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(For today's Reader Review, D Money tackles one of the most highly anticipated rap albums of 2009 that nobody purchased, that being Rakim's comeback, which is sadly not directly named after the Ingmar Bergman film of the same name. (Rakim Allah missed out on a huge opportunity, though. Playing chess with Death could have made for the illest album cover ever, especially if he convinced the actual Death to come through: Rakim has enough clout in the rap game that he could have probably pulled it off.) For those of you two who are wondering why I haven't yet mentioned this project myself, my response is this: I haven't even been able to sit through The Master without shutting it off halfway through, so I held out zero hope for this. Maybe D Money can help change my mind.)William Michael Griffin Jr, known to most of us hip hop and rap enthusiasts as Rakim, hasn't released an album in forever. As for why the God MC felt it necessary to completely alienate his fanbase by not releasing any music over the last decade is beyond me.
However, on November 17th, 2009, everything changed. Rakim, the Microphone Fiend, the God MC, finally released, after promising it to fans for approximately ninety-seven years.After achieving immediate success on albums with his former partner Eric B., Ra released some subpar solo albums ( The 18th Letter and The Master) before signing to Dr. Dre's Aftermath label. All we ever heard out of that pairing was a song off of Jay-Z's The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse, which sucked as an whole, but the individual song I'm talking about, 'The Watcher 2', was pretty awesome. After leaving Aftermath (citing 'creative differences' with the Doctor), Rakim proceeded to sign to a bunch of labels that crumbled right after he signed to them.
So, he finally decided to create his own record label, Ra Records, so he could finally release.Being a rap album collector, I picked this shit up the day it came out. I listened to it a little, but didn't really give it a good spin. Today, I'm going to pay attention to the entire album and tell you what I think.Here we go.1.
HOW TO EMCEE'This is your Qu'ran, your bible, to be a true MC, an icon or idol'. This was a fantastic way to start off on Rakim's part. Even though had an extremely small budget, the production on this song is pretty sweet. I have never heard of the producer Slyce, but his work on this song is pretty sick anyway. Ra appears very hungry on this track, and.hold on a minute, did he just dis Dr. Yes, yes he did!2.
WALK THESE STREETS (FEAT MAINO)Once again, the production on this song is epic, even though it's just a basic piano roll with some strings thrown in for good measure. There was a reason this was the second single, people! However, once Maino grabs this beat, he fucks it up the ass, rips it in half, and swallows it for good measure. Basically, Maino drops a sick verse. ( Wait, that was a compliment?!) Fantastic track.3. DOCUMENTARY OF A GANGSTA (FEAT IQ)My goodness, this is one of the most amazing beats I have ever heard.
Once again, it's pretty basic, but I am just in awe of this beat. Rakim could take a shit on this instrumental and I wouldn't even care, the music is that good. But Ra is nicer to us than that, so he spits some noteworthy bars about the daily life of a modern gangster. Great cut here.4. MAN ABOVE (FEAT TRACEY HORTON)The beat, once again, is simplistic ( this appears to be a running theme), but this time it isn't nearly as impressive as the production on the first three songs.
Ra spits nothing interesting on here, so the highlight of this song is the hook, performed by Tracey Horton, who also added additional vocals on the first two tracks of this album, for those of you who care about those things.5. YOU AND I (FEAT SAMUEL CHRISTIAN)Wow, the chorus on here is absolutely incredible. Sure, the beat is a little lackluster, but Ra definitely seems more comfortable over this minimalist beat than he did over the previous track. And by the way, the hook is awesome.6. WON'T BE LONG (FEAT TRACEY HORTON)The beat creates an awkward flow for Ra to keep with, and, sadly, the hook is once again the best part. It's hard to get into songs when every part but the chorus sucks.7.
HOLY ARE YOUOkay, this is the best Rakim song ever. ( I assume he means “Best Rakim solo song” ever.) There is no doubt in my mind: this beat is epic and the rhymes are tight, working seamlessly over the production, which uses a sample with terrific results. “Holy Are You” is the reason I bought. There is absolutely no excuse why this song should not be number one on all the charts right now ( other than the fact that pop audiences have no idea who Rakim Allah is). ( Personally, I find the lyrics decent enough, but the Nick Wiz beat sounds a bit too corny for my tastes. Buy hey, that's just me.)8.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEEDThere's no way in hell to follow up a banger like 'Holy Are You', but this song certainly tries its best. The instrumental uses upbeat horn stabs to put me in a good mood, and Ra sounds good. Whoever keeps shouting 'uh uh uh uh uh' over the beat needs to die, though.9. WORKING FOR YOUBoring ass beat, boring ass rhymes, boring ass hook. All in all, a boring ass song.10. MESSAGE IN THE SONG (FEAT DESTINY GRIFFIN)Rakim's daughter appears on here, as if any of you give a fuck. ( I'm more intrigued by the fact that both Nas and his idol Rakim have daughters named Destiny.) Anyway, this song absolutely sucks.
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The sample is sped up to a point where it's simply annoying to listen to. PUT IT ALL TO MUSICThe sample is just a pain in the ass, the beat pisses me off, and Rakim doesn't bother to say anything you absolutely need to hear.12.
PSYCHIC LOVEThe beat is okay enough, but the best part of this track for me was when Ra talks about his prowess for fucking all day and night. Butterfly by kathryn harvey pdf. It's worth a listen for the lyricism presented alone, but other than that, you never need to hear this again.13. STILL IN LOVEThe beat once again sucks hairy ass. Damn it, Rakim, that's four shitty songs in a row. Let's get it together, buddy.14. DEDICATEDThe sample to start off the song is sick, but soon after, the song takes a turn for the worse. However, Rakim still manages to spit a few quality bars.
Overall, this was a solid track.also features a bonus track that is only accessible from Rakim's official website after registering your purchase.15. EUPHORIA (FEAT STYLES P., JADAKISS, & BUSTA RHYMES)Why this song didn't make the album is beyond me, because this song is extremely good. The beat makes you bob your head up and down, and Rakim kicks the party off with a quality verse. Styles P sounds alright, but his contribution was unnecessary. Jadakiss, on the other hand, sounds fantastic, and he rides this beat very well. Busta Rhymes tones down his usual approach and makes it work. This was a nice way to cap things off.THE LAST WORD: Well, to say the least, was inconsistent.
It starts off extremely well, and “Holy Are You” is going to be blasting out of my speakers everyday for the next five years, but everything that appears afterwards is pure and utter shit. It is a damn shame, because after waiting ten years for Rakim to get his shit together and finally release an album, I was hoping that maybe he could have given at least a little bit of a fuck for the second half of his comeback. But oh well, that's life sometimes, eh?- D Money(Be sure to leave some comments for D Money below.
I'd love to see what you two thought about. If there is another album that you want everyone to know about and I haven't yet gotten to it, you can also submit a Reader Review of your own by hitting me up at the e-mail in the sidebar.). I felt the same about this.Love Rakim.
But I still feel he's best suited to a jazzy beat. The Harder beats just don't fit as good as the Jazz does. (I really hope he one day hooks back up with Eric B. That duo was epic and the two should never have split. Like Guru and Premier)Also no offense to the people recording with him but I also think Rakim does so much better alone. He has the lyrics to support a whole song and album all on his own, and I really think he should.And sometimes during these songs, Rakim sounds a little commercial. I think though that is a result of newer production.
Shit production inspires shitty lyrics/concepts.(I also noticed that Nas and Rakim thing). Anonymousrakim is like all these other golden age mcs.hot in their time but overrated now. The list of these cats tryin to hold on is endless.they all keep bringing wack shit and ya'll keep lettin it slip cuz of their reps.
Makin excuses lookin for that one good song.rakim is the worst offender - hes got the biggest rep and makes the worst music-buckshot-gza-raekwon-ll cool j-krs-one-kurupt-ice cube-E and PMD-dr. Dre-scarface-redman-slick rick-busta rhymes-snoop dogg-az-pete rockto name a few. I would be surprised if anyone here made another hot album.
This 7th seal shit is garbage. 1 or 2 decent tracks. All content is Copyright © 2007-2019. Hip Hop Isn't Dead. All rights reserved by the author. The opinions presented on this site are those of the author alone, and not of Google, Blogger, or any of the authors of the links listed in the sidebar, unless otherwise noted.
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//Why Rakim’s The Seventh Seal is the best Hip Hop Album of 2009By JAHIA lot of Hip Hop albums came out in 2009. Jay Z BP3, Raekwon‘’s Cuban Links II, Gift of Gab’s Escape to Mars, to name a few, caught my ear. I’m sure you could add your favorite of 2009 so feel free to fill in the blank.Hip Hop is still struggling to balance itself, but still evolving and growing. There’s an overflow of commercial, mainstream, and one-sided style of Hip Hop that is only reflecting one part of the black experience. There is still a need, and desire, of everyday people, to hear music that connects with higher charkas.
If you are unfamiliar with this word, look, it up.Rakim’s album The Seventh Seal, is, in my view, the best lyricism with a message, thought provoking rhymes, and best OG status of 2009 on the mic. Oh, and still in my top 5.
He’s been in my top 5 since I first heard “ Check Out My Melody” in 1986. I was really waiting for the Dr. Dre, Rakim album. When I heard it wasn’t coming out, I was hoping Ra could come out because I wanted to hear where he would take it.We forget that the pioneers and elders of our culture are still among us, and are still doing music.
Why would they not be? Hip Hop is not just a young man’s game. I mean this in no disrespect. But in truth, no Rakim, then maybe not a lot of emcees who are out today.
Eric B and Rakim took Hip Hop to a whole different level from “ Rappers Delight” and “ The Message.”The new album, The Seventh Seal, doesn’t disappoint. Matter of fact, it really has set a standard and I hope people like KRS and Chuck D got a chance to hear this one.
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The production, held down by Nottz for Teamsta Entertainment, Loffey For Aaron James Music, Nick Wiz for Preserve The Art, Samuel Christian and Jay Wells, and others really give space for Rakim to really come thru clear and refreshing. It’s profanity free. No sticker on the cover. It doesn’t feel forced.
It feels like any black community in the world.Songs like “ Man Above,” “ Won’t Be Long,” and “ Message in the Song” is like the modern day Curtis Mayfield in rhyme form. If Andre 3K would have came out this year, I probably be writing about his release, but hands down, Rakim’s the Seventh Seal is worth the whole 59.6 seconds. His lyrics are talking about what’s happening in his life, but also what is happening right now. This is what Tupac would do if he was alive.
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It’s like Rakim has officially taken the side that Tupac had with his more thought provoking songs like Dear Momma and Letters to my Unborn Child. Yes you may be able to dance to “ Put It All to Music,” but this is really thinking people music. Adult.This album is a reflection of the age of Hip Hop.
Oh, and I got it for $10 downtown Cleveland, on the release date, and it was there, in stock. The cover, and the photos by Michael Wong really set a nice mood with the CD itself (recycled paper instead of plastic) is something everone in Hip Hop should have in their catalog. I think I’ve talked it up enough. Support good music.Peace. JAHIJahi is an internationally known Hip Hop artist, teacher and community activist from Cleveland, Ohioyoutube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxUo69trc6w. Haven’t headr the whole album, but that joint was wack. Sound like Kanye meets that dude from Cali that used to say “SCHYEEAAH”.
Rap too slow to be “understood”, I’m going to post “Rapologist Speaks ’94” on hear so you all all can hear and learn how it should be done. Back in the day, when Rakim was dope he could say – “This is how it should be done, this style is identical to none” Can’t say that about that joint. Got to hear the whole album, but I know that wasn’t his best. Rakim was voted best “New School” rapper in my 1994 booklet “The Origin of Rap Music”.
Not everybody can be like LL and keep “doing it, and doing it,and doing it well”. Got to hear the whole album, but first impressions are lasting, JAHI. Their are too many 40+ year olds trying to recapture the high points of their youth instead of simply assuming the role they (should) now be embracing as adults.None of these people should be given any social accolades whatsoever. Within the context of Rakim being in his 40’s, like most rap records and their relationship to the present and future, this album is seriously a piece of crap.The only thing that keeps anyone from just saying it is fear that it negates the moments in time captured from his early albums.Rap has become like the retarded step child of musicpeople don’t say what they really think about it because they basically feel sorry for most of these people.I have a feeling this is going to change radically in the coming economy.where people simply won’t have time for this bullshit anymore.Nah’ mean dawg. It’s funny how people talk about people in Hip Hop in their 40’s like it’s a problem.
Like it’s not the age of Hip Hop. No one thinks to say to BB King what are you doingJames Brown died with dates on the calendar. My point, if you think artists like Rakim and others are not going to make music because of their age, that’s crazy. Everyone has a right to their opinion, but rap music may be the retarded step child, but Im not talk about rap.
Im talking about hip hop, and it’s a place that’s a refuge from the BS, not producers of it. I think the analogy between rappers and established arrangers and musicians is wearing real thin.James Brown was a compulsive and vigilant arranger, organizer,vocalist and song writer 24/7 for decades. He wasn’t a “rapper”. Blueprint 3 is the most creatively progressive hip-hop album of 2009. The production, the wordplay, flows and commercial conversion processes are cutting edge. Not bad for a 40 guy.
Some get better with age. Look how Eminem owned that Drake remix, knowing which flow to employ. A flow he didn’t have mastered in his 20’s. I’ll get to Rakim’s album when I here it. Is blacks had left the past behind hip-hop would have never been invented.
Many whites have always been dismissal of our need for socio-cultural continuality. Our contributions seen as a temporal contribution to the greater macrocosm. Commodity whores. “Blueprint 3 is the most creatively progressive hip-hop album of 2009. The production, the wordplay, flows and commercial conversion processes are cutting edge.
Not bad for a 40 guy.”You must be young. It’s really just a repackaging of things that have already been done a million times. The production is the same generic procedure of loops,repetition and formulated songs.
The only thing that keeps Jay-Z in the lime light is his business sense which in in my view additionally lends to this odd psychological association by ‘fans” that american vanity culture is something (economically) productive and “normal” that you will be “rewarded for” as opposed to something to look at objectively and learn from in an analytical manner.“Is blacks had left the past behind hip-hop would have never been invented. Many whites have always been dismissal of our need for socio-cultural continuality.”Their are lots of issues facing the underclass of people who are attracted to “HipHop”.
The main one being how much longer you people can continue to prolong growing up. Thats because you don’t have the education to realize that popular music has been gradually getting dumber.Older educated people realize that psychology of riding the wave of peoples assumptions and understand the herd mentality.Albums like Jay-Z’s and 50 cent etc. Are nothing but a joke on the public and uneducated classes. Behind closed doors these people laugh at the public for being dumb enough to actually believe any of this bullshit actually “is something”.Most of rap production came out of an environment where young peoples parents were too uneducated and indifferent to teach them to play real instruments.hence the focus on sampling and remedial sequencing of “beats”.And so it is to this day. Rakim lost his flows?
What the f album are you listening too???let’s keep it realrakim has actually improved his original rhyme scheme, by adding more multis and internals. I think the reason Jay-Z and Rakim are popular in the minds of some “old” rap fans is because the only thing they perceive as an alternative are morons like lil’wayne, young jeezy or gucci mane.Choosing between dumb and dumber isn’t an option for people striving for REAL powerand it shouldn’t be for anyone reading this either.I don’t think for the most part rappers write anything “deep”. The “deepest” thing you can do at this moment in time is be simple,clear and to the pointmost people don’t even have the education to comprehend THAT let alone some weed or liquor induced chaotic garble floating around in some rappers head.Especially in a hyper connected 21st century where the modern day library of Alexandria is basically at your finger tips. Right”rappin'” something rakim is one of the greatest to ever do. That hasn’t changed and never will.
Am i missing something? When someone hates on rakim, they are immediately discredited for not having any knowledge on hip-hop at all. Everyone else should be well aware of this. True hip-hop heads no what time it is. Either you’ve been brainwashed by the media into being a pop-bopper and are too young to know any better or you’re an elitist underground head who isn’t giving rakim the respect he deserves, while you listen to your k’naan cd.
Either way, you need to maybe look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if the culture of hip-hop is really for you. Rakim, kane, krs-one, kool g rap all still spit at a much higher level than most of the mc’s in the game right now and they have all stepped up their flows considerably. That’s simple fact. “import wave files to ya thread and break styles/walk 8 miles till my legs can quake while./”.^^^^thats muti-word rhyming and multi-syllablesway more complex”no it’s notyou nuts?wave-files, break-stylesthats 2 syllable ryming 4 syllables per baryawnkiddie sh!tbig f’in dealwith one tiny internal(thread and legs) in the middlepssshhhhtry again.now(bars) is-in-fin-ite, so (ra)de-liv-er-it, (far)-dif-fer-ent/in-fin-ite, de-liv-er-it, dif-fer-ent10 syllable ryming in 1 barbars, ra, far3 internals in 1 bar.bahhaters!
The 7th Seal established the soulful variant of hip hop! The beats complemented the flow, pure chemistry!
But I believe the album would be best understood by those who have experienced the tribulations of life, beyond acne and are more inclined to listen than learn the new jig! And while dance has always partnered Hip Hop, this has also Berg watered down to include the spectator! So we went from the windmill, to throwing or dropping bows! The former requiring skill n technique, the latterwell just elbows!
But like most things in life, the cycle will eliminate the elements of little or no substance! Long live Ra!
As I sit here reading these posted comments, I truly believe hip hop is in a sad azzed state of emergency. If you shorties thought Rakim was gonna drop some same style shitz from 20 years ago and your asking yourself if people are delusional about this cat being probably the greatest of all time, then that’s your bad, the word is called evolution.
If you want 20 year ago Rah then go buy those shitzs, they still sellin ALL his old joints, but it’s 2010. The dude basically blessed you newbie azzed idiots with a jewell. It’s called exceptance peoples. By the way, most of these rappercats today, hence the title I gave they’re sorry azzes wouldn’t/couldn’t sit in the same booth with this cat. Lotta bullshlippin azzed calaborations these days!!!! RAKIM, straight to tha point, clean flows, droppin a-bombs in verses to make you use your brain and think about what he just said, and just like Rah will probably be doing in his 50’s, killin these new era suckazzes in his 40’s.