I wished this younger generation could hear how this sounded in a system.

DMC of Run of DMC said when heard Rakim he knew their rap career was over.

Between 86-88 rap was unreal!!!!

when he did the 7emcees scheme  rakim is the king of taking bars from songs and words from songs and turn them to othe songs   remember in follow the leader  he said " a fortified freestyle  lyrics to fury third eye make em shine like jewelry"  He has a long called Lyrics to fury   he did it again with the 7 emcees line   if you heard I aint no joke  thats why he said  " so when you see me come up freeze  or youll be one of  those 7 emcees    see if you heard m melody first you would know hat he is tlaking about in i aint no joke. he also said follow the leader in  I know you got soul   and he has a song called Follow the leader.  The man  was before his time

A good car song. It flows well with the ride :)

Thank you for doing this reaction!!! Before this was officially released my brother in law who lived in Minneapolis (they didn't live too far from them) came down with family for a visit. He brought a tape recording of this in the original version-It was different from this one. Blew. My. Mind!!!! This one and Eric B for President was on it. Couldn't get enough!!! They shifted the game!!!

Thus song STILL gives ke goosebumps like the first time i heard it in 87.

There's  was nothing  like this.  He changed  everything.   ALL THE GREATS ARE BRANCHES  FROM THE RAKIM  TREE OF HIP HOP.

Mannn...
I was a teenager during this monumental era. In my room on the turntables forever.
Soooo blessed to have witnessed all of this. Soooooo many legends.

Lil J, Rakim walked on that beat in Nurse shoes

This album version is actually a remix. The original 12" came out in 1986 and the beat was different.

Bro. You are listening to arguably and many opinions the G.O.A.T. MC. Definitely on the Mt.Rushmore of MC's

Easy does it do it easy.  That became the hook on a famous Easy E song.

My favorite song by them

Trech from naughty by nature said when he heard rakim he threw the rhymes he was writing in the trash. See the statement.

Rakim is the greatest MC and lyricist ever cant change my mind

I was 12yrs old when I first heard this song i was blown completely away i couldn't comprehend all of the sounds cutting and scratching deep voiced rappin the bass coming out my speakers it was so pleasantly overwhelming an overload musical sensory .....by the end i was completely addicted to HIP-HOP and haven't been able to get the monkey off my back since!

You got to listen to these ol'skool jams in your ride. In the words of LL, on the Boomin System

God Mc

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