New RAKIM!!!

[claaa7]

Rakim is back with a new solo single, and it's fucking sick, sick, sick!! redeeming himself from the bullshit track with DMX, here the God MC delivers a joint almost as powerful as "Holy Are You", story telling in full effect, vintage hip-hop flavored beat - hard drums, a moving bass line, a gripping almost oriental sounding reed melody, and a powerful hook/bridge filled with turntablism and horns. i really wonder who produced this, cuz whoever it is he and Rakim should definitely hook up for more material... as you hear the track is a dedication to the late Nelson Mandela, and there's a possibility that it's off the soundtrack from the upcoming movie on his life - "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom".


RAKIM - "MADIBA" @ Complex

[THE MASON]

this is dope.

Rakim still kills it.

beats dope and its a grreat tribute track, to one of the worlds greatest leaders.

[claaa7]

so we got 4 joints from Rakim this year, two of them would have been standouts on "The Seventh Seal" while the two others feature stellar verses from Ra but painfully wack beats and guests... here's download links to them all for you while we wait for a new Ra album, the two first tracks shows a whole lot of promise don't you think:

Rakim - "Madiba"
(http://www.sharebeast.com/2t0r2a5f10jy)

Marco Polo Ft. Rakim - "What's Wrong"
(http://www.audiomack.com/song/hustlemania/whats-wrong)

King Myers Ft. Rakim - "This Thing Called Life"
(http://www.audiomack.com/song/king-m...ng-called-life)

DMX Ft. Rakim - "Don't Call Me"
(http://www.audiomack.com/song/dotgot...d-dont-call-me)

[TheFunkyDrummer]

The fuck. How come he sounds exactly like 26 years ago. His voice hasn't changed at all, amazed to hear that. This a great track, it's dope that he flipped the words into a song.

Thanks for the links claa.

[claaa7]

FunkyDrummer, yeah it's fucking crazy, both this and the Marco Polo track could've just as easily have been lifted from "Don't Sweat the Technique".

i believe one of the samples is from this (or one of the recordings of it):

[THUGNIFICENT]

wow

ows down:

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[whitey]

saw the God a month ago. shit was magnificent. like watching Jordan live.

[SKAMPOE]

nastyy

[zooruka]

nice.

[Kutman]

Classic Ra

[Brayden]

Fire

[corky831]

certain rappers maintain their same voice and flow rakim and tragedy are two of the top of my head......unbelievable song

[diggy]

cool

[FatherSl!me]

This