Real Hip-Hop heads get TF in here

[TransJenner]

I've heard this talk about Rakim being the best rapper ever , seeing DMX mark the fukk out made me think ,

Put me in some Rakim and what's makes him so good

 

[HHR]

 

[TransJenner]

That flow

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

Rakim redefined what was lyricism is which pretty much created what we now know as the golden era(with boogie down productions)

Nobody rapped like Rakim before Rakim hit the scene but they all looked at what being lyrical meant after he came

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

He wrote this when he was 14................



First MC to actually make you listen to the lyrics above and beyond the beat through EXTENSIVE use of similes and metaphors to grab your attention and keep it.



EVERYBODY and their mother knew the lyrics to this song from beginning to end.......



'You tried to glaze me.' became part of our vernacular and still is to this day.​

 

[TEH]

First MC to actually make you listen to the lyrics above and beyond the beat through EXTENSIVE use of similes and metaphors to grab your attention and keep it.
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EVERYBODY and their mother knew the lyrics to this song from beginning to end.......
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