#HotTake...how Rakim a GOAT but go damn near two decades with NOBODY checking for him??

[bigbadbossup2012]

because this is offensive.

plenty of people have elevated emceeing & lyricism before rakim even stepped on the scene.

and busy bee was more of a party-rap/crowd controller type of guy. he wasn't what you would call a serious mc back in his day.





and on the flip, nas has sounded stiff for well over a decade now. but I'm not gonna say nas has been surpassed by anybody that debuted in that timeframe, even if they style over his beats.

you can say that illmatic & "paid in full" are equals, but after that rakim still has his 2 follow-ups. nas doesn't even have any other consensus classics.





lol.

I remember this.

IWW is better than ANY rakim album aside from Paid in full

 

[Still Benefited]

You've been slightly brainwashed my brother.
I struggle to understand why you'd PROBABLY listen to rakim overall.
rakim is a fairly tale nikka,Ice is that real shyt.

II could of used someone like too short. But too short is sooooo much better ,that's a given.

I can never be brainwashed,its just the same reason you just mentioned.

Ice T's "noteworthy" songs I would take over Rakims noteworthy songs,but Ice T's non noteworthy songs are weaker than Rakims to me.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

the only two hip hop acts that dropped in 87' that still release music are P.E and Krs-One, the FACT you are discussing Ra's greatness is in itself testimony.

Too Short and Ice T still put out records

 

[mobbinfms]

I can never be brainwashed,its just the same reason you just mentioned.

Ice T's "noteworthy" songs I would take over Rakims noteworthy songs,but Ice T's non noteworthy songs are weaker than Rakims to me.

Just begs the question of what is a "noteworthy" record to @bigbadbossup2012 since he thinks Rakim didn't have five of them per album. But he always backs down when challenged so...

 

[mobbinfms]

Too Short and Ice T still put out records

Short didn't drop nationwide until 89. Had no idea Ice T dropped an album in the last decade.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Just begs the question of what is a "noteworthy" record to @bigbadbossup2012 since he thinks Rakim didn't have five of them per album. But he always backs down when challenged so...

i brought that up because of rakim's supposed goatness and supposed classic albums
on a sidenote: ross > rakim

 

[JayBaldacci]

i brought that up because of rakim's supposed goatness and supposed classic albums
on a sidenote: ross > rakim

Ross? you're just saying random rappers now.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Discographies
Too short > rakim
ross > rakim
Lil wayne > rakim
Ice cube > rakim
Mc Hammer
Let's get it started,please hammer dont hurt em,2 legit 2 quit > rakim's 3 best albums

Diddy
No way out ,forever,press play > rakim's 3 best albums
nelly
Country grammar,nellyville,suit > rakim's 3 best
nikkas living off 80's music

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

Ross? you're just saying random rappers now.

Ross has a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better catalog than rakim

 

[JayBaldacci]

Ross has a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better catalog than rakim

Ha... not with those synthy trap beats. Ross doesnt have one song as good as in the ghetto.

 

[SirBiatch]

Ross has a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better catalog than rakim

You're high.

This is definitely the woat post you've made.

 

[The Guru]

He elevated the art to a new level. Your favorite rapper probably did not.

 

[JayBaldacci]

Discographies
Too short > rakim
ross > rakim
Lil wayne > rakim
Ice cube > rakim
Mc Hammer
Let's get it started,please hammer dont hurt em,2 legit 2 quit > rakim's 3 best albums

Diddy
No way out ,forever,press play > rakim's 3 best albums
nelly
Country grammar,nellyville,suit > rakim's 3 best
nikkas living off 80's music

oh yeah, i forgot you were one of those anti NY legend trolls. waisting my time. lol
lol at mc hammer.

 

[bigbadbossup2012]

oh yeah, i forgot you were one of those anti NY legend trolls. waisting my time. lol
lol at mc hammer.

You don't see diddy on my list? He brought NY back

 

[mobbinfms]

i brought that up because of rakim's supposed goatness and supposed classic albums
on a sidenote: ross > rakim

Then people named the noteworthy songs and you dismissed them, so it begs the question of what's a noteworthy record to you. But you'll continue to duck.