Lord Jamar on Why Rakim Isn't Viewed the Same as Nas
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In before fucc vlad
Vlad wants to have sex with Nas it's obvious.
Question for the coli. Who Stan who more Trump with Obama or Vlad with Nas?
Notice the similarities
Question for the coli. Who Stan who more Trump with Obama or Vlad with Nas?
Notice the similarities
Lord JamR thought there was only three Rakim albums
yeah that had me trippin. i would expect that nonsense from vlad not the god lord jamar
Lord JamR thought there was only three Rakim albums
Yea was kinda shocked that Jamar knew so little about Ra's discography. He couldn't even name a Rakim album after Paid In Full.
JulesWinfield
TheBrehdrenMovement
A lot of people forget about Ra's solo work. It sounded like Lord Jamar was thinking about the albums with Eric B. and he was only off by one (there were 4 instead of 3). And he's right that most of Rakim's praise comes from those 4 albums. His later work is amazing lyrically as well but gets slept on for whatever reason. Even The Seventh Seal had joints imo.
Piff Perkins
Veteran
Reminds me of when Lupe fukked up the Tribe lyrics and then was like "I wasn't even a fan of them as a kid"
Not gonna click the vid since I been on that "fukk Vlad" wave. Rakim gets plenty of props...but it's just a fact that hip hop was more popular in the 90s than the 80s, which has helped Pac/Big/Nas/Jay become what they are. You ask the average 30-40yo dude who's into hip hop who his favorite MCs are and he's going to name those four plus some others (Big Pun, Big L, etc). 90s dominates rap talk for that generation in the same way the 60s-70s dominate rock talk for baby boomers.
18th letter is a personal classic.
He couldn’t name a single off Life is Good either.
Rakim doesn't have nearly as many great songs as Nas. It's that simple. Lack of great production kept Rakim at a certain point.
Hip hop has always been a beat driven game. It's hilarious when people force lyricism and all that. If you don't have classic beats, no one cares.
Hip hop has always been a beat driven game. It's hilarious when people force lyricism and all that. If you don't have classic beats, no one cares.
I'm often amazed at the lack of knowledge a lot of rappers have about their peers music. It happens often. If they weren't directly involved, they usually only know so much about other artist. Us as fans know everything because we really dissect the game.
Rakim made the mistake of taking time off right when Hip Hop was transitioning and gaining popularity with new fans...he legit missed a whole era in his absence and by the time he came out with an album in 97....kids in high school were like ...who?
Unfortunately I didn't realize Rakim's greatness until college but in high school in 97 he was before my time and was for a whole generation that grew up on Biggie Nas Snoop/Dre and Wu Tang
Rakim was really ahead of his time in the 80's with multysylabic style but missed the bridge of the new school of g-funk and boom bap era and then made no impact on the radio with any singles when he did come back so most people probably just looked at him as an old school 80's rapper in 97
Unfortunately I didn't realize Rakim's greatness until college but in high school in 97 he was before my time and was for a whole generation that grew up on Biggie Nas Snoop/Dre and Wu Tang
Rakim was really ahead of his time in the 80's with multysylabic style but missed the bridge of the new school of g-funk and boom bap era and then made no impact on the radio with any singles when he did come back so most people probably just looked at him as an old school 80's rapper in 97
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