discovering this for the first time. i’m turning 24 and i think with maturity and growth, i can finally listen to true hip hop music. That conscious shit !!!!

@judyabott6260

6w↑5

Only those who have a good taste of music are here

@synistralpsyche

6w↑2

Right here fam

@estellered

5w↑2

Still...massive tune

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@eob71

3y↑3.4K

This shit is art. This track was so ahead of it’s time. Eric B and Rakim were so insanely brilliant. We even knew it in 1988 y’all.

@treyblands7275

3y↑79

They truly changed hip-hop when this dropped

@treyblands7275

3y↑16

And I was born in the 90s lol

@jefferyrandall8030

3y↑36

Back then the debate between who was the best came down to two. Rakim or Big daddy Kane. I personally thought MOE Dee was just as good been back then. But after going back and listening to KRS ONE I’ve revised my top 4. 1. Rakim 2. MOE DEE 3. KRS ONE 4. Big daddy Kane.

@patrickjira7524

3y↑25

So ahead of its time, it’s scary

@nlgbbbblth

3y↑8

The best bit is when he says "THINKING OF A BASTARD PLAN"

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@RememberTheTime09

9w↑162

Vote Eric B & RAKIM into The RnR Hall of Fame 2024!

@cym634

8w↑3

Eric B for President 😂 They are above the RRHOF. That whole organization is a racket to squeeze artists for $20k/ticket, while using their attendance, performances, etc for the financial gain of the owner of the RRHOF. Last I heard, it was owned by the same guy who owns Rolling Stone magazine lol

No dope MC in hiphop needs an award for validation. Those who know already love them.

@bundy254

7w↑155

who's still bumping to this in 2024

@yatiinkauroo3185

7w↑3

@nfbody

7w↑3

Here too

@user-xk2xs6jv4z

6w↑1

Yurrrr🎉

@harry2019

6w↑1

Every day brother

@haxio17

5w↑1

Gen x

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@lifftedhigh9216

4y↑8.1K

Pls tell me someone still listening to this masterpiece in 2020?!?!

@jimlos7669

4y↑71

Off course the g.o.d. it it should be on your permanent playlist in your head like me 1

@LA-sz7we

4y↑26

Yeaaaah

@TheGuitar5150

4y↑37

Takes me back to my younger days

@mar15115

4y↑33

Its a classic

@albiewhaanga6242

4y↑20

Hell yeah!!!

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@drakefeet2_

5y↑1.9K

1986: This is a good song
2019: This is a good song
2074: This is a good song

@getupstairstobed

5y↑12

What about 1919?

@ghettoasfuckxp

5y↑25

its created in 1987

@lawrencerose256

5y↑27

2080: It's an okay song.
Also 2080: Civilization collapses.

@sharris3624

5y↑1

@@getupstairstobed 😂😂

@GOD-fc4cr

@@ghettoasfuckxp 🤣🤣👌

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@EstrelladelCaribe

10w↑41

When Will Smith first recorded "Summertime" his producer said his voice pitch was too high and his delivery too fast. He asked Will to rap using his Rakim impression. Summertime became a classic after that. Will thanked Rakim many years later for his influence.

@ghostlover951

10w↑1

Will and Rakim never cruse in their records, or use the N word... find me an artist who can rap like today

@danielwilson9724

10w↑1

@@ghostlover951Gza and Method Man ( Med started doing it some years back but Gza has had the ability to since day 1) there's a few others too

@ghostlover951

10w

@@danielwilson9724 you serious? I never noticed that.. ima get that out... thanks for that info

@mrb-dot6025

Summertime was a hit the millisecond after the music was chosen

@user-nt5mt2ln1t

32w↑29

Rakim the greatest lyricist rapper of all time!

@GROOMGROOM.

32w↑1

@OMEGAxWARRIOR

5y↑4.9K

Paid In Full feels like the opening credits to the golden age of Hip Hop

@brainsilver3638

4y↑219

that's because it was

@420speedweed

4y↑53

that along with Ice T and Eazy E

@dominicciusa5025

4y↑16

OJ’s Bloody Glove great comment...

@Mannyr-bu7qv

4y↑16

Facts man just plain facts

@mrvapor4791

4y↑8

word

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@rbleaks818

4y↑1.6K

The album that inspired the Wu-Tang Clan, The Notorious BIG, Tupac, Nas, Kool G Rap, Eminem, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar

Greatness inspires greatness

@alejandroserrano4693

3y↑60

2pac even made a song about it

@slowyne1on1

3y↑13

Well said, One of my favorite tunes

@funkeewho384

3y↑33

Kool G Rap? As far as I know they are from the same era in even Kool G Rap did a 12" single in 1986, before this masterpiece came out

@fridaygang1321

3y↑22

I wonder what inspired Eric B. & Rakim to make this one album?

@alicemillage4856

3y↑6

This inspired some Japanese EDM artist from 90s-2000s too.

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@jenniferhizzy6591

37w↑18

Rakim is the greatest ever.

@dillonlawrence5777

34w↑69

Born 91 south Bronx where hip-hop was started at and still listen to this in 2023 the real hip-hop, not genocide and degrading our people hip-hop 🔥🔥

@peterd4827

26w↑6

Born 91 in Las Vegas, NV and I brush my teeth to this!

@BenzinbrowncrryysLer3000

3w↑2

This culture is lost now a day

@paoloteves8589

5y↑2.4K

GF: He's probably thinking about other women
Me: Thinkin of a master plan

@ALGtheMC

5y↑11

Purple Haze 😂

@emilio9628

5y↑6

Purple Haze 🤙🏽

@aaronverico1396

5y↑1

📚📝📊📈💵🏡🏰⛲🌄🌇🌆🗻🌃🙌🙏👌💯

@donnahickman9350

🤣🤣🤣

@DonTheking

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@ucheodunzeh6243

1y↑862

One of the greatest hiphop tracks of all time

@soulboy6941

1y↑6

Eric B & Rakim hated the Coldcut mix ... silly.

@Feledwards

1y↑9

Not sure which is better, Paid In Full or Follow The Leader.

@evettehaywood

48w↑1

@UCHE ODUNZEH" ABSOLUTELY "

@oza8578

40w

Absolutely!

@timothyblack1979

34w

Probably is

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@marekbydzovsky9734

13w↑7

Rakim was Pioneer of hip hop

@asmitty1979

33w↑15

When hip hop was good

@Musicienne-DAB1995

33w

Totally agree.

@oscarwarren9709

2y↑1.7K

My dad loved this song. He used to bump this all the time when i was young. Lost him two weeks ago. RIP Oscar Raymond Warren Jr....❤️

@b3n3d1ct10n

2y↑33

Your Dad had superb taste! Sorry for your loss Oscar.

@newyorkbasshunter3552

2y↑13

Soory for your lost he sure knew what was good music god bless his soul

@juanitamartinezpineros9625

2y↑11

Hes smiling from the sky ! Stay strong !

@techychef

2y↑12

Condolences, sounds like a great guy.

@paulcallister9564

2y↑6

Your dad was Oscar Warren Jr and you Sr? How tf does that happen

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@TNGURL08

6y↑2.8K

No cussing....
No use of Nigga...
Nice bars...
Nice beat...
Authentic.

@RapFanatic4ever

6y↑26

Destined4Greatness exactly

@littlehair5060

6y↑69

Obvioisly this is the origins of hip hop..

@suiken3149

6y↑44

He started cussing in his later songs though.

@Clownie_Smiles

6y↑23

nigga

@jameshenson4785

6y↑32

Destined4Greatness .He obviously had the Masterplan..ruined by today's junk .Eric B and Rakim paved the road but it got destroyed from there to today. Oldskool best School

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@intello8953

34w↑107

Paid in Full is literally in my top 10 greatest Hip Hop tracks of all time 👍🏾😁

@Musicienne-DAB1995

33w↑5

My Melody is the greatest hip hop track, in my opinion.

@timothyblack1979

24w

It is a moment

@dirtypokesouthsideofh-town552

8w↑1

@@Musicienne-DAB1995THAT JOINT ROCKED HARD!!! 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿✌🏿

@michaeldrumm3711

Smooth

@xp8969

2w↑2

Rakim is a god MC but we all know that, what doesn't get talked about enough in HipHop history though is how revolutionary Eric B was in terms of mixing and production, he was never the flashiest DJ in a purely technical sense but his ear for picking and mixing samples and his sense of timing and rhythm and pacing were all incredible, and nobody was making beats as diverse as B was back then, people always talk about Paul's Boutique as being a revolutionary album (and it was and still is) but without Eric B doin it first then the Beastie Boys would have never been inspired to make Paul's Boutique

@latinainthecity9648

3y↑386

This is a work of art, the rap equivalent of bohemian rhapsody

@slavinbalen9757

3y↑10

excellent point

@sharonisaac445

2y↑8

Absolutely 💯

@jefflim5443

2y↑5

Agreed.

@craigsmith6416

2y↑2

RIGHT ON!

@8darkknight472

4y↑2.7K

The way people look at you when you pull up blasting actual Hip Hop music is priceless

@faisalabdi775

4y↑128

Word is born. From newark n i blasted this today n everybody froze when i came to a light.

@patriciacooper1308

4y↑144

Yep when I'm at the red light in my little 83 Toyota Dolphin RV with my Dingo dog named Dog, and I'm over 60, just about dancing in seat. I love seeing the reaction from youngsters. My dog Dog loves hip hop too.

@lokivato

4y↑67

@@patriciacooper1308 your dog sounds like a G

@CodenameJameslee

4y↑65

We get it.
Old good

New bad.

@patriciacooper1308

4y↑33

@@CodenameJameslee I like both 😎❤️

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@dj-fedorich

6w↑13

No joke - out of job for months, trying to lift up a business, whistling and nodding my head to this, when I need a fresh air.
As longs as I have tunes like this in my life - there is no way those would steer me wrong.
Rakim - thanks for capturing those moments in such a masterpiece. Still touching souls of many us, I am certain.

@digitalkamran1

35w↑37

One of the greatest tracks ever made.

@BLACKTALKTODAY

23w↑1

Is the greatest

@readinzession1308

11w

LETS LAUGH, I PLAYED THIS SONG, MY GRANDDAUGHTER ASK ME WHY WE AS OLDER FOLKZ USING HER GENERATION BEATS.....I LOOKED, LAUGHED AND SAID YALL UNGREATFULL KIDS ARE WELCOME NOW GO DO YA REAL HOMEWORK

@jjthoughts9920

5y↑1.2K

The Paid in Full Album should be in the library of congress

@seancoonery2559

5y↑4

Yep

@donniesdonuts9095

5y↑31

It is

@q-bert6454

5y↑3

That’s funny

@derek0452

5y↑2

😃

@sheddinator

5y↑14

illmatic definitely should

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@rexphillips-dibb1823

5y↑566

Rakim is honestly the greatest of all time.

@tupacgoat9348

5y↑18

Nah pac is

@marimartell3498

5y↑11

Yes, I agree.

@divitor8413

5y↑15

Without eric b, rakim wouldnt have these beats.

@fadiechek2536

5y↑37

That goes to nasty NAS

@draeco7433

5y↑34

Nasty Nas

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@090nj2

35w↑6

This king brought flow to rap

Legend❤

@zanedietlin7645

9y↑3.1K

Everyone talking about how great R is, but how about that BEAT

@AS-ub2mf

9y↑85

+Zane Dietlin eric b all daaaay

@CaptainBuggyTheClown

9y↑50

+Zane Dietlin actually they were talking about how great Eric be.

@germxv

9y↑53

+Zane Dietlin listen, rakim allah is the greatest that ever touched the mic. point blank.

@MrBlaq

9y↑22

+Zane Dietlin "Ashley's Roachclip" by The Soul Searchers

@therealflamelit

8y↑27

+Zane Dietlin one of the most epic & recognized hip hop beatz eva!!!

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@creativemungai

5y↑571

This gem was released exactly 32 years ago.July 7 , 1987. 🎼🎶🎵🎶🎵🎼🎶🎵🎶.

@Tienatra

5y↑9

Damn that's when I was born may 7 1987 in I'm 32

@joemartin1253

5y↑3

Joseph Mungai I was a freshman in high school.

@matthewbrinkman8807

Dang I was 4 months old .to think I'm rocking it still my brother

@scarlettskies100

5y↑1

I remember that very clearly.....done some dancing to this track

@real.j1

5y↑2

That's the day my uncle was born exactly

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@Ridikuluzt

34w↑37

One of the greatest hip hop tracks of all-time!

@RSOutdoors_74

34w↑1

Absolutely

@anisejreige5724

8w↑46

Listening in 2024 🔥

@bladedcandle5876

1y↑819

I can tell you as a Palestinian New Yorker born in the 70’s in the streets of Queens, when I would hear Rakim I always felt proud and this song will always be legendary! Hearing the Arab rhythms, the belly dancers that always reminded me of my Pops and the energy of the city deeply embedded in this 👊🏾💛

@xrated2k3

1y↑43

Your daddy was a belly dancer ?

@buntastic7756

1y↑62

the arab rhythyms is Im Nin'Alu by Ofra Haza, a yemenite jew from israel

@agioni99

1y↑24

@Bladed Candle
Not to mention Rakim was and IS a proud Muslim.

@lewis72

1y↑14

All of the samples, including Im Nin'Alu by Ofra Haza, were added by British duo Coldcut.

@_AceGems

1y↑20

@agioni99 lmao he's not Muslim. Rakim is a 5 percenter.

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@tishaharrison7117

2y↑2.2K

We just paid off our mortgage and I been pumping this song repeatedly feels great

@keamokoofdasun

2y↑64

Paid in full sure! Congrats!

@LuisRamirez-ln3cj

2y↑32

Congrats!

@josie4065

2y↑17

Legend.

@bw4500

2y↑12

Yo congrats Tisha !

@J_cobra

2y↑17

Good energy for you and your family for now on!

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@borood1188

35w↑3

Stream of consciousness rap. The man is a rap genius.

@madennok1406

36w↑9

the song was my enlightenment❤50 years of hip hop!

@maji___

8y↑106

holy crap this version is even better than the album one (they're still both good)

@zahirali7959

Eshq coldcit cold cut remix is the king

@zahirali7959

Eshq 7 minutes of madness

@zahirali7959

Eshq how'd you find it? 😏

@maji___

8y↑2

+#336600 Ol' Dirty Bastard Viesky™ blasted it on the speakers its amazing

@zahirali7959

8y↑2

Eshq told ya :D

Glad you like it

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@OmarGarcia-sl1sg

3y↑536

how the hell did rakim have this level of visuals and rhyme before everyone

@jasonwade9160

3y↑13

Good question. Might be somthing on that in the art of hip hop documentary by ice t.

@OmarGarcia-sl1sg

3y↑37

@@jasonwade9160 honestly rakim can body most rappers today

@edwinsandoval4146

3y↑20

The GOD for a reason.

@hjibakkkihjibakkki6408

3y↑2

very the era

@capocapo8538

3y↑5

He was signed .simple

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@lauracorcoran3183

13w↑25

I’ll never forget hearing this for the time blaring from my sister’s room. When she would leave, I’d sneak in her room to play the record over and over. The meld of that woman singing, the conga drums, the hard beat, the random samples, their rhyme…it is a journey into sound.

@Joegoog2321

37w↑19

This album changed hip hop forever, the greatest lyricist of all-time EASILY

@calvinfolan1736

36w↑5

Nobody even comes close to Rakim. This album turned the culture on its ear with its impact still felt to this very moment. The GOD MC indeed. He earned that title. 👑

@ohfrankieboi

8y↑1.3K

happiness is seeing the comments and knowing that there's still true hip hop fan alive xD !

@ohfrankieboi

8y↑13

Fans*

@nicolaenechita500

8y↑5

wanna know about true hip hop

@M0n3ySt34L3rs

8y↑4

sadness is seeing the support on this shitty song and seeing what age does to people

@adnank5064

8y↑2

LMAO @ a bunch of white people talking about "true hip hip" stay in your own lane snowflakes

@toolhuman

8y↑2

You're an idiot.

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@k-_-camp4372

2y↑831

It’s 2022, who still listening to this masterpiece????
You’re a legend

@felixdoylehammond2497

2y↑5

I know I know, you too x

@philgriffiths5514

2y↑8

Thinkin of a master plan

@khalidksour7933

2y↑2

Yooo

@johndoes7739

2y↑1

we are all legends!

@mehmetaktas5529

2y↑1

Legends

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@90s_Deep-Records_

35w↑17

One of the greatest HIP HOP CLASSICS

@hseebold

22w↑27

The best duo that ever did it…
They were way beyond their time.

@renegadetherapper

4y↑671

Please understand.... The sampling, the disc spinning, the carefully-crafted lyrics and simplistic subliminal messages in the video... This is real hip hop. And we might not ever get it again 🥺

@michaelhatcher5264

4y↑8

Exactly right sister

@JasdeepSinghBindra

3y↑11

We are on our way to get something evolutionary, thanks to legends like rakim to inspire a whole generation

@soiledhalo2296

3y↑4

Let's feel blessed that we were there when it blew up. It sucks to see where hip-hop/rap is going.

@furtuna28

3y↑13

sampling from Ofra Haza im in alu. song

@ferchocomando5429

3y↑3

@@furtuna28 just came back to listening to that.. her voice was beautiful and eric b did a great job on getting those special vocals of hers and put it into this track. all of that makes it a masterpiece.

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@christophershaw127

3y↑619

Brings me tears to hear this again after so many years, such beauty, authenticity, love.

@moududahmed2757

3y↑25

Rakim revolutionized music.

@jakaden5

3y↑4

This that European remix. I think he was the first to do a remix

@kensley94

2y↑4

Then you gta imagen how i feel, this was and still is my jam

@yolaeddie9830

2y↑1

Early 90's

@MaySun74

2y↑4

@@yolaeddie9830 , late 80’s. I remember because I couldn’t go to the house party my neighbor was having…

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@chroniclesofharmony8174

35w↑9

This beat is an all time classic…. Ageless & Timeless .. Thank You Brother🙌🏿🥂🍾🤩‼️

@JacksonJk-sc4rj

2w↑1

Andy park used to spin eric n rakim in '88 ❤😂

@j1saysum706

6y↑3K

Trust. Me. This style gonna come back. Sooner than you think.

@Merit16

6y↑165

We can only hope 👍

@vancebattersby4354

6y↑28

Eminem is Coming

@stanmarsh912

6y↑17

I was just thinking something similar today.

@ricksanchez2967

6y↑24

Em's gonna bring it back.

@sunscream8502

6y↑4

Let's hope

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@soniamed

4y↑925

At 48 years old I can still rap this song word for word 😌 I’ll never forget it

@MrDonny27

4y↑4

No way

@badddd

4y↑23

Just wait til that dementia hits 😂

@jdm6613

4y↑4

@@badddd LOL

@coachcampy6503

4y↑13

im 48 and I can also. rakim grew up a couple of miles from me in wyndanch NY. I tried sampling this song in high school as a senior in 89. lotta good rappers from Long Island back in the day.

@helmandtigers

4y↑21

56 and it’s still as fresh today as when we played it the boozer on the juke

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@user-mb7vd3ky3i

34w↑48

Still a kickass classic. "This is a journey" plays into my head 24 years later without thought or warning

@paisleyprincess7996

24w↑1

36 years…Man

@hectorrios7383

33w↑3

This is a masterpiece paid in full fish my favorite dish 🎶🎙🎵🕺💯🎤🎤💪💪

@wickpascal4964

4y↑62

Never heard anything better in Rap, and don't forget I'm 79 and white!

@elenaarman-tang7811

3y↑2

Daaaamn pops, you are cool 😎 BTW I'm 55 and used to dance to this in the clubs 😄

@mclogg2463

3y↑1

Dope

@OnlyOriginalSongs

3y↑1

becouse rakim is god of mc best of all time

@wickpascal4964

@Loa neither plus nor minus, just a fact

@JRPRNYC

4y↑285

I grew up listening to Rakim he's one of the best rap lyricist to ever pick up the 🎤

@albertrucker5102

4y↑5

Yes he is one of a kind MC rapper

@oscarreyesjr841

3y↑2

Yep... cause he's a Microphone Fiend! 🎤🎶♥️

@lembk

3y↑1

The best to ever do it

@andrewcool4587

3y↑1

Em might place just under him.

@DPRyan-vd5pp

3y↑1

He holds the mic like a grudge! 😉

@josephcanales-pb3ip

24w↑7

RAKIM was one of the best rappers ever. He took hip hop to a whole different level in the mid to late 80's. The PAID IN FULL album in 86 was fire. No one did it like him back then. Definitely in my top 5 of greatest rappers ever.

@josephcanales-pb3ip

22w

To me there are 3 songs that changed HipHop at the time of their release. One is "The Message" It's like a jungle sometimes it makes me wonder how I keep from going under. Then came "Sucker MC" by Run DMC. You didn't hear rap like that at that time. Then finally came "Dead President s" by Eric B and Rakim. Those 3 songs took rap to another level. In my opinion those are probably the most influencal rap hits of all time. Changed the game after that. If you disagree, let me know what you think is more influencal.

@mellsrod4820

18w

Is STILL one of the greatest …

@kimberlydiaz81

36w↑14

I’m 25yrs old & I’ve been listening to back in the day music , i like it more than the new music . 😌

@chrismog286

35w↑2

The GOAT 🐐 MC rakim!!!🔥🔥🔥👍

@shaun1364

7y↑798

This man's flow was ahead of it's time

@coldwar1977

6y↑33

he makes it look like there's no effort at all to it. true master!

@sincerelysincere6122

6y↑15

His whole being was ahead of its time it's like no one can really compare except Nas....Eric b mix was dope af

@kellydukes8080

6y↑1

No maybe you late

@dmbassa

6y↑6

Far ahead. Eric was waaay beyond his era.

@sbeast1216

6y↑1

BDK was the only one better

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@robertopavon8168

1y↑413

OVER 30 YEARS OLD AND STILL A SUPERMASTERPIECE!!!!

@motorradundfahrrad725

41w↑2

1987 🗿

@Dev_Lenny226

40w↑2

1987 🗿

@timothyblack1979

24w

Yeah that's the truth

@JeffBezos-pb1zv

15w↑1

The intro is goosebumps all time!

@msbosslady1712

13w

I was 19

@nicolerosen6857

15w↑2

Only Eric B and Rakim would sample Ofrah Haza. Rakim is the best MC ever.

@adriansmith6928

It begins and ends with Eric B and Rakim

@robertdamico6434

5y↑951

This is what scared the government about HipHop , this realness.

@goonzsquad1

5y↑6

Hahahahahhahaha

@amypieterse3706

5y↑9

and then they knocked off biggie and tupac and replaced them with p diddy. god, save us all from this mess..... they flipped hip hop for product placement.......

@Isa-qh3ue

5y↑25

They hijacked it made ppl think they’re all thugs sadly rappers nowadays only cAre about materialistic shit they forget the struggle that produced hip hop it got ppl off the streets

@Deputydawne

Preach

@Isa-qh3ue

5y↑7

Listen to 2 rappers from England they rap about corrupt governments etc they’re called , Akala and lowkey two of the best rappers let me tell you

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@tr377723

3y↑376

This was beyond hip hop. It moved the culture of hip hop into a different space... Paid And Full raised the bar of how in sync an Emcee and a DJ could be on a record... Eric B & Rakim set the tone for hip hop to move to the next level within main stream music .. The visuals with the lyrics, it was all so ground breaking.

@thebrownfilmshow

2y↑3

I agree. Check out Rakim's Lyric Breakdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg3xcZnzbCw

@johnnytorino9455

2y↑4

Well said.

@macvsogjunkie8035

2y↑1

@@johnnytorino9455 g

@roberttange805

nah rakim and eric singlehandded destroyd rap music.
electronic sytnhi only, no sampling. bad lyrics like a 1st. grader mean muggin , glorify gangbanging.
theese major label selling donkeys are artist lmao .they just sold u racist uneducated crap

@dsgg5714

guys, if you love real hip hop, please watch on Youtube a short story of former music executive Krayzie Bone, who speak about a special meeting, that happened in year 1991 in LA, which changed the entire hip hop music industry, you can find this on YT: "Krayzie bones exposes the secret meeting that destroyed our generation"

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@sgt_bane7686

33w↑2

CLASSIC 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

@davidfromboulder

39w↑5

Obviously this is also the reason I love hip hop. It's run DMC. Krs one. And Eric b rakim. I know every word of every song. Keep peace!

@xxxxbigrich5752

3y↑449

Rakim is definitely the greatest hip hop artist of all time! It's a damn shame so many young kids don't watch any of his video he was way ahead of his time. Before Rakim everybody was yes yes ya'll after him Rhyme patterns became the norm. Salute to the GOD

@provethioaltum3276

2y↑12

One of the best to do it Ever

@provethioaltum3276

2y↑4

@yabghus I got some Jordan's Yesterday I feel happy cuz I'm the only one on my city with them 😎

@2jcward

2y↑9

I don’t know about the best, but he definitely started the era of hip hop telling the stories from the hood, which never went away and probably won’t. Most people forget, the world was introduced to rap by Rappers Delight.

@TheLastOutlaw289

2y↑4

No he is not...don't be silly... thats like saying the guy who invented candles is greater than Tesla...sure both inventions were excellent for their time but even now rap/hip-hop artists are in general better than artists back then....dont be silly

@davisindustries47

@@provethioaltum3276 Are we even supposed to care? What do jordans have anything to do with this. Is it cause Michael Jordan is black and Rakim is black. Is it cause those two raided Fort Knox and Area 51. Is it because they were gang bangers? Why do you pick on people like this? Does it make you happy? Im just kidding man...

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@Liam-lz1ms

7y↑172

one of the most iconic songs and albums in hip hop

@soundgardener4940

6y↑4

In MUSIC (and I'm a rock / metal head)

@thebrownfilmshow

Agreed! Check out Rakim's Lyric Breakdown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg3xcZnzbCw

@jessieclark5608

10w↑12

Rakim is the God sent to make sense for his brothers before him, no names our individual need to be named 70&80&90& late 90's

@CK-dd7eq

10w↑5

Still rocking in 24 🇮🇪

@TheBillaro

7y↑61

1987? wayyyyy ahead of its time. GENIUS.

@staciejones662

7y↑1

OH YEAH

@filpoeudes

Stacie Jones Eric B and Rakim take no credit for this remix.

@marcjohn9404

6y↑1

Yeah, this is Cut Chemist's remix, but they're still ahead of their time. This album is fuckin' timeless though, if you get the expanded edition it comes with this remix and others.

@TheBillaro

5y↑1

@@marcjohn9404 cheers. didn't know that!! GREAT remix then.... what samples....

@RuckRuRaggie

8y↑890

Zero autotune. Zero bullshit... Pump up the volume on my own, cause nobody else is trying to hear this. But I am...

@1995yuda

7y↑14

Me too, though

@whitekong7869

7y↑11

Jerissa Martinez This song still sounds good.

@TheTokan123

7y↑13

Jerissa Martinez oh you special little snowflake

@RuckRuRaggie

7y↑21

Grow up??? Special little snowflake??? I can't believe you are saying these things. I didn't post anything offensive. I don't get it. I was only saying how much I like this song, and to get negative responses. Wow...

@gregzeman1270

7y↑14

Dudes like Tony and Louis pick one-sided fights online to cope with their inadequacy and failure to connect with other humans. Shed a tear for their families and carry on.

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@solangeguyon7444

This still kicks decades later.

@joshyd1164

7y↑703

Shout out all my young g's that listen to real hip hop 💪🏾

@murdaflowzugk3097

6y↑2

joshy d, I'm 15 chur

@jeremiah7607

6y↑1

yooozaaa chur

@lickitypitz4798

6y↑5

I’m 11

@jackgallagher4850

6y↑2

@michielvanderlinde8671

6y↑6

joshy d I'm 2

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@elenaarman-tang7811

1y↑1.3K

This song could be released right now in 2023 and would still be a hit record 🎯

@ericbarrone4130

1y↑57

No it really couldn't be. The whole reason I came across this is cause I'm tired of the PC Now BS and went back in time to this good kinda tunes again. It'd be blasphemy to make now. In which way I dunno but I know it would be picked apart to death if made now

@sketcharmstrong8491

1y↑42

@@ericbarrone4130 ok Billy O'Reilly

@robinking1648

1y↑16

@@sketcharmstrong8491 😂

@nostalgiaof98

1y↑4

@@ericbarrone4130 word

@ThaMentalGod2003

nah it wouldnt, cuz these sorry ass kids nowadays.. bro 💀they dont even know what real music is💀all they listen to is pop, rock and that new autotune fucked rainbow rap shit (which i dont even wanna call rap, i dont even wanna call it music at all 😂id rather call it shit. just SHIT bruh) its sad ngl but yo 😎at least me n u found our ways to the realeness 😎we chillin bruh, peace, stay positive, stay questionin

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@tomasjonsson7141

11w↑5

This beat goes hard 🙀🙀🙀

@adamh6059

10w↑2

Rakim changed hiphop music in his time and gave it different sounds and flows
he's definetly one of rhe goat

@hawkzulu5671

7y↑13

1 of the greatest tracks Hip-Hop ever produced...a fkin master-piece.

@edimujic5651

9y↑3.9K

lol fun fact: both Eminem and Tupac consider Rakim the best MC ever. So when these kids come and do these comments it is just for laughs. Poor little kids. Know nothing but what they are fed by the mainstream media.

@Mike-mu3fs

9y↑97

Amen to that😂😂😂

@edimujic5651

9y↑43

Terrell James

hehe u know pac well

@edimujic5651

9y↑26

TheGuy0verTh3r3

Are u refering to me there? Comment about mainstream for attention? What te fuck are you talking about, besides putting 2 different eras into the same basket. Previous mainstream you cant compare to todays mainstream in any scenario. People used to have radios, tvs and tapes only back then.Their stuff barely reached anyone. Now every bullshit can be spread instantly over the internet and other media. You are just some random hater/naysayer. Go back to the cave where you came from stupid.

@alirocksize

9y↑65

lol rakim also thinks eminem is one of the best to spit on the mic, anything else you want to say?

@danieldevito6380

9y↑42

Fun Fact...2 Pac said he would destroy Rakim

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@MorfBeeX

11w↑4

Epic classic! Timeless masterpiece!

@LeeLand-SqueeTis

11w↑2

Full on genius. Beyond cool.

@chewsmba

11w↑5

This is still a vibe

@dopenerd

2y↑310

Back in '87 when I was 15 I had never heard anything like this in Hip Hop, especially this mix. One of the greatest Hip Hop classics of all time.

@brentjames2425

2y↑3

14 priceless era 1987 real music people

@roberttange805

and it was shit and abonded. for a reason , its a major label selling donkey production . electronic synthi crap .

@brentjames2425

9 13 22

@leeTECHNOman

Agree🤸🤸🤸🎯

@dsgg5714

1y↑3

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@joshuaclarkAdopolusRULEZ

6y↑86

Jay Z came out with a new album.
Ice Cube came out with some dope tracks.
Eminem came out with a new album.
Wu-Tang came out with a new album.
Dr. Dre's still making music.
We need you Rakim

@BojackDaAlien

6y↑2

he is working on something since 2016 he said he needs the real playaz, hope we get cole kendrick eminem and more

@chanimarie6753

6y↑3

Rakim bows down to Allah not the son of perdition. Not all money is good money and it's sad because Rakim was the best to ever do it.

@dapartyat

old school !

@nasir9402

We need nas!

@afiomai69

11w↑3

True talent. No profanity with a hint of sexy but not overt... Classic style & message. Paid In Full!

@shin-nippon2410

7w↑2

We can listen to incredible technique by Rakim and fantastic sound by Eric B. here. Thank you from Japan for uploading this Hip-Hop.

@fookinluvinit4041

5y↑431

1987 as a young teen listening to this on my Sony Walkman.

@jackal8607

5y↑9

You were a teen in the 80s? Lucky as fuck. It was late 80s but still.

@marimartell3498

5y↑4

Me too! On my way to school in queens.

@calvinwalkerwalker5698

Sigh....on leave fm rm school to join first ship......damn.....

@klauswenner4871

5y↑1

@@calvinwalkerwalker5698 Check CHABO ma Region in YouTube,,,and give me your mean pleace,,,Listen!

@arthurwashington5881

5y↑2

2019 blastin it on YouTube✊🏽✊🏽

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@pac-ice-tan806

4y↑349

No bad/inappropriate words
No drugs promotion
Real rap, flow, beat
And ending with word "Peace"
Real artist

@PopssJr

4y↑8

Doesn't make him a real artist, gate keeper wanna be elitist douchebag lol FOH.

@andresserrano7229

3y↑1

@@PopssJr what?

@antarikshuprade

3y↑19

Ever heard of NWA or Eminem, using inappropriate language doesn't mean talentless. You just a kid!

@zackzallie8735

3y↑2

"No drugs promotion"
lol Dr. Dre had an album called The Chronic.

@pac-ice-tan806

3y↑5

@@antarikshuprade Listen, go to google and type top 10 greatest MCs of all time, I'm sure you'll see The Name Rakim on the top, you don't know this guy cuz you don't know the history of hip hop, you're just a Kid
Ask Eminem who he used to listen as a kid, ask him who's the greatest rapper of all time, I'm sure he'll say Rakim, and if you think inappropriate words ain't a problem, then listen to Six Nine's songs with you mom on the big screen you idioto

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@celined8836

29w↑1

THIS VIDEO DOES SOMETHING TO ME !

@davidpereida2189

32w↑1

Z-Ro Mo City Don is so legendary because of Eric B and Rakim. I love this track!

@alex-ku6ey

8y↑272

these guys were musical geniuses

@maji___

8y↑17

You should read up on the controversy surrounding the album, turns out rakim and large pro produced most of the album and eric b was the businessman, still gamechanging records tho

@soundgardener4940

6y↑2

This is veritably The Golden Path, right here.

@lith1156

6y↑1

this is the Coldcut remix (a UK group) and Eric B was just a frontman/businessman...Rakim actually made a lot of the beats along with Marley Marl, Large Professor and others

@tvoyunderdog

4y↑100

Best rapper in the world. Rakim legend

@keel2151

4y↑2

You got that right the best no doubt

@banquetroom

4y↑2

I agree. Big Daddy Kane, Nas and Big Pun are very close seconds.

@44long33

Hands down, the greatest

@user-gp5yh7eg4z

Shit im headed off to chuck d's timebomb from here...

@peteelvo4290

12w↑6

Mad respect to the OGs of hip hop.

@dionnelouis2510

10w↑3

Rakim one of the besT!!
💋

@iammrberserker6068

2y↑378

even to this day , i dont think anyone reliases how much of a groundbreaking record this was...it was on some levels others couldnt reach only copy...pure genius, the start of an amazing journey for all of us

@RapFanatic4ever

2y↑9

Yep you can’t mention Hip Hop and not this record

@youruncleted

to hip hop, sure, but the most groundbreaking album of all time is debut black sabbath, it literally molded music for the next 50 years. you still can't possibly learn guitar without learning riffs, and the pioneer and god of riffing is tony iommi, no doubt.

@nematoad

1y↑8

@@youruncleted clearly we’re talking about hiphop..

@youruncleted

@@nematoad sorry yo no hablo monkey

@jakesnake8372

1y↑1

Samples, Tight rhyming schemes, Scratches and a baseline that is out of this world. In regards to the comment mentioning the Black Sabbath album - Much Props to that album but lessons from this one song are felt not only by hip hop to this day, but along a myriad of other musical genres that cross sample and utilize ad libs the same way rakim uses the hypnotic phrase "Paid in full"

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@MrDezCTE

4y↑281

Hardcore rapper ✅
Beats fresh to death ✅
No cursing ✅

@scottlarock7924

4y↑11

Let your beats do the cursing.

@suziukanovic42

4y↑1

💯🙌

@dsgg5714

@deskby

10w↑3

This shit makes Me wanna fuckin cry yo. 2:42 This is TRUE hip hop! What tha fuck is going on wit tha stuff that's out? Not all but A lot! Jus sayin. So blessed...so thankful I grew up with true Hip hop TrueNess! My lord! So grateful! If I didn't have this on my life...in my soul? ....I just dont know. Thank you!

@helmandtigers

15w↑2

I used to roll up
This is a hold up
Stop smiling
Anit nothing funny
Nothing move but the money 😎😎😎

@albertajohnson4378

7w↑1

but now I learned to earn, 'cause I'm rightous. I feel good so maybe I might just....

@helmandtigers

7w↑1

Search for a 9 to 5

@georgew.morrowiii118

2y↑372

I bought this album on vinyl when it was first out ... moved 13 times and it’s still in my music collection.

@thebrownfilmshow

Its in ours too! check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg3xcZnzbCw

@davidpouncy8471

2y↑5

That's what u do when u love something u take it everywhere u go it becomes part of u 🙏👊💯🎯

@jeremystark3350

2y↑6

I had an over 500 cd collection of all best 1990s underground and mainstream hip hop, rap, bass music and it was all stolen when I moved to Tallahassee in college back in early 2000s.

@georgew.morrowiii118

2y↑3

@@jeremystark3350 sorry to hear about that

@georgew.morrowiii118

@@davidpouncy8471 you are so right

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@Drmokat1

3y↑51

Ofra Haza's voice still gives me chills

@Lagerlederen

36w↑1

man im getting old .. Love this still

@tnayenga77

12w↑2

This hits hard with the 1st verse for me as ‘I’m thinking of a masterplan’🎶💯

@JustinMShaw

1y↑186

I've always loved how this song starts out by telling you what it is and ends by asking if it was good enough. It's a rarity to find a song so considerate of its audience.