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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: you_all_dick_ridas on March 06, 2002, 09:14:37 AM

Title: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: you_all_dick_ridas on March 06, 2002, 09:14:37 AM
of you all even listen to Rakim before he hooked up with all of y'all idol Dre. If so name some of his hits then.
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: AxleF on March 06, 2002, 09:16:53 AM
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of you all even listen to Rakim before he hooked up with all of y'all idol Dre. If so name some of his hits then.



I have all Eric B and Rakim albums OG.  Including his solo joints.  No need to name.  I own em all.  Ill throw up some scans soon.  Pz.

Ax
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Post by: teecee on March 06, 2002, 09:27:14 AM
Listening to Rakim before i listened to any westcoast; asking people to name Rakim's hits is kinda dumb cuz it is pretty easy to look up.........

I am prolly one of the few people on this board who is leary of the Dre- Rakim combo......sure, it could be incredible.  However, i don't want Ra to start swearing and being all ignorant, cuz that just ain't him.  He should stick to the script and be himself, and this will turn out incredible.

although Ra is the greatest MC ever, i don't see how he is gonna sell 2-3 times platinum.......like Dre is prolly expecting.  

True Rakim fans have mixed feelings about this pairing, and with good reason.  However, there is also great potential being they are both the greatest at what they do.....time will tell!      pEACE
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: AxleF on March 06, 2002, 09:34:28 AM
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Listening to Rakim before i listened to any westcoast; asking people to name Rakim's hits is kinda dumb cuz it is pretty easy to look up.........

I am prolly one of the few people on this board who is leary of the Dre- Rakim combo......sure, it could be incredible.  However, i don't want Ra to start swearing and being all ignorant, cuz that just ain't him.  He should stick to the script and be himself, and this will turn out incredible.

although Ra is the greatest MC ever, i don't see how he is gonna sell 2-3 times platinum.......like Dre is prolly expecting.  

True Rakim fans have mixed feelings about this pairing, and with good reason.  However, there is also great potential being they are both the greatest at what they do.....time will tell!      pEACE


Wow, TeeCee.. your posts are so thought out.  Props.  I would agree.  Im worried about this album.  Look at Xzibits album.  I mean.. it was cool.. but It just wasn't Xzibit.  I would have rather seen him do an album with his Lik Wit crew including Defari and maybe have Dre provided a few beats or some mixing skills.  I'm hoping this Rakim and Dre combo works.  Dre seems like he would be too clean of a producer for Rakim.  But I dont know..

Old school Eastcoast artists like Eric B and Rakim are str8 heat.  This was the time frame when the East was rockin.  I can't knock it.

Ax.
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: Don Seer on March 06, 2002, 10:42:09 AM
you_were_a_member fuck off.  :P

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Post by: TOOTHBRUSH on March 06, 2002, 12:20:26 PM
ha ha did you just ban his ass
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Post by: TOOTHBRUSH on March 06, 2002, 12:23:37 PM
my bad i just saw it said guest.....that muthafucks just can't get enough of your forum overseer it looks like he's all_over_your_nuts!!!!!!
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Post by: DreSnoop00 on March 06, 2002, 02:57:00 PM
Eric B. & Rakim were the shit
all straight up heat
heres just a few hits to check out:
"Eric B. Is President"
"Microphone Fiend"
"Paid In Full"
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: teecee on March 06, 2002, 03:25:20 PM
ya;ll should check the song IN THE GHETTO
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: The Watcher on March 06, 2002, 03:30:38 PM
Ive been listenin to Ra for .. years now. I never was really into the westcoast gangsta stuff through NWA, not really until Death Row became big .. was always listening to G Rap, KRS, etc.
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: AxleF on March 06, 2002, 05:42:43 PM
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Ive been listenin to Ra for .. years now. I never was really into the westcoast gangsta stuff through NWA, not really until Death Row became big .. was always listening to G Rap, KRS, etc.



G Rap, KRS.. East Coast OG'z no doubt.

Ax
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: Big FC on March 06, 2002, 05:56:48 PM
i neva listened to rakim before he hooked up with dre... i mean i heard a few songs.. but i only recently started feelin east coast classics... i mean i'm 16 and i've lived on the west coast all my life and i just hadn't been exposed to it... but i went out and bought his first album 'n shit... he was fuckin dope with eric b... but no i can't pretend that i was a fan before he hooked with dre.. just being honest..
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Post by: bricklayer on March 06, 2002, 05:59:56 PM
ya'll know im biggest rakim fan, im even talkin bout ra on otha posts....lol......1st of all im from the east and i just wanna say this whole website ya'll put together is mos def the shit...........heres da deal ive been listenin to ra for a lil while now, and rakim is the exception to every rule, ya'll know what im sayin.......u know durin his years under seclusion he must have been askem by so many heads to do this or that, or sign wit dis or that........so timin is everythin to rakim, he even said it on the 18th letter..........the only thing ra has lacked as a solo artist was the beats, his lyrics even on the last 2 solo albums was blazin like usual.....so dre must have had somethin to offer him.......hes gonna stay true to himself no matter what cause thats who he his, and his religion islam teaches that......which i have studied.......the other thing is from what i read primo is producin like half the album this time round.....and ya;ll know evertime primo and ra get together its a masterpiece......heres a couple
the 18th letter
when i b on tha mic
real shit
waitin for the world to end
its been a long time
the mystery
lyrics of fury
dont sweat the technique
my melody
paid in full
u know i got soul
eric b is pres
the punisher
know the ledge
holla back ya'll
peace

Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: bricklayer on March 06, 2002, 06:04:11 PM
yo big fc, its cool....thas why theres peeps to tell u to listen to him like yo peep this cat he was the baddest mutha fucka in the mic....i mean if u feel him than u could tell him to your boyz no what i mean........im only 21 but hes still my fav rapper of all time.......i mean the shit he did wit da mic still isnt done today, and some mc's have gone backwards.... but i still respect everyone
peace
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Post by: Nosak on March 06, 2002, 06:30:30 PM
i do , even before i start listenin snoop
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Post by: Don Jacob on March 06, 2002, 06:34:52 PM
my cousins and other relatives always had it bumping so i guess since about 89' i can say, but i didn't seriously start listening to him seriously about 97-98
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: Wizard Whitebeard on March 06, 2002, 08:15:13 PM
<-------- Can't believe no one has mentioned "Follow the Leader."
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: rayza on March 06, 2002, 09:29:12 PM
I been listening 2 him since 99, i got the 18th letter double cd and the master

None of my mates have started listening to him properly yet but i get the feeling they'll all pick up oh my god, maybe after a couple of listens 2 my copy!
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Post by: Don Seer on March 07, 2002, 12:05:31 AM
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ha ha did you just ban his ass


yes i did
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Post by: WS on March 07, 2002, 04:55:14 AM
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yes i did


you dumb faggot get a life cracker please
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Post by: =[Euthanasia]= on March 07, 2002, 05:02:48 AM
My bro gave me the OG Paid In Full record couple o' years back, I knew who he was but never really acknowledged him until the "18th Letter" & the greatest hits dropped over here (UK), think that was about '97.
Title: Re: Be Honest How many..........
Post by: Jome on March 07, 2002, 12:49:30 PM
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you_were_a_member fuck off.  :P



Lmao.

Good lookin'