Rakim
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Sep 11, 2026
N.O.R.E.HOST
Mm-hmm
Inspectah DeckGUEST
... like I said, Rakim.
N.O.R.E.HOST
Mm-hmm.
Inspectah DeckGUEST
Uh, uh, uh, uh, move, move, move the crowd.
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Inspectah DeckGUEST
Killa and Killa.
Inspectah DeckGUEST
Shout out to both of them, man.
Inspectah DeckGUEST
Masta Killa album coming out with Rakim-
DJ EFNHOST
Mm
Joe KwaczalaHOST
Allegedly, sometime in 1981, some kids, 13-year-old cousins Robert Diggs and Russell Jones, team up with a slightly older third cousin, Gary Grice, to form a little rap group called Force of the Imperial Master.
Joe KwaczalaHOST
Their MC names were Prince Rakim, The Specialist, and The Genius.
Joe KwaczalaHOST
We know them now, today, as RZA, ODB, and GZA, respectively.
Greg HellerGUEST
man fascinating 1980 fascinating
ScottHOST
You know, you had your public enemy, your KRS-One.
ScottHOST
And, you know, and again, old school stuff that we've talked about in the past, Eric being Rakim, stuff like that.
ScottHOST
And when these guys came around, both Tribe and De La Soul, I mean, they were both part of a collective that they formed.
ScottHOST
And I can't remember what it was called, but they were running in the same circles and sort of like a little group.
Hi-CGUEST
listen the wind was blowing I
B-RealHOST
gotta for this hip hop shit there's so many different lanes for things like that to exist like you have your conscious lane where you know Rakim KRS-One, Public Enemy, and all those guys that created that lane existed, right? Then you got the party lane, like you know, which was Kid N Play and guys like that, Big Daddy Kane, but who could wrap his ass off.
B-RealHOST
Absolutely.
B-RealHOST
The party lane.
Leron ThomasGUEST
Ooh.
Leron ThomasGUEST
Now, who would we give Miles to? Rakim, I think,
Don WillHOST
man.
Leron ThomasGUEST
Just that phrasing, man.
Steve KimGUEST
So, Danny, a couple songs that just missed the cut that I still think can be played.
Steve KimGUEST
Number one, Ain't No Joke by Rakim.
Steve KimGUEST
One of the greatest songs ever.
Steve KimGUEST
Oh,
RoshaniHOST
he had like two or three.
ScarHOST
It's very Rakim-ish, but that nigga is spitting.
RoshaniHOST
Yes, it is very Rakim-ish.
RoshaniHOST
I have no complaints about it being there.
RoshaniHOST
It's just the fact that it's literally one above exactly.
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BrandonHOST
It says, nobody chopped up those.
BrandonHOST
It said, Milky D and Gizmo of Audio 2 were another act which didn't realize they'd almost buried their signature song in a B-side of a less promising track.
BrandonHOST
Make It Funky, the Honey Drippers 1973 track, impeached the president, provided one of the most ubiquitous drum beats of the 80s hip-hop, as heard on everything from MC Shan's The Bridge to Eric B. and Rakim's Eric B for President.
Tony YayoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Pretty dope.
Tony YayoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You gotta respect Nas, Rakim, 'cause they could still go overseas and make a million, half a million, quarter million.
Tony YayoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They could go make that.
Tony YayoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Jeru the Damaja, I done seen Jeru the Damaja overseas.
Tiana LockeHOST
No.
Bebe FlightGUEST
I seen one opinion that said Rakim isn't as great as an MC.
Bebe FlightGUEST
He deserves nothing type.
Bebe FlightGUEST
It was on threads.
Bebe FlightGUEST
Yeah.
Bebe FlightGUEST
It was like, LL Cool J, all these other people are better than him.
Bebe FlightGUEST
And I'm like, Rakim literally made...
Jessi StrangeHOST
yeah the foundation the foundation yeah 100 without him there'd be nobody
DulaGUEST
It just showed the significance of you having money.
Dominican JohnnyHOST
And that was the first instance of a rapper being backed up by some street niggas? Was that one of the first instances of it? I would say Rakim, because they paid him full posse and all them, the real 50 Cent and all them.
Dominican JohnnyHOST
Or, because Bam and all them were street niggas anyway.
Dominican JohnnyHOST
Zulu Nation was street gangsters anyway.
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