entertainment.
peace.

all you old rappers trynna advance, it's all over now...take it like a man

WATS GOOD YALL...RAKIM IS 1 OF THE ILLEST MC's BUT DUDE GIVE CT SOME SHINE... I MET YOU A WHILE AGO @ SPORTS GEAR ON ATLANTIC STREET. LETS NOT BE A FAKE 1!!