Music & Me

Just downloaded Rakim's Album


Bought Rakims albums off iTunes the other day and had a good listen. And as much I appreciate the metamorphosis of hip hop today, I have this to say - its not what it used to be. Call me a chip-off-the-old-block, but if you grew up like I did and saw the transition happen, you wouldn't blame me.

I guess I just miss the days when it wasn't about the newest acquisition of a Maybach, or much less, tearing the roof off, no dis-respect to the Otis duo(Jay-z & Kanye), but back then it was all pure. Just good music. Free of all the materialism and hoop-la that surrounds the genre today.

Rakim is one of those MC's you listen to and can't help but listen and think. Its not just about bumping your head to a bouncing bity-ti-bop. Its intelligent rhyme schemes and poetry. One of my more recent favorite Rakim featuretts is "The Watcher" by Jay-Z also ft. Dr. Dre. Heres a listen if you care:

For those of you young hip-hop heads, heres an extract of Wiki:
William Michael Griffin Jr. (born January 28, 1968), known by his stage Rakim (or simply Ra), Rakim Allah, R.A.K.I.M., and The Master, is an American rapper. also known as the god-mc is one of the most skilled emcees of all time. Eric B. & Rakim's classic album Paid in Full was named the greatest hip hop album of all time by MTV,^[5] while Rakim himself was ranked #4 on MTV's list of the Greatest MCs of All Time.^[6] Steve Huey of Allmusic stated that "Rakim is near-universally acknowledged as one of the greatest MCs -- perhaps the greatest -- of all time within the hip-hop community."^[7] The editors of About.com ranked him #1 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time (1987–2007).^[8] Rakim began his career as the emcee of the rap duo Eric B. & Rakim.