Mar 28, 2022I take seven emcees put 'em in a line
And add seven more brothers who think they can rhyme
Well, it'll take seven more before I go for mine
Now that's twenty-one emcees ate up at the same timeThis why he top 5 OP
NeonNigga23 ♻️Mar 28, 2022i don’t even really listen to rakim like that but yea he makes a strong case for top 5/10. he’s somewhere in my top 15 though
Mar 28, 2022math fiftyniggas on here be unironically putting lil uzi vert and asap rocky in they top 5
but putting the man who made "paid in full" and influenced pretty much the entire genre is corny
fasho
Mar 28, 2022·1 replyFirst time I listened to Paid And Full and quickly realized this man's lyrics have been sampled so much
- Mar 28, 2022
He washed prime Jay so effortlessly he’s gotta be top 5.
- Mar 28, 2022Daveacee9
Because he was a head of his time, nobody in the 80s was spitting like RA back then
yep way ahead of his time as far as rhyming patterns
rap before him was very much nursery rhyme / simplistic
like "basketball is my favorite SPORT, I like the way they dribble up and down the COURT"
Rakim brought about complex, multisyllabic, and internal rhymes
- Mar 28, 2022dxz99
First time I listened to Paid And Full and quickly realized this man's lyrics have been sampled so much
my favorite rapper used to sing check, check out my melody
Mar 28, 2022Crazy how some of yall on a hip hop forum and disrepect Rakim, y'all corny
Mar 28, 2022Jay Z, Andre 3k, now Rakim. Why do you guys insist on doing this??
Mar 28, 2022you can still hear Rakim's rhyming style in some of the biggest rappers today lol. Drake, Kendrick, Cole, etc.
- Mar 28, 2022
Mar 28, 2022·1 replyHe's an amazing rapper and highly inflluential tf?
- Mar 28, 2022Audemar
He's an amazing rapper and highly inflluential tf?
- Mar 28, 2022math fifty
yall just be exposing yourselves every day on here
