Rakim Allah
Click to viewI recently discovered Eric B and Rakim and have been listening to this song every day like a dozen times. Rakim is one of those MCs and music artists that artists of the same genre gush over and maybe even overrate, but I didn't know why upon first listen. I just saw Rakim on some dumb VH1 100 greatest countdown and decided to check him out. About four and a half minutes through "My Melody" I kinda thought to myself, "godDAMN!" Dude flows on a 7 minute song and not one boring moment. His lyrics seriously sound like they're just flowing from his mouth effortlessly but relentlessly. If anyone has any doubt that hip hop is an art form, they should check this guy out.