Is Rakim in your top 10 GOAT list?
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Playmaker88
G Money is Cash
OF FUCKING COURSE
I say yes
southsil4lil
We eat so many shrimp I got iodine poisoning
Rakim in my top 5
From 86-90 there was a wave of new MCs that came out with a single, then dropped another single and eventually dropped classic albums. From Biz to KRS to Eric B and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, Special Ed, Stetsasonic, EPMD, Heavy D, NWA.
If you remember what the landscape was like from 94-97, it was like that in the late 80s. So much talent coming from every region.
Anyway, Rakim was at the forefront. His first single came out the same summer as Run DMC's Raising Hell album. Run DMC's album was 5 mics and was the hottest album out, But Eric B Is President/My Melody changed the game.
Rakim was devastating in the same way that DMX came out in 98 and changed the landscape.
If you remember what the landscape was like from 94-97, it was like that in the late 80s. So much talent coming from every region.
Anyway, Rakim was at the forefront. His first single came out the same summer as Run DMC's Raising Hell album. Run DMC's album was 5 mics and was the hottest album out, But Eric B Is President/My Melody changed the game.
Rakim was devastating in the same way that DMX came out in 98 and changed the landscape.
No
Herbal Kint
The devil is in the details
No question
Dude is a top 10 GOAT, what 10 rappers better than The God MC
JJ Evans
Grimey Slums Of Chicago
My top 3 of Pac, X, and Jay are above Rakim and will probably never change for me, but the other 7 of my personal top 10 are debatable. Some of the guys outside of my top 10 could possibly be slotted higher than Rakim.
Scarface
Ice Cube
Eminem
LL Cool J
Nas
Rakim
Andre 3000
Should any of the following be ranked higher than Rakim?
Notorious BIG
GZA
Ludicrous
Jadakiss
Lil Wayne
Lol @ "Ludicrous"
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
The #1 spot.
Lou Cypher
The Tokin' White Guy
Yep. Even tho I dont care much for his solo stuff
JJ Evans
Grimey Slums Of Chicago
What you guys may or may not realize is that back in the 80s, Hip Hop was an underground thing. You didn't hear Rakim, Krs, Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick on the radio, unless you stayed ip late at night and listened to college radio.
But songs like Eric B Is President andI Know You Got Soul were the songs thst packed the dancefloor at parties. I mean everybody knew of Eric B and Rakim, Krs, Kane, etc. But it just wasn't played on the radio. And I'm talking before The Source, before Yo! MTV Raps and before Rap City.
There's really nothing to compare Eric B and Rakim to nowadays. I guess you could say Nas raps like Rakim, but Nas gets his videos played on mainstream media.
I mean, picture a whole genre of music that doesn't get any recognition in the media and then going to a party and hearing that genre of music all night and then going home knowing you'll never hear those songs mixed together until the next party.
Anyway, Eric B Is President and I Know You Got Soul were the songs that got the party started.
But songs like Eric B Is President andI Know You Got Soul were the songs thst packed the dancefloor at parties. I mean everybody knew of Eric B and Rakim, Krs, Kane, etc. But it just wasn't played on the radio. And I'm talking before The Source, before Yo! MTV Raps and before Rap City.
There's really nothing to compare Eric B and Rakim to nowadays. I guess you could say Nas raps like Rakim, but Nas gets his videos played on mainstream media.
I mean, picture a whole genre of music that doesn't get any recognition in the media and then going to a party and hearing that genre of music all night and then going home knowing you'll never hear those songs mixed together until the next party.
Anyway, Eric B Is President and I Know You Got Soul were the songs that got the party started.