Rakim Allah is back!!! If I seem a little bit too anxious it's because I am. I have been waiting for this CD since he released The Master a decade ago in 1999. Due to departure from Dr. Dre and Aftermath Records this release has been constantly pushed back. Let's see if this release was worth the wait from the Godfather of Hip Hop.
Lyrics
The man who first mastered the multisyllabic rhyme scheme is definetely back and showing some serious MC skills. Someone who I think is an underrated storyteller constantly shows you that he has mastered this skill as well. The track You and I displays the same ill imagery while rapping to the ladies, reminiscient The 18th Letter's Stay A While and the classic Mahogany. This CD features some lyrics that will definetely be repeated amongst hip hop circles. With lines such as "Is he Moses or drugs? Either way it's a profit" and "Trying to rep the hardest//And make history so not even death can part us" Rakim proves that you can still mention his name amogst the greatest lyricist of all time.
Flow
For the majority of this CD Rakim still shows that he has that same ill flow he has always had. I'm not really sure if this is a good or bad thing because you can get easily bored with the same flow. When done beautifully he makes you hang on to every word as you imagine him putting together his words like a puzzle. On Message In The Song he proved that you can teach an old dog new tricks as he switches his flow on this song to one I have never heard from him before.
Beats You Can Bump To
As the production steps up to another notch so does his flow and lyrics. Tracks that this is evident on are:
How To Emcee
Holy Are You
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Still In Love
Fav Tracks
How to Emcee
Walk These Streets ft. Maino
Documentary of a Gangster
You and I
Holy Are You
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Message In The Song
Still In Love
Skip 'Em
Man Above
Psychic Love
Guest Appearances
Maino
Rating: Dont Waste Your Time, Download It, Cop It, or Classic
Cop It. Not a classic like The 18th Letter but definetely way better than The Master. An overall good disc by the GLOAT (greatest lyricist of all time).
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Lyrics
The man who first mastered the multisyllabic rhyme scheme is definetely back and showing some serious MC skills. Someone who I think is an underrated storyteller constantly shows you that he has mastered this skill as well. The track You and I displays the same ill imagery while rapping to the ladies, reminiscient The 18th Letter's Stay A While and the classic Mahogany. This CD features some lyrics that will definetely be repeated amongst hip hop circles. With lines such as "Is he Moses or drugs? Either way it's a profit" and "Trying to rep the hardest//And make history so not even death can part us" Rakim proves that you can still mention his name amogst the greatest lyricist of all time.
Flow
For the majority of this CD Rakim still shows that he has that same ill flow he has always had. I'm not really sure if this is a good or bad thing because you can get easily bored with the same flow. When done beautifully he makes you hang on to every word as you imagine him putting together his words like a puzzle. On Message In The Song he proved that you can teach an old dog new tricks as he switches his flow on this song to one I have never heard from him before.
Beats You Can Bump To
As the production steps up to another notch so does his flow and lyrics. Tracks that this is evident on are:
How To Emcee
Holy Are You
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Still In Love
Fav Tracks
How to Emcee
Walk These Streets ft. Maino
Documentary of a Gangster
You and I
Holy Are You
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Message In The Song
Still In Love
Skip 'Em
Man Above
Psychic Love
Guest Appearances
Maino
Rating: Dont Waste Your Time, Download It, Cop It, or Classic
Cop It. Not a classic like The 18th Letter but definetely way better than The Master. An overall good disc by the GLOAT (greatest lyricist of all time).
Back to muzikstacks.blogspot.com
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