The long-awaited album finally drops this fall, but here’s the first single off it. It’s. About. Time. Good lord this song goes in. SHAKE UPDATE: YES!! And I’d usually post the big artwork after the jump… but it’s fucking Rakim. Also, I’ve been asked to only stream. Sorry to those that missed the download link. I’m sure it’s around.
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first.
GO LISTEN TO SMOKE IN THE AIR BY CL SMOOOOOOOOOOTH
It’s been a long time, he shouldn’t have left us!
I’m a be bumping this for a minute. Hear those scratches? Cats don’t do it like Rakim.
For some reason I’m reminded of Bishop’s church style.
WOW
just wow
DOPE!
Dope!!!!!!!!!!!!! this made my day
very very lyrical…”i am the alpha and omega”..i don’t even know what that means but it sounds serious…lol
WHOA
Alpha and Omega = Beginning and the end. Step your vocab up homes. Let’s hope this is good, I’m excited.
^^lmao
but yea, he goes in.
bout time this drops
Aight WTF Shake and Mega! Someone has to have the download link still up, DO NOT CLOSE THAT FUCKING PAGE!
Meka* I apologise, link?
http://usershare.net/qeok3xde8epy
Your Welcome.
this made my day my week and my month, i’ve been waiting on this album for some damn long, it better come out.
i wanna see Rakim, Nas, and Jay Electronica collab. “PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE”
you’re welcome A&Rs
Glad i made it for the download link, shits crack.
I’ll believe it when I go to a store and see the cd on a shelf
That collaboration would be too good to be true, truthbetold.
Rakim and Nas, G.O.A.T.
Common comes close.
Thank be to God for Bryan. I almost fainted.
finally!!! one of the dopest albums this year can’t wait! thx for the post.
My god. Shivers down my spine.
glookin
wow dope beyond comment
I caught the link. FINALLY. I’m 21 and I gave it until I was 30 til this album would drop. He beat me by 9 years.
Nice, best I’ve heard from dude for a while, even over that last Just Blaze throwaway that leaked a year or so ago. Feeling this joint, the production is not dated, but its not contrived either just to fit. And since Rakim is pretty much the reason a lot of emcees flow the way they flow today it sounds very lyrically relevant with Ra doing what Ra does best, telling you how ill he is in the most creative of ways…..dope. 2009 has really impressed me, this takes it to another level
wow this shit is dope, thnks to the homie bryan for saving us from lookin all over the net lol
Did anybody elses heartrate accelerate during the third verse? What I have been missing; HIP HOP.
who produced this?
“Good lord this song goes in.”
^^^^ LMAO….
i think it could happen. nas and rakim = god and christ. jay electro is already working with nas – a disciple if you will.
only 30 comments for a rakim song… smh… this song is ill. looking forward to the album
^^ shit just got posted, calm your ass down.
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW shits hard
After about 5 listens, this might be the track of the year so far IMO …damn I’m so happy right now!
i got goosebumps. holy fucking shit.
shit is super fire but why’s every beat gotta have those ugly synths nowadays?
This is suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuper dope, hopefully this album comes out. I want to hear some of those Dre collabs that will never see the light. BTW who produced this, beat is ill?
And does anyone know what label this is supposed to come out on?
SMC Recordings from the BAY AREA
G&E Trust and SMC recording
You could learn alot from wiki, 2Pac even paid tribute to Rakim. I did not know that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakim#Musical_tributes
Track produced by ….
J.Cardim hahahah
Beat sucks asscracks. I was amped during the intro being I figured it would be that bangin Axelrod sample. It was, but with faggoty bitch sounding keyboard presets over it. Needs a remix ASAP.
18th letter is the best!
fuckin nice
this is win
All praise Rakim Allah…this has win all over it
best song lyrically I’ve heard in years. Him and nas = goat
goosebumps.
the God mc is backkkk !!!
hip hop is coming the fuck back….all new class mcs actually, rap. and the old legends are totally behind them…..sick shit.
Very nice production.
Hes flowing a bit slow.
Hopefully Rakim finds his groove again.
this is the best song i’ve ever heard…
dope
i downloaded off the main page… you gotta love RealPlayer 11 web downloader…192 kbps..lmao…Ra = Greatest emcee of all time…by a wide margin!!!!!!!!!
coulda been done without that lil techno sound
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RAKIM の新曲 « Essays on BAP-ism said this on July 14th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
for those who missed it …. http://www.mediafire.com/?mejjwtitj2a (from shake’s account)
“A MODERN DAY KING TUT.”
Indeed.
i’ve got to be honest, these comments made me think it was going to be way better than it was… way over-hyped
it’s alright though
This is dope.
and what are you looking for OD> ? lyrics wise it is as good as everyone here has said kid.
I agree with stop said….Maybe you need to clean yo ears out and listen to that track again!
one of my favorite rakim verses is from the watcher part 2 (sample)
dope
just talking bout the lack of this album existing yesterday … i’m crazy impressed.
DOPE!!!
It feels like the good old days. Man is god. Holy are you. Bless, bless.
Not feeling the beat on this one, I agree with Mr.Tibbs, this needs a remix. Put those verses on a dope beat and you have a classic song.
rakim (god MC) –> nasir jones (god son) –> jay electronica
holy lineage
god i hope he worked with peterock and premo
Dope song, but I’ll believe the album is coming out when I see it in stores. He put out tracks for the 7th Seal album too, and it had about 85 different release dates. This doesn’t have a release date, just a fuckin SEASON??? Album dropping “this fall”? Ok….
@neworleanian AMEN
Incredible
its aliiiiive!!!!!!!!!!
its aliiiiive!!!!!!!!!!
hip-hop is aliiiiive!!!!!!!!!!
if you really listen to what he’s saying…seriously listen and understand..this shit is ILL…hype justified
RAKKKIIM ALLLAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hollllyy are yoooouuuu
I fucking love it, hip hop just got a pulse
Man I cant explain it all the music I listen to makes me feel like shit, its so derogatory and negative, this shit makes me want to back to the gym throw on five plates and dead lift it until my eyes bleed in the name of the lord or hop in the library and study for lsat’s or mcatz.. yes i have issues but they are good issues lol i love the fucking hook
He came strong on this one. I liked the live performance of “It’s nothing” and heard the regular joint and was a little disappointed… Holy are you is anything but disappointing, let’s sit back and breathe this shit in, this is the real.
Nice return
I really hope whoever gave this track up reads comments and attempts to give us what we all want to hear. I’ll have to agree with Rakim and Nas on this track. Hip-Hop could definitely use that.
so can i buy this or do i have to find a free DL link?
if we continue to build it, it will come.
(in reference to my Rakim, Nas, Jay Electronica collabo suggestion)
seriously…think of Exhibit A with the three of them. A sick ass slower burner. mad verbal intercourse going down. pause. one of these cats got to have the budget to make it happen…i’m thinking Nas.
haha @ neworleanin
prettty sikk
YYYYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSS
FINALLY…
“It’s Been A Long Time”
dope!
cot damn
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» Rakim – Holy Are You HipHopIsCoolAgain said this on July 14th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Way ahead of his time. And we are talking 80’s for you young pups. Hear the words, just don’t listen.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!!! BIG SHOUTS TO YA SIGHT, FIRST PLACE I HEARD THIS< DAM RAKIM IS STILL THE BEST!!!!
Fuckin sick
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!
Damn I missed the download? Ahh well. *rips song from stream* te he.
Hell of course I’m buying the album anyway, but I still need to bump this in the itunes.
DOPE! x infinity!
The G.O.D. is backkkkkkkkkk.
People need to listen up real talk.
OK RAKIM!
fuck rakim, fuckin onionhead bastard
What kind of stupid ass nigga dont know what alpha and omega mean. fuckin kill yourself
This kids a bitch ass nigga^
2 above my last post, not youngblock
that was me..ur pretty upset about that huh…
@ “young black”
agent_zer0 i will murder ur bitch lebanese ass. fuck rakim and fuck your mom. fuck CRANBROOK. Fuck the beat I go accapella, fuck a papa doc, fuck a clock, fuck a trailer, fuck everybody, fuck y’all if you doubt me, I’m a piece of fuckin fine ass and i say it proudly, and fuck this battle i dont wanna win im outty, here tell these people something they dont know about me.
Hold Up. Did I just say off the chain? Coulda said some other shit like I’m better than yall. Line em up, watch how fast my competitors fall.
You will never see me sober
See me on corner with street soldiers
Heat Holders Weed Blowers straight livin la vida loca
Over all the protocals to chase the cheedar
Get this dough then retire like Mason Betha
Aiyyo, millionaire monkeys microphone mix masters
Make money from music, the fo’-fifth faster
Slap a, b-boy knock his tooth out his grill
Sean Price be the truth in the ‘Ville, listen
If ya, knock on my door I’m cockin the four
Free to escape from the law like Assata Shakur
For a dime a tack you can put your cock in a whore
Kinda worse when you rockin on tour, listen
Groupie girls wanna lick on your dick
Groupie guys wanna get in the flick, I’m like – FUCK YOU~!
Give me some chips, overall they like “Sean’s so ill”
Who you think you is, Ron O’Neal? (YEAH!)
Allahu akbar pah scar pa on the grill
Fake fuck’s face cut when they fuck with the real
Mighty Flow Young, so dumb, guns is drawn
Calamity, all your family, your son is mourned, one
@ agenT Zero
great line to quote..i love that fuckin track….just started following Sean when the heltah Skeltah album dropped…doesn’t he have an album in the works?? i’ll buy that shit twice!!!! (not really)
she isnt even good looking jimmy…get over a hoe
this guy sucks…no one gets what the hell hes talking about…so whats the point of listening to it. When people listen to music they usually like to relax and have fun…not THINK and strain their brains. id rather soulja poy than this prick.
^^ OMG KILLL URSELFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
Needs more Autotune. That’d be TIGHT!
half these lyrics are shit people say when they clown niggas that rap about the moon and stars
that “metaphysical” bit had me dyin laughin
age don’t count in the booth when your flow stays submerged in a fountain of youth…
JAY=G.O.A.T.
NAS=G.O.A.T.
RAKIM=G.O.A.T.
BIG=G.O.A.T.
WOW.
Hip-Hop.
Unfiltered.
basically,
FIYAHHH!!!
“Spit the holy water,
then touch it.
And turn it to wine.
It’s the G.O.D…”
^^^Stratch Jay And Put 2Pac #1
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Random Tracks: New Rakim Single — According To Phill…. said this on July 14th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
DOPE! Nothing else needs to be said
wow ! Follow the Leader ! Paid N Full.. Dam gotta love hiphop nowadays
this shit is hard. very.
I’ll take this over BP3 any day.
Damn, siiiiick. All hail the God MC.
dunno. contentwise its good….flow is good….beat….dunno. nothing special to me. but nevertheless i like it.
beat is fucking boring and weak
having to wait so long for new Rakim music and it ends up being this makes me want to go back to sleep
I have mixed feelings about this joint. I won’t be biased b/c its Rakim but the song is a bit boring. I feel like each verse was on a previous song.
rakim sounds uninspired spitting these lyrics, and good lyrics they are… a shame
Heres what I think about that
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=6d5f6775851081f3ed24a2875c7fa58eff1e40a59e2ba0525621d66e282a0ee8
i’m really feelin this.
i think 09 is a really gud year 4 hip hop. cuz we gt Em, Rakim, Wu-Tang, if 50 Cent’s album wuz like his last 2 mixtapes den he included in dis list. Royce Da 5′9″ is cummin bak wit slaughterhouse.
There’s still alot of crap out there & mo will cum out but i think we gettin rid of the flatline
The hip hop gods have answered my prayers thank you
whats the big deal? overrated this guy sound like he biting nas come orginal man
LMAO ^ ur an idiot. wow he was before Nas if anything Nas bit him. SMH learn ur history
Is it all possible that rakim got tired of someone else calling themselves “hova” or “the god mc”???? Track is banger. And For all those on here whom say they cant understand what he’s talking about please leave this post, I’m sure there is some regurgitated lilyoung pain whatever crap on the internet for you to listen too…
whats the big deal? overrated this guy sound like he biting nas come orginal man
Complacent said this on July 15th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Just…wow
@Drob and Jimbo, co-sign
^^^
co-sign, kids need to step it up. Somehow I know about all they wackass “rappas”…so learn ours ya bastid.
this shit is dope
tight track, lyrics are sick
these kids are fuckin wack if they don’t even know about Rakim let alone like him
dope shit, i want more!
dope , i want more
rakim never fell off
This is coming out on SMC Recordings in week!
Complacent
without rakim there would be no nas. LEARN YOUR SHIT. rakim is nas’s favorite rapper, so thats probably why you think theres a similarity.
Rakim, Nas, Jay collab with production by Premier please
AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!
whats the big deal? overrated this guy sound like he biting nas come orginal man
Complacent said this on July 15th, 2009 at 6:42 am
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From now on, nothing you say shall be taking seriously. AT ALL.
@ Mark Twain Fame true story thats whats wrong with hip hop man these kids got the game fucked up.
fuck rakim, and fuck black people
Complacent has just made the comment of the year, ladies and gentlemen.
I guess most won’t understand his lyrics listening to all of that Soulja Boy. I’m not hatin’… but even Jigga’s got the game twisted. Do the math-it’s not hard to see. Ra dropped so many jewels on kats and some will still walk away, dumb, deaf and blind. I hope he elevates a fraction of that. Other than that… I hope the rest of the album is on par with this release.
PEACE
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Rakim - Holy Are You Live (Video) | 2dopeboyz said this on July 15th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
“sound like he biting nas”
wow, i am dying laughing at that statement. thats truly awesome. wow. so stupid these people.
I don’t like the song. Love Rakim but I’m dissappointed
lol u know Complacent probably offed his computer at this point dude will never comment on a blog again
Who produces it?
this shit is dooope…but to say this is lyrically the best thing you’ve ever heard is ridiculous, Pun got a few joints better and so does 3K and a few others
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HHC Digital » All The News That’s Fit To Link… said this on July 18th, 2009 at 8:53 am
I think this is pretty dope. The beat is a bit too synthy for me, but over-all I think this song is dope!
And to those wondering who the producer is: It’s Nick Wiz (”long-time Rakim collaborater” according to HipHop Galaxy)
Source: http://www.hiphopgalaxy.com/RAKIM-Drops-Holy-Are-You-hip-hop-9362.html
NICE!!!
HOLY GOD BODY BATMAN!
You guyz, it was written by David Axelrod, both the words and music. I wonder what
it costs to license Axelrod these days. Check out “Mass In F Minor”
by the legend David Axelrod for the ORIGINAL music and lyrics!!
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