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Rap Battle 80's Bracket Round 1: Eric B and Rakim (4) vs Kurtis Blow (13)
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Full disclosure, this is the poont in the 80s bracket where my knowledge becomes more after the fact and second hand. I knew NWA, Public Enemy and Run-DMC as a kid, most of the rest of this bracket was before my time and was only discovered later on.
ATBS (JBS!), Rakim is probably the most important emcee in the history of the game for my money. Not necessarily the best, but the guy who laid the groundwork for the transition from 80's hip hop which all had a pretty formulaic hip hop cadence to 90's rap which was free flowing and took on a spectrum of rhythms. Without Rakim there's no Ice Cube, no Tupac, no Biggie. And while I'm not a huge fan of 80's beats in general, Eric B was the perfect DJ to empower Rakim to go off script and change the game. Hugely chinfluential duo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TN-kDEKxF0
Kurtis Blow was a dude who apparently chinspired no gifs. Still, it doesn't get more hip hop than this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_shxzlTRK44
ATBS (JBS!), Rakim is probably the most important emcee in the history of the game for my money. Not necessarily the best, but the guy who laid the groundwork for the transition from 80's hip hop which all had a pretty formulaic hip hop cadence to 90's rap which was free flowing and took on a spectrum of rhythms. Without Rakim there's no Ice Cube, no Tupac, no Biggie. And while I'm not a huge fan of 80's beats in general, Eric B was the perfect DJ to empower Rakim to go off script and change the game. Hugely chinfluential duo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TN-kDEKxF0Kurtis Blow was a dude who apparently chinspired no gifs. Still, it doesn't get more hip hop than this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_shxzlTRK44 Rap Battle 80's Bracket Round 1: Eric B and Rakim (4) vs Kurtis Blow (13) 25 votes
4. Eric B and Rakim
88%
22 votes
13. Kurtis Blow
12%
3 votes
Comments
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4. Eric B and RakimRakim shit still sounds cool and fresh. I got a fake, pirate version of Follow the Leader last year, down here where I live, and it is the only 80's Rap CD I found on those not-official stores. The quality is abysmal and I ended up downloading the discography, but still.
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4. Eric B and RakimI bought Straight Outta Compton too, when the movie was released. I'm sure you all care.
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4. Eric B and RakimPoles closed Eric B and Rakim advance to round two 21-3
