Rakim

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Rakim (full name Rakim Allah), born on Long Island, New York is an African-American rapper. He is widely regarded as the greatest rapper (and top amongst the most influential rappers) in hip-hop history, as having revolutionized hip-hop lyricism with his complex flow, elaborate metaphors and rapid delivery. Together with Eric B, he released a number of classic albums between the years 1987 and 1992. He later released his solo debut album in 1997. To date his most successful album is ‘The 18th Letter’

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When I Be On The Mic
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Top Tracks

1	Guess Who's Back full track	373
2	Remember That full track	243
3	It's Been a Long Time full track	237
4	The Saga Begins full track	217
5	when i be on the mic	193
6	Stay A While full track	161
7	Show Me Love full track	158
8	When I B On Tha Mic	134
9	R.A.K.I.M. full track	131
10	New York (Ya Out There) full track	122
11	Outro full track	103
12	The 18th Letter (Always and Forever) full track	71
13	Guess Whos Back full track	70
14	Flow Forever full track	69
14	The Mystery (Who Is God?) full track	69

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jerkus wrote:
last week

nigga has a nice nose

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IIImatic wrote:
last week

Greatest rapper of all time.

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Aardvarked wrote:
last month

Rakim was never a mainstream artist and the mainstream has never ever been about complexity or meaningful lyrics.

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Ziencio wrote:
last month

IMO greatest MC of all time, no doubt.

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BigD85 wrote:
last month

@ antoniusplus: Agreed. It's sad, really. People these days wouldn't know decent rap if it slapped them in the face.

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Mazoor wrote:
last month

http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Nasir+Jones

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FionnDragon wrote:
last month

God MC :)

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antoniuspius wrote:
last month

It's always depressing that people these days hear the name Rakim and look clueless.

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SushiX wrote:
last month

@KingHeff youre right but...back then complexity and things with meaning is what the mainstream wanted to hear so yeah my mans got pushed..the industry now is being controlled by little kids and suburban dudes hooked on the dick of the music machine that is feeding bs.... All in all tho Rakim is and will always be hella dope, and if ALL consumer change their mindset on what they want to hear the whole game will change in a snap... but that wont happen anytime soon T__T

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STFUDonnie wrote:
last month

Lyrics of Fury is seriously his best. Fucking amazing.

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teflon_hearted wrote:
last month

rakim allah...

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KingHeff wrote:
August 2008

rakim is what hip hop needs right now... true lyricism not this shite everywhere... can anyone else even believe MC's like him were major mainstream artists at one point? and were praised by fans alike for their talents? now any cat that raps with complexity and dexterity like this is usually an underground artist... or at least is not widey represented and respected... that's the one thing about the hip hop game that drives me nuts... that skills were revered back in the day and now they're more or less secondary to cheesy ass hooks and garbage beats

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[deleted-user] wrote:
August 2008

"not until you've listen to Rakim on a rocky mountain top, have you heard hip hop" - Saul
Aardvarked wrote:
August 2008

seven birds make 'em swerve till their vision is blurred, turn cats that's suped from superb to nerds, just say the word; i'll leave your dna on the curb, stick my dick in your ear, and fuck what you heard

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chitownaussied wrote:
August 2008

dude rakim top 5 wish oh my god was released....

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Moth1 wrote:
August 2008

greatest of all time. and kids these days listen to akon and usher and call it hip hop. yeah...

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CrossDL wrote:
August 2008

Greatest nose of all time.

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OmnipotentQFlow wrote:
August 2008

top 1! dead or alive

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rigoisphat wrote:
July 2008

yeah...what a legend 8-|

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Nestea-88 wrote:
July 2008

yeaa i feel Rakim is greatest of all time. As rapper is too perhaps, but his work overall is amazing no doubt

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