THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Phoenix Dark on March 05, 2007, 11:45:17 PM
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:bow
Rakim is one of the most influencial MCs of all time, if not the most. While Run DMC and other rap greats were definitely influencial, Rakim's influence can be seen in the very rapping style of most modern rappers today.
Rakim's use of metaphor and elaborate phrasing (in contrast to previous hip hop's relatively simple lyricism) was also extremely influential, with Pitchfork Media critic Jess Harvell writing in 2005 that "Rakim's innovation was applying a patina of intellectual detachment to rap's most sacred cause: talking shit about how you're a better rapper than everyone else. He was the supreme exponent of rapping-about-rapping." However beneath this surface of subject matter there frequently was some deeper metaphorical message.
I was a fiend before I became a teen
I melted microphone instead of cones of ice cream
Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated
It fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated
'Cause I grabbed the mic and try to say, " Yes y'all!"
They tried to take it, and say that I'm too small
Cool, 'Cause I don't get upset
I kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then I jet
Back to the lab ...without a mic to grab
So then I add all the rhymes I had
One after the other one, then I make another one
To dis the opposite then ask if the brother's done
I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine
But I don't need a cigarette, know what I mean?
Paid in Full (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCRnW9c2u0Q)
Perhaps one of the most iconic beats in hiphop
Microphone Fiend (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oracJP6kIWY)
I Ain't No Joke (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO2tCBteW7U)
Know the Ledge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9s6FpmB_Ic)
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People whiter than me aren't allowed to appreciate Rakim.
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It annoys me that Jay-Z and Nas are considered the kings of NY but in reality Rakim never fell off. He's still the man, and much better than Jay-Z.
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Its not hard to be better than Jay-Z. Rakim still sucks
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Goddamit scenester.
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Rap is a gateway drug! Take up firefighting!
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paid in full is good, havent heard much else...
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Its not hard to be better than Jay-Z. Rakim still sucks
Motherfucking distinguished mentally-challenged fellow :lol
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January 28, 1968
Born into this world as William Griffin The Great
Chapter 1, Wyndanch Long Island
Scientific rhymin' invented a new sound when he met with
Eric Barrier from East Sandhurst
The melody they created was the first
Burst on the scene, 1986 with Clap To This
'87 dropped a classic disc
The facts is the tracklist was like four
The vocals, the beats -- according to Marly Marl
Recorded in my hometown Queensbridge
That's why it's so relative
This biography was unauthorized
I spit it how it was given to author Nas
William changed his name at sixteen to Rakim Allah
'Cause Clarence 13X had New York on lock
Gods on every block, jams in every park
I remember hearin' Curtis Blow saying
"It can't get better than this"
'Til Run DMC blew my brains to bits
From leather coats to shell toes to the stan smiths, to Dapper Dan kicks
First million-dollar deal ever in rap, 18th Letter did that
From 41st & Broadway to Uni to MCA
We followed the leader to Harlem's Apollo Theatre
Supreme rapped and the 50 that don't rap
Forte Green, Queens, Long Island wolfpack
Paid In Full posse, hot they was on
And Ra had his firstborn
With the next line I'ma be easy
His wisdom's name is Fifi
EPMD put a record out, was dope
Tension spread, and I quote "Smack me and I smack you back"
Sounded like the answer to the I Ain't No Joke track
For a second it ain't look good
Little tension buzzin' from Wyndanch to Brentwood
Misunderstood, all forgot by sixteen when I met Freddy Foxx
Totin' burners, the whole coast's most concern was
How was Rakim's flow, made Christians convert with Islamic ways
Let The Rhythm Hit 'Em was the third LP
A sophisticated mean one, before similar voices were King Son
A few others, but sooner or later, the game was Ra's kingdom
At sixteen, son was watchin' him, mesmorized
Respect, not jockin' him, was so amazin', besides
He came on the stage with lasers in his eyes
Walk with me now
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Its not hard to be better than Jay-Z. Rakim still sucks
Why do you come into any threads involving rap and/or hip-hop? You've already let your hatred of the genre be well known.
Saying "Rakim sucks" caused my eyeballs to roll so far back in my head that now I can't see. Good thing I type by touch!
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Its not hard to be better than Jay-Z. Rakim still sucks
Why do you come into any threads involving rap and/or hip-hop? You've already let your hatred of the genre be well known.
Saying "Rakim sucks" caused my eyeballs to roll so far back in my head that now I can't see. Good thing I type by touch!
He doesn't hate the genre, he just has horrible taste. Keith Kool is good, but Rakim sucks? Pri-or-ities my nicca
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"Know the Ledge" and "Don't Sweat the Technique" are two of my all-time favorite rap songs.
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I was a fiend before I became a teen
I melted microphone instead of cones of ice cream
Music orientated so when hip-hop was originated
It fitted like pieces of puzzles, complicated
'Cause I grabbed the mic and try to say, " Yes y'all!"
They tried to take it, and say that I'm too small
Cool, 'Cause I don't get upset
I kick a hole in the speaker, pull the plug, then I jet
Back to the lab ...without a mic to grab
So then I add all the rhymes I had
One after the other one, then I make another one
To dis the opposite then ask if the brother's done
I get a craving like I fiend for nicotine
But I don't need a cigarette, know what I mean?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yqnt9DOYZuU :)
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just reading that gives me chills.
:bow the god Rakim :bow